No uterus , no pregnancy I would think sm

No uterus , no pregnancy I would think???- sm [2008-07-01]
sounds kind of weird. She sounds like a flake. I'd offer to go with her to her OB and try and get the skinny on that one!

Another pregnancy question. [2008-04-30]
I'm 32 weeks and sometimes when i'm sitting perfectly still on the couch or something the baby moves and i can hear a snapping sound, like when you bend down and your knee snaps. It's not quite as loud but it's still there. I was wondering if anyone else heard this?! I'm assuming it's my skin stretching or something because i can't imagine the baby has joints popping! lol it just seemed a little weird and just wondering if anyone else has heard of this. - Thanks!

Pregnancy question. [2008-04-28]
Hello everyone. I had a question for all you mothers out there. II donwas creative enough to get through the night. Thanks!

Rare cases - pregnancy attached to outside [2008-04-03]
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intrauterine pregnancy [2008-04-02]
isn't this such a silly phrase? it hit me tonight...where else would your pregnancy be? LOL

I also had googled a TL with my last pregnancy... [2007-12-29]
5 years ago to research it and had found that informative site. It scared me into not doing it and glad I didn't. I'm on the Pill and hardly get a period, plus it lowers your chances of getting cervical cancer due to not ovulating. I would say no to doing it. I feel bad for the women who have.

Enlarged uterus [2007-12-19]
At your daughter's age, I would think fibroids are at the top of the differential diagnoses for pelvic pain/enlarged uterus. Wonder why a CT was done first? Did she have blood work done (CA 125)? I had periods from Hades, anemia, pelvic pain, enlarged uterus, discomfort, bloating, and pretty much never felt good every single day. Turned out to be fibroids. Had a hysterectomy and the world is a wonderful place now. I know you are worried, you are a mom, which means we are destined to worry for the rest of our lives when it comes to our kids. Just trying to help you realize that there are other more benign and common things than cancer that can cause an enlarged uterus/pain, especially in someone so young like your daughter. The negative CT is SUCH a good sign! Let us know how she (and YOU) make out!

I was "only" 65 lbs overweight with 2nd pregnancy... [2007-11-23]
but I was so horribly ill with 24-hour morning sickness that I walked out of the hospital 12 pounds lighter than I was at the beginning of my pregnancy. I certainly wouldn thinking about it, trying to keep it down, worrying about the baby. In the end, it worked out. He was born 2 weeks early and was 8 lbs, 2 ozs. Within 24 hours I was eating like a horse again, and I was great while nursing for 6 months. But eventually, the glory days of eating and not gaining weight were gone. Now, 17 years after that pregnancy, I'm 80 pounds overweight. Sigh.

Anyone ever been really heavy and have a healthy pregnancy? sm [2007-11-22]
Well I am at 325 and pregnant. Yes, I am tall but still that weight is very, very disgusting. I wonder how I got to this place. But I am so worried about my weight affecting the baby. The baby was nto planned- was a complete surprise. A welcome surprise though. But I never thought I would be able to get pregnant while being this heavy. I don I am just wondering if anyone has been really overweight and how it affected your pregnancy. The doctors don Thanks for all input. I am getting the Lap band after I have the baby. I want to be healthy for my family after this and it seems like a reasonable option. Thanks everyone. Have a great Thanksgiving!

Pregnancy outcome lasts 18+ years, sickness usually [2007-05-08]
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Fair enough! You mind your own uterus... [2007-03-28]
but if you don't mind it well and find yourself pregnant, you should have to pay for yoru abortion yourself. The government (and my tax dollars) should NOT fund abortion. I disagree with the procedure on moral grounds, so why should I fund it if you (or someone else) can't, as you put it, take care of their uterus?? Tell you what! You stay OUT of MY pocket and I will stay OUT of YOUR uterus!! Howzat??

I don't want any pro-lifer pokin' around in my uterus [2007-03-27]
Everyone should mind their own uteri, ay? I have a pin that says, Sure you can trust the government. Just go ask a whale or an American Indian.

