tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post4570257935253182823..comments2024-03-05T11:36:50.299-05:00Comments on Stand and Deliver: Women's history moment: engagement quiltsRixahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-68900022640185719822011-02-27T19:53:23.908-05:002011-02-27T19:53:23.908-05:00Side-lying is actually a great position, too, beca...Side-lying is actually a great position, too, because it's gravity neutral, doesn't compress the sacrum, and allows you to give birth when you're totally exhausted (plus it's easy to do even with epidurals and won't generally freak the hospital staff out!). <br /><br />I just ILL'd that book--light is good!Rixahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-82994156809462483962011-02-27T17:34:17.497-05:002011-02-27T17:34:17.497-05:00I'm glad you're feeling better -- your las...I'm glad you're feeling better -- your last few posts did not sound like you at all!<br /><br />I've read your recent posts on vertical birth with great interest because despite all my expectations, I ended up birthing lying on my left side. I can't imagine my legs having held me up.<br /><br />Oh, and if you're in the mood for something lighter, check out Barbara Michaels' book Stitches in Time -- it's a gothic mystery/romance about an engagement quilt from the 1700s. (Barbara Michaels is a pseudonym of Elizabeth Peters, the Egyptologist and Amelia Peabody writer).Jane of Seagull Fountainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842786356309158400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-35926470552554469742011-02-27T09:23:21.638-05:002011-02-27T09:23:21.638-05:00I am so glad to see you are feeling better, physic...I am so glad to see you are feeling better, physically and mentally. Hopefully you have another peaceful day. Every pregnancy is an interesting journey, huh?Veronicanoreply@blogger.com