Submitted by Amy in Washougal, WA (visit Amy’s blog to learn more: http://theatoztwins.blogspot.com)
I can’t give enough recommendations about that book Take Charge of Your Fertility!!! It completely changed my life. I was diagnosed w/ a blood clotting disorder and immedietly had to stop taking hormonal birth control. We were able to avoid pregnancy for 2 [...]
Submitted by Amy in Washougal, WA (visit Amy’s blog to learn more: http://theatoztwins.blogspot.com)
Before we became parents we REALLY wanted boys. But after a year of TTC we realized that we’d be thrilled with any baby, regardless of gender.
Once we found out we were expecting twins we looked back at my chart and based on Shettles [...]
Submitted by Erin in Sacramento, CA
Take your prenatals with food. My regular vitamins were really upsetting my stomach in the mornings. Now I take my prenatals *as i eat* breakfast (literally between bites) to be sure there is something in my stomach cushioning the vitamins, and I haven’t had any problems anymore.
My vitamin has a ton of folic [...]
Submitted by Reagan
Taking Charge of Your Fertility is an amazing book and I learned SO much about my cycle. I highly recommend it as it worked for us in the last couple months
There is also a way to track your temperature online at Ovusoft.com or .org that costs about $40 for a one time download [...]
Submitted by Rachel in Monroe, CT
About the pre-natal vitamins - try to find one that has the following:
4,000 and 5,000 IU (international units) of vitamin A
800 and 1,000 mcg (1 mg) of folic acid
400 IU of vitamin D
200 to 300 mg of calcium
70 mg of vitamin C
1.5 mg of thiamine
1.6 mg of riboflavin
2.6 mg of [...]
Submitted by Kristy in KS
I was over due with Gabby and Kate had the stomach flu. As much as I was ready to have the baby I was petrified I would go into labor and be all alone at the hospital. There was no way I was just handing my sick gal over to someone with a [...]
Submitted by Kristy in Kansas
I was teaching classes when the contractions started. That was pretty standard. They had been a fairly frequent visitor for weeks now, but the difference was that day they didn’t stop after a few hours or a lot of extra water. At the end of the day, after we got the students onto their [...]
Submitted by Eryn in Mechanicsville, VA
When I was about 27 weeks pregnant, my OB noticed that my blood pressure was slowly but steadily increasing each time she took it. Although it wasn’t high enough yet to warrant bed rest, she did restrict me to going to work, then coming straight home and lying on the [...]
Submitted by Carey in St. Charles, IL
I had a baby 12 weeks ago and I thought I’d post my two cents.
Before I got pregnant I preached about how people gain way too much weight and how women took “eating for two” too literally. Yes, you are eating for two - but one of the two [...]
Submitted by Rayne in Alabama
I have one daughter who just turned 2 and her birth was somewhat eventful, but normal at the same time. I think my biggest regret was being so drugged up I only remember bits and pieces of it and I was too out of it to try and hold her the [...]
