I’ve had a pretty difficult past few yrs. I was in 2 year relationship and I found out I was pregnant. When I was 3 months pregnant I found out that my best friend took advantage of me when I was drunk. ( I should have been more responsible). His sister e-mailed me and told me that her brother told her that my baby might be his. I told boyfriend about it and he stood by myside. Then on Christmas eve he broke up with me. Minding you I just turned 9 months. He blew me off for the rest of the time but only went with me to my prenatal visits. 3days before my son was born he started dating this girl from work. And kept lying to me about he just needed to to himself. A couple days later we tooka paternity test and found out that he was not the father. I was devistated and went into a form of depression. I was so blinded by everything that he would tell me after that with all the ” I Love You’s” & the “I dont want to be with her” and messing with my head, he continued to have a whenever-he- felt-like-it- relationship with me. Then I became pregnant by him and he had me have an abortion because he didnt want it and I couldn’t take care of another child. But by the time i went to have the procedure done, i have an ectoptic pregnancy and had to have the procedure done regardless. Then few months later I met my husband. At first we didnt look at each other in any sexual kind of way since we both just came out of pretty bad relationships. The first week we talked non-stop, about anything and everything. He fell in love with my son from the day he met him. 2 months later we got married. Everything happened so fast. From the time we got married my husbands help went down hill. We got married in September. In september he found out he had kidney stones, October Pnemonia, November atrial fibulation (which is very rare in a 24yrs old.) December, upper respiratory infection that lasted 2weeks. January his Gerd and acid reflex was really bad. April he had another upper respiratory infection and found out he has asthma. This monday he just had surgery because he had an inguinal hernia. in December he got laid off from work. And we had to move back to my parents house in April, (due to financial problems.) July he decided to go back to school for his Bachlors’ in Business Management & got his job back working part-time. I just graduated from Medical Assisting and got my diploma last months. I can’t afford daycare so I can work or have anyone in my family that can watch him until I can find a daycare i can afford. Then being a first time mom while my sons going through his teribble two’s at one, and getting spoiled by my parents. I still havent found a job yet. Then my husband is also a rapper and put his dreams aside and decided that now is the time to start. He’d leave the house at 8′oclock and wont come back until 4 in the morning. I dont know what to do. My family tells me thats not good, and i trust & love him but have second thoughts. Can anyone give me advice on how to cope with stress?

I am 22 weeks pregnant. Prior to pregnancy, I smoked about 20 cigarettes a day, since I found out I was pregnant I smoke about 10 cigarretes a day. Yes, I receive prenatal care and take prenatal vitamins. My doctor is aware of the smoking and has me on a plan to decrease gradually. When I quit “cold” turkey, my BP went high and anxiety levels went up, so we are on a plan to decrease cigs. My baby appears healthy in the womb and there are no concerns that the dr has. Has anyone ever experienced this and could not quit?? I LOVE my son and only want the best for him and that is why we are decreasing slowly.

every mother at the beginning of the pregnancy ask herself “will my baby be healthy?”sometimes the anxiety for the answer to this question is too high but actually it depends on how the mother handle the pregnancy.
Keeping under the weight, taking an healthy diet, avoiding smoke and alchool, and other expendients will lead up to an healthy baby.
PRENATAL CARE
it’s the medical care recomended for women during the pregnancy,to detect eany problems to prevent them if possible. Prenatal care consist of:
monthly visit during the first two trimesters
biweekly from 28 to week 36 of pregnancy
weekly after week 36
NUTRITION
As I said before, the alimentation during pregnancy is a very important factor. Truthfully the alimentation you follow when you are not pregnant is almost the same you follow when you are, the only thing you should do is taking more care of the food quality.
About the food quality: special regard is given to proteins, vitamins, minerals and the kind of fat you feed. If you usually eat fish, meat, eggs, milkand cheese you should eat bread, pasta, rice and other cereal. Calcium and iron are also very important, as well as milk is a good thing eating fruit and vegetables too.
It’s a good thing to avoid crude animal product, alchool and caffeine.
EXERCISE
Another important factor during pregnancy is exercising. First of all is important that a woman before starting any kind of exercise goes to a doctor. Exercising is good for both mother and baby.
Beneficts of exercising are:
feel better. exercise can increase your sense of control and boost your energy level
look better. Exercise increases the blood flow to your skin, giving you a healthy glow.
prepare you and your body for birth. Strong muscles and a fit heart can greatly ease labor and delivery. Gaining control over your breathing can help you manage pain.
regain your pre-pregnancy body more quickly. You’ll gain less fat weight during your pregnancy if you continue to exercise

