Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / November 2003

I understand when I'm fertile it will be high and soft.  What if I had
conceive when it was hight and soft, will it stay high or drop like my AF is
coming.  It has never dropped and I'm way past O.  Any opinions?
Thanks,

Our baby is turned so the technician is having a problem seeing the 4 chambers
of the heart. She says it looks like they are all there but can't see "clearly"
this is the 2nd time in 2 weeks. Now we have to go to a specialist. I am just
curious how normal or abnormal this is. the ...

I wasn't really considering the flu shot, but I saw a news blurb about how 4
children in the US have died from the flu this year (IIRC 11 months through
8 years old)- I know that's probably how it is every year but it got me to
think about what if you get the flu when you are ...

Hello everyone . . my son (Gabriel) just had his 6 month check-up, and
looked perfect to the doctors in every way except for the fact that he
refuses to bear weight on his legs. He will strongly flex his legs
while lying down, and while on his belly he swims a lot and kicks his

My wife has tried just about every trick in the book to get labour
started, only for us to be told today that the head is now not engaged
(it seemed to be in the right direction up until 1 week ago!).  That
would explain why all the clary sage, unripe pineapple, sex e.t.c.

It's not true that pigging out at the beginning of a pregnancy, instead of
having morning sickness, is a sign of twins <gulp> is it??
I usually don't get morning sickness till week 7-8.  I'm at week 5 now. I
have been constantly starving.  At my July pregnancy group, most women (yes

Hi all, me and my sister Andrea have 7 children between us both.
All of my sisters children have been very ill for two weeks now there
symptoms being, runs, sickness,high temp, cough, runny nose , sleepy.
My youngest started with it on Tuesday and she hasn't got any better, we are

Do you guys send a Thank You card along with a pic of your new baby to the
Doc who delivered your baby or maybe to a nurse at the hospital who assisted
and helped you out a lot?
What do you guys do?

I posted earlier today about pelvic pain (lower left side)...it was sort of
nagging/annoying.
I am getting more worried because now it is really starting to hurt more. I
am not experiencing any bleeding. I am going to call the dr tomorrow (I

My doctor did another progesterone test on Friday because I have been
spotting.
She hoped the number would be around 10,000
when in actuality they were 22,000.

I'm doing a happy dance this afternoon because I'm officially on
maternity leave as of today, and we had our external version this
morning and it worked!
I'm exactly 38 weeks today, and this was our window of opportunity.

what does ( DH ) stand for?
I'm new in this group and It seems like it means something about (
Husband )
I can think of what the ( D ) would stand for in my case...lol....

I have a few miscellaneous questions about delivery in a hospital with ob's
(in the u.s....)
1- Does everyone have an IV or is one only given in certain circumstances?
2- Do they hook you up to a catheter, or only in certain circumstances (such

Last night, I had a dream about Sophie and her new baby.  The
highlights:
1) Sophie had a girl.
2) She was named Rachael.  That was the spelling.  I saw it written

http://www.storknet.com/cubbies/pregnancy/owt1.htm
While researching something I found a page where people list some pretty
humorous old wive's tales for how to tell if you are having a boy or a girl.
I like the one about the key...the funny thing is I picked up a key earlier