Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / August 2003

After the birth of my 1st child, I developed a red rash that was so
itchy, on my  left, upper outer thigh.  3 years later, I just gave
birth to my 2nd child, and I got the rash again, this time all over
both my legs!  It's red and raised, and with both pregnancies, it

i am 16 weeks today and i know that between today and teh next 4 weeks i
should start to feel the baby move.  but since this is my first, i don't
really know what i am looking for.  all anyone keeps telling me is
"you'll know" but that doesn't really help my piece of mind at all.

A friend of mine just found out she's having twins (now at 13 weeks).
Friday she saw a doctor who specializes in multiples.  She was told her
babies are identical and share one placenta and is therefore high risk.
She was put on a low dose of aspirin to increase blood flow ...

I haven't been around mkp much since before the blackout (which was a bit
of an ordeal for me, and took many days to recover from, and I got behind
and didn't catch up for a while).
I'm still working, and plan to work all the way until I go into labor,

Bug got hiccoughs last night while we were out with friends. I've got
used to that, feeling my belly ticking away.
Then Bug shifted a bit. Head further down in my pelvis, or something.
And all of a sudden it wasn't my belly that was ticking. It was my

I'm packing my hospital bag, and although it's big, I don't think all the
things I need for a 4-day-hospital stay will fit in there. We do need to
bring a lot of things ourselves to the hospital over here.
The biggest item to go in my hospital bag so far is the box of nursing pads;

Just wondering how old your babies were before they got into any kind of
routine?  DD does OK through the day - feed, sleep 3 hours (ish), wake, feed
etc. - but from around 6pm just keeps on and on feeding, falling asleep on
the breast, but waking and wanting more when she's put ...

All.
Sorry first of all for the off topic post but does anyone know of an online
compatibility list for group 0+ car seats and UK spec cars?
We've been looking at travel systems and had the top 3 choices test fitted

my wifes waters broke at 4:30am , went to hospital but we were sent home as
she is not in full labour yet. They have said they will induce on saturday
evening if she doesnt go into labour in the mean time.
 If the waters have broken but not in labour, is this o.k and nothing to

I just got a call back from my doctor's office and my sugar levels in
my urine yesterday were a little alarming.  I was at the high end of
the normal range on my glucose tolerance test and my sugar was a
little high 2 weeks ago also.  Adding that altogether, they want me to

As some of you might remember, my son was born at 34 weeks with a poor
suck. He was immediately taken to Special Care where he spent the next
2 weeks. Immediately after his birth, I began pumping in my hospital
room. I spoke with a LC a couple of times while I was still in the

Had a midwife appt. today - with Midwife #2, the "normal" one.  :-)
Everything's fine.  I finally remembered to take in a copy of my birth
plan and she added it to my chart.  She read it over and there were no
issues.  I found out they consider my due date to be the 5th, not the

Hi everyone just wondering if anyone can help me with my question.  I have a
5 year old that has the chicken pox and have just had a baby 14 days ago.  I
am fully breastfeeding and am wondering if my newborn will be safe from
getting the chicken pox as I have had them before.  Do ...

We are in Texas, and my wife is due in December.  We got the services
of what we thought was a good midwife in June, however during three
1-hour monthly appointments (June, July, and August) my wife began
piecing out a pattern that suggests this midwife is not right

I had pretty much picked my midwife (and have a
signed contract at home, but haven't given
her a copy). Now I'm starting to have second
thoughts. My midwife has gotten excellent