Posts by ilex

me too. You have all brought me through some pretty rough times, offering perspective I wasn't able to tap into at the time. I know you are all here as a wealth of support and understanding, more than I could ever have anywhere. Thank...

THANK YOU!!!!!

Amy, sorry, I posted while you were posting. I don't think a homebirth is out of the question, but I was under the impression, and so is she, that there aren't any midwives there. But hopefully she is wrong and can find someone, because...

Oh, please, I hope you are right. No, she isn't stuck, I think she just believed or was told there are no midwives. Where is Chrissie Tomlinson? Are you from Cayman?

My sister lives in the Cayman islands where the Doctor's are horrible. Everyone she knows has had a c-section, almost always unnecessarily. There are no midwives and one doula. She has found the most natural OB possible there and it is...

My sister is pregnant for the first time, she is in her first trimester. She lives in the Cayman Islands where there is a phenomenon of horrible OB's pushing c-sections like you wouldn't believe. It is rampant. So she found an OB who is...

Help! I need to get something for my 5 yr old niece and she really does not need anymore toys/books/clothes, and she has so much that I am worried that whatever I do get her will just get lost or overlooked anyway. So, I really need some...

I just saw this! I'm glad everything turned out! Literally! ok, not funny, well kind of. Give him a hug for me, and good call on the ER. I didn't even know that was possible. The things we learn the hard way. Love ya!

I have made a couple of aio's in the last couple of days and they have a layer of woven cotton on the outer, then a layer of 1mm pul, then a layer of hemp fleece, then a four layer hemp fleece hidden soaker sewn to a layer of...

Thanks! I did post on the ISO with no luck so far, but I will go check out sewingmamas.com right now. Thanks!