Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / October 2003

For the past week I have not been able to kep my multivitamin down. I am
using a brand called PreCare (I think!) ....since I am almost 10 weeks (on
monday I will be at 10), I'm still in my first trimester and I know how
essential folic acid is...I have kept it down the majority of ...

We had our 12 week US on monday to scan for birth defects.... Apparently
Australia is the only country that offer this service to low risk people,
does anyone know if its true?
Anyways, we got in there and she put it up on the screen, and this baby was

Well, I guess I'll chime in here too with a June due date.  Congrats to Amanda,
Alissa, and Kristy, and thanks - you have given me the courage to make this
post!
I am exactly 5 weeks today.  Because of my previous m/c's I have been pretty

I am 33 weeks along and leaking colostrum every day, not a whole bunch but a
few drops on and off throughout the  day.  IT seems that is clear but
sometimes now it is looking cloudy like my milk is almost in!!  I am nervous
because I am worried this indicates I will go into preterm ...

Better buy yourself a cat or a dog or a rat or a snake,spider,scorpion
or another pet than getting kids.
Kids are nasty little critters.
I rather live in a house with spiders,scorpions,snakes,rats and

my  friends use different types of condoms. are they all safe? i dont
want to get pregnant because i am still in school.

Hi all..
I am around 24w with my first.
I have had someone tell me that drinking soft drink (soda, pop etc) and
eating sugary stuff more than usual can lead to hyperactivity in my

I am just at 41 weeks - dr says my baby is extremely high and I am
only 1cm dilated.  I was sent for a stress test which turned out ok,
but my dr is not committing to an induction before 42 weeks.  We are
taking a "day by day" approach and I'm getting very depressed!  I am

Anybody know what the standard hospital stay is in Spain?  Or in contact
with her IRL?
-- Dagny
whose baby will exit womb when s/he's darn well ready

What in the world have the rest of you done for pants/skirts in the
in-between stages? I now have only one pre-pregnancy skirt that fits me, but
I don't yet fit in maternity (tried a few pairs on this weekend, and they
were WAY too big in the waist still). I've tried pants that were ...

Just a quick question on what I shouldnt eat.. I'm around 12 weeks now... I
suppose things that you aren't allowed to eat could change from country to
country... so I'm in Australia if that helps.
TIA

Oooooooooookay, so now they've changed my due date to the 9th of
November from the 16th.  Doesn't matter much I guess since they've
said they don't want me to go past my 38th week.  "They" being my OB &
the Perinatologist.  Ki has not gone head down despite all the time

I'm delurking again! Last night I took a HPT and I'm pregnant!!! After last
cycle where AF was 3 weeks late and I took about a hundred HPTs I didn't
even consider being pg, but I've been so naseous for a week now! I thought I
was just getting the flu (being that time of year and ...

Pregnancy is really something! I stopped taking Zofran because I realized
that I had one of the common side effects which I have never had a problem
like this with before (prior to pregnancy or during my short
time!)......without going into details I tried some things that my doctor

Dh and I just returned from a wonderful 3 week holiday to our
favourite country, Italy (Rome and Tuscany)...just wanted to say
congratulations to all who had babies while I was away and
prayers/good thoughts to any who lost babies or are having a difficult