Posts by JamieCatheryn

I live in a very under served area for any out of hospital birth services. There is one sort of birth center with a midwife who's very experienced but is not certified in any way, I'm having my baby with her this Jan. This state...

Typically not making it to the hospital will NOT kill your baby, complications are rare without medical interventions going on and usually come with multiple warning signs. So if you were really too late you might end up pushing parked...

Mine are much younger and I don't have experience with 7th grade but Soaring with Spelling which we use goes to grade 8 and does a nice job of vocab and definitions with the spelling. Another idea is to find a program focused on...

My younger one liked to scribble at the same table while the older one did any worksheets, and now that he's 3.5 he has started drawing during those times. Sometimes I'd set DS1 up with something to work on, explain what to do, then...

I've heard getting lots of vitamin d can help with skin conditions like that. I'd try a really good dose of d3 every day, like 4000 IU (studies are showing that much is great in pregnancy for all kinds of things, and still far below...

Was it connected with HSLDA? I know they kept close attention to those bills and cases.

It's possible that you're dilating a little, that's why the mucous plug comes out usually. I'd go ahead and have your care provider check your cervix tonight, right away. Labor contractions would normally be more pronounced and...

My homebirth midwives started seeing me at 12 weeks along each time, that's pretty standard, and getting interviews done if you're meeting them before any checkups is good before that, somewhere 8-12 weeks along. If it turns out to be...

I am the same way. As a child I wore socks inside out all of the time because of the seams. I still cannot wear jewelry-even my wedding ring- and have trouble with scarves or anything at my neck. Can't stand pants. I wear loose skirts...

Mine was there a year, then buried. I never did get around the planting something over it, figured it needed time to break down so the huge amount of nutrients didn't harm a plant, and I was going to wait to find the right flowering...