Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / July 2003

Well, today's the day. I'm the guy who posted a couple of weeks ago about
getting labour started - none of the suggestions worked for us
unfortunately, and K's health has been deteriorating. Her blood pressure is
very mobile with her diastolic (the "over" figure quoted) varying ...

Hello again, thanks for all the wonderful info on what to expect on my
first prenatal appointment. I've got another question, though.
I'm not very far along and I've been having very very mild cramping
for about 10 days now--since about a week before my period was due.

Hope it's a lovely day for him :)

Hi. I was wondering, how often can you feel the baby move in a day? I
started to feel movement around week 17 I think, but now, at 23 weeks,
I feel so little and week movements, I thought they´d be stronger by
now. I can feel a little something usually in the mornings, one or two

Do I need to cut out alcohol?
You should drink no more than 1 or 2 units of alcohol, once or twice a
week.
A unit is half a pint of ordinary strength beer, lager or cider, a

It is all so very exciting. I am 13 and half weeks pregnant.  I
was lying in bed this morning.  I felt the baby move!!!!!  YAY!!
Today, I have an nuchal folds u/s.  Since I have a higher risk of
spina bifida, I tend to do all the tests including those for

My car seat options were determined by a super clearance at Target.  The
Graco SnugRide "Milbrook" is $41.98 and the matching Cirrus Literider
stroller the car seat can snap into was $14.99.  Had to run all over town to
find 2 car seats though.  I did this after learning that the ...

Now that I have my birthing pool set up at home, I am getting together
all the little bits and pieces I may find necessary for the big day. One
of these is music.  I have quite diverse musical tastes, and the stack
of CDs I have put together so far includes Metallica, The Cure, ...

Well after months of lurking and being jealous - looks like I've joined the
club.  Was confirmed by the doctor last night.  Really really really early
days yet but here's hoping.  Since we weren't actually trying and of course
I had no idea, we've not exactly been doing the right ...

forgot to mention this in my earlier post. the doctors have prescribed my
wife tramadol for pain relief because of her fibroid. Shes breastfeeding. Is
this cause for concern? Has anyone else used this pain killer?
thanks again

Baby Charlotte Ann Lee finally arrived at 11.12pm (NZ time) on Saturday
night after a long labour, which ended up with an emergency C-section (see
below for v. quick summary). She weighed in at a healthy 8 pound 4 ounces
and is absolutely beautiful.  Got home from the hospital ...

I went out for a few hours yesterday with Kamron in the baby sling/carrier.
It's a Tomy snug n safe from Mothercare.
When I got home and took it off, I changed Kam. To my horror he had lots of
orange fluid filled blisters all over the skin on his scrotum/balls! One

Well it all happened last week. My wife and I had a little boy 8lb by
emergency caesarean. The baby was in some ditress during contractions and it
turned out the cord was round his neck TWICE!!
Anyway during the op the Doc looked horrified as he found a fibroid the size

Press release from the Mercury Policy Project (www.mercurypolicy.org)
on its release of test results of canned tuna today, and its report.
Can the Tuna: FDA's Failure to Protect Children From Exposure
to Mercury in Albacore "White" Canned Tuna