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In awful pain... Help!

kmaskelly
  • By kmaskelly · Posted November 19, 2009
  • In Expecting · 2 replies
  • Not really sure where to post this, as I am pregnant 5weeks and 5days as of yesterday. However, I am having excruciating lower abdominal pain, it started off on Monday as feeling constipated and the that ...

New to this

kmaskelly
  • By kmaskelly · Posted November 17, 2009
  • In Expecting · 3 replies
  • This is my first time being pregnant after our first try at IVF. I am almost 6 weeks, going for my u/s on Friday. I have had awful and annoying gas pains for over 24hours now. I have tried Gas-X per my ...

avent bottle questions

becsma
  • By becsma · Posted October 31, 2009
  • In Parenting · 9 replies
  • Hi, it's my first post since the babies were born. Our Avent bottles, which we never had a problem with are all leaking sometimes. Can you not mix and match "old" nipples and rings with "new" BPA-free ...

MI Residents, We need you TODAY!

RESOLVEStaff
  • By RESOLVEStaff · Posted October 28, 2009
  • In Advocacy · 0 replies
  • RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association has learned of a series of bills -- Senate Bill Nos. 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, and 652 and House Bill Nos. 5131, 5132, 5133, 5134, 5130, and 5129 (the “Bills ...

CA H1N1 Vaccine and Thimerosal Exemption

stephca
  • By stephca · Posted October 20, 2009
  • In Parenting · 1 reply
  • If you are in CA and interested: http://www.acphd.org/H1N1/documents/H1N1 _Thimerosal_Exemption_Interested_parties %20_3_.pdf October 15, 2009 TO: Interested Parties SUBJECT: H1N1 Vaccine and Thimerosal ...

baby bottles advice sought

becsma
  • By becsma · Posted September 25, 2009
  • In Parenting · 12 replies
  • Hi, I was planning to get BPA-free Avent bottles but just saw the price-tag! Any other recommendations for less expensive, but of course non-toxic, bottles? That are easy to clean but also offer some ...

Early Intervention (more updates)

KimiC
  • By KimiC · Posted September 25, 2009
  • In Parenting · 23 replies
  • And we thought IF coverage was bad. Did you know that in most states Autism screening and therapy IS NOT covered by insurance? Early Intervention provides some therapy, but not all - and they do not do ...

6 week old not napping

kellly
  • By kellly · Posted September 13, 2009
  • In Parenting · 11 replies
  • Help, Our 6 week old baby boy does not sleep more than 5-15 minutes for about 3 naps and sreamy all day. We have tried swaddling, holding, laying down, tried vacuums and vibraters. By the end of the day ...

MEDIA REQUEST-MA

RESOLVEStaff
  • By RESOLVEStaff · Posted September 10, 2009
  • In Media alerts · 2 replies
  • MEDIA REQUEST – FROZEN EMBRYOS Boston Globe Magazine is seeking Massachusetts couples who are deciding what to do with their frozen embryos and how the recent policy change allowing for donation to science ...

difficulty breathing during c-section?

becsma
  • By becsma · Posted September 9, 2009
  • In Parenting · 10 replies
  • Wondering if anyone else experienced difficulty breathing during their c-section. I'm trying to remember if it was part of the effects of the spinal (I think they may have said that) or just my anxiety ...

***strollers with good sun protection***

dawnorris
  • By dawnorris · Posted September 6, 2009
  • In Parenting · 5 replies
  • HI ALL, Happy Labor day!!!! Does anyone have a stroller or accessory that offers great sun protection from a visor...now that Walker is in the stroller part of his graco travel system, and is facing forward ...

best price for (disposable) diapers online?

becsma
  • By becsma · Posted September 3, 2009
  • In Expecting · 12 replies
  • has anyone already researched this? I'm ready to buy some newborn size. What kind of decisions have you made about brands/source? Thanks! Jessica, 30wks, b/b twins ...

Media Alert

RESOLVEStaff
  • By RESOLVEStaff · Posted September 2, 2009
  • In Media alerts · 0 replies
  • MEDIA REQUEST: Univision 41 WXTV in New York Univision 41 WXTV in New York is working on a 3-part series on infertility to air in November. It will be shot in early October. The reporter is interested ...

Any one have horrible periods after pregnancy?

muellert
  • By muellert · Posted August 28, 2009
  • In Parenting · 1 reply
  • Well last week was HORRIBLE! My periods seem to be getting worse since I had Faith. Not so much with the endometriosis (I used ot have the worst pelvic pain and could not move) but now I have all these ...

Media Request-Health Magazine

RESOLVEStaff
  • By RESOLVEStaff · Posted August 25, 2009
  • In Media alerts · 0 replies
  • MEDIA REQUEST – HEALTH MAGAZINE Health Magazine is interested in profiling a woman who has recently carried and delivered a baby at age 48 or beyond, and lives in either NJ or NYC for their December 2009 ...

Childless

charla8762
  • By charla8762 · Posted August 24, 2009
  • In Living childfree · 8 replies
  • DH and I have decided to give up on IVF for various physical, emotional and financial reasons. I'm having a hard time not feeling like a quitter. Has anyone else made the decision to give up on fertility ...

Adoption quandries

magicsam
  • By magicsam · Posted August 24, 2009
  • In Parenting · 3 replies
  • Greetings Resolve/Inspireland. I'm looking for some advice on what for me has been a difficult situation over the past few months. I’ll try to give the Cliffnotes version: My wife and I have always wanted ...

Product Recall Reminder - Simplicity “Close-Sleeper/Bedside Sleeper”

Lara-DC
  • By Lara-DC · Posted August 21, 2009
  • In Parenting · 1 reply
  • http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtm l09/09319.html {{{{{{{{MENTS of infant deaths ...

Tune In-The TODAY Show

RESOLVEStaff
  • By RESOLVEStaff · Posted August 19, 2009
  • In Media alerts · 9 replies
  • On Thursday, August 20, at approximately 8:05 a.m.* E.T., the TODAY Show will feature a story about the options infertility patients have for their surplus embryos. RESOLVE’s Executive Director, Barbara ...

Back home...still on bedrest!

Wannabemom
  • By Wannabemom · Posted August 15, 2009
  • In Expecting · 4 replies
  • Well they let me come home from hos. bedrest to bedrest at home! They said the thinning of my cervix actually looks better now then it did before...maybe from the pressure of the babies! Our goal is 34 ...

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