Posts by BeanMama

My DS was 2yrs4mos when his first sister was born and the labor was so fast that my mom couldn't get to us in time to take him away so yes he was right there when she came out.  In the end I thought it was very sweet for him that...

Thank you, Melissa. I appreciate you taking the time to explain it more fully.  And btw, welcome to MDC!!   

Answering my own question...   I called my midwife this morning before my swim and she told me that putting the support hose back on after my swim would not be especially harmful but it would certainly not be as beneficial as...

I am in my 6th month of pregnancy #4 and for the first time I am experiencing an issue with aching varicose veins in one of my legs.  My midwife took one look and said: support hose!  which made me cringe but now I am so...

Eat bananas! (that's for potassium) Now that I am swimming every week (pre-natal swim class, so great!) I have been boosting my banana intake because I remember getting a lot of nighttime cramps during my first 2 pregnancies,...

You're just getting that now on your 3rd?! Lucky you!! I had it with all 3 pregnancies and even sometimes in-between! The worst is when I've had headcolds, and also we laugh a lot around here at the silly antics of my 2 kids. So...

Good for you for thinking about this now, for being aware of it and trying to articulate it. No doubt your feelings will shift around plenty, thanks to hormones and also this huge change coming in your life. But it helps to be aware...

Just to add... if you are inclined to a side-car crib setup and want to minimize your purchases, a crib will "last" longer than any size of cosleeper. Especially if you get the kind that converts into future bed frames. A...

I never used a crib at all. I don't think we planned it that way from the outset but we grew into realizing that we just didn't need one. We used the Arms Reach Universal CoSleeper for DS (although he mostly slept in our full-sized...

I was still nursing my 28mo DS when DD was born, and I don’t recall nearly as much pain nursing him through that pregnancy as I am having nursing her through this one. My nipples are in agony with any direct contact, especially nursing,...