Posts by 47chromosomes

Wow! Congratulations!!! I love his name. Birth can sure be a lot different that we hope or like, can't it? I've been there myself. Hope you are healing well, and have lots of help, and hope that milk shows up soon, too. Congrats...

I think I would very simply and politely say, "The last exam felt pretty painful for me. I was wondering if I could request a very gentle exam this time?" I think as long as you ask kindly she would not take offense. Every...

My second labor began while DS1 was nursing. I think my body was ready, and the nursing just kicked things off for me. And hey, if it does not work, then you can just stop doing it.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Demeter~ That was me with my other pregnancies... this time around I'm just rolling with it, not getting emotional or attached to the idea. I won't time contractions, I figure I'll know when...

Ugh. Me. I need to vent as well. I've had days with regular-ish menstrual like cramps--the kind that remind you of labor and radiate from back to front. Hours on end of cramps that come every 6 minutes, sometimes less, sometimes...

I think all of those questions are questions for the hospital/doctor. I am not military, but in our hospital people ARE aloud to rent a specific birth pool by a specific supplier, and can give birth in it given they have taken a water...

Both of my boys measured ahead via US (by a couple weeks or so). I was nursing during my second pregnancy, too, so no difference there (and I was nursing many times a day). I am nursing this time as well, but only once or twice a day. ...

I've had the similar situation as you with this pregnancy. I think I was also around 34 weeks when I began having days with some regular contracting. Taking a Tylenol (as per my midwives suggestion) has helped, along with baths, and...

That sounds like reflux to me. It probably hurts really bad. My son had it. With reflux it can be apparent (child spits ups ALL the time) or silent where the reflux comes up but the child swallows it back down, or it doesn't even make...

DS1 is my son who has Down Syndrome, and just like when his brother was born he seems blissfully unaware that this should be some kind of major life adjustment. I'm not implying that he is not a clever boy, but he is pretty concrete in...