Posts by Eilis

Good news - my midwife isn't making me do another 3 hour test at this point since last one made me sick. Instead she is doing blood draws at my appts, 2 hours after I eat. And I have another ultrasound next week, so at that point the...

Talldarkeyes, thinking of you! Ouch on the knee. Sounds really hard to cope right now. I agree with those who have suggested WIC as a resource. My issues/problems/challenges are different than yours, but I have similar feelings of...

Bummer of a day! I didn't pass my glucose tolerance screening test for gestational diabetes and so I had to take the three hour test. My score on the 1-hour test was 160 and the cutoff is 130. My midwife said anything above 190 is a...

cool! I did not know about the storage bags. I'll definitely ask about that. very handy. Hopefully this will encourage more women to breastfeed but I kinda doubt it. I am inclined to think that the free pump benefit will be used by...

I don't think it matters if you have a job outside the home, or not. My insurer did not ask me.

Tenk, to answer a question you posed earlier about how my insurance is paying for the medela pump - if you are in the U.S. and have health insurance, it is likely that your insurer is now required to pay for a breast pump for you. This...

thanks, everyone! wish there were a cloth diaper store in my area - might be easier to go somewhere in person to see all the options. I just love the Green Mountain Diaper prefolds and fitteds that seem to be their proprietary brand...

What an amazing wealth of information you guys have to share! Thank you so much! I looked at Tommy Tippee bottles at the store and they were cute - I think they're British and I'm a sucker for British products. And I'm sure they get...

Another registry-oriented question... I am planning to go back to work at around 5 months of baby's age and plan to be pumping with a Medela Pump In Style (yay affordable care act - insurance is paying for it). So I'll be getting the...

I am registered on Amazon - in large part due to free shipping options for friends and family. Not everything will have free shipping but I am trying to choose the products with free shipping option.   So, I am planning to...