Posts by annablue

I bought this little plant today... but when I got home and googled the name on the label, I realized it was labeled incorrectly. I don't know what this is or how to take care of it! It looks like ivy to me, but I really don't know...

We canceled our cable today. It's a great feeling! I've never liked how we seemed to have the TV on constantly - my husband would turn it on as soon as he woke up or came home, it was always on in the background. Even if there was...

  Quote: Originally Posted by ElizabethE  After my attempted home birth turned horror movie, I used to get so angry at hearing all those wonderful stories. I thought they were all liars, or hiding something, or...

I feel kind of alone in that Hypnobabies didn't work for me. Even though I paid $300 for a live class, and practiced religiously, it was pretty much useless during labor. I was so confident in the program, and felt that everything...

My water broke at 4:45 am on Wednesday morning. I was thrilled since I was over a week late at that point! The contractions were mild until around noon, when I started having to really focus and breathe through them. I labored at home...

Quote: Originally Posted by emily11megan  This one has dragged on for a couple weeks and it's so challenging mentally!  I feel like today might be the day, but I've thought that  before.  Anyone else...

I was due two days ago. I'm a first timer so it shouldn't be surprising I'm going over, but that doesn't mean I'm happy about it! I've always been super impatient, and the waiting is pure torture. I haven't had any signs of labor to...

Quote: Originally Posted by gemasita  I am with you that even those few people knowing might make me feel "watched," even from afar. That's how I feel. I don't want to feel like people are waiting...

I've had an easy breezy pregnancy up until now - it's like Mother Nature decided to cram a whole pregnancy's worth of aches, pains, and discomfort into the last two weeks! Ugh!

This is my first and I didn't get a shower, either. It's not that I feel entitled to gifts, I just wish people cared. I walk around at church with my big belly and nobody says a word. Other than my parents, my relatives and in-laws...