Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / July 2006

I am researching a book and have an unusual question. Does anyone know
what treatment would have been given to a woman in the early 1920s in
the USA who hemorrhaged at home, 15 hours after birth, to a stillborn
baby? The woman died, and the secondary diagnosis was uterine atony on

Both my sister and I are pregnant, due to deliver a week apart from
each other. We've been discussing how to go about a baby shower for
family and family friends. Do we have a joint baby shower or individual
showers (again specifically for family and family friends)? Either way

The whole story:
3am July 3, woke up having to go to the bathroom (as usual), but this
time I had to keep going, and going....After trying to lie down and not
falling asleep, in between bathroom trips I walked around a lot,

Just to let you know I think it is time I left this NG, I don't post much
anymore but I will probably be over on one of the parenting forums. Joanna
is now 5 months old, she is currently still in foster care as social
services dragged their boots and things got delayed but I was ...

I was given a used car seat that is in great condition. It's 6 years
old. I called the manufacturer to check for any recalls. There were
none, although they told me they give their car seats 6 year life
spans. Does anyone have any insight to this?? I'm sure the manufacturer

Alright, here's the situation...
It's summer, no school, I'm not back at work, so we're home (or close to)
all day and night...
Last week, I think it was Wednesday, I spent a good couple hours working on

"In June, 2000, Ananth Karumanchi, a thirty-one-year-old kidney
specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, read an
article in Nature about preeclampsia, a poorly understood disorder that
affects about five per cent of pregnant women."

I belong to a local Moms group, and we've started a bookclub.  Our first
book was a book called Little Earthquakes, by Jennifer Weiner.  A brief
synopsis:
Weiner's third novel is the story of four women in Philadelphia who bond

I mentioned it to the ob yesterday but he didn't acknowledge it and
considering I have already been through this I know that headaches are part
of being preggers but this is just getting rediculous. I have had a pretty
much constant headache for over 2 weeks now and it's just ...

Hi all...
My wife is 33 weeks pregnant and stuck in the hospital until our baby
is born!  She went in with a "Deep Vein Thrombosis" (read: nasty blood
clot) and did OK up until she started recovering.  The doctors still

Lately I've noticed that my stomach always feels really upset.  I find it's
always in the evening - usually around 10pm or so - and it just feels like I
have a major upset stomach.  This has been going on for the past 3 nights
now.

Hi everyone:  looking for some answers.  I am 24 weeks and 5 days.  I
was diagnosed 4 weeks ago with Partial Placenta Previa.  the assumption
was my placenta will grow upward as my uterus does.  no complications
so I didn't think anything of it.  I was cooking dinner last night and

At 33 weeks I am having quite the swelling in my feet and ankles.  Has
anyone used compression socks for this before?  How do they work?

I've had a prior c-section and am a candidate to have a VBAC this time
around.  I told them I'd like to try the VBAC just for the sake of not
having to be cut into again.  I think deep down I'd really like to go the
easy route and do the c-section again, but everything I've read ...

Hi all, first time poster and need help.  I gave birth to a beautifu
baby boy 6 weeks ago.  Today I went to my first checkup with my OB t
see if my episiotomy is healing well.  I have a hard time sitting an
standing because I feel there is air going into my vagina and my hyme