My husband and I decided to start trying next summer for kids (I’m almost 28, he is 32). Yet, I think I want to go off my birth control now (ortho-tricyclene lo), even though I’m not sure we’re ready. I have always been hesitant about kids, but I think my biological clock keeps telling me stuff.
Plus my mom had trouble conceiving. She was in the midst of adoption and was doing fertility drugs before my older sister came along.
Do you think that children who were in a prenatal environment that is harmful, weather from pre-eclampsia, drug use (illegal, chemo or pain management), physical abuse of the mother or anxiety/mental illness have more/less trauma from separation than a child who was in a healthy in utero environment?
I have heard that postnatal depression is far less likely after giving birth without any intervention…..can anyone support this theory?? I know all pain relief and induction and caesareans have side effects so it make sense but just wondering about people’s personal experiences……
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A planned pregnancy would bring about reduced anxiety and complete awareness. Expectant mothers should increase their knowledge about the various aspects of pregnancy and birth glossary. Unawareness can lead to mistakes or mishaps during pregnancy. Women must educate themselves and even encourage their spouse to read about child bearing and its challenges. Only when you know what lies ahead, will you be able to deal with the situation. Pregnancy can cause several physical and emotional changes and many women find it difficult to adjust with these changes. However, complete awareness about pregnancy and birth glossary can help. So, what exactly is birth glossary? Read on to learn more.
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I am 27 years old and 18 weeks pregnant with two miscarriages in the last year. I don’t have any health problems I am aware of, on no medications, take my prenatal vitamins everyday, no family history and have seen my doctor 3 times and heard the heart beat twice. I am having my first ultrasound tomorrow and having anxiety about it. Should I have anything to worry about when it comes to the baby having a birth defect?
I’ve been a single mum since the day my daughter was born, up until now I have been fine, but lately I have no energy, i’m always tired and i just feel miserable all the time. I love my daughter to bits but I noticed I felt a better in myself when I had a bit of time too myself. Is this mild PND? Thanks
I have also lost weight recently too (unintentionally)
Birth is such an extraordinary event for families and for the whole com-munity. We have come a long way, and it is now rare for women to die in childbirth. There are still, how-ever, many unanswered questions. Why is birth still perceived as dan-gerous, when it is such a natural event and there has never been a safer time in history to give birth? Were we truly cursed by God in Genesis? These are questions that can become important for a woman, particularly after emergency inter-vention in the birth of her child. Birth is a rite of passage into wom-anhood and if unplanned major as-sistance is provided it is not un-common for a woman to feel that she has perhaps failed. Unresolved relationship issues may also surface which can be detrimental to the birthing process while also be ing distressing. “What happened?” a woman may ask, or even “Am I fit to be a good mother?”
