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Well, she's 6 days old and absolutely thriving!  Breastfeeding is going so
well and she's a very easy, contented baby - just eats and sleeps and no
crying spells!  A HUGE difference from DD1, as my milk took ages to come in
after the C-section and since I lost over 1000ml blood ...

well done girl u a had kid in your new house now get me a BEER and
can you make that new rugrat stop crying.

I have my first prenatal appointment next week and I'm wondering if the
doctor will do an internal vaginal exam?  It sounds like a silly thing
to worry about but I've been through so much medically in the last few
years that the thought of someone else poking around inside of me is

My one year old requires either walking or rocking to sleep and with a
pacifier.
I was trying to get her out of this habit and was trying to keep her
down on the bed for few minutes so that she can sleep on her own(after

My cousin is currently 32 weeks pregnant with her 4th child. She had a MW
appointment today and her bump was still measuring at 28 weeks. She has
scans and things tomorrow, but is very panicky about the whole thing. Can
anyone advise on what could cause this so I can try to put ...

Greetings All, my wife and I are in our 18th week and we just got back
the results of our Maternal Serum Test.  The doc says we have a
slightly higher risk than normal for downs, 1/129 to be exact.  First
off we conceived via IVF (third attempt was the charm) and we had PDG

Hello everyone.  Happy New Year. EDD 3/22/06 It's been a kinda
stressful first day. My husband and I came to New York City to visit a
friend and see a play on New Years. We went out to see the ball drop
last night but from our friends apt all that meant was that we went

Well I had pains all yesterday, fairly constant, and lots of lower back
pain, and bad period style cramps, and didn't get much sleep last night.
(Also due to having an argument with DH - apparantley I'm very emotional and
he can't do anything right)

does anyone have any stats? on my SPD group we are discussing them right
now, but we are a small group, so limited personal knowledge, one person had
a c-section for a posterior baby (after pushing for a while) and I got Ada
out with no assistance, but with significant damage ...

I'm 27 years old and 38 weeks pregnant with my first baby. Until
recently, I had a textbook pregnancy with no indication that something
might be wrong with me or my baby.
At my 36 week OB appointment two weeks ago, I was given a routine

Does the skill/style of the person tying the cord have anything to do
with the shape the baby's belly-button will eventually assume?
If not, what accounts for such a wide variety of belly-buttons?

I'm posting here 'cause I know many of you have/had infants and are far more
knowledgeable than I about baby care stuff!
My 5wk old daughter has an umbilical hernia, no big deal except that she has
a big "outie"!  However, in the last week or so I've noticed a slight

I really need to get my backside in gear and pack my hospital bag, I only
have 4 weeks left and I am not ready for hospital at all. In my last
pregnancies I was packed way before now but with this one I am finding I am
really laid back and just cant really be bothed. I have babys ...

I have got to week 37 and I am seriously rethinking feeding options. I would
love to breastfeed but I am very scared of it, in the past I tried
breastfeeding and failed misrably, my babies struggled to latch on (Ok
proberbly cause I didnt have a clue what I was doing) I got real ...