Posts by rachelagain

I starting doing this here on MDC in 2008! I made a chart this year to give away on my blog: http://www.nourishingminimalism.com/2012/12/2013-in-2013-decluttering-challenge.html

Wow, I was hoping I'd get to read a response to that! I am hoping for the same information. I do know that health and nutrition play a role, if you have an excellent diet it reduces your chance of preterm labor.

Have you checked the Bradley instructors in your area, or any Amish communities? Perhaps they know some "underground" midwives?

We had it a few months ago, a home school family we know had it so we went for a visit. My oldest (14.5) had had the vaccine 10 years ago and got chicken pox. It wasn't too bad for him though. It's out there... but people were...

Did you find one? We go to Jennell Duey at Billings Clinic (Lamplighter). I've known her for years, and actually when my son had a fungal infection in his ear, she just told me to put a mix of vinegar/alcohol in his ear for 10 days. She...

Sarah- I think I live pretty close to you, we live on Custer. I am trained to be a midwife but not licensed either so haven't done any births here yet so am working as a doula right now. Have you tried ginger tea for your morning...

I take 2000 to 4000, but I'm not sure how much goes through breastmilk- one nutritionist told me it would get through and then yesterday another one said it doesn't pass into breastmilk. So was planning to do an internet search on that....

I am hypoglycemic. It's not something you can check when checking blood sugar- it's based on symptoms. When I was at my worst I would eat 1 mini doughnut (yes, the tiny ones) and feel dizzy/fast heart rate/can't breath within 30 min. I...

It doesn't really matter... as long as I can eat ALOT and not have heartburn. But Papa Murphey's has this great chicken/garlic pizza... that might be nice. :-)

Oh- and I have to say, when the q-tip on the toilet was mentioned, my first thought was "What a great idea!!!"