Posts by mamadiamond

congrats :)

valencia grace diamond was born at 6:46am on 12/18/12. 9lb 8oz, 19.5in long.   she was "officially" due the 22nd, but i've had a feeling about the 18th for a long time. the morning of the 17th i finally got insurance ducks in...

i had my first bout of real contractions this evening, with lots of back and thigh cramping, and they were 3-8 minutes apart for about 3 hours. but then they spaced back out and the cramping lessened. i've had a lot of extra discharge...

oh goodness, what a cutie! 

39 weeks.

good luck mamaB! alaskanne - if it stopped and hasn't started back up it was probably just watery mucus. with my first pregnancy i had extremely watery mucus towards the end and kept thinking my water was leaking but it wasn't. the...

i ended up getting the la leche league binder. not medical grade in any way, but longer than most and got good reviews as being comfier than most. my abs are so far separated, and last time they didn't separate quite so far but it...

does feeling miserable and on the verge of uterine and emotional explosion count as feeling birthy? i am soooooo over this pregnancy. the past week i've been super exhausted, and a lot more achey and grumpy. it just all hit all of a...

good to know! i want to have lots of lanolin alternatives handy this time, and coconut oil has such a strong taste as well so i don't want to depend on it and then have baby not like it. will have to look into st johns wort oil as part...

loving all the belly art! i've got some henna, and hoping to get my belly decorated between my parents arriving (once i have dd-free time) and going into labor. here is 37.3 tho i didn't gain any weight the past 2 weeks and am...