Posts by pattimomma

Quote: Originally Posted by lexapurple  With DD I was so worried one day that I made my MW send for NST! Turns out DD was just sleepy that day. With this pregnancy, I am experiencing some days when baby is turning and...

I am not sure about a hospital birth but I have always had my kids at my home births. In fact my then nine year old ended up being my labor support with baby number 4. She just kinda took over that job as if it was completely natural...

I am having a homebirth. My midwife, DF, and four kids will be there (depending on the time of day, I won't wake them up or bring them home from school early). I will also have 1-2 friends there to help with the kids and anything else...

I called my midwife and she said as long as I am feeling at least ten movements a day then that's fine. I came home from work early ate, took a nap and then she started kicking like I am use to.

I have noticed a significant decrease in fetal movement over the past few days. She is still kicking it's just not as strong or as frequent as it was before. It's got me pretty concerned though. I have tried things like drinking juice...

I have been following these threads but not posting . . . because I have been too busy cleaning! I cleaned out the garage, the storage closet, the pantry, the hall closets and when I went to work today I cleaned out my...

Quote: Originally Posted by havsulen    The experience made it all much more real to me. Hey mamas, do you realize that we are having babies? Warm, cuddly, soft and oh so sweet smelling babies!!! And soon...

How does that compare to the experience of other midwifes?   My homebirth midwife has attended 1000+ births. She is a CPM (licensed in TN) and is certified by NARM (as well as being on the board of NARM and the president of...

I was told the A1C was the most accurate test and that they would use it once the three hour was failed. I could have misunderstood.

Floradix has never caused me any constipation problems. Here is a link to a pdf, it is a handout on iron that my midwife gives her clients http://www.gamidwife.com/pdf/iron.pdf I almost always get diagnosed anemic with pregnancy...