Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / September 2006

I am married for a year and a half. and being trying to conceive since
4-5 months. But i am unable to do so. i m getting a bit frustrated. Can
any body of you give me some tips for becoming pregnant. We are
desperately planning to have a baby..

has anyone else experience things along this line, I had fairly normal
experiences in pregnancy, with some nausea, some vomitting, so bizzare food
aversions, some cravings etc. I felt between my two pregnancies things were
as they were before, but now, following the 2nd, it seems ...

... and it didn't turn out so well. Not that the "test run" was on purpose.
On Thursday night at about 5:30 pm I started having light but regular (every
3 minutes) contractions, lasting about a minute each. They were still going
two hours later so I made sure I was packed and ...

Cataloging a book at work today I ran across a statistic that has me
VERY puzzled.  It was a book about public health history and the quote
read, "In 1857, 24 out of every 54 pregnancies in the U.S. resulted in
post-partum puerperal fever ... as a result o fpuerperal fever, 19 out

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Because I don't remember it like that...
Lately, every time this thing moves it really, really hurts!
She's ALWAYS moving, though, and more often than not, I can feel what is
probably a whole foot or leg trying to escape out of the side of my belly,

Joanna will start to come home a week or two after the 16th October 2006 and
this will be the start of her rehab back into the family home which should
take 8 weeks give or take.
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Just looking for some opinions/experiences of others in my situation.
I have a 17 month old who is generally very well behaved and was an
excellent baby (Slept 10 hrs after 3 wks, fed well, mild tempered etc)
and myself and my husband are starting to think about trying for baby

I'm just curious what the average time people spend in pre-labor.  Not
the horror stories saying it lasted for 8 weeks or anything.  Just what
is the average time.
and by pre-labor I mean the period like cramping the dull lower back

For my first it was 48 hours before active labour set in. It started
sometime after midnight on Sunday/Monday and contractions continued at
approximately 30 minute intervals thereafter. I had an appointment with
my midwife in the afternoon of Wednesday and she immediately twigged ...

Ok...  I have been doing a lot of research online lately...  It seems
that the "family bed" is everywhere.  No matter what I type into the
search engine, this topic pops up in almost every result.
My dilemma, if it is even a dilemma...  My 10 week old sleeps in bed

After 40 hours of epidural free labor, Kori William arrived at 9:32pm on
9/14/06 weighing 8lbs7oz and 21inches long.
He's sleeping now, so I'm going to take advantage. ;)
Kim

Well, today went fine so far... Morning was uneventful.  Then...
I managed to keep DD up last night until she was good and tired, put her to
bed, DS and I had an extremely late supper (like, sitting down and eating at
around 7pm!!) but he went to bed just fine around 8ish.  I ...

Has anyone pleaseeeeeeeeee got any cures or tips on coping with morning
sickness.  I feel sick all day, everyday but I am only actually sick once or
twice every other day or so.  I can't pin point any real triggers at the
moment but I feel soooooooo awful.