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Our baby was born at 32 weeks...he is now 2months but adjusted age of 12 days. He isn't focusing or...

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What is Your Biggest Health Care Challenge?

What is the biggest challenge you face in providing health care for your family? Is it money?...

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Amelia

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32 week old preemie

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I had my son July 19 2010 after being in labor for about a day. The doctor said he was in distress so they...

Posted by bastiansmama

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Emotional Effects of Premature Birth

I have a 5 year old son who was born at 26 weeks gestation. We've been very blessed, and his only known issue...

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Special Needs Information?

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My son is having problems with the formula

hello. I am a first time mom my son was 5 wks early. We have changed his formula 4 times already. Does...

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Open for Questions: Ask the White House About Heal...

Have questions about health care reform? Here's your chance to get answers. WebMD will be...

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proud mom of NICU baby

Hi all. I just wanted to offer some encouragement. My baby boy Jacksen was born at 32 weeks gestation, by...

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Is "good enough" good enough?

Our resident pediatrician, Dr. Adesman, on the Parenting Community posted this interesting...

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PediaCare Children's Drugs Recalled

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McDonald's Shrek Glasses Recalled

Just wanted to make sure that everyone knows about the McDonald's Shrek Glasses being recalled ....

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When can I expect a social smile?

My son Quentin was born at 32 weeks and I am desperate for my first social smile (I've started writing...

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Revised: New Features on Exchanges!

Dear Members, You may have noticed some changes that happened to your Exchange after last...

Posted by Amelia_WebMD_Staff

Dear Members,

You may have noticed some changes that happened to your Exchange after last weekeend. We rolled out a few new features and added back the ability for you all to add signatures to your posts.

Here are some of the new things to check out:

Finding Expert Content – On the front page of an Exchange you will now see “Includes Expert Content” if an expert has responded in a thread. So, if you’re just looking for expert feedback you can find it more easily.

Signatures – If you visit your Exchange Profile page you will now see a place to add your signature. You can add a different signature to each Exchange you join, so that it’s a more personalized experience.

TRIGGER – Moderators can now add a TRIGGER notation to a post. So, if you come across a post that you think needs a TRIGGER, send the link to our mods at ExchangeManagement@WebMD.net and someone will take a look and add TRIGGER if necessary.

Guest Experts and Sponsored Guests – Very soon we hope to be adding guest experts to some of our moderated Exchanges. These will be experts who are available for a limited time to answer questions about specific aspects of a topic. For instance, there might be a diabetes diet expert visiting the Diabetes Exchange. You may also notice “Sponsored” guests. These are experts that may be nominated by one of our site sponsors, and they will answer in much the same way as a guest expert, but it will be clear that their content is from a sponsor.

We hope that you like these new additions, and we welcome your comments and suggestions as well. Our product and engineering teams are already hard at work on even more changes and additions that have been suggested by our members, and we hope to have those ready soon.

Please feel free to write to us at ExchangeManagement@WebMD.net and let us know what you think.

Yours in Health, The WebMD Community StaffView Thread

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Exciting News for the Parenting: Preemies Exchange

Please help me welcome the new moderator for this board Amelia. She will be taking on the roll I have...

Posted by Emma_WebMD_Staff

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Gangrene/infection in baby's foot

Hello everyone.My baby was born on April 3rd at 26wks 5dys weighing 2lbs even.She was on the ventilator for...

Posted by SHANTELL500

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mt premature grandaughter Aaliyah!

My grandaughter Aaliyah was born premature at 24weeks on September 24,2009. She spent 2 months in the...

Posted by angcoronel

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WHAT IS A SHUNT???

I HAVE A GRANDBABY THAT WAS BORN AT 33 WEEKS AND HAS A BRAIN BLEED. WHAT IS A SHUNT ? THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN HIS...

Posted by DOGBUS

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twins_2_be

Hi There! I just saw you post on the Intro thread... how are you doing? I remember you from the pregnancy...

Posted by cheeezie25

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Getting to know you

I thought it might be nice to help everyone, including myself to get to know everyone a bit better. So...

Posted by Emma_WebMD_Staff

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my premie

here recently my premie, has been having bad dreams i think thats what is happening,she screams bloody murder...

Posted by montjenn

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Intoduction/poll

This board has seemed pretty dead since the switch, so let's introduce ourselves with a little poll to see who...

Posted by simerlm

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Updates Based on YOUR Feedback!

Hello WebMD Members! We are thrilled to share with you some changes that have been made to WebMD...

Posted by Emma_WebMD_Staff

Hello WebMD Members!

We are thrilled to share with you some changes that have been made to WebMD Health Exchange due to some of the wonderful feedback you all have given us.

First of all, you’ll notice that we’ve changed the top of the What’s Happening Now page so that See All Discussions, Tips, and Resources are right at your fingertips. These links will take you to our index pages, which read much more like our old message boards. We’ve also made our posting button at the top larger, and it drops down so you can choose which type of content you want to post.

