Pregnancy & Parenting - 30 October 2007

I am now 14 dpo and 4 days late (but last cycle I was 10 days late-I think it is the Clomid causes longer cycles) after taking my 3rd round of Clomid. I am charting my temps. I believe by my temps that my AF is coming but wanted your take on it.

Also if AF does come then I think hubby and I are going to take a break from the Clomid, charting and opk's this month. The stress is getting to be too much. Has anyone else done this and found that when you went back to your ttc methods you weren't as stressed?
Heres my chart.
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/honeyb1
Tell me what you would do if you were in our shoes. We have been ttc for 15 months. I was diagnosed with a short luteal phase and was ovulating but not every cycle and hubby checked out fine. This was my third round of Clomid 100mg on days 5-9. Thanks for the help.

2007-10-30 04:18:53 · 11 answers · asked by HONEYB1 6 in Trying to Conceive

I just spent a long weekend with my sister and her 2 year old son. I strongly believe he has autism. I am a psychologist and am very familiar with the disorder and see several key features of the disorder in my nephew. Should I tell her, or hope that the pediatrician does?

2007-10-30 04:08:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

2007-10-30 04:06:59 · 42 answers · asked by kevin 1 in Parenting

2007-10-30 04:06:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

Do you really believe adoption should be an unregulated 1.4 billion dollar industry?


Do you really think there is no trauma when a child is separated from his/her mother? If so have you ever read child development or books on attachment?


Is giving an infant to a financially more secure family any reason to separate a child for life from their own family? If so should you look for a richer family to take the children you now have?


How is securing children for wealthier families any different than child trafficking?

2007-10-30 03:52:44 · 20 answers · asked by Joy M 3 in Adoption

My period is 4 days late. My husband and I have had regular sex during my fertile time...Im not on the pill....For the past week off and on I have had that brown spotting....never enough to use a tampon or anything...I took 2 preg tests before period due date and both were negative. My husband thinks Im pregnant but if I was wouldnt the test say positive and I wouldnt be having this brown stuff??? Im confused!

2007-10-30 03:51:18 · 12 answers · asked by must<3dogs 3 in Pregnancy

on top of that I have had a UTI that keeps coming back. I also feel pregnant. Could it be?

2007-10-30 03:49:16 · 4 answers · asked by April1978 2 in Pregnancy

I usually have my period around the 12 or 13th and it ends either on the 17th or the 18th. This month I had a period on the 5th. I thought it was because of sex,but now im unsure. its never done that so i dont know what to think. Has this happened to anyone?
if so what was the reason behind it?

2007-10-30 03:47:55 · 6 answers · asked by marie 2007 1 in Pregnancy

who's the oldest mother (your age)?
the youngest mother (your age)?
The newest mother (youngest babies age)?
been a mother for the longest (oldest child's age)?

and i'm talking people here personally, not in like the world. thanks!!!! oh and this goes for fathers too.

2007-10-30 03:44:45 · 12 answers · asked by :) 3 in Parenting

I can't type any details. I'm sorry. It just hurts too much...

2007-10-30 03:42:40 · 17 answers · asked by ? 6 in Pregnancy

2007-10-30 03:39:47 · 16 answers · asked by Jennield 6 in Toddler & Preschooler

the odds are stacked against you, you feel your world is falling apart with no hope of getting better, and you're trying to keep from drowning in the cespool of life...

2007-10-30 03:36:20 · 33 answers · asked by Layla Redd 4 in Pregnancy

2007-10-30 03:35:02 · 6 answers · asked by Singer 1 in Pregnancy

It's going to be a huge shower. She's registered 2 places. What did you get that you really liked?

2007-10-30 03:31:48 · 20 answers · asked by AKA FrogButt 7 in Pregnancy

I need to buy shoes for a wedding a year away, but I'm 30 wks prg and my feet are a whole size bigger than they used to be. If this happened to you before, did your feet go back to normal, or did they never get back as small as they were? And how long did it take?

thanks!

2007-10-30 03:31:13 · 18 answers · asked by Jane Magnolia 2 in Pregnancy

I've been looking at a lot of baby names and there are some I just can't stand.
Just wondering what names other people dislike and why (just names not people).

2007-10-30 03:25:58 · 29 answers · asked by Lise Wisey 3 in Baby Names

Hello everyone. I am currently 22 yrs old and pregnant with my first baby=] Besides not getting enough sleep and having a bigger budget, what else will happen (something life-changing) after my son comes? Also after I have him I'd like to get on birth control for a while (pills) until I'm ready to conceive again. How long does it take for bc to get out of your system and for me to have a normal period? In other words after I stop taking the pill how long do I have to wait until I can conceive again? Thanks so much for answering!