Very few rapes result in pregnancy. So now what? [2007-03-26]
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Donate to crisis pregnancy centers. [2007-02-25]
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My MIL did- every other pregnancy - has 2 kids - sm [2007-02-22]
Had a son, miscarried on preg#2, had another son, miscarried on preg#4 - no clue if there was a specific reason. I also know someone who miscarried 5 x and the 6th time she was able to carry the baby to full-term. In her case it was her pelvic bones, they just were not strong enough to carry a baby and she would not stay in bed (had to have bed rest the whole time in order to carry the baby), either she finally listened to her Dr. after 5 miscarriages or her bones got stronger (she was rather young 18-22 during all this). I have no idea if she has had more kids as we lost touch.

Kokopoo, did you have ovaries and uterus out? nm [2007-02-11]
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I had it during my pregnancy a long, long time ago. Husband [2007-02-08]
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changing your OB in the last month of pregnancy? [2007-01-03]
I was just wondering if anyone here had any experience with changing your OB in the last month of pregnancy? Or if anyone knows anyone who changed their OB late in pregnancy? Without going into too many details, my OB was away on a personal emergency this week and her partner was not in the office due to the holiday. I was having some problems this week and I needed an OB on Friday. I called but my OB's office only had a recorded message. There was no answering service. So I stuck it out until Satruday and went to the emergency room at the hospital where I was supposed to be delivering this baby. The Triage Nurse at the hospital was so awful and mean to me that I burst into tears and stormed out of there. She didn't flat out refuse me medical attention, but she gave me such a hard time about being there that she made me feel very uncomfortable, and in so many words she forced me out. She was the nastiest most unprofessional person I have ever dealt with in the healthcare industry. DH agrees. So now DH and I are totally turned off to that hospital and I don't feel comfortable at all delivering there. Fortunately for us, we have 2 other excellent hopsitals close to our house. The problem is, my OB only delivers out of the hospital where I had this incident. So I was thinking of changing back to my old OB for the end of the pregnancy. He delivered my nephew and my sister said she liked him and had no problems with him. But he has not dealt with me pregnant. I just went to him for 2 annual checkups several years ago, then decided to change over to my current OB because my sisters and friends raved about her. And it's really been a textbook pregnancy -- no problems with me or the baby. He would just need my records sent to him, and he'd need to know that I will be a scheduled c-section. Really at this point all I need is for someone to go in there and get the baby out for me. Any advice? Do you think he would refuse my case since I'm 35 weeks already? The whole incident is unfortunate, and I love my OB, but I am so turned off to the hospital that I'd be willing to go with another OB just to be able to deliver out of another hospital where we'll feel comfortable and taken care of.

Boy - this is so variable. With my first pregnancy, hate to [2006-11-01]
tell you, I was sick the whole 9 months, even the day he was born. Every morning at work I had saltine crackers and coke for breakfast(Ugh)as that was the only thing that calmed my stomach down. My two previous pregnancies, I had no morning sickness !

I'm pregnant - 5 weeks along, 1st pregnancy....sm [2006-10-24]
My husband I are thrilled that we conceived so quickly,especially with my being 43 and him being 50. We got married in June and started trying then. His 15-year-old daughter and our 6-year-old foster daughter are excited. Next year will be fabulous as we'll be finalizing the adoption of our foster daughter in January and having a baby in June!

pregnancy [2006-10-19]
I tend to agree with NM poster below because the very first time I got pregnant I told everyone right away and everyone went nuts with excitement, especially the grandmothers to be. Then about 2 1/2 months into my pregnancy I miscarried and had to explain to everyone, and they had to explain to everyone. It was really depressing. I had what they called a blighted ovum which means the division of cells never really went very far. So the next time I got pregnant, I waited until after the three month mark. I later found out most miscarriages occur within the first three months.Good question, by the way. Are you pregnant for the first time?

congratulations [2008-11-20]
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Again, I have to tell you we have so much in common! It was the birth of my daughter that inspired my husband to be his better self. Oh, and the step-kids growing up....... that is a whole other thing and they still cost you money, but at least the lawyers are out of it by then! Congrats again! YOU hang in there!

Eeew. This just popped into my head [2008-11-15]
If this she/he can claim to be a man, then when are they going to do the first female organ transplant into a man who wishes to experience the pain of pregnancy without becoming a full blown woman? Just the reverse of what this she/hedid. It would probably take as long to change, but how many real men would think about it if they could make all this money? Can you imagine the confusion? I thinkcloning is just as bad. Weoriginal not a manufactured person.

