5 Favorite Things About Breastfeeding:
- How she rolls her eyes back in her head in ecstasy when my milk lets down.
- My Ameda Purely Yours Pump. Cheaper than Medela. Closed pump system so there is not milk in the tubes that need to be cleaned. Lots of cycle and suction settings. Comfy.
- Avent breast pump conversion kit. Lets me use the Avent BPA free bottles with the Ameda pump.
- Le Leche League Hands-Free Pumping Bra. Ugly. Uncomfortable. Two free hands? Priceless.
- Having a daughter that doesn’t
I remember when I first decided I would homeschool my children. I was 16 years old! That was a looong time ago. But, at the time it was so “fringe” and you would go to a book store and maybe find a book or two about it. Now there is a whole section on homeschooling. The US Department of Education recently released a report on the number of homeschooling families in the US. In 1999, 850,000 students were homeschooled – now it is approximately 1.5 million. This still only amounts to 2.9% of children ages 5-17 but that is… Continue reading Homeschoolers: 1.5 million strong!
teehee. A little medical joke courtesy of our great pediatrician Dr. Lavin (examining Aellyn at left). There were some birth details I didn’t want to forget to record for posterity.
Our beautiful daughter, Aellyn Leigh Renée, was born Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 4:53 AM. She weighed 7lbs. and 14 oz. and was 20″ long. She is amazingly perfect and so was our birth experience. Despite not going according to plans it was a blissful and blessed experience.
Today I saw the midwives again to strip my membranes. I haven’t dilated any further and my cervix is still hard. I’ve had contractions non stop for 5 days sometimes as close as 8 min apart but not going anywhere. Wednesday is my due date. Thursday is induction day for me.
Ugh, I hate virtues.
I had my last (hopefully) ultrasound today. I also had an appointment with my midwife who stripped my membranes. Membrane stripping is when the midwife gently separates the bag of waters from the cervix. This causes the release of prostaglandins and can spur the beginning of labor. I’ve been have irregular contractions for about 12 hours prior to this. Now, I am spotting some and cramping more. She said I was dilated 1.5 cm, 60% effaced. I would really love to go into labor before they want to induce me.
