Posts by Thandiwe

Thank you much!!  

Hello!  I'd like to give a gift to my doula and was thinking a rebozo would be nice (I also believe it's on the wishlist for my doula).  But I am not really in the position to purchase a nice, new, fancy one, so I need to...

I'm sorry to hear you went through this!  My son had jaundice after our home birth but we determined that it was the physiological kind that occurs in about 50% of babies and began clearing by day 4 or 5, so we decided not to...

My 3rd was a carseat cry-er and it was horrid.  At the time, we had to make weekly 2 hour one-way trips and it was heartbreaking.  My 1.5 week old is now also a carseat cry-er and I'm finding we're avoiding going anywhere...

Congrats, Desert and Jenna!  Beautiful babies!

  Henry Oliver  

Henry ended up being 22 and 1/8 inches long.  She doesn't check until a day or two afterwards since they are so balled up right away.

Quote: Originally Posted by midstreammama  Btw, did anyone not lose their mucous plug until labor was imminent? Just wondering. I lost pieces for weeks, but the most came out at about 6/7 cm, shortly before...

With this one, I was 4 days over (previous births were 3 weeks early, 1 day over, and 2 days over) and at 4cm and 50% effaced, jello soft, and my cervix had tipped forward.  She slightly swept my membranes (said it was easy and...

We were over 4 days and dilated to 4cm with 50% effaced, jello soft at my only cervical check.  I was restless and wanted to speed prodromal labor along, so she suggested sweeping my membranes.  She did a very partial job,...