Mish on June 23rd, 2009

From Jan Tritten – At Midwifery Today…

A good midwife is worth her weight in gold if you want a good birth experience. Shop carefully and pay her well.
Thou shalt eat a healthy diet: 80-100 grams of protein, salt food to taste and lots of fruits and veggies and eat seafood; and be happy.
Trust Birth, trust [...]

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Mish on May 20th, 2009

Because I have given birth so often and am getting ready to do it again, I am often asked about my birth “stories.” It surprises me that I haven’t written about them, but truthfully, my births have been fairly unremarkable. Of course, being pregnant with my seventh, I don’t want to jinx it, but I [...]

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Mish on November 24th, 2008

One would really think that I would be used to the symptoms of pregnancy by now. Really – I mean this is my 8th pregnancy (one ended in miscarriage). You’d think after being pregnant this many times, I would have strategies for coping with morning sickness – which I get all day and very severely [...]

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