Posts by nilatti

My midwife, after both of my births, left the house so pristine that I remember looking at my bedroom the morning after my son was born and wondering if I dreamed the whole thing! Especially if she didn't make it for the birth, she...

Some people have recommended one of those fish tank net scoops. I didn't have one, and things were fine. My wonderful MW just kind of scooped the clots and stuff up with her (gloved) hands.

I had home births with a CPM, but my first labor was so fast that DH and I were both afraid that #2 would come before she got there (and we were sort of freaked out at the idea of an unplanned UC). DH was able to take a neonatal...

I had baby #1 on my bedroom floor, #2 in my normal-to-smallish bathtub. The tub was awesome!

Thanks for the thoughts. I probably should go see someone...would sure hate for *that* to be messed up forever! ;)   I would have thought that a hemmorhoid or fissure would be a lot more painful than this. This mostly doesn't...

This is gross and maybe tmi...   So, I had my baby on October 1, all natural water birth at home. She was full-on posterior, and my whole labor was about 2 hours. My midwife said, "Wow, you just blew that baby out of there!" I...

My son was just like this. It gets better. But it can take a while.   Bob Marley, very loud, was all that got my son to stop crying. Maybe it's worth a try?   No matter how bad it gets, you should never nurse in a...

How long have you been trying it? My whole family started sharing a bedroom when DD was born, and the first week was hell. My son woke up every time the baby did. After a bit, though, he started sleeping through he noises. I think he...

My son is a life-long sleep resistor. For his 2nd birthday, I got him a wonderful 4-CD set of Peter Dennis reading Winnie the Pooh...

I'm a bit reluctant to write this, because you say that preserving the relationship is important to you, but your update reminds me, quite powerfully, of something that happened to me as a child.   When I was 2 or 3, I went...