Posts by Mawood

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. It is so interesting that you all had the chance to compare within your family. It sounds like such an easy thing to do. I don't know why I have such a hard time with it. Maybe because my...

Hi Mamas- I have a happy, chunky 7 week old baby boy. We are having some trouble breast feeding but he is gaining very well (13,5 lbs at 6 1/2 weeks). We saw an LC last week because DH is taking in a lot of air while nursing and has...

Hi Mamas- I have a happy chunky 7 week old baby boy. We are having some trouble breast feeding but he is gaining very well (13,5 lbs at 6 1/2 weeks). We saw an LC last week because DH is taking in a lot of air while nursing and has...

Thanks so much for your thoughts. It sounds like a good idea to maybe just continue the one nursing like we do now if she wouldn't get hooked for more. I had just talked to a Mom who did tandem nurse and said her toddler nursed like...

Hello mamas I was wondering if anyone had experience with tandem nursing or how to avoid it. I am currently 37 weeks pregnant and while I always thought I would go for the tandem nursing I now feel like I might not be up for it. My...

Hi - I am currently 30 weeks pregnant and have had some tooth problems since Christmas. I had it checked out and even saw an endodontist who said that at the time it didn't test for a root canal where my dentist had suggested one. We...

@joycnm: Yes, I did get some attitude when I arrived at the hospital last time. I was already completely dilated and almost ready to push. I was actually surprised when they checked my dilation but my doula said she thought she had...

Thank you so much for all your responses. It has been great support. Thanks a lot Cristeen for your clarification of the terms and laws. This has helped me a lot to understand the doula's and midwife's thinking and is a great relieve...

Thanks LindyGirl. Is that a common practice that you just have the local hospital as the back up? Our nearest hospital unfortunately is very "unnatural" and high interventive. I had my daughter there and even my OB says now that he...

Thanks for your feed back. My MW said exactly what you all said. In a true emergency we would transfer to the nearest hospital and for other transfers she recommended I use my OB and the hospital which is already approved to save us...