I am packing my bag for the hospital today. It's hard to pack because I am in week 36, and this bag will probably sit here for 5 weeks. I keep thinking I will want something that I am packing away. Also I don't want to haul a bunch of stuff to the hospital- I've been reading bag packing tips both...

Can you lot handle and nitpicking? Oh, that right....90% of you are seppos and think the world revolves around YOU and only YOU. Well get over it!

....for telling you guys before my husband? :O -- Sophie - #4 due July 18, 2004

Study Says Circumcision Reduces AIDS Risk by 70% Findings From South Africa May Offer Powerful Way To Cut HIV Transmission By MARK SCHOOFS, SARAH LUECK and MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL July 5, 2005; Page A1 In a potentially major breakthrough in the campaign...

There is all this talk about the foreskin being a harbinger of disease with the studies to back it up. Who are these women who sleep with these uncut guys? Uncut penises are so gross, that if I had not read the studies, I would assume all uncut guys are chaste STD free virgins! Frankly, an...

A twist on the "what do I need for my baby" threads that have been popping up lately. For those who are going into subsequent pregnancies... what did you think you would need the first time around, that you ended up not using? For me, my list would be something like: bottle drying rack (just...

it was a car birth! on the F3 freeway. he is a boy and he arrived yesterday afternoon (26th sept) at 4.45pm weight: 2960g or 6 pound 8 ounces gestation: 37w3d length: 50.5cm head: 34cm details:

Is it Beatrice? Mary S. mom to the Sproutkin, 22 months and a new wee babysprout, due October 1

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...

Just wondering: How old were you all when your babies were born? me #1: 19 (two days after my birthday, 1 day after my brother's) #2: 21 (same day as my aunt's birthday) #3: 24 (the day after my sister's birthday) #4: 27 (two days after my mom's, and 8 before mine)

My baby is presently 3 weeks old and since I'm spending a lot of time in the recliner nursing lately, I have had time to ponder lots of things :-) I was reflecting on the surprises that this whole pregnancy/birth/motherhood thing has presented to me and it made me curious about the experiences of...

I am 35 wks pregnant and planning to breastfeed and have told this only to people who have asked about it. Why do some people insist on making negative comments about it? I have had only a few people say "that's great" and more people go on and on about what an inconvenience it is for the...

Hi, everybody! What a small world we live in that Karen was able to find out about me ana update you all! I'm so glad--I felt bad leaving y'all hanging for so long. As you know, Lorelei Elizabeth arrived at 4:37 pm on Wednesday 10 November. She weighed 11 lbs. even, making her my second smallest...

I hope I am wording this correctly...national health care system is when the health care is "free" but you pay for it with your taxes, right? (like what is being discussed in the long homebirth thread) My question is if you have an emergency, a car wreck for example, you will be seen right away,...

Today I got a package in the mail. I was kind of excited because I never get packages in the mail, then I opened it and saw it was baby related so that was great too. Till I opened it and discovered a container of formula. How do they even get my address?? I'm not planning to use it so I guess...

God bless this lovely woman: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&ncid=751&e=9&u=/ap/20040525/ap_on_he_me/fifteen_kids In this day and age of rampant self-indulgence, here is a role model of loving self sacrifice and family joy.

Our baby is a ham. S/he covered her face with both arms, waved, kicked, danced the can can, and bounced on my bladder the entire time. It was hilarious. The weirdest thing was feeling him/her move and watching him/her move at the same time. The technician said that everything looks normal. And...

Do most people here believe that the tips for conceiving a certain gender really do give you at least a much better chance of conceiving that certain gender? How do you feel about it, it may work, or is bunk? (I.e., a boy is conceived more closely after ovulation whereas a girl is conceived in...

I love my wife dearly and there is nothing that I went through during the entire 9 months our pregnancy that I would not would not endure again when I think about the joy brought into both of our lives as a result. Unfortunately for both men and women, the entire pregnancy period is not smooth....

Sigh. My mom just left my house crying. She showed up (uninvited)with her dog (yes, the one she was getting the baby too close to, and refusing to listen to me when I told her to keep her AWAY from reach of the baby). I did not say anything when she first came in, the baby was alseep and had...