Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / June 2005

I started having irregular, mostly painless, uncomfortable contractions on
Friday, June 3rd. This continued through Monday. I fell asleep Monday night
at about midnight and was awoken at just before 2:00 am by a very painful
contraction. I got up to pee and to see if that would ...

I do not post here much, I mostly lurk.  I am having what many of you would
consider a very interventionist pregnancy, and please respect that this is
my choice.  We went through IVF and I am now 30w5d pregnant with twins.  I
am willing to do anything to keep these babies safe ...

Did you know that some women who cannot conceive earlier in life may be
able to later in life due to their genes?  I found this really
intersting when I found out.  As unfortunate as it is that some women
cannot conceive earlier in life its really hopeful and promising to

i'm 23 weeks. for the past couple of days i have been lacking any appetite.
i'm not feeling queasy or anything, just not hungry. when pregnant with DS i
couldn't stop eating, so this is very different. and i usually adore food. i
certainly don't have any cravings.

And it was much better than last time... Word to the wise... when you get a
mirena, make sure you get an EXPERIENCED practitioner. The difference
between "I've never done this type before" and "I've done thousands of
these" was huge. I was NOT on my period, cramped twice, said ...

   My wife is about 17 weeks pregnant and our housemate just brought
home a new kitten.  We've read about toxoplasmosis and that my wife
shouldn't go near the kitty litter.  Other than that, is this a safe
situation?  I might add that the cat never goes outside.  Does this

I don't know if this is true etc, but one of R's friends has recently (one
week ago) had a little girl.
She's told R that her daughter has a swollen breast with milk collecting in
it.

Recent Births (date format mm/dd/yy)
05/24/05 Anita- Rocky
05/26/05 CY- "AJ"
05/27/05 Jo- William Matthew

A few weeks ago I saw a great cover for a stroller but I have lost the
site. It was made of net/mesh, it's placed over the stroller and looks
like a small tent, great to keep the bugs away from babies when having
a nap in the garden.....if you know of the mesh like tent could you

I keep having these women tell me, "Oh, you're having a boy/girl because you
are carrying so high."  Isn't this an old wives tale?  Just curious, because
I had a girl last time, and I was definitely carrying much lower.  What
makes the difference on how you carry, anyways?

I was going to write a lovely whaaaambulance cry, but changed my mind.
Instead, I'll just cut to the chase. I have questions for anyone who
has been there done that with SPD or asthma.
SPD first:

Well this is me back for pg #2.  Congratulations Andrea, I see that you're
here too :-)  Hello to everyone else that I hope wil become firm friends
over the coming weeks/months.
My ds will be 2 on Monday (born at 34 weeks so I'll be keeping my legs

I lurk in this newsgroup even though I'm no longer pregnant and never
intend to be pregnant again (two miscarriages and two preemies with my
last coming early with all medical and physical prevention possible is
enough).  There is often good advice here even though I don't carry ...

How old are the kids?
What's the latest developmental stage?
What's your child's passion?
What's your kid's favorite thing (book or possession)?

Well, I got a 99.  Which is almost an A+  :)  They tell me that this is
a "pass," which means that I can get my husband AND my doctor off of my
back simultaneously.  Beautiful!
Carb loading for a few days before, then eating only protein the day