Posts by Carolinamidwife

Ditto what she said about an increased chance of PPH and a shell shocked baby. Hypnosis might help you slow down your next labor. Hypnobabies is a great program and I have seen it help previously precipitous moms slow their labors...

Hey fellow NCer! Congrats on managing to have a homebirth in our fair state. You got good advice up there so I will just second what everyone said about not trusting the eldon card. And even if you let the cord physiologically close...

There's a walk being planned to benefit the North Carolina Friends of Midwives (NCFOM) in their quest to legalize Certified Professional Midwives in NC. It's going to be at Lake Benson Park in Garner and there's going to be a silent...

Camping. Even just camping at Jordan lake is a blast for my kids. Or camp at the beach. It's amazingly cheap.

Quote: Originally Posted by ANewDoula I'm glad you posted this! I continue to hear negative things about attending Casa or MLL. We have to remember some students don't have options in their town or state. If we want...

Quote: Originally Posted by MidwifeErika Places like Casa are not just about birth experience either, they are about midwifery experience. When you are there as an intern, you do all the prenatals, all the...

Um... I'm not even going to tell you how much I have been feeding them. It's possible that muck is some kind of algae and I will cover the tank for a bit and see if it cuts it down. Thanks again, I really appreciate the help!

I don't know if it's better... I'm just lazy. My dog has very short hair and sucking it up seems to work better than pushing it around.

Yeah, it's entirely possible I am over feeding them. I will be honest and tell you I actually have no clue how much to feed fish and I have been basing it on how much food I see sitting on the bottom. I will try cutting back and see if...

Thank you for answering! My fish tank hell continues. Today the filter was so full of sludge I could tell by standing there and just listening that something was wrong. I have taken to scooping the orange sludge out scoop by scoop (I...