Posts by chai

Quote: Originally Posted by MaerynPearl I am sure your midwife would not have given you it if the risk of not having it (being unable to breathe) did not outweigh the possible risks associated with...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mosaic I use it, and I'm so grateful to have it. Long story shortish, I had an awful cough for months while I was pregnant and nursing, and it turns out I permanently damaged my airways...

I've had this cough for a couple of months. Doctors (two) thought it was caused by reflux. About two weeks ago it became asthmatic (wheezing, coughing up phlegm). My midwife really wants me to get an albuterol inhaler to have on hand,...

My DH read the "Emergency Childbirth" manual someone posted a few weeks back (which has a ton of great info as well as some really humorously outdated suggestions), and he said the section on hemorrhage/bleeding said that women...

So maybe it's simply that we rest more?

Yes! This is really the only big fear I have about birth. Everything else seems like it would be something I could get through. Dying... well, you can't get through that! This is even my second birth. I didn't have this fear during my...

I have no idea, of course... but for me it did seem like the baby was already descending around 33 weeks. (And my fundal measurements stopped getting larger then as well.) I have no other theories :-) I just know that I don't even...

Quote: Originally Posted by 1babysmom I just had bad SPD, bad leg cramps, felt huge and icky, etc, but I just remember feeling much better (physically) right before she came. Has anybody else had this experience? I'm...

As my due date approaches I find myself thinking, "NO! I'm not ready to do that yet!" I'm trying not to think too much about specific expectations, though. I think whatever happens, acceptance will make it easiest. So, I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sol_y_Paz I adore tea and consume over a liter per day of black tea 5 days a week, water only after 4:00pm, but also am TTC this year. I drank black tea (about one cup per day)...