Illnesses & Symptoms: Infant

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Hi Moms! I have a 9-month-old son and for the last few days he has had a very runny nose and is all stuffed up. He does not let me suck his nose out or...
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Okay so i had a sinus infection i was battling it for 2 weeks before i went to t...
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my son has been coughing terribly for almost 5 weeks now.we have gone to the doc...
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My 2.5 year old just started preschool & of course has already been sick :-( He...
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My nearly 4 yo son has a cold/flu virus. He is oozing goo. His nose is running...

Aches & Pains

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Since having my son in January, I've had increasing joint pain in my knees (and thumbs!), along with some back pain -- feels almost arthritic. At first...
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I have an almost 1 year old who is still nursing. I am currently weaning, and h...
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Hi Ladies, My daughter is now three months old and still breastfeeding. Ever...
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I am 11 weeks pregnant, and I have been experiencing pain in several of my joint...
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Hello, I have been experiencing severe joint pain since before giving birth to ...

Acne

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I always suffered with acne as a teenager but it became tolerable as an adult. I had breakouts again before I had my first child. When I went to the ...
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Hello Moms! I am totally at a loss and could really use some good advice. I ha...
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My 2 week old has developed infant acne pretty bad. I have heard mixed things ab...
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My 2 year old daughter has a large red bump on her butt with a white head. When ...
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Help!!! I am breaking out sooo bad. It seems like I have tried everything. I am ...

ADD, ADHD

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My 9 year old has recently been diagnosed with ADD. Since the end of her 2nd grade year she began getting notes and we had conferences about her daydr...
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My 6 year old son has ADD and ADHD. I was wanting some advice on how to deal wit...
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Has anyone tried any natural remedies for ADHD? My nephew is on ritalin, and it...
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can you explain these two to me? what are the symptoms? what is the difference? ...
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Hi ladies, this is the first post for me. Does anyone have a child with a hyper...

Allergies

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I've had stress hives off and on (rarely) since 10 years old. I became higlhly allergic to dust mites, pollens, molds and animals with fur after the a...
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My 6 month old seems to have some kind of allergy from the weather. We went to ...
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My 18-month old has a pretty-much contiuously runny nose. It usually combined w...
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He's allergic to Eggs, Milk, Wheat, Soy, Cod fish (we have to have more test don...
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I have a 5 month old little boy who recently has been excessivley fussy, crying ...

Appendicitis

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Our beautiful little girl has had problems since she was about 2 months old with easily getting constipated. We had a really frustrating time getting ...
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My 31 year old sister had emergency surgery at 5:30 this morning- she had append...
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I have a 7 month old baby girl that was delivered by emergency c-section last Ma...
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I have to go into the hospital over night to have a procedure done, but I am sti...
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My daughter sometimes complains that her stomach hurts. This sometimes happens ...

Autism

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I have a grandson on the autistic spectrum and belong to a support group for grandparents. I would love input from you mothers (and fathers) with kids ...
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Did anyone who has an autistic child see the news press conference about autism/...
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i know a 2 year old who still does not talk, is overy irritable, clingy to his m...
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i have a dear friend, my best friend of ten+years who has a 23 mo old who doesnt...
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Do you have a kid with autism? At what age did you find out about it? What ar...

Autism Spectrum

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I have a grandson on the autistic spectrum and belong to a support group for grandparents. I would love input from you mothers (and fathers) with kids ...
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Did anyone who has an autistic child see the news press conference about autism/...
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i know a 2 year old who still does not talk, is overy irritable, clingy to his m...
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I'm pregnant with a baby girl & am scared to death of autism. It seems to be mo...
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Do you have a kid with autism? At what age did you find out about it? What ar...

Bed Wetting & Night Accidents

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My almost four year old daughter was completely out of training pants, sleeping through the night and dry at nap time but for the last few months she h...
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My son will soon be 7 years of age and still wetting the bed. I have tried the a...
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Hi, I am wondering if anyone is having any problems with older kids, age range 5...
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I have a almost 4 year old who has been potty trained for 2 years now. She stil...
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My son is almost 4 and he still wets the bed (pull-up)EVERY night. I really want...

