Pregnancy Tests: Epi

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4 Weeks Pregnant and Doubting

Hi mamas, My husband and I are trying for our second baby and two days ago (3 days before my missed period) I took a home pregnancy test and it showed that I am pregnant! I have been having slight symptoms (increased appetite, bloating) including some cramping. We really want to tell our family at Thanksgiving, but the cramping has me a little worried. Also, today I hardly had any symptoms and in fact had some discharge (and noises!!) from down below... I am in the market for a midwife so made an appointment for tomorrow, but am...

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C- Section Terror

I just found out that my baby is breech, and i'm having a c-section next...

Age & Fertility

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How Did You Cope with Labor? How Do You Manage 3 Under the Age of 4?

I'm days away from delivering baby #3 and could use some advice on how to keep it together. My first two children were late-term premature. In fact, my water broke with my first at 36 weeks before I even had contractions so I never had drawn out anticipation of labor and child birth. This time looks like I'm going the distance or at least getting closer to it. I'm 38.5 weeks and now that I've done this twice before, I feel more anxious about labor and having a newborn than I did back then. Partly, because I know how much it hurts, but...

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Is It Common to Be Induced and Go Without a Epi?

I really wanted to go all natural. My due date was the 26th and iam scheduled to be induced this monday. I'm wondering if I should pass or take epi or tell them I want to wait until she's ready to come and skip being induced?

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Who's Had a Big Baby?

Okay, it has been established that my baby will be at least 8 pounds, maybe...