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*swoon*

My chiropractor appointment was OK. I felt very good when I was leaving. She said that I am too tight in my hip joints (a feature of my body; I have very closed hips; I work on that a lot in my yoga practice). She made my back crack in...

Midwife appointment this morning, everything is right on track. I gained 2.5 kg in the past 2 weeks! Which takes me right off the "below average" column of the pregnancy weight gain calculator and directly on the "average" column. And...

I have success with floravital (the vegan version of floradix). i've also started drinking wheat grass juice (made from a powder) with it because I have to get another iron test in two weeks and be above a certain level to not risk out...

I know that the bleeding after a vaginal delivery varies widely from person to person (one of my friends lost two liters of blood after her last delivery! she told me that 15 years ago she probably would have died from it, but...

MM- I can only relate to your brother in this situation, and not you! I didn't tell anyone in my family when my sweetheart and I were getting married- my parents found out when they opened a letter from the US govt addressed to me at...

Re: bras- I've read that it can be practical and comfortable to just use normal underwire bras while nursing and pull down the fabric on the side that the babe is on and that specialized nursing bras aren't really necessary. Maybe...

Ascher, I was worried about sleep positions previously and my midwife (and many of the wise people on this group!) said that a person will be uncomfortable and move before their sleep position will harm their fetus. The books all...

Thanks Lazurite for sharing your experience! I just went out and bought two bras. I am being silly. I can afford to have clothes that fit and while I don't want to buy things that have a short life cycle... It's still ridiculous. My...