Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / April 2004

Girl! We had a scan on Wednesday (26.5 weeks) to see if we could find out
the cause of some pulling pains I'd been having. Fortunately baby and
placenta looked fine, so it must be just muscles and ligaments but I'm not
taking any chances with another abruption or any kind of ...

I just wanted to share...I was so excited, last night for the first time
ever, I *saw* my belly move at the same time I felt a kick!!!!!  I
really love this being pregnant deal!!!!   I am 22 wks, and I didn't
think that it would happen this soon.  How far along were others the

Thought I'd introduce myself though I'm not much of a poster.
I'm one of the old mom's...I'll be 37 when this "surprise baby" boy arrives
sometime around 9/13.  I have 10 yr. old by and 6 yr. girl.
Thanks for the great reading everyone!

Happy 37th Birthday, Sharon!
I hope you have a wonderful day!  :-)

My husband and I (well, lol, it was my idea, and he doesn't know it yet!)
plan to give a small gift bag to each of our mothers on the day they first
visit the baby. It looks like it will be while we are still in the hospital,
I can compromise on that as long as they let us have a ...

Besides being hopelessly past due for an eye exam, the glasses I was
wearing bit the dust beyond repair last week or so when playing with ds.
Luckily, I had a few sets of contacts in the cupboard and luckily they
feel fine, and otherwise I had an old pair of specs in the drawer ...

Hi ladies!!!
Just a quick note to let you know that:
Ashley Lynn was born on 3-31-04 at 2:51 p.m. via c-section. She weighed
in at 7lbs 6oz and was 20" long.. She has a head full of dark blond hair

can someone please recommend a GOOD hpt?
I have been buying First Response, but one of them was a faulty test and the
rest have been negative.
I am 4 days late and I am really hoping I am pregnant, but I am afraid that

Hi all! I am in my 6th week now and everything went fine until yesterday I
discovered some brownish stains in my underwear that nearly made me faint.
I am so scared... what would that be? Is that something every wrong going
on? It's doesn't look like blood and it's not too much ...

Hi;
I had read in a thread wees/months ago about baby sign language. My
husband & I seem to agree that this is such a great way t help our
little baby communicate .. eases both of our frustrations (ours & the

Hi group,
I'm 9 weeks and have known for 3 weeks, at the beginning I was over the
moon, this lasted for about 2 weeks, now I cant raise a smile, I don't want
to talk about it with anyone.

Hi new Mama!
We've been reading about you and Morgan, but I personally want to know how
YOU are doing, as we have several aches and pains in common.
Have your carpal tunnel symptoms subsided?  What about the nasal congestion?

When people tell you their unwelcome labor horror stories, shoot back
at them with this one:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/04/06/health.caesarean.reut/index.html
DH and I agree -- this lady is an even bigger stud than the guy who

Because men don´t do anything useful in their lives, they are just
becoming fat and lazy.

It was fun going out this morning looking at properties.
The friendly Real Estate guys grinning and asking when we're due.
"um, today actually"
then the shock on their faces < my turn to grin >