Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / December 2004

Allison Joy Metler
6 lbs 11 oz
November 26, 2004, 12:30 pm CST (35 weeks)
19 1/2 inches

I never thought I would look forward to going to work as much as I did by
yesterday.
We went to the beach on Wednesday to have a long Thanksgiving weekend-the
five of us, my parents, and my brother and his family. There were 11 of us.

I KNOW I am getting $100 from my mom so I am thinking of gettin a sewing
machine from walmart.  my MIL said she is goin to get me a hand beater since
I dont have one.  I am hoping they will get a Pizza Pizzazz as well.. I
think that is what it is called.. it cooks the pizza out ...

I visited my family over Thanksgiving. They live a five-hour drive
away, so it was the first time I saw them since August and it will
probably be the last time I see them until after the baby is born.
I have two nieces and a nephew, ages 8, 10, and 12. They are all

...than children who are bottlefed and use pacifiers (dummies).
No kidding.  Italian researchers have found that babies who
bottlefed or sucked on dummies were twice as likely to have
crooked teeth as children who are breastfed.  And apparently,

Hi, ladies (mostly? I think),
this is the first post to this newsgroup, so let me introduce myself a
little bit. My wife and I are both international (Czech) PhD students in
Boston, MA, expecting our first in the middle January (hoping to finish

I wore maternity clothes for the first time today, I'm only 11 weeks and 3
days. I have a rounded tummy, but no bump, I think I can just feel the top
of my uterus, a smidgen above my pubic bone. I'm at that point where people
who don't know will just think I'm getting a bit ...

AN AUNTY NOW!
the baby came of her own accord.  my SIL's water's broke and then the baby
came a matter of hours later.  it's a girl. whoo hoo!  No need for
induction!  (phew)

I don't know why it took me so long to think of Usenet, given that
pregnancy message boards on the web have been driving me crazy...
Hi, I'm Rivka, and I'm 19 weeks pregnant with my first.
I'm a 31-year-old psychologist living in Baltimore MD with my

Xavier is sound asleep right now.  If I keep up with decongestants every 4
hours he is sounding ok but you can hear when they wear off. I have him
swaddled and in his bassinet so hopefully he will sleep good tonight.
Swaddling is hard to do on him you have to hold him until he is ...

For those interested or who wonder/worry when people drop outta sight for a
while, just wanted to let you know that I will not be online for a
while......a "while" means, a period of time that I don't know how long it
will be! We are redoing some computer stuff that we never did get ...