Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / January 2005

In case anyone remembers me posting back in December about first trimester
screening and what kind of results I can expect - I did get my results
today. It was only so long because I had got a call from the hospital saying
everything was OK, but they didn't leave the exact results. ...

Today went to doc for 19w ultrasound and saw some beaking of the cervix
which apparently seemed to coincide with some sort of contraction (which i
could not feel).  The beaking stopped after the contraction did.  However, I
had what I thought was a killer braxton hicks on friday ...

    Today's Washington Post reports that federal experts have issued
new guidelines advising women with asthma not to stop their meds during
pregnancy.  Apparently, the guidelines were published in the Journal
of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.  They say that the risk of asthma

As for this crew, we've all had the dreaded lurgy for the past week. I've
been down on my knees thanking God for bf as DS (not quite 5 mo) only got a
mild cold whilst DD has been quite sick and feverish.  She has also
developed the cutest little voice and has been squeaking away at ...

Okay, this is just so weird.  Back in September I found out both my sisters
were pregnant, and there was a good possibility I was, also.  It turned out
I wasn't.  One sister (M) had a miscarriage in November, and the other one
(L) is due in May.   I just heard from M. today that ...

Hello, I'm 16 weeks pregnant.  At my last ob/gyn visit, my
doctor was concened that I tested positive for ketones.
Looking at my urinalysis, she was under the impression that
I hadn't had anything to eat all day when, in fact, I had

Slept 7 1/2 hours in two "chunks" (i.e. only had to get up to pee once and
went back to sleep right away) today.
Woke up, actually folded laundry... I have this wonderful new system,
described at the end.

A week ago I managed to do some simple arithmetic in my head (haven't been
able to do that since I got pregnant) and today AF was back.  Coincidence?
I think not.
Aiden has started crawling too.  If you can call pushing forward with your

I'm slated to give a talk to healthcare providers on "helping mothers
to have an emotionally secure pregnancy and childbirth." I need your
help! Please share with me about the healthcare providers you
encountered who were NOT sensitive. What did they do that riled you;

Thought I would let you know that Ezekiel has made it into the world.  It
starts on January 5th around 4:45 am.  I was waken by Eva as she was
entering my room telling me to go to the bathroom.  She was right I did have
to go potty.  As I was crawling out of bed I felt as if I was ...

In Sheila Kitzinger's book "The Complete Book of Pregnancy and
Childbirth", she suggests that iron supplementation is not necessary
for the 'normal' drop in hemogloblin from mid-pregnancy. This reduced
hemoglobin is a sign that plasma volume is rising and that the placenta

http://home.comcast.net/~anohito/cradletograve.htm
I'm a high school teacher in Washington state. When my wife was
pregnant with our now-5-year-old child, I wrote this little research
paper on maternal mortality prior to the 20th century. It's pretty

After hoping and keeping my fingers crossed that this will be a post dates
baby, I might be asking too much.  This weekend we were holed up inside
during an ice "storm" and I not only took a nap Saturday, but on Sunday,
too.  I have to say, it felt pretty good.  The only thing ...

So, after those nine long months of waiting, your baby is finally here!
Feeling shellshocked?  How bad is the sleep deprivation?  How amazing is
it to get to know your little one at last after those months of carrying
him or her?  For those of you who are brand new moms, is the ...

I know, I know, I've been sooo behind in posting/reading here.  In fact, I
think I've gone though a good third of this pregnancy without doing so!
So, I'm somewhere between 30-33 weeks along (dating US says March 23rd, my
midwife and I both think I'm closer to the 3rd).  I failed ...