Posts by georgiegirl1974

I never did, since I weaned DD when I was pregnant with DS.  Right around her third birthday.  However, my sister is doing it now with her 2 year old and 7 week old.  She is having a very bad experience (lots of...

My favorite dish is raw zucchini "pasta" with raw tomato sauce.  It's delicious and so healthy.  I slice up some zucchini with my mandoline, so the slices are paper thin.  Then in my mini food processor, I add 1-2...

No movement here, but I'm only 16 weeks (#3). I felt #1 at 17 weeks, and I did not feel #2 that early. I was worried, but it turned out I had an anterior placenta, which muffles the kicks early on. I started feeling him at 19 weeks.

As for professional maternity attire, I ended up getting black and charcoal grey maternity pants and pairing them with my suit jackets. I was able to wear my button down shirts until about 18 weeks. (This was when I was PG with DS). I...

I had a great all-natural hospital birth with DS. I took a hypnobabies self-study course, and early labor was very easy. I didn't go to the hospital until the contractions got uncomfortable, and I was already at an 8. They did hook me...

I did a hypnobabies self study course and loved it. It's great if you can't manage to attend classes (I was working full time and had a 3 year old.). I had an amazing birth experience with hypnobabies and I plan on listening to the CDs...

Hi ladies! Just joining here. I'm pregnant with #3, and my daughter will be 7 and my son will be 4 when their little brother is born. I was active here back when my DD was little, but haven't been around much since. I'm a SAHM and...

I was never sick at all with my first two, but this time around I was super sick beginning at 5.5 weeks. I had severe 24 hour a day nausea. I had lost 5 lbs by 8 weeks, then I went in zofran and unisom/b6 around the clock. I was...

For a first birth, I'd definitely strongly consider a doula if you are committed to having an all-natural birth. If you don't want to lay for a doula, I'd highly recommend taking some sort of class...like Bradley or hypnobabies.

I'd probably wait until baby arrives. DS wouldn't sleep on flat surfaces (he slept in the swing for the first 4 months), and DD was a wretched sleeper overall and needed to co-sleep. I had bought an expensive crib and neither kid slept...