I'm somewhere between 6 and 10 weeks pregnant, and other than fatigue (which might be due more to my one year old than the pregnancy), I am yet to feel "pregnant" at all. No nausea, absolutely no breast tenderness, and I've even lost weight. With DD, I had breast soreness a couple days before the...

I'm having awful night sweats lately, waking up with the sheets soaking. I'm on Zoloft, which gave me night sweats when I first started taking it, but I thought those had stopped. Are night sweats a pregnancy delight that I skipped the first time around? I remember sweating a _lot_ after my first...

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My wife has just been diagnosed with GD, in an otherwise fit, healthy pregnancy. I'll be bringing many of these questions to her GD specialty-care team, but would also like any opinions anyone out there has. Her post drink sugars on the 3-hour test were slightly high, while the fasting pre-drink...

I had hard times getting out of bed this morning. At 31 weeks, my hips and low back don't feel like they belong to me anymore! It takes a great deal of floundering around, twisting and rolling and swing arms and legs to get upright in the morning. I feel so old! I walk up the stairs and...

Oh well.. I should have known. I always knew, in fact, but it doesn't change the sore feelings. You see, DH and I have decided to build a brand new house in a brand new residential development. The house will be constructed from scratch, we have chosen a very nice and large site, where we will be...

G'day I've been pretty quiet since summer because things got pretty busy - ended up having to make a rushed trip home to Australia with DS to see my Nana before she died. She was 98 and it was time, and I've been through the panicked last minute trans-Pacific flight with DS before (last year) when...

I'm thinking ahead to my 40th birthday "wild women's weekend" gathering in March, and thinking about a "get to know you" conversation starter type of thing. I'm thinking of a basket in the middle of the floor with questions in it. Anyone who wants to can reach into the basket and pull out...

I have always gone into labour with the head fully engaged, but this time my baby's head is free and she is high. Will this make any difference to the length/difficulty of my labour, and will it affect labour starting as some people say the head stimulates the cervix? Andrea mom of 5 and baby...

We got to the hospital and got set up in a birthing room. I was having regular contractions, but nothing real strong, about 6 minutes apart. As 9 am approached, I started to get very nervous, but after awhile it subsided. I was wheeled into the c-section room and my spinal was started. ...

I used a Maya wrap sling for my last baby, and while I like it a lot, it does make my shoulder ache when worn for long periods of time. I also would like a baby carrier that can be worn under a coat, since I'm due in December. I'm considering the Podaegi -- has anyone had experience with that...

I don't care what you read as to how you can help with the pain of childbirth there is nothing that you can do when your wife or girlfriend is in labour with the pain....I just found that out!

I am losing (after a few days of clear discharge) lumps of pale white rubbery discharge. Is this normal? When I have lost my plug with the others it was just thin & clear with streaks of blood. Andrea mom of 5 and baby Girl Erin due in 8 days.....

33 weeks today! I had my 3hr GTT and it came back fine, although having the test itself was horrible. Drinking the stuff wasn't bad, it was the ensuing hour where I was feeling sick and faint and the baby was moving around like I fed it crack instead of sugar. Not happy about that at all. But,...

I just read Marie Mongan's book on HypnoBirthing, and thought it was pretty good. I can see myself using a lot of the techniques during labor (DH can't handle going to classes due to social anxiety). The only thing that really made me go "huh?" was the assertion that pushing during childbirth is...

http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/execsumm.php A benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood Environmental Working Group, July 14, 2005 Summary. In the month leading up to a baby's birth, the umbilical cord pulses with the equivalent of...

I have my first appt tomorrow. I'm about 8 wks give or take a few days. I have already made one trip to the hospital for IV fluids and Zofran and lost 10lbs. Now my spotting has turned into full on bleeding-but it's very dark or brown and no cramping. I'm a bit anxious to see what the u/s shows...

Happy Belated Birthday, Anne! Remember when I said October 5 was a significant date?? Not only was it your birthday, but it was significant because Grant came home. I thought that was cool. :) excellent, so sweet of you to remember, I'm so happy Grant is at home with you all and I had a...

I haven't posted much, but here I am still TTC after being off the bcp since March. I had my annual OB/GYN visit yesterday and it was horrible. It was a doctor I haven't seen before, and right off the bat I know I'm not going to like the guy when he refers to his patients as "my ladies". And not...

Hi folks: This is my first pregnancy, so I have no idea what's normal and what's not. Here's my question - does your belly feel HARD when you're pregnant? I can feel exactly where the baby's house ends and the flab begins...it feels funny, like I've got a very well-inflated volleyball in there. ...