Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / November 2005

We hung Christmas lights today, and after we got done I happened to read the
box they came in.  Apparently the coating on the wire contains lead, and I
was surprised this was legal.  It said to make sure you wash your hands
after handling.  This really bothered me.  What kind of ...

Will usually poos at LEAST once a day, usually up to 3.
No poos for almost 2 days...
Warm night, so only tshirt and nappy...
I awoke to cute little scratches on my back, and a wet feeling on my

We are expecting our first child. Now we live in USA and will move to
UK in 2006. We wanted to pick name, which was easy to pronounce and
didn't have any bad slang meaning in other languages.  We came up
with "Rimil" for girl and "Sheehan" for boy.  If anybody know

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm 24.5 weeks along, and now
starting to think about the birth experience.  I am curious about the
pain that I can expect (thinking I might do without an epidural but not
sure).  I have a pretty high pain threshold, particularly when I know

Hi everyone! Guess what, just 2 day until my husband and I find out
what our baby is. We think it's a little boy, it's staying low and has
a really fast heart beat. I can't beleave that the last 3 months have
gone so fast. All the small movements I fell at 2 months have became

Hello. A friend of mine told me about Black and Blue cohosh to induce
labor. Has anyone ever heard of this herbal remedy to get labor going?
She told me it worked with both of her kids. Is it safe?

Once a C-Section, Always a C-Section?
By Rob Stein
Around the country, pregnant women who want to try labor on later
deliveries face problems as an increasing number of hospitals refuse to

Hey Jenrose --
Thanks for the suggestion on which baby carrier to sew. It turned out
surprisingly well, seeing as it was the first thing I'd made on a sewing
machine in over two decades:

Mom delivers 16th child, thinking of more
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) -- Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th
child, and she's already thinking about doing it again.
Johannah Faith Duggar was born at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and weighed 7

I'm asking because I was just told that my regular OB has no openings in the
next couple of weeks and I'd have to see someone new.  I said forget it,
I've had some bad experiences already with other docs in the clinic and I'd
just as soon wait until I go into labor.  I'm 37.5 ...

I am very confused about something and am hoping someone out there can help
me. I am 3 weeks late, which has only happened once and that was because I
was pregnant. I am always regular so this is very unusual for me. Right
away I suspected I was pregnant and took an hpt. This came ...

Hi Peeps
I am now just coming into week 30 of my pregnancy and bump is growing larger
by the week and I am feeling the horrible side affects because of it. One of
them being this kinda sore itchy feeling on top of the bump on the left hand

My wife is currently visiting a friend in Geneva who uses the Beaba Babycook
to make her own babyfood for her child.  Apparently, you just put fresh
ingredients in this cute little processor, and it steams and purees the food
for you until it's ready to be served.

Hi, I am thinking of buying the Jane Matrix Car seat,
well, the Carerra Travel System. Is there anyone out
there who knows how long the seatbelt needs to be to
accomodate this car seat in it's sitting configuration.

"Breastfeeding 'good for mothers'", BBC News, November 23, 2005,
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4456990.stm
Breastfeeding may cut a mother's risk of type 2 diabetes, research
suggests.