Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / July 2003

why do they shave you when you have a baby.
they don't shave girls in the outback,in the
bush and mexico and they have 2-3 babys at a time.

Some is claiming we can have sex at all times during pregnancy, some in east
claims we shall wait some 12-16 weeks, they may be weaker there...
Depending upon lust of cause.
Any links and advice?

for those who don't know me, I used to frequent this Ng when pg with my Son
Tyler who is now just over two...
I'm Sue, from New Zealand, have changed 'nick names' a number of times, some
may know me from alt.mothers or the infertility parenting group that I hang

Hope it's a lovely day for her :)

Well, according to my ob/gyn's calculations, I entered the 3rd trimester
yesterday :-)
I had my regular (4 weeks) appt with my ob/gyn today, and things are
continuing to go smoothly - it was rather uneventful :-)

Lucy Elizabeth was born at 02:21 this morning!
Kerry was induced at 11:30pm on Wednesday with the standard prostin pessary,
the procedure was repeated at about 09:30 yesterday morning. She was having
contractions, but they were relatively mild although growing in strength.

Hi everyone my name is Jill and I am 22 weeks prego now with baby #2. I
have a 2 year old son named Christopher. Is it alright if I join you
guys? :))

Elizabeth is growning like a weed, weighed 17#2oz 3 weeks ago.  She
can roll all over the place and get up on her hands and sometimes her
knees.  Our only problem has been that she has asthma, but that seems
to be mild and as long as she has her inhalers we are ok.

LAST EMAIL:  This Open Letter to Univ. of Washington faculty member ALLEN D.
RADANT, MD  posted for global access*** is my last email to him - and to
WENDY RASKIN, PhD, MD...
"Please don't send me more email you ignorant a.shole..."

Here is my problem. My mother and my wife don't get along. Big Surprise !!
Huh!!
Anyways, my mother is getting up there in age and she recently asked me to
drive her 700 miles to see her mom which of course is also my grandmother.

Though I'm not as young as I used to be(43), and have already helped in
raising 3 great stepchildren, I was informed (joyfully and planned) on the
8th that I was to be a dad. I don't feel that I will be too nervous, I'm not
already, but if anyone has any advice to help avoid ...

I used to wax the hairs off my tummy (just below the belly button) - is it
still safe to do so now that I'm pregnant. I'm 15 weeks and this is my first
pregnancy.

My son Alden is 4 in September. He has Apraxia, which is a speech disorder.
Progress has been slow on the speech side according to the therapist, but I
feel he is doing great compared to how he was.
He had at one point zero understanding. Now his understanding is great for

It's been a while since I've seen a name thread, so what do you all
think of these names for a boy?  What sort of personality traits come to
mind when you read each one?
Derek

Hiya All
Just a quick question, at 33 weeks should I be worried about the fact I
don't seem to have experienced any Braxton Hicks?
I'm 35, and this is our first child, and while I don't know what they feel