Congratulations to any early birds who know they're pregnant already! Is it a shock, or a much-awaited blessing? How many pregnancy tests did you have to take before you believed it? :) Any symptoms yet? For our TTC members, how is the journey going? Need to vent, cry, yell a bit? Feeling...

Today is so totally my day!! /bounce bounce bounce The u/s this morning showed two babies with two heartbeats. Each had grown well and both are right on track. Baby B is still slightly smaller than baby A, which would match exactly the fact that I ovulated on two consecutive days. The fertility...

PREGNANT WOMEN For details about bizarre birth-canal-closing obstetric behavior...and how easily women can allow their birth canals to OPEN an "extra" up to 30%... See ACOG's 2005 edition: How NOT to birth http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/chiro-list/message/3606 DEAD BABIES AND PROFESSOR...

Well, my office was moving yesterday and today. No one was helping the office manager, so I felt that I needed to do so. We had moving guys for the heavy stuff, but I still ended up carrying a lot of boxes and dragging desks, etc into place. I'm only 9 wks, and my understanding was that I didn't...

Hi All We've been for our first scan this morning. Everything is progressing = normally even though they feel my dates are wrong and I am not AS=20 pregnant as they first thought. They ignored that fact I KNOW they exact = date this child was conceived, but hey I'm just a mum what do I know...

(Crossposted, I hope.) Oh boy. This gets really complicated. The MS AFP is 5MoM and the AF AFP is 16MoM, but on ultrasounds the baby appears to be healthy. The simple answer is that MS AFP and AF AFP are *screening* tests. Some authorities even suggest dropping them, if ultrasound exams are...

I could check out RHF, but I'm wondering if anyone here has any good jokes to share. I just got robbed and I'm feeling rather bitchy, bitter, and plain ****ed off. I could use a little cheering up. Don't worry, the damage is minimal, but *emotionally*... I'm very very very ****ed off. This has...

Good news first: I got my period this weekend, in spite of taking 2x 100mg prometrium (progesterone) as a vaginal suppository. So I guess my body knows what it's at, in spite of the additional hormones. Bad news: I'm not preggers this round, but I knew that. Weird enough, I felt pregnant for 5...

Warning: if you are anxious about spotting or weird feelings during pregnancy, you may want to skip this post. It will definitely not make you feel any better. Sorry. The u/s did not show what it was supposed to at almost 11w: there was no foetus, just an empty uterus with a gestational sac,...

CORD CLAMPING HORROR (PART 2): WHAT IS AMY'S AGENDA? PREGNANT WOMEN By immediately clamping umbilical cords, OBs are temporarily (surgically) asphyxiating babies and robbing them of up to 50% of their blood volume. This OB horror is being visited upon EVERY CESAREAN BABY, according to George...

I've been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and find out on Wednesday if I need to go on insulin. According to the obstetrician (sp?), if I go on insulin (which she thinks is highly likely), they will want to induce me at 37 weeks. (I'm now coming up to 34 weeks) I wanted to have as natural a...

Well....it all started at 11pm on Thursday night with little regular twinges in my back and tummy. By 12 they were quick regular and getting painful. I talked to my midwife and gave her the heads up. At 1am I phoned her back and asked her to come and hang out at my house as the contractions were...

Well, I just tested positive for group B strep. I'm 30 weeks along right now. I've done some poking around the internet and am trying not to get too worried about it, but this is what I've found so far that I should do/pay attention to: * Avoid getting my membranes stripped (which my midwives do...

I know alot of people feel you want to wait until you are far enough along before you announce your pregnancy. My husband and I felt this way- we knew at 5 weeks but thought that was too early to tell. We felt VERY strongly about it- we wanted things to progress healthfully before we had...

It appears as though I'm pregnant. About a year or so earlier then planned but I'm thrilled none the less. :-) Very newly pregnant. I've never known this early so I'm sure time will drag! We aren't telling anyone for a long time yet IRL but I can't keep it totally secret, lol. It was a very...

Hi; Does anyone have a good diaper disposal system? The diaper genie seems like a money eater, cause one has to buy the refills. Diaper champ seems like a better idea, cause it seems like one can just use regular garbage bags for it. Safety 1st, if the same as the diaper champ, but cheaper. I...

SCIENCE vs SQUATTING? (Zhang et al. 2004) See the postscript. SQUAT TO DELIVER? PREGNANT WOMEN: You do NOT have to squat to allow your birth canal to OPEN the "extra" up to 30%.

Can those of you who know about these things take a look at this site http://www.milkface.com/slingsandcarriers.asp and tell me which sling(s) you think are good? I kinda want to order from them 'cause they're local. I am not too dextrous so want something easy to use. We don't have a stroller so...

I have my first u/s for this one on Tuesday. I've found out what it was each and every other time, and this time around, part of me wants to know but part of me doesn't want to know what it is. I already have had 2 of each, so either way doesn't really matter to me. I have tons of girl clothes...

Check out this video... http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_harris_tells_the_web_s_secret_stories.html I think what he has done is amazing and brilliant and art, but it makes you think about what you are putting out to the world, and who may be seeing it. Interesting stuff... --