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When I got pregnant I was only 10 pounds overweight. Theyh also said some studies may indicate that Pre-eclampsia is related to poor nutrition. I ended up getting pre-eclampsia at 25 weeks and having my daughter 3 months early. Well at the time I was diagnosed, the months prior to that I was at a job (they knew I was pregnant)that wouldn't allow me to eat during the day execpt at lunch so during the week which is where I believe a lack of nutrition came from. I read in many books and magazines that when you are pregnant not to let yourself get hungary. Well by lunch I was so hungary I had a stomach ache. Is it right for me to feel that some of the nutritional lack that mya have caused this that it's partially my employers fault for not allowing me a few minutes for a quick snack?

We go out on dates a lot, I tell her she is pretty and sexy everyday, and i give her sex when she wants it. To me i'm doing everything a man suppose to be doing. Can some women put me up on game to what else i can do to make my wife feel more pretty and sexy.

And when is a good time to stop having sex.

1. Your 17 and you have a baby with your boyfriend. Your baby comes in april, it's a beutiful baby boy. With brown hair, fair skin, and hazel eyes. You wanted his name to have something to do with your boyfriend <James Christopher> but not exactly. 2. You continue to the same college in Boston as your boyfriend. Post graduating you get married and shortly after realize your pregnant. On a buisness trip in paris, your children are born. 2 twin girl and boy, one with honey blonde hair, medium skin and indigo eyes, the other identical. 3. Your husband graduates med school and gets a job as a doctor, you now have a house <your kids are 11, 5, and 5) You decide to have another child, you get fertillity and have quadruplets. You want them all to have the same initials. 3 boys and 1 girl. The first 2 boys have blonde hair and blue eyes, the second has curly brown hair and brown eyes. The girl has black hair and topaz eyes. 4. Your husband gets promoted, so you quit work to stay home with your growing family. then your 14 year-old daughter comes to you with news that she's PREGNANT. Coincidentlly, your pregnant at the same time. After, talking it through with your daughter, the baby daddy, and his parents, you decide, that you will keep the baby because both families are doctors and financially able, under the impression that the two will raise the kids together. <btw, your daughters boyfriend is your neighbor>. Your daughter has a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. You have a girl with beautiful purple eyes, fair skin, and jet black hair. Names? 5. Your children are now 16, 10, 10 and 2. Your grandson dies, with extreme sadness your daughter says she wants to marry the baby daddy, you agree, if the wedding is when they are both 17 or 18 and they promise to both go to college. Overjoyed with that information, your daughter gets pregnant again but with a girl. The two get married and you and your husband adopt twin girls from Australia. Your daughter wants the name of her son to have the same initials as her first. Your twins mother wanted the babies to be named after your family. 6. Now your children are 21<the 21 year old is happily married and just graduated from and going to lawschool>, 15, 15, 4, 2 and 2. Your son tells you he is going to be a father <15 year old son> upset <like the 1st 2 times> and the girl was kicked out, you feel obligated to let her in to the house. After meeting her more thoroughly she feels more like family. The baby is born when they are 16, you keep it. After they live together for 2 years they get married. They both go to a 4 year college near by and live in the house. 7. now that your children are 30, 24, 24, 13, 11, and 11, your youngest dies of cancer. and your oldest has a child and names it a similar name. The baby is born on the day of your child's funeral, so it was an uneasy day. Your 24 year-olds are both married with children. 8. After stressing to your daughter not to have sex, at the age of 19, while in an ivy-league college she gets pregnant, the baby is born 7 weeks premature and okay. It was a girl on march 3, at 6:17 AM. She wanted a hawaiian name. You and your husband retired very rich, shortly after which he died, so you move near your daughter and her new-arrival. She did not get married to the baby daddy <or possible baby daddies> she finished her degee and got a good paying jobs, and later writes a book called "the house of youth" a fictinal book based on her and her siblings teen parenting experiences, the book was a huge hit, and turned in to a TV show.

Not really. On Dec 30 I took a preg test it was faint but positive. On the Jan 2 I took another one very dark and positive. Pink bleeding very light when I wiped on Monday on tissue and that was it. Today jan 6th I went to get ultrasound to see how many weeks and the lady said the preg test she gave me was negative, I could of swore I saw a faint line. I got the ultrasound anyway and the doctor said my uterine lining was thickened but could see no sac. My question is I still be pregnant just early, could it be a miscarriage with no bleeding, ectopic pregnancy, or an invisiblebaby. I am crampy, enlarged breasts, and peeing a heck of a lot. Thanks for helping!!

