SLN wrote: Hello All, I just wanted to post a comment for everyone's sake. I tested positive on Frist response early pregnancy test last week, and AF showed up on time, nothing different. I am not INCREDIBLY disappointed as we've only been "trying" for two motnhs. But to all of you who...

Hello everybody! I have decided to stop consuming soy because I read that soy protein is has been shown to pose potential hazards regarding thyroid function in children and adults, fetal and neonatal brain development, and sexual maturation & differences. Soy also failed its evaluation by the FDA...

Lately I have been thinking about giving birth and became really afraid. I have never been able to watch it on TV and always thought of it being the worst horror pain experience ever. I think it's got to do with the idea of baby going through small opening of vagina and cervix. Jesus, I still can't...

The tenth month and beyond! 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...

What should be my policy on visitors once I've had the baby, given this is going to be my first child? Some family members would come to stay for a few days, and some would be just friends coming for a quick peek at the baby. If relevant, my husband and I will both be off from work - he for...

Argh. While my husband is holding the baby, I just wanted to post about my birth experience. (Motherhood is great! But ouch....I am in soooooo much pain, a whole week later! read on...) I had discussed my birthing plans with the midwife beforehand and had told her definitely, I did not want to be...

I am about 3 months pregnant and I have 4 stepson's (one away at college) ages: 13, 13, 16 and 18. The boys reside with my husband and I on a full-time basis. I have a good relationship with all of the boys and they were actually quite excited when we told them that we were going to have a baby...

We are expecting 100+ guests at our baby shower. Is their a polite, acceptable way to ask that gifts not be wrapped? We we thinking a gift table to display the gifts, so people can view as they please throughout the shower. We would also spend a half hour or so to officially recognize the...

Hi; I read that people use the wipes for cleaning baby's butt. Also in the infant care class we took, the nurse explained how to clean using wipes. I always thought that the best way of cleaning baby's butt is to go to the sink & use plenty & plenty of water, towel dry it & then use the diapers....

SUNNY ANAND, "SENSORIAL SATURATION" AND THE TINIEST "RAVING NUTCASES" (For my Anand discussion and Bellieni et al.'s "Sensorial saturation for neonatal analgesia" 2007 PubMed abstract, see the end of the post.) (Copied to Bellieni et al. via ; copied to Anand...

Hello everyone, Woke up this morning and went in the washroom to do No. 2. After wiping my vagina there was a lot of bright red blood. After lying down I kept spotting red and within an hour it seemed to have stopped. Now I am terrified since I am now 9 weeks pregnant and heard that bright red...

"TERRIBLE ACTS": RIMA LAIBOW, MD - HYPOCRITE - BABIES BE DAMNED PREGNANT WOMEN: There are SIMPLE things you can do to help your baby at delivery. See below. OPEN LETTER TO RIMA LAIBOW, MD... (archived for global access; search at http://groups.google.com) SHORT VERSION...

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... PJ LISA (via Tim Bolen), please see my Open...

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I was just wondering if this item is something most new moms have these days. I am not shopping yet but am trying to plan ahead for what I will need....and of course other people are trying to advise me on what I will need. I'm just wondering what is the big deal with a changing table?? My mom acts...

STROKES IN BABIES! See the PS below... PREGNANT WOMEN: Please forward this to your chiropractors - and to your MD-obstetricians... MD-obstetricians are senselessly closing birth canals up to 30% and gruesomely manipulating most babies' spines. It's EASY to allow your birth canal to OPEN the...

I have read that depending on your weight before pregnancy, you should expect to gain between 15 and 25 pounds during a normal pregnancy. The more overweight to start would be the ones who gain less weight, i.e. 15 pounds, and someone who starts out underweight would gain 25-30lbs... I know I...

This post has a happy ending.... DR. SARAH SHRUGS AS LITTLE PENISES ARE RIPPED AND SLICED EN MASSE... British general practitioner Dr. Sarah Vaughan is *also* in effect shrugging as ADULT VAGINAS are sliced en masse - obviously criminally - as other crimes against babies are committed by her...

i just had 20 week ultrasound... all measurement is normal(HC,FL etc. around 20.2 weeks) but BPD((biparietal diameter) was 42 mm (18.5 weeks), doctor told me to have another scan in 4 weeks... I am scared to death...really worried... Do i n eed to start worrying about it? Please help....

Anyone know what happens to the rib cage after pregnancy? Judging by the way I no longer fit into my old clothes, mine seems to have expanded, and the tip of the sternum sticks out a little when I'm lying down, which it didn't use to do before. I'm four and a half months post-partum and wondering...