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Lets liven up the board!!
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Alright everyone. For all the lurkers and the posters. Time to see whats shakin around the Natural Birth board. Go ahead and get at it!!
Weeks pregnant?
Team?
Home, birth center, or hospital birth?
Books you're reading?
Weirdest craving you've had so far?
Weeks pregnant?
Team?
Home, birth center, or hospital birth?
Books you're reading?
Weirdest craving you've had so far?
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Re: Lets liven up the board!!
Team? Green...for now
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Home birth
Books you're reading? Mom's Who Drink and Swear, Anything from Ina May, and I Just Want To Pee Alone....the first and last ones are hilarious. A nice bit of humor in the sea of information pregnant women get daily!
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Blueberry poptarts.
Weeks pregnant? 25 weeks, 6 days
Team? Green
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital, but planning to labor at home for as long as possible.
Books you're reading? Spiritual Midwifery; Ina May's Guide to Childbirth; Hypnobirthing (reading this but planning to take Bradley classes starting next week)
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Nothing out of the ordinary, but I do get on kicks of certain foods for a few weeks at a time (was on an avocado kick for a while, then a cottage cheese kick, etc.)
ETA: So I guess this is my intro. I also want to say I really appreciate reading all of the stories and hearing all of the advice on this board!
27 weeks with my second
Team?
Blue
Home, birth center, or hospital birth?
Hospital
Books you're reading?
Finished Ina May's guide to childbirth not too long ago and have been reading lots of independent studies on natural childbirth.
Weirdest craving you've had so far?
I can't say I've had many weird cravings but donuts most of the time and as of lately Philly Cheese Steak ( I guess that one is pretty weird because I am mostly vegetarian)
Weeks pregnant? 32 weeks
Team? Blue
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital Birth
Books you're reading? Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, A thinking woman's guide to Childbirth, Birthing w/out Fear
Weirdest craving you've had so far? I craved couscous last night. It was delish
Weeks pregnant? 27 weeks and 6 days
Team? Green
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital birth, with a midwife practice
Books you're reading? Pushed, Bebe Day by Day, Ina May's Guides to Childbirth and Breastfeeding, Spiritual Midwifery, So That's What They're There For, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Nachos (the super good, fully loaded kind)...only weird because I want them all the time, nachos for every meal!
DS2: Jan. 2016
DS3: Dec. 2017
Baby #4 on the way!
Weeks pregnant? I am 10 weeks with my first.
Team? Green and so excited to see so many other moms waiting to find out!
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital Birth with as much laboring at home as possible.
Books you're reading? Natural Hospital Birth; Ina May's Guide to Natural Birth; Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeed (my main reason for wanting a natural birth is my strong desire to successfully breastfeed); I'm looking forward to Bradley and Hypnobirthing.
Weirdest craving you've had so far? I'm still in the food aversion/nauseous phase so I've had zero cravings.
Team? Blue
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital, but with a midwife. Wanted a birth center badly, but I'm in a rural location.
Books you're reading? Ina May's Guide, Natural Hospital Birth, The Birth Partner, Thinking Woman's Guide. Just got my copy of Hypnobirthing!
Weirdest craving you've had so far? I haven't had any weird cravings, but I have had some very strong ones. Mostly for sushi or gummy worms.
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@MannaPants I always have cravings for gummy bears and sushi! How funny!
Team? Green!
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital Birth w/Midwife
Books you're reading? Baby Wise
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Jalapeno crisps dipped in cream cheese...mmm
Team? Blue!
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital with a midwife
Books you're reading? None this time...but loved My Best Birth when pregnant with DS.
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Same as last time...watermelon! I can't get enough watermelon. I literally eat an entire watermelon by myself every week.
Team? Blue
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital, but hopefully I can labor at home as long as possible
Books you're reading? mostly reading stuff online though I have what to expect and I'm Pregnant. However I seem to turn back to my non-pregnancy books most of the time I want to put my feet up and read so I am re-reading the Anita Blake Vampire Series by Laurell K Hamilton
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Not craving weird food but my taste have completely switched around. Pre pregnancy Chicken was my major protein and I didn't like pork. I liked Potato's but not bread, I liked veggies but wasn't interested in fruit and I loved spicy food. Baby only wants Bacon and bread. Veggies are gross but fruit is ok however spicy food is a big no no.
Weeks pregnant? 33 tomorrow
Team? blue
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? hospital
Books you're reading? Hypnobirthing (sort of...for the 2nd time)
Weirdest craving you've had so far? it's not really weird, but the only thing I've actually craved is burritos. I swear this kid is going to come out looking like a burrito!!
Team? Green, husband is hoping for blue!
