Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / November 2004

Born Monday Oct 25 at 10:02 am weighing 7lb, 6.5 oz.  Apgar scores of 9 and
9, and a full head of dark hair and her daddy's habit of lowering her
eyebrows at you.  :-))
I was scheduled for a cesarean Monday morning at 9:00 so we got up early and

Is there anything that you can do to lessen your chances of having a non
'healthy' child prior to pregnancy?
~Carol Ann

Hello again,
We are now at 38 weeks and waiting for baby to arrive any time!
However, I know of a tragic case where baby was alive and kicking in the
evening, but had died before the induction next morning!  The placenta had

Like CY I have been cramping a lot this pregnancy, I remember it happening
last time, but definitely not as much. This weekend it got much worse,
eventually I decided I had better get checked by the weekend doctor, he was
able to confirm that it was very unlikely to be ectopic ...

At first, he *hated* latex soothers, and now, he seems to love them and
hate the silicone ones!  What a kooky kid!  ;-)  We only have 2 latex
ones because he seemed to hate them so much (we have 4 or 5 of the other
ones).  If I try to stick a silicone one in his mouth, he gags ...

I'm not going to take the time right now to answer all the messages (although I
did read and assimilate them--thanks!) because I don't have a phone line in my
bedroom and I want to get back there ASAP.
So this is what I am doing.  I have stayed in bed (except for a hot bath and

I'm pregnant!!  I know I posted here before to announce but today I had an
ultrasound as I have been cramping (thanks for the advice, Ilse) and I got
to see the little peanut and they got a heartbeat (140) and now I feel like
I can finally relax and be excited about this baby!!

Hello again (wow, I am an active poster these days - must be hormonal ;-)  )
Since the very beginning DH and I had agreed on Catherine to name our coming
baby girl. However, in the past week, one name keeps popping up, and doesn't
seem to let me rest: Frédérique.  I know in ...

TTC for past nine months! Have read TCOYF from cover to cover. Charting
temps and fluid and I've started to notice a pattern of EW as early as CD8
but no temp rise until maybe CD14 or later, and fluid only creamy around
this time. Any ideas?!

Just casting about for opinions here . . .
I believe I mentioned here a few weeks ago that our  1998 Dodge Durango (our
only car) bit the dust.  The engine burned up due to a lack of oil (there was
oil in the car--it sludges up and doesn't get in the engine; this is a problem

Her Dad says she is still in a lot of pain..;(
no baby yet, he ‘‘thinks’’ she had an epidural...but he's not
100% sure.....
I think she is having a really hard time....

I emailed her Dad, and she is in the hospital right now.
they expect the baby to be born this afternoon..;-)
I'll keep checking with him..

I had another ultrasound Thursday (at 29 weeks 3 days) and everything
is progressing as it should.
My cervix is about five and a half centimeters and still tightly
closed.  The twins were head down this time.  One weighs three pounds

I know this has been asked before, but at what age can you stop worrying
about your baby's head shape and sleep them on their backs?
DD is four months old and since birth I've slept her on her side in a
'wedge' consisting of a long triangle (which goes behind her back) and a

Sophie (or anyone else)
How do you do your website with the pictures?  I saw that at our photo place
where we take our digital chip in had an option to "print to webpage."  What
do you do to update/add pictures to your site?  I am very computer unsavvy