My last period was on Dec 10 and my cycle in usually around 35 days on the 11th or 12th day after my period we were just fooling around (without sex) just rubbing then from the 21st to the 30 we had sex then. When would it have been?? Thanks for your answers everyone! :) sorry - we had sex on from the 21st of Dec to the 30th of december.

i have has really sore nipples for about a week and sore breasts for 3 days now, i am due on anytime now as i irregular, but it should be no later than this weekend i am on day 42 out of about 45...i have done 3 tests tonight, on the first one after about 5 mins i could see a shadow were the pos should be, (the dye is a dark purple) so i didnt another with later wee, the same again, so i did another with even later wee and it was the same just tiny bit more noticable, the tests should be read within 5 mins but no later than 10, can it be possible to get 3 evap lines or is it just bad luck?? theyare really faint but if you look they are there...has this happened to anyone else???.....im testin as the last time i ever had soe breasts was pregnant with my son, it is not my symptom of PMS and i have been cramping on and off for a week...my cycles are between 30-45days although last month was 48! can it still be a pos if the line looks shadowy and not pink, the dye is a dark purple not a pinky purple like usual tests?

This is kinda funny, my hubby and I are talking about having a baby, he keeps asking me when do you want to have a baby and tells me he wants one soon, so i tell him I want to have a baby when it happens and I will do everything I need to make it happen, but he just keeps asking me like what month do I want to get pregnant. I tell him you cant just plan it out like hmm lets have a baby next month type of thing. He has no idea, like he see's pregnant women and he says gee they didn't plan that well, why would they want to be pregnant over summer, and stuff like that. I tell him they prob didn't plan it like that, its not that easy, I tell him you cant always just plan when you have a baby, its a lot more complicated then that. He also tells me dont get pregnant in March cos that will make me due the same time as his sisters wedding and she will crack it, and I tell him thats not how it works and if I do happen to get pregnant in march then she can get over it! So anyway last night I had to explain to him about the female cycle, like how many days it last and that everyone is different and about ovulation days and the chances of getting pregnant, and I had to explain to him the 2 week wait, everything. Turns out he thought I was still on the pill, even though I had told him months ago I wasnt taking it anymore, I asked him how do you think I will get pregnant if im on the pill. He actually thought that I would stop taking the pill the week I want to get pregnant and then we will BD and and the next day take a test and be pregnant. He was shocked to find out that I wasnt taking the pill anymore and I wasnt pregnant yet!! I was really shocked about how little he knew about it all, and how he thought it was so easy, he said that of all the people he knows that are pregnant or had a baby, none of them planned to get pregnant so he thought it was really easy. I told him its only easy for the ones that dont try. Has anyone had to explain all this to their husbands? Do you think your husband even understands about making babies or he just does the sex bit and leaves the rest up to you? I just find it interesting how little he actually knew about it all, and he's not that young either, well he's nearlly 30.

Ok well me and my husband are ttc and and I have a 30 day cycle and I had sex on day 14 16 18 and 19 I started bleeding on day 19 It was bright pink spot when I went to the bathroom when I wiped then when I went later it was nothing then later It was not a lot but enough for a pad it was like that for 3 days then stopped I dont think it was my period cause it normally stays on for 5 days but now at day 43 if thats even a day but I will be 5 weeks and 5 days if pregnant and I sleep more and urinate a lot more my breast are sore and bumps around my nipples they are soft bumps not like pimples my next period is due in 16 days I haven't took a hpt yet Im waiting until I miss this period first

Ok so my last period was Nov 27, (I am actually kind of hoping to be pregnant but at the same time, hoping that I am not since its not really planned)..My period is usually 30-40 days apart, I had brown spotting 2 weeks ago for 3 days (implantation?)..I had cramps the other day and yesterday, but they werent as bad as period cramps but still no period? Should I test today or wait until the end of the week? And what are the chances of miscarrying again? I miscarried in June @ 10 weeks..

