Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / April 2004

Welcome and congratulations, if you're just found out!  Do you feel
pregnant yet, or is it still new and stunning?  Have you started telling
people?  Started to look around at the hospitals and birth centers near
you, taking prenatals?  Any food cravings, any morning queasiness?

my pregnancy and birth story is up at www.birthstories.com, the title is
"Painful Pregnancy, Early Induction", it's quite long!
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Anne Rogers

I am having a baby shower for my best friend and have a few questions.
How far in advance should I send invitations? What are some good games
to play? And last, but not least . . . I want to serve ONE alcholic
fun drink in addition to the decaf iced tea and sparkling water. Any

That you DH did for you while pregnant?
OR what was the rudest thing he did?
for me the nicest thing,,,so far...is that he does A LOT of house work
for me, now that my belly is big, and he will insist on doing so, and he

Wow-ee, mine occasionally are starting to really hurt! The only way they
don't worry me is that they will go away when I change positions....today I
couldn't lie down on my left side, my stomach was hurting so bad. I feel the
tightness and the relaxing, and even during the relaxing ...

Unless this baby gets in a big hurry, the cool birthdate of 4/4/04 is
out of the question, since it's almost 11:30 pm, and no sign of labor!
;-)
Oh,well - otoh, I'll probably get to at least one seder! ;-)

Well my blood tests came back.  I have been exposed before, as the Dr
assumed.  But I also came up positive for an infection.  He has never seen
this before.  So he called a fetal medicine Dr here in town who wants to see
me tomorrow.  He guesses I've been exposed to a different ...

Sophie, I'm thinking of you and hope the appointment goes well today.
Mary S.
mom to the Sproutkin
and a new wee babysprout, due Oct. 1

this one has slipped under my radar for some reason....
I plan to breastfeed and am aware that nipple confusion is why some people
don't want their babies to use pacifiers....but are there any other reasons
a paci is not ideal? I just assumed everyone used them to comfort crying

On the news yesterday I briefly caught a discussion on the safety of
terbutaline to prevent preterm labour, but I didn't hear the details. I
just tried to google it, but could only come up with some standard answers
that it is perfectly safe. However, the newsitem was about the fact ...

I went to the dentist today. As some of you may recall I'd never been to
the dentist before in my life...
The technician looked me over and said, "Your teeth are beautiful!" and
told me that I had some slight calcification on the back of my 4 bottom

Hi there from NZ
I want some other views of my hgc levels.
I am 34, have had 5 live births with one termination, and three
miscarriages.  I am now 7.6 weeks pregnant/ 5.5 weeks post conception,

How's everyone feeling this month?  Is the morning sickness gone, the
tiredness starting to fade?  Not too huge yet, but enough belly to run
your hands over with that sweet, wistful smile on your face when you
don't think anyone's noticing? :)  How is sleeping, getting more

When is it common to lose your plug? any last minute girls here? I'm
starting to really despair that I'll be pregnant forever. I haven't lost
my plug yet but am soooo swollen, have irregular contrax all day and
fairly regular ones at night (which go away when I sleep). I'm going

Say "Hello" to:
Fraser born February 5, 2004 to proud mama Aprill
Kailey Flynn born February 5, 2004 to proud mama T Flynn
Reagan Shea born February 9, 2004 to proud mama Melanie