Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / November 2004

Hi all...
Well... My backup midwife was very nice this time, less cold than usual, but
then she had some disturbing points to discuss with me, which made my blood
pressure rise quite a bit - but nothing worrying.

Our first baby is due at the end of January'05 and I'm thinking ahead trying
to arrange everything necessary while I still have some of my sanity left

Does anyone have any recommendations on which maternity TENS machines are

OK. Going to have to redo the whole thing it looks like...let's give this a
try.... *fingers crossed*
Please let me know if I need to move you from Future to Proud mamas and
papas... (and please let me know if you were an October mama and papa and

Do or did any of your babies have cute habits that you didn't expect?  Our
son, Timothy, surprised us with his very first sneeze... right after he went
"Ah... choo!" he made a noise kind of like a cross between "..auuuu!" and
"owww!"  Kind of high-toned, almost like he thought ...

Something just didn't sit right with me about the way Rachel's former
pediatrician's office has done during this situation- not specifically that
thwy refuse to allowe her back in for her flu shot (they also refuse to see
her at all, NOT that I have tried to get her to go back- I ...

They have FAT bellies and even FATTER butts, that makes them even more
digusting than non-pregnant women are.
Some are so fat, that their movement causes EARTHQUAKES !!!
FAT !

We had a double header today-because of the holiday, my usual Thursday
appointment ended up being on Tuesday, which meant a lot of redundancy. And
actually, that was probably a good thing, because "Cuddles" decided NOT to
cooperate with the Non-stress test-she kept moving and as a ...

On this not-so-beautiful-out day of my pregnancy, now at week 40 + 3 days, I
have just completed a yoga session at home...  Yikes!  The last one I did
was a week ago, and oh my have things changed!
I cannot stretch half as far as I used to, every movement must be done very

All right, this baby is late.  Well, that's OK, I can deal with it.  At
worst, I have 13 days to go...
Today's program is a walk, swimming, a movie, and another walk.
I have been having those weird ... I don't dare call them contractions

Hi, everyone -- just a quick birth story while my mom's holding the baby...
:)
I guess Dirk posted the news that we had Micah on Sunday.  As you know,
Saturday early morning I started contractions -- they got stronger and

People are always keen to tell you how much better re-usable nappies are for
the enviroment, but they fail to tell you how disgusting they can be! I
worked in a nursery, where a 14 month old boy wore these things, and we
dreaded changing him. If the child has a bowel movement, and ...

Migraines, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I've always gotten migraines. Since I was in third grade. The doctor didn't
want to believe that's what it was at first. People don't usually get them
as children or something. But I had all the symptoms. Sensitivity to light,

Anyone used the lubricant Preseed while TTC? Any luck with that conceiving?
Thanks.

Hey all
I had my 33 week check up and it all went good.  The baby is heads down and
had dropped.  now talk about uncomfortable.  I forgot what it felt like.
BP is excellent, no protein, I only gained 6 lbs so far, and the baby is

Not that long now to go until our first baby is due so as you can all
imagine, I'm a nervous wreck!!  I think I'm fretting more than my wife!!
We thought we should sort out her bag to go into hospital but I've read so
many different lists it all gets a bit too much to think about.