"toto" wrote in message ... Please if you answer from mkb or mkp, don't cut am out or I will miss your answers Announcing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's pregnant, so I am going to be a grandmother again. She is due in mid or...

Which do you prefer....our choices so far...Our last name starts with an A and is 8 letters long, 3 sylables....It's persian and very uncommon. I don't think anything really goes with it very well. Nicholas Alexander (DH's choice) Nic in persian means pleasant. Nicholas James (my choice, James is a...

Our's will now def be called Nicholas, since DH mentioned it to DD (21 months) all babies she has seen she has called NIC. So it seems she has made the final decision for us, he he.... As for the middle name DH has gone off Alexander thankfully, it was certainly I mouthful with our last name. So it...

Is anyone else alot bigger in subsequent pregnancies? My stomach muscles must be so poor, I'm only 23 weeks and I am as big looking now as I was at 34 weeks last time, it's quite scarey. I imagine I am going to have alot more trouble lugging my big tummy about this time. I soon won't fit behind the...

My grandmother thinks she has shingles, can't get in to see her DR until tomorrow but has had the rash for ages but now it's worse and blistery and on her back so she says....My mother cannot remember if I had chicken pox as a child I had it or german measles but only got 1 or 2 spots....My DD who...

It was frightening, stepping up onto the pavement from the road and somehow tripped, luckily my knee's hit the ground first then I did this weird roll over my huge belly until my arms finally reached the ground, people came to help but I was in shock, only now I can imagine what a sight I must...

Well I'm nearly ready, got my c/s date (8th June 8am!) booked DD into childcare so DH can come to the birth, bag is 1/2 packed as DD keeps unpacking it as I pack...14 days to go...yippee....Hopefully I'll have a very boring birth story to post when I get home.... anyone want to guess his size? DD...

I'm getting a little nervous now, not about the c/s...just about everything in general, last minute jitters I guess, anyway this time tomorrow I will have met my new little man, gotta be at the hospital about 6- 630 am, yikes and I live an hour away.... I'll hopefully be back next weekend with a...

I didn't breast feed my DD the first 6 weeks because she couldn't latch for ages so all this is new too me... We called him cranky pants because the first few days he was before my milk came in... Now he is one happy camper and is feeding really well but can go anywhere from 4-6 hours between...

All looking good ! AND it's a BOY! Alissa dd 20mths ds due June 15

last pregnancy I had so much trouble finding plus size maternity clothes ( I must of rang almost every maternity clothing store in the yellow pages within a 200 k radius) and when I did it cost me $500 for 2 outfits, major rip off....I just stumbles across a site that sells them at...

"V" wrote in message ... I'm ttc#1 and have read in this NG (I think) that red raspberry tea can be helpful during pregnancy, but I recall reading a long time ago somewhere (very well vetted info, can't you tell?)...

Hello I popped in here briefly in about May this year but unfortunatly my pregnancy wasn't ment to be, well here I am again with the two purple stripes....I just found out today and need to share my news... I have a DD who is 17months and Live in Sydney Austraila.I haven't told DH yet as he is at...

I read in a book that morning sickness is ususally worse with the first pregnancy. Or does the sex of the baby have any influence. A friend of mine had horrid morning sicckness with her girl but much less with both boys. I was really really sick 24/7 with my DD but now this time while I am nauseas...

My mum has just told me that she found out recently while at a health retreat that ginger tea raises your blood pressure. Has anyone heard of this? I have been having alot of ginger beer( non alcoholic of course) and ginger cookies because I thought it helped nausea. The other week after drinking...

here are the names we have come up with so far Boys DH likes Clark, Elvis, Hugh all because they mean wise or something similar, and Jackson all of which I dislike I like .........well I can't think of any I really love We so far agree on Nicholas as in Persian Nic/Nick means pleasant. We...

anything about hemorriods, yikes......can they go away before the end of pregnancy ? any treatments that are safe? the veins on my legs have gone crazy too but I can live with that..... Alissa

Does anyone know if it's safe to get my DD immunised while I'm pregnant. I am assuming its not a live virus, anyway I've made appointments for her and myself next week but don't want to pay for both consultations if she can't have it yet. I also don't want to waste the drs time by double...

We just got a late crissy prez yesterday, an easiyo yogurt maker, so tomorrow morning we will have fresh yogurt....Anyone else make their own? Any tips on making it? I bought passionfruit flavour to add to it once its cold. Alissa

C/S elective for previous c/s, arrived 7 am and met the anaesthetist...Told him of problems with last spinal block (it took 7 attempts) he bragged about how great he was and if he got it in he wanted a good bottle of Red... Went up tomy room, settled in, showered and got ready for theatre... Took...