X-posted to mkp and mkb I wrote a couple of weeks ago to say that my body was out of whack post D&C as "AF" was only a tiny little bit of brown spotting ... well it turned out to be implantation spotting. I got a +ve hpt last Thursday (5.5 weeks after a D&C at 9w1d), but wasn't sure if I could...

I'm just wondering... DD2 is still nursing and still going strong. She's just about 16 months now - wow, does time fly or what?? She currently nurses first thing in the morning, just before breakfast, sometimes will nurse before her nap (often, though, she'll only go for a couple minutes before...

In the past 2 weeks a few family members have started making noises about me weaning H (14 mo). I guess I'll have to start putting together some good comebacks. Usually I ream off the WHO recommendations, but I need some other comments for a particular family member who will always say something...

The thread on whole milk got me thinking...once a baby weans (either weans by themselves or "forced"), if they are allergic to dairy, what is the fat that they can take to help brain development instead of the fat found in whole milk? Dairy fats are *not* much like the fat in breastmilk...

Hello, I've been primarily lurking here for the past few years and posted a couple of times. I'm expecting my first any day now (already 3cm dilated, but not due until the 7th). I went and did all the classes at my hospital including breastfeeding, baby care, and prepared childbirth. This hospital...

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 13:05:27 GMT, "New York Jen" wrote: Ok, took the second test this morning and it was positive! The line was a little darker than the one last night. HOLY SMOKES! I'm bugging out! Of course I'm thinking that it's not normal because I have...

Michelle Podnar wrote: Hello all, I have a question regarding Cow's Milk and BF. What is the best way to combine the two (not together, but in DD's diet). DD was a year on Monday,and we were at the dr yesterday (20 lbs 13 oz, 30" length), and he was saying that we need to get her on milk....

OK, so here's the story. (a bit long - sorry) Gave birth by csection (after a 20 hour labor - ugh!!) 19 days ago. At first, DD was a great nurser but by day three when my milk wasn't coming in, we had to go to finger feeding as she was losing too much weight. Took me almost 8 days for my milk to...

Larry McMahan wrote: OK. I read all these replies after posting... I don't get it, why do you HAVE to cut a boy's hair just because it gets long. Do any of you ask your son's if they WANT to? Erm. He's 10 months old today. I COULD ask him, but his English is pretty limited.

I've read or heard in various places that a sunken fontanel signifies de-hydration. Of course my husband and I lightly touch our darling son's fonatnel throughout the day and of course it feels slightly recessed at times and level with the rest of the skull plates at others. Over the last four...

Hi, My DS (12 days old and 3 weekd before due date) seems to want to sleep more than 4 hours at times. I have to wake him up to nurse and most times I am unsuccesful in waking him up. When he does wake up, he normally only nurses for about 10 minutes on one breast and that's it. He has plenty of...

I was shocked when I read on another chat board a woman - a young woman, in her 20s, who says she NIPs herself - stated that it was inappropriate in church and was offended when a woman did. And what's more, many people agreed it was the one place where it wasn't appropriate. I'd think it was the...

Although I explained very clearly the benefits of sleeping so his parents are not big grumpy messes in the morning, Moo boy just didnt listen and has been awake and grizzly every hour and a half for the past 2 nights. He doesnt sleep for long stretches during the day either. I though he might be...

Poor Caterpillar (7 weeks) is horribly broken out. She has been for several weeks, and I suspect she will be for several more weeks. My copy of Sears' The Baby Book says that baby acne onsetting before 2 weeks and spreading into the hair and down the neck can be a sign of allergy. Hers didn't...

Is it "essential" or very helpful to purchase tops that are specific to breastfeeding? I don't have any, and I was just thinking about how handy would it be to just lift up the shirt? Do you invest in "nursing" clothes or just adapt? Betsy

Hello All, First time posting to this group, so please forgive any horrible faux pas that I commit out of ignorance. I am looking for speciality shops that can supply nursing bras for my very large chested wife. She is a 34I in US sizes or a 34G in european sizes. I have tried google searching...

Hi everyone. Moo boy is just over 5 months old and a nightmare at night. I usually nurse him to sleep at around 7 and he is fast asleep until midnight. At midnight I change him, and nurse him and from then on he will sleep in one hour to 2 hour bursts with grizzles and yells in between. Last...

I know this is going to sound just awful, but my daughter is 11 months old now, and my husband and I have only had sex about 6 times since she was born... I feel really horrible, but at first I was so exhausted I couldn't care less, and now, I've been bleeding and cramping since August when I...

Hi, Our 2 weeks old son is experiencing what appears to be some sort of digestive problem related to milk formula. He cannot be brestfed for a number of reasons, and we initially gave him Good Start formula. However, around 1 week of age, he started to show some difficulty when getting his milk. ...

Hi, this is my first time posting, but I've been reading a lot of helpful posts since I started breastfeeding. Thanks so much...it's incredibly reassuring to know there's others out there having problems like me, and working through them! My DS is 11 weeks, and I've been having pain since I...