Hey all. If you have any advice or experience, I'd appreciate it if you shared. Last Saturday, when Hale was a day old, the ped noticed he made a funny sound when breathing in while he was crying. I can't remember the word the doctor used, but to me, the sound is like a "snort." He mentioned it...

The tenth month! Postpartum is definitely a part of pregnancy, so here you go: All our new moms, if you're still reading here and haven't migrated over to misc.kids.breastfeeding or misc.kids yet, how are you doing? Lochia tapering off, or telling you to take it a little easier? Are you getting...

Something just didn't sit right with me about the way Rachel's former pediatrician's office has done during this situation- not specifically that thwy refuse to allowe her back in for her flu shot (they also refuse to see her at all, NOT that I have tried to get her to go back- I mean, that's...

Has anyone had an irritable uterus? My doctor told me that my uterus was irritable, not sure if that's the same thing. What was it like for you? My contractions were coming every two minutes, and Procardia has brought them to a hault for now. They felt like my uterus was getting very...

Hi Peeps I know you'll remember me because it's not been donkeys years since I've been gone but I have been away for a while but I need some good advice please. Joanna is doing really well although testing my paitents at the moment as she trying to find out what her boundaries are ect. Anyway...

I woke up this morning and said to myself "I feel warm". With that I took my temp and sure enough it was high (for me). Yesterday's temp was 97.2 and today's is 97.7. Usually a .5 jump is ovulation - but today is only Day 9. With kids 1, 2, and 3 ovulation wasn't till Day 21-23. Is this...

Dunno if I've left this too late, I'm 28 weeks now, but I'm wondering whether I should be thinking about hiring a doula after all. Or a birthing pool. Any ideas where I should start looking, please, to find either of these? I live in London. That's in the UK. -- Mogget

First let me apologise for not posting any earlier - it's been a traumatic few weeks but now we're sort of back on track, so for those of you interested., DW was due on the 4th July, problem was nobody had told our unborn baby this and apparently their diary was full the next week and a half. So...

DS (10 months) has started refusing to eat solids from a spoon, even his old favorites. I thought it was because he was not feeling well, but he seems to be feeling better and still is giving DH trouble while eating. I quit breastfeeding him early (4 months), so he drinks formula now. He doesn't...

Glad I took my flu shot before they ran out AND before I got sick! Well, I still have another week before I'm out of the woods completely. But, still glad I took it! ~Carol Ann

Hi. I was wondering, how often can you feel the baby move in a day? I started to feel movement around week 17 I think, but now, at 23 weeks, I feel so little and week movements, I thought they´d be stronger by now. I can feel a little something usually in the mornings, one or two kicks (well not...

Hi everyone. I have been gone for a while. I came back and wrote a birth story a few weeks ago but in the middle my computer crashed and I lost it and I just didn't have the heart to redo it yet. I will post the long version soon but the short version is that Charlotte Amelia arrived on 5/20,...

Happy 35th Birthday, Robin (Usenet Fan)! I hope you have a relaxing day! :-) -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare."

I am looking to buy another vehicle for our family - and we can only afford a used one - probably 2002 - 2004. The car needs to fit a baby seat and two full-back booster seats in the rear. My current compact SUV doesn't quite do the job (my DD's Britax takes up half the back seat!). I'll be...

Can anyone tell me what is a normal or typical amount of bleeding after birth? I'm not talking about how long lochia lasts; I'm talking about the immediate blood loss after the birth. My chiropractor (who is a homebirthing client of my midwives) happened to ask me yesterday if I bled a lot after...

Okay, so I am a far way off from the point where this is going to be an issue, but I was just thinking... Does every woman really get "the urge to push" when she is laboring? Before I had DD, my mom and sister-in-law both told me labor "war stories" and both of them involved that precise moment...

Being a foreigner, I don't know which stores sell maternity or nursing stuff, particularly at the cheaper to middle end of the market, we live in a relatively up market place and other than motherhood maternity (and even then it had mimi maternity with triple the prices in the front of the...

I had a dr appointment Friday, the start of my 2 week visits. I called them 3 hours before the appointment and let them know I was sick on my stomach (morning sickness comes back sometimes) and was throwing up. I explained to them that I could make the appointment but if they would agree to it...

First things first... PREGNANT WOMEN: MDs are closing birth canals up to 30%. It's EASY to allow your birth canal to OPEN the "extra" up to 30%! Just roll onto your side as you push your baby out! BUT - see WARNING, WARNING, WARNING, below... HEADACHES... CEPHALALGIAS...

(Jeffy3) wrote in message ... We need to lower the mattress on our 5 month old's crib and of course two of the freakin' bolts are stripped so the allen wrench provided by the manufacturer isn't working anymore. And of...