Posts by vespersongs

Addiesmom, I sent you a PM. I know if I posted it I'd get blasted. it's some common sense sleep solutions that I've used, and has nothign to do with "scheduling" or "crying it out". Babies can absolutely sleep...

Just thought that I'd mention that I'm still feeling/coping great; milk is abundant...here we are at 3 weeks postpartum and all is well! I'm taking a gelcap about 1x/week at this point, when my body tells me i need it. So...Thank you,...

Perogi, I had the same issue with my first baby--i have pcos and had plenty of milk in the beginning, and then at 4 months, bam, almost nothing--1/2 oz bet. both breasts and a failure to thrive baby who up until then was a pudgy little...

jenniebug, In the seminar I attended, Cornelia Enning (German midwife) said it could be used at any time, even for teens entering puberty (though I suppose at that point you'd have to call it a "vitamin"...eeew, mom, gross!)...

HI! Arden was born Monday night at home...i caught her...what a wonderful and intense birth...i had to work so hard for her...a lot of myself to get past, and a very tough transition phase... I took the placenta in a smoothie 1/2...

PS, I meant to say that was Monday night. So from taking the CO to birth was a little less than 12 hours.

Well, it worked! i took 1 oz in a smoothie at 9 am, then another 1 oz in juice 2 hours later, and it was enough to kick things over the edge and I had Arden Lille Evangeline at 8:34 PM...wonderful, really laborious 2nd homebirth...really...

I took the CO at 9:30am this morning (1 oz in a smoothie) and just had some again (1 oz in cranberry juice) at 11:30. Not a whole lot of poop, but several mild contractions. Since she is already engaged and I don't want to do too...

Hi there, Just wondering if anyone has had true success (or not!) with castor oil induction. I just had some in a smoothie and am...*gulp*...waiting... Thanks!

Hospitals do sometimes sell placentas. There is a market for them for cosmetic ingredients. I remember years ago my mother bought lotions and stuff from a company called "NuSkin" and one of the ingredients was "human...