Posts by RockStarMom

Quote: Originally Posted by Mama Soltera  Rockstarmom, so you have started "being intimate" again then? Can you tell me how that happened (going from a five year dry spell to a home run lol) and how it went for you?...

If it's not hardening still even though she's back to the other food, I would take her to the vet.  Last time this happened to one of my kittens it was an infection that needed treatment.

I would also get a second opinion from another midwife.  I'm so sorry--I had a horrific healing experience as well, due to bad stitching.  Hope you heal soon.

Five years.  Honestly I was just SO busy and chronically exhausted that I didn't think much about it.  There's absolutely no way there would have been room in my life for someone.  I was in school, working,...

There's no right answer and it's such an individual choice.  For me, I waited nearly a year.

I traded childcare with another mom from my birth class when our kids were little, which was an ideal arrangement.  Later I found a SAHM to watch my daughter.  I dropped her off at their house, and her daughter and my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ragana  I think part of it is the "never-ending to-do list." I always feel like I should be cleaning or crossing off one more thing instead of just relaxing, reading a book or...

Maybe once per month.  Too expensive to do more. 

I think you're doing the right thing.  I was a nanny for 9 years and you sound incredibly fair to me...especially the 6 weeks severance--wow!--very generous.  As any nanny knows, you have to be very clear about time off and...

I have never pursued becoming a midwife/doula because childcare issues would make being on-call difficult.  However, I am just really feeling the pull toward this path and I'm wondering if there are other single moms who have...