Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / April 2006

Does anyone remember the Crawligator? I learned to scoot around on one
when I was a baby. It was a yellow thing shaped vaguely like a flat
banana on wheels, contoured to a baby's front. Baby got put on his
tummy on it, and scooted about with his hands and feet on the floor.

In light of the up-coming holiday...
How do you eat your Cadbury Cream Egg?
I break it open & scoop out the cream with a tiny spoon & then eat the
chocolate shell.  How 'bout you?

Ignorant question here: what is lochia? Where is that gunk coming from
(um, originally, that is)? Is it blood that would have gone to the fetus?
With my first, it was like a period that lasted six weeks. This time it
seems to already be tapering out, but the blood is very ...

I was just out for a walk in the hallways at work (many people walk in
the hallways here for exercise) and this guy that I see often but don't
know said to me, "How much longer before that one's out here with you?"
I said, "Not for another two months."  He said, "Holy buckets!"  I

Hello my friends,
my name is Christopher Chaplin. I am a 35 year old single father of a 5
year old boy also named Christopher that is diagnosed with both Autism
and Hemophilia (severe bleeding disorder, his blood can not clot)

Well, after months of being told I would need surgery the reproductive
endochrinologist just told me that my uterous looks fine and that we
should start one of two process: 1- Directly go to IVF or 2-Do a cycle
of controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation.  She recomends the latter and I

Well went to see Joanna today and was told that foster parent is taking her
to docs as she may have eczma on her face, I am a little annoyed because for
weeks now I have been flagging this rash up and was just told oh its only a
heat rash, then it got dry and I mentioned rash ...

It's a girl! She was born Saturday night, after a quick and relatively
easy labor -- five and a half hours from start to finish, compared to
the 52 hours it took with #1. We're home, doing well, and in love.

I've read through the numerous topics on banking cord blood on this
group.  My question is - when is there a case in which you should bank
versus donating?

Is this the second baby version of "nesting"?  I am finding myself
feeling -incredibly- guilty lately for every second not spent with DD.
I feel an overwhelming need to pack in as much fun, education, quality
time -- whatever, basically -- with her as I possibly can before DS

   I have a question and I could use some insight.  Usually my periods are
irregular however the past 2 months I've had a period.  Basically, a 29 day
cycle and using my Clear Blue Fertility Monitor I saw that I ovulated on Day
17 last cycle.  Currently I am on Day 21 of my next ...

I am 34 weeks 2 days, and I have started having nose bleeds. I am a bit
worried. is this normal? I have not had any nose bleeds the entire
pregnancy, or with my other pregnancies.  I am seeing my ob today for
my 34 week check up, but until then, I need some reassurance :)  My

This is an interesting and trying situation because we don't really
want to be pregnant right now, she's already got a 3 year old and we're
not quite "settled down" yet...  more my fear than hers, as usual.
heh.

This is going to be the first one where I am going to name it.  I had, I
guess, very little say with the other ones...
I named DS1 Jonathan, his parents decided on Zachary Jonathan.  I didn't
mind since I had originally wanted to name him together, since we're very,

a while back we had a discussion about stubbing toes and contractions. Well,
just now I have the misfortune to have an infect ingrowing toenail and I
just stubbed it, well I yelled, but I'd still definitely rather do that
multiple times than have a single contraction!