Pregnancy & Parenting - 28 August 2007

I have a long time friend who has recently fell into a relationship with an abusive man, and they fight, make up and break up constantly over the course of two years to the present. He also does cocaine, and go her on it. I just recently found out she has this habit. She confessed to being on it since they have been together, but I guess I notice it now, because she really has a problem now...which leads me to my dilemma.



She has three kids who see the crap she does. She has lots of different men over a lot, she does coke, she allows this piece of crap abusive man in her home around the kids and evidently, as of late, her "man" needing money and her coke habit have been taking priority over having food in the house and her daughter's school stuff. She bought that baby (9 yrs.) two pair of cheap flip flaps from K-Mart and a mess of cheap items for supplies, and none of them are what she needs.

Now she cries to me about "I don't have money to buy food." Should I help her?

2007-08-28 08:50:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

It might sound stupid, but last night I had a dream that my daughter got headlice from daycare. She is two and has very fine but full-bodied curly hair.

A lady at work had to shave her three girls' head bald to get rid of the problem...and they had the same textured hair and got lice from daycare.

How often do people actually get it and is it really that hard to get rid of it?

What can I do to prevent her from ever getting it all together?

2007-08-28 08:49:06 · 17 answers · asked by Cita 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

On my 1dpo my cm was creamy but today I'm back to an egg white consistancy....is this normal? We BD'd last night to be safe...but I didn't have much cm yesterday and it was just creamy...which doesn't sound right....any advice as to why?

2007-08-28 08:46:36 · 2 answers · asked by Celeste78 2 in Trying to Conceive

I have a 22 year old daughter, and just recently she moved in with her boyfriend. Her father and I do not approve of her move (neither are we humongous fans of her boyfriend). And i want to tell her this, but I also think that it is time for me to let her go and make her own mistakes. But still, is there anything i can do that will make her have second thoughts about this?

2007-08-28 08:45:49 · 19 answers · asked by Mom 1 in Parenting

2007-08-28 08:45:25 · 16 answers · asked by Hayley 5 in Pregnancy

Period due today. Took First Response test. Test says you should receive a result within 3 minutes. Very faint pink "positive" line showed up after 3 minutes. I know you're not supposed to read the result after 10, but this was after the alotted time. The faint line did not show up immediately, but was present at the 3 minute mark. What do you think?

2007-08-28 08:44:43 · 21 answers · asked by megan_79 3 in Trying to Conceive

I am extremely nervous about getting mine done today... I go in at 4:45. How long does it take for the results to come back?

Also, I am 4 days late. I have been having really bad heartburn, gassey, and I just don't want to eat even tho I'm hungry. These are the same symptoms I had with my first pregnancy. My first pregnancy I also had pain in my boobs, I cried all day long! I had a miscarriage in April and I didn't have any pain in my boobs, which I figured I would because they are so huge (lol) and I am not hurting now.

My temperatures have been rather high since ovulation, but today my temp dropped quite a bit. My tests are negative. I've been told that I could be testing too early.

Do you think I am preggers?? Please let me know, and any advice or info is welcomed. :o)

2007-08-28 08:44:22 · 4 answers · asked by ϑennaß 7 in Trying to Conceive

Occasionally i go to the gym to work out before work, after i drop the kids off at the babysitters. My 10 yo son is very smart and some kids call him a nerd and make fun of his size (small) at school. lately he's been begging me to take him with me to the gym on Saturdays. he seems to think that working out will make him bigger and the kids won't pick on him anymore. i was just wondering if working out at such a young age could be harmful for his health?

2007-08-28 08:41:03 · 17 answers · asked by Trace 2 in Parenting

i don,t know her past,but recently when we were having sex,i felt her nipples were lacting.I just want to confirm was she ever pregnant or did she had sex earler in her past.

