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This week the baby did move to head down, and even anterior too, good baby! My bp is inching up. It had come down with the aldomet, and it just keeps pushing up again. So, I have added things that lower it like cream of tartar, red rasperry leaf tea, hops and valerian. Each thing does seem to...

Here now! Jo

I am 39.5 weeks. My OB checked me today at 1:30 and said I was not dilated at all. About four hours later, I started feeling crampy, like menstrual or bowel movement type cramps. I'm also getting lots of BH contractions. Should I be worried? Could labour be starting even though I wasn't even...

PREGNANT WOMEN ("VERY ATHLETIC" OR NOT): To allow your birth canal to open an "extra" up to 30% at delivery... See THE SOLUTION at the very end of this post. BIRTH AND "VERY ATHLETIC WOMEN"

I'm slightly less cranky. It appears that my Small Hospital routinely send patient notes to the Big Hospital at *37* weeks, not 34 weeks as my Ob said (they send them at 34 weeks for multiple births). The reason they hadn't appeared for my appointment was that they had only been posted two days...

CY writes: : What are everyone else's experiences with this? Clara was the hiccup queen in utero. I think she spent more time after the 6th month having hiccups than not. Larry

MARIJUANA RELIEVES MORNING SICKNESS? Prefatory question... If MDs can illegally close birth canals up to 30% and illegally rob babies of up to 50% of their blood volume (this causes obvious harm to fetuses, see below).... Why can't pregnant women illegally smoke marijuana to treat their...

I've been having some odd symptoms today that I thought might be related to blood pressure (headache, swollen ankles, slight headache) but just checked it and it's fine (118/69). I have also felt quite a bit more discharge than normal today and checked my cervix and it's *really* soft and low (but...

NURSES, BABIES - AND POWER See below. PREGNANT WOMEN: OBs are closing birth canals up to 30%. It is easy to allow your birth canal to OPEN the "extra" up to 30%. See THE SOLUTION below.

I've been following the Dixon quads updates. Sounds like they're having quite a rough time, especially the mum who is extremely ill. This is a family that looks like it needs our prayers. http://www.dixonquads.com/timeline_update.html

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CJRA writes: : Since one can never read too much...what are your pregnancy book recs? "The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth" by Henci Goer. : I know What to Expect... has been around forever. Is it worthwhile? In a word, no. The useful information is so closely...

Well, my kiddo managed to be *that* unique. If there's a case report on an identical deletion, I've yet to see it. Which could be good--it may mean that other people with that deletion just arent' odd enough to get karotyped. Or she could be unusual in a way that just doens't happen...

Good news--the deletion is relatively small... but what it means is still a question. del 4q 21.1-21.3

The following links to a Reuter's report on a new study that found that epidurals increase the chances of posterior position at delivery. http://tinyurl.com/e2r5x They hypothesize that this may explain the higher c-section rate among women who opt for epidurals. Emily

Hi - My 4 mo old is being very fussy in having her formula. She has been formula fed for a long time now and initially she used to even drink 5 oz per feeding and about 6-7 feedings a day. this was around 3 mo time. Then she had diarrhea from rotovirus infection and she recovered about 10 days...