Your Questions About The Oldest Natural Pregnancy

Sandra asks…

What could be wrong? :s?

I’ve only 2 more pills to take out of this months packet (21 day packet) and for the past 5 days I’ve been experiencing a sharp to dull ache in my lower right and left sides, often at the same time but the right seems to be worse. It feels a bit like the pain I used to get at ovulation. In the past 2 days I have also been getting lower back pain approximately level with the pain at the front?

I’ve charted my ‘natural cycle’ off the pill and figure if I was ovulating naturally despite being on the pill it would have been early last week or the weekend of the week before.

I stayed with my fiance that weekend and week but we had no condoms so didn’t have sex and only fooled around. The only possibility of me being preggers is the small chance he may have had pre-*** on his fingers when he fingered me (sorry tmi) so I doubt it is that and I take my pill at the same time each day, no missed ones etc.

Also I have had a dull stuffy nose and feeling slight hot on and off but this has been going on for 2 weeks-2 days into my stay with my boyfriend so doubt they can be pregnancy symptoms. 6 days ago I began to get a dull headache and feeling of something sitting in my throat but this seems to have almost disappeared.

Have also taken 4 HPT-all negative just incase- they were first response and I estimate based on my old cycles they would be at days 34, 35, 36 and 37-my cycles were approx 38 days.

Just the pill messing with my hormones or something else? Cysts? šŸ™

I have no other preggo symptoms-no nausea or sore boobs/nipples!

Michelle answers:

It could be the flu…although your pain seems to be pms. I used to get horrible cramps when I was on the pill. It would feel like I was in labor. Your pills could be messing up your cycle. Wait till you are actually late before taking another HPT. I doubt you are pregnant.

Chris asks…

Attachment Parenting isn’t working? Or am I doing it wrong?

I discovered Attachment Parenting when my son was a couple months old, and since I followed some of the practices, I decided to give it a go. My son went from being fussy for like a minute before going to sleep by himself to needing to be rocked and held for a very long time before going to sleep. I was afraid of him being mildy fussy because I didn’t want to do psychological damage, that I began to pick him up the second he began to fuss a little. He also went from a baby who could be perfectly happy swinging in his swing to freaking out if I put him down. He’s not a big fan of being worn in a wrap, so I would end up in my arms and me not being able to do any thing. He’s a large baby-16 pounds. My back can’t keep up. I weakened it when I was 18 and 19 from a summer job I had that was SO not ergomonically correct. (Pregnancy sucked too for my back.) I’m beginning to think Dr. Sears is a quack, but right now I’m a tad bit frustrated. It has been portrayed as thenatural” way to parent, but all it did was frustrate me and turn my son into a clingy, fussy, and whiny baby. Has any one else experienced this? Or am I doing it wrong? I am a very loving mom, but I don’t want to spoil my baby and have an uncontrollable monster on my hands.

Michelle answers:

I think there are some aspects of attachment parenting that can be beneficial (depending on the parents and child) but some of it isn’t good. The strain and expectations put on the parents can cause anxiety in the mother that she’s not doing the “right thing” , be emotionally and physically draining and creates unrealistic expectations on what the mother should be able to do.

My biggest issue with it is the whole idea or reactive attachment disorder set out by Dr. Sears is NOT what is defined in the DSM-IV and as a result many mothers fear their babies are going to develop RAD when it’s actually fairly rare and the description Dr. Sears gives for it results in a lot of false positives for RAD. Letting a child cry for a few minutes will NOT cause their neuro pathways to change enough for it to cause significant damage later in life; RAD is caused by neglect and abuse, not letting a kid cry a bit when they wake in the middle of the night.

Raise your son the way you feel is right and natural for the both of you. Don’t ruin your back just because some parenting philosophy says you should constantly wear/hold your baby, if you get hurt too badly it won’t help you or your son.

Mandy asks…

Could I be Pregnant? Or is there something wrong with me?

I really want yo avoid going to the doctor and waisting my time and money.. But, about 3 weeks ago I took a pregnancy test, it took 10 minutes for the results to appear, and it was after my friend had already shaken the test and it turned completely blue, then said negative. Well I jus blew it off, a couple days later, I started and i’m not kidding you, it was the worst period of my lfie, even though im only 20. Ive never cramped or bled that bad, well for one time after i got the depo shot and didnt go back to take it agian. Anyways, after my period i had white guey stuff that was on the toilet paper after I wiped, then a couple days later after my period was done I had sex with my boyfriend and after I spotted a little bit, but it was like dark blood, maybe old blood? Im not sure. Well me and boyfriend have continued having sex and I feel like throughout the day I get wet down there quite a bit, and it sometimes has a smell. I started taking metabolism pills the last few days and my pee has been highlighter yellow and its even on the toilet paper when I wipe. I have been feeling a little different lately, but I also think it could all be in my head. Im not sure. And also for the past 3-4 months me and my boyfriend have been trying to get pregnant, he has came in me every single time, at least 4 times a week and nothing has happened. Is there something I could do for myself to become more fertilie? I dont want to take any pills or anything like that. Jus natural things, foods, certain things I can do, etc.. If anyone has any useful information please feel free to give it! Thank you

Michelle answers:

Take a pregmacy test

Donna asks…

Sick of being judging me for being 18 and pregnant!?

I am almost 19 (October 7th) I got married on May 15th to the love of my life who I have known since I was 10. He’s two years older than me. He and I did not believe in standard dating due to our faith. Instead, we had a courtship. We did kiss before we were married but did not go any farther. Our first time was on our wedding night, which is when I got pregnant. We do not believe in birth control, but we use natural family planning. However it seems that God had other plans for us!

I am now 18 weeks pregnant. My husband and I have our own apartment and are VERY excited. We;re both in school, and are so happy to be parents.
I look younger than I am and some people who don’t really know me sometimes are very rude. For example, I got my 18 week ultrasound yesterday (It’s a GIRL!!!!) and the tech kept calling my husband my “boyfriend.” And she asked when I was going to graduate highschool. I went by myself to a children’s thrift store on friday and another woman there asked if I was giving the baby up for adoption.
On some forums I go on when I say that I’m 18 and married with a baby on the way people have actually said how great it was that I got married so my baby wouldn’t be a b*stard! My baby was never going to be one!

I am so grateful to God for the chance to be a mother but I can’t take some of theese rude comments and i feel that they will just increase as my pregnancy progresses and I get bigger.
Oops the subject title of this post got a little messed up.
Sick of people judging me is what I meant to say!

Michelle answers:

I married my high school sweet heart this July (: So congrats to you! Also, we are TTC our first child. All of my “friends” talked really low about us getting married behind our backs and all at once just up and left us. They used us for things because we had our own house and stuff but that’s it. I’ve learned that people will only talk good about you if they can benefit from it (most of the time). And a lot of people that talk bad about people are jealous or feel inferior. A lot of older women realize that they want kids in their 30’s and it’s harder to conceive so when they see younger adults pregnant, they feel that the younger couple doesn’t deserve it. (I’ve actually been told that by a few people on message boards because I’m going to be 20 October 1st and already TTC). But, hun, the thing is, no one knows your life story, no one knows you when they make such harsh judgments. It won’t get any easier. Just try to ignore it because you’re happy and you did the right thing and I wish you the very best. Congratulations again <3

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