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Real World Advice from the Girlfriends
While the daily grind of motherhood may often make us feel as if we're losing our minds, it's our girlfriends who keep us sane. We live by the advice of our doctors, but we survive with the advice of our friends. Share your best advice, the things you wish you knew before you were a mom.
Breastfeeding and Weight Loss
- By trainer_valerie4life · New reply yesterday at 9:55 pm
- 21 replies
- Hello Moms, As a 4-time mom, I understand the challenges of nursing and trying to get off that baby weight. There's a lot of pressure to get our bodies back fast after baby but sometimes when you're nursing ...
2 stillbirths
- By solemi · New reply January 31, 2010
- 2 replies
- hi, in 2000 i had my first stillborn daughter emily at 36 weeks, she had the cord round her neck from a very early age and just could not survive..it was heartbreaking, in 2001 i went on to have my son,sol ...
Is there an illness which mimics pregnancy symptoms?
- By cinderella79 · New reply January 25, 2010
- 4 replies
- Hello all! I see I'm not the only one with pregnancy symptom issues but I have to ask because every situation is a little different. For more than a week now, I have had every pregnancy symptom in the ...
Baby weight issues
- By btflaj09 · New reply January 21, 2010
- 2 replies
- Hey all!!! Well as we all know I had my son in october he was almost 11 pounds!! I gained almost 100lbs during my pregnancy i think i lost like 40 or 50 so far but now i feel like i'm gaining back, weight ...
Is your stroller on the recall list?
- By jenbait · Posted January 20, 2010
- 0 replies
- Am I the only one who feels like there's a new recall every week?! The Graco recall was announced this am: 1.5 million strollers recalled ...
Anyone become pregnant after having tubes tied?
- By feyes34 · New reply January 10, 2010
- 2 replies
- Has anyone become pregnant after having your tubes cut and tied? if so did you have any symptoms? did you find out right away? How far along were you before you found out? Did it show up on a hpt? I only ...
leaking nipples??
- By lilMissinPA · New reply January 7, 2010
- 1 reply
- Well ive had all the symptoms of pregnancy from the brownish blood a week before my period a few months ago, extreme tiredness, appetite, weight gain. My stomach gained alot of weight even to the point ...
What does this mean?..
- By Jessie341 · New reply January 7, 2010
- 1 reply
- I had unprotected sex and I think I am pregnant. I know, I know, you guys have probably heard this a thousand times and just copy and paste the same answers. lol. I don't mind though if it's the right ...
Opinion: Have kids when your younger or older?
- By maje · New reply January 5, 2010
- 8 replies
- Hi All! Just wondering what your experiences and/ or opinion on having kids and starting your family when you are younger like in your 20's or a little older, in your 30's? What would you change if you ...
VBAC after 2 C-sections...is this possible?
- By nylamama · New reply January 4, 2010
- 9 replies
- Hi, My husband and I are trying to conceive our 3rd child. I REALLY want to try a VBAC. I've had 2 C-sections previously. The first I feel I was pressured into and the second was by a different doctor ...
Baby Weight, Unhealthy habits... what are you looking to change?
- By jenbait · Posted January 2, 2010
- 0 replies
- Need some help getting you, or your family back on the healthy track? Join the National Body Challenge, and get tons of advice on how to get your kids to eat veggies, how to boost your workouts, and what ...
always upset
- By dezonneamor · New reply December 30, 2009
- 5 replies
- there so much that i want to say but don't know how to put into words i am truly amazed at mothers with more than one child. i don't see how you do it. it's very sad because i wanted a baby so bad, i ...
Pregnant with Paragard?
- By MOMMYof3Boys · New reply December 30, 2009
- 2 replies
- Um. I had the Paragard IUD inserted Oct. 19th this year, 3 months after having my 10 pound 11 ounce baby boy (my third boy) via classical or vertical cesarean section. I had been waiting for my period ...
Any advice?
- By feyes34 · New reply December 16, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi, I'm 35 years old and been having some symptoms and just wondering has anyone else experienced this and could possibly give any advice to what could be wrong..I've been having pain in my right side ...
i'm scared!!!!
- By ccoco28 · New reply December 14, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hello everyone. I don't know if I am pregnant or not and I'm scared. To take the test. Because of the result I always get from. Is always nigetives is never postives. And I keep on buying the test. I ...
Period & Pregnancy?
- By lovesGod · New reply December 14, 2009
- 1 reply
- Can you have a normal period and be pregnant? Has this happened to anyone ...
New here
- By newmommy1209 · New reply December 13, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi, I'm new to the site. I'm on about 5 other pregnancy sites (yeah I'm a bit addicted). I'm 11 weeks along with my first bundle of joy!!! I would love to talk to others that are expecting or already ...
is 18 a good age to have a baby?
- By _eMiLyXgEm_ · New reply December 13, 2009
- 33 replies
- is 17 a good age to have a baby? my boyfriend and i are planning to have a baby on his 17th bday. his bday is 7 months after mine. im 15 and hes almost 15. is this even a good age to be thinking about ...
10 weeks no period and NEG blood and pregnancy test
- By vonnie71226 · New reply December 12, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello, I haven't gotten my period for 10 weeks already. I have never been this late unless I'm pregnant... Since August. 2 weeks after took a pregnancy test and it came out Neg. A Week later took anther ...
10lbs 8.5 ounces of love
- By btflaj09 · New reply December 10, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello all, I've been gone for quite some time, I have definitely missed my online home away from home! Anywho on October 21, 2009 at 11:12PM I finally gave birth to my son Jordan Nathaniel johnson 10 ...
