Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / December 2003

Baby Michael Jude was born last Monday 24 November at 8:16 after 36 hours of
labor and three excruciating hours of pushing.  We brought him home on
Thanksgiving Day.
NOTHING was how I envisioned it would be (IV drugs, forceps delivery, 38 fever

Hello all--
We had the "big" midpoint u/s today, and everything looks great. We could
see the four chambers of the heart, but because of the baby's position the
tech couldn't get the three views that the radiologists will want, so we'll

I've kind of thought all along I wanted three kids, but DH just wanted two.  So
we had #2 in June 2002, and decided on a "wait and see" approach.  
I was so surprised the other day.  DH was looking through the ads in the Sunday
paper, and he said "We need another one of these".  I ...

I  have a 4 month old son (totally breast fed) who will not sleep in the
afternoons. Night-times and mornings are no problem, but getting him to
sleep in the afternoon is a nightmare.
He will have two or three sleeps in the morning of roughly an hour,

Here in the US on cable tv we get a channel called BBC America, which I
love and watch often, everything from Changing Rooms to Faking It,
Ground Force (not nearly as good without dear Alan), dh likes the crime
dramas, pretty much anything on there we'll give a go. Anyway, ...

Can you email me at k o e d y k . p at ihug . co .nz
I need to grovel at your feet and plead for forgiveness
--
Andrea

We found out last night that there is no heartbeat, no baby. (8w1d)
I am scheduled for surgery next Friday.
We are giving up at this point. We have one wonderful child, who
will be spoiled all the more as an "only".

My husband has Dec 25 through January 4 off. In the past we never used this
week for travel or anything because at my job I could NEVER ever get a
holiday week off so it wasn't an issue. Now of course I'm not working. He
plans to go to his family's 3 hours away on Christmas Eve ...

I was wondering if anyone knew much about maternity belts (the kind that are
suppose alleviate pressure down yonder).  How long are they safe to wear?
Will the belt cause the baby to be moved in the belly and cause problems
getting him in the right position or get him to move?

Hey everybody.
I decided to create a website about my pregnancy and the baby. Here it is
http://jodypellerin.ath.cx/Baby
Can you guys check it out and let me know what you think? Maybe some tips or

My Midwife tells me my blood pressure has been increasing quite dramatically
during my pregnancy. I used to have relatively low blood pressure. What
causes blood pressure to increase and what can I do to keep it stable? My
mother tells me I should reduce salt in my diet. Is she ...

I'm aware of a bunch of websites to host still photos/photo albums.
Anyone know of a site where we can put some small movies?  We have a
digital videocamera and editing software, and would love to be able to
post small clips of footage on a site to share with the relatives.

This years flu is a killer and is widespread.  What can we as parents do to protect our newborns? My
child is due in March that's not far from the peak of flu season.  I have been immunized and so have
my sons.
But:

Just wondering:  How old were you all when your babies were born?
me  #1: 19 (two days after my birthday, 1 day after my brother's)
    #2: 21 (same day as my aunt's birthday)
    #3: 24 (the day after my sister's birthday)

Hope its a lovely day for you both :)