There have been so many great readers’ comments and advice that I wanted to post them here so you wouldn’t miss them. Also, some readers have questions that maybe some of you can help out with….

First, the questions:

• 
  Does anyone know a good OB in Brooklyn (Park Slope, Cobble Hill,
  Carroll Gardens, or around there)? Someone good with high-risk, but
  also open to drug-free birth?
• does anyone know any high risk obgyns? i had preterm labor with my
  first at 34 weeks so i am looking at someone who specializes in
  preterm. thanks.
• 
  Hi,  does anyone know of secular jewish day cares in the area?

**If you have answers or suggestions for them, please click on "Comments" at the bottom of this post.

Comments about OB/GYNS:

• I had Dr. Dinnall as my OB and the wait times to see her were sometimes
  as long as 2 hours. I would not recommend seeing her because of this.
  Also, she is no longer at Roosevelt.
• Dr. Georges Sylvestre and Dr. Amos Grunebaum
  Weill Cornell Obstretics and Gynecology
  I have had a very good experience with Dr. Sylvestre. In my first pregnancy he was very attentive and always answer my
  frequent calls and e-mails. It is true that he is not invasive type but
  that was perfect for me, a super-worried mom to be. For the delivery, he was not "on duty" but he will come and see me
  between his appointments, give instruction to the nurses and as soon as
  he finished he joined me and stayed with me until the baby was
  delivered, around 9:00 pm. My delivery was not an easy one because the
  baby was facing backwards. Instead of rushing me to a c-section, he
  instructed me to make some excersises so the baby could rotate. All the
  time, he was very patient, relaxed, I got only one stich after deliver
  an 8.5 pound baby with 90% degree rotation, which means he was looking
  to my tights and the the shoulders came out vertical, not horizontally
  (he had assured me that he will do his best for a non-episiotomy
  delivery) For my second pregnancy I was also with him (I kept him as Gyn after
  the pregnancy), the pregnancy was not successful but he was very
  supportive and call me from out of town when he got my message.
• PLEASE DO NOT GO TO DR.SYLVESTRE OF WEIL CORNELL!!!
  I was about 7 months pregnant and asked him to tell me the approximate
  weight of my baby and he brushed it off and said this was not
  accurate(did not do it).
  At abt 32 wks, I got bizzare headaches…I went into the hospital and
  they told me that I had to have an emerg, c b/c baby was too small..My
  baby weighed only 2 lbs!!Dr.Sylvestre was way 2 laid back and said ok
  to everything.I used to jog 9 miles a day..I obviously cut it down a
  lot and he joked and said it was ok to do 9 miles..He did not even
  encourage me to take prenatal pills ! On the other hand, Dr. Gruenbaum
  is excellent and thank God he delivered my baby!

And those leg cramps that are so annoying and painful, readers had some great thoughts. (By the way, it seems I have conquered them with drinking lots of water. Yes, the tradeoff is going to the bathroom more than before, but if you start drinking around 6 pm until 8 pm it isn’t as bad….) The reader below seems to have that hydrating helped her too.

• I know how awful leg cramps can be.  Until I lost 90 pounds, I used to get painful cramps in my legs almost every night.  There are many helpful comments on  http://www.nolegcramps.com/  that explain why leg cramps can occur and solutions for getting rid of them.  When I started to eat better and drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, my leg cramps disappeared.  One of the reasons you can leg cramps is from dehydration – so always drink plenty of fresh water everyday!
• I had horrible leg cramps with my first pregnancy–drank lots of water,
  etc.  Had completely forgotten about them when I was pregnant a second
  time.  Then one night I had the awful cramping again, the kind that
  make you jolt up in bed in pain.  Asked my midwife and all she said
  was–I kid you not–"Don’t point your toes."  I swear to god… I never
  pointed my toes and I never had another leg cramp.

And cloth diapering instructor Megan, corrected a post:

• Lots of good advice here but I have to object to her cloth diaper cleaning suggestions. No one advocates cleaning cloth diapers with bleach – it is totally unnecessary and can be harmful for a baby. Unless there is some specific concern (like mold formed on a forgotten diaper, thrush, needing to be stripped, etc) then you can simply wash your diapers on warm with a small amount of a mild soap and dry either on a line/rack or in a machine.

Andrew has been to Brooklyn Bridge Park and highly recommended it:

• The waterfalls are another example of the life and vitality of the city. We went to Brooklyn Bridge park last weekend. It’s a great weekend outing. Thanks for sharing.

Lastly, Amanda, too, was also worried about vinyl shower curtains and has found some alternatives to help the rest of us:

• Thank you so much for posting this! This is a topic that is hugely underreported.
  I had such a tough time trying to find a remotely attractive alternative to our "vinyl wonder". I ended up buying a cotton curtain from Garnet Hill and a polyester liner from Pottery Barn. I am also told that IKEA makes a chlorine-free option out of PEVA plastic but I don’t know much about it.

Yay for only 1 month to go!! And good info to know… Were the leg cramps like Restless Leg Syndrome? I had that really bad too. I’m glad the water worked… although, were you up running to the bathroom all night instead of up with leg pain??

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