ok my last period was november 16, 2008. my expected period was december 14, 2008.... its now january 6 and im now 3 weeks late. i usually get it every 30 days give or take 2 days late or early. coul i be pregnant?? i took a few hpts and they were negative, i took one at a week and 4 days late and the other and a doctors urine test at 2 weeks late. the doctor told me to go back when my next period was sopposed to come (2 weeks after i saw her) if i still didnt have a period. i dont have stds and all that stuff lol. me and my boyfriend arent planning or preventing lol symptoms ive had and still have: -3 week late period.. i usually get sore boobs before it comes, they never got sore lol -lower back pain in the middle closer to the right side -a pinching kind of dull cramping behind my pubic bone in the middle but more on the right side -i had random headaches for the first week late -more sleepy since a few days after period was late -i get car sick alot easier now -tiny tiny bit naseous occasionally -boobs look a little fuller -boobs a little sore on the top if i push on them -im bloated -below my bellybutton is round lol -greenish-blue veins in my boobs? -darker nipples -last night there was alot of white looking bumps on my areolas -pretty emotional more -if my belt is to tight its a bit umcomfy now, had to move up a hole lol im NOT stressed im always happy lol no exercise im very lasy lol i eat alot, always have no diets i weight like 134, im 5'3" im 18 boyfriends 20 what do you guys think??anybody had all these symptoms, tested negative on urine tests and ended up pregnant?????! please be NICE lol thanks!! =]] ~if i am i have the cutest way to tell my boyfriend.. get baby booties a pair of blue and a pair of pink and put a blue and a pink bootie in a little box and wrap it and give it to him, he will be happy lol~ good idea??? sorry so long!! lol

Ok so my last period was Nov 27, (I am actually kind of hoping to be pregnant but at the same time, hoping that I am not since its not really planned)..My period is usually 30-40 days apart, I had brown spotting 2 weeks ago (implantation?)..I also had cramps yesterday, but they werent as bad as period cramps.. Should I test today? or wait a little bit longer?

Im 30 weeks pregnant, and my baby's movements have slowed down. My baby girl was always real active since I first started feeling her. I've become nervous lately because her movements are less often. Im 30 weeks pregnant, and she is only moving after I eat. She used to move all the time. She is also not waking me at night with big movements anymore. Should I tell my doctor about the slowing down? Is she okay? Is this normal? I love her, Im 1rst time mommy, and Im scared. Did anything like happen to you ladies? No answers yet in pregnancy, and I'm nervous. :( *this has been a few days now. :(

My baby girl was always real active since I first started feeling her. I've become nervous lately because her movements are less often. Im 30 weeks pregnant, and she is only moving after I eat. She used to move all the time. She is also not waking me at night with big movements anymore. Should I tell my doctor about the slowing down? Is she okay? Is this normal? I love her, Im 1rst time mommy, and Im scared. *this has been a few days now. :(

thanks for everyone that answered and heres a little more info for those who asked for it...the problem i am having is i started my period dec 16th late at night but there was very little there i wasn't until the next day that i got it fully..and my period for nov was the 16th so if i put the 16th of dec in my ovulation calander it would make my cycle 30 days and i might have missed but if i put in the 17th it makes my cycle 31 days and i hit...i know i will find out in another week or so we are just a little on the impatient side...lol and are wondering what are chances are that i am pregnant...i know about checking for the mucus and that it should be sticky and i am sure that i didn't get it before we had sex on the 4th..and thanks for everyones help

30 weeks with my frist baby. I was getting up off the couch this morning and i got this VERY intense cramping in my stomach. It felt like a really really bad period cramp. I had to clutch onto my stomach and it lasted about 40 seconds. It hurt really bad. Immediately after it ended, I felt like I was going to throw up. I felt a little dizzy. That was about an hour ago, and since then - my stomach feels really crampy. A dull aching pain that has been everlasting. It's like period cramps. They aren't off and on, it's a constant lasting ache. The baby has been moving a whole lot since then, so I know she's ok. What does this sound like?

Okay my Fiance is in the Marine Corps. He got 30 days RA back home to spend the holidays with his family, I spent about two weeks with him. During the time I was there I was fertile and we had unprotected sex. We truly do want a baby. AF is supposed to come January 11th. I have had diarrhea for the past few days and just recently noticed my nipples were dry. I have also been extremely exhausted. I have 3 first response home pregnancy tests. When should I take one? When is it more likely for me to get a BFP? If I am pregnant then my due date will be in September. My fiance will be getting deployed before then. We want this baby, we truly do, but I am also afraid that I wont be able to do this alone.

Hubby and I weren't really trying but if it happens, it happens; we're well equipped to handle it. My cycle is between 25-32 days, (though usually between 28-30, anything after that only happens occasionally) and today is day 29 and I haven't started yet. I do have that wet feeling down there like I'm about to, and I've had mild cramps but nothing major. I also can't explain it but something just seems different. I'd like to test by Friday if I don't start by then, but would this be too early? If I was pregnant I'd be 4w4d by then.

