Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / March 2006

I've put on about 45 pounds this pregnancy. I'm uncomfortable, as my
feet and hips ache, it hurts to get up out of my low bed, all the usual
stuff. I'm wondering: how similar is pregnancy weight gain to
non-pregnancy weight gain? I've always been on the thin side, so I don't

Have you ever ordered meds from an online pharmacy?
Feel free to post under a different id and make recommendations.
Just curious because I am thinking about it.
DrPepperOkie

I live in Ottawa Ontario and am looking for a gyn now, was wondering
which hospital has the best maternity ward. Or which hospitals are
good.
Also, anyone know of good doulas here or midwives?

These statistics reveal the declining numbers of "White-British"
pupils in our schools throughout England, organised by LEA within
English Region.
These figures also provide an insight into what the England of tomorrow

My wife's friend was 7 months pregnant and lost her baby.
Any recommended self-help type books?  Thanks.

Our ped visit today was pretty good. Ped listened and we did a blood
draw to check a variety of metabolic factors, electrolytes, etc. to see
if we need to do further testing. Ped said that even if she has slight
hydrocephalus, at this point it is still "wait and see" because her

Hi Ladies,
You have all been so helpful in the past and I am hoping you can give
some advice now.  I went thru IVF and am currently about 6weeks
pregnant.  I had my first U/S on Monday and saw the peanut (not HB yet

Anyone else have this problem?
I've heard it's fairly normal to have sore teeth/gums... but mine hurt to
the point where I almost can't stand it at times.  I woke up this morning
(about half an hour ago) with a mouth that aches so much!  Last night,

The MC was 9 months ago, at 3 months post LMP.  We started trying again
right away, but it took 6 months.  I conceived just after the Birthday
That Wasn't (this little coincidence somehow has a huge meaning for
me).  So now I am 3 months along, and had my first appointment of this

Arg.  I don't think I have anything better to do with my time, even though I
know I do!
According to this, http://www.thelaboroflove.com/chart/pred.html it's a boy.
According to this,

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I'm a SAHM due June 10 with boy #2 who will be 18 months younger than
our first son, Nick. We're excited but can't begin to imagine the
logistics of it all! So, to those of you who've been there, here are
some questions:

I'm at 25 weeks. For the past 10 days the baby has been extremely
active. Not 24/7 kicking, but pretty frequent, enough that it wakes me
up a lot at night. But since last night (maybe 14 hrs or so ago), I
haven't felt anything. Now, that could be because I was up so much the

Study Says Circumcision Reduces AIDS Risk by 70%
Findings From South Africa
May Offer Powerful Way
To Cut HIV Transmission

Ok this is probably a rant more than anything but I need to vent somewhere,
Okay here goes, since Monday being told that the first psyciatrist
assessment 6 years ago was unfair and that we should have been written off
like that unless we had really bad Scitzophenia or something ...