1 day ago by The Dahm

The pitocin dosage started at 2.5mL/hr and is now up 24mL/hr. Contractions are also starting to occur more frequently with a little more oomph to ‘em; 4-5 on the trusty old pain scale.

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1 day ago by The Dahm

I think Heidi is “over” this whole “induction” process and ready to go home. Every now and then when she looks at me, I swear I can see her imagining pinching me! But, the pitocin is now hooked up, so the next few hours could be interesting, or we could be headin’ home. So far, the contractions have ...

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3 days ago by Laura

This synopsis of tonight’s “Top Chef” on Yahoo! TV takes the cake: Though there’s nothing grammatically wrong with using both remaining and left in the same sentence, one of them would have been sufficient. (When you’re writing for the short attention span of Web readers, fewer words are always bett ...

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3 days ago by rosesdaughter

Nothing new to report. I went in for my weekly fly by: Cervix: 1 1/2 centimeters this week. Yeah whatever. Could just be the difference in midwives. Only thing was she couldn’t feel the head this week( are you freaking kidding me?) so they did a quick “where is his head ultrasound.” It’s down. And i ...

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3 days ago

If your baby is late in coming, your doctor may decide to induce labor. When your doctor induces labor, he will try one or more of these 5 different methods for inducing labor: A finger inserted to separate the amniotic sac from the cervix. This causes the body to release prostoglandins and induces ...

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3 days ago by steve

Many athletes are never able to jump higher despite training for hours every week. This is because their training is usually focused on the wrong muscle fiber type. The 3 main muscle fiber types: Type I: Slow Twitch Fibers Type IIA: Fast Twitch Fibers Type IIB: Fast Twitch Fibers Type I: Slow Twitch ...

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4 days ago by bethanysanders

When my water broke at 4 a.m. a week before my due date, I called my OB right away. “Are you sure it broke?” she asked. “Uhhhh, yeah. Pretty sure.” “I just saw you yesterday, and I told you that you wouldn’t be ready to go for at least another week.” I contemplated and rejected at least three differ ...

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4 days ago by Amanda

On Sunday, I was having contractions (not real ones) along with just pains. After it going on for several hours, the on-call doctor told me to go to the hospital to make sure I wasn't in labor. I wasn't - just dehydrated. Today my doctor told me why pregnant women who get dehydrated (even if its jus ...

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4 days ago by Loy Bond

A few days after my contractions pain, I sensed something was terribly wrong, cos i no longer have the pregnancy signs, so I tested again, the line was gone…. Go here to see the original: Goodbye my baby

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4 days ago by Loy Bond

After the contractions were stopped, I was sent home for bed rest for the duration of the pregnancy with a prescription…. Continue reading here: Something to Fight For

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