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He is so freakin cute! And looks a lot like his mommy! It's interesting that your water broke first because I was just working on the part of my birth plan that addresses that scenario. I'm so glad to hear everything worked out and he came into the world safely! Thanks for sharing your story lady!

You know what, that would be amazing! If I could get tatted while in labor I so would! I don't even care if there's ink on the needles, when I'm in pain tattoos seriously do help! LOL

So I met with the midwife and I'm not switching. Sound like the OB in her practice is super fond on interventions and I'm more likely to get him than her. Another weird thing about the visit, when I looked around I thought "wow, this office is really cool." After leaving I realized that it is a very cool office....if it…

I agree with what others have said. Also, I talked to my doc about my weight gain and he said it's more important to focus on WHAT I'm eating than how much. He said if I'm eating well not to worry if I'm gaining what seems like a lot but if I'm not eating lean protein and healthy carbs I need to reacess my intake

It's a hard adjustment huh? Especially when you have people telling you "oh you shouldn't eat this, oh you shouldn't do that" Well guess what jerk, it's all I can stomach right now and I'm just working on getting some type of food to my body! Yes it's ok for me to eat spicy food, yes it's ok for a pregnant woman to have a…

My friend's doc was pushing her to schedule an induction...I'm not sure how far along she was but they kept insisting so she scheduled it but didn't show up. I think I would consider this. My doc said he wouldn't want me to go past a week but if I insisted then he would monitor me and allow me to go longer. I'm glad that…

agreed! I hadn't thought of this but I think I might do it too! ;)

Thanks for the input ladies. I will not be switching practices. The midwife seemed hip to everything i wanted but #1 she wasn't very warm/we didn't jive well and #2 she said the OB in her practice is NOT natural birth friendly and unless I go into labor on the weekend then I will have the OB not her. Also, my current OB is…

Sounds like a great day! I was looking at the website of the midwife I'm thinking of switching too and was really excited to see that one of the services they offer is massage heck yes!

Hi Everyone! I'm so glad to see this thread is moving again. I'm getting so excited and nervous about the arrival of our little girl, Zulma. Hubby and I have picked out how we are going to decorate the room, we are doing clover green walls, and grass just above the baseboards with toadstools and butterflies for accents. We…

How about something that bothered you before and doesn't now...for me, that would be "the runs"....I'm usually so backed up these days that the runs is a nice change of pace and I feel like I finally cleaned things out :laugh: :wink: Sorry if that's TMI hehe

amen to that!

this has always bugged me, but now that I'm pregnant it bugs me more...the way that if you are a pregnant woman in a male dominated field you suddenly are a second class citizen and a dirt bag. I have tried to keep up with the boys but they won't even let me, I go to do something and they are like "oh no, we will do it,…

scheduling a consult for after my next appt with my OB. I can't wait to meet the midwife and see what she has to say. If she's open to my birth plan I'm gonna be so stoked! It would even be better if she'd be willing to do a water birth. (I'm not sure that's what I want but it would be nice to know it's an option)

Very good point! And I agree, I'll wait even if the baby's late but I dunno how happy I'll be about it. As of right now I wouldn't be super upset if she is late but I'm anxious to meet my little munchkin

OMG congrats! I didn't even notice!!!! :)

Ok, I once more need input. I have an appt next Wed with my OB so I'm going to talk to him about why he seemed hesitant with the uprite birthing position and what positions he would consider and all that jazz but I got a list of midwives that are approved by my insurance so i'm thinking of switching. I mentioned wanting…

Am I the only one who is super disappointed to realize that the 1st trimester is, in fact, NOT the hardest. I feel so much more tired this trimester (I guess it's the extra 40 lbs I'm toting around) and my blood pressure is all over the place. When my first and second trimester were relatively easy (aside from a few…

Thanks, this thread made my day!

we were planning one to a B&B in virginia for a few days but my dad wanted us to come home and visit so we did that instead. Kinda a bummer but we really couldn't afford to have my husband off work for TWO weeks plus the expenses of both trips (though dad paid for the flight to CA) Maybe we'll be daring and go after the…

sending love, hugs, prayers, and support! i'm so sorry for you loss! With everyone asking when you're going to have babies that has to be so hard! HUGS

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I completely agree! I have had people say "oh you'll change your mind."....I'm a "crazy hippy freak" as my friend likes to say, that being the case taking care of the environment is important to me and we are broke so saving money is important too lol

no, I kinda gave up on the doula. But hubby said he is more than prepared to advocate my birthplan and tell the nurses to do what I want. Also, assuming I am on or after my due date, my sister will be there and she has had one home birth and one in a birthing center as well as a bad hospital birth so she will be good at…

30 weeks, up 38 pounds :( definitely going to try to maintain it though!

so I gave my OB my birth plan yesterday, at first I was real happy with how he responded but now I'm not too sure. He definitely is supportive of my no drugs and wanting to be able to move around and all that jazz. He even said he will hold off on an epesiotomy if I really want (he has an 80% epesiotmy rate for first…

i have no experience but I feel like I saw a tutorial online for how to do it (either that or it was to switch from snaps to velcro, can't remember) I know this isn't a ton of help but I thought I'd throw it out there, I bet you could find something online to teach you how to do it :)

typed up my birth plan today and i'm so excited to show it to the doc! We'll see what he has to say about it all. If you haven't written a birth plan I highly recommend it. It's very empowering to know that I have a plan that I agree with. Our first birthing class isn't until March so I'm sure there's stuff I will want to…

When I decided to start mantaining I had a hard time mentally eating all those calories. It sounds like you already have a bigger deficet than the 500 calories a day most of us use to lose 1lb a week. What I did was switch my calories to "lose 1/2 a pound a week" and when I realized that I was still continuing to lose I…