Posts by purposefuldoula

33 weeks <3  

I second the calm magnesium! It's pretty great stuff.   I've been super sensitive to everything during this pregnancy and have had to cut out coffee- even decaf, and pretty much anything with sugar in it. I'm okay with fruit...

yeah, I kind of chuckled at the absoluteness above. I, at one time, said the same thing to the plastic crap and tv, and even asked all family for only natural toys, nothing with batteries, no movies, etc. And now, as I parent a 5.5...

  Here we are at 32 weeks with my huge belly! And none of my shirts fit me... My five year old calls it my "gus gus" belly, (from cinderella!) 

Quote: Originally Posted by tropicana74  Where did you buy your diapers? I looked around on Craigslist and thought that most of what I saw was a stained mess.  This:   Quote: Originally Posted...

On the diaper topic- I would vote to buy second hand instead or renting, too. Tuesday, I actually just did this and bought a set of 12 charlie banana size small pocket diapers with 24 inserts that were only used for about a year for...

I'm right there with you ladies on the holding baby. I can't wait either. Yesterday, I took a meal to my doula client who delivered two weeks ago and she was almost too much to take in. I told her if I wasn't pregnant already, DH and I...

Quote: Originally Posted by tropicana74  Well, maybe not. I always buy a Britax for my kids for when they outgrow the infant seat. I figure it will be about April 2013 before I need a Britax. I will have to remember...

I'm right there with you ladies! It's been baby steps for us over the last few years but we are down to a lot less chemicals in our home than average. When I did my doula training back in Feb of 2011, my trainer and another woman in...

Here I am at 30 weeks with DD2 on the left and today at 31 weeks on the right in the same dress. I think I'm carrying bigger just a bit bigger this time!