Posts by swelldoula

Hi All,   I just stumbled onto this thread and wanted to introduce myself.   I've been apprenticing with a home birth licensed midwife in Arizona for about 9 months now. In Arizona, we don't use the NARM guidelines...

Hey everyone,   My husband is in the process of applying for clerkships for 2014-2015. There is a bankruptcy judge in Greeneville, TN that he is thinking about applying to, but I want to get some input about the area before I...

A friend is due in early January, and she is anticipating having some trouble maintaining a full supply once she goes back to work. I'm planning on pumping to give her some extra milk (maybe regularly, or maybe just when she needs it)....

Here is a complete list of the home birth midwives listed on the AZ health department's website. I just had a home birth on 6/11/12 with Amy Zenizo, and I would highly recommend her!   Tucson Midwives

I'd be interested in meeting up with my 3 year old. He was at Tucson Waldorf last year, along with his sister who is 7, but I don't think we can afford to send him this coming year. We live on the northwest side of town, but will be...

thanks everyone! here's an updated photo... Eden is one week old already! And posing like a super model 

This!!  Quote: If I had that time to do over again, I would have screamed everything that was going on in me from the rooftops. I would have come clean from the beginning about exactly how bad I was feeling and I...

Eden Apollo, born at home at 4:57am on June 11. Only 7lbs 12oz. My smallest baby. 8 or so hours of labor total, but went from 6cm dilated to baby pushed out in 7 minutes!!   

One day post-partum

37 weeks today...   And just for fun- Me at 37 weeks with my last pregnancy... quite a difference!!