Is anyones else tired of equal outcome false equality?

…By “equal outcome false equality” I mean any laws or measures that take away man’s natural strengths and advantages and gives women automatic “equal outcome” with men.

Examples would be things like military PT tests where women have much easier physical requirements… And the shift in firefighting tests from a graded test to a “pass/fail” type so that more women could just complete the test. It doesn’t matter if it takes them 5 times longer than men & as long as they drag themselves over the finish line, they “pass.”

This is a great read about female firefighters:

http://www.laweekly.com/2008-01-24/news/the-gender-boondoggle/

excerpt:

“Then came a notorious video dubbed the “Female Follies” by the media. In it, a handful of women, including a perfume saleswoman from Macy’s and an 18-year-old babysitter, were seen awkwardly struggling to climb over a 5-foot wall. The video was reportedly leaked to the media by a furious female captain and resulted in intense criticism of the male instructors who made it.
But almost nobody — including the media — asked whether the women could actually perform the drills. The Weekly has learned that the 25 women who were in training at the time of the “Female Follies” were given special pay for months by the city — unlike the men in that same class — to undergo extra preparation before facing the academy.”

…And the mother of all false equality laws is the one that takes the “free pass” that nature gave men with regards to pregnancy and forces men into indentured servitude.

Men and women deserve equal opportunity and equal rights within the laws.

Why must we take away all of men’s natural rights and abilities to pretend men and women are “equal” at every single thing in life?

why hasn’t there been any improvement in methods and services for ‘child birth’ women going in labour?

yeh, that would cost a dozen zillion!
with the amount of careless stupid mums having pregnancies and births…

and why even spend money on that when money could be used on better things since women can just give birth the old way on their own anyway.

i know c sections cost more than natural birth! and there has been no bother and improvements for better alternative methods. stupid stone aged c section and fucing natural birth.

stupid drunken women. they have no control over themselves so hardly any improvements in women’s health care and hospital care. std rates are quite high.
ow and recession , so thats one of the last things everyone would be bothered about.

those stupid dumb women…

Could lowering fertility rates and evolution be somehow connected? More details in question!?

There are a few factors that contribute to the lowering fertility rates everywhere.
1. In China, and probably other countries, women are sometimes (if not, all the time) forced to abort their babies if the fetus(es) is/are female. This is partially due to the fact that people tend to believe women are mostly useful for reproduction, but are less “competent” then men.
2. It is much more common to hear of couples being unable to have babies because the wife can’t have babies. Think about it: there was the American baby boom age from the mid 40s to the mid 60s. Then rates dropped since that age.
3. Along with everything else so far mentioned, people are living longer and are having children at an older age.
4. Abortions are on the raise, as it is more heard of and is more readily available for women with unwanted pregnancies.
5. There are many more forms of birth control available and there is more birth control available.
6. Quite a few serious diseases have been flying around these past few decades, killing a decent amount of people.
Do you think it could be that natural selection/evolution is silently at work and doing this, so that our planet gradually lowers our population?
Is your name actually Ellie (to first answerer)? My real name is Ellie… ^-^

Need some help here. Teenage Pregnancy Question?

Okay, so let me begin by saying that I understand sex is for people who are mature enough to handle the things that can come from it. (Pregnancy, heartbreak, Diseases)

Let me also say that in my 16 years of life I have had sex with two people. One is my old best friend Brandon who I used to love more then anything in the world. The other is my boyfriend who I’ve been dating for 5 months, and who I dated 3 years ago for a year.. who I’ve know for years, and who practically lives with me. I do not plan on having anymore partners because I don’t want to seem like a “slut” or someone who is “easy”. I also know the risks of diseases and unwanted pregnancy. So here is my issue, I made a very big mistake and now might have to deal with the concequences of my actions. Here is the story…

Before me and my current boyfriend started having sex I had only had sex one time (with Brandon). Two days after having sex for the first time I took the Plan B pill. It made me sick for weeks, but it was the price I had to pay for having sex at 15.

