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Reply: Pregnant with tubes tied?

You should be more than good to go after 15 months. Didn't your doctor discuss...

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Reply: possibly pregnant.......

Go get checked for a UTI or "honeymoon cystitis". Get that ruled out right away...

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Reply: I think I might be pregnant

Since you had your period, that equals no pregnancy last month. Heartburn can...

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Reply: wondering if i'm pregnant again

It could be pregnancy. It could be a stomach virus. It could be any number of...

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Reply: Worried about being pregnant... help please.

Any unprotected sex can lead to pregnancy. You need to count the days between...

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Reply: Someone help please..

No firm stats for missing pills=pregnancy. Each year, 85 out of 100 women who...

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Reply: Why Birth Plans DON’T Work

I had a plan with all three children. None of them went according to plan. The...

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I had a plan with all three children. None of them went according to plan. The first hospital was all about having a birth plan, but I was a first time mother and cobbled it together from the extensive reading I did and talking to other mothers.

The second, another hospital, this time they gave you a birth plan sheet to fill out. I think it mattered more that I had an amazing family practice doctor who delivered her. (Really amazing, he stayed all night with me and was just super) 8lb 13 oz baby, just a couple of stitches from a small tear.

Third child: I planned and planned and planned. She was the first child I had an ob/gyn for and he was in a large practice. She also was induced. (all my children were "late", the first one 3 weeks after dates, second one 10 days, third induced right at 2 weeks after dates) All my planning was for nothing because when I walked in with cookies to sweeten up the nurses, they offered an epidural right away and the nurse checking me in said a slur about those granola moms with their birth plans. Ooops. I quickly hid away the birth plan I had gone over with the doctor.

Then I was informed telemetry wasn't REALLY used at that hospital with inductions (even though I had been assured it was) and ended up pretty much tied down to the bed/chair for hours. I ended up getting an epidural that took forever for them to get, never worked right and kicked in fully when it was time to push. When I requested a mirror-the nurse yelled at us for not saying so sooner. When I wanted to touch the wee one's head as she was born, (as I had done accidentally during my first birth and it chilled me out, so did with the next two) I got yelled at that I was going to kill her and myself. (Yes, really)

The OB showed up for about 10 minutes to check me over and rupture membranes. Then showed up for another 10 minutes when she was almost delivered.

All three deliveries--it takes me forever to get to 5 cm. Once I hit 5 cm, it is less than an hour until delivery.

I agree on the flexibility thing though--both for labor and parenting. When I hear a mom-to-be or even someone thinking they want to have a baby say they "will never" (have an epidural, meds, c-section, pacifier, give a bottle, have a kid with a runny nose in public) I tell them that there are no nevers in pregnancy and childrearing.

Yes, I still dream of the "perfect birth" but since my youngest is now 12--I know that isn't going to happen. I content myself by reading birth stories and looking at my kids--none of their births were perfect, but does it matter in the end? Not really.View Thread

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Reply: Braxton Hicks?

Here is a link that should help: Braxton-Hicks or True Labor Part of it...

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Reply: I just discovered that my breast is leaking minima...

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