Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / October 2004

Hi,
Anybody from Houston, TX? I would appreciate if you could give me some
suggestions: in the following three hospitals, which one is better for
delivery?

There's something I really don't understand.  Quinn, now 5mos old, over
the past couple weeks has started sleeping well... at what I would think
to be a normal pattern.  He sleeps more now than he ever did as a
newborn and has started taking decent sized naps (more than 20-30

hi there;
I wonder which one is more important: the ob/gyn, or the condition of
the hospital you will delivery. I am trying to choose an OB/GYN, here
I have two options:

Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice.  I'm now 5 1/2 months
pregnant, and for the past couple of weeks have been having swelling in my
ankles, feet and hands.  At first it would come and go, but now it seems to

I am at week 7 and today i have noticed some light spotting, is this normal?
This is also the first day ive experianced morning sickness, is it connected?
Thankyou
simone

Ok, so Quinn almost 5mos old has thrush.  I think he's had it for a
little while and was asymptomatic so I didn't worry about it.  It spread
to the other side of his mouth and he's began arching back and grimacing
during feedings so I figured it was time to go see the doc this ...

OK, I think I'm going to throw it out.  Max was sleeping so WELL and
someone just HAD to call, and now he's fussing from it (poor kid - I
hope he gets back to sleep).  I can't turn the volume down any lower on
this stupid phone.  It's a super cheap phone that kills your ears even ...

Hi!  I posted here while i was pregnant, but now mostly lurk.  There have
been several discussions of pets and babies, and I just wanted to share a
good pet story!   I am so excited that our cats are so good with the baby
that we now leave our bedroom door open at night and the ...

Can someone enlighten me as to what Fiifths(?) and hand, mouth and foot
disease is. I'd never heard of these until I started lurking on this site
and with a 3 yr old and one on the way, I'm intrigued.
Thanks

I had a very good 36 week appointment!  
My BP was 132/70, lower than it's been in weeks.  No protein, and I only gained
1 lb. (that never happened before).  Still don't know, and don't wish to know,
my total weight gain.

only 10 days til i reach my EDD.  Jeff mentioned today that Bonnie was still
"cheesy" when she was born so now my midwife said if she had known that I
would have been watched for preterm labor and maybe she was not as early as
we all thought.. But she said it does not matter now ...

Can someone help us?  I've just done 3 home pregnancy tests - 2 of "Reveal"
brand and one of "First response".  The 2 Reveal tests resulted in two faint
but visible lines, almost identical, but the control line was lighter.
I then done First Response and the same result - test ...

I tried to post this yesterday but never did see it so please excuse
me if you do see it and I am repeating myself.
Yesterday, I have my 14 week pre-natal check-up and got to hear the
baby's heartbeat for the first time.  I always love that part and was

When I go to see my OB I have discussed certain things with him, some of
which are important and some are just mentions of personal things about
me and my family. Several times when I have brought these things up
later he acts like he has absolutely no memory of me ever mentioning ...

A Birth BINGO!  A HUSBAND!
Kevin wrote:
"Well, I've never been in a delivery room before AND I'm not the woman
having the child so, assuming that my wife's too stressed or upset to think