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The Ikea high chair is AWESOME The tray is at the perfect height, it's very light and easy to move around, very simple and super easy to wipe clean and you can buy a washable back rest insert fo...

Oh wow that's so exciting! I was so ridiculously excited about giving my DD her first bath when she came out of her pavlik

Thanks everyone! I'm still getting big indents and grazes from her top tooth no matter how I attach or position her and am worried this isn't going to last much longer

Thanks for all your replies, she had her hearing test and did perfectly The audiologist said she seems like quite a placid baby so it could just be a part of her personality at the moment. I'm sti...

I had a wonderful drug free waterbirth with my DD I had a pretty traumatic labour with my DS and really wanted to have a much more natural birth with my DD. My midwife particularly recommended it ...

I am still feeding my 7 month old DD and have always had a very active letdown. I still get the pins and needles feeling beforehand and squirt milk all over her if she detaches because it's either ...

It sounds like SPD but can be easily diagnosed by your ob/midwife or physio. Women generally feel a sharp stabbing pain in the pubic bone area and the pain will get more intense as you physically d...

I have continued eating all the things I normally do and haven't noticed my DD being upset by any foods. It's funny because one culture might swear by avoiding certain foods whilst another one will...

We have been doing BLW with our 7 month old DD and love it And she does gag ocassionally which I know is natural and funnily enough she gags a lot less than my DS who started on pureed baby food! ...

This is a good link. Have you spoken to a LC yet? I hired one during my 2nd pregnancy because I had so many issues bf'ing my son and it really helped immensely!

I was made to give birth to my son laying on my back and having the midwives push up my legs and it was horrible and I ended up having 2 traumatic episiotomies With my DD I had a waterbirth and ha...

I have had both my kiddies in the public system (both born at a public birthing centre attached to a public hospital) and I wouldn't have had it any other way. There was a emphasis on midwife based...

I did perenium stretching exercises when pregnant with my DS and I still ended up needing 2 episiotomies With my 2nd pregnancy though I didn't do it and I ended up having a 2nd degree tear but I w...

With my DD it loved the TENS machine I hired I found it didn't really stop the pain of the contractions but worked as a really good distraction.

My DS's labour started with waters breaking with no contractions or anything beforehand and I had a 14hr labour. With my DD my waters broke about an hour before she was born and I think the labour ...

With DS I never had lost my mucous plug or had a show. With my DD I started loosing my mp the day after I had a stretch and sweep at 40wks and went into labour 2.5 days later. Good luck

I haven't used hypnobirthing but after a really traumatic natural labour with my DS I did a Calmbirth class and had a fantastic, drugfree waterbirth with my DD I would highly recommend it! It real...