My Breast Friend: Clear Blue
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How to Help a Friend Breastfeed
Asked by S.P. from Charleston
on February 25, 2010
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I need to get some advice on how to not be overbearing about encouraging my friend to breastfeed her second baby. She is due in May. She wanted to breastfeed her fir...
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- Her situation is a lot like mine- natural birth and trouble getting the baby to latch. It took a lot to get through it but there are sometimes other things at play- a...
- I don't think you should be labeled "hardcore" if you're still breastfeeding your toddler. Western ideology may dictate its HORRIBLE to breastfeed past a year (althoug...
- If there is one thing I have learned it is that your journey may not be the same as your friend's journey. Do her a HUGE favor and don't make a big deal out of what sh...
Possibly Pregnant Question/Advice for a Friend
Asked by E.B. from Miami
on October 24, 2011
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I have a g/f whom has been actively trying. This month she's missed her period it was due on October 14. She has every symptom possible, sore breast, frequent urinatio...
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- Sometimes the symptoms can just be caused by a delayed menstrual cycle. I'd focus on helping her keep perspective on the bigger picture, tell her that she can also tal...
- I don't pass a pregnancy test for a full month after I am pregnant (in fact I have my period that 1st month!). It really skews the numbers so it looks like my babies ...
- I think many times when a woman so desperatly wants to have a baby, you make yourself believe you are pregnant! I can remember one month so desperatly wanting to be p...
Concerned: 43, Am I Going Through Early Stages of Menopause? Can I Conceive?
Asked by J.R. from Miami
on May 18, 2010
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A friend of mine said that I may be going through early stages of menopause and I am very sad as i want another child. We have a beautiful 18 month old. I am 43, bfeed...
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- Of course you can!!! There are so many people out there that have what is called menopause babies. Remember it only takes one egg so if you're still getting a period...
- After three years of hot flashes, mood swings, irregular periods and down to three or four periods a year, guess what? Pregnancy tests came up negative, so I didn't w...
- My hero as well, I'm 43, have 3 teenagers, am now in a MUCH better situtation than I was when I had my youngest, now 13, and had my tubes tied. I have hot flashes, ir...
Very Super Faint Line on Pregnancy Test
Asked by S.H. from Wichita
on October 8, 2010
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We have been ttc for 16 months now and I have taken plenty of test (i test whenever i "feel" pregnant) This afternoon I took a test and I swear I saw a super faint, al...
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- 7 tests later (yes, seven - thank god I bought the cheap ones at www.saveontests.com) we still had a very faint line and I was still pregnant. My wonderful husband d...
- a line is a line is a line. With my daughter my husband and I stared at that stick for a long time, and kept checking it just to make sure that very faint line was st...
- IMO, congratulations are in order! Seven and a half years ago I had a faint, faint line on my test--you can ask my second grader all about it! :-)
Has Anyone of You Been Advised to Use CLOMID Alongside with Premarin?
Asked by P.C. from Washington DC
on March 25, 2011
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I have fairly regular monthly periods. I just got married last year. Me and my hubby would like to have a baby. We went to the oB and we were advised to use clom...
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- I took 50mg of Clomid for two months and got pregnant! Currently expecting my bundle of joy any day now! Good luck, it does work! :) P.S: I know doctors now are onl...
- Anytime you use anything that can increase ovulation or increase the "eggs" created, you run a risk of multiples. With Clomid, it is a relatively smaller risk than so...
- My sister used it and had just one baby and she didn't have to take anything for her second. It did make her pretty moody though if I remember correctly.
Trying to Get Pregnant
Asked by J.D. from San Angelo
on March 9, 2012
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My husband and I are trying to get pregnant. I had an IUD in for about 2 yrs, and got it out in Dec. A couple days after that I started my period, and had a pretty nor...
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- Phantom pregnancy is a very real thing. There were many months I felt pregnant because I wanted to be. I have had 5 pregnancies and I can tell you that all the times...
- You can in fact make your body have pregnancy symptoms. I too am trying to get pregnant and every month I swear I have the symptoms but I am not pregnant. And one...
- Yes, we often make our body have symptoms we want them to. Most women I've met who are actively trying to get pregnant, think they have symptoms.
TTC For 5 Years, Period Late
Asked by T.T. from Roanoke
on May 25, 2009
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Ok. My story's a little long but here goes. DH and I have been TTC for close to 5 years now. I am 25 years old. We have had many many false hopes, where I thought I wa...
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- I once read in an old medical book that birth of a baby was positive proof of a pregnancy. Duh. It wouldn't hurt to take prenatal vitamins. See your Dr soon as possib...
- Hi T. T.~ I'm really sorry to hear of your long journey of ttc. I can relate b/c I had been ttc for 5 years as well and 7 pregnancies and 6 miscarriages later I go...
- It does sound like you may be prego. Dizzy spells is 1 of the early signs for me. It tooke me almost 2 years to conceive my 2nd child, so I do know how you feel. Good ...
Ovulation Tests?????
Asked by C.A. from Wichita
on November 5, 2009
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I am wondering if any of you have had any good or bad experiance with those ovulation tests. Which brands have you tried etc.....Have you tried them after birth contro...
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- I was very reluctant to use the ovulation sticks. I always thought that you should just be able to make a baby (uhhhh...) the old fashioned way unless you had any fer...
- The depo shot really messed me up too. The ovulation sticks allow you to find out if you are indeed ovulating or not. I was not, and ended up going to a dr that help...
- Your hormones are obviously out of whack, something I suffered from from about age 15 to about age 42, when my chiropractor/kinesiologist determined that I had a hormo...
Clogged Tear Duct
Asked by J.L. from Pittsburgh
on May 10, 2010
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Hi Everyone! I was wondering if anyone had to have their baby's clogged tear duct surgically cleared out? My 6 month old has a clogged tear duct that has been clogged ...
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- This is going to sound totally crazy but my son had the same thing. A friend had this happen with one of her children and she put breastmilk in the affected eye and i...
- I have a very good friend whose son is the same age as mine.--He had clogged tear ducts for the longest time. One of them was really bad & they were getting ready to ...
- It is not that big of a deal I promise. I had it done when i was 1 month old and my daughter had it done at 2 months. It is not really a surgery there is no sedation r...
Pregnant?
Asked by J.D. from Columbus
on February 23, 2008
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Ok ladies...We did everything right this month in order for me to concieve. All the days line up and I was eager to test. I am not due to start my period until Monday....
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- Personally, I think you are trying too hard!! Be thankful you have your 3 children and give it time, it just may not be time yet. I had to take medicine to get pregn...
- I had that same test (First response), and mine did the same thing. The line was there, but it wasn't there. Then I also took an EPT the next day and it did the same t...
- J., What is your work at home job? I'm looking for part-time job ops to bring in some extra cash to help with bills. Thanks, K.