2007-08-28 08:40:18 · 7 answers · asked by kunal d 1 in Pregnancy

i am due in november with our first baby and its a boy!!! yaya!!!!
the problem im finding is clothing. there just doesnt seem to be a good or even a big selection of clothes for baby boy's. ive only been able to find onsies for boy's but no outfits or even pants. its getting really frusterating. im having 2 baby showers comming up, and i know ill probably get clothes there, but im not relying on gifts. i want to be prepared in case i dont get anything.
ive tried target, walmart even regular dept. stores like sears or jc penny's and there still doesnt seem to be any selection. if there is its all blue or sports. i dont mind blue or sports, but we are doing his room in a teddy bear sports theme, and i want him to wear a varity of colors, and prints.
if you have a boy, did you run into this problem?
anyone know of store with a good selection of baby boys clothes?
oh, im from california (central valley) grrrr. its getting a little frusterating!

2007-08-28 08:39:39 · 38 answers · asked by Awesome Rockin Mom 7 in Newborn & Baby

Ok ttc for month #4 Went to the doctors office today and had other labs a few weeks ago all signs point to pregnacy.... had a test done today but it wasn't an HCG test my labs usualy say HCG quantitive or qualitve. this one is for "pregnancy SCR serum. Called in for results nurse only said they were normal. Sent a message to doctor but nervouse while waiting, has anyone else had this test done and what does normal mean?

2007-08-28 08:38:20 · 1 answers · asked by Becca B 2 in Trying to Conceive

Mine are 2 and 4 and both go up to bed at 7 but my friends kids go up at 9.

2007-08-28 08:37:23 · 63 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

like have sex and then the rest of the week have headaches,stomach aches, nausea?

2007-08-28 08:33:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

Does anyone find it hard to eat totally healthy while being pregnant. Thing is im pretty much 8 weeks along now...and ive always loved eating taco bell. I wanna get it for dinner. I dont really eat fast food anymore since im pregnant. But will once in a while hurt the baby?

2007-08-28 08:30:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

He got out of his crib and can do it now without any effort. I have lowered the crib to the lowest it can go. The crib tents dont fit the sleigh style crib we have. We tried the "Big Boy" bed conversion and have not gotten a wink of sleep. He is not goign to sleep with us anymore and Im tired of getting up 6 times a night to put him in his bed and stay with him. He is obviously not ready for a big boy bed. He just turned 16 months old.

Anything I can do?

2007-08-28 08:28:36 · 8 answers · asked by Face on Fire 5 in Parenting

consider that she doesnt know she is pregnant yet and is smoking and drinking just like before, will the baby die?

2007-08-28 08:28:27 · 7 answers · asked by J 1 in Pregnancy

I have read loads of questions and answers on this site that i didnt know. Like pre-*** which i had never heard of before and we dont learn anything like blow jobs and hand jobs. we spend like 5 mins on actual sex and the rest on like periods and spots. Is there anything i should know which we are not taught. I am nearly 15 btw. Also because we dont learn this many people get pregnant at young ages and do all sorts of things that we dont know will have an affect . Like if a guy mastibates can a girl then get pregnant.

2007-08-28 08:27:54 · 35 answers · asked by Strong girl 3 in Adolescent

I went to the doctor yesterday to get a blood test done. It came back negative, but i feel pregnant, so i took a home test today and it was faint positive right away. Am i pregnant? Anyone with a similar experience?

2007-08-28 08:26:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

My Very good friend (of 10 yrs) in leaving the state and i have to go a farewell dinner for her. My hubby will be doing babysitting duty for her and my toddler son.
Would giving her a bottle of expressed milk be ok for her? or do you think it's too early for her to have a btl. Please only people who have expreince with this, this is not a Breastfeeding vs, bottle question.

2007-08-28 08:24:24 · 7 answers · asked by lisa k 3 in Newborn & Baby

And my boyfriend is 18! I think i could be pregnant. im waitin 1 more week befor doin the test (next time i see him) We get on very well we never fight and are much in love. But people say young people cant be good parents? We think we will be able to cope. what do you people out there think? I just want to hear from people whos been there be 4! (we are ok for money too)

2007-08-28 08:20:31 · 34 answers · asked by Candy 4 in Pregnancy

about a year and a half ago me and my boyfriend got into a car accident and i didn't know i was pregnant yet. we went to the hospital and everything was fine but they didn't know that i was pregnant and didn't say anything. that was about april. it was a drunk driver in missouri that hit us.
so forward to august. i go to the emergency room with back pain. i tell the lady i'm pregnant and i think my baby is coming.
so they ask to see my STOMACH! she tells me that i can't be more than 5 months and i have to wait in the waiting room.
this nurse was nuts. i was hysterical i laid on the floor and cried i had blood in my undies and she wouldn't see me and yelled at me for laying on the floor.
well they finally had a bed open to lay me on the doctor checked me and guess what, 15 min later i had a baby girl.
alot of people tell me i can sue this hospital (it was the same one both times.)
what do you guys think?
it was a little over a year since i had my baby.

