Posts by Mama Lo

I think a soft structured carrier would work well for what your looking for.  I've heard rave reviews of most all of them, Ergo, Becco, Boba, etc.  I have a Becco Butterfly and love it, u can do front or back carry.  I...

I have the Mirena iud, had after dd1, no problems, worked wonderful.  So I had it put in 13mo pp after ds.  I've had a slew of minor irritations with it, nothing major.  But, 3 wks ago after dtd, I bad cramps, to the...

Kaydove, I did find a few resources on my own to give me some ideas.  I agree with you that daycare is not ideal, I need someone who will take my kids on short notice, most and hour of the day :) I found care.com, it looks...

Long story short, how do you make it work as a doula, midwife assistant or midwife if you have young children at home?   I've had the bug off and on for several years to be a doula or midwife assistant but never pursued anything...

Dr Lauren Feder- Natural Baby and Childcare Great book to read and then use as a reference for all kinds of illness's.  For each illness she goes over conventional treatment, homeopathic remedies and natural rememdies.  I...

Congrats on a beautiful baby girl! And even though things didn't go the way you envisioned, you made informed decisions and that's whats important!

I would second what pp said about doula being helpful for both of you, or maybe even more so for your partner.  During this pregnancy, my dh and I talked about dd's birth and I mentioned that while our doula was nice and great and...

3-4 days?  No problem.  Closer to a week is when I feel weird.  But especially since their was no meat, I'd have no worries :)

I would say girl.  My first was a girl and of course I can't find u/s pic on this computer to show the 3 lines, but that's what I remember them looking like.  By comparison, this time with my son, u/s at 18 weeks, it looked...

My loose bowel movement didn't happen until I was well into labor with my dd.   I would relax and try not to stress about it, as long you're not having contractions with the loose stool :)