Hemmorrohoids
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Curious About Epidurals...
Asked by H.V. from Cleveland
on August 25, 2010
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I was thinking about how many women I know these days that automatically opt for an epidural / inductions.
I knew for my 1st child I wanted to do it the all natural...
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- First delivery...no epidural (not by choice). Second delivery...induction because I was overdue and i did have an epidural. The epidural didn't take very well and I ...
- I did go natural and I loved it! Yes it hurt, but really, tha pain was managable and the birth of my duaghter was the most empowering experience in my life. I would ne...
- I was induced at 42 weeks with each of my boys. I had an epidural. I had them turn it on just enough to take the edge off because there is absolutely no reason for a...
Uterine Fibroids
Asked by B.L. from Detroit
on February 22, 2007
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At my last gyn exam, my doctor told me that I had fibroids. He said my uterus was about the size of a 6 week pregnancy. This did explain the back and hip pain I had ...
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- Hi B.! I seen your post on here, and although I don’t have Uterine Fibroids, I felt compelled to write anyways because some of what you wrote sounds very familiar to...
- Hi B. - I went through basically the same thing about 3 1/2 years ago. Besides the fibroids though, I also had endeometrosis. Because I wanted to postpone surgery un...
- Hi B., I was in your shoes, 4 1/2 years ago and I was just 39 years old. My problems start out with a little pain, different period cycles, and the doctors keep giving...
Pitocin or Not?
Asked by J.D. from Chicago
on February 28, 2009
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I will soon be 39 weeks pregnant and am having an ultrasound to see the size of the baby and the level of amniotic fluid left in the sac. The doctor said at the point...
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- I would avoid an induction unless there is a compelling reason. Induction is a risky procedure. The risks are increased from a spontaneous labor and include: inf...
- Every one has a different reaction to any kind of medication. My first pregnancy was induced. I had no problem. My second started naturally--a week late. However, ...
- J.! I am on here, too! I got your email about this this morning. I had petocin all 3 times. Two to get the labor moving after my water broke, and one to induce l...
Pregnant over 40?
Asked by C.G. from Austin
on June 20, 2007
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Hello ladies,
I am a 41 year old mom with a very active little boy who will turn 5 yrs.old in November. My husband & I are trying to have our second bundle of joy. So...
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- C., I honestly believe you are the only one who can know if you are biting off more than you can chew. It sounds like you have thought through the realities of havin...
- I know medically becoming pregnant may be an issue or a concern but I don't think that being an older mother should concern you at all. If anything I think you have m...
- C., NO 40 is the new 25, i swear. you are not the only woman trying to have a baby passed 38 these days. My friend just had her second at 42 and is happy i am 36 a...
Neep Help Becoming Un-constipated
Asked by E.W. from Chicago
on February 16, 2010
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I'm sorry if this is TMI, but before pregnancy I had IBS-C, so I wasn't very regular then, but I could take a gentle laxitive to go if I needed...but now, I am so cons...
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- Benefiber makes an invisible fiber supplement you mix with water. Can't taste it, I swear. Also, consider eating yogurt, esp. greek yogurt (which is wonderful, by the ...
- when my kids are stopped up I give them blueberries.
- I would recommend going to your local health food store. They usually have things there that are safe for you to use while you're pregnant. I also suffer from constipa...
2 Positive HPT and 2 Negative
Asked by C.B. from Madison
on November 11, 2011
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So I just posted a question yesterday about being super surprised with an unexpected 3rd pregnancy. I took 2 tests yesterday, both positive. I took another test first ...
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- A false positive is VERY rare, not to mention two in a row. Different tests can have different sensitivities (one may show a pos result at 15 mIU/ml of hcg in the uri...
- My doctor told me that people get false negatives, but not false positives. I would go in and have the dr. do a test.
- Sounds like a yes to me! Maybe the 2 you took today had a higher threshold of detection?
Do I Have Just One More Baby or My Tubes Tied?
Asked by T.P. from Orlando
on October 19, 2006
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Ok, I will try to make this as brief as I can. I am 35 years old and have just had child number 5, 2 weeks ago. My husband wants me to have a tubal. I have 2 children...
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- This is a decision you and your husband need to agree upon. But if he is really against having more children, then he should get vasectomy. The procedure has less ri...
- Not that I think you should run out and have another baby, because I am not saying that at all, but I think that any doctor who would perform a tubal ligation on a wom...
- Hi T., Congratulations on the new born baby. My heart also goes out to you. My mother had to leave my olders sibling behind when she came to this country when the y...
Best Workout While Pregnant??
Asked by S.Y. from Tampa
on February 2, 2012
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Hi moms. I am only 10wks pregnat and I have already giained alot of weight...mostly because NO healthy food sounds good to me, it makes me sick...I do force myself hea...
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- I worked out regularly (3x a week) at a local gym on the weight machines, doing zumba and cardio. I quit when I got pregnant b/c I was soooo sick. Now that I'm 5 mo...
- I actually went online to amazon and looked up different workout videos specific to pregnancy. One of them was a yoga and it was pretty decent, the other was a streng...
- check out www.bellynkicks.com or google belly n kicks or erika boom
Bleeding and Cancer
Asked by B.B. from Jacksonville
on November 17, 2009
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I am only 33 years old but have been having bleeding from my butt. I did some research online and that is consistent with colon cancer or anal cancer. I am scared too ...
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- Please take a deep breath and relax. Two of my girl friends ware experiencing the same thing and they both were absolutely fine. Just like you they were scared to deat...
- But maybe you don't have cancer? Maybe it is hemorroids that are bleeding? If you are sick with cancer, your husband will step up to help with the kids more, and the...
- Whoa! Take a deep breath, B.. While we're all scared of the cancer diagnosis, it could be a hundred other things. Polyps, Crohn's, hemorroids. Though the medical syste...
D&c
Asked by A.W. from Cleveland
on March 2, 2008
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I recently found out that I was pregnant (i actually had a previous post on here AM I PREGNANT?) anyways I was pregnant but ended up having a miscarraige yesterday (Fr...
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- I was 6 weeks along with my second child when i found out that the babys heart beat had just stopped and i was told i had a choice to either let nature take its course...
- Aleisha, I am so sorry to hear about your misfortune. Personally I have had 2 miscarraiges, one with a D&C and one without. From my experience, I recovered much fas...
- Hi Aleisha. I'm sorry you had to go through that. I had 3 miscarriages, I guess, technically, I had 4, but I had 3 D&C's. I had other issues that prevented me from ...
