Posts by allisonrose

I toured the hospital last night. I might feel a bit hesitant about the birth center but my feelings were quite clear about the hospital: no. I don't want to have a baby there. I still have the prenatal appointment Friday with the...

I'm pretty sure that I ate a low carb breakfast before my GTT with my second and perhaps my first as well and passed both times. If you typically eat before 8 am then go for something low carb. If you usually haven't eaten by that time...

Quote: Originally Posted by BabySmurf  Honestly this can be a really tough question - so much depends on you and your baby's personality.    Yup. And you will get different answers here at MDC than you...

We suspect this baby is a girl because I've had more morning sickness this time. My mom also reads tarot cards as a hobby and enjoys predicting the gender of babies in the family. She was right for my sons and for my cousins' and some...

I also used garlic internally in an effort to test GBS- the second time around. Like nicholeraine, my water broke before labor began with my first and I was forced into augmentation/induction. I fully plan to take the same precautions...

The group I will potentially be seeing is in Virginia and when I called their office, I was told they don't do meet and greet appointments. They are so busy that they only take regular appointments so I had to schedule a prenatal and was...

Just signed up to tour the hospital that the midwife group delivers at. Not excited about it. But I feel like seeing the hospital is an important piece of the puzzle here.

DanceGina - we were very strongly pressured into pitocin with my first son. We held out for about 4 hours but with the midwife on call, the OB on call and the midwife I saw for the majority of my prenatal visits telling us I needed pit...

I am in Northern Virginia, not Norfolk.

If my math is right you are cd 28 today: any update?