Blocked Tear Ducts

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My 8 month old son has had clogged tear ducts since he was born. I wondered if anyone else has experienced this. The doctor says it normally goes awa...
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Hello, After having my new born home for 2 days her eyes suddenly looked to be i...
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Hi there - my 4.5 month old has had clogged tear ducts since birth. Upon the ad...
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Hi, I am a gradmother of a beautiful one month old baby boy. He has clogged tear...
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My daughter has a week old newborn. He woke up this morning with one eye closed...

Bronchitis

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hi just wondering if anyone has advice or home remedies for bronchitis for 22 month old. thanx...
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Are there any mom's that have young kids with acute or chronic bronchitis? My ...
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My doctor diagnosed me with Bronchitis last week. I thought I was getting bette...
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My 7 month old daughter was diagnosed with bronchitis just yesterday. Her Doctor...
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My 30 month old son recently started daycare after being at home with a nanny si...

Bronchitis & Bronchiolitis

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Hi :) Are there any moms out there who's baby has had bronchialitis? My baby was hospitalized for 48 hours in January and after a week and a half o...
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My son had a cold that turned into Croup Cough, now it has turned into Acute Bro...
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Hi moms- My 5 month old had developed bronchiolitis. She is really stuffy and ...
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My son was discharged from the hospital today with acute bronchitis. He is 18 m...
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I'm not sure if I spelled it right, but we took my 2 month old to the doctor wit...

Cancer

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i just wanted to feel better i am in a relation for over a year and half and i have been friends with my man four years we got togeather a year and ...
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Most recently I have been under some serious stress due to a big change in my li...
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I have a friend that was diagnosed with cancer. I don't live very close and wor...
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I have a friend/co-worker who has breast cancer and is going to have surgery lat...
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im a 13 yr old girl and my mom was diognosed with pre cancer last month and had ...

Cerebral Palsy

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Does anyone know if a man has a mild case of cerebral palsy if he can have healthy normal kids?...
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I would like to meet parents of children with cerebral palsy and who have had pr...
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Wondering if there are any mothers out there with a child with Cerebral Palsy, a...
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would like to meet moms in a similar situation to mine, my five year old son has...
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Hi i was just wondering if any one has a child with severe brain damage caused f...

Chicken Pox

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I have a seven month old baby girl. Last weekend her cousin came to visit and gave her a kiss and played with her. Well - I got a call from his mothe...
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My 10 year old has chicken pox and I was wondering if my 8 month old would get t...
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Have any of you experienced Chicken Pox in your children even after the vaccine?...
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My 2 yr. old son has had the chicken pox vacine, but a few days ago little red s...
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hi all, my 2 1/2 month old has been exposed to shingles and from what the doc ...

Cold & Flu

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My 18 month old has her first cold. She has a runny nose, and drainage that made her gag and throw up a little last night. I could hear that she has a ...
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My 8 mo son has been having a runny nose for 3 weeks. He has no cough or fever, ...
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Hello Mommas, Today I took my almost 20 month old to a story time. While we ...
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My 10 month old has had a runny nose for almost a month now. She doesn't seem s...
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My daughter who is almost 6 month old ( she will be 6 months next week) has had ...

Constipation

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my five year old boy has been constipated since one month i had tried many things but none of them work what should i do...
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I have a 15 week old precious daughter who seems to me to be constipated. I nur...
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My daughter is about 4 1/2 weeks old. I recently switched her from breastmilk to...
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My daughter is 9 months old I'm trying to figure out what foods cause constipati...
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My baby girl is 5 months old and is having problems with constipation. The poor...

Cough & Cold

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My 7 month old just recently started to get a stuffy nose. I don't know what to do and I feel for him because he doesn't nurse for long and he won't e...
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My 5 month old has had a stuffy nose for a little over a week now. Last Wed, sh...
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hey moms, i need sme good advice on what to do for my five month old baby boy's ...
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Hi Moms! I have a wonderful almost 3 year old and he has just come down with a ...
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my daughter has had a stuffy nose for almost a week. i called the ped. they just...

