Thanks for all the book recommendations; they were awesome. I'm still loving "A Child is Born," but I have to recommend the book "From Conception To Birth: A Life Unfolds" by Alexander Tsiaras. It's like CisBorn squared, or cubed -- a large, heavy (coffee-table size/heft/glossiness) 300-page book...

Did anyone have this during their pregnancy? It seems I have it. I ended up in the emergency for most of the day yesterday because my heart all of the sudden starting beating at 220 bpm. They ended up giving my adenosine to interrupt it and get it started back to a normal rate. I'm trying to hunt...

Ugh! I just found out a friend from out of town who is pregnant with twin boys and due in April, was put in the hospital recently and will have to stay there until she gives birth! All I know is, she was having contractions now. Her twins weight 2 pounds each currently. Anyway I...

hey there...welcome...you will love this group...very nice people who help out alot. some do tend to lurk(i do alot of that) but when they talk, they normally have a very good point. (not counting me in that at all. smile) anyway, where are you from in ky? i grew up there. in western...

At 24 weeks I am getting some heartburn, but it's not too frequent or bad yet. I just get it sometimes. Maybe 2 nights a week at most. My doctor gave me prescription Zantac (ramitidine 150mg) to use as needed during the pregnancy. I used it some in the begining to see if it reduced acid and helped...

How late can one experience M/S, normally? I guess I would be about 10.5 weeks, now. For two days, I've been feeling a lot more nausea than normal. I also keep feeling like a cold or sinus infection is coming on, but things never progress beyond extreme stuffiness (I know that this is a...

One of my molars broke apart and I am having dentist take care of it (crown/root canal) in a week or two. But right now it is chipped and the big silver filling is exposed. Once in a while I can feel another piece of tooth chipping away. Hole getting bigger. There is a funny taste in...

I am breastfeeding my almost 2 yr old daughter (though, obviously, by now she's not exclusively bf'd) and I have a quick question for those of you who are more familiar with the Rhythm Method of Birth Control than I probably am! AFAIK, you can conceive for only 72 hours per month. Usually around...

I took wild yam for the first time this cycle, since I have a relatively short luteal phase. However, I never expected to get pregnant so quickly and have no clue whether to stop abruptly, slowly or not at all in taking it. I digged through the mkp archives and concluded that stopping slowly is...

I can definetely tell when Tigger is kicking, But what in the world are the flutterings? It honestly feels like a large bird is in their flapping its wings....any ideas?? Thanks

At 25 weeks, I feel better than I did before 20 weeks. My stomach is bigger than ever but I don't have that unbearable shortness of breath/panic at not being to breathe/feeling like something is pushing on my diaphragm. I am sleeping ok. heartburn is not too bad yet, knock on wood! No more nausea...

Has anyone done this, or is anyone doing it? Apparently it's a box of 50 cards illustrating breathing, sitting, and meditating poses, and it tells you which ones are okay for each trimester. Obviously I don't need to be limber for a vaginal birth, but I could do with being generally more flexible...

I have been saying to my husband lately, that although I am excited to meet the new'un, I will miss our intimate relationship inside ( where I am still master ;) and as for getting back an uninteresting belly that just lies there - bah to that ! I love & wait for every little movement/kick. It...

Just recently had my one hour. I asked the nurse when we were going over my results for the range the lab uses, as I was curious because of recent discussion here. I went to a Qwest/Unliab in the SF bay area, and their range was 65-139 being "normal." I got an 83, by the way! -Karen, mom to Henry...

I am not attaching this to any existing thread because (still throwing up almost daily at 15 weeks, myself) I know how MADDENING it is when you mention morning sickness and Helpful People chirp up with alleged cures and make it seem like only a lazy idiot would still be suffering :-) But then...

Marcus Ethan We finally (?) decided. I think. Dh keeps referring to the baby as "Gwendolyn or Marcus" and when I mentioned that I'd really like to do Marcus Ethan to honor my late step-grandfather (and make grandma happy), he liked that. Interestingly, I looked back, and that was the most...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2801515a11,00.html Miracle mum makes history 01 February 2004 By DONNA CHISHOLM Kiwi woman Lisa Banfield has made medical history in her battle to have a baby.

I've been having contractions 20 minutes apart since 1:00 pm (it's now 8:00 pm). Just a quick note. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau

Okay, I'm annoyed. We ordered a ChilDesigns Bellmont convertible crib, which comes with a mattress. We got a ChilDesigns Bellamy nonconvertible crib which doesn't come with a mattress. The styles are almost the same, and the mattress doesn't matter *much* since we'd intended to replace it anyway...

Does anyone wear Japanese Weekend maternity clothes? I'm looking online and am wondering how their sizes run. Pretty close to normal clothes, do they run small, large? Mary S. mom to the Sproutkin, 22 months and a new wee babysprout, due October 1