Ok so im on the pill(for 2 yrs) called estelle(or known to some as dianne) ive jus started my sugers on friday but about a week before that i noticed little dark dots on my undies not alot but bout 4 and i fort is that bloood n then thought nothing bout it and a few days late i noticed it again but ive never wiped and there been blood. ive been having a few weird pains in my lower stomach crampy jab sorta things headachs n light headedness maybe a bit queezy. it usualy takes bout 5 days never anymore then 6 to get my period after starting the sugers tomorrow is day 5 but usually i get this feeling that im gettin my period and i dont have it ?? my last period was the 11/ 12/ 2008 and i had unprotected sex on the 16/12/2008,21/12/08, 30/12/08 so what do u think?? i've never had anything like this ?? i'm only 18 and if i am pregnant i will keep the baby i have a full time job so money isnt really an issue

Ok so im on the pill(for 2 yrs) called estelle(or known to some as dianne) ive jus started my sugers on friday but about a week before that i noticed little dark dots on my undies not alot but bout 4 and i fort is that bloood n then thought nothing bout it and a few days late i noticed it again but ive never wiped and there been blood. ive been having a few weird pains in my lower stomach crampy jab sorta things headachs n light headedness maybe a bit queezy. it usualy takes bout 5 days never anymore then 6 to get my period after starting the sugers tomorrow is day 5 but usually i get this feeling that im gettin my period and i dont have it ?? my last period was the 11/ 12/ 2008 and i had unprotected sex on the 16/12/2008,21/12/08, 30/12/08 so what do u think?? i've never had anything like this ??

She is feeling uncomfortable while walking for the last week or so, it seems like her thighs are brushing together. She also feels some occasional mild cramps in her groin area. Is this normal?

I have been TTC for 2 1/2 years now with my hubby. We havent had any luck at all. Not even a "pregnancy scare" . In November, I was having pelvic pains. Ultrasound confirmed a large cyst on my ovary so the Dr did surgery to remove it. He also found out I had mild endo and my fallopian tubes were completely blocked. He unblocked them and told the hubby that he believes this is why I havent been able to become pregnant. Starting Dec 14th we decided to give it another try, But on Dec 16th I started spotting. And spotted for 3 days. It was never enough to fill a pad and it just covered the tip of my tampons. We have been BD every other day since I stopped bleeding. This week Iam supposed to be ovulating. I have no signs that Im even about to. I usually have ovulation pains and the ewcm. Nothing at all this time. My peak ovulation day is supposed to be tomorrow. I do have pregnancy symptoms but I highly doubt Iam considering I wasnt ovulating when we BD. Anyways, just like 30 minutes ago, I got some news that devastated me. My brothers GF believes she is pregnant. She didnt have a AF in December but she has taken 5 preggo tests with negative results. They do not deserve a baby. They dont have jobs, they live with my parents, they both have mental issues. How is it any fair at all. Im so upset right now, I have been crying ever since I found out. We have been wanting a baby so bad, then people who dont even deserve kids has them. Any Ideas on what I should do? I have considered IVF, however since insurance wont cover it, I will not be able to afford it until the end of 2010. Its just too much money to come up with at one time. The Dr wants to start me on shots in march that will put me in menopause for 6 months to give my Endo time to heal. He said everything looked fine though and doesnt see why Im not able to become pregnant

Its been about 30 minutes or so, I know it could be braxton hicks but it could also be something else? How can I specificly tell and when should I get to the er?

