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Welcome to Momma Commune!
Welcome
to the Momma Commune! This is a (100% FREE) community site for new and
expecting moms to gather and share birth stories, photos, videos, news,
advice, and tons of other stuff... with other hip mommas! |
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 michelle
writes "I had been having contractions on and off for the last few
weeks, so when I started having them last Sunday, it didn't make me
think I was in labor. This was the 4th time I was getting ready to go
into labor and it was different from the other 3. With my 6 year old
daughter, Azalea, I had semi-regular contractions that gradually got
stronger over 3 days. My 3 year old son, Elijah, was induced right
after my doctor told me that I was in early labor. My 16 month old
daughter, Hannah, had me in early labor all of Father's Day and I went
to the hospital that night. This little guy had me sent home from the
hospital (which is 45 minutes away) 3 times already, so I wasn't sure
about when to go back.
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| TroubleTa writes " Well,
after a weekend of long, prelim labor, the contractions finally became
very strong and very regular Monday evening. By 1:30 am on Tuesday
morning, Nel and I were on our way to the hosp.
Once there, we
discovered that the baby was posterior (face-up) just like her big
brother was and I was appx 3 cm dilated. We went over our
birthplan with the doc and after some minor adjustments - we were ready
to move to our room. (I really, really, really wanted this VBAC - very
badly. So, I had to be super educated and super firm with these
military residents [DH is in the Navy;)])
Our doula
had met us there and we got right to work. Contractions were pretty
fierce - back labor is a bitch - plain and simple. I switched positions
several times and even tried the birthing ball. They were all pretty
helpful. "
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| Calling all Jersey girls! |
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Hello all, By
clicking on the link below you can sign a global warming petition which
addresses global warming initiatives in the state of NJ. https://www.environmentnewjersey.org/action/global-warming?id4=ESThe
governor should take action right away and pledge to reduce New
Jersey's global warming emissions by 70 percent by 2050. He should also
work with the Legislature to pass the Global Warming Response Act
(A-3301/S-2114), sponsored by Assemblywoman Linda Stender, D-Union, and
Sen. Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex, a bill that would make New Jersey one
of the first states to adopt mandatory limits on our total global
warming emissions. |
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| Robin writes " I
had told work on Friday that I was "all done" and ready to roll.
Contractions all weekend kept us close to home and when I still didn't
go over the weekend, I was so disappointed I didn't go to work on
Monday. Instead I moved every piece of furniture in my house hoping to
get things going. Contractions continued, but always petered out. Then
on Tuesday I had my weekly non-stress tests because of my
(advanced-huh!) maternal age, high bp etc. I continued having
contractions 5-6 minutes apart, but I convinced them to let me go home,
knowing they would peter out-big sigh!
Well sure enough they didn't,
but they were not unbearable by any means. I was up most of the night
an finally woke up my husband around 5AM and told him he wasn't going
to work. Lots of bloody show and continuous contractions 3 minutes
apart. I really really wanted a VBAC so I knew I wasn't going to the
hospital for a bit. "
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fruitfulmomma writes "Our
fourth child was born this last Monday. This was our second home birth,
which we had really been praying and hoping for. Our son, the oldest,
was born at home. Then we had two hospital births due to various
complications. Going into the last few weeks of pregnancy I was not
really sure of myself and wondering if I was going to be able to do
this. With the help of my husband and our wonderful midwife and her
assistant, we were finally able to realize this dream.
9/16 - Our due date. I wasn't really expecting anything then because the other girls were both born late.
9/18 - Papa's Birthday... We were hoping for this day but it came and went with nothing.
9/22
- I started noticing some swelling in my feet near bedtime. I decided
to put my feet up and see what that would do. The swelling went down
and I went to sleep.
9/23 - Once I was up and moving around my
foot swelled up again. I called the midwife around 11 am to see what
she thought. She told me to stay in bed on my left side and eat as much
fruit as I could to see if that would help. Midwife's assistant came be
at 8:30 PM to check on us. Swelling was gone, blood pressure was good,
and I was starting to dialate, but no signs of labor yet. She left some
herbal tincture with us to see if that would help get things going.
9/24
- Started taking Red Raspberry Leaf tincture every hour. Had a handful
of contractions throughout the day but nothing to get excited about. I
stopped the tincture at about 7 in the evening so I could get a good
nights sleep.
9/25 - Started the tincture again in the
morning. The midwife said she would come around 11 to see what else we
could do to get this baby coming. Spent a couple of hours getting
everything ready for the birth.
The midwife arrived about 11am
and checked us out. Everything looked good but still no contractions. I
ate lunch and kept taking the tincture every hour. The midwife's
assitant came after lunch and we started working on some other ideas to
get labor going. They decided to go and get themselves a late lunch
sometime in the afternoon. I took a short nap and a shower. Then I had
Lloyd call to have them bring me a tuna sandwich when they came back.
"
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| Member Contributions |
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| Thursday, September 28 | | · | Dylan Michaels Birth Story 4/14/2006 |
| Tuesday, September 26 | | · | Kiri's Birth Day |
| Monday, September 25 | | · | Alexander's birth story |
| · | Birth of My Sons~ 2 birth stories |
| Thursday, September 21 | | · | Drama in PA - A Chance to Make History |
| Monday, September 18 | | · | Josiah McDonald born 4/5/06 |
| Sunday, September 17 | | · | Julian's Birth Story: Not poetic, just the facts |
| Friday, September 15 | | · | Lorelei's Birth 2002 (med-free hosp. w/MW) |
| · | Madelyn's Birth- 2000 (med hospital, preemie, on TV) |
| Thursday, September 14 | | · | Lily Thea's Homebirth Story |
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