While Pregnant
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Partial Molar Pregnancy
Asked by A.H. from Montgomery
on February 7, 2008
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During my one week check up with my doctor after having a D and C, I was told the pregnancy I had was anything but normal. That I had a partial molar pregnancy. I woul...
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- Hey hey A., my sister went through a molar pregnancy that did turn into cancer, i can thankfully say that she is cancer free today. she was told that it started a pr...
- Check out this website: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/molarpregnancy.html Good info that may help you better understand this! Good lu...
- I'm not familiar with that condition but I did find a couple of sites that I thought might be helpful to you. Take care and you are in my prayers. Just copy and paste...
Weight Gain During Pregnancy
Asked by J.H. from Detroit
on May 13, 2009
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I have a friend who is expecting her first child in October. She is around 18-19 weeks pregnant. She visited her OB recently and the doctor she saw said she was "ext...
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- I gained 35 lbs and my doctor had told me anywhere between 25 and 35. Several of my friends that were pregnant at the same time gained 50-55 lbs. Most of their docto...
- I was at an average weight before pregnancy and gained 30 with the first and 40 with the second. That doctor is crazy!!!
- Unfortunately her Doctor is right, 20-25 lbs is what a women should gain with a pregnancy. At 18 weeks the baby weights almost nothing so the weight that has been gain...
Help with Post Partum Depression
Asked by Y.D. from Dallas
on July 11, 2006
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I had a baby 7 months ago and was diagnosed with ppd so I was put on Wellbutrin SR. Well, since then my medicaid has ended and I dont think that the medicine is workin...
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- I'm truly sorry to hear that. And I'm even more sorry that the state can't figure out how to help. That's pretty typical. And here it's one of the most serious prob...
- Hi Y., If you decide that you will stay on the medication I would encourange you to check out www.mybenefitsplus.com/40358744 where they offer prescription benefits...
- Hi Y.. I wouldn't go off the medicine without consulting the physician who wrote the prescription for you. Was it your OBGYN? Then talk to him/her or the nurse. They m...
Depression and Getting Ins
Asked by E.B. from Seattle
on August 6, 2008
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Ok so a week ago I had my tubes tied...I had recently been put on an antidepressant for PPD. It is now not working anymore...The other thing I am up against is my hea...
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- Having your tubes "tied" just means that there is something clamping them off. Whether it is a clip across them or they were cauterized, they are no longer open tubes ...
- When I had my son, I had really bad post partum depression that lasted about 6 months or so...maybe a little longer (he's 4 now and i can't remember exactly how long)....
- Hi E., I had my tubes tied when I had my second baby. I also had PPD but mine started while I was pregnant. Really nothing changes with your hormones when you get t...
Dealing with an Ectopic Pregnancy
Asked by K.S. from New York
on July 28, 2008
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Has any mom out there had or knows someone that had an ectopic pregnancy- abnormal pregnancy where the egg implants elsewhere besides the uterus. Sonogram after sonogr...
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- My girlfriend had an ectopic pregnancy. She lost the baby in June and by September was pregnant again. She just had a beautiful little girl. You will get pregnant a...
- Many years ago when I went to my gyn doctor as I was late with my period. He examined me and gave me a pregnancy test which came up negitive and I was told everythin...
- So glad you were able to get through the ectopic pregnancy without any complications!!! from what I understand with ectopic, you chances are shlightly higher in having...
My Depression Is Affecting My Kids
Asked by L.M. from San Francisco
on February 17, 2010
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I am currently in a depressive episode with hightened anxiety. I take medication for both, see a psychologist, and will soon be seeing a new pyschiatrist to manage my ...
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- Is it possible that your depression is hormone related. The same thing happened to me in my mid thirties. I could not control my feelings and drove my poor husband cra...
- I am so sorry this is happening to you. The only thing I can think of is if you could get more help caring for them at this time? I know you can't give them all the ...
- I read the other responses you received and mind is probably going to sound quite harsh. I have dealt with depression and anxiety for along time. I do take medicatio...
Depression in Ssecond Preg?
Asked by B.C. from Albuquerque
on August 29, 2009
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i am due in nov with my second baby and although i feel her inside me and i know she is there i dont feel a conection. with my first daughter i was excited from the st...
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- You are not alone! Sorry it's taken me so long to respond but I wanted to let you know that I, too, had a similar experience with my second. I was extremely unnerved b...
- B., No need to worry. I am a Mom of 3 and I can remember being pregnant with my 2nd (when my 1st was only 5 months old) and I called my Mom crying because I felt no ...
- I am in the exact same situation, my son is 2 1/2 and I am due in december with a girl. I have had the same feelings throughout this second pregnancy and I have had so...
Can You Have Breast Feeding Depression
Asked by S.C. from Bismarck
on February 27, 2007
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I just recently quit breast feeding my son is 10 months old and I miss it. I gave into a bottle and I am glad that he is done off of the boob but I miss it. I tried to...
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- I think that maybe this is you just missing the baby and maybe that you know that this was your last one that makes everything worse. Just because you are turing 30 d...
- You're probably not necessarily being depressed over not breast feeding, but over the fact that you baby is growing up and has now "graduated" from that stage. Only t...
- Something that seems to help is babysitting a baby. You may find your self thankful for all the new things your little guy is doing. Also journal, it's a way to have y...
Pregnancy Tests with Mirena
Asked by R.W. from Birmingham
on February 22, 2009
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Almost two years ago I had a Mirena inserted after the birth of my second child and so far have loved it. I haven't had any periods since it was inserted and had some ...
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- Hey, R.! The only thing I can tell you is that my friend got pregnant with her second child while she had that. Appearantly it didn't work. She said she'd never use...
- If you had two pregnancies on other birth control, and might be pregnant again, I think you might want to check out a book like Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni...
- Fibroids can also cause you to look pregnant and feel crampy. Most women have them, but sometimes they grow really big during or after a pregnancy due to hormones. M...
Post Partum Depression?
Asked by T.J. from New Orleans
on November 2, 2006
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I think I may have PPD...I just feel ashamed that this could happen to me....again. How do I even go about telling my doctor that I might have it? I had it with my l...
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- Dear T., First of all you have no reason to feel ashamed. Some women have ,it some don't. I fought with my PPD for over a year , on my own. Seek yourself a support gr...
- Just wanted to encourage you... I'm glad your dr. was supportive. I had severe PPD with my 2 1/2 year old and have been on medication since. The one time I tried to...
- I was diagnosed with PPD. I felt so out of control and guilty. So after a couple of weeks of trying to deal with it and really worrying my poor husband, I called my ...