Some of you kind of know my story. I've been on Y!A in the Newborn and Baby section for over a year now (lost track, LOL) and I've asked a lot of questions and become "sort-of" friends with a few of you... Anyway, for those who don't know me, I am a 31 y/o single mother to a beautiful almost 9 month old baby girl. She is the light of my life and I am truly passionate about her well being in every aspect. I make her baby foods at home from scratch, I have read every book there is on Immunizations or anything I can find that may affect her well being down the road. (Yes I have a lot of free time as I am a disabled veteran and can not work). My big problem is her father. Well, that's not fair, honestly, things could be a lot worse, but I still want what's best for her. He insisted I have an abortion when I found out I was pregnant (new relationship - our 2nd timd sleeping together - the condome broke). He got downright mean and threatening for a while and honestly scared me quite a bit. I, at 30 y/o was not about to have an abortion, and I already knew I loved her so much in my heart. He made my life extremely difficult for the entire 40 weeks I was pregnant. He didn't want anything to do with me or the baby. I told him that was fine but he needed to make a decision. He could sign his paternal rights away and never be heard from again, I would never ask him for a dime, and our child would be raised thinking she was conceived from a sprem bank or whatever I decided to tell her in the future. OR... he could be her father, visitation, child support, etc. Well, he was wishy washy the entire time. One week he told me he wanted to sign his rights away to her, the next he wasn't sure. Finally, a week before my scheduled C-section I called him to ask for his final decision (becasue in CT a father can not sign away paternal rights until at least 48 hours after the birth of the child) and he shocked me by saying now he thought he wanted to be a part of the baby's life. (99.9% of me still believes he was waiting to make sure she was born healthy before deciding - which makes me sick to my stomach just to think about!) Anyway, our daugther was born on April 9th, a beautiful, happy, healthy little girl I named Avary. He told me he wanted a paternity test (even though we knew the exact time and date of conception - he knew he was/is her father) so I did not put any name on her birth certificate as her father. Since her birth he has been visiting her about 2 times a week and paying some child support. By his own words, and by my experience and the words of his sister and mother, he is irresponsible, immature and unstable. He has never initiated a paternity test and still has not persued getting his name on the birth cert. He lies to me continuously about all kinds of random things... but I do believe he loves our Avary. Well, he has been doing apartment share/ house share situations for the past several years (mostly to avoid the IRS and other debt collectors). About 2 months ago he moved out of his last house share and for about a month was homeless - he bounced from firend's couch to friend's couch, then a few weeks ago he moved into the same home with his sister and mother (something he swore he would never do becasue "someone would end up dead"). He told me it was temporary but I had a feeling there was more to it becasue all his family relationships are strained... to say the least. Throughout the past 9 months of Avary's life I have heard countless stories from him and his sister - even his mother about how horribly they all get along and how everyone is always yelling at eachother, not to mention the fact that the other brother, who visit's occasionally, molested the sister who lives in the house. The sister and the mother are both on medication for bipolar disorder and Avary's father may soon be as well. Needless to say, it is not a stable, safe, secure environment for my daughter to spend any time in without me. (I do bring her down to visit them quite often, though). Well, today, Avary's father sprung it on me that he wants to start the process of overnight visitation. (I know this is also being prompted by his mother and sis who want overnight visitations too) I told him no, she is too young to understand that and we actually managed to have a civil conversation about the whole thing. I told him most of my concerns (I laid out most of them here in this question - I know it's long, sorry). I told him I had planned to start this Spring allowing him to take her for a couple hours to the park or something like that to give him some time alone with her but definitely no overnight visits yet. She has never spent one night away from me (we co-sleep) and I do Attachment Parenting and I feel it would be too traumatic for her to all of a sudden stay overnight with anyone besides me. Besides, he could not co-sleep with her becasue he has terrible sleep apnea and also does not and also

now can anyone tell me if this means I could go into labor? or what this means? I'm not quite sure why I didn't ask the doctor, I just wasn't thinking at the time and then when I got home I started to really think about what was said. So my two questions are: 1. Does this mean I could go into labor anytime soon? 2. If not, what does a soft cervix mean?

So here's my situation: For personal reasons my husband and I are living in two different places right now. It's been 3 months since he's seen me or his son and I'm 30 weeks pregnant with our 2nd. We were both in Alabama with his mom but I couldn't handle being there any longer so now I'm in Illinois. He planned on coming to live with us this month. The reason why I'm upset is because he traveled from AL to Indiana where his brother, sis-in-law, and their kids are to see/stay with them for a while. His excuse was he wanted to see his family. I want to be understanding since that's his family but I'm not. For one because he doesn't have enough money to make it here to Illinois and he risked not seeing me and his son to be there. For two his sis-in-law always has different women coming over (who are very sexual) and it's hard to trust someone in that situation no matter how hard I try. For three he doesn't even care how I feel and I'm to the point where I don't even care anymore. I really don't want to end my marriage but things like this always happen. Now he's stuck there and instead of coming straight here with his family (wife and son) he's there with no way to get here. He's not working now so he doesn't have money, I don't know if they'll give him money, and I'm a stay at home mom for now. I'm so sad, angry, and confused. Any advice? Thank you...sorry it's so long. Medusssa you're being reported for being a heartless disgusting creep.