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Dehydration

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Hi moms. My 22 month old son has had a pretty bad cough for the past 2 weeks. We just got him on antibiotics. I'm worried about dehydration, though, as...
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my son (17 months)has had loose stool since Wed. I called his Dr. on friday when...
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Does anyone have any ideas about how to dehydrate food in your oven (without the...
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My 3 month old's soft spot seems to "sink" in a little bit once in a while... I ...
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My daughter is one year old at the end of this month. Breast Fed. Hates Formul...

Diabetes

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I have an 18 month granddaughter I am raising and we were told yesterday she has Type 2 Diabetes. This is a very ware case, she is not overweight at a...
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Hi guys i am new in here. And since i see we all share a little bit of info , ...
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I need some help here Mamas. I was just diagnosed with Diabetes yesterday (while...
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Does any one have a child with Diabetes. I am looking for what signs and symptom...
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okay hopefully ia m just being overly paranoid. but I have noticed that my 10 m/...

Diarrhea

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My son has had diarrhea for about a week now and it's causing a rash, I have stopped giving him juice hoping it would subside but it hasn't any ideas ...
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I'm a new mom & have no idea what baby diarrhea looks like so I'd like to ask yo...
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Hi Moms, I was wondering what you did when your little ones have diarrhea. M...
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I have an 11 month old who had the stomach flu starting a week ago. The vomiting...
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My 12 month old who turns 1 today has had a stomach virus since Thursday. The D...

Ear Ache

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what causes them and what are some home remedies for it?...
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My family is just getting over being very sick for the past week. Now my 6 year ...
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My daughter keeps shrugging her shoulder toward her ear. Could this be a sign o...
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Oh my goodness....I am in pain... Well ladies, I am writing because you all are...
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I believe that i have an ear infection. is it safe to breast feed my baby while ...

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Fever

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My four year old son has been running a very high fever for three days now. Even with alternating Tylenol and Motrin every three hours, it is still ar...
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While in the hospital a couple weeks a go, the nurses took my son's tempersture ...
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My son has had a temperature all day. He was up at 5:30am with a temp of 101.+ ...
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How do you check for a fever, reliably, without a thermometer? are there any ot...
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my 10 month old has had a fever for about 24hrs and has yet to break his fever....

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Flu

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Does anyone know how to tell the diferance between a bad cold and the flu?...
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I have the flu, how can i prevent my 21 month from getting it too?...
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Hi Ladies, My son was diagnosed with the flu yesterday and already tod...
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Okay I know this is going to sound really crazy but I have onyl had the flu once...
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I have a 7 month old who is just starting to crawl and I woke up with the flu.. ...

Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease

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i just found out that my 14 month old has hand foot and mouth disease. my doctor gave me a print out about HFMD but i find it to be not very helpful. i...
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My 2 1/2 year old has come down with Hand Foot & Mouth Disease (similar to chick...
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My almost 12 month old has had a fever since yesterday morning. So this morning ...
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Hi Ladies, I just took my 19 month old daughter to the pediatrician this mornin...
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Does anyone know about Hand foot and Mouth (HFMD) disease? My sister's kids (one...

Head Lice

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Does anyone have a remedy for lice. The rid is not working for me and i cannot afford to miss more work...
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If you have had experiences with lice, I would like to know what treatments work...
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We have our first bout of lice :( I have spent hours doing the girls hair with ...
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OKay my son has Lice, I am sick of it, and nothing I do seems to do works. Short...
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Hello Our friend came over with his daughter Saturday and found lice on her Sun...

Heart Disease

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Can anyone give me any information on the recovery time for open heart surgery? I am taking care of my dad and he is having a difficult time sleeping....
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I know I posted while I was in labor then never updated but it's been kinda cra...
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Our 14 yr old terrier mix has had a heart murmur for a couple years. It makes h...
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When you are pregnant does your heart jump around? Is this normal???...
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Dear Mamas, I have a very serious question. No need to say that i am extremely...

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Heartburn & Indigestion

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I am 29 weeks pregnant I have been having heartburn and indigestion so bad i get sick. it happens every night i use to drink milk to relieve it but ha...
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I'm 13 weeks prego and having really bad indigestion every time after I eat. It...
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Hi Ladies, I hope you can help me with this one: I'm looking into getting pregn...
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Hi - I am 8 weeks pregnant. Prior to this, I have ulcerative colitis and acid re...
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He had a problem about a year and a half ago but only lasted a few days. In this...

