Posts by SplashingPuddle

I find it easiest to forgo bras in the whole pregnancy postpartum time. I tried to find something that would work after my daughter was born, but the fluctuation is so large that it felt impossible.  So I am happily bra-less.

bmcneal - I"m so sorry for you having to go out - I know the feeling of having to do errands while pregnant and hating it.  Sometimes I think we are unfortunate that we live so far away from a store, but I guess the upside is that...

Cananny: I was just wondering why does the c-section get scheduled for 34weeks? Is that considered term for triplets? What happens if it is earlier or later?   AFM: We have been fostering a newborn, and I have found it a bit...

We had the tiniest honda fit, and we fit three kids in a booster, carseat, and infant carseat.  It was tight, but we were fostering so we knew it wouldn't be long longterm. 

I pushed like crazy and had only a small tear, and my daughter came quickly. I did little advance massage either.  I wonder if each birth is just so different and that includes tearing.

I was looking for walnuts at the very bottom of my freezer and found mine just yesterday. I had completely forgotten.

We used old stained towels cut into squares (no edges surged) and they have held up really well considering. No cost to us at all either.  

Loogiejane: Here is an article about this:  Janssen, P.A., Saxell, L., Page, L.A., Klein, M.C., Liston, R.M. & Lee, S.K. (2009).  Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with...

Firespiritmelody: My partner and I purchase one joint family gift each year (and then make each other one gift).  For our family gift, we bought the hypnobabies homestudy program off of their website.  Because we are in...

I have just started the hypnobabies homestudy program, and I am wondering if anyone else is doing it too?  I would love to connect with others about what's working well and what is challenging?  Is this your first hypnobabies...