Some of you kind of know my story. I've been on Y!A in the Newborn and Baby section for over a year now (lost track, LOL) and I've asked a lot of questions and become "sort-of" friends with a few of you... Anyway, for those who don't know me, I am a 31 y/o single mother to a beautiful almost 9 month old baby girl. She is the light of my life and I am truly passionate about her well being in every aspect. I make her baby foods at home from scratch, I have read every book there is on Immunizations or anything I can find that may affect her well being down the road. (Yes I have a lot of free time as I am a disabled veteran and can not work). My big problem is her father. Well, that's not fair, honestly, things could be a lot worse, but I still want what's best for her. He insisted I have an abortion when I found out I was pregnant (new relationship - our 2nd timd sleeping together - the condome broke). He got downright mean and threatening for a while and honestly scared me quite a bit. I, at 30 y/o was not about to have an abortion, and I already knew I loved her so much in my heart. He made my life extremely difficult for the entire 40 weeks I was pregnant. He didn't want anything to do with me or the baby. I told him that was fine but he needed to make a decision. He could sign his paternal rights away and never be heard from again, I would never ask him for a dime, and our child would be raised thinking she was conceived from a sprem bank or whatever I decided to tell her in the future. OR... he could be her father, visitation, child support, etc. Well, he was wishy washy the entire time. One week he told me he wanted to sign his rights away to her, the next he wasn't sure. Finally, a week before my scheduled C-section I called him to ask for his final decision (becasue in CT a father can not sign away paternal rights until at least 48 hours after the birth of the child) and he shocked me by saying now he thought he wanted to be a part of the baby's life. (99.9% of me still believes he was waiting to make sure she was born healthy before deciding - which makes me sick to my stomach just to think about!) Anyway, our daugther was born on April 9th, a beautiful, happy, healthy little girl I named Avary. He told me he wanted a paternity test (even though we knew the exact time and date of conception - he knew he was/is her father) so I did not put any name on her birth certificate as her father. Since her birth he has been visiting her about 2 times a week and paying some child support. By his own words, and by my experience and the words of his sister and mother, he is irresponsible, immature and unstable. He has never initiated a paternity test and still has not persued getting his name on the birth cert. He lies to me continuously about all kinds of random things... but I do believe he loves our Avary. Well, he has been doing apartment share/ house share situations for the past several years (mostly to avoid the IRS and other debt collectors). About 2 months ago he moved out of his last house share and for about a month was homeless - he bounced from firend's couch to friend's couch, then a few weeks ago he moved into the same home with his sister and mother (something he swore he would never do becasue "someone would end up dead"). He told me it was temporary but I had a feeling there was more to it becasue all his family relationships are strained... to say the least. Throughout the past 9 months of Avary's life I have heard countless stories from him and his sister - even his mother about how horribly they all get along and how everyone is always yelling at eachother, not to mention the fact that the other brother, who visit's occasionally, molested the sister who lives in the house. The sister and the mother are both on medication for bipolar disorder and Avary's father may soon be as well. Needless to say, it is not a stable, safe, secure environment for my daughter to spend any time in without me. (I do bring her down to visit them quite often, though). Well, today, Avary's father sprung it on me that he wants to start the process of overnight visitation. (I know this is also being prompted by his mother and sis who want overnight visitations too) I told him no, she is too young to understand that and we actually managed to have a civil conversation about the whole thing. I told him most of my concerns (I laid out most of them here in this question - I know it's long, sorry). I told him I had planned to start this Spring allowing him to take her for a couple hours to the park or something like that to give him some time alone with her but definitely no overnight visits yet. She has never spent one night away from me (we co-sleep) and I do Attachment Parenting and I feel it would be too traumatic for her to all of a sudden stay overnight with anyone besides me. Besides, he could not co-sleep with her becasue he has terrible sleep apnea and also does not OMG! I

This may be a little TMI so I'm sorry but I'm 30 weeks pregnant and I have noticed over the past week or so just under my bum cheek it stings a little whilst I'm in the shower, sort of like when you have a cut or something, I felt down there this morning and there is a lump. I got my partner to take a look because I'm not as flexible as I once was lol and he says it is red and sort of looks a bit like a welt. It doesn't itch or cause me any unbearable pain, just stings when touched or in the shower. I have no idea what to do or even what it could be, any ideas?! Thanks xx I thought hemmeroids were supposed to be painful?! Nope it's much larger than a pimple and partner says it's definitely not a pimple lol... Thanks anyways =]

