Posts by lesliesara63

My cholestasis was also not confirmed by labs when I had it 4 yrs ago with dd2. It was horrendous & I would have done anything to have it over. The thought of giving up my homebirth was devastating though. Fortunately my water...

*Hugs* Mama to three little screamers here. Non stop guilt over only half settling one in order to go to whoever is the loudest. This is so not cute! Mine were 7 wks early and we don't have nearly that many appointments. I'm surprised...

Even with my triplets one had room to turn from vertex to breech just a few days before the birth. For twins you still have lots of time.

Your reasons for wanting another child don't have to be "good" enough or anything spectacular, if you still have that feeling go for it. I still really wanted another child after my first two and lots of people didn't understand it. I...

I can't believe the government provides an assistant for 6 mths!! I have help from family & a nanny 4 days/wk, but we're exhausting my mom & sisters and ourselves. That would be amazing! I didn't follow all of Barbara Luke's...

nak   3mth old GGG and 2 big sisters :) Babies were born at 32.6 (shared my birth story on this forum) and I also pumped every 2 hrs. Our Nicu recommended every 3 but i didn't think it was enough. All three are exclusively...

My triplets have been home for almost 6 weeks and my 3.5 yr old has been a nightmare! Tons of tantrums - screaming for an hour etc. My only consolation is that her older sister was brutal at 3 and she didn't have any new sisters to...

  My mom has been helping me at the 12 & 6 feeding, and dh & I together at 3AM. Things have been going pretty smoothly, he sleeps earlier in the evening. I get a 4hr stretch after the 3:00 and mom goes home to sleep...

Everything that Adorkable said. She is probably overwhelmed right now so your positivity would be a great gift. She will hear lots of comments about how hard it will be, so if you can be encouraging that will be helpful. Her nutrition...

nak   all 3 babes were vertex until a few days before. B turned breech. A was vertex,barely pushed for her. B was breech extraction and C turned and was also a breech extraction. The dr who delivered said i was a good...