Posts by karenpl

What a wonderful and amazing birth story! I gave birth at home against medical advice and with my MILs refusing to leave the house, but nowhere as much drama as your mom managed to make. I am very happy for you for having the...

I hope every one had a good christmas! I got a machete as a present, very useful :-) How was your christmas? My kids had a blast and have been playing with all their new stuff the whole day today. My temps have been kind of weird,...

Woohoo, Amarasmom, congratulations! Wishing you an easy pregnancy, and a healthy baby. Very happy for you! I am still waiting for that elusive first egg, I had a tiny bit of ewcm a few days ago, and a temp dip. But alas, my temp has...

{{{{ Adrianne }}}} So sorry for your loss. I have been there too many times, it just totally sucks :-( I do fully believe that your miscarriage was not caused by nursing. Usually people will never know why they miscarried, sometimes I...

Thanks Lilli, and Amanda. Yes, please put me on the list, I want to work seriously on TTC-ing now :-) About the miscarriages, after a lot of them, my ob found a fibroid which was interfering, so she took it out. Which made me too high...

Hi all, I am karen, and used to be active on this forum when we were trying to conceive Sylvia, who is 6mo now. I had a lot of losses before we finally had her, and the support in this forum was invaluable. I have been hoping to get...

Thanks all! Yes, we have officially named her now, her name is Sylvia. It means 'from the woods' which fits very well with her birth underneath the trees. It also fits with the strong nature and woods connection I have had this...

CONGRATULATIONS on your pregnancy!!!! And good for you on deciding on homebirth, it is your birth, not your mom's! Wishing you an easy pregnancy, a healthy baby, and a wonderful birth! Karen

I haven't had a c-section, but I had a myomectomy last year and that basically meant that I suddenly got thrown into 'high risk' territory, and any ob I talked to said 'planned c-section'. I did research, found that the rupture rate...

She is here! And what an entrance she made. She was born last Friday, at 5:45pm, in our front yard. Under a pine and a maple tree, so perfect! She weighed 3680 grams on our scales, and a few hours later the midwife's scale said 7 lbs 14...