Posts by Lizbiz

I'm eating like a horse too... Whoa.  Trying not to, but it's just hard in the midst of all this packing/moving and being so DARN pregnant.  :)  I feel huge, and I'm getting the twin question.  Don't people know...

I've had two homebirths - one midwife assisted and one unassisted.  Loved both of them.  This third is planned as an unassisted birth as well.  Will proceed this way unless there's a problem. None anticipated!

We usually phone both sets of our parents to ask them to pray for us while we're in labor.  I've never, ever, heard another word from them until we call with the news of the birth - and I've had long labors.  I also usually...

Mornin' from China... We're taking off a week from tomorrow.  I'm taking today (Sunday) off with my kids.  Off from work and off from packing.  Just need a day with my kiddos and a day of belly rest.  I think I've...

Ithappened - you are Gorgeous!  Amazing and really... just beautiful.    And Lily - hardcore!  Awesome!

Well... if you find a nice hotel - can you leave when you go into labor or is it too far away?   And, do you need to ask permission to give birth in the hotel?  This is sort of borderline - but I'm such a proponent of...

Oh geez... I just read this and I can so relate.  I love my mother, God bless her, but she is the absolute WORST at keeping secrets, OR she shares things that simply aren't true if she's not comfortable with reality.  I have,...

Yep, puking and pooping are two things I generally do during labor :).  Can't be helped!  It's pretty much a whole-body kind of experience, that's for sure.  But trust me, when you're in the midst of it, you don't even...

I've lost 2 pounds... somehow... or else the scale in my doc's office is just a bit off.  

I'll admit my nipples were pretty sore for the first two weeks of nursing my first baby :(.  I had sensitive nipples, and struggled to get the latch right, and my son was kind of a distracted eater (and still is!).  I know...