Posts by GoBecGo

Ultrasounds are looking for a specific set of measurements.   Imagine i asked you to measure my bra size by looking at me through the bottom of a glass bathtub i was bathing in....  I might be in the PERFECT position for...

My own father didn't get his aspergers dx until he was in his 40's and my mom was in her 50's.  He had CBT and has made ENORMOUS strides in his ability to read and connect with people.  Unfortunately my mother died in 2005...

I was "the bad guy" when i left my eldest's father.  He wasn't quite where your baby's father is with the controlling/giult tripping, but we lived together so he didn't need to be.   I left.  I was the bad guy, i...

I thought i was getting thrush.  Every time i was sat on the loo for more than a few seconds (and i'm pregnant and constipated so...a lot!) i would get this heavy burning feeling around my vulva - i even put some canasten on it...

What's his normal?   My DD1 usually went 4-6 days when she was EBF.   DD2 could go 7-10 - her record was 12, on the 13th day she POOPED (i needed a new outfit for her AND me! lol).   If he seems ok he's very...

Quote: Originally Posted by firsttimer2012  thank you for your lovely response.   I guess because it is all fresh in my head it just seems insurmountable.   My cousin just had a baby...

It might make you a horrible mama, but it's how i night-weaned my 22mo (i was pregnant and had really sore nipples, could no longer sleep through nursing and needed SLEEP) except that she was in our bed (her own bed she woke every 4...

I'm one of thos lucky people who have fast and manageable births.  Manageable as in hurts for maybe 20 seconds of a 60 second long contraction, fast as in 86 mins with #1. 61mins with #2.   I fully accept my births are so...

I was lucky and got a nice enough birth (on paper at least, my memories of it are something else) with DD1 but then my relationship fell apart, my thyroid gland went crazy (i ended up being finally dx with something i'd had undx for...

Maggie i think what you said is very insightful and it actually applies to a lot of things.   I have had 2 homebirths and my main motivators were a real fear of being out of control in a hospital environment and being forced...