Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / September 2004

Any advice on or experiences with amniocentesis?  My blood tests came back
with an elevated risk for Down's Syndrome (I'm 30, my risk was what they
would have expected for a 34 yr. old).  I am scheduled for an ultrasound
tomorrow and depending on what that tells us, my husband ...

As neither family is particularly religious, I'd like to organise a naming
ceremony for Ana instead of a christening at the end of October, when she'll
be nearly four months old. It won't be anything particularly formal with a
celebrant, just a gathering of our friends and family, ...

Oh my goodness - does that mean I'm officially in the third trimester now?!
The appointment was really good, but the midwife and I talked too much and I
forgot to discuss birth plans.  I got my blood test results back, and they
were laughable - iron is higher than it was many times ...

Hi all, Well, we finally gave up trying to get clamps and make the
Jenny Lind crib work (other post on this group).  Thanks to all that
tried to help, we just never could get it to feel as sturdy and stable
as we wanted.

we have now a son: www.siemenhellinx.be.
We already had a daughter www.amelie.be (born July 21, 2002).

How are you feeling this month, three-monthers?  You're almost out of
the first trimester
(depending on how you count) -- still feeling sick and tired, or are you
starting to pick up?  Do you look pregnant?  Heard the heartbeat yet, or

So far this week we have had to call out the plumber to fix a broken pipe,
I've been told the cat badly needs dental treatment, and now the video
player, my sanity saver giving me 1/2 an hour to cook tea, has died and
needs replacing.  We were trying to save a little for the new ...

The full question is a little more specific.
I know that not every woman will have a quicker labor the second or
subsequent times, but that does seem to be the general trend. In my
first labor I was supposedly stuck at 6 cm for 4 hours. Second labor,

My very close and much younger friend delivered her baby today! :)  I
was totally shocked to receive her phone message as her due date was
Oct. 26/04!!  So little Alexandra came 4 - 5 weeks early!  I went to
the Seattle are to visit my friend, K, at the beginning of this month

we have two girls and would love to have another baby but would love a boy.
Can anyone advise whether it is possible to plan for  a boy.
Mrs B

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I'm 16 weeks pregnant. I know the baby is supposed to move a little
bit, but i feel like its kicking and i don't think its normal. I feel
it "kicking" in different places and sometimes its one hard "kick" and
sometimes its a lot of "kicks". It happens all through out the day and

this probably seems quite minor to those with c-section scars, but I
understand that you are not supposed to get pregnant til at least a year
after a c-section, but my laparoscopy was 3 months ago, one incision is in
my belly button and that has been fine, but I do get a little ...

Haven't seen a post from Mary S in the last day or so (or maybe I'm missing
more posts than I think I am).
Can we start assuming yet??
(If you are still "intact" - here's some labour vibes~~~; If you are in

I have seen a lot about cautioning against travel in the first and third
trimesters, but not much about the second.  Is this safe?  If not, what
makes it not safe?  I will be talking to my doctor about it too, of course,
but I wondered what opinions people here have about taking a ...