Posts by prettymom

Are you already out of the trial period? Relax the Back sells a memory foam bed called a Purefit that sleeps MUCH cooler than a tempurpedic. I know they also sell tempurpedics and can show you the differences between them.

DD2 just outgrew her snugride and I'm looking for a convertible. It seems like so much has changed since we bought DD1 a Britax Boulevard three years ago! What are your recent favorites? I was just on the Consumer Reports website...

Hey all - I haven't been on the ETL threads for a loooong time. I started ETL in a fierce way a little over two and a half years ago. I lost 40 pounds in four months. And kept it off. Up until my last pregnancy... Long story short:...

I'm 4 weeks pp, and my stitches are still there.

Mine came right back with DD1 despite ebf, and was regular right up until I got pregnant again. I felt ripped off. My midwife told me just to celebrate my super fertility.

I have it way too easy... (it was NOT this way with DD1). My LO sleeps basically all night. She wakes up a few times to nurse, but I just toss her a breast while still laying down, and she drinks it and we both go back to sleep. I...

I'd never heard that about the placenta scab...good to know! I just had my bleeding step it up too, this is getting so old....

Just had my first pitocin experience... I was originally planning a homebirth, but was induced for high blood pressure (and being almost 43 weeks). The first CNM I talked to after I got hooked up to the pit told me it can take as...

I need help to calm down. I am coming up on 42 weeks. I think one of my midwives is making me way too anxious about it. She recommends a NST and AFI, but I can't find a physician to do a referral to give me one (all are anti-homebirth or...

Still here too! Not dilated at all. Boo.