Posts by umm.hafsah

Hello,   We recently (as in, within the last month) switched to a more plant based (vegan) whole foods diet for health reasons. Well, not sure if we can call ourselves vegans really as we do eat some low-mercury fish, very...

I just VBAC'ed with Sizzly Auer of Childbirth Options in Wesley Chapel. She does home visits too for prenatals (convenient for me because I couldn't make it out to her office easily).  

Thanks everyone for the reassurance and encouragement to trust my instinct about waiting and listening to my body. Once I confirmed that I was not 'going rogue' and being unreasonable, I felt a lot better about my decision. And in the...

I am 39 weeks (would never encourage someone to take castor oil pre-due date but I was a  bit desperate in light of my husband's trip) and attempting an HBAC (csection was due to breech after spontaneous labor @ 36 weeks although...

Just for some background, this was my original post :   http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1356561/know-this-is-crazy-but-wwyd   Anyway, as I had mentioned, I tried every method of natural self-induction in the book...

She told me I just need to 'let go' and that I won't be alone because she will be there. She says my body isn't ready for labor yet and I need to accept that.

I really need some advice in this situation as I feel I am getting desperate and probably not thinking straight. In the interest of getting you into my mindset, I will try to give full background info...   This is my 3rd...

I think the risks you are thinking of are preterm labor (as an above poster mentioned), incompetent cervix (which is usually diagnosed by 2nd trimester losses), placenta previa, and premature dilation of the cervix which can also occur...

Did they do a cervical measurement with the ultrasound? It could be nothing to worry about but personally I had something similar and it turned out to be what they like to call 'incompetent cervix' and I had PTL from 26 weeks. Now I...

I had this problem too. Not sure why but I realized the only way I can see it and it shows up for me under the DDCs is if I sign in, if I am viewing this not signed in it doesn't show up.