Has anyone here heard of or tried out the rope that you pull on while you are in labor? It's supposed to help quite a bit for women who have epidurals. It helps you to coordinate your pushing muscles.

Hello all... Well, I had a bit of a crisis on Thursday morning. I thought I had gone into pre-term labor. Thankfully, that was not the case. I am currently 23 weeks pregnant. On Thursday morning, I woke up at 1am, and I had pressure in my nether regions. I thought I needed to go to the...

Hi all, I went shopping today for all the big stuff - pram, change table/drawers, and car seat... anyway i can only seem to handle a short amount of standing and walking time..i get this odd numbness at the top of my right leg... only at the front though. It goes away if I sit down for a while...

Hi everyone My wife has been pregnant with our baby son for about four months now. I'm interested in reading up about some good pregnancy advice or ways in which I can help mother or baby cope better. Can anyone recommend some good books or websites about the topic?

Does anyone out there subscribe to Parenting magazine? They have just recently changed their website and I need a web code to access parts of their website (like the Baby Namer) I used with my first child. Now I would subscribe, but they do not ship worldwide and I live in Europe. If someone...

Well, I'm having a mc! The doctor told me yesterday that she thought I was trying to. Then late last night, I started having cramps and bleeding as if it were a regular period. A little bit of tissue has come out (Which I have to save for my docs appointment on mon). Its like a small piece of...

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I guess I could wait to gripe till tomorrow when I see the midwife, but I cant. My baby is STILL transverse, her head does seem lower than her butt, but from all indications she feels pretty horizontal to me. Usually she is facing my navel, but sometimes flips and faces my back. What I notice...

Welcome back, Sophie! :) -- Amy~ Tre' (6/92) Keelyn (6/95) Peyton (10/00) Halli (8/15/03)

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--Olympic figure skating champion Scott Hamilton's wife Tracie gave birth to their first child, six years after Hamilton was treated for testicular cancer, his publicist said on Wednesday. The baby, a boy named Aidan McIntosh Hamilton who was conceived naturally, was born in suburban Los Angeles on...

I can't believe it. My mom just called. The house I grew up in - we moved in just before my 11th birthday, just burned down. The kitchen and dining room, and living room are gone - the roof is gone and the floors have collapsed into the basement. It was my parent's dream house that they built. ...

Kimme mik wrote: is out. So bascially, if I don't get pain meds and baby 2 goes completely transverse I guess I'm looking at a version w/o pain meds or the possiblity of a real emergency if she is in distress causing me to be put to sleep? *IF* there's a real emergency and not enough...

16 weeks an the morning sickness is finally gone! I even managed to gain a pound last week.

It went well. We have only one baby in there, from the looks of it. Yay! I'm intrigued about carrying twins or triplets, but just as glad not to have to experience it. Nice healthy 10 week baby -- you could the distinct head already, and the arm and leg buds. I let my Ob/Gyn know it was a...

A very dear friend of mine had Intrahepatic/Obstetric Cholestasis of Pregnancy and it did present with similar symptoms to you. If the shower doesn't fix things you need to get a liver function test rapidly. At least if it is nothing - no worries. BTW her baby boy was born at 36 weeks and is now...

Hi all...my name is Jill and I just turned 27. I have been married since last October 6...my husband and I decided to stop trying to prevent a baby just a few weeks ago. I figured it would take a while to get pregnant, but boom, here I am. I have my first visit with the nurse tomorrow and...

Benedict Blair 'Ben' arrived 8:55 PM September 15 7lbs 10 oz 20 1/2 inches spitting image of his brother Ian I'll post a detailed birth story later. It was a long day but a pretty short active labor, only about 2 hours and 16 minutes from 6cm and water breaking to birth.

Was just thinking of things related to a first baby from birth to three months; things I'd heard from my mom or friends, things I just somehow thought would work, things I've learned the hard way, and things I wish I'd known sooner. If a list like this has been done before, I haven't seen it, and...

My husband and I started trying to have a baby, and it happened really quickly. I took a lot of EPT's.......at one point, I got up one day and said "I'm pregnant! I know I am, I feel it!" I took an EPT and it was negative. I went to work and asked my coworkers, "Can I possibly be having...