Since I’m new I don’t know if this has come up in the past. Anyone out there have good things to say about Hyperemesis? My daughter is going on her 12th day in the hospital with this. On Zofran pump, pic line with TPN nutrition and IV. I never knew this even exsisted. I have [...]
How much time did you wait to have sex after your csection. It was 5 months before we had ‘full sex’ as neither of us had any faith in any type of contracepitve. However I over heard a converstaion at mum and tots where the women said they were ‘at it like rabbits within a week’ [...]
A friend of mine has recently done a pregnancy test. She had a faint positive test result does this mean that she’s pregnant, or do you think she should re-test? I never had a faint test result mine was a definite plus or negative.
Eating disorders can affect children as young as six years old, the first ever national figures show. Over 13 months, 206 children under 12 years were treated for an eating disorder in Britain and Ireland – including one six-year-old girl. Half of the children had to be admitted to hospital and 45% had exercised [...]
Does anyone have any experience with babies and toddlers having excema that then becomes infected? One of Ella’s friends has excema and recently it has flared up quite badly. She has one patch on her shoulder that has gone really horrid and is now infected. She’s been to the doctors and has some stronger creams [...]
When I was in labour with Harrison I was reccomended I had an epidural, as I was ‘at risk’ of having needed an emergency c-section. So I decided striaght away that I was going to have an epidural. With Louis, I was 8.5cm dilated when I asked for an epidural but I was told I [...]
Does anyone else use the naughty corner as a way of dealing with bad behavour? Ella is 2 soon and when she’s naughty, I tell her that its not on, give her a warning – and then if she carries on, put her in the naughty corner. I use the hall at the bottom of [...]
Scientists have revealed details of the world’s only known case of “semi-identical” twins. The journal Nature says the twins are identical on their mother’s side, but share only half their genes on their father’s side. They are the result of two sperm cells fertilising a single egg, which then divided to form two embryos [...]
More babies are born at dangerously low birth weights in Britain now than in 1989, a report says. The study was carried out by the Fabian Society, a left-leaning think-tank, which called the finding a “scar on the national conscience”. It calls for more financial support for at-risk women, better access to antenatal services [...]
I was just curious how many people had heard of prolotherapy to treat SPD before? I certainly never had before I was offered it. I am about to join a maternity services leasion group at our hospital and want to know why people arent given all the facts so all information would be helpful. I [...]