Posts by flowers

My thought is, you don't have to agree with how other parents handle things--you just have to navigate your own experience through it. She's doing what she's doing and you respond best to keep your family happy. I personally do not...

Christina, good for you for keeping a good attitude! I wait to use a fetascope so usually don't hear it until 18 or so weeks. It's a long wait, but so worth it! I think when we are asked to rely on our maternal instincts is when we...

sunflower....that's so good to hear! I'm curious what burbs of Boston you're from and who's your midwife. I lived in the burbs for both of my previous births and know quite a few of the midwives. When I hired my mw for my second...

Burnin...I hear you. I know that logically, but it's such a trigger for me I can't help but feel like it's not for me. Power roles are also very socially conditioned and it's not so easy to just *stop* doing something that you are...

Would be interested in getting others thoughts. I UP'd with my second and had a wonderful experience. I hired a midwife at 36 weeks mainly b/c we were living with my parents and I knew if I went into labor and no midwife showed up my...

Hi Mommie2be! I am not doing ultrasound or doppler for similar reasons. I am 15 weeks and can't wait to feel the first movements b/c I'm not really showing either and didn't even have morning sickness so this pregnancy is still very...

This is our third pregnancy and I have never had an ultra-sound to date. I don't plan on having one for this one either. We also do not use a doppler to hear heart tones but wait until we can hear it with a fetascope. I did allow a...

I am picking up my doula practice after years of having babies and nursing. I am putting together a resource list of books/movies/magazines/blog/ etc. to hand out to clients. Anyone want to chime in with their personal favorites? ...

BabyHaysMama- We have similar dynamics. My first was like a little duckling who followed right behind me, didn't really climb etc. My second is ready to just run out into the street and his favorite place to climb is perched with...

You know what I was thinking,too--this is your first child, right? Try to stay open to the possibility that you might feel different when the time comes. I remember my sil was out west having her first child. She insisted that no...