Posts by RoseRedHoofbeats

I really loved my hospital midwife I had with my daughter, and I elected to do dual-care with her for this pregnancy even though I'm planning a homebirth. She was just such a wonderful support for me when I went into preterm labor and...

I had a dream about my first dog, Annie, that I got when I was eight. She died last May. It was just a pleasant dream about spending time with her, petting her and brushing her. I dreamed about her very often in my first pregnancy, and...

Ha, I had Taco Bell tonight. I had a craving for something crunchy and salty and meaty... And there's a Taco Bell like, a quarter of a mile away... Yeah.   I still want blackberries. ~Rose

Your breast will heal- the tissue was already engorged with blood and lymph fluids as it builds up the tissue for nursing, so any bruising will be more painful! Ice it and put arnica gel on it. Do that for your hand, too....

Your experience actually sounds a lot like mine- I got my first PPP seven weeks after the birth, after my lochia had been stopped for two weeks and then suddenly I had bad cramps and a bright red flow for another five days, and then...

There is absolutely no reason for you to worry. Your uterus isn't even big enough for it to have absorbed any of the impact, your baby is fine. I was in a serious car wreck when I was 27 weeks pregnant, my belly had a huge bruise from...

I dreamed my vulva fell off. Like, I was going to the bathroom and wiped and it just slid off. There was a shiny new pink one underneath. It didn't hurt. It was REALLY WEIRD.   ~Rose

I want blackberries. =( ~Rose

I like mine too. Not so much when they were huge and purple and itchy, but now that they're pale and silvery... I like them just fine. I still wear bikinis and everything.   ~Rose

I was not expecting to be pregnant this cycle- I was really stressed out and traveling at ovulation and I didn't even time sex. But at around 8 DPO I started to feel pregnant- I was feeling more moody, teared up at all kinds of things,...