My husband and I have each had children from a previous marriage. He has three (two girls ages 5 and 9 and a boy, almost 11)and I have three (three girls ages 1 1/2, almost two and 4, although my 4 year old is my adopted niece). And in about two weeks we will be adding one more member to our family: a baby boy. Our kids get along great, my husband gets a long great with my kids and I get along great with his two daughters. However, my step-son and I have always had problems even before I married his dad. I would call and he would answer and say "Dad's not home, but I'll tell him you called." Three days later I'll call back and my (now) husband would say "I never got a message." The day we got married he refused to be his dad's best man (which I didn't mind. It's his choice). After we returned from our honey moon, my husband had him fix up the master bathroom for me. He put pictures of his mom all on my half. I've always told myself that he just feels I'm replacing his mom. Every time he does something like this, I remind him I'm not trying to be his mom, I just want to be a friend. But this is what really was the straw that broke the camel's back. I dropped everyone but my 1 1/2 year old off at school, preschool or daycare (my 1 1/2 year old was sick), did my usual errands, went back home, met with a few clients (I'm a wedding planner and I work from home) and made some lunch for my daughter. At around 1:30 I go upstairs to put my daughter down for a nap and I hear noise coming from my step-son's room. I open the door and find him sitting there on his bed. I asked what he was doing there. He told me had ditched school and ran home and had been in his room for awhile. I told him I was going to call his father and he jumped up and said "If you do I'll tell Dad that you were talking to your ex-husband on the phone! And I'll say that your planning on leaving him!" None of that is true. I told him he has no right to speak to me that way. He said "Your not my mother!" and I said "I may not be but you have no right to speak to ANY adult that way!" and he smacked me and shoved me into the wall. He screamed "I hate you!" I held my hand to my cheek and left the room. I called my husband and told him everything. When he came home that night he grounded my son for four weeks. One week for skipping school, one week for talking back and two weeks for smacking me and shoving me into the wall (it would normally be one, but my husband considers me two people since I'm pregnant). My step-son yelled and screamed and cried. Last night he came up to me while I was cleaning bathroom dishes and whispered "I'm going to get you back so good. I'm moving out and telling Dad it's all your fault. I can go live with my Mom!" and walked off. What should I do? About what he said and the way he treats me? Please help! Oh and I made a mistake. My daughters ages are 1 1/2 and almost 3, not almost two.

At 9 DPO (Days past Ovulation) I had some spotting. I have never ever had spotting before in my life and I am almost 30 years old. My monthly wasn't due for another week and a half and since the spotting only happened for a short time it was enough to make me concerned. I also have had some pretty bad headaches, very tender and sensitive in the chest area if you know what I mean, my skin was all broke out and my moods are swinging like crazy right now. I know that a lot of this could be my cycle but I have never had that stuff happen so early before. I've taken two tests which were negative but since I'm not even supposed to start until Wed or Thurs I have no idea what to think. I know I need to wait but I need some opinions to give me a little comfort. This really wasn't planned but I would be very happy if I were. I forgot one more symptom. I've been extremely tired lately, more so than usual. I also forgot to mention that now that I am closer to my cycle all of my normal symptoms (for my cycle) are totally gone. My face is clear, no backache or headache and it does not feel like I should be starting soon at all.

When I was 29 weeks pregnant, I was measured by my midwife and my fundal measured at 33cm and at 30 weeks I ended up seeing her again and my fundal height was 35cm. And now at 32 weeks I'm measuring at 37cm. Does anyone know why? I am going for another scan tomorrow so i should find out, but if anyone has any ideas. ive got all my bags done but im scared cuz i thought i had longer to prepare myself. i didnt even now i was pregnant so when i found out i was i thought i was only 4 weeks because i was late but when i went for my first scan they said i was 14 weeks which was a bit of a shock, so the hospital gave me my due date

my baby being a huge baby. LOL I know this sounds dumb but I am scared of having a big baby. Please tell me this dream mean nothing! And did you ever have a dream like this and your baby was normal size. (7lbs) of course i will love my baby even if she comes out being like 15lbs. A mothers love is unconditional. well mine is at least.

I've been with my boyfriend for 6 years on and off, just got back together in May and now i'm 13 weeks pregnant with our second set of twins. About in July we discussed getting married but he said he wasn't ready right now that we needed to wait for a year or so. I want to get married i'm ready to settle down with that forever commitment. Now that i'm pregnant the combination of me being ready to marry and everyone from his parents and cousins to my parents and friends are saying we should get marry, i don't know what to say to them i can't pressure him to marry me, but i want it so bad, after the conversation we had in July i don't want to bring it up. I must also say we've been living together since 12/06 and slit in 01/08 because i felt he should be a little more family oriented. ( i'm ok with being absorb with family 24/7 and he needs to be with his friends ) we got back together in 05/08. He's not too happy with the twins situation and understands they are coming so he will love his kids, but he's a little withdrawn and distant. our relationship is a little off because this is something both of us didn't want at the time, i've gotten over it and i can't wait for my babies, But he is still dealing. I keep hearing about all my friends and family members getting engaged and married. and i can't help it, i get jealous, i'm 30 and he's 32. Am i asking for too much to fast? what do you think? Will he ever marry me? after adding this post i couldn't stop thinking about it so i went in the room and conforted him, we are on our when to the court house tomorrow morning, Thanks for the less encouraging comments, but i had to take control of my and destiny, and p.s. even if he would've said no i would have no problem getting someone who would.

