Posts by Lucystar

Thank you, G&A! I think I need to read a cloth diapering 101 thread. I am a total newbie. :)   I thought wet bags were to carry dirty cloth diapers around when you are out for the day/traveling. But you suggested that wet...

That is really cool, Megan. This is exactly the option I am looking at - waterbirth in a hospital setting, unmedicated. Will be my first baby. I have low pain tolerance. So you're speaking to me, sister! thanks for sharing your story -...

SO sorry to hear your news and hoping everything is going as smoothly as possible for you. 

Great idea!  I don't know how many weeks along I am (it's confusing isn't it?) but I think my due date will be late July. Anyway, it's my first baby and I'm definitely nowhere close to showing. What about you guys? Any bumps?

I have an insanely intense fruit craving lately! Have been eating several apples and oranges daily. Normally I like citris and apples OK but never craved them like this. Really interesting!

I want to be surprised! As someone mentioned on the forum, babies born in the middle of the summer aren't going to need super-elaborate clothes so its easier to be gender-neutral.

Janie, I feel exactly the same way! I'm not even tempted to tell people beyond some family and a couple of close friends. While I'm so glad to be pregnant, I'm really trying to take it one day at a time. Fingers crossed, it's cool to...

So, it's still really early and I don't need to make birth decisions yet, but as I am considering care providers in my region, I have found an interesting option and I'd love your feedback.   There is a nurse midwife who I...

I want to do a bunch of sewing this spring, and body pillow might be on the sewing list! On the subject of pillows - Have any of you experienced mamas used boppy pillows for nursing? I am interested in sewing my own & filling it...

Hi! I'm Lucy and I live in NJ. I'm 35.   Just got my first ultrasound today and there's definitely a baby in there! I went through beta hCG drama over the past two weeks (the numbers weren't doubling at quite the ideal rate my...