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I had originally got 'What to Expect WHen Youre Expecting' and threw it away!! It was alarmist and condescending! The cutesy language and puns really irked me as well, I prefer to be spoken to in an intelligent fashion. If you want to hear about all that can go wrong and what you arent 'supposed' to do then I say read this book but if you want a book that gives you factual information about this wonderful journey, 'Im Pregnant' cant be beat.. Hope this helps, I wish someone would have told me sooner!!View Thread
Pregnancy, Round Ligament Pain
Round ligament pain refers to a type of pelvic pain caused by stretching of the round ligaments. This occurs more commonly on the right side of the pelvis.
- Your uterus is normally the size of a pear. Thick ligaments, one of which is called the round ligament, hold your uterus in suspension within your abdomen. As the uterus grows in size and weight , these ligaments become very long and thin, stressing and tensing like rubber bands.
- The ligaments pull and tug on nearby nerve fibers and sensitive structures, causing pain. The severity of pain can worry you. Although round ligament pain is uncomfortable, it is also very normal.
- A ligament spasm, an involuntary contraction or cramp, usually triggers a sharp pain. These spasms are found more frequently on the right side than the left because of the normal tendency of the uterus to turn to the right.
- You might awaken at night with pain after having suddenly rolled over in your sleep .
- The pain may also be brought on by exercise .
This is my first and I have no idea of what to expect.View Thread
I came up with this, and it worked. It's kind of sour, but not terrible tasting. And it calmed my stomach down right away.
Here's what I did:
Grate about a teaspoon of fresh ginger
Fill a 12 oz. cup about 1/3 full with sweet and sour
Add ginger
Fill cup the rest of the way with club soda
Mix thoroughly
Strain out ginger if desired*
Add ice
*I left the ginger in my cup. If you're going to strain it out, I'd let it sit a few minutes so the ginger flavor can seep in to your drink.View Thread
if you really were looking forward to it, then ask your doc, but he/she prob will not suggest doing it
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The recall swells to about 9 million the number of drop-side cribs recalled in the last five years, says Consumer Reports safety expert Don Mays.
"They outsource the manufacture of these cribs and are using very inferior hardware to make the side go up and down," Mays tells WebMD. "And if the hardware breaks or loosens, it opens a dangerous gap where a child can fall out or get trapped -- and possibly suffocate against the mattress."
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From the article:
"A woman who has had one vaginal birth is more than two and a half times as likely to report stress urinary incontinence. Even during a first pregnancy, 50 percent of women experience problems with bladder control, especially during the third trimester. These problems often become more pronounced with each successive pregnancy."
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This list should help you get all you need to take care of your baby during the early months. As your baby gets older, you will find other items that will make your life easier (like a jumpy seat or an exer-saucer!).
Check out the full article for the entire list here ...then add your recommendations, wish list, and ask questions in the comments below. Happy shopping!
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To help you know what you can really expect when you're expecting, WebMD asked Stacy Quarty (author of Frankly Pregnant: A Candid Week-by-Week Guide to the Unexpected Joys, Raging Hormones and Common Experiences of Pregnancy). and two top obstetricians to explore six of the most common "unspeakable" side effects of pregnancy -- and give you the tips and advice you need to handle what comes your way!
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Does a pregnancy test become positive later when the fetus is a boy, and does it become positive earlier when the fetus is a girl?
In this study published by Yaron Y et al in Human Reproduction the authors studied 1,325 pregnant women with singleton pregnancies at 10-13 weeks.and compared different hormone levels including the pregnancy hormone hCG human chorionic gonadotropin between women carrying a male and a female fetus They found that women who had a female fetus had hCG levels significantly higher than women who carried a male fetus. This finding is consistent with that found by several other researchers.
These findings may have implications not only on evaluating risks of Down syndrome (women carrying female fetuses had a higher risk for Down syndrome), but also on timing of a pregnancy test. If women carrying a male fetus have lower hCG levels then it may be possible that their first positive urine pregnancy test could be delayed because of the male gender.View Thread
Thanks to MNHall, for sorting everything out and putting together this list for us!
