We had our 6 week reassessment (1 week gestational age). Except for feeding (where she still has some sucking problems, due supposedly to "oral coordination), she's meeting milestones and is on-target. She's actually ahead of her gestational age when it comes to things like visual tracking and...

I woke up yesterday and went straight into contractions 2 mins apart for 10 - 15 seconds. A couple of hours later they were about 30 seconds long and still consistant. Then I sat down for an early lunch and they fizzled out to nothing :( Oh boy is that frustrating!! Oh well - Shane is now...

My visit schedule has changed from fridays to tuesdays, so I had another check-up today. I was a bit surprised that I made it, since late last week there were definite signs of contractions. Nothing regular, only at night, but enough to keep me awake. Switching my daily dosage of minerals...

October 31, YAY! I had a bloody show! along with some loose BM's... this continued all day. November 1, I'm loosing more and more of my plug, and its still pink! I have been nauseated and my hips are sore, strangely I have not had any Braxton hick contractions in over 12 hours. I woke up today with...

Well, I'm at 38 weeks and 4 days now. Although I am posting less and less, I am avidly reading MKP -constantly- (probably much to the dismay of my boss and professors). Always appreciating the random rant or sentiment I can relate to, as well as the little snippits of information I would never...

I'm still pregnant. Imagine that! Still being seen at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, USA, by the high risk (maternal fetal medicine) group. They are very thorough, and not at all anxiety-prone. I spent hours over the weekend researching the question of how to distinguish...

Time flies! I'm loving being a mum of 2, very little sign of any postnatal depression, there were a couple of blips in August and we put my medication up a little, we reviewed it with the psychiatrist and the plan is to stay on that amount until Ada's first birthday and then if all seems fine to...

There were 5909 signatures when I last. Looked... Fluoridation may cause bone cancer - a cover-up was recently discovered at Harvard. Join eleven EPA unions representing 7,000 scientists and lawyers and other EPA professionals who are petitioning Congress to immediately...

I haven't coughed since I started the codeine last night. My rib feels markedly better--only "gets" me when I'm moving much, and then, it's tolerable. Baby's still kicking away--persistant little thing. Sort of annoyed that the doc didn't give me codeine a week ago, but at least this way we...

I'm due next week Yay! Just got my bassinet this weekend but I'm pretty sure the little guy won't be put down long enough to use it :) Got my car seat/stroller combo, swing, and bouncy chair. I'm not going to worry too much about decorating the nursery until a couple weeks after he arrives since...

I'll be 39 weeks on Sunday. For the past several days I've been having intermittent crampy feelings low in my belly - not necessarily always associated with contractions, although it's still hard for me to tell that I'm having a Braxton-Hicks contraction without a lot of comparative poking and...

What's a fever blister? I've heard then mentioned by American posters but have never heard of them. I got little blisters all over my fingers in early pregnancy is that what it is? Thanks Judy

My ob casually asked me as I was preparing to leave my last appt if I wanted to have this test done. I had never heard of it before, and I asked her to explain. She mentioned it was to find out if the baby was at risk of spinal cord problems, but didn't really elaborate. She seemed busy and...

I've thrown up now 4 times in the last 5 days or so... First time, I was standing outside in the parking lot... DH was hooking some stuff up in the car and I started coughing and threw up... Might be TMI, buuut... I blamed getting sick on coughing. Second time, 2 days later, similar experience...

Karen, due April 24 with number 2. I was pregnant earlier this year, but miscarried at 8 weeks, just after we started telling people, so this time we decided to wait a bit longer to make sure everything was progressing. I am 13+ weeks now and feeling well other than being rather tired earlier in...

ALT.PANTYHOSE

We are trying to collect effectiveness of alternative remedies for various chronic conditions. We will appreciate if folks from this group can share their experiences. We just want to know what have you tried (acupuncture, massage therapy, herbs) for chronic conditions, how well it worked,...

I was reading the thread about epidural or not....I am just getting used to being pregnant with my first and so I am still reading a lot and trying to educate myself on it. I never have particularly wanted an epidural...I had a spinal tap once and it was awful. Stay away from my back, ugh.....I...

OK, I hate to say this, but practically everything I read on this ng about breastfeeding is actually turning me away from it. (perhaps it's good that I read all of this *before* diving into the situation, so I thank everyone, even though this is probably not the reaction that some of you would...

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