Posts by Sasha's Mama

I came here looking for some sort of SAHM guide or instruction sheet  I had a baby six weeks ago and as of xmas break, my 4 year old is home full time w/me  and my 11 yo is no longer in after school care. I'm not really...

I have my six week check-up this week and I'm looking forward to it! I think my tear has healed as good as it's going to get, even though things look different still, and I'll just be glad to get the ok from my midwife :)

No rice cereal here either. I've always heard it was a choking hazard to thicken up their bottles w/that stuff. I had so much pressure from my mom to put my first young baby on rice cereal mixed with milk because he was a big baby and...

He is so cute! No help but I like Dominic and Kirin. But since Kirin is close to what was on your original list, I'd go with that. Not that I'm really the best one to give advice - we switched the baby's name from Maxim when he was...

Quote: Originally Posted by FaithF    However, hopefully someone can help me with this. Since I've delivered 3 weeks ago, my vagina (as far up as around my clitoris) and butt crack have itched so bad. Its...

I was wondering how everyone's healing/postpartum period is going. I had my baby 19 days ago and it seems like when one thing stops hurting, another thing starts! This birth was a vbac and I was totally unprepared for what would happen...

I had my baby! It turns out those contractions yesterday were the real deal! Started having regular contractions at 10am ish, then had the baby at 3:30pm! Called the midwife at 12:45 and my husband barely made it home in time for me to...

I've been having some seriously painful contractions for the last four hours or so... When I was making my son breakfast this morning I felt one strong one that didn't feel like the others I've been having for the last two weeks and...

Quote: Originally Posted by xakana  And I just had bloody show. A bunch of it. Yuck, but yay! Yay!

Can I hope that these 6 min. apart contractions are the start of REAL labor?    Every night when the sun goes down my uterus starts up, but it just doesn't keep up. I'll be 40w tomorrow, and while I went to 42 w/my...