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Rubella in pregnancy is usually only ever an issue if contracted before 20 weeks of pregnancy. Rubella is asymptomatic in 20-50% of cases. However, symptoms can include transient rash, swollen ...

I'm on a different mini-pill and only get a period 2-4 times a year. I can get bloating and cramping around the time a period could be due...but that doesn't always result in an actual p...

DS2 stopped having bm when he self weaned at 18.5 months....he doesn't drink cow's milk..in fact pretty much no one in the family does. We have milk in tea/coffee/cereal/hot chocolate/ba...

country_yobbo wrote: Just out of curiosity; those of you who delivered your placenta naturally (or even with the injection), did you have to push it out (I mean REALLY push)? I am only after real l...

Both ours had jaundice..both mild, and one was delayed CC and the other one wasn't; and in fact the one who had immediate cord clamping probably had a slightly worse case than the one who had ...

babym08 wrote: I was pregnant over winter with my DD in 2008 and didn't get the flu shot, nothing was ever mentioned to me as I recall. I'm now 18 weeks with my second and a GP I visited...

We did delayed clamping with DS2. It took about 10ish minutes for his cord to stop pulsing, and the placenta was out less than 15 minutes after that; no injection required. If the delay between c...

The Constitution is a very important document..and most of the stuff in it I wholeheartedly support a need for. However, times were different when said document was written and I think the right t...

chalys 'n' J wrote: C hippie that healed so so fast!! That gives me hope, thanks. smile how did he do that..hot water? Yep...poured boiling hot water on himself..thankfully it was only...

Here's a couple of pics of A's feet..first one was about a week afterwards, the last one about 3 weeks after, and I could put one up now and you'd never know that he'd done it i...

We're in NZ and one of ours had 2nd degree burns on one foot (possibly 3rd degree they thought) and he wasn't admitted. They bandaged him up, got us to sign consent forms for possible gr...

I've been pregnant in winter twice and never even entered my mind to get a flu vaccine. I recommend reading the package inserts available for the vaccines as they are a wealth of informatio...

~Ruby~Gloom~ wrote: We got a miele, love, love it. Can't believe what a difference this makes to our clothes. Miele was our other option...but couldn't justify the cost in the end.

We have a Bosch Classixx, which replaces our old Bosch, which finally gave up the ghost just before New Year. The old Bosch we had for nearly 11 years, brought it from one side of the world to the ...

The issue with new babies is that sometimes hungry babies sleep because they don't have the energy to do anything but sleep. I personally wouldn't leave a week old baby to wake on its ow...

Night_Shade69 wrote: Another friend of mine just got the flu after having the shot. Others have said that this is because the shot lowers your immune system for a few days, making you more suscepti...

We never get flu shots..and I would never go near any vaccine when pregnant. If you want to do some research look at the package inserts for the vaccines available (think there are five of them ...

Don't have any male friends now...but used to have several and it was never an issue. DP and I lived in different countries to each other at the time too. I look at it this way; either you tr...

We are a family of four and we go through an average of 8L of milk a week. This week it's only been 6L, and can use more, if baking for example.

Melky_Grace wrote: Hi, how late did your baby turn to be head down? I am currently 33 weeks & 6 days pregnant & my baby is still breeched. We are planning a home birth but of course...