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We want to be your resource!
Posted by Maria, under The Motherhood Connection. Leave a Comment.
There seems like there is much to know when it comes to pregnancy, birth, and beyond. We want to say that the biggest thing to know is to trust mama’s instincts and intuition! The other important thing is to have support. At Mama Goddess, we want to be able be your reliable resource, not only for natural birthing and growing products, but for information. With our background in complementary alternative medicine, doula, music therapy, and parenting, we feel that it allows us to share as much as we can to enhance confident parenting. At the same time, we know what it feels like to be a parent, respecting everyone’s choice in informed choice. So please feel free to e-mail us & call us anytime with your questions or comments. It is important to have a place you can safely debrief as well during this wonderful, life-changing, and at times intense time.
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CURTP?? (Can You Read This Post??)
Posted by Maria, under Birth Blog!. Leave a Comment.
After 2 years of being a Mama, I finally decided to cruise online a bit and take a look at some parenting forums and boy was I surprised! I thought I was fairly knowledgeable of the online world but I couldn’t understand half the things people were writing because of all these new abbreviations! – And apparently they are designated to parenting-related things.
Not that I’m personally planning to use it, I thought it might be helpful to bring this up on the Mama Blog for some people who share the same experience (and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who didn’t know!) at least have something to refer to!
The really common ones:
SO= Significant other
DH=Devoted/Darling Husband
DF=Devoted/Darling Fiancee
DW=Devoted/Dear Wife
DD= Devoted/Darling Daughter
DS= Devoted/Darling Son/Sister
SIL= Sister in Law
MIL= Mother in Law
FIL=Father in Law
BIL= Brother in Law
SAHM= Stay at home mom
SAHD= Stay at home dad
WAH= Work at home
WOH= Work out of home
Some Parenty things:
AP= Attachment parenting
FTM= First time mom
Lots of family planning, fertility related ones:
PG= pregnant/pregnancy
BBT= basal body temperature
BCPS=birth control pills
BFN/P= big fat negative/positive (pregnancy test)
CD= cycle delay
HPT=home pregnancy test
SD=sperm donor
TTC= trying to conceive
Some really surprised me:
AF= Aunt Flo – period
CM= Cervical mucus – how often do you type out ‘cervical mucus’ that you need to abbreviate it?
EWCM=Egg white cervical mucus – really. how often?
And I guess only context clues will tell us:
BM= Breastmilk or bowel movement
BC= Because, birth control, or before children
BF= Breastfeed or boyfriend
I am a WAH FTM with a DS and a DH. IMHO, I’m not convinced this makes communicating easier, but I sure learned a lot writing about it and now I can understand what people are saying! HTH!
(I am a work at home first time mom with darling son and a darling husband. In my humble opinion, ……….! Hope this helps!)
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Valentine’s Special!
Posted by Maria, under Birth Blog!, Pregnancy. Leave a Comment.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day gives you another reason to love more! Use this time to cuddle and warm up with your loved ones, including your belly, of course!
We have come up with lovely products that you can enjoy gifting and receiving during this love-filled time. Check out our Main Page for our lovin’ selection!
***For anyone ordering the Mama Goddess Birth Kit Deluxe, we will include the new and cute Heart Shaped Hot Water Bottle (worth $9.95) instead of the normal hot water bottle that is usually included. Offer expires midnight of Valentine’s Day (2/14 11:59pm PST).
Spreading our love from Mama Goddess!
