A doula is someone who is I guess put very basically, a support person for you and your partner in pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatally. We don't do anything medical as such. We do massage, suggest diff postions, and help mum to get the kind of birth she wants. We can also advocate for mum with her caregivers to achieve what mum wants. And to help mum understand what it is the staff are really talking about so that she can make an informed decision.
There are postnatal doulas too who will come to your home afterwards and can help out. Some will do housework, run errands etc. Others will be there to provide you with support.
Hey girls. How are everyone's babies going on the crawling front? We're so close it's not funny. She's lifting herself right up, and actually lurched forward tonight.. I think all she needs now is to work out how to do that on purpose, and she'll be off!
Well, we had cereal & apple tonight. Probably silly of me to give it to her tonight rather than through the day.. *shrug*. Last night was just awful. She's developed this awful cry, I can't even describe it, but it is just a HORRIBLE noise. And she woke screaming every couple of hours last night.
she's also started growling at everything LOL. Where are the cute goos and gahs?? A girlfriend called her a devil baby last night coz of the awful noises she's making LOL.
Well, I'm off to update my ticker. Tallon was weaned a few months ago, and we need a more recent photo of Kayla!
Liz: We have that awful cry here at the moment too.. It is icky.. Olivia did it for almost 4 hours the other day...
Well Olivia has already woken once for the night *sigh* I have changed her and fed her put her in her sleeping bag as she was cold and now hoping she is going back to sleep.. so far no sounds from the bedroom
now for a QN.. This has happened a few times now and we are curious if it means Olivia is just cold.. She gets the shakes. Almost like she is shivering but her skin doesn't feel that cold. Tonight her legs felt a little cool when Simon was changing her and then she started shaking..
hee hee - silly photo of Kayla. It's not as effective so small.. when it's larger it's really freaky.. like she's flying in with her eyes wide open. I couldn't get a 'nice' photo of her to look right in the ticker... dunno why. It was resizing and making it really bad quality. Will try again another time.
Nic - not sure about the shaking. Kayla hasn't shivered yet.. altho I'm not sure why, it's been cold enough!
Liz, lol on the ticker pic. I almost looks like Kayla is diving underwater. She has the most gorgeous cheeks on her. Nah, Abbey is no where near crawling, heck, she's still not sitting up. Must have been the night for apple and cereal, thats what Abbey had too. Abbey is growling all of the time too, gives us the *****s. She does it all the damn time, it's not cute either, rather a frustrated grumpy grunt.
Nic, Abbey hasn't shook like that as such. Maybe you need to be putting Olivia in a sleeping bag for bed everynight ? Abbey is using hers here and she sleeps most of the night in bed with us.
It is frigging freezing, who honestly gets up this early. Tehya, that's who. LOL. I have the air on but that's in the lounge room, takes a long time before it gets warm out here. My fingers are frozen.
We had the crappiest night too. Didn't give Abbey her nurphen before bed lastnight (it's become part of our routine )She was awake and sooking so much. Hmm there she goes now. Silly baby, you'd think she'd want to stay in bed where it's warm.
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)She was awake and sooking so much. Hmm there she goes now. Silly baby, you'd think she'd want to stay in bed where it's warm.
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