I think thanksgiving would be the [2008-11-12]
perfect time to make it clear you are NOT joining in the free for all giftgiving. Maybe you could make their favorite desserts or breads instead or think of some other inexpensive hand made gifts. My sister makes jelly or tamales for the sibs and my brother buys a bottle of wine each (mine is piling up and getting well aged). This is exactly why I tell my 3 boys to buy for their wives and kids. I myself don't (can't) spend much on the kids, but I figure their parents need to have that fun, I've had my turn with my own. And I don't want anything at all, in fact, I wish when someone came over, they would have to take something when they leave! But, like I told one of mine, you are making memories, it will depend on your attitude and not what you spent that the kid remembers later. One might forget that expensive day at an amusement park, but remember years later a plain simple picnic because of the feeling of family fun and closeness. Good luck with your pregnancy, I am sure you are unusually tired already.

I think thanksgiving would be the [2008-11-12]
perfect time to make it clear you are NOT joining in the free for all giftgiving. Maybe you could make their favorite desserts or breads instead or think of some other inexpensive hand made gifts. My sister makes jelly or tamales for the sibs and my brother buys a bottle of wine each (mine is piling up and getting well aged). This is exactly why I tell my 3 boys to buy for their wives and kids. I myself don't (can't) spend much on the kids, but I figure their parents need to have that fun, I've had my turn with my own. And I don't want anything at all, in fact, I wish when someone came over, they would have to take something when they leave! But, like I told one of mine, you are making memories, it will depend on your attitude and not what you spent that the kid remembers later. One might forget that expensive day at an amusement park, but remember years later a plain simple picnic because of the feeling of family fun and closeness. Good luck with your pregnancy, I am sure you are unusually tired already.

FURTHERMORE (I should NOT have started . . .) [2008-11-04]
The cardiologists and hospitalists that took care of my mother quite appreciated that I knew her baseline EF, that she had chf, and could give a very detailed medical history to them and knew what they were talking about when my mother could not give them that info last summer . . . AND when I mentioned to my doc one time that I thought I had restless leg syndrome (which yea, I did) during my pregnancy he said, how So it just depends on who ya talk to.

Crying all morning.....sm [2008-11-02]
I have been married 15 years....this morning my husband came in and said, Eric said your storage building is ready! You might think I would be happy. He thought I would be. The problem is that in 15 years of marriage I have been able to pick out nothing. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would like an outside storage building. I mentioned a couple I had seen. My husband did not discuss it with me at all but went to the neighbor and had him build a storage building. I have no idea what it will look like, no idea what size, what color, anything. It wouldn 11 years ago I had just had a baby and my husband picked out our house while I was home recovering from a c-section. He told me this was where we were going to live. He had refused to even look at any of the houses I had liked during my pregnancy. He told me we would remodel this house any way I wanted, get any furniture I wanted. I was so anxious to get out of the rundown noisy apartment building we were in that I agreed to move here. Then of course, no remodeling, no new furniture. Three years ago I really needed a new car. My husband said he would start looking for one. HE would start looking for one for me. A year later HE had still not found one. I found a used, reasonably priced car and told him I wanted to buy it. He said no. I told him I really needed a vehicle. It was less than $10,000. He finally agreed but was mad at me for a year over it and told his parents that I had gone out and bought myself a new car. It was actually 4 years old. A year ago he bough a boat for $10,000 that I had never even seen and brought it home and announced we had a new boat. Six months ago he bought a $30,000 truck and took me to see it at the dealership after he had already bought it. So now I am a b*tch for not being happy about the new storage building. woohoo

itching burning sm [2008-10-28]
ItI ended up diagnosing myself, it was a pain med I was on, stopped when I discontinued. Had them after pregnancy, used hot baths, then hemorrhoidal ointment. Sometimes the hot baths will dry the skin, thus the itching. Bubble baths are also VERY bad for both the anal and genital area. Don't blame your husband yet, could be an allergy to something, i.e. new laundry soap, etc. Good luck with it.