2007-08-28 08:20:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

How was it when you gave birth with no medication? What did it feel like, and how was the experience of it all? And with an Epidural, how was that, and what did that feel like?

2007-08-28 08:20:01 · 15 answers · asked by ஐ♥ Br0wnEyez ♥ஐ 4 in Pregnancy

All right I need women to help me on this question from there experience or someone else they might have known not stuff from a website. Anyways Thursday I am going to see my Fertility doctor to get a hysteroscopy done to remove a fibroid small tumor he found from my ultrasound. Therefore, when I get pregnant I will not have a miscarriage. Then after he is done with that he is going to put me on clomid because I also have PCOS so it is hard for me to make a baby .Now my question is Has anyone ever had sort of the same thing? Has anyone ever gotten pregnant easily off clomid before and had PCOS? I am just scared it is going to be so damn hard for me to get pregnant because I have PCOS. And my husband and I really want a baby soon! Therefore, women please help me thanks!

2007-08-28 08:12:44 · 4 answers · asked by Angel_eyez 3 in Trying to Conceive

my 6 month old son has had a cold going on 3 wks now. He has been fine during the days but waking 2-3 times a night (he used to sleep through the night) He never developed a fever so the doctors office said they didn't need to see him and it will go away on it's own. Last night he was very congested sounding and woke up and it took 2 hrs for him to fall back asleep only to wake up 1/2 hr later again. I have a vaporizor in his room, I have been using saline nose spray and aspirating his nose, and have raised the head of the bed but now not even these are working. During his naps today, he wouldn't lye down he would start screaming until I picked him up and would fall asleep.How long does a cold usually last in a baby? Is there anything else I can do to help? I suctioned some yellow mucous from his nose and when I called the doctors office the nurse said that it was not a sign that it's getting worse, it's probably that its been sitting in his nose for a while.

2007-08-28 08:09:46 · 24 answers · asked by Jen B 1 in Newborn & Baby

After answering someones question about sweets...now I want something to eat. I can't quite place my finger on it though. What sounds good to eat right now to you?

2007-08-28 08:08:44 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

my friend and i were staying the night over my cousins house and she was about 8 1/2 months pregnant but she is only 15 and i am 14.so she was complaining about contractions and we werent sure if they were just braxton hicks or not...so anyways i ended up calling her doctor and i guess they thought we were playing a prank or something beczuse we were young and they kept us waiting for 30 mins then i just gave up and hung up.thank god she wasnt really going into labor!but what if she really was????dont you agree that it was wrong?

2007-08-28 08:08:09 · 9 answers · asked by hailey s 1 in Pregnancy

My daughter cries and shows irritation when we are in church each sunday.I dont want to stop going to mass because of this as I want her to make this a practice though she is too young.What can I do to make her stay through the mass in the church?

2007-08-28 08:06:32 · 9 answers · asked by joofri2006 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

When purchasing a 3 wheeled stroller, why would one want the front wheel to be fixed vs. those that move?

2007-08-28 08:05:37 · 9 answers · asked by Jessica D 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

Is there a chance I could be pregnant? This wasnt my first time having unprotecteed sex since my last period either. But I have found myself hungry a lot more and a lot sleepier. I have cravings some times to. Should I wait and take a pregnancy test or should I take one now.

2007-08-28 08:05:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

going to 11th grade not shure if i should g o with tinkerbell lunch box or the piartes of the carbieds one hellp tnks

2007-08-28 08:01:51 · 7 answers · asked by cat 2 in Grade-Schooler