Posts by edwardsmom

I'm starting to have the same problem w/ my ds. How's it going for you? Any help would be appreciated.

I am selectively vaccinating on a delayed schedule and expect to get all the shots that Virginia requires for school by age 5. When my dc goes to preschool when he is 3 and doesn't have many shots, I suppose that I will have to fill out...

For me, I think, all the stories that I was told were of hospital births and, of course, there were always interventions. For my mother's generation, the stories were usually along the lines of: I went into labor, I went to the hospital,...

No contractions at all for me, either. No BH, no nothing. So with #1 I definitely thought that I'd be overdue. My ctx started Friday at 1 pm, consistent 1 min long & 5 min apart, they stayed that way for the whole 44 hours. They...

#1: 44 hours hours including 3 hours pushing (last 6 hours in hospital) #2: 7.5 hours including 20 min pushing (homebirth)

We have 2 dogs, 1 cat & 1 bird. We kept the bird in her cage for the whole labor, as she would have attacked my midwife & doula. The cat was intensely curious (surprise) and was sniffing me as I labored on hands and knees,...

My D&C was close to $3000, so a lot more than some others have been quoting. Maybe because I didn't have insurance? I chose the D&C after finding out that the baby had been dead 2 to 4 weeks already. I waited one more week,...

It could be off by weeks. When you start ovulating again, sometimes it's in fits and starts- yes one month, then not again for weeks or months - it depends on hormone levels, amount of breastfeeding, nutrition, among others. There's no...

Quote: Originally Posted by cfiddlinmama That is such a fantastic birth. It sounds so gentle! Congrats on your sweet little girl. What did your parents think of the homebirth? Thanks for sharing your story with...

Evelyn Elizabeth June 18, 2006 8 lbs 14 oz, 22 inches Around 2:30 PM, while shopping at Home Depot with John, my 21 month old son, Edward & my niece, Kelley, my contractions began as a tightening in my lower abdomen. I said to...