Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / February 2004

I am 33weeks with my first child, and cannot stop thinking about being
pregnant again, a 2nd time.  Cripes! - I haven't even got through birth
yet - it's very strange to be thinking like this :)

I was looking at my belly last night doing its usual break dance moves and
noticed that my belly botton doesnt stick out half as much anymore...
whether sitting, standing or laying down... anyone else have this happen??
Leanne

Had an appt last night everything looks great. Had an u/s, the head measured
one day ahead and the femur two days so baby is about perfect size! We found
out we are having a boy! DH is very excited! I think it makes it more real
for him.

this afternoon I started feeling some pressure very low in my abdomen. It
lasted for almost 2 hours and at times it took my breath away. At the same
time I started having sciatica pain and my pelvis is so painful that I can
hardly walk. Changing position is still the hardest thing ...

Last night I got in bed around 11:00 and was watching tv, feeing fine
then I noticed a pain down the right side of my belly, almost like the
‘‘stretching ligamet pain’’ so i just thought thats what it was
because it would hurt only if i laughed, coughed, OR pressed on the

Shamelessly lifted from Midwifery Today E-News:
A study conducted by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Cambridge University looked at 120,633 second births of singletons.
Among 17,754 of these women who had delivered their first babies by

Had to do it.  Had to put up the usual "omg is this the first kick"
post.  ;-)  I'm pretty sure I have felt this before, but it wasn't as
noticeable as it was this morning.  It felt like a little flutter at
first, and then there was pressure on just one small point, and then it

I have a Copper-T IUD. If I were to want to have it removed (and I'm not
saying I do!), is it better to have it removed during a period or does it
not matter?

Okay, this feels like sort of a silly question, but here goes.  I have a
good number of books for Taylor, and they are currently in bookshelves in
her room.  One of her favorite activities is to go to the shelf that her
books are on, and pull them off, distributing them around her ...

i took a pregnancy test and it showed negaative but i have a the
symtoms.  bloating,  very late period, back ache, sleepy,  also i am
horney more than usual.  my period is about 1 week late.  i figured out
when i would be ovalating and me and my boyfriend did it about the day

Is the drug oxytocin, to induce labor, dangerous for mother or child, please
?
Are there other ways to induce labor (safer drugs, ?)
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I'm finding myself chronically nauseated and frequently throwing up,
at 37 weeks. I had a bit of morning sickness in the first four months,
but it went away after that. Now it's back. Has anyone heard of this?
I'm planning to ask my doctor about it when I see her next week, but

How is the situation with your son, any better?
Marie

I've just heard from a friend in your area who is 36 weeks pregnant and her
baby is breech.  Can you e-mail me and tell me what OB performed your
external version?  You said he's highly recommended, right?  Also, I've not
had luck with the gentlebirth URL for exercises to turn the ...

Just got back from my 37 week checkup.  I had my first internal exam (please
don't start a whole thing about how it's optional and how I could have had
my water inadvertently broken, etc.) and my group B strep culture.  Dr. said
I'm 1 fingertip dilated, which basically means nothing ...