The Jubers

Tttthhhheeeewp! Bllllllrrrrrp! Wsshhhhh! Ah, the sounds of snot being sucked into a tube. No more trying to shove a pointy syringe into your baby’s nose while she wiggles her head from side to side. No more accidentally squeezing the syringe at the wrong time sending air and icky particles that have been harboring inside the [...]

The Baby Book: Everything you need to know about your baby from birth to age two… in 768 pages…yep, that should cover everything. From baby care basics to infant feeding and nutrition to “contemporary parenting” to infant development and behavior to baby safety and health, there is a wealth of helpful info that I have [...]

It’s just the first day. I’m not going to give up. But to be honest, this splint is kind of driving me nuts. It keeps riding up. I’ve taken it off to adjust it about 15 times today. Taking care of a toddler does not make it any easier. Sleeping with it on tonight is [...]

The air is so dry in our house that my hands feel like they are going to crumble to a thousand pieces all over my computer keyboard as we speak. I can’t seem to drink enough water to quench my thirst and the static in my dog’s fur creates jolts of electricity when he rubs [...]

Diastasis Recti would be a good band name wouldn’t it? Try saying it 3 times in a row really fast. Diastasis Recti, Diastasis Recti, Diastasis Recti. Phew! I discovered I had this condition at my well woman exam a couple of months ago, along with an umbilical hernia. My birth doula, who I still keep [...]

There are times in the day when I need to get stuff done. I need to prepare for work. I need to clean the house, do laundry, figure out what to cook tomorrow, pay bills… waste time on facebook (hey, I’m being honest here). During the day, I love it when she takes a good [...]

…Then a light bulb went off. I remember reading in Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth about a mother making a horse lips sound as she pushed. I pushed making a silly horse lips sound, breathing air out of my mouth and it helped me relax everything and open up. “That’s it!” Gloria said. Keep doing [...]

Kathy told me to help you descend into the birth canal. I talked to you, encouraging you to move down. Even though I had not felt the urge to push yet, Kathy told me to try some practice pushes. At this point, I was sitting on the bed and when I would feel a wave, [...]

Finally, they wheeled me up to the birthing suite and got the tub ready with water.  I requested a saline lock instead of an IV. No way I was going to be attached to wires the entire time. I wanted to be as mobile as possible and eat/drink whatever I wanted. I got in the [...]

Around 1:30, the waves started to really increase in strength, but I was handling them very well with my peace breathing. I decided to lie down and take a nap. But as I was lying down on my side, suddenly there was a pain in my back. It wasn’t a wave (contraction). It was different. [...]