Posts by sky_and_lavender

Okay, now I'm 37 weeks and 3 days, and the thing that is really bugging me is that the house does not feel ready to me for the birth. Not clean enough, not organized enough, and I don't really have the energy and grit to take care of...

Quote: Originally Posted by FarmerMomma  36 weeks. He was 7lb 4 oz. 7 -10 now. He's bigger than my full term baby. Everything was ready but the lungs. Oh and my house. Wow, what a healthy looking and beautiful baby--he...

My daughter (will be 4 in August) seems excited. She kisses and talks to "her sister" in my belly quite often, and she likes to tell people about how she has a sister who is still in Mama's belly. Today she was telling me that she...

I refer back to the sections about labor and fear/pain quite often. I think they are the best I've ever read, and I admit I'm a kind of birth junkie. I already practice mindfulness as part of my personal path, but I felt this book and...

I'll be 37 weeks tomorrow! I am really proud of how my husband and I have worked to keep me healthy, body and soul, during this surprise pregnancy. It has been a healing experience for me and has deepened my relationship with him. My...

I waited until our daughter was 6 months to do any vaccines even though we traveled internationally. Our holistic doctor felt that breastfeeding and being worn would very likely keep her safe.   After that, I think we did HiB,...

Oh, I forgot to mention I've been doing a lot of the spinning babies exercises daily for a while. Not the breech tilt, but the inversion and the rebozo and some of the other hip opening type ones especially. And trying not to sit in...

Quote: Originally Posted by JNajla  She's a really sweet, caring doctor, but she's absolutely clueless about homeopathic medicine/ alternative treatments.  I told her that I refuse to do manual inversion due to the risks...

At my prenatal yoga class  the other day, we were doing a warrior pose and I asked the teacher, "I feel a little off balance--am I doing something wrong?" She said, "no, you feel off balance because you are this tiny little thing...

Congratulations! I love your writing style, and I'm so happy you got to naturally birth this baby. Beautiful!