Posts by RuthieJ

Hi hippymama25.   I'm a university health researcher and have done a lot of work on obesity.  We all get distressed with the scale from time to time, and it is only encouraged by our fat-focused society.  But the more...

Wondering if there are any mamas out there who have experienced a peaceful birth with planned c-section?    I just found out that I am pregnant with my third child (very unplanned, but already loved). I am a strong...

Ultimately, when it comes to car seats or any other parenting issue, I think each of us has to make the best judgement that we can, weighing out the benefits and disadvantages to decide what is right for our own children and for...

Thank you very much, everyone.  It means a lot to hear about other moms' experiences, and thank you for the reminders that the next experience could be quite different.  I definitely need to wait a few more years before...

I haven't seen anyone else here mention this, but we had to turn our daughter to FF when she was just 18 months old, because she was so sick in the car.  It was at the point where she threw up on every drive.  We saw the...

I had a very long and harrowing homebirth a year ago with my second child (he was 10 lbs, asynclitic, double-corded, and suffered a shoulder dystocia as he was being born that was very scary and resulted in the paramedics being called...

Thanks very much, both of you.  You made me feel much better!

I'm a breastfeeding, babywearing mama of two (aged 1 and 3), who feels very guilty not to be co-sleeping, especially since I've read so much research on how good it is for little ones.   But I've tried so hard so many times...

Thank you so much for starting this thread, shells_n_cheese.   I also had a very difficult and frightening homebirth experience with my second child that it is taking me some time to come to terms with, and I find that one of...