Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / July 2005

Well, today is the EDD for this thing that I don't think will ever come
out...
I have my next appointment tomorrow afternoon.  Last week I was still
sitting at only 2cms... Again, when I asked the doc, she said she would not

Ok so some of you are proberbly thinking I am a pregnancy health hazard
but something REALLY strange and scary happened to me tonight and am
wondering if any of you have ever had this during pregnancy or maybe it
is completely unattached to the pregnancy whatever it was bloody ...

If I am strep b positive should I not bathe with my new baby?

I just read an article on health.dailynewscentral.com that I thought
was pretty important about Sudden Infant Death syndrome, the leading
cause of death among infants.   The article is about new research
showing that bedsharing causes/increases chances of suddent infant

Hi - my partner and I have unexplained infertility and have been ttc
for many months. I am using all the other methods  recommended aswell
(frequent sex a few days before ovulation and up until ovulation, lying
down for an hour afterwards, etc etc). One of the theories I have is

I am 19.5 weeks with my first and noticed some pubic bone pain today.
Not too horrible, just uncomfortable when walking, especially on
stairs.  I'm hoping it doesn't move onto full blown SPD, and stays just
niggling uncomfortable.  I've been reading that "belly bands" and other

About 2 weeks ago i started having symptoms of sore
boobs, headaches, tiredness and grumbly belly.This was
about a week before my AF, so i was wondering if these
were pregnancy symptoms. However AF arrived one day

Hi my daughter is pregnant and its been many years since I have had kids
could you tell me something she is 50% efaced not dialted yet I am wondering
how long before labor starts? Any help would be appreciated....Thanks...Star

My son is recovering from a pretty messy circumcision from a week ago.
His bandage fell off to expose a band of raw skin around the
mid-section of his penis. The doctor said that it was normal and would
turn into scar tissue but we did not experience this with our other

Hi all...
Well, here I am, 41 weeks today and no baby.  I'm not uncomfortable or
irritable (well, any more so than usual!), and am willing to just wait
for baby to be ready.  But I have the spectre of a c-section hanging

Arg... Just over a week to go until due date, and my last appointment, last
Tuesday, I had asked about the pain I had in my hips and crotch and down
half way to my knees on my thighs... When told this was normal, because I
had a previous c-section, I asked how on earth I could ...

I have to meet with our "benefits specialist" soon to discuss my maternity
leave and short-term disability options.   I'm due the day after
Thanksgiving, but this is a first birth, so figure Dec 2 or so.  I will
probably have to take all of my accumulated paid time off before I ...

 I'm a young wife that took a home test about a week ago and has been
sick at my tummy for two weeks.  I go in the morning to have blood
test. should I be scared?

My period is due in the next few days but i am having some
symptoms that seem similar to some pregnancy symptoms
that i have heard about.
I have had terrible headaches the past couple of days,

Well yesterday was an interesting day; the temperature hit 86F - that's
around 28C for those of you in old money - and in the midst of the melting
tarmac (and melting parents to be) we headed off to our first hospital
appointment since going over the due date of July 4th.