My sister in laws son my nephew has been put on the at risk register. My SILs boyfriend beats her up and has done for 2/3 years. She is now 8 months pregnant. Her son from her previous relationship lives with his dad in the week and her at the weekend. They are having lots of meeting with social services about it. They want to talk to me as her ( Read more... )

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I'm hoping to start TTC number 3 in a few months. I have just suffered my 10th miscarriage so I want to be really careful about what I am doing. Can anyone recommend a good book on how to get yourself ready to get pregnant?

Okay so I finally got my ultrasound pictures up. The quality isn't great because my scanner sucks and the prints look much better in person, but you'll get the idea. I went ahead and labeled them so it's easier to see what everything is. I also haven't posted any belly pics this week, so I added some of those in too :)

I wrote about the ( Read more... )

gender...EVERYWHERE...all the time, in your face, on your doorstep, in your pants, from your mom...it's a pervasive little shit...i nor anyone else can escape it and god knows i try...this week perhaps like any other week but more starkly gender has followed me around smacking me on the face...and oppression/sexism wasn't far behind albeit smacking ( Read more... )

It's a boy!  William James Hackett, III.

I have pictures but they're all prints so I'll have to wait until I get a hold of a scanner or get to somewhere to put them on a disk.

We spent a lot of time in the ultrasound room today trying to get the baby to work with us.  He just didn't want to show us the goods, lol.  He was crossing his legs a lot ( Read more... )

HELLO!  Okay so today I finally had an OB appointment (only my second one so far because of insurance crap).  Anyways, this is how things went (daddy-to-be was with me for everything which was awesome)::

• I was sent to pee (this was the only part I was alone for, lol)
• Talked to the doctor's assistant about what was going to happen during the ( Read more... )

My husband has just gotten a new job, its nights again but starting later and basically means he will be asleep from 9 am to 5 pm ish. I have 2 children 3 and 4. In the mornings they are at playschool and nursery, they come home have lunch, we go for a walk or to the park that sort of thing. Then we come back and I need to get house work done, make ( Read more... )

My cousin sent me this.  She works at a hospital with pregnant women every day, lol.  I thought you might enjoy this:

Q. Should I have a baby after 35?
A. No, 35 children is enough.

Q. When will my baby move?
A. With any luck, right after he finishes high school.

Q. How will I know if my vomiting is morning sickness or the flu?
A. If it's the flu ( Read more... )

Hi, all! I am new to this community...I'm 21, and I have an 8-month-old son. I have been having this dilemma and wanted to know what other moms think about this ( Read more... )