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital with Midwives Group
Books you're reading? None yet
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Lemon Chicken Orzo soup from Panera, it's the only thing that doesn't provoke the all day and night morning sickness
Team? Pink
Home, birth center, or hospital birth?hospital with mw
Books you're reading? I just got the Ina May breast feeding book from the library.
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Nothing! Maybe ill get one soon.
-My step-daughter is 12 years old.
-BFP #1 on 9/2/12, D&C 10/18/12 no heartbeat on US @ 10 weeks.
-BFP #2 on 1/7/13, R was born on 9/22/13 via C-Section
Team? Green - haven't decided yet whether to find out sex at a/s.
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital with midwife practice
Books you're reading? Ina May's Guide to Childbirth; Patty Simpkin's Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn; Baby Bargains; Baby 411; Mayo Clinic's Baby's First Year.
Weirdest craving you've had so far?
BFP #1 08/05/12. EDD 4/15/13 m/c 08/27/12
BFP #2 06/05/13. EDD 2/16/2014 (Team Blue). Baby Wombat born 2/20/2014 7lb. 11oz and 20 in.
Team? Pink
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital with a midwife
Books you're reading? Ina May's guide to breastfeeding
Weirdest craving you've had so far? No weird cravings really...
Team- green
Home birth
Books- haven't read any yet:/ but I did buy Ina May's guide to childbirth- just need to start it
Cravings- mostly just fruit recently, especially pineapple; the weirdest craving I had was spaghetti on garlic bread with a fried egg on top (and I ate it almost every day for over a week)
Team? TBD
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital - but it's a "natural birth friendly" hospital.
Books you're reading? Bah! I wish I had more time for reading, but I spend most of my time playing/chasing DS!
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Nothing weird - just sweets all.the.time.
Weeks pregnant? somewhere between 36 - 38 depending on the due date i go with :S
Team? Pink
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? labor at home for as long as i can then off to the hospital
Books you're reading? nothing pregnancy/childbirth related....just my usual murder mysteries
Weirdest craving you've had so far? No weird cravings really......
Team? Pink
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital with midwife and doula.
Books you're reading? Ina May's Guide to Childbirth has been my favorite.
Weirdest craving you've had so far? I have been into Lucky Charms cereal. They're so magically delicious for me!
Weeks pregnant? 5 weeks 3 days
Team? Finding out
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital birth
Books you're reading? Pregnancy related: 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'. Non-pregnancy related: 'Anne of Avonlea', 'So You Want to be a Wizard', 'From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'. I'm incapable of reading one book at a time...
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Haven't really had any so far.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere. - C.S.Lewis
Weeks pregnant? 35 wks
Team? Girl
Home, birth center, or hospital birth?
Like many here, I plan to labor at home as long as possible, then to the hospital we go.
Books you're reading? The Birth Parter is great. Must read!
Just started Womanly Art of Breast feeding
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Fruit, constantly. Especially mango and pineapple
Weeks pregnant? 32
Team? Green!
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital birth w/ midwife - attempting a VBAC! I actually just switched providers and hospitals at 30wks b/c my old group was wishy-washy about VBAC! I found this amazing, supportive natural friendly group/hospital and feel such peace about it!
Books you're reading? Ina May - non-pregnancy reading Gone Girl
Weirdest craving you've had so far? I get strong cravings, have it once and am over it...
21 weeks
Team Green
Homebirth
No books yet - maybe the Bradley Method one?
No real cravings yet.
2nd time mum hoping this homebirth happens for us
Team Green:)
Home birth, so excited
Spiritual Midwifery, Pushed, The Birth Partner
No weird cravings, just steak and salt and vinegar chips haha
Team? Green
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital
Books you're reading? Pregnancy? Otherwise? I am not rereading my hypnobirthing book, seeing as this will be my third child in three years, but I am listening to the tracks almost daily. I am also reading the classic 'What to Expect' for tidbits each week and Your Pregnancy week-by-week because I received it as a gift... I am also currently reading 'The Vampire Lestat'.
Weirdest craving you've had so far? I just want orange juice and nuts ALL the time. Nothing weird. I haven't ever had a weird craving in pregnancy.
Team? Female
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital birth
Books you're reading? The Bradley Method now. But I finished The Thinking Woman's Guide and Ina May's book already.
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Strawberries. I hate strawberries but Spawn 2.0 seems to love them.
Weeks pregnant? 26
Team? Green
Home, birth center, or hospital birth? Hospital, although my hospital is very NB friendly. I have successfully had two children naturally at my hospital. They have a kick-ass bathtub, too
Books you're reading? I've previously read NCBtBW. That's it.
Weirdest craving you've had so far? Fried Catfish