Posts by Mollybeth

You are actually safer after ovulation--provided that you determined ovulation using cervical mucus/peak day and/or temping--than you are in that first week after your period! We were using short-cut "rules" (that is, not...

As far as the midwives I mentioned before--no, the unfortunately do not deliver at home. That is one of the reasons I have not made up my mind about using them. Re: Homefirst/birth control pills: I understand that they do not...

Deb works in the Aurora area, out of Provena Mercy and Rush Copley. How far are you from Aurora? The midwife I used last time moved to GlenOaks Hospital (somewhere out by Army Trail Rd/355?), and I really liked her (just not the...

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back...I was thinking about using Deb Riddell. Do you know her or other midwives in the area? Molly

Hello! I live out in the western suburbs. I have heard many good things about Homefirst. My close friend was planning to have her first child at home, but ended up having an emergency c-section several weeks early due to pre-eclampsia...

I was wondering, for those of you who are part of a Waldorf school... Do you believe in the tenets of Anthroposophy? Have you read them or studied them? Did you choose a Waldorf school based on these beliefs, or for other reasons? I...