See inside for more ideas........ [2008-10-27]
I usually make a diaper wreath to hang on the door for the shower, gift for parents, and can also be used on the hospital door. Very easy and some will use the diapers off of it, some will keep as a keepsake. Here is a link to how to make them and pics......http://entertaining.about.com/od/bridalandbabyshowers/ss/diaperwreath.htm I also like to get the fabric and make my own blankets/pillow to match. Those kind that you tie knots on the end. I even personalized one before. If I have the funds and it is someone close to me, I love to buy baby quilts as gifts. For my niece, I got one of those big moses baskets, put in the personalized blanket and pillow I made, and filled it with lots of little goodies also. Have you seen the gifts on the clothes lines? That one is always funny. I saw in Rachael Ray magazine that they used clear baby bottles for vases and put flowers in them for decorations. You could also give mom a gift of a photo session for belly art. Some of those are awesome if you get someone who knows what they are doing. Here is a link of some ideas.......http://pregnancyandbaby.com/pregnancy/baby/Belly-painting--Art-on-board-1627.htm You could give mom a pampering gift certificate like for a massage or spa, food certificates, or house cleaning certificates. Something I could not live without.....burp clothes, diapers, diaper wipes, baby monitors, swing, sling to carry baby in. My favorite is the Maya wrap. http://www.mayawrap.com/s_distributors.php

All I can say is ... [2008-09-28]
For Immediate Release:September 23, 2008Contact:Ashley Byrne 757-622-7382 Burlington, Vt. - This morning, PETA dispatched a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of ice cream icon Ben Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace the cow's milk in their products with human breast milk. PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves. PETA points out to Cohen and Greenfield that such a move on their part would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health at the same time. The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. Everyone knows that JerryFor more information, please visit PETA's Web site Blog.PETA.org or click here. PETA Jerry's Homemade Inc.Dear Mr. Cohen and Mr. Greenfield, On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I'd like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry's. Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers--and cows--would reap the benefits. Using cow's milk for your ice cream is a hazard to your customer's health. Dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies, constipation, obesity, and prostate and ovarian cancer. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow's milk to children, saying it may play a role in anemia, allergies, and juvenile diabetes and in the long term, will set kids up for obesity and heart disease--America's number one cause of death. Animals will also benefit from the switch to breast milk. Like all mammals, cows only produce milk during and after pregnancy, so to be able to constantly milk them, cows are forcefully impregnated every nine months. After several years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, their exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup. And of course, the veal industry could not survive without the dairy industry. Because male calves can't produce milk, dairy farmers take them from their mothers immediately after birth and sell them to veal farms, where they endure 14 to17 weeks of torment chained inside a crate so small that they can't even turn around. The breast is best! Won't you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow's milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry's ice cream? Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely,Tracy ReimanExecutive Vice Presidenthttp://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=11993

I'm pro-choice. Abortion is not murder. SM [2008-09-18]
Abortions are performed very early on in pregnancy. I'm afraid to say this, but basically, it is a lump of tissue. Women have to right to form their own opinion, but the idea a person is aborting a roly-poly fully formed baby is a crock. This is propaganda devised by right-winged fundamentalists, many of whom happen to be men. I do believe in practicing safe sex, so abortion will not be needed. That is the ideal, but we are all only human. No, I never had an abortion. I had my daughter at age 25, after being married 5 years. My daughter was married at 30 and had her first child at 31. We are both Pro Choice.

I've had 4... [2008-09-18]
I was a flake, but I was also a fertile turtle and a statistic: 2 pregnancies happened WHILE on birth control. The first time, I was a teenager. There is no way I could have had a kid. I don I didnselfish has gotten a bad rap. I couldn't formulate the thought of, let alone wrap my mind around, the concept of going through a pregnancy & making someone else a parent when I was 16. The last 2 pregnancies occurred when I was on birth control and was married. I simply did not want to have a kid. Period. For awhile 4 abortions seemed like a huge number until I talked to a birth control counselor at a college I was going to...she told me that on her first day as a counselor she had talked to a woman who had had 28 (not a typo) abortions. Now THAT is extreme. I don't think abortion should be a form of birth control. I've never regretted not having children. There have been times I have regretted not having gone through the birth experience, but I have never, ever wanted to be a parent. So it's okay. Mothering, at least in part, can be experienced in other ways (beyond the scope of this post), & this is enough for me.

