Pregnancy & Parenting - 13 July 2006

I have just found out I'm pregnant. I stopped the Pill 2 months ago. I told a family member in confidence about it and it got round to a couple more people in my family. Cue lots of rows and lectures about throwing my life away, waiting years until I'm older, etc, etc. There were some valid reasons, money being the main one. So last week my boyfriend and I decided to wait for a while until we had a bit more money. But now it seems the decision has been made for us.

The thing is, I don't know if I'm pleased or not. My boyfriend didn't seem to be. I was shaking when the line appeared. It was faint but it was definitely there. I'm going to do another test but I think it will be positive as well. I feel scared because I don't know how we're going to handle the money side of things. I'm excited as well because it's what we're dreamed of. I feel so confused. Is this normal? Have other people been in a similar situation to us? What did you do?

2006-07-13 23:50:27 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

2006-07-13 23:45:46 · 21 answers · asked by nan_bubby 1 in Adolescent

2006-07-13 23:32:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

My Brother's Wife Is 5 Months Pregnant With A Baby Girl
I'm Soo Happy To Be An Aunt For The Very 1st Time
My Aunt's Though Prefer The Baby To Be A Boy
Well I Wonder Why People Care Bout The Gender Soo Much!?
1st I Wish For The Baby's Health Then The Gender
What Bout You?

2006-07-13 23:30:13 · 19 answers · asked by Singapore_Lady 3 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

me and my hubby have been trying to conceive, my breasts really hurt and i had a wierd sensation lower abdomen and feel really tired. its not like the cramps i usually get before my period. i took a test and it was negative, symptoms not going away either?

2006-07-13 23:28:49 · 10 answers · asked by Maritza S 6 in Trying to Conceive

I have 6 beautiful children, and I also have twins due any day. I want to be able to quit my job and stay home with my family, but we will become financially unstable, but I also don't want to have my daughter take care of two more infants. My oldest daughter, who is 17 takes care of my other 5 children from sun up to sun down. I don't want to put another burden on her, and my husband refuses to get a maid or daycare or anything. How should I go about dealing with this?
--I know that we should have thought about this earlier, but we weren't expecting twins...

2006-07-13 23:24:18 · 4 answers · asked by Reese DeRossi 1 in Parenting

She (my wife’s daughter from another relationship) has moved in and out at least 4 times in the past 5 years. About 8 months ago she moved back in with us. She is a high school drop out, is complacent, self-righteous, has zero ambition, no goals, declared bankruptcy at 24, and is a liar. My wife tells me to go easy on her and not push so hard, but I think that’s the reason why her daughter is such a major f*uck up! So my wife and I get into it, and she and her daughter are at a hotel tonight. My wife and I have had issues but I am committed to working through them. But her daughter is another story. She is not my biological daughter. I am trying to motivate her and instill some level of accountability and initiative but all my attempts have failed and create’s resentment from both my wife and her know-it-all daughter. We live a very affluent lifestyle and I am the sole provider. But sometimes I feel that I am taken for granted. I am pretty much at my wits end. What do I do?

2006-07-13 23:15:25 · 18 answers · asked by needadvice777 2 in Parenting

I'm eight month pregnant, and as I get closer to my due date the more I begin to worry about my son's father. He is irresponsible, and was arrested a few years back for molesting his younger siblings (a fact I didn't learn until after we broke up in febuary). He also has a history of being physically abusive...I'm worried about what he'd do to our child, and I don't want him to have any visitation rights at all. I live in oregon currently, but I'm a california native and I've been told the laws are very different, so I'd appreciate it if anyone could tell me if it's possible to have his rights taken away, or anything else that may help. Thanks.

2006-07-13 23:11:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

2006-07-13 23:03:44 · 5 answers · asked by Hazee4uall 2 in Trying to Conceive

convinced that your child is your own?

