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Over the last couple of years people have asked me time and again if we’d have another. As an only child myself, I’d always promised my unborn child that they would have a sibling. But after everything we’d been though with Bryce, and continue to struggle with, I couldn’t bring myself to commit to that as-of-yet unkept promise. But as serendipity would have it, the decision was made for us and here I sit almost 36 weeks pregnant with Bryce’s little brother. [Read more]
Thank goodness for this! I didn’t even know this was going on, but I know my 17P shots helped me get my full-term baby after two preemies. I can’t imagine what a horrible thing it would be if this drug cost $1500 per dose. Check it out (follow the link, not the pictures): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42342822/ns/health-pregnancy
This story was thoughtfully shared by Stacy, one of our readers. Haylie We found out we were pregnant with our 1st 2 months after we got married. It was an easy pregnancy, I worked all the way through, I had a lot of “braxton hicks” but that’s it. I even played volleyball the day before [...]
My sister just gave me her copy of “Newsweek”, the November 1, 2010 edition, because it had an article about prematurity inside. “The Prematurity Puzzle”, by Jeneen Interlandi on page 42, professes the new discovery that the placenta is an actual organ. The idea presented is that the placenta may play a vital role in [...]
At 18 weeks I started the progesterone shots. At 19 weeks I started to feel contractions. The doctors did not think I needed to start bedrest yet because the contractions weren’t doing anything, but I was so nervous about the contractions that I prescribed bedrest for myself and stayed off of my feet for the [...]
Question from Susan – I am so glad that I came upon your blog. I’ve had 3 prior premature births. (36 wks, 33 wks, & 28 wks in that order.) All of them are healthy living boys! I am now pregnant with number four and am terrified. I was told never to get pregnant again [...]
Question from Angela: I am starting my 17th week and will be starting the progesterone shots in two weeks. I am a little nervous because this is my first time with trying them. Did you have any side effects from the shots? Answer: I was pretty nervous about the progesterone shots because every doctor who [...]
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