FATHER’S ROLE DURING PREGNANCY
sometimes the father can feel his role becoming hazy in the nine months between concepition and birth, while the mother is doing everything, father can feel left out. But pregnancy should be a shared experience. The best thing a partner can do is ofering support and be interested in her day-to-day lilfe. Keeping the lines of communication open, avoiding arguments and concerns about things like finances and each others’ future, that can cause a great worry

I am a 31 year old woman. I have a 9 year old and a 4 month old. I had the baby blues 9 years ago when I had my first child. I then was put on depression meds. I have been on them since. I take Effexor XR 150mg daily. During my most recent pregnancy I took prenatal vitimans which are called Vinate II. My ob told me to finish up the bottle of those vitimans, I have been taking those daily for about 12 months. After I had my daughter I was having issues with my bladder not being strong so my ob had me start taking Oxybutynin, to help straighten the bladder muscles. I take 3, 5mg pills per day, and have been on them for about 3 months. A month ago I was Phentermine 37.5mg for weight loss. I have lost 11 lbs in a month. When it was given to me my blood pressure was slightly high. Doc told me that if I lose some weight hopefully it will go down. I have always had great pressure. I am a little over weight. As time has gone by since I had my most recent child I have had different things and feelings going on with my body. I will say, I know my depression is under control, as I know my body. Now I am experiencing headaches, tight and tense neck and shoulders, leg aches, tired in mid afternoon(even while I am on diet pill), and my mom mentioned that she can see yellowing of my skin below my eyes. NOT the whites of my eyes. I don’t see the yellowing. Any ideas on what could be the problem? I know going to the doctor would be a good idea but…I am a little nervous about that. When my recent child was 3 months old I went to him and asked for the diet pill and he said that he was concerned about giving it to me because of my depression. I felt that I want to get this baby weight off, as that is what would make me depressed! So I went to a weight loss clinic that gave me the meds. I have done a little research and haven’t found much about these meds haveing these types of side effects besides headaches. I am wondering maybe low iron? Maybe something happened when I had my daughter 4 months ago and it is finally catching up to me?? Any thoughts?? Thanks

this is going to sound really selfish and i feel horrible talking like this because i know in the end its worth it. I’m 38 weeks pregnant. i obviously know i have 2 weeks left. i find myself crying and having panic attacks every night. i have a new pain every day. i call the doctor almost every day with concerns. ive had massive heartburn problems since the beginning of my pregnancy. i have had extreme hip pains and problems since about the middle of my pregnancy. i haven’t really had morning sickness. thank goodness. i feel sick to my stomach almost every day now. ive thrown up two times in the last 3 weeks. ive have leg cramps, they feel like period cramps in my leg, i also get these feelings in my stomach. i have to pee and or poo every 10-20 minutes. no joke. ive been having a headaches every day that are almost impossible to get rid of. ive been checked for preclampyia, dont have it. ive been checked for gestational diabetes, dont have it. the baby and i are “perfectly fine” except a little low iron. i have a crazy lift in my appetite. I’m having more frequent hot flashes. I’m 1cm dilated, 75% effaced, and his head is extremely low. ive tried walking and having sex. I’m on medication for my heartburn and they aren’t working anymore. I’m on a prenatal. I’m on an iron supplement. I’m on anxiety medication. and i take tylenol with codeine which isn’t really working. i have contractions but not that often. and all everyone keeps telling me i just have to wait it out. im so sick of hearing that. i just want my body back. i want to feel normal again. not be sick every day! i dont want to have panic attacks anoymore. i want to be able to sleep at night. im sorry im venting but what pregnant woman doesnt need to. im here for more support and advise that anything. thanks you in advance.

