Posts by Crispie

Hi Mama, Just wanted to say Welcome back :) There is a lot more locally in terms of farmers markets! It's exciting to see them cropping up everywhere.   You might want to look into Dr Allen. He is an MD and holistic...

That's my husband adding hot water....and my midwife holding my son. It takes a lot of trust for a family's children to sit on your lap in the middle of the night while mama makes loud noise and takes a bath in the middle of the...

Geesh. I'm mostly a lurker, but feel like I know you all so well! Just wanted to pop in and say CONGRATS WOMBJUICE!!!! Please keep us posted!

We LOVE mamas willing to do normal housework, laundry, wash windows, sweeping, vacuuming...all those types of jobs for our home office. Sometimes there are fliers to type up, filing and other such chores. I'd venture to say, even...

As a former pregnant woman and mama...I can relate to your situation on many levels. I've totally been there financially! Cutting out 6-8 months of prenatals for just the birth at the end of the pregnancy seems so logical. Let...

I'm an apprenticing student in CA so I hope I qualify as acceptable to answer :) My understanding of the situation is that while the law states we must have a physician overseeing us in reality very few if any actually have a...

The practice I apprentice with gives dried goldenseal powder to all their mama's. Never had any cord issues. I'd say 99% are fallen off by our 7 day check at latest. The key is not letting the very base get all gummy. They kind of sink...

Excellent Book! It's where I started too.   Quote: Originally Posted by courtenay_e  Start by buying this book.   http://www.midwiferytoday.com/books/paths.asp    In...

Thank you Mikalia! That does help! I had a huge discussion about this with my preceptors who looked some things up. Apparently there is discrepancies...even at the annual meetings about which words mean which. Whatever she was...

Crashing.... *guilt*   Be prepared to experience a whole new level of love! I only understood a tiny sliver of what love was until I had my babies.   On the same note-births are like weddings and each one usually has...