Posts by expat-mama

I couldn't really decide what to get- all the reviews I've read online are so varied and subjective. I didn't want to spend a lot on something I couldn't return so I just ordered a belly binder by Underworks. If it works it works, if...

Thanks- that link is really interesting. Especially the section about the purple line at the natal cleft! I guess I will likely try to feel my own dilation since that is the most reliable way- I kind of feel like I won't trust my own...

With my last birth, I had irregular contractions that never got really intense, just felt like strong cramps with no discernible pattern or timing in between. This was from the beginning of pre-labour until the pushing phase- some...

make appointment for house cleaners to come and do top-to-bottom clean incl windows put together sidecar crib, change table still need to arrange sidecar safely buy new & bigger fridge wash...

My older sister just had her first baby and her labour and birth of her son was almost exactly like mine. No intense or regular contractions, just a looooong period (12+ hrs) of irregular-timed cramps followed by around 40 mins of...

Quote: Originally Posted by baltmom  Expat, I think I said in another thread how similar our boys sound. Now I’m saying how similar you and I sound! The same worries and fears, questions, what-ifs, and guilt. I so...

He does sometimes do this kind of repetitive play imaginatively. When he is popping one of his little animals or dolls in and out of a box or something he will often say stuff like "he's jumping out!" or "there he is" and other...

Beautiful babies!!! Wow, just wow. 

We used the First Years Breastflow bottles with lots of success. I burned my hand when DS was 2 wks old and couldn't hold him properly to nurse for about a week, so he was drinking pumped milk out of bottles that early with no...

I've really enjoyed reading this thread!  I have a horrible memory normally but I really feel like my mind is blank when I try to remember what it felt like giving birth to my son. I have been asking DH lately what he remembers...