Yup that about sums it up [2008-09-17]
I learned long long ago in a galaxy far far away :-) (weyup, yup, that. Ioh now your just being a smart alec (smart alec is the nicer term for what he called me). Anywhere from politics to pregnancy - II. HA HA HA. I have learned I just don't say anything anymore. But I did tell my best friend once if anything was ever to happen to him I would never go to another relationship with a person of the opposite sex. At least women understand other women better.

I never have, but my sister did. She didn't - sm [2008-09-16]
have remorse about it because (a) the (ex)-boyfriend that got her pregnant was a creep and she didn and (b) in order to stay in school. She had just started college, which our dad, a very strict, authoritarian sort of person with old-fashioned values, was paying for 100%. She knew that without a doubt, if he had found out she'd gotten pregnant (and he was a Catholic - compounding the problem!), that he would have pulled the plug on her college-funding and kicked her out of the house. That would have ruined the rest of her life. As a result of being able to have an AB on-request, and without my parents' knowledge, she was able to finish her education and get a Master's Degree in Education. She went on to become a fine teacher who got all sorts of awards for her innovative teaching ideas. Later, she changed careers and now works in the healthcare industry in the area of aging well. Without her education, she would be working a low-paying job, and possibly even made the mistake of marrying the good-for-nothing boyfriend, just to keep a roof over her head. Anyway, that's HER story. Everyone's situation, reasons for doing what they do, and feelings about it afterward are different. Just going through with the birth of the child & putting it up for adoption doesn't necessarily guarantee it a good home, either. Especially if it doesn't happen to be a Caucasian child with no health problems, which is what not all, but most, people want. Other people have ABs because the remorse they say they would feel for that is less than what they would feel if they actually delivered, and saw, the child, and then had to give it up. Anyway, everything in life has a price, there are always decisions to make. You made the decision you had to make at the time, so I hope that in time your sadness dissipates. If you had to do it over again NOW, then of course you probably wouldn't. But this is now and that was then, so please try not to feel too sad about the past. Now that you do have children, I'd be willing to bet that you're loving them even more, and taking care of them even better, than you might have if you hadn't had to part with your first pregnancy. So in a way, your first child's legacy lives on in the lives you're providing for your existing children now. And that's what matters most in the end.

I just wish that [2008-09-16]
we all knew the real truth about it all ... why we are here, do we have souls, are we aware after death??? However we got here, I don't understand why we didn't come equipped with the answers. Just think if all people knew FOR SURE what the truth really is. It certainly would remove a lot of problems and decision dilemas. With the information we do have, I wouldn't feel so badly about abortion if we could be aware of a pregnancy and terminate it in the first week or so. After that, it so quickly goes beyond cells dividing and becomes a person. So many people would have been better off unborn and I'm sure many aborted babies would have been happy to be alive. The problem is, we have to make choices without so much of the pertinent information. It certainly creates a lot of emotional stress, strain, and pain. To those of you who had abortions, we all have done things we regret in dealing with our children. Some of the mistakes we made raising them have caused emotional issues which may lead to who-knows-what pain for them. We are all guilty of something. All we can do is try to be more and more aware and give love where we can. :)

AB [2008-09-16]
I have never had an abortion myself but recently discovered a close friend did. I had a miscarriage and that's how the subject came up. She felt the need to compare our stories as if they were similar. We talked at great length but I don't think she feels remorse even to this day. I don't agree that the 2 are similar in any way. I agree with you completely that there are plenty of options for adoption and providing a child to a family who can't have their own - that is the unselfish way of making a difficult decision to whether or not you are in the position to have a child. Personally, I think there are so many options out there for birth control I do not see any need for abortion. I know they say there is a margin for error with birth control and accidents happen but coming from a person who has no fertility trouble what so ever and it taking many months to become pregnant, twice...I feel many people use that as a cover up for their own stupidity of not protecting themselves to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. I also do not agree in abortion for the sake of a proposed medical problem in an unborn child. You get what you get, deal with it and life goes on. It shouldn't be like shopping for a new pair of jeans and dropping them at a charity location if you decide in a few weeks that they don't work for you any more. Just a personal opinion. I'm glad you look at things differently now. Maybe the experience was meant to help you grow as a person. I feel that everything happens for a reason. Good luck to you.

