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39 Years Old Pregnant and 4 Prior DNC's 1 live Birth...HELP

By onesnobunnie · New reply 12:08 am
Discussion in Healthy and Fit Pregnancy · 1 reply
OMG!!.... I found out 2 days ago that I am 6-7 weeks pregnant. I am 39 years old, I have had 4 abortions in my lifetime (not recent), I have been smoking for 20 years, I have had 2 pap smears come back ...

MORNING SICKNESS QUESTION

By MOMTO5 · New reply yesterday at 11:52 pm
Discussion in Preparing for Baby · 1 reply
IM CURRENTLY EXPECTING MY 5 BABY. WITH THE PRIOR 4 I WAS SICK AS A DOG PUKING ALL DAY FOR THE FIRST 4 MONTHS AT LEAST, THIS TIME NOTHING ITS SO WEIRD YEAH IM NAUSHISH BUT NO PUKE YET. THE OTHER THING ...

Child Development

By LisyandLivy · New reply yesterday at 10:52 pm
Discussion in Caring for Toddlers · 6 replies
I recently enrolled my 2 year old in a preschool program. She turned 2 in September. I noticed that many of the other children in her preschool class were not talking in sentences. My daughter starting ...

New group in Inspire: The National Body Challenge

By Brian · New reply yesterday at 7:31 pm
Journal · 16 replies
I am pleased to announce that today we added a new group to Inspire: The National Body Challenge. nationalbodychallenge We created this group in partnership with Discovery Health. The group focuses on ...

amniotic band

By Anne8 · New reply yesterday at 6:20 pm
Discussion in Healthy and Fit Pregnancy · 1 reply
I have an amniotic band that was discovered at 18 weeks gestation. I am now 24 weeks. This has not been compromise for my unborn baby at this point but I am curius to know what experiences others have ...

About me

By 1youngmommyof3 · New reply yesterday at 2:47 pm
Journal · 4 replies
Hello to all! My name is Rachel I am a 22 year old mother of three gorgeous children. A boy who is 41/2 a girl who is 3 and our finale baby is 6 months old. I love being a mommy. I think that is what ...

Best thing for teething?

By MissMae08 · New reply January 7, 2009
Discussion in Caring for Infants · 7 replies
My son is going to be 7 months on Jan. 10, and he has been teething hard for at least a month now. Screaming at times, not sleeping very well or long either. We've tried Baby Oragel, Infant Tylenol, and ...

16, and Pregnant??

By katie168 · New reply January 7, 2009
Journal · 10 replies
Hi my name is Katie, and I'm brand new to this. I had to reach out to and do something or i would have driven myself crazy. Yes as it is titled, i have a huge possibility of being pregnant, i know i know ...

Not Sleeping

By ktatum7216 · Posted January 7, 2009
Discussion in Caring for Infants · 0 replies
My son is 7 months old and the last few days he will not sleep unless I or my husband is holding him. He will take ok naps in his bed but at night as soon as you lay him down he cries and won't go back ...

lost....

By alhjb · New reply January 7, 2009
Journal · 5 replies
okay for those of u who dont know me already.. i have a 5 month old baby.. a few weeks ago i knew i was pregnant with another child.. YESTERDAY i found out that its not just one, its TWO... i'm very overwhelmed ...

Trying with no luck

By Imagine · New reply January 6, 2009
Discussion in Trying to Conceive · 7 replies
My husband and I have been trying for 10 months now. I know that I ovulate on a regular basis; and in fact, I know WHEN I ovulate... I am very regular in my periods (exactly 28 days) and I never thought ...

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By happymom26 · New reply January 6, 2009
Journal · 2 replies
Hi everyone I Just Wanted to wish you a happy new year and give you an update on my family. I would also like to hear from everyone else on how they are doing this wonderful new year. I am just so happy ...

Male Infertility???

By Imagine · New reply January 6, 2009
Discussion in Trying to Conceive · 1 reply
My husband and I have been TTC for 13 months now with no luck. I have recently had blood work to make sure all my hormones are in check, an ultrasound and an HSG. No issues were found. Last week, my husband ...

Gestational Diabetes

By momof8 · New reply January 6, 2009
Discussion in Preparing for Baby · 3 replies
I was wanting to know some meals that some of you prepared after being diagnosed as diabetic. I have been diabetic with the last 2 pregnancy & had to have the 3 hour glucose test today (yuck). I really ...

Flexible Spending Accounts

By lildeb08 · New reply January 6, 2009
Discussion in Real World Advice from the Girlfriends · 2 replies
Does anyone know if you can buy condoms and lubricant such as KY on flexible spending accounts, namely Aetna. Also, does every single item you buy show up on the card report, or just the total amount ...

The "W" in Christmas

By stacey-momma · New reply January 5, 2009
Journal · 7 replies
The "W" in Christmas Each December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations - extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even ...

Staying Healthy- This is my plea to you

By lildeb08 · New reply January 5, 2009
Discussion in Thriving as a Person · 1 reply
I received a call this morning from my best friend. her boyfriend, and a very dear friend to me, had the unfortunate experience of finding his mother dead on their living room floor Saturday morning ...

Just a little worried

By ashndave · New reply January 5, 2009
Journal · 3 replies
I am 23 and I have 3 children. I just found out that I am pregnant with my 4th child. I had my first when I was 15. I had a lot of problems then. I had high blood pressure and at the end of my term that ...

I'm done with trying....

By alyviasmommy · New reply January 4, 2009
Discussion in Trying to Conceive · 8 replies
Hello everyone. I know I've posted about this a lot on here but I just don't understand. My husband and I have a 9 month old little girl. We had no problem getting pregnant with her because she was a ...

Sippy Cup troubles! @ 9 months!

By Kandee · New reply January 4, 2009
Discussion in Real World Advice from the Girlfriends · 10 replies
Hi there, I have a 9 month old son, who is refusing the sippy cup. We seriously have bought every single kind of sippy out there. He will take everyone of them one to two times and then refuses them ...