Posts by kitikatuka

Like a lot of you, our freezer just isn't big enough to hold much more than a casserole or two, so finding some good and hearty crock pot recipes is my goal...so will be watching this thread closely! I'm just stupid when it comes to...

For those of you who are making/planning to use witch hazel soaked frozen pads (which do sound wonderful), are you using washable cloth pads or the disposable ones? I'd like to try this, but want to make sure I'm doing it right!

I also failed my 1 hour test (I did the nicer "breakfast diet" instead of the orange drink) but got a 144 (with a cut off of 135). Went for the 3 hour test yesterday and was told no food after midnight and only sips of water...

Thank you, corban's mum -- this is actually extremely helpful and you have given me some great positive ways of looking at this (or any small worry that might pop up): I can cope, and have some blind faith. I like both of those things --...

Hey there mamas - I need some help. I am having some trouble dealing with fears of hemorrhoids appearing on my birthing day. This happened to me with my DD's birth -- I had no major problems with them all throughout my pregnancy, and...

We'll be writing a birth plan -- we did for our first baby's birth and found that it did help during our time at the hospital (when we checked in, the nursing staff knew who we were and what we wanted and offered us our choice of rooms...

I also have some anxiety about the birth -- this is my second, so my anxieties are heightened knowing what's coming, but also, I'm a SAHM to a (will be then) 25 month old, and I worry about being home with her and going into...

I've also been dealing with nausea, too. My OB told me it was most likely heartburn presenting as nausea, and she recommended Pepsid AC. It does not always work...or maybe I just don't take it soon enough, but for the last few episodes,...

I haven't been here a lot lately, so I might have missed where you posted if you're having a girl or a boy, but I just wanted to say that I love the name Ren -- I actually had a co-worker named Ren -- a male. I hadn't ever heard the name...

It's your piriformis muscle, which is deep in your butt, and can hurt terribly when you move around. I had it with my first pregnancy, and it almost crippled me for a couple of months, but it did go away, once my belly...