Posts by Bmorefarmgirl

I was going for a home birth with my first too. It was a huge loss to end up with a c-section, mine coming at 33 weeks due to severe preeclampsia. The home birth atmosphere has changed a lot in my state in the 2.5 years since my son was...

Here is my little munchkin with his new lunch box. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4172893693123&l=0c29d04a27 Faithstuff: you don't need a therapist. This forum is way cheaper. Plus we get to be totally on your side, not some...

I just watched More Business of Being Born: The VBAC Dilemma: What Your Options Really Are. Has anyone else seen it? I bought it on iTunes. I was thinking of offering to screen it for my local ICAN chapter. What did anyone think of it?...

My very vbac-friendly midwife practice has stats for jan-June of 2012. They say 5% of their clients are vbacs. They have an overall c-section rate of 11.4%. Of their c-section patients, 80% were primary c-section. 20% were repeat. a...

Or try an urgent care or walk-in clinic? The only other thing I could think of is to ask at a diagnostic lab. The big one around here is Quest Diagnostics. I believe they require a referring physician, but maybe your midwife could order...

Do we have one of these yet for September? I figured I'd start one. I took my little boy to his first day of preschool today! I can't believe it. He is so grown up. I cried a little, and feel really emotional about it, but I also feel...

I'm with Franjapany on this one. Last time, I studied, read books, visualized, planned a perfect peaceful home birth, took Bradley courses. Ended up with pre-e, every intervention in the book, (plus several that were not in any book i...

Quote:Originally Posted by lakell22 Yeah, I'm more than disappointed and extremely sad and a little upset but I do have to keep going and doing for my babies without anyone... Thank you ladies for all your imput, I really...

Quote:Originally Posted by VBACmama4  A VBAC rate of 2% is pitiful no matter how many years a hospital is practicing according to the new policy because no matter how many women have entered the hospital attempting a VBAC - whether...

When we were pg with DS and looking for a pediatrician, we mostly looked for one who would allow us to be flexible with vaccinations. We ended up with a really awful ped and I would practically have anxiety attacks before every visit...