Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / June 2005

Joy,
I'm thinking about you and wondering how your appointment with the
perinatologist went.  Post when you feel up to it.  
Leslie

I'm trying to find out what the name of the special article of clothing
is.  It's a shirt for infants without buttons and with only a string to
tie it.  It is usually used for babies who don't wear diapers or who
are swaddled.  I've been trying to find it here in the States, but

i have been taking folic acid supplements since before pregnancy. do they
need to be taken the whole way through pregnancy or just the first
trimester?
i'm almost finished my current bottle & don't want to buy another if it's

I know this is an 'ad'...but I"ve been on this newsgroup for over 10
years now (yeesh...has it been that long??) and I think most of you
know me now...
I have four kids...and got frustrated that many of the baby books

On June 6th at 9:10 am, after 7 hours of wonderful unmedicated labor at a
birth center, I welcomed Charles Alexander into the world weighing 7 pounds,
9 ounces and 20 7/8 long. He is beautiful and I am so happy.

Today is 10w6d. I miscarried. After 6 hrs in the ER early this
morning, we learned the pg is no longer viable, we're now waiting to
miscarry naturally. We will wait a few more days before doing a d&c.
Thanks to all for support and advice. The home birth will have to wait

Thought I'd tell you all my birth story for Alexander.  We got at the
hospital a 1/2 hour early I had reflux and acid coming up badly from my
nerves from all the needles and such, plus I was very very excited.  I had
to do the routine fill this out now and fill this stack out later. ...

My wife is 38 weeks and isn't at all fazed by the pain of birth that
awaits(1st child). Just for my curiousity I would like to know what would be
the words that would best describe the pain of birth.A friend said it wasn't
a normal type pain just a real pressure type pain not like a ...

I am 2 wks 2 days post-partum, and today I'm out of maternity clothes and into
my "post-partum" jeans (half a size up on what became normal after DS1)!
It is so nice to have clothes with *pockets* again.  Presumably pregnant women
aren't supposed to need car keys or hankies...

Things are going better than I ever expected! Both babies measure 29w (!)
weeks in size and weight, but the OB mentioned they will probably dip
below the curve towards the end, when space gets limited. At least it is
very reassuring that they are doing so well now. It also feels ...

Well, my last appointment I had was on Tuesday.  Before that, it was 2 weeks
earlier.  2 weeks ago, baby was 151bpm.  Last Tuesday, the heartrate was
130.  I asked my OB if I should be concerned, or if she was at all
concerned, since this seemed like a huge drop to me.  I don't ...

[This didn't go through the first time --- sorry
if it's a duplicate.]
Had an u/s today --- and my placenta is clear of
(2.4cm away from) my cervix!  Baby is growing well,

I've heard other women talk about this but I really just need to get it
off my chest.  I honestly feel that they do not care about me or my
baby.  I know that I ask a lot of questions but I have also NEVER had a
baby so I have a lot of questions!  I miscarried my first pregnancy and

I am in week 20 of my pregnance and just had an ultrasound.  The doctor
said the the baby was small, 4th percentile?  This is after the dr
doing the ultrasound said that i was 70th percentile.  The problem was
that doctor said we measured out at 18.6 weeks and my doctor said we

whilst it seems to be my SI joints that are worst I guess the same postnatal
advice is going to apply as for SPD, but I haven't a clue what that is? Any
ideas? Should I be resting, or should I be pushing myself? My activity
levels are much lower than after my first birth, though ...