My baby boy is now 31/2 months and yesterday I looked in the mirror and for the first time I noticed my hairline is receding. I already look so awful after this second pregnancy and none of this happened with the first. Granted I was unable to take prenatal vitamins because it never stayed down but had I known about this hair loss horror I might have kept forcing them down everytime they came up. My hair thinned a lot with the first pregnancy three years prior but OMG this time I am balding at the front. What can I do to stop this??? My belly still looks awfully fat and jiggly to the point where sucking it in is hopeless and I am too exhausted even to exercise everyday because I am up at stupid hours all the time consumed with baby, preschooler, husband, house work and housewife duties (paying bills, grocery, dropping off and picking up monster toddler at school with baby in tow all the time). I have tyres all around my midsection and I feel so embarrassed by the way I look that I have become dowdy, dressing down in t-shirts to cover my flabby, overlapping belly in my jeans. My self esteem is waning and I feel so depressed (NOT POST NATAL DEPRESSION I might add). I used to be so fit and so skinny that at one time I considered taking weight gain suppliments. I was an avid hiker, gym enthusiast, swimmer, scuba diver and adventurer and at that time I was a carreer oriented woman. I have since given it up to be a full time mommy and wife which equals overwork and underpay. I used to be able to shake off things that could get me down but this weight gain has got me down down down. I know someone is going to tell me to go to councelling but really can anyone suggest anything else before this? My birthday recently passed making me 38 and I went all out, dressed up and looked (I thought) great!! Then I saw the pictures and felt so awful at how fat I looked but marvelled at how pretty I managed to look….especially my hair. It’s not just vanity working here either but I have always been happy with my looks. Now I’m tired though happy with my wonderful husband, toddler and my bundle but my 3 year old is telling me I am a fat mommy. Well now I am a fat, BALDING mommy and that does NOT feel good. I eat right, do the most exhausting work at home that makes me sweat more than the gym and drink plenty water. Whatelse can I do to stop this hair loss and lose this damned weight so I can feel normal again?

For the past few days I have not had an appetite at all. I don’t eat much now…one meal a day, and some days nothing at all. I am drinking water and taking a prenatal vitamin because I am breastfeeding.
I have been dealing with postpartum depression and I am thinking that maybe this is the reason why I am not hungry?

However, today I have been extremely tired and dizzy and have a terrible headache…
What’s going on with me?

Well I’m a single mom, college fulltime and work and a load of other stuff, I have a hair disorder, where when I get stressed my hair will fall out, so I went to the doc today to get medicine to help with the stress, she told me to just keep taking my prenatal vitamins, I told her I wanted to be treated, so she put me on a antidepressant, this to me seems wrong. I love to wake up in the morning, etc, I would consider myself highly stressed but not depressed. Any opinions? Please and thank u. No negative advice please!

I understand that the herbal supplement Ginkgo Biloba assists in easing depression and promoting mental acuity. Information I’d reserached even supported taking the herb during pregnancy to encourage prenatal brain development. I had been taking 2 capsules (120mg) regularly prior to my pregnancy, but recently, I cautiously took only one and only once. Now I’m finding information that actually cautions against taking the herb during pregnancy. What major harm and/or symptoms typically result from taking Gingko Biloba while pregnant? Could I have already done any irreparable damage? Thanks.
Thanks much for the heads up, Danielle. Don’t worry, I wouldn’t imagine putting my or my unborn’s health in the hands of a public forum. I have slightly more functioning neurons than that.

I usually just pop in every now and again with a concern or two in between visits, or if I’m looking to weigh outside perspectives, or if I just generally have a question mark that pops into my head about something or other. As a busy senior switching institutions, I don’t always find time to extensively research topics, in addition to the ones I’m bound to for a grade.

Read the rest of this entry

Aggression, anxiety, Asperger syndrome, depression, attention-deficit disorder, and attachment disorder are all diagnoses which describe a(n):

A)
chromosomal deficiency.

B)
consequence of prenatal drug exposure.

C)
biological anomaly.

Read the rest of this entry