Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / February 2005

Quinn is still having fevers off and on and has now since Sunday.  If
he's still the same tomorrow morning our doctor wants us to come back in
for some more blood tests.  Also, He's not eating or drinking hardly
anything.  We basically had to force feed him last night as he was

Wow, do I have a lot of catching up to do.  Have been without internet for
an eternity (a week) and there are SO many messages!!
Anyway, for those that are interested, I guess the Shettles method worked
for us because we are having a BOY!!!!!  The u/s tech said she was 100% sure

I'm out of the hospital now, the doctor described me as a text book case,
though it's something I've never heard of. He said I would be sore for a
while, I have a course of antibiotics to complete, but the likelyhood is
that this is a blip, which will be solved by growing the ...

Claire Roche, who lives in London, UK, has given birth to her first child, a
daughter called Isabella.
Her daughter was born on Christmas Day. Claire had been told she would have
to be induced, as her baby was two weeks overdue.

What hospital do you recommend in Boston, MA and why? I live near Mass
General and NEMC, so I consider them. NEMC would be the cheapest for
me. Do you any stories about those hospitals (considering having a
baby)? Anything negative?

We were expecting him to be born with blue eyes, instead they're nearly
black.  It's very odd looking, his coloring is like a dark dark grey with a
hint of green when the light hits it.  They don't look brown.  Any ideas
where this color is heading?  It's not a natural looking ...

Are there any australian parents groups I can contribute to?

I am starting to make a list to prepare for my homebirth. The midwife gave
me a great list of things that I should get but my one problem is food. I am
thinking I should have something prepared for the midwives but am at a loss
as to what I can prepare ahead of time. I don't want to ...

so what are good foods for iron, ones I recall are red meat, leafy green
vegetables, dark chocolate, none of which I eat regularly, any other ideas?

Just so no one worries :)  I'll be away for
bit, probably back to posting over the weekend.
Emily
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I had my weekly appointment today and, since he was swabbing for GBS anyway,
I let him do an internal. I'm already 2 cm dilated (which I know doesn't
mean anything), but I am now asking the baby to start coming next Friday at
1 p.m. This will make him/her exactly 37 weeks (so no ...

I posted yesterday that I'm 2cm dilated and that, intellectually I know that
doesn't mean anything. However, I was up from midnight to nearly 2 a.m.
worrying that I'm going to go into labor early (i.e., before 37 weeks) and
have to deal with a premature baby. Now I'm also, ...

So, last night I dreamt that I was much further along than I am and
went into labour. I posted something about it on mkp, and one of you
wonderful ladies (I don't know who!) somehow travelled over the
internet and stepped out through my computer and hung out with me,

I don't want to believe the following brief abstract.
The first study to examine the probability of HIV infection per act
of heterosexual sex among a population with multiple sexual partners
has found that uncircumcised men have more than twice the risk of

i just read in a parenting magazine: "the reality is [in] the second
birth...labour is usually half as long - and often even shorter". so i'd
like to know if that is correct. so:
how long was your first labour?