Posts by cwaddick

* Preparation: My local midwife made capsules for me. She was a different one that the one I hired for my birth. She only accepts freshly born placentas within 24 hours. She dries them in a food dehydrator, then puts them in...

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets...fely/index.asp This page suggests that uncooked raw meat will store safely in the refrigerator for 1-3 days, and in the freezer for 1-2 months. -- Caitlin

I have engorgement issues... I'm dripping and leaking. I'm 5 days post-partum. My let-down reflex works great, but it is very painful and it occurs on both sides at once every time, then... I am leaking at a fast rate for the first...

Breastfeeding Naturally: A New Approach for Today's Mother by Hannah Lothrop ISBN: 1-5561-131-1 * I cannot recommend this book enough. * I have had severe, prolonged engorgement issues for all three of my babies, as well as...

I was feeling pretty good after the birth, but it all just caught up with me. I ache all over! I was fairly active on Tuesday and Wednesday, and even Thursday. Today, Friday: I can hardly move! I desperately need some other woman...

nak... easy protein snack: popsicles, made w/ yogurt, fruit, protein powder mixed ... yum nak hurts -- Cait

We named him Rustum. Rustum is a Persian name and the name of a hero in Persian mythology. Kind of like Hercules is to the Greeks and modern Westerners, Rustum (spelled Rostam sometimes) is the main character in a 12th Century epic...

Quote: I got some raw peanuts at Walmart and was going to make peanut butter but decided to look it up online to make sure that you could actually make raw peanut butter. I found instead that they're a carcinogin (sp?) if...

I got into raw foods as a reaction. My Muslim in-laws came to live with us for 6 months -- first time out of Pakistan. They made that classic Indian dish, saag, which I had always loved... but watching them cook it turned me off. They...

My whipped cream turned out yummy. I used just under a tablespoon of agave syrup, a dollop of vanilla extract, and a pint of pure heavy whipping cream (organic, of course!) I think the vanilla extract made the difference. Agave has...