Posts by broodymama

I had always gone into labor in the middle of the night so I was expecting the same thing this time.  On Friday, January 11th I started having some mild cramps and just feeling "birthy" after dinner, about 6:45.  I wandered...

Yay, jen and aruss!  Hope to hear that both of you are holding your babies soon!   Just hanging out here and trying not to engage with any family members so I don't get any questions.

Yay, congratulations!

I bought the Hypnobabies home study course during my first pregnancy and am currently using it for the 5th time.  Well, I lost the printed materials during a cross-country move before my second pregnancy, but was comfortable just...

I've been using a CPA for the past several years but this year she is having significant health issues so she won't be available.  Our return is pretty straightforward, just with a  Schedule C for my small (micro) business....

We started using YNAB (You Need a Budget) a little over a year ago after ditching Quicken and it's really helped us out!  We both have the app on our phones and when you enter a receipt it automatically updates to the the full...

I'm hitting 40 tomorrow, not really too surprised though.  3 of mine came before 40 weeks but #4 decided to hang tight until 41.5 weeks.  I don't quite have that "I'm $&%*ing done!" feeling yet that I usually get, so this...

What a wonderful birth, congratulations!  

Yup, same here.  My family has a vague idea of my EDD this time, since my mom will be coming to help out with the other kids for afterwards.  Usually I fudge it by several weeks with them so I can gestate in peace (learned...

Ouch!  The afterpains got worse for me each time, I'm not looking forward to them this time around!  I have Afterease tincture and ibuprofen on hand again, that's what got me through them the last few times.