1. My husband and I are in the process of meeting with and interviewing doulas. What are some questions I should ask her, in your opinion? I've got a pretty long list, but I want to make sure I'm not leaving anything out ( Read more... )

I'm looking for some hopeful stories of daddy-to-be transformations. My fiance is a great guy and a great partner, but I don't feel like he's excited about the baby even though when I ask him I get a "yeah, sure I am" sort of response. He says he doesn't really feel connected to it yet, it doesn't really feel "real" to him yet, and even though I'm ( Read more... )

I wanted more than anything to become a mother to something other than my cats. I thought when I became pregnant I'd cry tears of joy. I thought when I first saw the lil blob on the ultrasound and heard its heartbeat I'd at least tear up ( Read more... )

I’m going to try to keep this short, because I’m tired and I wanna go to bed. But I wanted to update you all on my freak out about going to the midwife and the thoughts that were running through my head that she would tell me I was nuts, totally not pregnant, and to go home. Well, I had my appointment today, and I was terrified. She totally ( Read more... )

Im 16 days post partum and have recently been diagnosed with PPD. Im still in shock that its happened to me. Dh and I tried for awhile to concieve and did fertility treatments. WHen we finally got pregnant I was just on cloud nine. Before i gave birth I did have some cold feet about leaving life as I knew it behind and entering a new stage but ( Read more... )

Well dear pregnant friends, I have had my baby! And so you get this birth story. To summarize... Josephine Elizabeth was born at 6:35 am Wednesday June 9th, two days before her due date. 19.5" long, 7 lbs 4 oz, and very healthy. I labored for about five hours at home, then five more hours at the hospital, all unmedicated ( Read more... )

My mom sent me this. (She's big into Deepak Chopra right now).http://www.thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/

I've been rather bummed out lately. I've sort of kept this to myself but basically I'm having a really hard time with being pregnant. After 19 weeks of throwing up every day, the morning sickness has seemed to have vanished. Now other then feeling the baby kick and having to pee every 5 minutes I don't feel pregnant at all. I BARELY look pregnant ( Read more... )

I was watching a documentary that ricky lake did on child birth - kinda like hospital birth vs. home birth and midwives - and it made me think to ask, did anyone feel "cheated" out of their child birth experience? Like, maybe you wanted a natural childbirth with little or no intervention and ended up having to get a c-section or unwanted ( Read more... )

I'm 13 weeks today, and I still don't feel any sort of connection to my pregnancy. I don't feel like I'm really pregnant - I just feel like it's some words that I say, or a maybe a new hobby that I've taken up (reading about pregnancy). I am dealing with untreated (at the moment, because I stopped my medications when I found out I was pregnant) ( Read more... )