Posts by happy2bamama

Wow, and I thought my post had been picked apart before! You completely proved my point. OP - sorry for the diversion - I hope at least some of this has helped you decide how you will prepare for your birth.

Whoa - finger off the trigger, mamas! I feel that in my pp, the thought my midwife had about walking into a birth with candles and music was blown way out of proportion. OF COURSE she's not coming in doubting and...

Quote: Originally Posted by crsta33 I wanted to be quiet and dignified in labor b/c I saw a video where the laboring woman was so calm and it was such a beautiful birth and I knew it was possible and I wanted to do it...

I'm not meaning to be rude, but are you kidding with this list? : Seriously, you have to be kidding! But if not, obsessing about every little wet diaper and ounce on your baby is going to drive you crazy and possibly threaten your...

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I had a water birth 5 months ago and I highly recommend it. I do have to say though, that the water didn't melt the pain quite like I thought it would, but also, I had back labor, so that probably had something to do with it. When my...

I have a feeling this is going to be one of those instances where when the bride has babies herself, she'll be like, "I can't believe it treated my friend that way," when she thinks about how inflexible she was with you. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by vermontgirl Can you explain this to me? How are we designed to nurse to sleep? If that is true why do adults fall asleep without it. I am very confused about this comment. I don't...

When I was in the room with DS, I let him sleep on his tummy at a very young age because he had such good head control already that I knew he could move his head if he needed to (although that doesn't really address the whole arousal...

Wow - thanks for all of the interesting posts! I think people are right about weighing how valuable the relationship is in the first place and then figuring out how tolerable you can be based on that. In my case with the friend that...