With my current boyfriend I’ve had sex quite a few times. I actually cant count how many times. Some protected, most unprotected (and he would come inside me). I know that’s the worst thing I could do. I know it could ruin my life, it’s stupid and I should know better.. but we’ve been doing it like that for so long that It seems natural. Dispite all of that, I haven’t gotten pregnant yet. I’m not trying, but I’m not protecting against it either. Our motto is that If it hasn’t happened yet it will be a myrical when it does. I know how stupid that sounds.

I had a period on July 18th, and it ended July 23. It was a regular period so I didn’t think anything was wrong, or that I was pregnant.. Since then I’ve had sex quite a few times unprotected and he didn’t pull out, and haven’t gotten pregnant yet. Then, I got my period this month. It was a relief until I realized it was 4 days early. It started with some spotting for a day (only when I wiped). Then the second day it was light bleeding which I heard can happen to pregnant women sometimes throughout their whole pregnancy. The third day it was off and on bleeding. Light bleeding. Then the fourth and last day it ended with some brownish blood which is normal for the end of a period. The brownish stuff came out for a few days. I though it was just getting the rest out.

I went on a site that tells how far along you are using the first day of your last period. Mine was July 18. It told me that I am 6 weeks pregnant today (if I am).
I haven’t had very strong symptoms, they come and go.. and I know that they are usually supposed to come and stay.. I’ve had things like
* morning sickness
* sickness after I eat anything or drink anything
* back pain
* stomach firmness, its hard to hold it in.. not like being bloated though
* had sore boobs, but it went away which isn’t normal
* I have had slight discharge, which is still more then usual
* have been crying nonstop for NO good reason

I don’t know what this is. I know it isn’t a disease because we have both been checked, and he lives with me so couldn’t be cheating.. and I’m not a cheater. So it isn’t that. Am I just paranoid or should I get some HPTs to make sure.

I cant tell anyone until I know myself for sure. I can’t even go to a doctor until I take some tests.
Should I take a couple??? Does it sound like I could be pregnant??? And, is it okay if I wait a couple months to tell anyone about it if I am???

Progesterone levels dropping? Was your pregnancy ok?

My progesterone was at 16.8, the doctor told me to take the prometrium so it would go to 20, instead it dropped to 12. So reading all the info I did on the pill form of progesterone not being so good, I took my progesterone muscle injections today, to bring up my levels, it was a left over prescription from IVF. Anyway this pregnancy was natural. Have you ever had your levels drop, and still have a succesful pregnancy.

May I have a baby? (I’m not married)?

I really love to have a baby , I’m 19 and I’m not married. Which one do you think is better, an IVF or a natural copulate with my bf? or maybe I should forget about it!

whats the point of hybrid embryos if they’re only going to use 0.1% of the DNA?

personally its all a bit frankenstein to me
not only that but its not ‘natural‘, don’t get me wrong i understand IVF etc etc, but not this?

why do people hate octomom?

i’ve never really know much about her, but i heard on the news that a doctor that did IVF got his license revoked.

where her octuplets not natural, did she ask for 8 babys to get a tv show or something?

How was your induction?

I am over due with baby number 3, getting an induction on saturday morning.

How far along were you when you got your induction done?
which number pregnancy was it?
what was the process like, what exactly did they do?
How long were you in labor?
could you walk around, go in the bath?

**i have had an induction before, with my first my water broke and contractions did not start on their own so they started a pitocin drip, so i do know the pain difference in a natural and induced labor, im just not sure how it works when its a planned induction. also the doctor told me i wouldnt be getting cervidil before hand because i am already dilated to 3 cms**

any other tips or advice?

thx u ladies.

is it normal not to have an internal exam at 40 weeks pregnant?

i am 40 weeks pregnant, due today, but i did not have an internal exam at my doctor’s visit yesterday or the one before that which was last week, and am now scheduled for an induction on the 22nd. this is my third pregnancy. the other two were natural births with no complications. i also want to know if it’s true that you cannot have an epidural with your third pregnancy, even if you have never had one.

Induction vs. Natural Labor : How will I know?

I was induced with my first child and I am now 38 weeks pregnant with my second. With my first I had pre-eclampsia but this pregnancy has been problem free, so I am looking forward to having a natural labor. Can anyone offer their expertise as far as the difference between induction and natural?

Help…41 weeks pregnant with induction scheduled?