Here's what we've got so far...add anything we missed to the replies below:
Trimesters:
- 1st trimester - BFP til 13 weeks, 2 days
- 2nd trimester - 13 weeks, 3 days til 26 weeks, 4 days
- 3rd trimester - 26 weeks, 5 days til delivery
General:
- DH - Dear/Darling Husband
- DS - Dear/Darling Son
- DD - Dear/Darling Daughter
- DB - Dear/Darling boyfriend
- DF - Dear/Darling fiance
- SO - Significant Other
- DSS - Dear/Darling step son
- DSD - Dear/Darling step daughter
- LO - Little one
- IL - In Laws - MIL (mother), FIL (father), BIL (brother), SIL (sister)
- TMI - Too much information
- HTH - Hope that helps
- MO - In my opinion
- TIA - Thanks in advance
Pregnancy:
- PAL - pregnancy after loss
- pg/preggo/prego - pregnant
- m/s - morning sickness
- m/c - miscarriage
- u/s - ultrasound
- b/w (bw) - blood work
- hCG - Human chorionic gonadotropin (hormone detected during pregnancy)
- Pro - progesterone
- m/w - midwife
- GD - Gestational Diabetes
- GTT - Glucose Tolerance Test
- UTI - urinary tract infection
- BP - blood pressure (or birth plan)
- HR/HB - Heart rate/heart beat
- FHR - Fetal heart rate
- BPM - beats per minute (re: heartrate)
- EDD - Estimated Due Date
- BH/BHC - Braxton hicks/Braxton hicks contractions
- L&D - labor and delivery
- BF - breast feeding
- BM - Breast milk
- FF - formula fed
- SAHM - Stay at home mom
- WAHM - Work at home mom
- WOHM - Work outside the home mom
What Are Teams?
- Blue team - pregnant with a boy
- Pink team - pregnant with a girl
- Green team - want to find out sex before delivery
- Yellow team - waiting to find out sex until delivery
- Plaid Team - Twins, one boy and one girl.
- Purple Team - You know the gender, but aren't telling!
Types of Discussions
- GTKYFP: Getting to know your fellow preggos (fun daily question to get to know each other on the board)
- TRIGS: Triggery topic, posted in the subject line when difficult topics associated with this forum are mentioned (ex: on a pregnancy board, talking about a m/c, as some members may find it difficult to read about, so "trigs" warns them so they can chose if they are ready to read it). Sometimes "Triggs" or "Triggers."
- OT: Off Topic (when posting something not regarding the typical forum conversation)
TTC related
(since it's still talked about on a pregnancy board)
- TTC - Trying to conceive
- BD - Baby dance (sex to make a baby)
- FD - fun dance (sex just for fun)
- ED - every day (when referring to frequency of BD'ing)
- EOD - every other day (referring to BD'ing)
- AF - Aunt Flo (menstrual cycle)
- BBT - basal body temp (used when charting)
- LMP - last mentrual period
- O - Ovulation
- DPO - Days past ovulation
- CD - cycle day
- LP - Luteal Phase (time from O til AF)
- 2ww - 2 week wait (time from O til AF)
- CM - cervical mucus
- CP - cervical position
- OPK - ovulation prediction kit
- HPT - home pregnancy test
- FMU - first morning urine
- BFP - Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test)
- BFN - Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test)
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1st one and 2nd one he was there for the BFP-well the first one it was the "Is it a line..no...yes...maybe...no...yes...maybe" followed by a doctor's appoint 2 days later for the sinus infection I got at the same time where I had them test me. I called him and told him as soon as I could find a phone.
The third-I taped the test into an Anne Geddes card.View Thread
I presented myself at a Kohl's. I looked confused as I tried to estimate just what size bra I might wear. The lingerie clerk measured me and picked out the perfect bra. I felt a little embarrassed but the relief of wearing the right size and type of bra made up for it.
I encourage everyone to get professionally measured each time they get a bra and know what to look for when buying a bra. If your straps slip or you have to use a hook other than the middle set or you feel unsprung when you pull it off and it leaves marks-you are wearing the wrong size. Gaps and overflowing also means wrong size. Don't feel bad though. Statistics say something like 80 % of women wear the wrong size bra.View Thread
(not the persona/profile/avatar image that appears next to the member name on their post each time) you need to have the picture available already uploaded online.
If you have a picture already uploaded online-like on Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, Picapp, Photobucket, a personal website, etc-then you just use the url for that picture.
Be sure you own the picture or have permission to use it.
There are some free use picture sites so if you want a generic shamrock or beach or whatever out there but they will ask you to link back to their site. Please follow any rules the picture hosting site requires.
Once you have located a picture you want to use-find out the URL. For the example, I will use a picture here on WebMD:
For example-we have a picture in our first trimester information at WebMD that has this as the URL:
http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/media/medical/hw/h9991406_001_1b.jpg
To turn a url like that to a picture in a post, click the photo icon at the top of this box. It is the one that looks like a blue square in a Polaroid-sort of. Paste that entire url into the pop up box and here is that picture:
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With every pregnancy my worst symptom has been my inability to poop. It's pretty disgusting, I know.
HOWEVER, the only reason I would post this is because I'm thinking it's a pretty widespread problem. (Prenatal vitamins w/ all that extra iron and whatnot...)
I found a quick fix today: Eat a huge bowl of cheerios, and drink a large glass of orange juice. Wait 1-2 hours... It worked for me. Hopefully it works for you too!
Me: wife to one, mom to four - m/c '06, DS (2), DD (11 months), LO (on the way))View Thread
and btw I MISSED the board ssooo much yesterday, we had a SNOW DAY, so NYC schools were closed.. I was off and Nothing to do all day long
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