Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / July 2005

Needing a little advice, I turned 18 5 weeks ago, I am living in a
granny flat out the back of my parents with my partner, He is 24. This
arrangment is only temporary while we get our finances
together.......... We both work full time, I am a dental nurse, he is

girls cry because they are so week but they are girls.

 Im so damn sad.......
 Yesterday we went to the ultrasound very happy and with not even a little
idea that something wasn't right..... suddenly we heard that baby was JUST 8
weeks and not the almost 13 that i tought and that was not a heartbeat.....

I can't figure out a way to directly link you there, but go to cnn.com
and check out the video of the 14 pound baby.  Owie owie owie!!!  The
mother delivered THREE WEEKS EARLY!  She was measuring 47
centimeters...  Wow!

Had my 19wk fetal survey today.  We wanted to know gender (and both of us
had a tiny preference for a girl to tell the truth), and that was the first
obvious thing to see, immodest little lass!  Even saw "the three lines"
(which I had to explain to DH to the amusement of the ...

Help!
Okay we're down to the last week - okay 4.5 days if you want to be picky -
and DW is becoming increasingly.., (how can I put this without her wanting
to hurt me.., no good she'll want to hurt me anyway. :-)) frustrated at

I am listening to Day-To-Day on Slate and just heard about this (rest
of the article is at
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/women/articles/2005/06/27/test_reveals_gen
der_early_in_pregnancy/):
Test reveals gender early in pregnancy

I think I'm starting to nest.  I feel a sense of urgency to start
buying supplies for after the baby's born - I'm thinking specifically
of things that I'm unlikely to receive at a shower - like pads.  No one
is going to give you a big box o' Kotex as a gift, right?  So, what

I'm not even at my due date yet (July 5th) but I'm so ready for this baby to
come.
The 95 degree heat isn't helping me either. Contractions have been every day
for a couple of weeks now. Baby feels very, very low and part of my mucous

I am sick and f.cking tired of people treating me like a Christian
Scientist or a lunatic for wanting a natural birth.  When it comes up,
I usually explain why I don't want whichever intervention they're
pushing (90% of the time it starts with, "Are you going to have an

What part of your cycle are you in? Or what stage in planning for the
adoption are you in?
What are you feeling about this cycle/month?
What would you change with your magic wand about ttc or adopting?