Posts by 47chromosomes

My first two were in pocket dipes with polyester inserts.  Finally had it with the stink, so we are doing all cotton prefolds this go around.  Our little guy seems a little rashy, though, and I'm wondering if I need to...

It took my son's big, fat umbilical stump 3 weeks and 3 days to finally detach.  We were not doing anything special to clean it, just keeping it dry and swabbing now and then with a little alcohol if we saw anything gooey in...

Our boy is three weeks old today!  Yay!  Finally jumping into the postpartum chat.  I've popped into this thread a bunch of times since our birth.  I posted the story and a pic of our boy.   But I'll be...

Congratulations!  A beautiful name.  Hope recovery is going well for you all.

  The birth of Miles Benjamin.  A long tale of our home birth to hospital transfer due to "Mother's Intuition".   It was an adventure, and did not go as "planned". I do want to share it, and...

Miles Benjamin was born Tuesday at 2:04!!!  Yay!!!  8lbs 11oz, 21 inches.  He is so wonderful.  A crazy birth that was a home birth transfer due to "mothers intuition".  We should be home by tomorrow,...

The more time that goes by, the more I keep having this head-trip about why this baby is still inside me.  I keep thinking it must be something about how I am letting myself think or feel.  I am being SO hard on myself. ...

These pics are so great!  Thank you for sharing.

congratulations!  I am just so glad YOU were not being chased by doctors and the police, as I was envisioning from the thread title.  LOL.  So glad the doc made it, and so glad to hear your daughter has arrived safely...

I am 3 days past our due date, and am really struggling. It just has not been an easy pregnancy emotionally. I had a bunch of preterm labor scares, and thought for sure we would have a baby as soon as I stopped taking it easy at 37...