Posts by thenaturefreak

After 3.5 hours of labor sweet miss Rebekah was born August 14th at 6:25 am.

I feel for you, this is our 4th and they all have come half a week later each time. First 41 weeks, second 41.5 weeks and third 42 weeks. I was due August 1st so Wednesday will be 42 weeks. Which means this baby will probably come...

Midwives should be pretty used to being interviewed before a mom chooses her provider, so it should not be a problem.   Since I have three littles this time my interviews were over the phone. I thought I found the midwife I...

I just found this product: http://us.diono.com/en/car-seat-accessories/angle-adjuster . We use radians (formerly by Sunshine Kids now Diono) and this product looks great. It gives a couple more inches leeway for the front...

Congratulations on your getting midwives! I really love homebirth :)   We are planning on having our 4th homebirth, 3rd water birth this time around. Each time has been a good experience, two were only 2/3 hours each. The...

Thank you, I really appreciate the time and thought you all put into your responses! Looks like I have some thinking to do now. I will keep delaying vaccinations for now until I can figure out the best thing for my family.

My biggest concern is that our state does have an immunization registry here: WebIZ . Schools can access it to know which children have had what vaccines. So if we do selectively vax then the school will know without me telling...

I currently have a religious exemption with the school district so my daughter can attend public school unvaxed. Recently I have been looking into selectively vaxing but am concerned that if I choose some but not all the mandatory...

I just found this group and am excited to join. We are due August 1st with our 4th baby.

Doing great at 1 week pp. I still need more rest than normal, but actually feel better now than I did at the end of my pregnancy. Baby girl is sleeping great at night and will nurse in bed for the most part. The older sisters are doing...