Hey Girlie Is there any news on your bump yet? Is she/he OK. I do hope that bump is just fine, I am sending thoughts and prayers your way....please let us know that your OK. April & BabyStrongBow Mum to: DS Joshua Tony 28/12/99

Hi, I just saw your post and have a 7week old who does the same groaning thing that you spoke of. Could you tell me what ended up happening and if anything helped ? Appreciate your support Moons

I've been pernament resident of Florida for almost 3 months and I come from Poland. I'm pregnant and my due date is on October. I'm trying to get Medicaid but my aplication was denied twice. Somebody knows rules and residency requirements to get Medicaid ? How long I have to be Floridian resident...

Well, I got a call today. The Bad News is that Shiny qualifies for services for special needs kids because she has gross and fine motor delays. The Good News is that said services are free, and that her social skills are a definite strong point. She is getting SO interactive. She never really did...

Does anyone know the risk of having a child with Down Syndrome with isolated increased nuchal thickness (7 mm) at 24 weeks gestation? No age risks or family history of genetic defects. Anyone experience having this U/S result, but in the end turned out to have a normal baby?

PROF. JOE KEATING, BABIES AND SUBLUXATED OBSTETRICIANS Joe, the MOST bizarre obstetric behavior is discussed at the very end of this post... Take home lesson for Joe: Dr. DD Palmer, Founder of chiropractic, taught that error is subluxation and education is chiropractic adjusting. PREGNANT...

FLUORIDE NEWSFLASH To help EPA scientists end the practice of putting the cumulative poison fluoride in America's drinking water... Go to: http://www.aquasafe.us/EPAUnions.htm#Congressional_contact_information

Greetings, Yesterday when my 14 month old was crying he became breathless and started turning pale, When crying he drew a long breath and never exhaled for quite a while , I panicked and then tried tickling him and slapped his bottom then he seemed to respond , and then suddenly he became still...

I'm wondering how long, about, bleeding is expected after baby... If I recall correctly from last times, I could have sworn it was ages! Amie is only 9 days old, and it seems that my bleeding has come to a stop since yesterday evening, around 9 or 10pm ish - it's now shortly after noon. Is it...

Have a few pictures of Amie up... Link works fine, I think! http://photobucket.com/albums/y184/katmagicate/Amie%20Anna/ Weeeee! :D

Hey -- I realized I never introduced myself. I used to post here under my real name (Sara) when I was pregnant with #1 in 2002, but want to be a little less Googleable this time around. I'm now pregnant with #2. No due date yet, but I'm guessing April. It's good to see so many familiar names here...

Jouko K Salminen, M.D.,Ph.D., Finland - apparently the birth-canal-closing semisitting delivery position IS being used in Finland. There is no reason that "Kaija's" friend should have been semisitting, closing her birth canal the "extra" up to 30%. No reason at all. Please stop. Grisly details...

NCQA: OBSTETRICIANS OFFER THE WORST SPINE CARE GREAT statement from NCQA's Sarah Scholle, MPH, DrPH quoted below... PREGNANT WOMEN: Your baby's spine is so important. Don't let an obstetrician wrench your baby's neck with your birth canal closed the "extra" up to 30%. It's EASY to allow your...

"Just a few drinks in pregnancy could harm baby", Independent, August 15, 2005, Link: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article305944.ece Mothers who drink even low levels of alcohol during pregnancy could permanently damage their children's intelligence, research suggests. The...

Does anyone know of any options for a play yard that will primarily be used as a crib for a kid over 30 pounds? My son is 20 months old and about 27 pounds. He needs a play yard at his day care for sleeping. In looking at the options, it appears that all the basic pack n play type things are...

Okay, where I left off yesterday… I just have to make it clear that this is where my inner evil cranky foul mouthed thoughts took over my mind when things or people started to annoy me. For the most part I was in my own little space zoning on the labor when the contractions came and went. My family...

Jared and Simon Grace wrote: Ben Stiller (39) and wife Christine Taylor (34) welcomed Quinlin Dempsey Stiller on July 10th in Los Angeles. The baby weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces. Despite Stiller's Jewish (Jewish-Irish) roots, if they're raising their son Jewish, I hope the Stillers don't...

Seems like we haven't heard from her for a while... I hope shes cuddling those two babies now, and finding some way to get some sleep :-) Emily

Still pregnant. At least I got a good night's sleep. And I feel a bit silly for pinning any hopes on going at 36w6d ;-) Emily -- DS 5/02 EDD Labor Day 9/5/05

I went to my first Lamaze class this week with my large nation-wide HMO and it was not nearly as bad as I had feared. The instructor didn't talk down to us and was up front about the pain. Todd Gastaldo will be very happy to hear that one of the first things that we were taught was how to squat in...