This is an old email from before Reed was born. What helped with coping with births was mainly relaxing.  Relaxing really helps with pain.  With home births I always took Tylenol and ibuprofen both, taking a dose alternately every 2 hours.It also helped me to hold Ronny’s hand, have him read Scripture to me and sometimes I picked out ones I wanted him to read. Sometimes my midwife/her apprentices would pu

~Remember, we are not health care professionals! Please check with your doctor before taking our advice.  Hannah was recently diagnosed with parotiditis, which is only one of many things that could be wrong if your jaw is swollen or sore.~ I (Hannah) have had an ongoing problem with both of my parotid glands (salivary glands) for almost two years now. I have found that there is not very much information about this