High Blood Pressure

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So my DH went to the dentist and they took his blood pressure and said it was 137/99. I just read that 140/90 is hypertension and he is prehypertension...
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My daughter is 8 months old and I am still on High Blood pressure medicine. I ne...
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Hi, I'm wondering if there is any one who has had this happen to them and how it...
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I just delivered 3 days ago and after the delivery when vitals were taken my blo...
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My sister recently found out she is pregnant. She has had very high blood press...

High Cholesterol

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Hi ladies, I'm writing this for avery good friend of mine who is trying to get preggers for the first time (sooooo excited). She has very high cholest...
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I am expecting my second baby and recently had my annual physical and was told m...
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My BFs physical results just came back, and he has high cholesterol (the bad kin...
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Im 26 years old and I went in for my physical...got all the blood work done and ...
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My husband told me last night that he heard (I think from the news or something ...

Medications

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Ok Mommas, I am getting conflicting advice from my health care professionals. I am due in two weeks w/ baby #2, have been on Synthroid (for hypothyro...
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Is there any anxiety medications that are safe in pregnancy??...
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hi, i just found out that i'm 2 months pregnant a few days ago. I had cold abou...
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I am 49 and have been in Menopause for almost 4 years now. I can't take it any ...
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I've been in chronic pain for years. I have fibromyalgia. It will settle in on...

Mental Health & Learning Disabilities

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I have been told from several friends and some strangers that their children are receiving disability for adhd. My son is about to turn 7 and was diagn...
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My employer just informed me that I can get a 12 week paid leave only if my doct...
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I am the mother of a 4 year old, a full time nanny, and have worked in daycares ...
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Hello - I am the mother of three girls who are very close in age. 13, 12 and 10...
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Well after much fear/anxiety I have come to realize that I do need to get in and...

Mononucleosis

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My six year old son was sent home from school Friday with a sore throat, nausea, and wheezing (he has been recovering from bronchitis, finishing up an ...
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hi, im have already asked a question on twins and the responses wer so helpfull,...
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My four year old son has been diagnosed with Mono. I understand there are many m...
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I just learned I have mono. Two weeks ago my son brought what I thought was a co...
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I just found out that I have mono. How am I supposed to rest with 2 small childr...

Pink Eye

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It's midnight, any relief ideas for a 4 year old with pink eye? Motrin for the pain. Cold packs for eyes. Anthing else? Thanks :)...
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I have a 12 yr old son who I had to go pick up today from school and take him to...
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Hey moms, Well my 3.5yr old had both eyes looking a bit red and irritated yeste...
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My 2.5 year old has a bright red patch/spot under her eye...at first we thought ...
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So what is an easy quick fix to pink eye? unfortunately I am not able to get int...

PMS

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Hi ladies, I am close to 43 years old and for the past 2 years or so I start getting extremely anxious in the two weeks before my period. I'm at the po...
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I'm wondering if any of you moms has had any experience with PPD and PMDD. I th...
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I've never had bad, if any, symptoms of PMS in the past. I had a baby about 9 mo...
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Help! I feel like my hormones are completely out of control! I have had horrib...
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After two or three months of you being miserable the week before my period I thi...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome / PCOS

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I have a good friend who was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). She was diagnosed a few years ago and knew that it could cause fertilit...
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My Gyno told me after testing that I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. She beliv...
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I went to my OBGYN this AM and hs said that I might have Polycystic Ovarian Synd...
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I have always suffered from yeast infections since my teens but this is the firs...
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Has anyone who was diagnosed with POS (Polycystic ovaries syndrome) been able to...

Rashes

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My daughter has horrible hives. She has had them for 2 weeks and the doctor has no explanation for them. We eat organic and use natural products in o...
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My 4 year old son starting breaking out with hives a week ago. I called the doct...
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Hi Moms! My son has had hives for a while now. Normally he gets them with a feve...
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My 10 month daughter has had a rough winter. On New Year's Eve she came down wi...
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My son woke up yesterday morning with hives (according to the Doctor) all over h...

