Oh I remember being where you are. :0 As a doula, I sometimes feel like my mantra is "the baby will come when he/she is ready." I told my midwife that it felt like I was eating my words.
Your baby WILL come, and you feel glad that you waited. Veg o…
My daughter was born 11 days "late". I did EVERYTHING that has been mentioned here, multiple times, and it did not bring on labor. My labor started when it was time for it to start and not before. i say this only to encourrage you, to encourage your…
I don't really feel like the same person during my pregnancies. I feel beautiful. but not sexy. Just now, 9 1/2 weeks after my baby was born, am I starting to feel sexy again.
Floradix for the anemia. Vit D and probiotics for everything else. Ask your health care provider how much you should take, my midwife told me to take 1000iu in addition to the 400 that were in my prenatals.
It sounds to me(in my limited experience) that you little one wants your attention, so I think the only way to stop it, is to do what you're doing. IMO the situation should go like this: Little one comes up and tries to "hit the baby". Dad immediate…
This has been a very productive discussion on discipline. I do, however, resent the implication from some that when i spank my kids I am unloving and/or abusive. My children understand spanking as a consequence to their actions, not as myself or my…
She was wiped down a little with a towel, but most of what was on her(birth fluids, vernix etc) was allowed to soak in to her skin. We didn't wash her hair at all until she was a little over 24 hrs, just stuck a hat on her.
Yes I'm sure that a hosp…
I was talking about cradle cap with a friend of mine yesterday. Both of our older children(2 each) were born in the hospital, and the four of them all cradle cap. She and I both delivered our third children at home, and neither developed it. We thou…
I agree that if you choose to spank your kids, it should ONLY ever come from you or your husband.
When they hit etc what are the circumstances? Are they fighting w/ each other over a toy? Are they aggressive towards you?
First off, you've gotten some great advice hear all around. If your two are like mine(just had our third in April), then the older often sets the tone for the general mood in your family. If my oldest is behaving, the younger follow suit. I'd keep t…
Honestly that sounds like a pretty awesome schedule to me. I think wanting to eliminate night feedings is definitely rushing it. All my kids didn't stop night nursing until at least a year. Give it some time and appreciate that nice stretch from 10…
Obviously the answer is "No," but that doesn't stop a hospital board from coming up with another reason to ban a doctor that makes them feel threatened. We are dealing with a similar situation in my area.
St John's in Camarillo has banned CNM's fro…
When I read this article a few points came to mind.
First, I wonder how much understanding the author has of the labor process and how her body was designed to work. She states 2 or 3 times that 60-80% of VBACs end in a repeat cesarean, but fails t…