2006-07-13 22:57:15 · 4 answers · asked by the rose 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2006-07-13 22:43:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

My sister has three beautiful kidsand I don't know what to do.....Let me explain. My sister's husband treats her oldest, 4, like crap because it's not his child. He ignores her and abuses her. Also, he makes $16/hour and won't help pay bills or buy groceries. He blows his whole check everyweek on what ever he wants. And my sister is a very co-dependent person. They were apart at one point and the court had it worked out where he was going to have to pay all her bills and her rent, but she took him back and now she can't even get food stamps because he makes too much. She is on WIC, but her husband won't let her have a car, so she has to pack up all three of them and walk across town to pick up her WIC coupons, plus she has to walk all three kids to the store and back. They have a daughter with a rare neurological disorder and he won't let her have a phone even though this disorder causes her to have seizures. Do you think I have a chance to get custody if I take her to court?

2006-07-13 22:33:56 · 9 answers · asked by Meg 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2006-07-13 22:32:26 · 11 answers · asked by Mesho 1 in Parenting

Everyone seems to think a lot about teenage mothers, how some ignoramii think they're sluts, but what of the fathers? Are they not sluts too? My ex husband was. I fell pregnant at 18 although I wasn't prepared for a sexual relationship at the time. He took advantage of my good nature. Because he's such a slapper I decided to become a single Mum (well, I always was really) after six years of playing "happy families". I'm now at University, studying for the Degree I would've got if it wasn't for him, so that I will have better career prospects when I return to work. Why are people always so quick to condemn women? Why is it never the blokes' fault - he's out there somewhere avoiding work if at all possible while I move Heaven and Earth to make a better life for myself and my kids, but all I've ever got was criticism - damned if I do and damned if I don't!

2006-07-13 22:28:50 · 17 answers · asked by ? 2 in Adolescent

well i just asked my gf 2 marry me she 15 im 16 nd now she my fiance i am sooooo happy words cant descibe how i feel i no she is the 1 i no this 4 a fact she means the world 2 me nd all this is comin 4om my heart nd idc if u think its rong i just wanna no if n e 1 supports uswe no were right 4 each othe nd i no we are gonna be 2 gether 4 ever soo does n e 1 agree with us becuzz i belive in tru love

2006-07-13 22:17:24 · 15 answers · asked by lovehate1289 1 in Adolescent

2006-07-13 22:09:47 · 5 answers · asked by tank h 1 in Trying to Conceive

Something really weird happened to me 2 nights ago, my husband and i have been trying to conceive for 4 months now, this month being the 4th...i started my last period on the 25th June my cycle is 28days long i am regular which means i should be next starting my period around the 22nd July...on the 12th July i had sex with my husband and after i wiped myself i saw a bit of light pink blood so faint i just about noticed it this has never happened to me before....could this have been implantation bleeding as i ovulated on the 8th...i am 5 days past ovulation day when this happened...i have also been having mild cramps in my lower stomach for the past few days too....has this ever happened to anyone before?

2006-07-13 21:59:03 · 2 answers · asked by missy 2 in Pregnancy

2006-07-13 21:57:44 · 59 answers · asked by kiki 1 in Newborn & Baby

So far my wife has not been successful in conceiving and it seems the guess is that her tube is slightly bent as advised by doctor.

2006-07-13 21:41:14 · 8 answers · asked by acemundo 1 in Pregnancy

at what point in your pregnancy did you "close up shop" if at all and when did you tell your men to basically..open up their own shops in the meantime until you were ready again...and THEN..when did you feel comfortable having sex again? NOT when you started trying..but when did you actually feel comfortable? My wife is feeling uncomfortable at 5 months and has decided to close down shop....I was just curious to know and I don't want to pressure her at all...I want her pregnancy to go without a hitch and I don't want to hinder her progress. I want to be supportive but seeing how she had a miscarriage the first time, and she was high risk the second time and he was born 2 weeks premature and it was a C-section....the waiting time for any intimacy is going to take a while,...which is fine...I was just curious as far as a timeline...this of course is taking into consideration that NOW we have 2 kids under 3 years of age...so ..there is definitely an exhaustion factor, healing etc...

