Posts by phathui5

I haven't heard the term non-schooling before. How is that different from unschooling?

We have five children and there's no way that I would try to coordinate sports teams. Like you said, having multiple kids on different teams, at different places... it's too much. 

"Do I have to let the public school district or the ESD know he is doing a private school if I do that?"   Yes, you have to let the ESD know.   We're in Oregon too, and I want to point out that the standardized...

I don't know what I would do. I imagine we would still homeschool, unless we had a really great affordable private school or charter school nearby.

With many medications, it is better to breastfeed and take the medication than to formula feed. The benefits of breastfeeding (and the risks of formula!) outweigh the risks of medication.

The Mother's Advocate videos are free and good to use in childbirth classes:   http://www.mothersadvocate.org/

I would not be comfortable birthing a breech baby unassisted. While there are plenty of successful homebirth breech birth stories, I feel like many of the homebirth deaths that make the news were breech babies.

Now that your water is broken, I would avoid vaginal exams, monitor your temperature and pulse and start taking Vitamin C if you have it available.

Do you have any other hospitals in your area that you could use?

Find yourself a midwife! A midwife will take more time with you at appointments, answer your questions and provide more education. Also, consider the possibility of out of hospital birth. Birth centers and home births are good...