Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / March 2005

My wife delivered a healthy baby girl 3 nights ago and she is a very strong
specimen - capable of holding her head up already.  I'm concerned about
several things as a first time Dad and would welcome advice:
She's incredibly 'sucky' and will only really settle off to sleep if ...

Does anyone know what the weight of their baby was at 33 weeks pregnant???

http://www.nwhalliance.org/obstetric_drugs.htm
Fascinating link.
If you think epidurals, pitocin, etc. are "safe" because they are so often
used..... This may give a different perspective. Emphasis in this document

You all have been so helpful in the past I am hoping you can answer
some questions.  I am undergoing IVF and had the embryo transfer last
Saturday.  I went in for blood work to check my hormones on Thursday
(yesterday) and they said my estrogen was low.  They prescribed

Don't know if you can help on this one, but here goes....
Have any of you experienced wrist/fingerjoint pain gradually coming on
after the birth of your baby?
I gave birth nearly 2 weeks ago and in the last few days the pain has

Just spotted this on Yahoo! news:
Caesarians Do Not Stop Postnatal Depression -Study
http://tinyurl.com/3sjuj
Why would anyone expect that they would?

We're hitting a challenging spell with Micah (well, another one, that is --
it seems like the last 3 1/2 months have been one long challenging
spell!!) and I wanted to get different perspectives on babies and
sleeping.  He used to nurse down at night and then sleep for 4-5 hours,

On the one night I'm actually *not* wanting to go into labor, baby feels
like it's trying to *squirm* its way out?
My mother decided on Thursday that she wanted to do a blessingway for me on
Saturday. At 39 weeks. Better late than never, but now I would prefer NOT to