Posts by Mamajamz

I just got a great recipe...but I don't have all the right amounts. MIx the ham with mustard and Worcestershire and poppy seeds in the food processor. Spread on a loaf of (halved) French bread topped with swiss cheese, heat in oven...

OH I feel for you. I hope he is better by the time you read this! I remember when DS had a bad tummy bug and he wanted to nurse so badly. I finally just let him nurse as he wanted to. If he threw up, he threw up. I tried to limit the...

Just a little extra info based on what I've been taught...our birth center tests at 3 days PP and then again at 2 weeks. I understand that the significance of the two tests is to first get a baseline level, and then to examine the...

I have always reacted to this as well (OP). I remember once when we were members of a church elsewhere there was a new family to the church who were expecting their second baby, another girl. I was making plans to host her shower to...

I was just reading the thread "Did AP Work" which inspired me to ask something else that has been on my mind. Mods, feel free to move this, but this is not specifically about HS'ing but rather the effects of it on the whole...

Yes! Lots. The hardest part was beginning when I was sick and had to make sure I ate throughout the process, which wasn't always easy to do! I think adrenaline helps you get through it. Then toward the end I wasn't exactly agile and my...

We had the same situation recently, which is very rare with our midwives. I can't remember the other one, but in this one I remember the midwife mentioned that there is new literature that is now drawing correlations to GBS and placentas...

THat would scare me too, more that my child put a rope around his neck. It SOUNDS like a phrase he has picked up somewhere. I would try to get more info from him in a non-threatening way, as in playing dumb like you've never heard the...

Just sending love and peace to you as well.. also sending a pm... MJ

Wow. It is so COOL to hear from a doula so far from my little world and to know that mommas are getting wonderful care from wonderful doulas all over the world! I wouldn't even begin to critique your work. You were there for her....