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 Ok here we go again. Over 100 post and ten pages last year. Hubby and I have been TTC since July 2009 some months more aggressive than others some months not so much. I still have random months where I "feel" pregnant and test anf then other months wherre I go with the flow. Lately I've been flowing with the new moon which ...

 I ditto the mixing in the smoothie or consuming a lightly slated cracker or corn chip afterwards to change the taste on her palate

 Some people are of the belief that the soul/ spirit that inhabits a babe for this incarnation chooses their season to be born. Choosing the lessons to be learned in this plane and even chooses the parents. So one explanation might be that the baby changed her mind decided not to incarnate at his time and the she is an angel baby on the ...

 Thanks for sharing your blog. I like!

 All the more reason to encourage your mamas to have a strong support person or doula on board. Somewhere during her laboring a doula could've taken mama for a 30 min walk and you could have taken a quick cat nap, done a little yoga or even showered. I think in our being with woman we should establish early on that we are not SUPERWOMEN ...

My intitial knee jerk response is: It ain't an unassited birth if she asked you to be in attendance. PERIOD! You are the assist in her mind wether she articulates it or not. Otherwise can't she just go it alone and have you come by after to celebrate, love on her and tuck her in... My compassionate thought is: Make the "oh :-( ...

 Green Smoothies daily with spirulina (raw greens, juice from oranges and banana), iorn, spinach and collard work well in smoothie flavor wise B vitamin to aid absorption Fenugreek tea (fresh, not packaged) add piece of ginger for a little zing in flavor and settle tummy if greens give gas liquid ionic iorn ELIMINATE ALL FORMS ...

 sounds like a "sick womb" like a lot of lochia loaded with pus, mucus, wbc's... maybe she'd been fighting an unknown infection prior to birth  

Check the prereq requirments of potential MSN programs before starting an Assoc. level RN. Many MSN programs will bridge you to MSN with a 1 year fasttrack for the RN though typically more expensive than say a tech or comm college Assoc. program. The bummer for you would be to get an associates in nursing only to find out that your MSN program ...

 Maybe it has to do with the pH of the watermelon "water" contenet than tap/ bottled water (often demineralized too)