Baby Growing Process!
More US babies die on their first day than in 68 other countries, report shows
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The U.S. is a worse place for newborns than 68 other countries, including Egypt, Turkey and Peru, according to a report released Tuesday by Save the Children.
At 7:30 am on July, 10th 2012, I woke up soaking wet. After announcing to Jeffrey that I had peed myself, I sleepily staggered to the bathroom. As I walked, large gushes of fluid streamed down my leg and my mind began to race back to our childbirth classes and discussions about premature…
Reading this I just wanted to cry :/
I didn’t really have a plan, and thank god I didn’t because everything went wrong and I almost died
I cant believe I forgot to tell u guys… I changed my first diaper yesterday. My hubby found a surface that I could do it from without hurting myself or the baby and he helped me change her. Changing her outfit was a bit difficult because I kept feeling like I was gonna hurt her so we were all laughing at me :) I guess I need practice lol
Reblogging from my own blog… its crazy that it was that long after she was born that I was able to change her first diaper. The complications really got in the way a lot :( I feel I missed out on a lot of first parent things.
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Induced Saturday evening- 38 weeks due to my mild preeclampsia.
Contractions begin Sunday morning 3:30a
Medicine did not work in am, no dilation of my cervix
Another round of medicine, more contractions. Tons of precautions cuz of my anemia and preeclampsia.
Contractions kept going and finally…
Reblogging the short version of my birth story
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Post preggo-not better
reblogging… cant believe how big my feet were before and after birth… and look at little gaby :)
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Gabriela was born on my Bday 7lbs 10oz! Details later! I did not have ur average vaginal birth
reblogging the first pic of Gabriela that I posted here… and her first pic ever….. so precious!!! xoxo
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#1 Cool washcloth. Labor, like any other athletic event, makes you sweat. A laboring mom usually gets very hot during active labor, so a cool cloth (rewetted and reapplied often) can be refreshing.
I genuinely want to try to go natural this time as long as I don’t have to have Pitocin again (I had Group B Strep and hadn’t realized my water broke so Becca was exposed). I have been researching methods for pain relief/coping for this next baby.
I loved having the cool wash cloth
Her first baby book is here!
I was 95lbs pre pregnancy now 4.5 months later I’m 106lbs
I don’t want to loose anymore. But when I feel physically ready I want to work out to get the abs flatten again.
Thing is… I have never worked out
Thank u everyone on ur insights on IUDs
How is having an iud?
I had the mirena and it was great, until it moved and it starred poking me and it eventually got stuck on the wall of my uterus. But they recommend it only for women who have had children, but I convinced my doctor to put it…
Actually, even though the Mirena instruction booklet says that you can start trying to conceive right after it’s removed, you should still wait 6 months to a year after you take it out to really TTC. I had Mirena in for 3 years, and then took it out after I got married. While I had the Mirena I never got my period or any period symptoms, which means that after it got removed, I had to give my body time to adjust and get back to normal. I didn’t know this, and ended up miscarrying 3 times in 2 years because of it. Any birth control that you take, whether you get periods or not, mess with your body’s natural cycle, and you should always wait to TTC until your body gets back to normal and on it’s “regular” cycle.
i was also on mirena, but i think mine was about 4 years. freaking LOVED it. no periods, no cramping, nothing. got it out in april, conceived in June with a perfectly normal and healthy pregnancy so far. freaking epic.
Liking Mirena more and more. I don’t want any more babies
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What is the hardest thing about being a first time parent for you?
Another awesome article I thought I’d share. This one is on birth
