Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / June 2006

I am new here, I just stumbled upon your group yesterday.  I am a first
timer, pregnant at 37 weeks yesterday.  Due date is June 24th with a baby
girl.  I do have a question that I hope you may be able to advise me on.
For the past 2 -3 days I have been having PMS like cramping, ...

Okay, my fiance has decided on a name if its a boy, and the more I
think about it and hear it... the more I LOVE it.
Yes, its a bit unconventional, but... I have purple hair... so, so am
I...

I am 4 weeks post partum, (baby #5,) I had an epidural and the
anesthesiologist put it in my low back, and hit a nerve, and I had bad
pain in my hip and right leg right away. then, I had bad pain in both
my legs for the whole week after. then I feel fine, but now, 4 weeks

Anyone else have this?  I'm 34 weeks and my resting heart rate for the
last couple of weeks is 120.  Even when I'm asleep.   When I'm awake
and lying down I'm panting and feel my chest pounding, and when I'm
sitting or standing- the same plus dizziness, although I haven't

I did just post this, but nasty old OE killed itself just as I was going to
hit send.
I went to the docs this morning, as I coughed, and made my hernia worse...
She could only tell me to take paracetamol til the baby's born, which is

Okay think I might have made me look like a stupid mummy during contact, I
was trying to be good mummy the other week when the nice sun came in and it
got a little hot, I thought I am going to get Joanna some baby sun block and
protect her skin from the sun, I know its not as hot ...

Had my 40 weeks appointment yesterday. Officially, after verifying
everything, my "real" due date (oh no, another one) is June 3rd, i.e.
tomorrow. So we'll go with that.
I asked for an internal, as with all those strange things happening to my

I've been having an on/off mini-panic the last few days... I think it's just
first-time mummy nerves, but there are times when I wonder if I really will
know what to do with a newborn.
I've looked after so many babies, and come from a very "babied-up" family,

I see on a lot of different pregnancy tests that say they can detect a
pregnancy very close to the woman missing her period.( withing a day or two)
I am wondering if you can  take it before you have missed your period.  Also,
if you are not missing your periods, can a home pregnancy ...

Well I just went to see the doctor about my bleeding since April and it
being 6 weeks, she did some swab tests and told me I need to have a scan to
see if I had anything left back after birth. I then came over VERY dizzy and
she told me to lay on the bed, I came very close to ...

Well tommorow we are back in court and I am kinda glad because they were
supposed to have sorted and started the Barnados assessment like three weeks
ago and there is still no news of when it is going to start. I ask you all
to wish us luck tommorow and for something to happen to ...

Jolie-Pitt baby is the 'Peaceful One'
Child's name drawn from Hebrew, French
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nothing was normal about the birth of Angelina Jolie
and Brad Pitt's child, so naturally, neither was their baby's name.

I'm just so excited, and although this is kinda off topic, I just can't help
myself...
We have a new addition to our family... Not the regular kind of baby, but
still a baby...

I'm discovering all these new things about pregnancy these last couple
of weeks (35 weeks now), the latest being nausea, esp. in  the morning,
but off and on throughout the day. No throwing up yet, but a strong
desire to do so.