Hi I am 40 weeks 3 days gestation had nst testing and ultrasound things look fine but OB really wants to induce labor on monday if i do not have baby before then i have beeen trying walking,spicy foods to bringlaborr on but i am very nervous about inducing b/c i have had 6 babies all natural with no meds or induction but OB says i need induction b/c of risk forstillbirth pleasee help i am really scared and have no idea what i should do i wish i could avoid induction but i do not want a stillbirth either thank you i do not know if membrane stripping is a good idea either i amdilatedd 1 and cervix is very soft but nothing seems to be helping ring this baby out i have had soooo much stress with this pregnancy that i assume that might be why things are notprogressingg like with my other pregnancies i also went between 7 to 10 days past due dates with last 2 butDR reallyy stressed the stillbirth thing to me and i do not want that
Well GOOD NEWS>>>
no induction after all at least i do not think so cause 2 day i lost my plug and started having show so hopefully things will proceed soooon thanks 2 everybody’s information…
Well GOOD NEWS>>>
no induction after all at least i do not think so cause 2 day i lost my plug and started having show so hopefully things will proceed soooon thanks 2 everybody

normal worries in pregnancy or not?

hi all im 20 yrs old and 22+1wks with my first. i suffer from depression and quite bad anxiety. (i am on meds) prior to this pregnancy i had a m/c the month before. i do really want this baby and to do my best for it, and build a good life. is it normal to be scared incase i dont bond with the baby or that i’ll be a bad mother or i dont love it enough the way a mother should. does it come natural after birth??? i have mentioned to my dr. about my heightened anxiety but they dont seem to take any notice. im extremely close with my mother and she is very supportive and understanding, but i cant help but worry incase im a terrible mother.

(Hopefully) not a stupid pregnancy question…please help!?

I’ve only 4 more pills to take out of this months packet (21 day packet) and for the past 3 days I’ve been experiencing a sharp to dull ache in my lower right side and sometimes on my lower left side, often at the same time. It feels like the pain I used to get at ovulation.

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. 4 days ago I began to get a dull headache and feeling of something sitting in my throat. Just feel generally unwell :(.

Have also taken 2 HPT-both negative just incase- they were first response and I estimate based on my old cycles they would be at days 34 and 35-my cycles were approx 38 days.

Just the pill messing with my hormones or something else?

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

This is NOT another teen pregnancy question…please help!?

I’ve only 4 more pills to take out of this months packet (21 day packet) and for the past 3 days I’ve been experiencing a sharp to dull ache in my lower right side and sometimes on my lower left side, often at the same time. It feels like the pain I used to get at ovulation.

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. 4 days ago I began to get a dull headache and feeling of something sitting in my throat. Just feel generally unwell :(.

Have also taken 2 HPT-both negative just incase- they were first response and I estimate based on my old cycles they would be at days 34 and 35-my cycles were approx 38 days.

Just the pill messing with my hormones or something else?

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

Anyone conceived naturally with a sperm count less that 10 million?

My hubby and I have trying to conceive #2 for 18 months now. We have a 2 1/2 year old son and I had a chemical pregnancy when he was one. Both were natural…now its been 18 months and we’ve found out my hubby has a low sperm count (9 million). Has anybody conceived naturally with a number like this? We don’t know whether it was low before or not…just looking for some words of hope…if not naturally, what procedure did you have to have done?

Any one ever try Fertility Blend?

Had an IUI, that failed. My blood work came back BIG FAT NEGATIVE… Wasn’t bummed becuase I knew in my heart I wasn’t pregnant. But I am going to try it all natural for the next few months before I do go into IVF. So I was wondering, has anyone ever tried Fertility Blend? If so do you think it works. Because I purchased some and i read it is ok to take the metformin along with the Fertility blend? Just need some suggestion… Thanks.

My wife is 45,I am 43.we would like to have a baby .?

we have been trying for three years now & do not want to do the IVF thing,but a natural pregnancy.I have heard that different positions help,like ensuring she “gets off” first,then while I am behind her, i then get off,then place a pillow under her so as to avoid any leaks for 15 minutes. Is this true,does it really help,along with good timing for ovulation? we are both very healthy & have been cleared by our doctors to try & conceive.

High HCG levels?? Happen to anyone else?

