Posts by outdoorsy

Sphinxy - Your friend's behavior is definitely inappropriate, since it was so aggressive and unsolicited about a private matter. I guess I would just bear her behavior in mind when deciding what to share about the baby in general and...

Latest baby issue in my house: circumcision. I am leaning strongly against, but my wife is for it, absolutely and totally, and says she won't be moved. We know the arguments, but does anyone have advice specific to dealing with...

QOTD: Well, as I've said, I'm an independent contractor and not entitled to leave. But I will be scaling back my work to only a few hours a week for a couple of weeks --- exact number undetermined. My employer is reluctant to be pinned...

Granite - I would love to take that poll, but we aren't finding out the sex until the baby is born!     I am almost 35 weeks now, taking childbirth classes, and not feeling any b-h contractions that I know of. Feeling...

Splashing - wow! Congrats! That definitely sounds better than prolonged labor, even it was a little sudden.   Soto - I'm so sorry about your fam passively excluding DW like that, especially on Mother's Day. The DOES suck. Just...

Soto - Hopefully the tips here will work for her, but if not, I think she definitely needs to see a different doctor. Not drinking water and getting dehydrated is not good for the baby or her.

Cananny - Thank you for asking. I am doing well, but feeling stressed out because we need to finish our bathroom renovation in time for the four overnight guests who'll be staying here for the baby shower in two weeks. Only one more...

Granite - Mine is late June, but I don't really want to list the exact day.

Looks like Friederike has tons of good advice specific to Germany. I'll share a little of what my wife and I did about a donor. We originally planned on using sperm from a relative. He had a vasectomy reversal, and it was unsuccessful....

So sorry to hear about the break-in, seraf!   Cananny - Yay for all three at home! Cute pic!