http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=301 "Canada Study Details Pregnancy Chemical Hazard", Reuters, October 4, 2004, Link: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=6408993 Children whose mothers were exposed during pregnancy to...

New Hampshire parents seeking religious exemptions are required to sign this vaccination fraud: "I understand that in the occurrence of an outbreak of vaccine-preventable disease in my child's child care program, the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control may exclude my child from the child care...

Is it extra magnesium and Vitamin B that I need to take to prevent leg cramps at night? A couple of nights ago I had a Charley Horse so bad that it woke me up yelling! I physically could not flew my foot to make it stop--John had to do it for me. I am still limping. Leslie Emily (2/4/91) Jake...

I got a pink line!!! I've been feeling nauseous since 4 dpo, we tested tonight... Last Friday's (11 dpo) negative notwithstanding, it's 19 dpo and it's positive!!! ;) -- Anita -- Mommy to Pillbug, 15 months old and Someone due May or June 2005

sorry about that, I hope you have a good discussion about what you both want and you get lucky soon

We are looking at reusable nappies and have tried three different trial packs out on our teddy bear (baby due in November!) We are thinking of Bambino Mio. Can anyone who has used these give any feedback?? With thanks in advance.

Barring any other problems requiring the use of ultrasound to diagnose, how many ultrasounds are usually given in a "normal" pregnancy? I have no clue why I was thinking this, but in my head I thought they would be ordered say once per month after a certain point in pregnancy - like from 4 or 5...

Stretch marks are partial thickness ‘tears’ in the skin from the inside and are essentially scars. As with all scars, they are red to purple in color early on, and they generally fade to a paler color with time. There are some treatments available for reducing the appearance stretch...

my pregnant wife works at a day care. one of the babies in her class has hand foot mouth. i called her doctor to find out what she should do and spoke with the nurse on duty. the nurse told her this is the same as fifths disease. from my research, this seems entirely wrong. my wife is...

I have an update that Jamie has asked me to post for everyone.... The Baby has Arrived - - at 8:38 pm pacific time. It was a very quick labor indeed, since Lindsey's water broke at 3 pm. Baby's stats are : 8 pounds 9 ounces 20.5 inches long lots of hair

My daycare provider told me yesterday that she is being audited in November, and the new rules say that a child MUST have two Hepatitis B vaccine doses by the time they turn 18 months old. This is in New Hampshire- don't know if it's a state rule or national. Christopher has had all his vaccines...

I've had to join a new general practice now that we've moved. The one in our area is actually one I've worked at a couple of years back, when I needed to do some videos of my consultations for an exam I was doing and this practice was the only one in the area with a video camera. Ideally I'd have...

You are alone with your baby. Suddenly an unexpected, a large monster with 126 hitpoints, AC -10 and 3D12 damage appears and wants to steal your baby. What do you do? (A)ttack the monster (C)ast a spell (R)un away

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What kinds of paternity leave do your partners get? We just found out that DH gets *one day* -- I was pretty appalled, but maybe that's standard? A woman in my prenatal yoga class said Google gives 2 weeks, AND they provide all meals for those 2 weeks! We were all exclaiming how short 2 weeks...

Our antenatal classes start next week, when I'll be 34 weeks. This sounded a bit late to me, as when I read about women going to antenatal classes they all seem to start at an earlier stage. I thought maybe it was just because we'd just moved into the area, and maybe I'd missed an earlier series...

I should initially state that I intend to breastfeed. But this time, I hope to give an occasional bottle of expressed milk (or rather, I hope someone else will!). I was given 6 Avent bottles that have been well used (I have an Isis pump). As they can be sterilised, it doesn't seem too big a...

The midwife came round today as promised, and got all my booking details as well as doing the 34-week check. She spent ages chatting - must have been more than an hour and a half altogether. I raised DH's concerns about me going to the birthing centre instead of the hospital, and she reassured us...

we have the evenflo portabout carseat. my aunt gave it to us. i looked it up on the internet and find that its not a good car seat to have. plus we dont have instructions. we have decided to just buy a new one. my question is what is a good car seat to buy, and an easy one...

thanks everyone who responded to my previous post. man, if only we could cure all the worlds problems with positive vibes, prayers, ((hugs)) etc! and thanks for all the stories and referals to websites, i am certainly more learned anyway. (this is my friend who's 20 wk u/s showed the baby has...