I've never had one but a friend of mine [2008-09-16]
did. She was 15 at the time and after a lot of pressure from her parents and her boyfriend She still feels guilty to this day. Personally, I am pro-choice. There are just too many variables to make it 1-sided. Fortunately, I I have always used birth control (2 forms before I got married and then just the pill after marriage). I We If that ever fails, I would carry the pregnancy, unless it posed a significant health risk to me. I I do think that abortion has become a method of birth control for so many. There need to be limitations and guidelines to its use, but please don I also believe that pregnancy has become a way for many young, unwed, uneducated mothers to get a free check every month. I think those children should be adopted out, also. But these are just my opinions.

ok, i have to admit, i lied in one of my posts down there [2008-09-10]
i didn't actually get pregnant with my third child so i could quit nursing school. it just worked out that way. i was actually in my last semester of school and my first trimester of the pregnancy. it wasn't going so good, so i had to quit. however, this having to quit school actually worked out in my favor. since i never finished, i didn't have to take the registered nurse exam, which i would have never passed because i really am a just not smart enough for that. The real reason i got pregnant is that i knew my sister-in-law was going to try to get pregnant with her second child in a certain month and certain year, so i decided to do the same. See, i am so whacked out that i wouldn't have been able to handle her getting all the attention. Even though it was my the 3rd child for me and i really didn't want to have anymore children, i had to do it. I just couldn't handle her being pregnant again any other way. Plus, I figured, besides if she didn't get pregnant and I did, then i could make her jealous because I would be having a baby in the month and year that she wanted to, because I am so jealous of her. She is smart & i'm not. She graduated from college, I am a college dropout. I'm shaped like a whale & she's not. Everyone thinks i'm bitchy but not her. So we both got pregnant that month and had our babies in the same month 9 months later. Also, I just wanted to add that I am married to a total moron. He is such a dork. I got him cause no one else wanted him.

college was definitely wasted on me [2008-09-09]
First I tried sociology, then quit to get married. Then I tried nursing school but couldn't deal with it anymore, so I purposefully got pregnant so I could quit in my last semester of school (first trimester of the pregnancy). I'm just not smart enough for that stuff anyway.

Wow -these are excellent suggestions [2008-09-05]
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am 49 years old (feel 69 right now). I'm 189 pounds and lead very very sedentery life. No kids, no activity. I know I need to do some activity but I just can't get motivated. However, I do have an exercise video called Callanetics...very low impact aerobics (slow movements with very relaxing music), so tonight I pulled it out and starting tomorrow going to do that at the end of the work day. I too have to have my caffeine and one day without it I sure can tell. Isemi-organic (at least that's what I call it). I refuse to take any medication (not even aspirin when I have a headache). I'm trying to go vegetarian (or more vegetarin) but I do like meat. Just got to lose weight and a bit more exercise. Imy friend and I canbaby producing machine, yet I'm cursed with these blasted periods. Okay - sorry, that's more of my own emotional problem I have to deal with. I just want the periods to end. Your suggestions of herbal supplements are most interesting and I will be looking into them. Thank you again for your post.

thanks, all, for your input sm [2008-08-22]
i found a message board birth control pill forum and the experiences these women have had with BC pills is interesting. there were a lot more negative complaints about Yaz than positive. i'm really skeptical about taking pills that mess with hormones. i'm considering not taking it at all. i've had this pms stuff for years, just tired of the bloating feeling. mostly when i'm ovulating, when i bloat it feels like pressure on my bladder and i pee a lot more when i'm ovulating. sometimes i wish i didn't have my uterus any more. as far as weight gain, everyone is different. my dad's side of the family gais weight soooooo easy. my mom's side they can eat whatever they want and the don't gain weight. unfortunately, i took after my dad's side of the family. i gain weight really easily and i know it's about controling what i eat. but i can't help but think there are other factors in weight gain too. people with diabetes tend to gain weight easily. i think some of you are being a little harsh on us weight gainers. there can be other factors other than food. when i was in my early 20s and went on the pill, i gained weight. but i have to say, i have to work harder at my weight (eating better and exercising) so i don't feel like a lazy person. i do feel like i'm a healthy person, but i just have to work harder.

