Posts by Lilcrunchie

I think even medical professionals supposedly consider 4-5 hours "sleeping through the night" but I've never had a baby do that this early. Their tummies are soooo small and breastmilk is digested so fast. Nursing through...

Ditto birth affirmations or looking for some sort of fear release script (or consider working with a hypnosis instructor or similar?). Is it primarily the thought of intervention scaring you, or just birth in general? We went...

I've been binding this time (did it half heartedly with my 2nd child too) and have been very happy with how things are going. My 6 year old keeps telling me my "tummy is really flat now". (nice to hear something positive...

Sending stay away stomach virus vibes your way. Hoping it was a fluke and that that bug stays away from your precious little one!

My midwife did our PKU a few days post partum. We are doing oral K (and did oral K in a multidose regimen with my DD for her birth center birth). I wish I knew about the Baylor thing beforehand!! CNN just ran an article on the DNA...

BH for me are usually painless tightening (but not everyone experiences them that way). In the days leading up to labor this time, my ctx were somewhere on the continuum between BH and "real" labor contractions. They were...

T1H- yep, craving things here too. Juice, which I never drink. Yesterday, anything w/ vitamin c. The first few days I polished off costco brownie bites, muffins, and ice cream. I was positively ravenous after my oldest was born...

Quote: Originally Posted by mama kk What an incredible birth story! How special to be giving birth at sunrise on the first day of spring. And I am glad to hear your recovery has been so great too! Thank you! ...

Quote: Originally Posted by birthdancedoula DDCC... Congrats, mama!! You have been on my mind so heavily lately, I just had to come stalk your DDC and see if you had given birth. I actually had a haunch that you...

Fantastic story! Congrats!! (nak)