Posts by nmouse

Thanks for the ultrasound/doppler reassurance. I finally talked to my mw and she said she's never heard that feedback from a client before, about feeling bruised. I'm nervously getting ready to go for another ultrasound, so mw said to...

I just realized this might be the best place to ask this, so for my third post today, can I get opinions / experiences on how much soreness there usually is after ultrasound and doppler?     I had my first ultrasound at...

hey moms-to-be! Is anyone having crazy pregnancy sex drive? I never expected this!   and on the other side from sexy, I have sneeze-pee already, and this is only my first baby AND I have always done kegel exercises and have...

oh, and akind, maybe you tried this already, but have you looked into brown men's swim trunks? For the truly hip-endowed this probably wouldn't work, but I enjoy swim trunks, find they come in larger sizes, and don't even bother with...

Akind and Dragonfly, love the pics!   I took my 20 week pic last week and found I had to resort to contrasting colors to feel like I could see my belly shape. To me my belly really doesn't look much different from its normal...

Here's my 20 weeks! I can't always look and see the difference, but when I measure my belly has grown more than 4 inches.   

yay sundress! I wear almost exclusively dresses that fit my chest and flow down over the rest of me. A few are getting a little cramped in the boob area these days, but I expect my torso can grow like crazy and I will not have to...

I had longer cycles but they varied so it would be 28-31 days, but sometimes up to 40 days. Then a surgeon removed an enormous and apparently long-standing cyst off my ovary, and immediately afterward I got pregnant, so I'm not sure...

I interviewed some homebirth midwives in the east bay before I realized I was moving. My favorites were Nova Midwifery and Judy Luce. Nova seemed very competent and up-to-date but also warm, and they had two cheerful apprentices in...

I like both of those sites so much, plus this article that I think is by the same author: http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/size_friendly.asp