Just wondering if this seems weird to anyone else. Last LMP was 9/12,found out I was pregnant 10/13 beta hcg was 1700 they guessed me at being 4-5 weeks,10/15 hcg was 3449 u/s ruled out ectopic and showed a sac but no baby yet doctors said they wanted to monitor me carefully and took blood again 10/17 hcg had risen to 7882. This was a natural pregnancy no IVF,I am only 22 and puzzled and scared by all this.

your opinion on selectively reducing the number of embryos…?

… in a pregnancy (natural or through ivf) in which the number of embryos is so high as to pose a risk to the mother’s health and/or the health of the other embryos? do you think there is a moral obligation to do it to increase everyone else’s chance of surviving, a moral obligation not to do it because you’re opposed to abortion generally, or no obligation either way?

****please note that this is intended as a general theoretical question and *not* a question about the personal life of the octuplet mom. if you have opinions about her, please save them for someone else’s (or your own) question.
the thumbs down are not from me. it’s a hard issue and it’s not surprising that people come out on different sides of it.

depressed at 39 weeks pregnancy. not excited anymore at all?

is there anyone out there who is 39 weeks pregnant and has just lost it? i am so tired of ppl asking me when r u due if its a boy or girl….blah blah….and all my family calling me, that i am not even excited anymore…it feels FOREVER….my mom is here to help me with the baby, and my husband and she dont get along well at all…i am sandwiched in between…i have stopped caring for both of them…..there is so much i cd write here but i wanna let it go….i feel like crying a lot…all those natural induction methods, spicy food, lot of walking, sex, nothing has worked for me so far.

is this true about induction ?

can u spend a 2 minutes to read this article, and tell me if its true about induction? i’m due in 2 days, but yet nothing has happened .. no pain, no B.H, no contractions, no mucus loss ….next O.B appointment will be on my due date, and dr. will induce me … but after read that articles, i’m scared … http://pregnancy.about.com/od/induction/a/risksinduction.htm
I tried to talk my husband into having sex for natural induce, but he wouldn’t , he was like ” the baby’s head is down there, i’d probably feel like hitting the baby on the head” …So, should i wait another week to see if the baby comes out witout induction? or just have my dr. induce me? …..or any advice on telling my husband to have sex ? ^_^ … THanks for all of you ansers …

question about induction?

ok i have decided that i am going to go natural i went natural with my last pregnancy and the only complication was bleeding but its better for me then a c section because i will have to take care of two babies under two the oldest being 17 months at the time and the new baby. so i am 32 weeks 1 day pregnant and they wont consider inducing me until i am 39 weeks but i was wondering could i schedule a induction because i am a stay at home mom who doesnt drive and my husband drives 2 in a half hours away in a busy city so my question is next time i go in which i will be 34 weeks can i talk to my doctor about scheduleing a induction for me at 39 weeks thanks very much for all of the answers sorry for the puncutaion and sorry if tmi god bless to all of you pregnant women i know its hard but it is sure worth it in the end

Pregnancy questions?

I am 38 weeks and 4 days 2 weeks ago when I went to the doctor I was only 1 cm dialted. She says she thinks he will come later than expected! I tried all those “natural inductions”…obvisouly they did not work. I am going to ask my doctor tomorrow about beig induced if he does not come before my due date. I feel fine! My feet and hands are swollen and i have put on 14 pounds in 2 weeks, I have not lost my mucous plug, or at least I have not noticed!… My question is, how many of you felt just fine and went into labor without expecting it? Do you think my doctor will induce me?

Please help me in this crazy pregnancy situation (10 points for best answer)?

Alright I’m facing a real problem here. This is pretty hard to go through. My girlfriend is extremely concerned about being pregnant but the problem is it might not be my child. So here is our situation.

She had a devastating breakup about 7 months ago with her boyfriend of two years. He once told her he loved her, and although she won’t admit it I think he just told he loved her so he could have sex with her. He broke her heart saying hes not in love with her anymore, and she didn’t understand it. I don’t know the whole story but the friendship they had ended when he called her dirt, spat on her. And slept with her best friend.

