Hiya I have been gone for amonth or so but now I am back. The reason I disappeared is that the MW discovered I have diabetes and it has been a very tough time for me. I am however physically fine as long as I keep my bloodsugare levels under control. I am now 14+1 and have lost a bit of weight due...

Hiya I have been gone for amonth or so but now I am back. The reason I disappeared is that the MW discovered I have diabetes and it has been a very tough time for me. I am however physically fine as long as I keep my bloodsugare levels under control. I am now 14+1 and have lost a bit of weight due...

(I am 29 weeks) First off I wanted to say that my stomach has been hurting uncomfortably (not unbearable) and really feels like the stomach muscles and not the uterus. This may be gross but I have also been having loose BMs. Do you think this is normal and OK? (I am going to go see my doctor...

Happy Birthday!! I am counting down the days till mine now. -- Laura, TTC #2 Mommy to Izabella **Feb 10th, 2003** And 2 felines *Ashes(3) & George (5)* http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/i/izabellawelburn/ "slowly" wrote in...

Taking the idea to post from an earlier post for Indian boy names... We are looking for names that work well in Arabic and English and, while we had no problem coming up with several names we liked for girls, we can't for the life of us agree on a name for a boy. The names he has suggested...

Hi all. Any ideas for a middle name for Caroline? There has already been a thread on this, but a lot of suggestions were for Rose, Grace, Ann, Marie, etc. These are OK but I am hoping to find something else. Anyone care to throw a name or two out? Thanks, Lee

Over the last few weeks I have been to some antenatal excercise classes and also had a hynotherapy session to help in labour. Everything I have heard so far from practitioners and other mothers is throwing into doubt the ability of midwives and the NHS hospital system to be able to deal with the...

I"m just curious as to wether or not anyone in here has ever changed their OB closer to the end of their pregnancy?? Mainly cause it seems the further along I get the more mistakes mine keeps makeing and I really don't feel comfortable there any longer. It's getting to the point to where I...

For the past few weeks I have been having terrible backpain. My midwife said its because the back of my baby's head is rubbing up against the whole tailbone area (or something among those lines) my baby is also posterior. A few weeks ago I started getting these pains once in a while, in my back....

I had my 6 week checkup yesterday. No problems at all, yay! Everything looked back to normal, my weight is great. I lost all 31 lbs already. That is SO awesome :) Im so happy about that. Of course I'll gain a lot back with the holidays upon us I'm sure! On another note, Im absolutely exhausted....

Surgeon Peter Moran, MB BS BSc(Med) FRACS FRCS (Eng) WHINED about wasting precious research dollars on homeopathy.... I replied that the "alternative" medicine called OBSTETRICS is wasting research dollars: The "alternative" medicine called obstetrics recently used precious research dollars...

Announcing the arrival of Madeline Claire November 3, 2003 6 lbs, 4oz, 18.5 inches, and a mere 25 days before her due date! I had my cerclage removed at 35 w 6 days, and was allowed to go off Brethine. Still, the doc told me not to "try" and make labor happen, since 37 weeks is what we were hoping...

Introducing baby Annika, born ten days late on November 6, 2003 in San Francisco after 14 hours of labor. 7 pounds, 9 ounces, 22 inches long ... She has brown hair, blue eyes, and the shriek of a pterodactyl, when she gets hungry! I'll get around to posting some sort of birth story once...

(crossposted to MKP & MKB) Yesterday we went to the birth center for my 6 week post-partum check-up and a WBV for Lann. Anyway, drum roll, Lann now weighs 11 lbs 12oz (up from 8lbs4oz at birth) and is 24.5 inches long (up from 21 at birth)! That is 3.5 pounds and 3.5 inches of growth--how...

My latest thing to buy is a baby chair of somekind. The main 2 types seem to be rockers or bouncers so I was hoping for some advice from people who have used them. The bouncers seem much cheaper and less substantial. I have a car seat which can rock or be stationary so is this similar to a rocker,...

I heard on the radio this morning that it has been recommended that c-sections for non medical reasons no longer be allowed. Only problem is I can't find any news articles that back this up, maybe I dreamt it! I'm not sure whether it was a general recommendation or one for the NHS, but I...

I just ate half a container of those little chocolate-covered doughnuts. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau

I seem to be going mad with Cravings for Almonds. Do you know if eating these excessively will harm my baby? I haven't been eating peanuts although as far as I'm aware there is no nut allergy in our family. I seem to eat a pack of almonds a day! Also... while we are on the topic of cravings .......

Well, I'm 12 weeks everything seems to be Prefect so far.... The Dr. said she is SOoooOOoo sure that I have a boy from listening to the heartbeat....;)..the heart beat is very strong and loud....;) I had to cry when I heard the heart beat... when I left the office I thought about Jill.....I knew...

So my impression was wrong, and the baby is still breech, now at 37 weeks. My dr talked to me about the possibilty of doing a version and gave me the # of the high-risk dr at the hospital to call for a consultation. He said that a previous section was a contra-indication, but if I wanted to after...