Posts by bostonmummy

I'm starting to think about the kinds of things I'm going to want to know when the baby is born — not the obvious change the diaper, swaddle info, but more developmental awareness, communication, etc. Does anyone have any...

Micromama - actually, you can start it at any time. The recommended amount is 2 cups/day in 2nd trimester, 3 cups/day in the 3rd. Just got my shipment today, so we'll see if it works wonders the way people say it will!

One other thing you might try that a friend of mine swore by is fresh cabbage juice. It has something called vitamin U, which is really msm, and is supposed to work wonders. I personally can't drink it because the whole cabbage family...

What a great question! I'd love to know what you mamas have done in the past, too!

Just wanted to chime in here on the restless legs thing. I was getting it really badly, too, and last night I felt it while I was lying on the couch. What's been helping me is to take 1000 mg of calcium and 400 mg of magnesium...

Hi SunnyPerch - I'm interested in your HB kit! I couldn't access the Craigslist link, though. Could you PM me with more info about what's in the kit?  Thanks so much!

Welcome, Micro! We have the same due date but I don't know the gender. Happy planning!

Cindy - so glad you're so healthy! Great news!   Just popping in to say hi. I started my most crazy busy part of the summer with teaching today. It had been ramping up for a few weeks, but today our first batch of 50 kids...

Hi all,   Anyone else planning on drinking red raspberry leaf infusions? I found the 100+ page thread on it in some other part of mothering.com and have been very impressed with what I read. Here's what I've learned, in case...

I know I'm kind of late on the topic here, but just wanted to mention spinningbabies as a good place to go for info about how to avoid/turn a breeched baby. I keep hearing about it in other corners of mothering.com, and our birth...