Now during those months she was devastated she was heart broken, and she couldn’t trust guys she hated guys. She would spend a lot of nights getting drunk and having one night stands. Most of them mistakes. My guess is she was taken advantage of a lot of time. But at the same time shes very sexual so she didn’t put up much of a fight.

Two months ago when she now knew me but she just had a crush on me. I didn’t make a move as quickly as she would of liked. She ended up having one last night one stand . Her mom just had her start birth control, and she had unprotected sex. She told the guy make sure he pulled out but he never did. Instead he stopped pretty early and told her she needs to take a break. And he just left, she thinks he went in her

Couple weeks later I made a move. At the time I didn’t know much about her past. She was really sweet and cute and appeared innocent at work. All I really knew is she had the biggest crush on me and it was no secret. She is absolutely beautiful so how could I resist.

Everything felt so natural and came together quickly. She has fallen in love with me, she trusts me. And I am exactly what shes looking for. The one thing that’s always been weird is. Every single time we have had sex its been unprotected. Shes on birth control but we have never had protected sex. We talked about condoms but she never pushed them on me, and in her past all her sex was protected before this one guy and of course me. The difference being every time I have pulled out and we have had sex about 25-30 times now.

So she thinks shes pregnant. She often feels tired, she has to pee a lot, her breast are tender, and we have both noticed they have gotten bigger. She didn’t have her period this weekend when it was expected and still has not had it. And apparently she had her period after she was with this guy and with me but she says it could be break through bleeding and it was not her actual period.

So Thursday we are going to get her a pregnancy test. I have been really supportive of her. But things are not looking good these are noticeable changes and its scary. I have to be supportive and make her feel better, but at the same this is tearing me up. The girl I love can be carrying a baby and that should be wonderful. But not at this point in my life. I’m 19 years old and not ready for this. She is 16 is definitely not ready for this.

The only hope is that she took a Plan B after what happened with this guy. She was hoping that was the end of it. We are going to find out Thursday for sure. She has already asked me if I would take her to get her an abortion so her mom would never know. I don’t know if I can do that, but its her decision and I have to support her.

This is extremely difficult, please need some opinions or answers or something. I honestly don’t know what to do. If its my kid I don’t want her to get an abortion. But if its not I don’t know what I want. I don’t want to be the father of a bastard child that’s not mine. I don’t want her to kill the baby though. I don’t know what to do.

10 points for best answer please offer some advise or support or something.

How Can I Deal with this pregnancy woe?

Hi all..
Kind of a personal question that has been troubling me for quite sometime.
As a child I was told that i could not have children , I have always talked myself out of wanting babies but my motherly instinct was kicking in and i felt horrible , as i grew up i got over it it was never something that played on my mind and i talked myself out of it .. now i am older and I have fallen in love with a wonderful man , he wants to have babies , and what options are open to us , and i realize how much it is killing me inside now that i want to have his children that i cannot.
There is a possibility i could be surrogate with a donor egg but the pregnancy could kill me so he doesn’t want that. the other option is my sister offered to carry the baby and I can accept that as she is the closest possible thing to me , but I don’t think that this satisfies him 100% as he very traditional and wishes we could do it all ourselves.
I’m wondering really how can we cope with this heartache together and accept a Solution and how have i help him to see that the alternative is just as natural when I myself feel like in vitro isn’t proper, I would rather carry them and risk myself… any thoughts or guidance?

my sister is 35 weeks along in her pregnancy and I need some comfort advice?

ok she is my little sister she turned 14 on the 23rd of last month
yes I know she got pregnant at 13 please not asking for people to judge… if you have to judge then take it out on me for being an AWFUL sister I wish I had told her about safe sex when our parents refused because they thought it would make her do it any way >.> but yea we see what ship we are sailing now don’t we… she wants to keep them (she is having twins) and our parents said after the birth if she hasn’t come to her senses and put them up for adoption then she has to move out. so she will be living with our 20 year old brother… I love my sister dearly so I my self need some comfort in letting her go.
but on with the few things she is worried about number one she is afraid of the labor pains she never was good at handling pain but our mom said she had to have a natural birth if she didn’t abort it so I told her if I was allowed in the hospital room with her then I’d hold her hand (I’ve heard horror stories about this please don’t tell me to not do this she needs me more now then ever and I can’t be afraid of a little hand pain) 2 she is worried she won’t make a good mother but she said she wants to try my brother said he would help too but she is still worried.
3 she is also worried that she or the babies (possiably both) will not live through the birth because she is so young I know there are risks for child birth but at 14 I’m not sure if the risks increase or not

so I need some help and advice that I could give to her for taking care of the twins and how bad can the pain be for her because of her age?