You’ll also notice that we’ve added some more spacing to the posts themselves, making them less bunched up and easier to read.

AND, we’ve increased the posts per page from 15 to 30.

Along with that, you’ll see that now when you respond to another member’s post, it will say Member_1 replied to Member_2’s response. If you click on the word “response” you’ll be taken back to the original post you responded to so that you can continue reading the thread from there.

When we launched, the option to add a member story on the WebMD Moderated Exchanges was left off. That has been added back in, and you can begin crafting your stories now!

You should also begin to notice that it isn’t taking quite as long for your messages to show up. The problem has not gone away completely. Our tech folks are still working on a final fix. However, you should only have to wait 60 seconds or less to see your post appear on the What’s Happening Now feed. If you’re posting from the See All Discussions or any other index page, your post should show up immediately.

We also fixed a defect that was frustrating many of our members. After you joined an Exchange, created your member story, and then voted on a poll you would often be unjoined from the Exchange and your member story would disappear. This issue has been resolved, and you should now remain joined to the Exchange after voting on a poll.

We hope you enjoy these changes. You’ve given us some great feedback. We’re listening, and these are just the first of the fixes and additions to come. Our tech team is already working on several more changes based on your suggestions and comments.

Please keep writing to let us know what you like, what you don’t, and share your suggestions for the future.

Yours in Health,
The WebMD Health Exchange StaffView Thread

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What Would Make It Better?

Hi members! I'll start by saying that I know everyone would like the old boards back, but they are...

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Font color darker

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What New Features are you going to enjoy?

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Welcome to Our Parenting Preemies Exchange

Welcome to your new home in the WebMD Parenting Preemies Exchange! I hope you found your way in...

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Your Community

Dear Members, We announced yesterday that we’re going to be launching our new WebMD Health Exchange...

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Please Read!

Dear Members, At 12:00 PM Eastern Time tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 25), our WebMD message boards will go to...

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Exchanges This Week!

Dear Members, On Friday, February 26th WebMD is going to bring you the new WebMD Health Exchange! This...

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Dear Members,

On Friday, February 26th WebMD is going to bring you the new WebMD Health Exchange!

This next stage of community here at WebMD has been created to provide our members with access to MORE expert feedback on a diverse group of health and wellness topics and to offer members the chance to customize their community to better fit their own needs.

On Thursday, Feb. 25, at noon our current message boards will be put into a read-only state, which means if you visit you’ll be able to read the posts, but not add new messages. The boards will remain read-only through Friday, Feb. 26, and will be completely down for a few hours as we port over the content from boards into the new Exchanges.

On the evening of February 26th, The WebMD Health Exchange will open its doors to our members and the public.

Any bookmarks that you have set for message boards will redirect you to your new space within The WebMD Health Exchange. If you do not have your favorite board links saved, you may want to do so before Thursday, Feb. 25. And don’t worry, if your board is being migrated, your posts from the last 12 months will be waiting for you in your new Exchanges!

Most of our boards will come over to Exchanges. However, some of our boards will be closed down.

We will be posting individually to all our message boards tomorrow to let you know where you will go to find your WebMD message board friends. If your board is not porting over we’ll direct you to the place that best fits your needs.

Here is some information that may be helpful to you as we begin this transition:

Profile Photos

Members can now upload their profile photos from their Registration Profile page. You can access that page from boards by looking in the top right corner of the page and click on Manage Account. If you want your photo or image to show up on all your past posts as well as you new posts in The WebMD Health Exchange, you will want to upload your image by end of day, Wednesday, Feb. 24.

Uploading your profile photo/image can also enter you in the WebMD Health Exchange Profile Photo Upload Sweepstakes. The monthly grand prize is $1000 cash! Visit the new Registration Profile page to upload your photo today!

Save Your Persona!

Don’t forget to save your My Persona information, as well as your list of favorite discussions, to a file on your computer. You may want to use a text file format, such as Notepad to make it easier to cut and paste your information into your new Exchange profile. This information won’t be saved by WebMD, and won’t be accessible after the new platform launches.

Your Own Public or Invitation-Only Exchanges

In addition to more than 100 public Exchanges - many with leading health experts - that will be available, you can also create your own Exchange. Make it public or invitation-only; national or local; open to anyone who wants to join or just for you and your family or friends. The WebMD Health Exchange has all of the features to set it apart as the place where YOUR friends, family, and others like you come for health information. So get ready to create your own space, and claim your turf!

If the board you currently belong to is going away, you can build your own Exchange on that topic and invite your WebMD friends to join you there.

While you’re waiting for The WebMD Health Exchange to launch, keep an eye on our community blog to get a sneak peek at what it all will look like. And once it is launched, we will be having live guided sessions on how you can use the WebMD Health Exchanges to get help and give help.

Be sure to direct any questions, comments, or concerns to us at exchangemanagement@webmd.net.

Yours in Health, The WebMD Community StaffView Thread

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