2006-07-13 21:31:20 · 14 answers · asked by juanes addicion 6 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

I am 15 weeks pregnant. And lately i am having a hard time breathing. It feels like my lungs just aren't expanding enough. It is even worse when I lay down.

What could be the cause???

2006-07-13 21:28:59 · 6 answers · asked by *Brooke28* 1 in Pregnancy

I myself am not a mom, but i do help to raise my 2 year old nephew. Ever since he turned 2 in March he has gotten into the habit of playing with his private parts when he's in the bath tub, my question is if this is normal? My mom and older sister (his mom) tell him that behavior is gross, but i fear that he will learn to think his body is gross if he is told that touching his genitalia, a part of his body obviously, is gross. Am i wrong to think that? Should i tell him touching hid genitals is bad and gross when i see him doing it? Or should i just let him? Is it normal behavior?

2006-07-13 21:24:46 · 17 answers · asked by dogluver8906 4 in Toddler & Preschooler

Something really weird happened to me 2 nights ago, my husband and i have been trying to conceive for 4 months now, this month being the 4th...i started my last period on the 25th June my cycle is 28days long i am regular which means i should be next starting my period around the 22nd July...on the 12th July i had sex with my husband and after i wiped myself i saw a bit of light pink blood so faint i just about noticed it this has never happened to me before....could this have been implantation bleeding as i ovulated on the 8th...i am 5 days past ovulation day when this happened...i have also been having mild cramps in my lower stomach for the past few days too....has this ever happened to anyone before?

2006-07-13 21:19:01 · 7 answers · asked by missy 2 in Trying to Conceive

Well i am 16 years old.... there is this girl i really really like...but the thing is that i dont know if she likes me back.....i know he easiest way to find out is to ask her..i know....but what if she doesnt...i am just going to be standing there like a fool when i ask her...its just weird..i mean i think she likes me to....but i dont know for sure...so if yall can help me out plz...like what are some signs i could look for when i talk to her..i know flirting but like what type of flirting...or the signs of flirting..anything ike that......or anything in that area......if yall need more info on this here is my aim....elmozakky.....or my yahoo im.....elmo_zakky...or jus email me on yahoo....elmo_zakky@yahoo.com.... plz anyone....

2006-07-13 21:18:48 · 11 answers · asked by Zac d 1 in Adolescent

my friend caught her daughter with a 19 year old boy her daughter already been sexually active and she knows this already-she pressed charges on the boy but he tells us her daughter told him it was her house and that she was 17 ! do u think she should press charges on the family or take a cash gift to un do charges-

2006-07-13 21:18:44 · 5 answers · asked by popi 1 in Adolescent

My husband works close to our childs nursery and is considered to be the primary carer in an emergency because I work out of town. One morning he notified his employers that he would be unable to go to work because our child was unwell they replied that they could not get anyone to cover part of his job and that they considered the wife to be the primary carer and that he ought to try and get to work. Is this reply correct?

2006-07-13 21:10:02 · 5 answers · asked by kiwi 1 in Parenting

I just want to know. I put this here because I want to know other teens opinions.

2006-07-13 21:05:15 · 28 answers · asked by Never [?] YOUR <3* 2 in Adolescent

My mother always said to me,"I am not not everyone else's mother"; whenever I complained that everyone else was doing something. I swore when I had my daughter that I would never be like my mom, but yesterday I said the same thing to my daughter. Have any of you done something similar? If so how?

2006-07-13 21:02:57 · 8 answers · asked by Someonesmommy 5 in Parenting

My Mother is throwing my fiance a baby shower at the end of the month and she wants to know if I want to come to it just want some opinions should the Daddy be at the baby shower or is that for the mommy and women only?

2006-07-13 21:01:10 · 16 answers · asked by DaddyOf2Princesses 2 in Pregnancy

Im not sure about that, can you please give me a true answer?

2006-07-13 20:48:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive