Well, I have it, for the most part, mostly packed and ready to go to the hospital. I bought myself a brand new diaper bag this evening and I really like it. It's a little "set" with a big diaper bag, a small hand one and also has some changing package thing... Whatever, I'm not going to try...

I've kind of been looking around a little and I've come up with a few hits that this evening primrose oil might be something that can start labor. I can't really find much info on it, though. One site said something about it can help to "naturally ripen the cervix" and also recall reading...

In case this shows up as "Norm" again, it's not supposed to be lol I think I might have changed it to say "Kat" again, but since my computer is NOT working for some reason with newsgroups, this one seems to work just fine... Odd as they're on a hub together, with the same connection and the...

So, I'm now at around 38.5 weeks. I picked up a bottle of this evening primrose oil. The bottle says they're "softgels" and are 500mg. After reading the bottle, it says nothing about use, other than for adults to take 4-6 softgels daily. I haven't opened the bottle yet. I just wanted to make...

All I see down for starting posting is me, but here I go again LOL - then again, this really isn't counting the spam that manages to sneak by ;) I had an appointment again today. All seems fine. I was 1cm a couple weeks ago. Last week she told me 2. This time I noticed my papers said 2-3cms....

You people are so full of hate you should get your heads checked. The octuplets mom has the right to have as many children as she wants without you hate mongers getting all up in her womb. It's her body and she has the right to do with it whatever the hell she wants. You don't control her...

Ok, it's 3:06am here by my clock... I went to bed tonight maybe 12:30am or so... I was sitting on the computer a little too long talking with a friend before I got around to finishing the dishes up and going to bed, but I was feeling that slight cramping most of the later evening. Nothing...

Well, after that last time I posted that little update, things seemed to have gone alright. It was 3am I was up and out of bed. I was home and sitting around until about 4, and by that time, I had called the health line, called my mom, doula and a friend... It was maybe around 430am that I was...

If you had a high-needs baby, and went on to have more children, were any of them high-needs also? I had two who weren't high-needs, then my third was high-needs. I think that scares me most about having another baby. I'm not pregnant but I am thinking about it, but I'm just really scared. My...

Hello! My computer died in the worst kinda way, but I'm back! Back, with an extra babby! And, would you believe, me, the hater of mess, had a home birth! Short story is Kieran David Joseph was born at 04.16 on Dec 10th at 41 weeks gestation, weighing 8lb 15 1/2oz. He's blue eyed and beautiful!!...

My neice is being induced Tues night/Wed morning and I and my MIL are the chosen ones to attend the birth. I am so excited!! My dream is to be a birth doula and I need to read up on this stuff before then. She doesn't do epidurals so this will be the first natural birth I've seen IRL. In fact,...

Hi all Just wondered if anyone's ever called Cry-sis? I'm thinking about it, but not all together sure I can face it. Just wondered if anyone's called them and how helpful they were? Lucy x

Hi all I am so so tired. I thought I'd been tired over the last few weeks, but now I'm exhausted. Kieran just seems to be sleep phobic, and I need advice! Jessica was a perfect baby to get to sleep, and I think this is partly my fault for not getting him straight into a routine. Well, kind of. He...

Hi all I was going to post this in mkb, but there doesn't seem to be many posters, and I wondered if it could be related to Kieran's fussiness... He had his first cold at about 2 weeks old, and he seemed to lose the baby reflex thing of being able to feed and breathe at the same time....

Hello all, We have a week old newborn boy, and he has recently started having lots of gas. I was wondering if there is any home made solutions to this problem. Thanks, E

Today my neice had her second baby. It was a hospital birth. Every single nurse who came in either asked if she wanted an epidural or tried to convince her to have one, and when she turned it down they made a snotty face and stupid jokes like, "If I had a nickel for every mom who said she...

Well, I love my baby wrap, I wear it everywhere, apart from days like today, when I get the wrong train, and end up in the wrong town! (Yes, I did also get new glasses today!). So, I was miles from home, with my huge horrid double buggy (pushchair/stroller/whatever you choose to call it :) ), and...

Anything yet?? IIRC, you're just about a week over due, and now it's my turn to sit and wonder! Noticed you haven't posted for a couple days so just wondering if you're still hanging in there or if you're busy with a new little one! Yes, just like you, I hate to bug and ask, but really... Need...

Seems like I'm the only person still pregnant! It's been great to see Lu-Lu back and hear about the arrival of Kieran. I think it's strange that in such a small group, we have two mums with narcolespy! I'm now 30+3, things are a mixture of good and bad with me, good is that my symphysis pubis...

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