UC Support Thread #26 February 2006 - Page 5

[amyjeans]

I tried that, and it didn't have any effect. I have the best luck with the cohosh. I also am starting to take garlic every day, too.

[Rockies5]

you all are a breath of fresh air.

baby *5* is now slightly over a month old and a fantastic fatty We are just so in love with the little dear, she smiles coos and gurgles. I gave her her first bath tonight and was slightly sad to wash the vernix from between her toes and fat rolls. I'm gald at my decision to allow dh to get snipped, my body has taken all these births and babies too hard..still I'm going to miss birthing!

Where and how else can a woman express herself so freely than UC?

I'm embarking on a "new" career next month and slightly dragging my feet. Books arrived today, my office is all set, but I dread the idiocy I'm afraid I'll find teaching birthing classes. I've been scanning other mainstream boards and shocked at the stupid questions I'm seeing "you mean I don't HAVE to be cut?" :Puke I did go to a thing and met some great women though, so maybe what I see online isn't typical? I've been isolating myself these past few years and take too much for granted! It's my basic nature to enjoy swimming upstream...kinda freaks me out when people do what they're "supposed" to

wishing those growing health and those birthing joy!!

[lizzie]

Amyjeans... when did you become a senior member?? Congratulations.. I just noticed. Well done! Hope your blood pressure is going down and your enthusiasm is going up!! Can't wait to hear how things go for you!

Rockies5.. how wonderful that you're venturing out into the world of actually educating some birthing mothers.. with everything you'll have to offer! Will you really be able to talk about UC/UP and how beautifully that's worked for you? At least let them know that you've done it, so they can come to you with questions? or are you restricted due to legalities? I'm in CO too.. wonder how they do that. Can you offer "alternative" birthing education classes? I know what you mean about being freaked out by the mainstream.. I forget I'm the lone ranger in my family sometimes.. and shock and appall my well intentioned and badly misinformed relatives, to say nothing of some friends. Anyway.. that's great!!

I keep thinking by the time I get back you some of you will have babies to tell me about! Love and happy births to those of you on the verge!!


lizzie

[amyjeans]

Hey Thanks Lizzie!
now that I can finally log in- how is everyone out there doing?
Anything happening?
I give this baby 2 more weeks.

[CryPixie83]

Just checking in and seeing how things are. Also need to whine for a second: I'm sick and feel like crud...yay. I have a cold and I'm trynig to figure out how to make myself more comfy and more able to be "mom" ugh.

AmyJean- you're still pregnant? I'm sending you some labor vibes lol

ahhh kid needs me gotta go

[yvonnemlv]

I'm fine.. still doing the in and out of labor dance.. I asked for a gentle birth, I am getting one, for sure!

Hope spring is starting for some of you.. snowing here today. Makes me wanna just cuddle up with a cup o chai tea and some good tunes.

[amyjeans]

uggh yes, still pregnant. This baby is taking his/her sweet time. I am having contx but mainly from a bit of dehydration.
I am drinking blue cohosh every night- and it dropped my BP significantly. Thank goodness!
How you doin Yvonne? feeling ready?

[cottonwood]

Ack, blue cohosh scares the bejeebers out of me. How about EFAs (fish oil) to drop your blood pressure?

Also wanted to mention, Feebeeglee had her baby. You can read about it here: http://phoebe.gleeson.us/

[amyjeans]

why does it scare you?
Thanks for the link by the way.

[amyjeans]

Greetings Ladies!
Wonderful news! (no baby yet...ha ha ha)
I have discovered how challenging it would be to continue to manage this thread with a new baby coming so I have passed the torch to fourlittlebirds. She will continue our support thread and I feel very confident it will be managed well.
Thank you all for your support and guidance through the thread and I look forward to throwing my new uc story up there as well!!

Lots of Love
Amyjean

[cottonwood]

Well, it's extremely toxic in high doses. Obviously lots of beneficial things are but in the case of blue cohosh I just feel that there isn't enough known about the possible effects on the baby.

http://currantsandspice.fateback.com/induction.html

[KateSt.]

4littlebirds, thanks for taking over the thread.

amy -- sending you gentle and loving birthing vibes. ((hugs))

[tabitha]

hi! somehow i got behind on reading. i am pretty much incapacitated by morning sickness right now. feeling terrible. other than that, not much else.

labor vibes to you, amyjeans!

tabitha

[rachel]

amyjeans, easy, loving labor vibes to you!
Tabitha, hope you feel better soon.

As for me, I've been early with all my babies, and I'm feeling that this baby will be here by the end of March....especially since my usual fears have been cropping up. The labor I can deal with okay and with my last birth I discovered that if I'm in a whirlpool tub with the jets going, labor is fairly easy for me, but the pushing stage has always been very painful for me no matter what...so I've been working through that, reminding myself that it's only 2 or 3 real pushes (maybe 20 minutes tops, of pressure down there) and that's such a short amount of time/pain to deal with to gain such a beautiful and precious gift. Once in a while the fear of "what if something goes wrong" crops up, then I just read my affirmations, remind myself that I'm good at following my intuition (and would get/seek help in a real emergency) and that the majority of births go without a hitch - NOT the other way around. So, that's where I'm at!