Posts by Maternalove

We also use Morgan-Cooper. DS is 14 months and has had only 1 vax. She's been very supportive of it all. 

Depends on where she's located. NOVA is full of midwives and birth centers. There is I believe one practice close to DC in Maryland. Is she still wanting a hospital birth or birth center? Is she a VBAC or 1st...

If you consider homebirth I could recommend someone. I believe she still takes insurance. 

I had a successful VBAC with Capital Women's Care and St. Joes. My birth plan was respected 100%. It wasn't a natural birth since I caved at hour 38.  I will say they don't let you walk around as a VBAC and you have to have...

I ask my child this everyday and everyday it's the same answer. "Watch TV" I don't know what to do. That's literally ALL she wants to do. She will do other things if I make her turn it off or just plain don't let her turn it on but...

I know this is super old but I just wanted to chime in. There is a diet book called "The Super Simple Diet" and it is in fact an anti-inflammatory diet. It is SOOOOOOOO much food tho so I'm sure it wouldn't affect breastfeeding. It...

Wow, not crawling here either. He does occasionally roll to get a toy and scoots in circles. So due to lack of milk supply and baby not gaining weight we started him on food. He eats twice and day and eats EVERYTHING! Any food he can...

So this week we will begin supplementing with formula. I feel like a failure and a bad mom. I know a bad mom is one that doesn't feed their child at all but I feel so defeated.  With DD I thought my supply issues were related...

Rough. He goes down around 6:30-7 and is up between 1 and 2 and then again around 4-5 and cluster feeds till about 8 then naps till 11. Sadly I go to bed about 10 and my other child gets up around 8 so I'm getting like NO sleep on top...

Quote: Originally Posted by crimsonandclover  Are you getting enough fat in your diet?  Sometimes it's harder for the body to make milk if it's fat reserves are low - the lactation consultant at the hospital I...