Seizures

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Does any other mom on this site have epilepsy? I do and I have concerns about my next pregnancy....
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I am being quite vulnerable here, but I am desperate to talk with other moms who...
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I was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 4. I went off my meds 4 years ago and I bel...
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I was looking for any other moms who has a child with hydrocephalus or epilepsy?...
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My husband was diagnosed with epilepsy just before we were married. If he take...

Sleep Issues

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Does anyone have any good recommendations on help with insomnia? I have had blood work done and nothing stands out as a reason for it. I follow all o...
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Can anyone recommend anything for ths? I am not sleeping at all!...
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I have been trying to google this and can't seem to find any answers so I though...
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Normally I go to bed between 11:30 and 12:30, and fall asleep between 12:30 and ...
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My husband has had difficulty sleeping normally since I know him - he doesn't fa...

Stomach Virus

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I'm sure this sounds minor to most, but our 1.5 year old son just came down with a terrible stomach virus. It's his first time vomiting. It's just so s...
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My 6 year old daughter has been having severe stomach pain, usually within a a f...
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Lily (10 weeks old) has a stomach bug. She's not eating as much as normal and ou...
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So last week I was sick with what I thought was a stomach bug on Tues/Wed. But t...
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Hey Moms, I am at my wits end. I have a 3 year old that has had diarrhea sin...

Strep Infections

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My daughter has been diagnosed with strep throat 3 months in a row. Within about a week of finishing the antibiotics, she gets it again. He tonsils ar...
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My 6 yr old was sent home from school friday with a fever. She never acted like ...
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Two questions here....Our 6 yr old missed school and had a dr's appointment mid ...
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My 8 year old daughter has gotten strep throat 4 times in the last 4 months. Ha...
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My daughter, age 3, was diagnosed last week with strep throat. I actually took ...

Support Groups

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I will be going to my sons Ped. tomorrow to discuss the chance that he has ADHD ( i am almost positive that it will be a "he does" answer). I am scare...
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Has anyone had to deal with their child being sexually abused? I need some supp...
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Hi mamas- My beautiful 4 month old baby girl was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular...
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My cousin and his wife just had and lost a baby to Trisomy 18 after about a day ...
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Hi all, my question is a friend of mine went thru a miscarraige yesterday. She ...

Thrush

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DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THRUSH? OR HAVE HAD A BABY THAT HAD THRUSH??? PLEASE HELP! I AM GOING TO THE DOCTOR TOMORROW BUT I STILL WANT TO KNOW~ ...
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What are ways to prevent Thrush? How do u know if ur baby has it?...
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Can a mother get thrush if she is only pumping and not nursing? I seem to have ...
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My baby has had thrush for 2 weeks now from, what I think was the Amoxicillan fo...
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I've developed thrush on my breasts. I do not breastfeed, I pump only. However...

Torticollis

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I'm wondering if there is anyone who has a child with torticollis? Where are you at with everything? Any success? Who do you see? What has been you...
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hi everyone, my 4 month old daughter was diagnosed with torticollis about a mon...
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My Son of four months was just diagnosed with infant torticollis, we are waiting...
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I don't know why this is upsetting me so much. I know it can be a lot more chal...
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My 7 month old baby has been intermittently tilting his head to his right side f...

Urinary Tract Infections

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Hello Mom's--I am deep in research on information on infant girls with urinary reflux. My 4 month old was diagnosed yesterday with grade 3 reflux---and...
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Hi Mamas, OK...I have read several postings regarding UTI's, however none see...
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I had UTI's the last half of my pregnancy and was on a low dose of Macrobid to k...
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Hi ladies, My husband and I have been increasing the frequency of our sex lives ...
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Hello. My daughter is almost 10 months old and has been diagnosed with a UTI. ...

Vomiting

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Almost three weeks ago my 10 1/2 month old son came down with a little stomach bug. A few days after that he caught a pretty bad cold. During the col...
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Hello everyone. I have a newborn son who just turned three weeks on Friday. I ha...
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I have a three month old who just started throwing up (spitting up) after he eat...
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My sister just had a baby boy. He is 3 weeks old, and she has had trouble breas...
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I posted a question about 3 weeks ago now about my child having strep. Well 2 w...
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