Posts by kitteh

I agree with Alenushka. I think you would do yourself a service if you take time to mourn your homebirth, process those feelings, and then let it go. That way you can go into this hospital birth accepting it for what it is instead of...

Im interested in hearing what the alter consists of! I didnt bring any homey-type objects for my first, but the hospital room was much nicer than the one I'll be in this time, and the midwife had mood music and scented oil, which i doubt...

Gorgeous mama! My favorites are numbers 6 and 7, that dress is adorable on you. I'm loving the red hair too. I want to do some sort of maternity photos, but I think I should've done them ages ago. Now with this rash and stretch marks...

Ooh, fingers crossed for some early (full-term) June babies! Anyone doing the EPO thing? I just started it last night (and as a former waitress I keep calling it EVOO--extra virgin olive oil--LOL)

I really wanted a home birth this time and actually found a group of midwives who were willing to do it for 3k (their usual fee is $6,200) but we ultimately opted for a hospital-based water birth instead (fully covered by medi-cal.) I...

My breasts went from an A cup to a D cup with my first, so I have stretch marks all over them. I hate the resulting crêpe-paper look and feel they have now when they deflate. I just don't want the same all over my tummy! The rash pretty...

Not when you look that hot!

Well, after making it through my first pregnancy without any stretch marks on my belly, I think I might be developing one or two small ones on the underside of my belly. I'm only 35w4d so I'm pretty sure that if they are stretch marks...

I think it looks great. You look amazing, and what a great belly!

My DH really wanted to have dd's ears pierced and my MIL actually sent some cute little newborn-sized earrings and was rather disappointed when we didn't use them. But the way i see it, there is plenty of work for us as parents during...