Posts by nmouse

I just did my 28 week check with my midwife, where for 7 days I checked with my home bg monitor my fasting and then 1 and 2 hour post-meal blood glucose. There were a few higher numbers, but mostly everything was low. Since i did the...

I have an Ikea Gulliver crib that I was contemplating using as a sidecar (snugged to the bed with the bedward crib side removed) when I have my baby, but I also have sleep apnea and use a VPAP (similar to a CPAP) as therapy. I thought...

Hearts to everyone going through the GD testing woes!    Dragonflymom I am nesting too, though I don't have much to nest with yet. Since it's my first baby, I am pretty bewildered about what I need to buy and what is just...

Any advice about baby wearing for larger-bodied people? I am putting together a baby registry and one of the things I know I want is baby wraps & slings that will work for me and my partner, who is also not small. We both tend to...

I used Golden Key Express to get a car across country in 2009. It cost $1,065. They had good reviews with the BBB and their quote didn't seem too out of line with the millions of spam quotes I got once I filled out an online...

The last thing I really cooked was red lentil dal with brown rice and green salad. The curry does well as a freezer meal too.   Otherwise it's mostly grain-of-choice + steamed-veg-of-choice + bean-of-choice. Not very...

These answers have been really helpful. Thanks everyone!

Thanks everyone for answers and suggestions.   Anna Phor, we're a male-female unmarried couple, planning to remain that way, and we're considering giving the child a name that is unique to him, not either of ours. It's...

Jeannine that is the same thing we are thinking of doing! I have been trying to get information about options, and in many places I have seen women posting about how they kept their birth name at first but are thinking of changing it...

Do any of you Portland area people have suggestions for gyms I could go to as a visitor a few times that wouldn't charge me a ton to use their cardio equipment or pool?   I am visiting family in Tigard and I would like to keep...