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This is one of the happiest follow-up blogs I’ve ever written. I posted a week or so ago about being diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. It is an inner ear disturbance, affecting one ear. It is of unknown origin, with no cure. I have a mild form, (only roaring in my ear, partial hearing loss and mild vertigo,) but it can cause severe vertigo, vomiting, and complete hearing loss. I was diagnosed and told by my ENT that my only option was a diuretic to reduce the fluid in my ear, but there was…See More

I’m sure there are a million thoughts running through your head right now, hopefully this will address some of them. This discussion will be geared towards a singleton pregnancy, but the ideas can be applied to a multiples pregnancy as well. There are a few notes about multiple positioning towards the middle of the article.Let's talk first about what happens in the normal pregnancy. Somewhere in the middle of the third trimester baby should be in a head down position. A baby in a head down,…See More

I don’t know how to say this without sounding crazy, so I’m just going to be blunt. When I was a child, I liked to eat pebbles and stones. Well, technically I didn’t eat them, just sucked on them. Yes, I was a closet rock sucker. Away from the judging eyes of friends and family, I secretly relished their earthy, mineral flavor. I’m sure, like any mother, my own mom would have been considerably horrified at the idea of her small child sucking on dirty rocks from God knows where. And, while my…See More