and is there any increased risks because of her age?
details I know for sure are that she did not have her period when we figured out she was pregnant and that those pregnancy tests really just love to lie >.> so yea our brother took her to get tested later for anything sexaully transmitted she was fine and then it was found out she was pregnant so yea thats about all I know that could possiably have any effect on the children or her but I really do need some advice from some one who has gone through child labor I’m freaked for her she’s freaked for her babies and my brother is just excited to have little babies coming that he can father =.= he is a lovable idiot
yea I had her get one of those you pee on it said she wasnt pregnant so we ignored the matter till our brother had discovered the secret of her 1 fling and took her for real test at a hospital

i just found out i’m having a missed miscarriage.should i have a d&c or go natural?

i have a healthy 8 month old little girl.and this would have been my second.i was 8 weeks and 2 days when i found out.i’m scheduled for a d&c monday.but i’m going to call and tell them i prefer to do it natural.i’ve been doing alot of research about both and they come with risk no matter how little the odds are of those things happpening it can still happen.

just n case someone does’nt know what a missed miscarriage is it’s when the body still thinks it’s prego even though the fetus has been passsed.so i have no bleeding yet and i still have all my pregnancy signs.the only thing that has changed is my boobs are less sore:-(

is anyone on her has or know someone who has had a missed misscarrige what did they chose,how far along were they,and why did they chose that.

Has anyone had hydrosalpinx and conceived?

Has anyone here or anyone that you know had conceived either naturally or with clomid without removing the tube with hydrosalpinx? I have read that hydrosalpinx reduces the chances of successful IVF. But I want to know the chances of natural conceiving. The dr. has put me on clomid before opting to remove the affected tube (followed by IVF). So, I am wondering what’s my chances are now….

how old were your parents when they had you?

and how do u think it has affected them as parents

i had oooold parents. my mum was 42 when i was bor, and dad 41 (it was natural btw no ivf or nething)

and even though it was grea, sometimes they were a bit overprotective and also really bad with technology lol

Polycystic ovation syndrom?

I recently got diagnosed with pcos and was just wondering if anybody else has and have had kids and if u did have kids was it natural or threw ivf or any other way and how dis u cope when your friends fall pregnant as a close friend of mine just told me and my hubby that they are having a baby they fell pregnant straight away and we have been trying for 1 year and 4 months and i feel so jealous and wish it was us but i dont want to feel like this as she if a close friend.

Gender Selection crisis?

I was interested in gender selection but my husband is not for it one but. We have two sons who i love and now id like a daughter, no not to dress up in pretty pink clothes but because i want to experience a mother, daughter relationship. i dont have any expectations of my “daughter” i dont need her to be girly or anything so i know im not doing it for selfish reasons. i spose i see it as if medical science can help me by giving me a daughter then why not? I asked my Husband to think about it, so research it with me, i told him id wait years if that would help but he just said “NO!” and said i was crazy and selfish. He would like to try naturally because ivf isnt natural and is crazy. i think thats selfish for him to say. i had a c section with both my children (not through choice) so medically i cant keep trying to a girl, its dangerous and my husband said we could only have three anyway as thats his limit…i’m upset as i know this is the path i want to go,. what should i do? I’m so unsure.

When can i take a pregnancy test?

i lost my baby 5 weeks ago at 4 months of my pregnancy. i gave birth to it natural using a medical termination tablet because my baby was very poorly and wouldnt have survived the full nine months, the doctors told me i can try again when i feel ready so i have been trying now since i stoped bleeding wich was the 18th january i feel pregnant again but i dont want to be kidding myself my pregnancy hormones stopped when i took the tablets so i dont have them no more could i be pregnant and when can i take a test. the only thing is i dont know when my period is due. all who answer thank you xx

30 days, no period, neg pregnancy test,???

