Oh Stephanie, what a terrible situation. I'm so sorry for your dilemma. My only advice is that you need to do whats best for you and your unborn baby right now. I'm sure that that's what your husbands family would want you to do. I now that doesn't make it any easier. Can someone stay with you to...

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/212/metro/Refusing_help_woman_gives_birth_aboard_T+.shtml It says CPS took this woman's other children and are investigating whether she can take the baby home. Why is what she dd a problem?! Marie

....and Gwendolyn has finally arrived. At 7:16 am on Tuesday, July 29, by VBA2C! She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and is 20" long. Birth story to follow when my sitter-downer isn't so very sore (bad tear, lots of stitches.) --angela

I am an extremely impatient person, so the fact that DH and I have not come up with more than one possible name for our little DD is getting to be a big frustration for me. DD#2 is due in about six weeks, so I know we still have time, but again, I am very impatient. So I am hoping to get a few...

Hope Matthew's had, and Theo has a lovely day :) -- Rob "Carpe Chocolate"

Hello, My wife and I (and the one on its way) need your help. The first child for my wife and I was born under the care of midwives. And the cost was covered by insurance. And it was simple and direct and efficient and cheap. Since then, our insurance company dropped UCSD Health Care...

PREGNANT WOMEN: Help protect your VAGINA by helping to protect your BABY'S BRAIN at birth... Sounds crazy but... MDs are slashing vaginas en masse - surgically/FRAUDULENTLY inferring they are doing everything possible to OPEN birth canals even as they CLOSE birth canals - up to 30%. It's EASY to...

(Henrietta Louise) wrote: There's a midwife here in my town! She treats her clients as pregnant ladies, not some medical case that needs to be prodded and poked and herded through the exam room. I am so excited!! That's great. What a happy coincidence. I had...

Alicia Elliott wrote: Hi there everyone, I have a question for you all... something that I've been wondering about for a month or so, but it became really obvious today. Firstly, I am wondering what the likelihood of the baby's arm being under it's head is? I have felt for some time like...

HCG - Facts Facts about hCG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: What is hCG and what does it do? A: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) is the "pregnancy hormone." It is produced by the early placenta and keeps the corpus luteum producing...

Hello, My wife & I are expecting our first in a few weeks...We are looking for a jogging stroller that also has the infant car seatthat snaps in. The trouble is that I'm having a hard time finding one that collapses small enough to fit in the trunk of my car (a 2000 Honda Civic). Does anybody know...

(Michael Carpenter) wrote in : I was looking through ebay and came upon an auction for "human semen." it is at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2944041590&category=1467 (sorry, I don't...

Hi, I'm now 16 weeks pregnant, and the morning sickness has turned into an evening sickness as well now! My doctor prescibed Declactin for me, but it makes me so dizzy I stopped talking it specially cause I travel 1hr by public transportation to work eveyday, and that feeling made it worse! Does...

Just wanted to introduce myself. I am 39 (40 in December) and just discovered I was pregnant for the firsttime! My first OB exam is on August 11th. I can't tell you how afraid I am. My guess is that I'm anywhere from 4 - 6 weeks along. I just don't know. I will know more on the 11th. Hope...

Yes it's possible to have cramping in the first trimester. I felt terrible cramping. The doctor told me that it was just the eggs embedding themselves deep into my lining. Gayle "Nikki" wrote in message ... Hi again. ...

Attention Sarah Key, Australian physiotherapist to HRH the Prince of Wales, please see PS2 below. First this.. Epidurals are a pain relief blessing - but there are *major* risks... EPIDURAL HORROR... I have retitled an article by Sarah J. Buckley, MD. See my Open Letter to her below.

We have the Trend high chair from Baby Trend. I bought it at Babies R Us. It has a soft cotton washable seat cover, 5 point harness, multi position recline - and wheels. DD seems to like it too! I really haven't found anything I don't like about it. It's our second high chair for DD (20 months) our...

I have had two kids and don't plan to have any others but I don't want to have my tubes tied. I can't get a lot of information from my ob/gyn about birthcontrols. She recommended IUD but I researched that and chose to wait until I find out more about my options because I am not sure if I will like...

"As a chiropractor, you want the best for your patients...igh quality up-to-date, trustworthy healthcare information...is available in *The Cochrane Library* of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions." --Kathie Clark, RN, PhD (with Arnie Ohlson, MD) This OPEN LETTER will be instantly...

"No association was found between autism and head circumference...Our findings suggest that...fetal distress important in the pathogenesis of autism." --Christina Hultman, PhD (with Sparen and Cnattingius)...