Posts by MamaBookworm

DD is 3 and DS is 4 weeks. Not that I'm an expert at managing two kids - LOL - but this is what is working for us...   Google for montessori activities. She likes to sort objects, polish silverware, fold kitchen towels, and...

I gave birth a week ago and had a forceps delivery. Active labor was very quick - less than 3 hours - and very intense. I had an episiotomy that seems to be healing well. No signs of discharge and it doesn't feel hot. However, I'm in...

Never tried any of the suggestions, except yours trimommy - I meditated on being ready if he was. I was about to call the acupuncture place, but...   Next morning my water broke! Nothing for 5 hours and then fast and furious...

Well, my water broke the next morning and we welcomed Mark Oliver into the world via vbac later that afternoon. Super fast active labor period (< 3 hours) and a crazy forceps delivery by this old school OB who knew I didn't want a...

Whoa, really thought something was going to happen last night...contractions woke me up, but stayed irregular and didn't really increase frequency. Stopped by morning. I'm losing a lot of chunks of white mucus but nothing bloody. And...

I'm 38 weeks and doing fine. First child was c-section at about 42 weeks after 40+hour labor that didn't progress past 6cm. The practice I'm seeing is not rushing me into scheduling a c-section and are ok with using a little bit of...

This is going to sound crazy, but I rubbed saurkraut juice on my nipples and that seemed more effective than the nystatin. We make it ourselves, but you can also buy real fermented saurkraut at some grocery stores. I guess the...

Hello! My dreads are about 6 months old. I backcombed them and haven't done much else. They are pretty thin and have long wispy tails. The ones on the bottom are locking up pretty good, but I have two crazy jumbled messes on the top of...

Yup! Feeling it, too. And the odd thing is my husband is getting kind of snappy. Empathetic hormones or something.    Hang in there! 

I'm only at 37 weeks, but went to 42 with my first pregnancy and I'm sort of mentally preparing myself for that possibility. It can be hard to wait, but I hope that everyone heals up in your house quickly!    The hardest...