Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / September 2004

I will be flying with my 2 year old son, my hubby and my big belly in
the winter (I'll only be about 24 weeks, so it shouldn't be too bad).
Since PG women cannot really lift/carry much, I was thinking I would
push my ds in a stroller while my dh carries all the carry-on bags.

My name is Lisa and I've been lurking for a couple of weeks.  I am 41
and the mother of a wonderful 2 year old boy whom we adopted at birth.
I am now pregnant for the first time and my expected due date is
February 7, 2005.  I look forward to participating in this newsgroup!

Ethan my ds was born on July 14 and I never got around to posting a
birth story - so here is an abbreviated one as well as a link to his
webpage with a few pictures!
http://users.adelphia.net/~forcem/Ethan.htm

I posted the other day about my allergies and a few people suggested Zyrtec.
When I asked my OB what I could take, he said OTC claritin, generic name
loratadine, was fine. I'm in week 34. I know I was not allowed to take it
(or any antihistamine) when I was nursing (four out of the ...

I will be 20 weeks pregnant with our first child in a few days time. Apart
from the usual morning sickness and generally feeling tired all has
progressed normally until recently.
I have started to get alarmingly close to passing out when I am on my feet

I'm interested in hearing what you all count as being a first word.
DS has had several words that he has used correctly for a week or
more, but then quit saying them as he moved onto learning new words.
His first was the word "up" at 8 months.  He used it for several days

Is it normal during a level 2 ultrasound at 20 weeks to be in pain
afterwards?  The doctor pressed VERY hard on my wife and even adjusted the
bed to get more leverage.  This is the second time we've left his office
with her in pain (Dr. Nadel at Mass General).  The first time at ...

Gosh. I didn't know what "worrying" meant until yesterday.
I had my 29 week appointment with my midwife. As we listened to Baby's
heart, we could hear a sudden "hiccup" in the heartbeat. Strong, solid,
regular, then, suddenly, a beat out of tune. The midwife said she was not

I was talking to my friend today, and she is convinced that something has
changed with the baby.  She said a couple of weeks ago, all she felt were
'pulses' instead of kicks, and now she can feel proper kicks and movement.
Also, she used to be able to feel/palpate the baby - head, ...

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

He is a very cuddly boy!  He *loves* to fall asleep on my lap.  The only
problem is that he overheats.  :-(  I have the air conditioning running
even though it's actually not that hot out, and it's all for him (no
wonder I was so hot all the time during pregnancy - it was all ...

My wife had a very difficult vaginal birth with our son (15 months
ago). It was a textbook labor until she had an epidural & then it just
really slowed up....the baby then became very lethargic on the heart
monitor. To cut a long story short after about 8 hours she was told

This is Sarah posting from DH's computer, as mine's packed.  Along with
most of our other stuff, though unfortunately not all of it, which is
somewhat of a problem since the moving men are turning up in five hours'
time.  :-(

Ok - so I just got back from my 29 week appointment.  Baby girl is
still breech.  Is this normally a problem at 29 weeks?  No not really
but when you factor in 3 other ultrasounds, all breech throughout my
pregnancy.  Now I know you are asking 4 ultrasounds!!!  My doctors

whew.I don't think this classifies as PPD, but I have been in a very bad
mood for several days. I am bored, sad, unhappy, dissatisfied, not content.
I have not been able to "snap out of it". Could this be hormonal? That's
what it feels like- bad PMS where everything is wrong and ...