http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=693 Daniel DeNoon, "Mercury in Air Pollution: A Link to Autism?", Web MD, March 18, 2005, Link: http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/102/106662.htm?z=3734_00000_1000_qd_01 Can mercury in air pollution cause autism? Nobody knows....

Hi all... I was listening to a radio documentary today that was all about women in Surrey B.C., who had c-sections at the general hospital there. Thirteen of them in the space of a few months got terrible staph infections that led to various consequences from long-term antibiotic use to sterility....

How far along are you, and how does that make you feel? Are you feeling and or seeing movement? Does that freak you out or are you the type that pokes the belly to get a reaction? Are you swelling? Are your feet changing sizes? Do you rings still fit? Or if you are earlier along, are you bloated?...

Hi, everyone! First, the question: how do you determine the length of your labor? Is there a standard, or is it however you decide you want to count? Do you start 'timing' from when the first contraction hits, or from water breaking, or from active labor? And then the poll: how long was your...

this trying to see things four weeks at a time seems to be really working, the last 4 weeks of this pregnancy have been the best four weeks, I think the only 4 weeks when I haven't chucked up, but more than that, I am feeling good, both physically and emotionally! The one thing I would change...

Managing Your Energy After Childbirth By Sylvia Brown, author of The Post-Pregnancy Handbook Unfortunately, fatigue is part of the postnatal period. Although sleep deprivation is almost inevitable, utter exhaustion is avoidable. Here are a few tips and recommendations on how to manage your energy...

Hi, it feels a bit weird being on here again as I graduated to misc.kids.breastfeeding 21 months ago! I diaried my pregnancy and have it online and I'd love to link to other diaries if any of you have them online and don't mind them being associated with breastfeeding advocacy. The link...

Hi guys. First time poster long time reader. Just wanted to say "Hi" ;) On a side note my Hubby is REAL excited about this new IPO stock GRDX. They just started trading this one like 2 days ago. It's already almost doubled in just 2 days! My Husband is really excited about this stock. Say's it...

Hi all Had my midwife appointment today. My blood pressure was great, babies heartbeat was perfect, she is lying head down and engaged and her spine is facing forward against my stomach which is perfect couldn't ask for a better behaved baby. My last scan on the 25th February showed that her...

DS2 is 7 months today. His new activity of choice is standing supported -- he's at the stage where he really needs a parent *right* there behind him, but can actually spend some time balancing against the couch, etc. He loves it! I was wondering if anyone could think of any baby occupation gadgets...

Sharon Osbourne can't figure out why she is not getting the mother of the year award " LOL " monday on Dr. phil.

I just had a huge bawlfest in the car leaving the ob/gyn's office. Called my husband and my friend, so I do feel better. But, I'm still upset. My obstetrician was The Wizard to us. I LOVED him and his two office ladies. He was the one who saw us through my difficult pregnancy last time and...

I am currently 38 weeks, 5 days and could go into labour at any time, although I still don't have any impending labour symptoms and personally believe it'll be into April before I have this baby. I always post while at work because I don't have internet at home (I know, I live in the dark ages). ...

I don't remember being too *cold* before, in my pregnancies. Too hot, yes. Running around in a tank top in February, yes. But not so cold that I'm wearing a sweatshirt *over* a fleece shirt. My house is at 67F - the kids run around half nekkid all the time. Why am I absolutely freezing? Does...

I am a mom of a 4 month-old. We hired a nanny so I can work part-time from home. She is very well paid, and her only duty is the child. Generally, she is good with the baby; however, there have been a few things concerning me. She doesn't seem to enjoy the child much. In fact, she may complain...

Has anyone heard from her? I haven't seen her post in quite some time---I hope all is well.

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Can midwives ''force'' you to have an amnio? I told my midwife that my 16 month old son has Osteogenesis Impefecta (O.I.)which is brittle bone disease, and also a rare benign brain tumor called a hypothalamic hamartoma. The O.I is a genetic disease, however, the child can be tested at birth...

I'm about to get into it on another message board with an OB, and I figure I need to get my facts straight. She says she only allows her patients clear liquids during labor, because she has found that women who "insist" on eating during labor tend to vomit more (although she acknowledges that...

how many of you have got in on with the paper boy, mail man/girl, the pool boy or milk man.