Does anyone have any favorite pregnancy exercise videos? I would like some suggestions! -kim

This is something that is starting to worry me...how realistic is it for me to be able to lift my approx 38lb toddler in the first few weeks post-partum? I know this is a definite YMMV thing, but I will say that currently I do carry him a fair amount, like up and down stairs or from the parking...

Hello all... Well, Leo and I are doing well. Leo is growing and just being an adorable baby. I am still being monitored by my doctor for my infection, but it should clear up soon, I hope. Leo has been given his middle names, finally. His full name is Leopold Sebastian Elijah H. Since I had a...

Say "Hello" to: Kira Michelle born December 14, 2003 to proud mama Wendy Van Ethan born December 17, 2003 to proud mama Crystal Sem born December 21, 2003 to proud mama Christa Baby J. born December 23, 2003 to proud mama Iseult Reagan Eileen born December 25, 2003 to proud papa Rupert Dylan...

A local grocery store is selling great big HUGE bags of those little candy-covered Cadbury milk chocolate eggs. I'm not talking about those bags that are like one size up from the really small ones (equivalent to maybe about two small bags). I'm talking a gigantic bag that is equivalent to, like,...

Last Wednesday I decided to take a HPT because I was 4 days late. My cycles are very regular. I took an EPT test on Wednesday and it should a faint positive line. I knew that any line was good news, so I started to become excited at the thought of being pregnant. I waited to get home to tell my...

How are all the almost-almost-theres? :) Knee-deep in childbirth classes? Waking up a zillion times at night, have to pee more often? Take some video of those alien-baby-earthquake kicks and tumbles, if you can catch them. Any belly hiccups? Those are the best. How's life generally treating...

We had a baby on 22nd Jan (in US) . His weight was 8lb 11 oz . But on 26th he was after 1 week he was 7-10 and on Jan 29th he was 7-14. But today we went to doc and he is only 7lb9oz. We are very much worried since then. Since his birth we have been breastfeeding him but occassionally we would...

I am in my 8th month :-) with our first child and am constantly getting pains in my thigh (whichever side I'm sleeping on (which wakes me up :-) ). Is that the baby lying on a nerve? If not, is there any way to prevent it, put something underneath me? I've also considered sleeping sitting up,...

No Im not, I dont think. I dont even want to go there just yet. But, has this happened to anyone here? I just dont know how to tell aside from taking a test, which I dont want to yet (dont have the nerve, lol) Are the symptoms the same if you're nursing? I have not had AF return so I have no idea...

I'm asking for someone else: A friend (3 mos. along) is in a wedding next weekend and was wondering the safest way to get some color in her skin. While she said she would not do the tanning booth or outdoors tanning, she was wondering about the safety of the artificial kinds. She specifically...

Because of a new virus which caused a mutation, all women will lay eggs now. So begin to look for nice place for your eggs fast...

123 wrote in message It is with a heavy heart that I must notify this list of the passing of Bill, Director of Service for North County EMS, of complications from injuries sustained in a motor-vehicle collision 9 days ago. Bill died at approximately 1630 today, in ICU at Brooke Medical...

kimberlee wrote: I am 35 weeks pregnant and I starting have these pains in my inner thighs that feel like a deep bruises about a week ago. Then today I started feeling the same brusied pain on my crotch bone. Does this mean the baby has dropped and I will deliver early? I felt like that...

As some of you here know, I had a son, Seoras, who was born at home last year. He did not breathe, due to a rare but not unheard of lack of reflexive breathing instinct. This was not predictable and had he been born in hospital his survival chances would not have been any better. Its extremely...

I know everyone will say how inaccurate they are, but I wonder if that isn't just because we tend to remember the ones that are way off base. I'd like to hear the other side of the coin. Anyone here have their baby's weight predicted have their doc be right on or pretty close? The perinatologist...

Hi, does anyone know what happens if you have a slow (but barely noticeable) amount of amniotic fluid leaking at 29 weeks along? I have no idea whether I have, but I had to have an ultrasound to check everything out - the fluid levels are within normal limits but quite low still, but my fundal...

Are drawer liners necessary for the baby stuff? I am using my old furniture and don't know if it is best to line them and if so, with scented or unscented? Does it matter what I use to clean the furniture? Worried about toxins. Also, which detergent do you recommend for washing her...

Hello all. I was told that if you message olive oil "down there" that it will lower the risk of tearing during childbirth. Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences on this? TNI AnneMarie #1 Xandria Marie EDD 06-03-04

I've been demoted! I am now considered 36 weeks instead of 37 weeks. They changed my EDD from 2/28 to 3/6. I am frustrated and disappointed and impatient. Oh well. I know that any given date, of course, means "probably somewhere within about two weeks before or after, except if it's more or less,"...