Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / August 2004

I am over 3 months postpartum now, and I notice that I have joint....not
really pain, but discomfort and the most accurate word I can come up with is
aching. It is mainly in my ankles but I also notice it in my hips and
wrists.

Finally!  In 37 minutes I will be 37 weeks pregnant.  (Cute
coincidence, there.  :-)
I am SO eager to have this baby.  Can I just be honest for a minute
and tell you all that I do not enjoy this?  At all?  I wanted to be a

Well, tomorrow is, if I charted correctly, 14 dpo in our second cycle
ttc #2...
Last month we didn't try very hard - we only decided to start trying
halfway through the month, I hadn't taken any BBT's and sort of flew by

Well, it's been a long, difficult week.
I started spotting again (3rd time this pg) last weekend. Knew I was getting
toward the end of the "12 week" coverage period for rhogam from the last
pg... so I had to test my backup systems. Interestingly, the part I was

Into the second half of pregnancy!  So it's all swiftly downhill from
here, eh? :)  How's everyone feeling?  Is your body telling you to start
slowing down, taking it a little easier?  How is sleeping going -- lots
of pillows stuck into every nook?  Bellybutton flattening out yet, ...

My fingers and toes joints are swollen, tender and I have no strength.  It's
worse overnight and gets better during the day.  Last night I woke up and it
felt like my fingers were almost "stuck" in the bent position.  My hips and
pubic bone have ached for weeks but this just started ...

Re: men and babys  
"Kathynomore" wrote in message
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Just a quick question. I have been wondering for a while, just how does the dr.
"strip" your membranes?
Thanks,
Jeri

Well I found out on Saturday that my boyfriends brother and his "fiance" are
also expecting.  This just annoys the h*ll out of me so much.  DB and I even
held off telling his family till we were at least 3 months because we knew
the brother and fiance are monkey see monkey gotta ...

I posted the question below to another group which I though was OK to
post this question to. (misc.kids)  I know it's not technically a
pregnancy group but I know there are some posters on there that post
to this group (or at lease did a few years ago)  Maybe I am wrong, or

Ok I know if I was not lazy I could look all this up but you are so good at
informing us poor uninformed women all the time that I would just yell for
help;)  ok here I go..
1 good thing- According to yesterdays ultrasound dear little Xavier is about

The more than one kid thread is getting me thinking about possible spacing
options. I'm interested in your personal experiences, but I have some
extra data:
I'm going to be 40 next year.  Kay was born this February.  Should I try

OK, give me the truth.  How much different is two kids than one.  I
know many people do it and seem to survive but I'd love to hear the
lowdown from you experienced moms of what to really expect.  Some of
my concerns/questions may seem a bit trivial but I wonder anyway.

My doctor just prescribed me the NuvaRing and he said that you
shouldn't be able to feel it if it is in correctly.  Well does that
mean you can't feel it (like you can feel when a tampon is in wrong)
or does it mean you can't feel it with your finger?  Now that I think

How are all the almost-almost-theres?  :)  Knee-deep in childbirth
classes?  Waking up a zillion times at night, have to pee more often?
Take some video of those alien-baby-earthquake kicks and tumbles, if you
can catch them.  Any belly hiccups?  Those are the best.  How's life