Well, today I had one of those boring appointments again. I did get to to inform my caregiver that my body is finally telling me to slow down a little, but I'm still getting around just fine and feeling swell in general. Blood pressure was 124/72 and weight gain seems to have stopped - I hadn't...

Hi Linda, if I remember correctly, your due date was yesterday (7th) but 9th by the doctors, so I just wanted to wish you easy and speedy labour. Maybe you are already holding your little one :-) Hi Lissie - as your EDD is today - any news? Wishing you all the best, Elly 36 weeks today!

We are trying to concieve our first child. We missed the August cycle and are trying for the Sept cycle. My problem is I am not regular and have not had period since June 15th. I had 1 depo shot in March and did not get my second one because we decided we wanted to start with kids. I wish I...

It looks like my water's broken...this morning I had a couple of unmistakeable but small leaks that turned into a steady trickle for a while, and now has mostly stopped. Now I seem to have all sorts of...erm...stuff coming out of me. I've only just started having actual contractions, but they're...

I took part in some research recently for a study that's been done on developing a scale for testing for PPD in New Zealand womyn. You didn't have to be depressed to take part, in fact they preferred you weren't, but had to have a baby between 2 weeks and 12 weeks. So the researcher came to my...

We have a little Honda Civic and it's going to be time (well, after February!) to add a larger car. How many people have minivans versus a SUV or miniSUV like the Honda CR-V? I have this aversion to minivans, I admit it, so in part I'm asking if anyone went with a SUV or miniSUV as the family car...

As I explained in another thread, I have miscarried again :( Since it is much earlier this time (last time was around 12 weeks, D&C was strongly rec'd by my midwife) I have been given options for dealing with it. Miscarrying naturally, D&C, or Misoprostol (cyotec). I initially thought i would...

Actor/rapper/model Mark Wahlberg and Revlon model Rhea Durham had a baby girl, Ella Rae, on Tuesday. No other details available yet.

I would like to introduce us to you guys. I am in my 6th week. I like reading your postings, which I've been doing ever since I knew, which is about 2 weeks ago. -- Vidya mom to Vandu(4) EDD May 6th '04

wrote: I posted something about his earlier, but received no responses, so I'm trying again. :-) I was anticipating ovulating around Sept 5th. A couple of days prior to that I had extremely tender breasts (more so than when my period starts). On the 5th, I...

I seem to have lost about 3 or 4 lbs in the past 2 or 3 weeks, that can't be good. Im kind of bummed because I thought I had been gaining, and everyone says I dont look that huge. (I feel huge) Damn, should I be worried? How worried? I've never lost weight while pregnant before and at this stage...

Say "Hello" to: Rebekka Friederike born July 19, 2003 to proud mama Sabine Lydia Elizabeth born July 21, 2003 to proud mama Andrea Sam Michael born July 28, 2003 to proud mama Lee Tobias Michael born July 29, 2003 to proud mama Jacqui Gwendolyn born July 29, 2003 to proud mama Angela Liam Michael...

Sorry it's taken me so long to get the news out! Jaden Alexander was born September 3, at 6:46 am weighing 8 lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long. We came home about 13 hours later, and are both doing great. It was fun seeing the poll, but I didn't figure out who won. The winner will have to identify...

"Circe" wrote: 1) When did you go into labor with your first baby (please answer "never" if your labor was induced and answer #2 instead)? 41w2d -- or 41w1d or 41w3d depending exactly how you count -- I think my dr had my EDD as one day off from my calculation. LMP...

Hi everyone-- I'm 39 weeks today (first baby) and have a few assorted questions I hope you can help me with... #1...Has anyone ever had acute bronchitis this late in pregnancy? I have been sick with a terrible cough for almost 1 month now. My OB had me on Keflex and Robitussin A-C, which did...

Hi all, I'm hoping somebody out there can help. I'm quite upset right now--just spent the past hour and a half crying--and I don't know how to handle this situation. Briefly (I'll try, anyway), my two best friends, who are reiki practitioners, will be in the delivery room with me to help...

"Nancy" wrote in message Three days ago, at just over 37 weeks, my OB discovered that I was 2 cm dilated and effaced to within 1 cm, and that the baby was engaged (not just dropped, as I had already suspected). She was able to feel the baby's head with her...

Well, I just got back from the OB. Nice enough fellow. The one thing that stuck out was he didn't look at his watch the whole time I was there. I was there for about 40 minutes, too. After he asked me a bunch of questions, he took my blood pressure and checked the baby's heartrate with the...

So here's the new addition to the due-date check in! I was flipping through my Sears pregnancy book to write all the questions, and it includes the chapter: "The Tenth Month - postpartum." Postpartum is definitely a part of pregnancy, so here you go: All our new moms, if you're still reading...

In a nutshell: I posted earlier today about feeling crampy, making frequent trips to the bathroom for #2, and feeling a bit nauteous last evening until this morning, and wondering how much longer I might expect to feel this way before real labor kicks in. I am still feeling this way, but also in...