Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / November 2006

I woke at about 6am to go to the toilet and just felt like something was
different or was going to happen.
I was going to stay up and make the most of the hour I knew I would have
before the rest of the household woke up,

Hi Jamie,
I still stop in here every couple of months to check in, and am wondering
what the heck is going on with all the spam in your name????!!!!

My son is 2 months old and a nurse labeled him as "high need" about a month
ago after I talked to her about his behaviors.  Basically, if he's awake, he
wants to be held and will often cry inconsolably regardless of whether or
not he's being held.  I understand the need to be ...

I am wanting to move Joanna away from jars of baby food now and start
introdcing her onto foods that we eat. Can somebody please tell me what sort
of things she can have now. Joanna is now 9 Months old and eats very well
but me being an inexperienced mum doesnt really know what ...

are you out there? how's Shiny? and how are plans for the babywearing
conference (unless I'm misremembering and it's already happened, in which
case, how did it go!)
Anne

Hi  I am very early into my pregnancy and have been spotting since 2 days
after what would have been my period. The doctor said some woman do have
spotting and it normal. I have no pain or stuff like that. Anyone else
experience this also?

After one month of emails, I contacted the BBB and got a refund from
Poshbottoms who was all into taking my money, but never shipping the
diapers. And now I google and see that others are having problems with
her as well. So frustrating!

Hi peeps
I know this is not pregnanct related but I feel that I have made a few
internet friends on here and I feel able to come and ask you a question so
please forgive me for asking.

Have you ever been told you were directly responsible for endangering
your child's life?
I've heard it before more indirectly, about homebirth in general, but
always from someone more distant - like an acquaintance, friend of a

I don't think I killfiled him, whatever happened to him?
Anne

Hope you can help.  My partner has missed 2 periods now, all the home and GP
pregnancy tests are negative however we have heard that as they all test for
HCG it is possible to be pregnant and not test positive?  Does anyone have
any experience either direct or anecdotal about ...

For anyone who is interested in what I look like here is my seven month
belly shot.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/rangitotogirl/IMG_0280.jpg

I am giving a talk on midwifery to a group of obstetricians next week.
We are in the US but I am interested in comparing our model of care
with other countries.
I am having a particularly difficult time finding descriptive

and then my daughter starts coming home. Had final supervised contact today,
was a good session and the contact worker said some nice things at the end
such as "you deserve this" and then she got really tearful and then I got
tears in my eyes although i'm mega happy about it ...

I'm currnetly on pain meds 40mgs every 12hours, and 10mgs, as needed for
breakthrough pain. My son will be delivered on the 31st of October. My OB
has explained to me that my baby may be in the hospital for longer than
most due to this. Does anyone have any experience w/this, advice ...