I was on it. I didn't do ovulation sticks, but [2008-08-09]
I had a vaginal ultrasound every month and if things looked good I got an HCG injection. I was on my last month of being able to do this and got pregnant and my child is now 13. The Clomid alone did not work for me. Also, DH had to be tested for counts and on the test he was found to have white cells. He was put on antibiotics. My doc said that it could possibly prevent conception. If you aren This was my second pregnancy. My first pregnancy I had no issues, but I had also been on the pill for 10 years so things were kept regulated. I didn't go back on the pill after the first pregnancy. Good luck to you.

I feel for ya, really do! [2008-08-07]
have you hadtesting done to be sure that you need the Clomidto ovulate? Have you had hormone tests, check your fallopian tubes, check uterus for fibroids, endometrial biopsy, etc., sperm count/analysis for husband? I know some who Clomid has worked for. The reason I ask, although keep in mind this was back in the dark ages in the Had an old-fashioned doc that I just loved to pieces but would have been in my best interests to get to a larger city with more sophisticated methods as it turned out. Went through lab tests, laparoscopies, laparotomies, hysteroscopies, etc., husband had multiple tests, had my tubes examined to see if open and always were, years of taking the Clomid and back then basal body temperatures, which probably still isn Turned out, when finally suggested, to have a diagnostic DC, had multiple fibroids and retained products of conception from a previous missed abortion, which we knew about, which I guess my old doc back then didnC afterwards at 10 weeks. I got pregnant immediately after removal of all that...thus, my question as to what else you have had tested to be sure you just need the Clomid. Also, gave myself Pergonal injections for awhile instead of the Clomid before I had the surgery, more powerful stuff and more chance of multiples. Six months forward after delivery, decided wanted to try again (always wanted a lot of kids since I come from a really small family) since wasn Old doc retires, go to a new doc. He does a laparoscopy, says my ovaries are so stuck together and to abdominal wall that I would be very, very lucky to ever get pregnant again, just keep taking the Clomid to kick out the eggs and maybe a lucky egg would find it Yikes! Continued for awhile, 3 years, and decided to go to Denver. Doc there, still back in the I won't go into all the complications I encountered along the way with both these pregnancies, was just very lucky and in decent health and shape for my age back then, and had some docs on the ball. Sorry, not trying to make this about me, but it brings back those memories of the desperation of so much wanting a baby and the frustration, and really hope it works out for you and wanted to throw out any suggestions I could think of. I never had anyone to talk to back then, everyone always said, aren Have you had any abdominal surgeries in the past? just in case you haveadhesions or something in there that could be blocking things. Are you sure you You might want to check into doing those tests twice a day as you might miss the ovulation from doing the test from onedayto the next. Are you timing them according to the length of your cycles? Not saying Clomid wonpossibly be preventing pregancy. I wasted a lot of years before finallyfinding out what the problem really was and didn't need the Clomid after all. Good luck to you and your husband! sending good vibes your way... Ask lots of questions and do research on your own, too. I know what a strain it can be on the two of you, just Hope I haven't offended you by all of this, just throwing out suggestions from my experience.

I can relate with you!! sm [2008-07-24]
It Not that I He has never had weight issues. I honestly think you have to be in the situation to understand fully. Just like a guy wouldn (Which I loved being pregnant with my boys). I gained so much weight with my kids, but I got back down to my pre-pregnancy weight, but still need to lose some. My left lower leg has varicose veins really bad, to the point my leg is warm all the time, it aches and swells up some (not a whole lot, but it will get tight feeling). When I went on NS last year, my leg felt better. I appreciate your story! Maybe the moderator can fix us up a weight board and we can all support each other!!

???? [2008-07-02]
I'm still waiting to find out how one can become pregnant if there is no uterus. The main function of the uterus is to accept the fertilized ovum and implant it into the endometrium. A partial hysterectomy is removal of the uterus but the ovaries are left. Again - what about the uterus to carry the fetus, amniotic fluid, etc.???

Several things [2008-07-01]
Ectopic pregnancies are possible in this situation--the babies can grow on an organ. However, this creates a very high-risk situation. Babies have been carried to term this way. In this case, though, if she has been 13 years without a period, I would wonder about a tumor, especially if she found out about her pregnancy with a home pregnancy test. HCG (what the home pregnancy test measures) can be produced by tumors, which also may correlate with a growing abdomen, giving one the false idea she is pregnant. How did she determine she was pregnant with twins?