Portland Momma!

[kakers]

Hello to all, hope everyone is having a baby dust full weekend! I found out that I was pregnant earlier this week, and have since started feeling a variety of symptoms: headaches, breast pain, lower back ache, tiredness and morning (aka all day) sickness. Even with all of this, plus school and work, we are thrilled!

We are due around September 10-13 and plan to birth in a local birthing center with a midwife; I would love to have a natural childbirth. I plan to breastfeed and we also plan to co-sleep with our wee one.

My sister is also currently pregnant and is due in May 2011 with a baby girl :)

Congrats to all!

Kelly C

[asprague]

I am guessing you are from Portland, OR, not Portland, ME?

Have fun with your first pregnancy!

[activealli]

Im a Portland (OR ) momma to be too! Im going to be interviewing a few ND midwives and see a few birthing centers this week. Great place to be pregnant.

[NWnewmom]

Another Portland mama here!  Little one is due around the 12th and we have an eight-month-old at home.  I am feeling more empowered, I know I can do this, I just gave birth last May.  This is much sooner than we planned but I am getting a little more excited for number two every day.

[kakers]

I am meeting with Melissa at Alma this week and plan to meet with another midwife at Andaluz next week. I really enjoyed my consult appointment awhile back with Alma, but want to see other centers so I know what to compare to. Any specific ones you are checking out? Good Luck :)

Kelly

[activealli]

Does anyone know of a expecting /new mom meet up in the Portland area or where I would find information on one? I feel very alone being pregnant and working from home and feel it would be good to connect with some other new/expecting mommies. Im in the Happy Valley/ Clackamas area but willing to travel.

[NWnewmom]

Here are a few helpful websites I have found:

http://www.pdxkidscalendar.com/

http://aroundthesunblog.com/

http://www.swapmamas.com/group/oregonmamas

http://www.urbanmamas.com/

http://oregonmom.com/

[MelungeonMW]

I don't live in Portland but I have heard good things about an organization called A Mama Like Me, from a friend.  Have you heard of it?

[vegemamato]

You can check out Millagros in NE for some parenting/meetup stuff- they also have used clothes and cloth diapers :) 

(I'm from Portland but moved a year and a half ago)

[zjande]

This is my first post in the Sept DDC.

I'm a Portland-ish mama, too! We live just west of Portland, actually. How fun that there are several of us!

[NWnewmom]

Originally Posted by kakers 

I am meeting with Melissa at Alma this week and plan to meet with another midwife at Andaluz next week. I really enjoyed my consult appointment awhile back with Alma, but want to see other centers so I know what to compare to. Any specific ones you are checking out? Good Luck :)

Kelly

What were your impressions of Alma and Andaluz?  I'm curious about both.  We are looking at having a home birth but a birthing center is still an option.   

[zjande]

 I forgot, I wanted to mention that we went with Vivante Midwifery for our last homebirth, and am very much looking forward to using them again! I lovelovelove the midwives at Vivante. Or, at least I did 2 years ago. I assume they are still awesome. :p