I'm 34 weeks pregnant, I have been getting Braxton Hicks continuously since yesterday morning, I decided to time them and they are very irregular (7 min, 12 min, 30 min, 10 min.. etc) but I have had more than 5 in an hour, more than once. They have been making me feel quite nauseated at times or like I really need to use the bathroom but then nothing happens. I have tried drinking a ton of water, laying down, taking baths etc and nothing makes them go away. They sometimes stop for an hour but then come back. Should I let my doctor know today at my appointment, or is that just a normal pregnancy thing I shouldn't be worried about? I'm a passive person, I don't like to waste the doctor's time with stupid questions if it really isn't necessary. My appointment is in just a few hours, I am sure I will be fine until then. I do not think it's labor as the contractions are too irregular, I just didn't know if I was supposed to tell my doctor anyways.

iam 18 years old, and pregnant! i know im still young, but it was my choice.iam now 29 weeks pregnant, and ive already gained 30 pounds!! wow, i know huh! but anyways can anyone tell me if this is a good, or bad thing? yes, this is my first baby, and not too mention before i got pregnant i weighed about 100 pounds.so im not over weight..im scared that something is wrong with her!! SO CAN ANYONE PLZ TELL ME WHATS GOING ON? OR HOW MUCH YOU THINK SHE WILL WEIGH?!

I'm 34 weeks pregnant Since around 11am (eastern time) yesterday, I have had contractions at least every 20-30 minutes. This morning I decided to write down the times I am getting them, so far it's been 9:19, 9:26 and 9:38. Are these considered irregular and braxton hicks? I have a doctors appointment today at 3 and plan to ask then, I just wanted some input before that point. I just wanted to add - I was able to sleep last night, so I'm not sure if they were occuring all night long, but I do know 4 times I was awoken by them and that I felt really nauseated and sick to my stomach when that happened.

pregnant? Ok so im on the pill called estelle(or known to some as dianne) ive jus started my sugers on friday but about a week before that i noticed little dark dots on my undies not alot but bout 4 and i fort is that bloood n then thought nothing bout it and a few days late i noticed it again but ive never wiped and there been blood. ive been having a few weird pains in my lower stomach crampy jab sorta things headachs n light headedness maybe a bit queezy. it usualy takes bout 5 days never anymore then 6 to get my period after starting the sugers tomorrow is day 5 but usually i get this feeling that im gettin my period and i dont have it ?? my last period was the 11/ 12/ 2008 and i had unprotected sex on the 16/12/2008,21/12/08, 30/12/08 so what do u think??

Mommy to an 11 mo. old and 30wks with #2 ~I have to pee frequently ~My back and hips are a little sore ~Still getting morning sickness sometimes ~Baby's moving lots =) ~I get full easily ~Hair/nails/face=beautiful and glowing lol

Im 3cm dialated and 75% from ma last visit on December 30 and recently my contractions are about 7 minutes apart but no very painful as many ppl depict them to be. I have had alot of pain or pressure on my pubic bone recently that it hurts around my butt and well my pubic area as well should i go to the doctor or just wait it out till im contracting every 5 minutes. And i lost my mucous plug 4 days ago.

do contractions necessarily have to hurt? My tummy keeps tightening up and I feel pressure when it does but it doesn't tighten up EVERYWHERE just mainly around my bellybutton and and above it and it will last for 15-30 seconds....sometimes (not always) It will be followed by a sharp pain down my ..yoohoo... or even period like cramps...am I having a contraction? I am 35 1/2 weeks pregnant. ive been having them off and on for the past 2 days sometimes at 20 minutes apart from each other...it doesnt last all day and I dont FEEL like im going to have a baby anytime soon...or I hope not because I am not full term yet!

okay i had sex about a week ago, and it was unprotected it was in for like 30 seconds. and now my back hurts and ive had a little bit of stomach cramps [sharp pains]. my period is due within the next week. im just really scared and i wanna hear some people's opinions about it before i start worrying over nothing. i konw alot of you are gonna say take a home pregnany test, but otherwise that **do you THINK im pregnant?