Posts by SteeleTig

Astrid Willa’s Birth Story   Around midnight on May 7th I started having contractions that woke me and were about 10 minutes apart and lasted a minute or longer, I hoped they were the “real deal” and...

Corrine/Corinna and Linnea were contenders for us before we finally decided on DD's name.

My daughter came May 9th at 40w4d. I hope the rest of you are holding your babies soon!

Our baby girl born May 9th is Astrid Willa :-)

I had mine encapsulated, I gave birth Thursday evening, my friend who did the encapsulation was supposed to be at the birth taking photos but got sick so she missed it and couldn't pick up my placenta until Sunday morning. She brought...

We also had our amazing homebirth. My daughter was born in the water at 5:01pm May 9th. 

I'll be 40 weeks this Sunday. No signs of anything happening here other than the fact she's dropped really low, even lower than when she first dropped according to my midwife. My midwife said she thinks it'll be this weekend, we'll...

I've been using EPO orally and vaginally since 37 weeks-ish (I think I started a fews days later). That's it so far. I'm 39 weeks today. I live in NYC and walk miles a day normally so I've still been doing that.

My 4 year old (she turns 4 Tuesday!) wants to cut the cord, she came up with it on her own. I'm open to it if she wants to in the moment. 

Quote: Originally Posted by Loogiejane  Are you still in regular non-maternity jeans????? No, they are maternity. They just only have a thin maternity band in the front under my belly and are regular everywhere...