Posts by thegoodearth

Congratulations! What an exciting time - sending good thoughts your way! 

CONGRATS!!! That is wonderful news! How exciting!!! Welcome to the world precious little girl!!!    She's absolutely beautiful. I'm so happy for you and your family. I want to know too - did the midwife make it? That is a...

Quote: Originally Posted by MamaAcorn  I have plenty of BH building up towards the end, but labor contractions feel different.  I consider the start of labor with that first different contraction.  It...

These are definitely more the second type of what you both describe. I guess these aren't BH then - b/c its not my belly tightening and they are a bit painful - just like period type cramps are. I've never experienced (or felt) that...

Okay - so I never had BH with my son but starting a few days ago I started to feel period like crampiness. There is no "start" or "stop" like in labor contractions. So what is this crampiness I'm feeling? It feels like when I'm having...

Quote: Originally Posted by Turquesa  1. Medical concerns.  I understand that epidurals can lower blood pressure.  Unlike a lot of pregnant women, I lean toward low blood pressure and really don't...

I had a 9 hour first birth. That being said my water broke 29 hours before he was born. I didn't count it as labor until my contractions started regularly and they were painful. For the first 20 hours or so I had nothing - zip zero...

Wow! Congrats to all! Welcome to the world!    I can't believe births are already starting - time has just flown by 

Has anyone ever heard of Milton's? Its a hypochlorite solution that you can use to sterilize a birth tub. Do you know where to get it? Has anyone had any experience cleaning a birth tub before? and if so what did you use?

Quote: Originally Posted by katiedidder  Pool hoses should preferably be the type for potable water (they sell them for RVs,etc to fill their water tanks).  Typical garden hoses have a lot of chemicals in them...