http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/awareness_campaigns/sep_gbs.shtml apparently this week is GBS awareness week in the UK, I found this article and it seems reasonably good, statistics are well presented and it's not over scary Anne

I don't think I killfiled him, whatever happened to him? Anne

I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of any information, I can look up the local details, but I'm hazy about the whole thing, so need some more general information before I can fill in the specifics. I'd be looking at direct entry midwifery, or whatever it's called, I don't have any...

I find myself in a place I've not been before. As a teenager, I often had long cycles, but I wasn't sexually active, so it never caused any worry. Well before I was married my cycles were very settled, not like clock work, but never longer than 31 days. The only cycle I had that was longer than...

Does anyone happen to know what might be the usual advice for if you have had postnatal depression, but then have gone on to have another pregnancy and not have any depression afterwards. The standard for the first pregnancy following postnatal depression seems to be to start whatever drug worked...

So, there is plenty of discussion about how and when you should tell various people in your life about pregnancy, but they never cover dance partners. I took up ballroom dancing about 18 months ago when things were starting to look up a bit after the last birth. At first I really struggled to...

maybe some of you who've planned or considered homebirths in the USA can give me a perspective on this, I've been reading through the documentation from the midwives on informed consent, one of the things is transfer to hospital and that in an emergency it would be 911 to the ER. This worries...

OK, I know ultimately this is a decision only I and my husband can make. I have a vague recollection from after I last gave birth that even some of the natural minded amongst you were pretty surprised I'd not ended up with a c-section. The list of diagnoses of damage done at that delivery are...

I had my 2nd appointment with our midwives this morning, so we were able to ask our questions about transfer for various reasons and the all important filling the tub. We found out that they have a relationship with a group of 5 obsetricians at Valley Medical Center in Renton, so for anything...

how's things going? how is your little one, do you know when you will be able to fly home? oh, and how is Monkey Boy doing with the potty training and adapting to having a little sister? Cheers Anne

how's it going? did you make any decisions about the trip? Anne

today was my first Maternity Services Liason Committee meeting, the water issue had been followed up by other members of the committee as well as my sharing the information I had found. Anyway they are still not going to budge on providing jugs, but are going to tell people they should...

I wonder if anyone else has been in any similar positions to the way I am feeling right now. I always wanted more than 2 children, we discussed our ideal being 2 children closish together, then a 3-5yr gap followed by 2 more. Now we are the middle of that, we have 2 beautiful children, however...

http://www.birthlightconference.com I just got this link sent through, having read the schedule, I desire passionately to attend, it totally fits in with my role as a lay member of the maternity services liason comittee at our local hospital, and also with my current project in setting up a...

Ok, my postnatal physical issues are fairly complex, but one thing I've not thought they could be are nerve problems, it all just feels sore and achy, not shooting at all. Anyway, DH was on the phone to his mum last night, and she said she though that it was nerve damage from the epidural, I was...

could you tell us the purpose of the board? Anne

we're currently in Seattle, due to return to London on British Airways tomorrow, which means we have to travel with no carry on baggage, just essential items in a clear plastic bag, jolly glad I'm breastfeeding as if you take baby formula you have to taste it yourself at security any kind of...

a while back (at least a year or more) someone posted a big review on ERCS covering almost everything, including rupture rates with different types of augmentation/induction, I've used google groups to search for it, but I can't find it, not sure whether I am going too narrow or too broad, can...

*waves* hope you are out there some where Amy, how are things, I haven't seen any posts since August Cheers Anne

There probably is no answer for this one, but I'm going to ask it anyway, but I'm confused with the symptoms I'm havin right now. Riht at 12 weeks I started feeling sick, but in a different way, it was more of a sick feeling in my mouth than anywhere else, it's funny, but when people say they...