Posts by Mrs Dimples

Quote: Originally Posted by erin_brycesmom I'm having my baby at home for many reasons but mostly because it is the safest option. I wish I had known about homebirth with my first although I probably would have risked...

We were charting, so it wasn't a surprise, but we didn't use any other means. Just lots of sex. : ETA: This is true of all my pregnancies (3).

No way is a Moby going to be comfortable for a toddler during pregnancy. My favorite way is a back carry with a woven wrap. I have to have the weight evenly distributed, only during pregnancy, and it starts very early. I'm fine with...

Well, I've had feelings both times about the genders and both times I've been right! I think my feelings might be swayed though, by what I know of the supposed "Shettles method". Since I was charting for all three...

Would you mind adding me please? I haven't been on MDC for awhile but I'd like to try and get in at least one birth club where I won't be winning the Freak Award. I'm Rachel, due September 12th (roughly, of course!) I have a 4 year...

My midwife had done around 150 births - many of them out of the country in a training setting - and had been practicing for only a few years. She was much younger and less experienced than the midwife I had imagined myself using. I...

Well, I had a Pit-induced birth with my son, and a homebirth with my daughter. I had an epidural with my induction, so I can't compare the pain levels, but I will say that my natural birth was *much* easier. I was going with my body...

It wasn't pain so much, it was intense. For me personally, my labor built pretty gradually so I had time to adapt as it ramped up in intensity. The thing, for me, that made labor so different from any other "painful"...

www.ebestfed.com carries Bumkins products (Bumkins are also a local company). BESTFed has a store location at 49th Ave. and Thunderbird, or you can order online. www.wildflowerdiapers.com is a WAHM out of North Scottsdale who I have...

Well, my baby is almost 6 months and unless she's napping (ha! I'm kind of sensitive about this today) she wants to nurse every 2 hours at the long end.