Posts by ~Nikki~

I had a trainee midwife do some of my exams over the past few months.  She's a total newbie, and several times accidentally grabbed my lady bits while fishing around to find the top of my pelvis for measurements.  She was...

Thanks guys.  What concerns me is that I really don't know WHAT he told them.  And judging from his track record, he does like to tell stories.  I did leave him because he's a pathological liar and I couldn't cope with...

  So Ex was supposed to take the kids this past weekend.  He texts me Friday at 1pm and says "Hey can I get them early today?  Like soon?  We're going to the cottage so I want to make the most of the time."...

Guatemama, from what my midwife explained, there are some risks involved.  Mainly the possibility of the placenta being pulled away, cord accidents, or the version triggering labour.  I know a couple of people "in real life"...

Not gonna lie..I've gone a little postal. ;)  I went shopping today to spend a couple baby shower gift cards, and was more than snappy a few times.  And of course contractions started again halfway through the shopping trip....

Hopefully baby turns for you.  The night I wrote this post, I did every single "internet" trick I could find.  Laying upside down against an ironing board, ipod headphones down the pants playing music to lure the baby down,...

Snowflake, have you tried chiropractic care yet?  I have SPD and it's done wonders for me.  The baby's head is lodged in the pelvis pretty nicely now, so it seems to be keeping everything in place and I have far less pain....

I have reached the point where I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever.  I've had signs of labour for over a week now, and nothing.  Diareah, constant contractions (painful, but tolerable) that always go away when I go...

Ah yes, I remember the pain of being stuck with the damn thing, too.  It's the reason I ended up in the hospital for longer than I would have liked, as they "didn't have anyone to remove it." WTF is that??  I slept the first...

Quote: Originally Posted by jshannyn519  I wanted to add this in as well, but in a new post from the above.   My last birth, the c/s, was my birthdaughter's birth. The whole process was scary and...