Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / June 2005

in 2 weeks I´ve an analysis of my amnion fluid
(i dont know the right english word for it, we call it "amniozentese").
Could anybody tell me something about this, it´s my first time...Thanks, Al

Very briefly, I was admitted to hospital last Sunday for pain relief, had
Ada Ruth vaginally 18.08 yesterday, 10th June after a fast and furious
labour where the 2nd stage was longer than the 1st, both around 2hrs, she
came out posterior despite having appeared to be anterior at ...

In my wifes maternity notes it says relation to brim and the midwife has put
3/5. What does that mean? He head has been engaged for near two weeks now. I
would have asked at the time, but my evil work would let me have the time
off, so the 37w 4d appointment is the only one I ...

I'm wondering if it's normal at this stage (almost 36 weeks) to have a
racing heart...
I find my heart just starts pounding for unknown reasons.  It happens kind
of out of nowhere and seems to come with nothing in particular.  I could be

I know I've been under a lot of stress lately, and I'm wondering if this is
the case with my symptoms.  The last three days I've had loose bowels, and
today I have diarrhea.  I've been taking my blood pressure, and that has
been normalish.  My pulse rate, though, has been 100-117.  ...

One of those perpetual topics, huh?  I've googled the archives, but I
haven't quite found the answers I'm looking for.
So, I went in for my regularly scheduled appointment on Thursday (31
weeks), and my BP was 168/90 (IIRC).  Coincidentally, it was the day of

today, 10 days after the birth was my first attempt at a normal day at home
with 2 children, it's basically gone fairly well, the only issue being that
my lochia which had basically stopped, has dramatically increased, at one
point a soaked I pad in half an hour, DH was able to ...

My wife and I have been trying desparetly to get preg for 3 years. We
finally got some good news this month. She was 10 days late and a home
preg. test came back positive. We went to the Dr.'s to confirm and sure
enough it was positive. Her HCG level was in the 500's, but her

Had my check up today.  Nothing too exciting to report,
except that my OB was a bit worried about this cough I've
had for a week.  She wrote a perscription for a z-pack
(antibiotics) that I can fill if I don't get better in a couple

Hi all. Here's a weird one for you. My first was a girl and I
experienced really bad knee joint pain from the 2nd trimester on. My
second was a boy and I didn't really have the knee joint pain. Now.. pg
w/#3 I have the knee joint pain again.. even worse than the 1st. Timing

I will be on vacation until July 20 and will not be reading or posting.
(actually, I will still be here tomorrow).
Larry

I went this morning to the doctor's appointment.  Dr. Coolbeans was on
vacation, so I was nervous about meeting a different doctor.
The appointment went really fast.  There was very little waiting for
each part, so I didn't get much knitting done.  His assistant was very

Tadpole (benjamin) arrived on 6-4, weighing a perfectly normal 7 lbs 5 oz,
despite the scary predictions of the ob (i had gd).  HAH!  The birth sucked,
and I don't really want to relive it with a blow by blow (we managed to pull
off a VB with only nine minutes before doctor ...

Does anyone know when it is safe to start giving infants cottage cheese
or yogurt?  My daughter is 8 months old now and is really turning her
nose up at baby food.  She still has no teeth, but does a good job of
mashing with her gums.  I have began to give her cut up (in very small

well I went for my scan today after putting it off for a week but it was a
good job I did really LOL. It turns out that I am only 8 weeks and 4 days
pregnant and not 3 months and about 2 weeks according to my workouts and
midwifes workouts and examinations. It was rather shocking I ...