Who's tried it and what do you think of it? Is it something you can learn to do effectively on your own or do you recommend taking a 'workshop.' (eg: http://www.imaginationsigners.com/index.htm) TIA.

I am going in for a u/s Monday for a fetal weight estimate. giggles Yes, I know it's kind of silly but I like ultrasounds. I really wonder what it will say, too. Maybe it will say I am having a 6.5 lb baby and my reluctant doctor will be suddenly excited about a VBAC. Ha! I still haven't decided...

Is there anything that you can do to lessen your chances of having a non 'healthy' child prior to pregnancy? ~Carol Ann

At what age to babies begin using them? ~Carol Ann

My husband is about to go crazy, even though he knows it's perfectly normal for 35.5-week-pregnant women to snore. However, I'm already using two pillows, breathe-right strips, and saline nasal spray, and I'm sleeping on my side...anyone have any ideas as to what else I can try? I don't hear myself...

Why do some people put so much emphasis on finding a nickname for a child? This is something that totally eludes me. For me, it's because I KNOW I will shorten the name, no matter how much I say I won't. It's just the way I talk. So I try to think of an acceptable way to shorten it in...

Well it was good and somewhat worrying. BP is good. I've started developing a bit of pitting edema on my legs (but not feet or hands) by late afternoon over the last few days. Weight is same as last week (down about 2 pounds from pre-conception overall). She did a u/s and stinker is breech. Of...

Has anyone ever felt that? This is the second morning I can feel the umbilical cord of my baby, right by my rib, on the left side. The first time, I thought I'd imagined it in a semi-comatose sleep I didn't want to get out of... This morning, as I rolled on my back from right to left (holding my...

... for all you experienced mamas. How can you tell if it's a 'real' contraction or if it's another BH? Do all the real ones hurt? And can you feel the baby kick through a real one? Or is the answer to all of the above: 'no woman/contraction is the same'?? :) Em baby boy, due Nov. 18

Hello again, We are now at 38 weeks and waiting for baby to arrive any time! However, I know of a tragic case where baby was alive and kicking in the evening, but had died before the induction next morning! The placenta had simply become exhausted. My question therefore is, at what stage is it...

Well today started out like any other.. woke up at 5:30 am and could not get back to sleep for anything but stayed in bed until about 7.. Funny how the days you want your kids to get up early they dont;) Anyway By the time Jeff got home I was STARVING and dizzy and nausous to no end so we Finaly...

The line Niagra ( or whatever it's called ) When does it go away ? Cal is 5months old today, and I still have a feint pigmentation. It doesn't bother me ( it's a nice little reminder ;), but 5 months seems a long time ?! --

My wife is currently in labour. This is our first, so we're not really sure what to expect. She had her first contractions about 2 hours ago, but they *appear* to be quite regular now... not quite at the 5 mins stage, but getting there... Isn't that slightly quick? The midwife wasn't really...

I just noticed that R has a bald spot on the back of her head kind if right behind her ears but in the middle of the back of her head. It looks like from where she sleeps on her back and sides, and has "rubbed" her hair out the way she lays on her head or something. Has anyone else had a baby...

I will try to be as brief as possible... Since I'd hit 42 weeks, my doctor was pushing for an induction. The poposed schedule was: go to hospital on Wednesday at 8, get medication at 9, be monitored for 2 hours, go home at 11, and come back once I was well into labour. It didn't quite work out...

Here's where it stands. I'm scheduled to do the AFP next Monday. But, we already did a nuchal fold scan and passed with flying colors (my odds were 10x better than for the average for my age). If the AFP came back with bad results, I'd do an amnio and we would terminate the pregnancy if it...

I would like to buy a bassinet and/or moses basket. Questions: - The moses basket seems to offer the most flexibility, but they all say not to carry the baby around in one- I thought this was the whole idea? Is it really that dangerous? - The baskets vary a lot in price; are their recommendations...

Do they not make it anymore or what? They don't have it at Wal-Mart or Kroger, and since I only buy the one box right before I have a baby, it's been more than three years since I was paying attention. :-) Yes, I know it's not strictly necessary--it's just a kind of little tradition I have, to...

Is it possible? Any good tips how? I got a questionnaire which basically qualified me with a note saying something along the lines of "you will be summoned within the next year" My husband works 40 miles away, I have no childcare (all family lives hours away) and all my usual baby sitters...

i got induced on friday. 2 days of painful labor later, they finally decided to give me a c section. i had noah scott hess on october 31st. he was 8 lbs 1oz if you want to see a picture go to www.fhn.org and click on baby pictures username is nhess and password is noahhess ill try and get some...