Posts by spruce

Quote:Originally Posted by phathui5 That depends on your state. Here in Oregon, midwives can order labwork and ultrasounds. ^this!^^^ I live in Alaska and see DEMs. They draw blood and send it to a lab, and they have working...

Quote:Originally Posted by nettster yule (pagan form of Christmas) but i generally love the winter to begin with so long as there is snow! LOL If you could only have one item on a deserted isle what would it be??  My copy of...

Quote:Originally Posted by TIFF4NY Post the sex of your baby here if you choose to find out.  Results so far! Girl: 11    Boy:...

(replying on this iPad is a pain...forgive me for not being able to scroll around and name everyone who has posted)! I am 21 weeks, 4 days, and stressing really badly that I am not nearly as round as I think I should be by now. There...

I have only ever swaddled one of my babies...and that was because he really liked it. To this day he is my 3-layer shirt guy, and he loves to be warm. He even wears hats to bed sometimes just because he likes the feeling. I guess they...

Quote:Originally Posted by 1babysmom It stays chilly here until mid-late May so we will probably do hats at times for the first month.  Then we will move to sun hats.  Someone told me before DD1 that the earlier you start them in...

Finding secular blogs for large families is tough. I appreciate the effort that mamas of faith put into sharing their experiences with the rest of us...but a lot of it just does not compute. /atheist, secular (Asimovian) humanist...

Ditto what 1babysmom said. I have also been haing them since very early on, very noticeably. I hope your mind is at least a little more at ease knowing so many of us also are experiencing the same thing.

Wow, camp runner, good on you for coming in third! And I giggle when people look startled at me for exercising while pregnant...they do know those toddlers don't lift themselves and groceries don't magically appear in the pantry, right?...

My younger three started skiing (cross-country) last week...and it is killing me that I can't go with them. I have a great set of xcountry skis of my own, but because of my asthma, and the fact that nothing i own zips up the front any...