Posts by dmpkmom

can anyone still pg actually sleep more than 3 hrs at night? I cannot lay on my side b/c my ribs hurt so much and I cannot lay on my back b/c I cannot breathe. I end up in a bottom up/chest down position part of the night (like how a...

not so much meals but champaign and beer sure sound good right now!!!!    that's a good idea on the print w/ the placenta plus babes. I did the print last time too but maybe I could at least get some pretty paper this...

hyde so glad the chiro figured it out! mine sure tried l babe.   baby can flip to anterior during labor..try not to stress about it. I sorta had to promise myself to not reading any more spinningbabies.

 a long time ago, I posted on being wishywashy on hb plans, partially for a very odd reason. I felt sorta let down but the "any other dayness" the hb (like no one cared b/c locally no one there to care ). Last week my MW...

congrats!!!! I guess that means the MWs stayed after the visit? good thing! You were only really 1 day off your planned birthing day! pretty impressive!

not planning to got to the hospital but definitely bring snacks for you and partner (like fruit cups, coconut water or the like, crakers, jello that doesn't need fridge, partner might like some microwaveable soup things incase its a long...

WCM...you can do this. you can definitely labor all by yourself ..most MWs are pretty hands off anyway (more observers and a bit monitoring in there) and not just a few moms have their babies en route to a hospital...

hopefully they gave you some chilled newborn diapers to put down there but if not gel ice packs are very soothing. congrats...you'll heal fast now that baby is out.

I'm one the fence...I've never had true ppd but boy do I get angry after/frustrated at the world a few weeks birth. I wonder if the capsules would help..I'm sure its just sleep deprivation but my reaction is NOT good (I have...

I'm fairly a nervous nilly by nature but I have to say w/ my last home birth (hbac), once I was in labor most of my fears went away because "I WAS doing this". I got to "complete" w/out my MW even there. When she got to our house, she...