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• Praying for wisdom for the doctors and strength, peace & comfort for you.

  in Encephalocele update **updated 8:15 pm EDT** Comment by homeschool_mamma May 2011
• Sounds like it! They can start anytime, I had one during my 12 week ultrasound! You can be having them and not even notice. Sometimes they are painful. If your stomach is hardening for anywhere from 10 seconds to sometimes over a minute chances are …

  in How far along do you have to be before braxton hicks start? Comment by homeschool_mamma May 2011
• Most likely it's normal. I'm 37 weeks along and have been contracting approximately 5-15 times an hour since I was about 18 weeks. My first pregnancy my midwife checked routinely to make sure I wasn't dialating with them, now we know that's just me.…

  in Contractions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• No walking is necessary, it will work on it's own ( if it was going to work in the first place : ) Hope it does!

  in after having membranes stripped Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• One is really little to potty train, but the new popular thing to do is to train infants! Some have done it successfuly but it seems like A LOT of work. Try your local library for books on potty training, I've used Potty Training in Less Than a Day.…

  in Pressured...agh! Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• I was told 7 because each application is less strong as in the 3, but you end up getting more over the course week.

  in monistat 3 or 7 Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• Anna & Sophia are pretty girl names.

  in girl names (no -lyn sound) Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• Babies are a blessing, planned or not : ) There are probably very few who would ever feel completely financially ready. The Lord was good in His planning to give us 9 months to prepare. My husband was making a mere 6.00 an hour when we had our firs…

  in Unplanned pregnancy Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• We are expecting baby #7 in three weeks. I've heard it all... Don't you know what causes that, are they ALL yours, how do you feed them all etc. Congrats on your 6 th! All those people who comment ( including family) just don't realize what a blessi…

  in i feel like the only woman on earth having my 6 th.....?? Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• Everyone is different, this is going to conflict with some of the other stories ...but, with my first I had an episiotomy and the recovery was awful! Very long and painful, I kept thinking for sure I was infected. With my second I had a bad tear ( n…

  in episiotomy (sp?) pros and cons.. Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• I cried in the the check out lane at Trader Joes when they told me they discontinued a salad I really like from there.

  in what is the littlest thing you cried over? Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• I take childrens Tylenol, I figure it's not as strong. My husband teases me that I take a dose for a 95 lb. child ( being 8 months pregnant I weigh a little more than that :)

  in Is tylenol really ok Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• I've had one water birth, it was great for helping with the pain of the contractions but did nothing for me to ease the pain of the actual delivery. I found that I prefere to be dry and in bed with my baby rather than in a tub of gross water, but th…

  in water births Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• My husband is self employed and we pay $1,400.00 a month for our blue cross health insurance, not cheap!! But then again neither are our medical bills!

  in How Do You American Mums Do It?! Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011
• They do make a mercury free shot.. .try searching mercury free Rhogam on -line. I asked my dr. to let me have the box so I could read the ingredients.You will only need the shot after birth if your babies blood is +, they will check it right away. I…

  in Rhogam shot... help? Comment by homeschool_mamma April 2011