Posts by nmouse

It's been almost a year since I posted on here! My baby is ten months old and we are looking at getting him a frame pack carrier (maybe a Deuter) for walks. I am not wild about going frame pack, but we want to back carry and I am...

  I am looking for advice from other moms with sleep apnea who breastfeed.  My son and I have had a really rough time with breastfeeding. He was born with a  tongue tie and some structural issues that prevent him...

thanks for the suggestions. I drank some beer but then stopped when I read in the Sears book that alcohol actually decreases supply. Maybe I will start again.   I've been taking Motherlove More Milk Plus and also Goat's Rue....

My son was born at 37 weeks and needed breastmilk right away to stabilize low blood sugar. He nursed on my doula and has been getting donated breast milk ever since. He wasn't able to latch on my flat, non-stretchy nipples at all, even...

Shonahsmom congrats on your baby! My midwife and her apprentice today told me that they have had 10 and 9 pound babies, respectively, and they are each very small women without GD. They also said that a bigger baby can be a bit easier...

Those of you who are just starting RRL near the end of pregnancy, how strong are you making it? Right now I boil a quart of water with a tablespoon of RRL with a scant tablespoon of nettle and a half tablespoon of alfalfa and let it...

I had been having a lot of worry about transverse because I've read it is more common in women who have a septate uterus, which I have. However, at my most recent prenatal he was vertex and low in the pelvis. Yay! This is what they...

I will be 33 weeks tomorrow and my baby is transverse. I was so happy and enjoying all the little kicks and hiccups right up until I found out he'd switched from head down to transverse. I keep feeling frustrated with him, like I...

    Quote: Originally Posted by njessirae   I've taken quite a bit of flack for my decision to go ahead and TTC without, as my mother put it, "losing the food baby before you gain...

Me. My baby is transverse at 32-33 weeks with his head on my left and his butt on my right. Even though he was head down last time I had an ultrasound, apparently he likes this better. I have been doing couch inversions from spinning...