I get nauseous before my period. Especially if I'm a few days late, it's like hormone overload and all of those extra hormones just whack out my...
I would never give my child milk from some random stranger off the street. And anyone that donated milk would, indeed, be screened. But humanity...
LadyDragon, you are also in the Pacific Northwest. Things tend to be a bit more progressive here. ;)
You know, as an exclusively ff-ing momma and avid breastfeeding advocate, I take so much offense to your allusion that overzealous support of...
My feelings about her contracting a vaxxed disease, after much thought and research: Our society has such advances medical knowledge and...
It's different in every state, but every state offers a medical exemption. Most offer a religious exemption, and some offer a philisophical...
Hi! My 21 month old is unvaccinated. Not had any worries about pertussis so far. My doctor even wanted me to get a booster as I no longer have...
When I talked about survival, I meant like we feel sometimes. Where days off are spent at home because we don't have the means to get to a...
This essay was written by Marcela Valle and was posted to ICAN online 5/19/07. It was written after she'd had a coversation in which she explained...
Ain't that the truth! My hubby monosphere works 8am-4pmish. I work 530pm to 2am. His days off at Sa-Su. My days off are Mo-Tu. Four days a week,...
any HFS should carry fenugreek. :)
To help establish a higher supply, look into fenugreek. It will help you get your boobs used to feeding "two" babies, which is essentially what...
You should wait, really, until the post-partum bleeding stops. Making/birthing a baby is HARD work. You need to give your body ample time to heal. :)
Have you tried nursing him on one breast and pumping the other simultaneously, to help with let down? Plus, having his scent right there will help...
I was on state insurance, and it covered 100%. You should check to see if your state has insurance for maternity. It usually covers anyone that...
1. Whenever the nausea passes (about 12 weeks), you can start in with as much veg as you want. I was like that when I was pregnant. That first...
No, you are not too far in to switch! I was 37 weeks when I was forced into finding a new midwife. Heck, you could be in labour and find one,...
I was on BC pills for a year when I was 16-17. Not really a good age to load a developing teenager's body full of artifical hormones. I partially...
1. drink lots of water 2. find a good midwife 3. take a folic acid supplement (800mg a day) along with a regular women's multivitamin. some women...
I was raised in an emotional/mental/verbal abusive family. I am 22. I will forever be engrained with the personality adaptations of an abuse...
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