Need your prayers please!
We are back in the NICU with our boys. They caught RSV from their brothers Forrest is doing ok, but Felix is very very sick, he is unconscious and has a machine breathing for him. His lungs are...
View ArticleChit Chat Thread: MAY(!!!) 1 - 14
We've made it to MAY ladies How is everyone feeling now that our due date month is here? I'm excited, but at the same time I'm kinda bummed that I have to wait until the end of the month (or possibly...
View ArticlePineapple to help labor get moving
Ah yes, day 12 prodomal labor. I was having some nice contractions but got stressed and stalled at 2 cm, 70% effaced. My midwife told me to not worry and relax. That was 12 days ago. I am still getting...
View ArticleAnyone?
I'm putting a shout-out to our less-active members. WE NEED BABY ANNOUNCEMENTS so we can live vicariously through you. So, ladies, how is it going? Baby yet?? @laangel - April 29 - baby #4 @Aletheia -...
View ArticleBaby Girl is Here!
We welcomed a baby GIRL last night!! (I referred to her as "he" for the first few minutes before thinking to ask/look) She has yet to be named, but was born at 6:41pm after about 12hrs of labour. I'm...
View ArticleIt's a...... GIRL!!
With a crazy fast labor (I texted the midwife that she should progeny come over and she was born 22 minutes after that text)... Bernadette Della is here! 9lb 14oz, 21 inches long, and born at 1 : 48am...
View ArticleOur sweet boy is here!
Our beautiful boy was born today at 1:55pm after 8 hours of peaceful labor and just a short but furious pushing stage. He is 8lb 10oz and 20.5 inches. He is nursing great, and is so loved! Our only boy...
View ArticleLooks like today is it!
We've checked into the hospital and progress looks good! Super excited, but also feeling overwhelmed, life is on the cusp of a huge change.
View ArticleAnyone start labor with pitocin, then turn off drip???
Like, say you begin induction with pitocin, and hours later progression has been well established (like you're dilating and contractions are coming at a good rate), can you then request they turn off...
View ArticleWorth the wait! Johnny is here!!
Johnny was born this morning at 6:36am after about 8 hours of active labor (and days of prelabor before). Labor went very smoothly and he's super perfect! He had a true knot in his cord, which was...
View ArticleIs anyone else still working?
Anyone? Anyone? I'm still only 37w+5d and will work all the way up until 5/29 if this baby stays put (DD: 5/30). But I'm finding it increasingly difficult to stay focused... all I really want to do is...
View ArticleBelly Photo Thread!
I know it's still a tad early, but many of us are starting to show a bit and I think it's fun to have early pregnancy photos too. I'll go first! :belly
View ArticleOliver Blaze!
Well, I didn't make it through the show. :grin: I started losing my plug on Tuesday morning, but all else was as usual. I went about my day loading things in at the theater and running rehearsals. I...
View ArticleAfter long last...A sweet baby boy!!
I'm beaming here! Had our baby boy, Noah Yireh, on Sunday night, 5/24...he was 9lb 4oz, 22" long. I had been prodromal for WEEKS! I have never reached my due date before, let alone passed it, lol! And...
View ArticleLittle Margot Juniper has arrived!
Margot Juniper was born at home on her due date of 5/17. She weighs in at a whoppingly healthy 9 pounds, 9 ounces and is 22 inches tall. She was born after 22 hours of laboring - much of it quite...
View ArticleAbigail Caroline is here!
She joined us Wednesday morning, 7 lbz 8 oz and 21 inches long. :stillheart She's nursing like a champion and we are all so in love with her. Labor was longer than I expected because it had gone so...
View ArticleOur girl is here! ETA pics
9lb 7oz 20.5 inches of pure cuteness!! Will upload pics and details laater
View ArticleCloth Diaper Thread
Hi mamas, I'm in need of some help. This is the second time I've cloth diapered, the first time I gave up around a few months old due to persistent rashes. Well, I'm having the same problem again!!...
View ArticleMaxis Alexander is here
So I ate pineapple one more time and the following morning labor finally kicked up! Maxis arrived at 3:04 pm EST on May 28, 2015 I went into true labor at 11:30 am. I arrived at the birth center at 2pm...
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