Posts by fairydoula

I had my 37 week appt wed.   I'm actually 37 weeks tomorrow, friday.  My hematocrit is over 12, yay me! which greatly reduces my worries about the complications from bleeding. I've never been much of a bleeder, but this...

I'm still three weeks away from my due date and ALL I heard at work was "haven't you popped out that baby yet" over and over and over every day!!! MAN I was so sick of that!   I'm off work now till baby comes and I'm...

Ugh, yes! I'll take a coffee and a sitdown. i'm worn out! Today, actually, last night, I was up every two hours on the hour to pee! Unbeliveable! And I couldn't just ignore it.. I tried!  Today my back doesn't hurt as much, thank...

Oh gosh.. this is something I've avoided doing... writing it all down... but now's a good a time as any...  I need to wash the carseat and change it back into a baby seat... big sister was using it, it's an 8lb to 60lb type of...

Poor thing! Scottish Gal, I am right there with you, except I'm fine with having baby out in the world. I have lots of prodromal labor too, and this is #5 for me. I'm sick of the ctx, sick of the back pain and totally ready to be done!...

Quote: Originally Posted by MsBlack Yes, tessie, in an important way, you are right--UC as we know it here IS born of first world privilege: that is, we are by and large well fed, well housed and sufficiently educated...

I think your "fears" are normal. I had a lot to struggle through with my 4th baby. I had a hospital birth, pit, episotomy, purple pushing, demerol, the whole bit, with my first. With my second, I wanted a homebirth, but DH...

Quote: Originally Posted by babycatcher12 The doula was picking up the birth photographer (they're friends) and the photographer said she had about 30 minutes of something to finish up before they left. When I talked to...

I'm 24 weeks on Thurs/Fri and I've gained 13lbs. I think that's pretty normal and I'm not stressing about it. It is a little hard to see the scale creep up, as I lost about 30+ lbs in the last year, after I found that I had celiacs and...

Quote: Originally Posted by busybusymomma I try my best to be on time... but I've found it is easy enough during a long day of prenatals to end up running early or late. So, what I tell clients is that I will be here...