Posts by corrie_cat

I had an all natural hospital birth after labor started unexpectedly at 35+4 days. Great advice here so far! We walked in with our birth plan, prepared in case of a transfer. My husband immediately got to work talking with the L and D...

I adore Suzanne Thomson of New Life Midwifery. Just posted a short review here: http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1061069 Her number is (206) 365-5156. Good luck finding the right person!

Suzanne was my midwife for my daughter's birth on 2/22. I can't say enough good things about her- she's the be-all-end-all of midwives, as far as I'm concerned. I had a hospital transfer after a planned homebirth, due to premature labor...

Yay! Congrats on your new little one. The days after we got home were some of the happiest of my life : Sorry about your NICU experience. I'm still dealing with disappointment and anger that they took my perfect little girl from me...

We had such a hard time naming our daughter, too! Sorry this is tough... I don't know if your names are too close to Tatum or not- it's just on the edge. If you're looking for other names, one thing you might try is putting Brayden...

I started drinking some intense infusions of RRL around week 30, and maybe that was too soon b/c my bebe was born 4 weeks early at week 34+4! I'll always wonder what caused it... in any case, I started having loose stools about week 32....

Sorry you're feeling down. *big hugs* I've been sorry to see my post-birth bliss disappear, replaced by irritability and some moodiness. I miss the happy happy! Don't know how you feel about herbal remedies, but I'm a big fan of them;...

Sending you good wishes for this birth! I'm sure it'll be exactly what you want (or close enough ). So, I wish I'd had better control of my breathing! My doula and midwife did help me with changing my tone- rather than a high-pitched...

Hi! Updating my birth announcement info (thanks for your work on the announcements!) corrie_cat new mama to Noe (NO-ee) Elizabeth Birthdate/Time: February 22, 2009, 6:23 am EDD: March 25, 2009 Weight/Length: 6lb 5 oz, 18.5...

Thanks everybody! This was a planned homebirth with a hospital transfer due to gestational age (35+4). I'm finally getting around to replying now b/c they kept us in the hospital for 4 days. And by that I mean, they basically...