Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / August 2005

Hey -- I realized I never introduced myself. I used to post here under
my real name (Sara) when I was pregnant with #1 in 2002, but want to be
a little less Googleable this time around. I'm now pregnant with #2. No
due date yet, but I'm guessing April. It's good to see so many ...

Have a few pictures of Amie up...
Link works fine, I think!
http://photobucket.com/albums/y184/katmagicate/Amie%20Anna/
Weeeee!  :D

I'm wondering how long, about, bleeding is expected after baby...
If I recall correctly from last times, I could have sworn it was ages!
Amie is only 9 days old, and it seems that my bleeding has come to a stop
since yesterday evening, around 9 or 10pm ish - it's now shortly after ...

Yesterday when my 14 month old was crying he became breathless and
started turning pale, When crying he drew a long breath and never
exhaled for quite a while , I panicked and then tried tickling him and
slapped his bottom then he seemed to respond , and then suddenly he

Does anyone know the risk of having a child with Down Syndrome with
isolated increased nuchal thickness (7 mm) at 24 weeks gestation?  No
age risks or family history of genetic defects.
Anyone experience having this U/S result, but in the end turned out to

I've been pernament resident of Florida for almost 3 months and I come
from Poland. I'm pregnant and my due date is on October. I'm trying to
get Medicaid but my aplication was denied twice. Somebody knows rules
and residency requirements to get Medicaid ? How long I have to be

Hey Girlie
Is there any news on your bump yet? Is she/he OK. I do hope that bump is
just fine, I am sending thoughts and prayers your way....please let us know
that your OK.

After having two wonderful sons, my wife and I would like our final child to
be a girl.
I came across a method at http://www.choosethesexofyourbaby.com/ run by
somebody named Martine Lafleur.

I myself have a nice desk job and am currently working about 6 or 7 hours
per day.  Up until last week, I felt invincible.  Great energy levels and
was very productive.  Then week 23 crept up, and suddenly I'm falling asleep
at my desk at 10am!  Whoa...  I wasn't really expecting ...

=o)
I have so much to share with you all, you have no idea!
Serafina en Tournant *insert last name here* was born at 4:12 am in
the morning on August 9th.  8lbs 13oz, 21 inches long.

I don't know if anyone is in the same situation as me but I would like
to hear your opinions anyway.
I am a 33 year old stay at home mum of Erin, 5 and Brennan, 3. I am
pretty happy apart from being terribly broody and desperately wanting

HOORAY!!!
Amie Anna is finally here!
She was born August 4, 2005 at 2:46pm... 7lbs 8oz and 19.5" long.
FINALLY is all I have to say at the moment!

Well, this doesn't have to do with pregnancy, but maybe one of you moms
will have some advice for me anyway.  We have a really old car (1976
Dodge Dart) and it only has lap seatbelts in the back seats.  My
four-year-old son is outgrowing his carseat and probably won't fit in

I had my first non-stress test today.  Results were good.  Baby moved a lot
and gave the monitor some good kicks.
The girl I'm working with for the gestational diabetes came in and looked at
what I recorded this past week, and she said I'm doing a great job keeping

Wednesday night at 38 weeks and a half during my summer school speech
class, I started having regular contractions. They felt rather early
and not nearly forceful enough to actually go into the hospital to get
checked for labor. Homer was excellent in following my lead, despite