Hello, its been 30 days since my last period, I have been having unprotected sex every week, I took a pregnancy test this morning and it came up negative I also had a natural miscarriage in feb. I was 10 weeks preggo. does anyone have any ideas what could be happening? thank you

1st response pregnancy test results?

I took a first response pregnancy test today 6 days early, i used it with my first urine of the day as this is meant to be the strongest, i thought it was negative then when i went outside in natural daylight there appeared to be a very faint positive line, i’m going to test again on friday 3 days before my period is due, this will be my second pregnancy as i already have 1 son, i feel pregnant but the test has confused me., anyone else had similar. Thanks
Sending you all baby dust xxxx

How soon can Pregnancy after miscarriage happen?

I was wondering, about three weeks ago, I had a miscarriage, it was natural. no D&C and I bled for about 6 or 7 days, like a normal cycle. 2 days after bleeding stopped we had sex for four days straight, dr said it was okay. I was probably 5-6 weeks along. Anyways, it has been three weeks and I took a prego test and it said positive, is it the stupid miscarriage pregnancy hormone showing up or could it be a positive pregnancy test?

What are some non hormonal birth control methods?

I am not interested in condoms. My husband and I do not use them and would rather take a risk then use them!

I have a 6 month old baby and although another pregnancy wouldn’t be a terrible thing we want to wait a while longer. I have been using the nuva ring since 6 weeks postpartum but have been having bad side effects. We have decided that I need to leave my hormones alone and just take a more natural route. Looking for ideas! I will be seeing my doctor on the 27th to discuss this with him as well. Thanks ladies!!

What are some non hormonal birth control options?

I am not interested in condoms. My husband and I do not use them and would rather take a risk then use them!

I have a 6 month old baby and although another pregnancy wouldn’t be a terrible thing we want to wait a while longer. I have been using the nuva ring since 6 weeks postpartum but have been having bad side effects. We have decided that I need to leave my hormones alone and just take a more natural route. Looking for ideas! I will be seeing my doctor on the 27th to discuss this with him as well. Thanks mamas!

Due next week, any ‘natural’ tips to help avoid inducement again?

I’m having my third child, due next week and would really like to avoid being induced if at all possible. I have been induced with both previous pregnancies. Head is engaged, I have all the usual uncomfortable symptoms at this stage. Don’t get much chance to rest with a 4 and 2 year old. I’ve heard of all the usual recommendations, curry, sex, raspberry tea, pineapple, walking and more recently ‘nipple tweaking’. Does anyone have any suggestions that have worked for them? Also, I’ve been told that you won’t necessarily be induced if this is your previous history. Any thoughts appreciated.

all signs show blighted ovum, what do u think?

I am pretty sure my last period was sometime btwn Jan 10-16. Not sure of the exact date but, I remember it being sometime during this week. I had u/s on wed, which would have been either 4 wks and 2 days along, or 5 wks and 2 days depending on actual conception date. This u/s showed what she thought was a sac but nothing else. the tech said that it may have been too early to see anything and to not be worried. Fri I went to restroom to find (TMI) a smear of blood when I wiped and a very small odd shape glob with a little white in it(no bigger than a nickel). I went to er and they did an u/s. They said they did not see a baby or a sac. My hcg level was 1000 according to the blood test. The dr said it was a “threatened miscarriage” and to follow up with my dr on mon for another blood test to see if the hcg level is going up or down. At that time I still had no bleeding or cramps. On sat night I started cramping lightly but still no bleeding. Today I have had severe abdominal cramps but still no blood other than another small smear when I wipe. My concern is after everything I have read on natural miscarriages, etopic pregnancies, and blighted ovums….monday will be a nightmare. I have posted a prior question regarding all of this and someone else suggested I should prepare myself for the blighted ovum. I am 30 and this is my 3rd pregnancy. My 1st two resulted in a 12 yr old and a 10 yr old. I am blessed for those two and accept that maybe this is not meant to be but, I am concerned that when I go to the dr tomorrow, they will suggest a d&c and I don’t want to be another case of misdiagnosed miscarriage. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Keep your fingers crossed……
I don’t know if it matters but, I do want to add that I have always experienced horrible morning sickness with my other two children and with this pregnancy, I have had none.