Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / January 2006

When travel = 15-18 hours travel time, minimum 3 flights and 7 hour
time diffference?
Assuming of course the trip would not be planned until after the baby
is born, but this wouldn't be a holiday/pleasure trip but a familial

Ok I am proberbly jumping the gun here but I have an instinct that my bump
is getting ready to make an entrance to the world. Last night I had a tiny
bit of showy like substance appear but only a very small amount and my
bowels have decided tonight that they want to clear out ...

Why a digital baby book...Baby books are so special because it's so
easy to forget the small details. Traditional baby books are so generic
and once it's written in...that's it. You can't share a copy with your
family and if something happens to the book you've lost those extremely

Quoting from Midwifery Today newsletter:
Maternity Center Association (MCA), the oldest national organization
advocating on behalf of mothers and babies (established 1918), has
prepared two web pages in response to the recent release of the

I have the opportunity to get really cheap subscriptions to some
baby/child magazines and was wondering which ones you'd recommend?  (If
any.)

Just wanted to update everyone who responded to my original post...
As a reminder of what happened, I took the 1 hour glucose test this week
and "failed" by 1 point.  I received a 121 and was told that 120 was
what I needed to pass and that I would have to take the 3 hour test,

Hi Peeps
I am now 37 weeks pregnant and in the last week or two I have been suffering
more from sickness than I did at the beginning of pregnancy. I find eating
meals a chore as it just makes me feel sickie and heave sometimes and I have

I hope you don't mind if I post this here.  I felt maybe I should after the
post about what to do for parents of a stillborn baby.  I wrote this a few
weeks ago, and I hope that it brings a little insight.
If Your Child Were In Pheonix

Can anyone give an idea how long genetic testing (of parents) for a specific
(but rare) disorder would take?
Cheers:
Debbie

My dear sister-in-law, DH's only sibling, was due on Dec. 23.  On Dec.
24, she went into labor normally.  What happened isn't entirely clear
to me, but when they got her hooked up to the monitors at the hospital,
they determined she had already lost the baby.  The cord was wrapped

My wife got Hep C from a blood trans. from a car wreck. She has been in
remission for 5 years, but the Dr. suggests it is not worth the risk to
breast feed. Kind of a bummer, but we're looking for info on "infant
formulas" that are quality stuff.

This morning I was fiddling with my wedding ring, making sure I could
still get it off... and I realized I can't get it back on! So now I'm
wearing it on a necklace. Unfortunately my only necklace already has a
turtle pendant on it, so it looks a little odd. I think I'll have to ...

I am so scared of labour its unreal.....I know I have said this before but I
am still really scared and with only 4 weeks average to go all I can think
about is LABOUR and how will I cope ect ect. I would love to have a labour
with little pain reliefe and prehaps just gas and air ...

So this little fetus has been really squirmy and kicky for several
weeks, to the point of waking me up. I've felt almost no motion for a
day or two. Should I freak out? I'm at around 26 weeks.

We are due to fly on holiday next week with Emily-Rose and are looking for advice.
We have NO luggage allowance for her so we have to pack ALL equipment for her in our cases. So are looking for tips on packing ESSENTIAL clothes etc only.
Also looking for tips on how to keep her ...