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Painful Baby Kicks, Should I Worry?

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Hi, I’m having some slight trouble with my baby’s movements. This is my second child and to be honest I dont remember my duaghter ever having kicking me or moving as much as this baby boy. I feel him lower in my stomach, like by my bladder or something. I feel like he’s sticking his foot out. Im … [Read more…]

Filed Under: 3rd Trimester

What’s a Doula? Do I Need One?

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A doula is a personal childbirth coach and assistant who is there to help you through labor, birth and the first few weeks postpartum. They’ve become more popular with hospitals and moms since research found that the continuous support of a labor assistant is associated with better birth … [Read more…]

Filed Under: 3rd Trimester, Featured Tagged With: labor assistant, doula

Can I Keep My Soon-To-Be-Ex Out of the Delivery Room?

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Q. My husband and I are separated and I am due to deliver our 2nd child in November. This last Saturday at his visitation with our daughter we got into a argument over the stuff that he stole from me that I got at my wedding shower. I don’t think it was right for him to shove me out of the way. I … [Read more…]

Filed Under: 3rd Trimester Tagged With: single moms, child support, delivery room, custody, c-sections

Do You Need a Birth Plan? What Should You Include?

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A birth plan is basically a list of what you do and don’t want during labor, birth, and after. Of course you don’t need to have one, beyond 1. show up at hospital or stay home and 2. have baby, and of course no one can never know in advance exactly how birth is going to go. And if you give birth at … [Read more…]

Filed Under: 3rd Trimester, Labor and Delivery, Featured

A Week Overdue, What Should I Do?

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I am pregnant with my 5th child and I am now a week past my due date. I have tried everything I could possibly think of to start contracting but it seems my baby girl does not want to come out yet. My doctor says they don’t want to induce me. Is this normal and do you have any tricks to startup my … [Read more…]

Filed Under: 3rd Trimester

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