25 wks & 6 days pregnant w/ baby #1

2007-10-30 03:25:11 · 11 answers · asked by Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄ƷAℓεx & Aаяöи have my ♥ 5 in Pregnancy

I'm 19, and have known I was pregnant for about three months. I finally got the nerve to tell my boyfriend of three years, and he's been very supportive - he wants to get married, find a second job, etc etc. My biggest fear is telling my mom. My dad died last year, and we're still getting over that, and I'm afraid she may use my dad as a way to "vent". I've read that you can write her a letter, have a friend of hers tell her, but I don't know any of her friends, and my family doesn't particularly like me because my boyfriend is half Native American (but looks Mexican) and half white. They feel very strongly about anglos being with anglos.. My mom and I also both work for DPD, and we both know the same people, and I'm afraid she may go and complain to them, which may provoke me to give up my $12.35/hour job that I will REALLY need. I'm also going to school full-time, do I have to give it up? I'm so lost - what do I do?

2007-10-30 03:23:53 · 20 answers · asked by heartagrammusic 1 in Adolescent

2007-10-30 03:19:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

Is coffee okay to drink while nursing? I just don't have the energy to take care of my newborn and one year old and take care of the house work and other responsibilities. I am alone for 10 hours a day and will use any help I can get.
Thanks.

2007-10-30 03:12:52 · 16 answers · asked by eastcoast527 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

or 14?

2007-10-30 02:55:58 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

My daughter had to get stitches in her leg and now needs to get them out. The problem is she was so traumatized by getting the stitches that I don't know how I can have them removed without her totally freaking out.

The reason the whole experience was so traumatic to begin with is because the doctor didn't seem to give the anesthetic time to kick in before he started sewing her up. My husband and a nurse had to hold her down so the doctor could stitch her up. It seems like the numbing finally kicked in when the doctor was almost done. I would have stopped the doctor from stitching her up had I known that she wasn't just freaking out for seemingly no reason (which can happen with autistic children).

Anyway, the stitches have been in far too long--these are the kind that don't dissolve--and they need to come out NOW. I don't know what to do because I think things might be getting infected--I am not sure. Anytime my little girl hears about going to the doctors office she starts crying and saying that it's my turn to go. She is terrified of ALL doctors now. This was never the case until she had the stitches put in. In fact, I took her to have an eye looked at, because I thought she had pinkeye, and she wouldn't even stand on the scale. She SCREAMED the entire time and wouldn't even sit still.

My husband and I thought we would take the stitches out by ourselves when she was asleep but she wakes up the second we try to touch her leg, and this is with melatonin in her system. I am at my wits end.

WHAT CAN I DO? Has anyone else experienced this with their autistic child? What did you do?

2007-10-30 02:53:19 · 6 answers · asked by Moneypenny 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

I'm only 16 but i babysit 1-4 times a week for a family that has 3 kids (2 boys ages 6 and 3, and a 2 yo girl). I've noticed some things in their family that when i have a family of my own, I don't want in my family. Like the kids, all day, it's nothing but "Wiggles, Dora, Einstiens, Backyardigans, Doobies", all they want to do is watch tv. Personally, despite how "educational" it is, I don't think little kids need tv. I've concluded to myself, that my kids are not gonna watch tv until they are 4 years old (after that 30 min a day). all educational things should be from the parents, not the bube tube. there's nothing the tv can teach them, that i can't. and no candy until they are 5 (and after that only once a month will they have it) . i'm not gonna buy candy or junk food. they'll all be eating food thats good for them. thirdly, the parents cook something for themselves and the kids just eat chicken nuggets every night. hold on, typing....

2007-10-30 02:41:31 · 31 answers · asked by :) 3 in Parenting

2007-10-30 02:34:16 · 22 answers · asked by krispix 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

have been ttc since january and absolutey no luck. for few months i managed to keep strong and think to myself 'it will happen'

but now its nearly end of the year and another period is here.
i feel quite depressed and stressed and seems like everyone around me is falling pregnant... keep crying many days, feel low and depressed....

any ideas how to feel better about the whole thing and start facing the possible fact that i may never have children ? although i love them to bits ??

how to stop feeling angry and jealous of other women who have been blessed with pregnancy / babies ?

2007-10-30 02:26:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

My son who is almost 3 used to be a very agreeable child. Now he objects to every routine. I picked a costume character that is is one of his favorites and introduced him to the costume last night. He wants nothing to do with it and had a screaming tantrum when we put it on. We have several ideas for how to get him to "warm up" to the costume but I thought it would be interesting to hear what others have to say.

2007-10-30 02:25:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

My brother is almost 2. For some reason, he's been calling me mama. I am NOT his mother. My mom's here almost all the time. Its not like i'm compleatly rasing him(i do alot -- dress, feed, babysit -- but hardly raise)

why does he call me mama?

im a 13yr old girl

2007-10-30 02:22:57 · 12 answers · asked by Crazygirl ♥ aka GT 6 in Toddler & Preschooler

im a few days late on my period, and im due for a smear test next week - is this safe? if i am preg, i dont want to hurt the baby!

2007-10-30 02:21:07 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

i think im pregnant but know nothing about it i need help how would i know

2007-10-30 02:18:24 · 7 answers · asked by angelface 1 in Trying to Conceive

all he wants to watch is educational but its still alot of tv

2007-10-30 02:13:24 · 28 answers · asked by sheclaws2005 1 in Parenting