Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / January 2004

My shower will be in April sometime....
( I think ).....Iwant it in March.... LOL!..but my g/f's think April /
I'm due in May.....
I think I want to register at Burlington....

Hi all sorry so late but I was put back in the hospital a couple of days
after coming home from giving birth to my son and I finally got to come home
this morning!  Van Ethan Lee was born on 12-17-03 at 5:31 p.m. weighing in
at 7 pounds and he was 20 1/4 inches long.

Oh my! I am exactly 22 weeks along today and something has happened to me. I
am starting to feel very maternal! and delighted.
I was moaning about pregnancy and how I didn't think I could make it through
another round of morning sickness and aches and pains and panic. Also in the

Did you see my response about the roound ligamant stuff from yoga class?
-Karen-

Gabriel has a cold! I am a first-time mom, and I'm freaking out about
it!!! For a week he had the sniffles and a runny nose, and would wake
up so congested he could barely eat. We would suction his nose, which
he HATED and he would get better. Through the day, it would clear up.

Well, I just got back from the 17 week genetic screening appointment.  Just for
background, I will remind you that I am 39, and will be 40 at due date, so it
was necessary to go in to screen for Down's and other stuff.  
They did the ultrasound, took tons of measurements which were ...

I've just found out that I'm going to be a dad :o) just last night and after
getting over the shock of it I thought I'd have a look on the internet and
found this lovely group.
Well its very early but my partner took a test last night and this morning

I'm beginning to feel a lot more confident in this pregnancy than in the
last one  ... today's the day that everything finally came crashing down
9 weeks, 1 day ago when I lost the last baby.

Not that I have anything against sex selection if you want to give it a
try, but it totally bothers me that some people feel that their families
aren't good enough until they have x- or y-gendered child.
In skimming through pregnancy book recommendations on Amazon (I'm in 2ww

My partner was told that he will not be entitled to any paternity
leave...basically he did 3 months work for this company via an agency and
the week he took on a permanent position with them, we discovered I was
approx 6 weeks pregnant.

I was just wondering if you were still out there and if you took the test?

I am a new mom and co-sleep with my baby.
I adore this arrangement.  Every night my baby flings his little arms
around my neck and puts his little face right up to mine, and every
morning I wake up to his smiling face and he gives me the most

hey guys...need a bit of help.  i have  alist of names i can't decide
on.  i only need one.  but this is what i need from you....only type
which name you like best.  no explanation of why or suggestions of other
names please.  please don't take this the wrong way.   i am just trying

I'm very anxious with bouts of depression during my previous pregnancy
and it seems to be the case this time too. I'm not the type that
thrives under pressure. So it doesn't help that I'm under work
pressure too right now.  This may be my last child. I'm determined to

why do babies ware diapers.