Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / August 2004

That's it: quite in advance, because he always feels he "owes" something to
his boss and colleagues, DH has announced to them that he will be taking a
two-months parental leave (January and February 2005). He will also be
taking one week of vacation after I give birth in November. ...

One of my baby's eyes tends to cross in towards her nose.  It's not
extremely pronounced, but enough for me to be able to tell that it's not
straight.  It occurs mainly when she's looking off to the side or looking up
at me.  I've read that premies tend to have this problem and that ...

Hi everyone. I'm in the UK, 16 weeks pregnant with my 6th child. My oldest
will be 15 when the baby is born and there will be a 7 year age gap between
my youngest and the new baby! I have hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
and take 150 mcg thyroxine for that. Anyone else using ...

Hi All :o)
Just wondeirng when registering a birth what id you need to bring with you?
I've completely forgotten how long after the birth you have to register the
birth?

Happy Belated 1st Birthday, Jennifer's (HOWA476) DD!
I hope you had a wonderful day!  :-)

The baby is putting odd pressure on my left side.  I feel pain when I
try to inhale fully.  DH wonders if it's pressure on the diaphragm.  I
probably still have an enlarged spleen (long story, but let's just say
that my spleen is not a normal size and hasn't been for at least a ...

I have been holding off on this one because DH ticked me off yesterday (ok
not hard to do i am 31 weeks pregnant;))  When I was in labor with Bonnie I
kept getting left alone and i did not like it.  DH pointed out that it was
never for more then 6 minutes (cig breaks) but I felt ...

Well, first of all, thanks to everyone for the BP lowering/PIH advice.  I am
drinking more water, trying to rest more, and taking more magnesium.  I am not
as swollen as I was that one day.
And at my appointment today, I was not spilling protein, and my BP was 128/80.

Today I got a package in the mail.  I was kind of excited because I never
get packages in the mail, then I opened it and saw it was baby related so
that was great too.  Till I opened it and discovered a container of formula.
How do they even get my address??  I'm not planning to use ...

OMG this had *better not* continue.  Last night was so painful that I
begged for contractions.  Everything in my pelvic area (pubic bone
especially) was just horrible and wouldn't stop.  I'm assuming that the
baby is lower and is putting more pressure on everything.

Posted this over at mkb, but no luck so far, so I thought I'd ask here
even though it's not entirely on topic for a pregnancy group:
It seems to be accepted wisdom among breastfeeding advocates that bottle
introduction should be left to 4 - 6 weeks to reduce the risk of 'nipple

Does this stuff *really* do any good?  I haven't been able to find
studies or anything.
I'm forgetting what the useful dose is supposed to be -- I seem to
recall it's the more the merrier, and a really long steeping time?

Sometimes I search for info on this ng before asking a question. In
old posts (as in older than year 2000), sometimes I see replies from
OBs, MDs and Doctors in general. What happened in the last few years?
They just decided they are not needed here or not being heard? If they

Has anyone else had weird dreams while pregnant?  The other night I woke up
crying 'cos I dreamt something had happened to DD.  And last night, I
dreamed that 2 Olympic athletes had commited suicide.   I'm guessing it is a
hormone/stress thing, but I don't like it.

So far I've checked out the maternity clothing sections of Mamas and
Papas, & Mothercare.  Mamas & Papas didn't seem to have anything worth
buying.  Mothercare was a lot better, & I got a pair of maternity jeans
& a decent pair of navy trousers which should see me through a lot ...