Posts by rhombus

my first birth was a homebirth transport, and I know we rocked the boat and refused everything in the hospital. so while I don't recall specifically, I'm sure she didn't receive Vitamin K.   but for my son's homebirth, I was...

maybe if i add my personal info. I'll jumpstart myself into posting here more frequently?   rhombus - april. 11/2 with #3. planning another homebirth.    

oh no! I'm 36 wks 2 days and just discovered at my midwife home visit this morning that baby is breech. For as long as position has been palpated, baby has been head down. I think the flip must have just happened within the last few...

I was feeling worried re: lack of movement this pregnancy, too. I'm 21 weeks now and *just* started feeling definitive, obvious movement within the last week or so. Have you had your appointment already?    

I'm afraid I can't offer any firsthand information about the local middle schools, as we've only homeschooled since living here. Through the grapevine, though, I have heard more favorable murmurings about Duniway than the other. The...

um, hi!   We've been in downtown McMinnville for four years now. We walk/bike all over and grow veggies in our front yard! Sadly, we don't have any simpatico neighbors, but we still enjoy our little spot quite a bit. I think...

I thrifted the cutest little newborn sleeper (natural colored and covered with a tiny print of owls and mushrooms) several weeks ago. I wasn't going to buy *any* baby things until much further along, but it was so dear, I couldn't...

hey mamas! I lurk from my phone plenty, but have gotten out of the habit of sitting at a real live computer, so I haven't contributed at all here lately.   I ended up having a rocky first trimester: loads of bleeding (as in...

i think it always feels unreal and almost science fictiony to me during the whole pregnancy! even in my other pregnancies, once I start feeling movement, I'm not completely convinced that it's a baby and not, like, a squirrel in there....

I have a twelve year old daughter and a five year old son and we have not told them yet. I'm right at 6 weeks now. We have some extended family coming to visit soon, and I am NOT ready for them to know, so I need to wait until after...