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Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

names!!! my favorite topic
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These are our top 3 right now:

Dane
Warren
Gavin

all w/ the middle name Thomas

I''ve realized I have a thing w/ names ending in ''N''....hehehe......

I''m w/ you Robbie, I''m soooooooooooo over talking about names w/ DH. We just don''t love anything. We want to have 3 options as well and take a look at our little guy before deciding. But it''s been tough to get 3 we can live with.

Ebree - I love your names!!! Henry and Edward (family name for me) are some of my favs but DH nixed them
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I think a little Henry is the cutest thing!!! Your baby bump is so cute!!!

Mela - WOW! That''s some list! I haven''t even been able to come up w/ half that for DH to say no to
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I really like Luna, and love it w/ Valentina.

I know I''m a little late (haven''t been around much), but wanted to comment:

Blen - I really like Mary, but that''s my mom''s name so I may be biased
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It''s also my dad''s sister''s name and a few other woman in my family. But I love it because it''s a so classic.

Dreamer - you look great!!! Love the belly shot!! Good luck at your next appt!!

NYC - that''s great you passed the test!!! I''m keeping my fingers crossed that thing get smoother for you!

Courtney - sorry about the back pain and feeling down. I can totally relate, I haven''t been in the best of moods lately. I don''t know, just want my body back and I''m ready to meet our son. I know I still have a ways to go, so I''m trying to stay as positive as I can.

LL - glad you''re starting to feel a little more relaxed. It''s totally normal to be uneasy in the beginning, but it''ll get easier.

Sorry if I missed anyone, I''m trying to catch up on a few days!

As for me, I''m ok...just trucking along
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23 weeks today!!!
 
Date: 2/19/2009 1:50:37 PM
Author: Courtneylub
Mela, I LOVE 'Aurora'. My cousin named her daughter that and calls her 'Rory'. So precious.
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Isn't Rory the cutest?!!??! I feel like I'll call Romeo, "rory" as a knickname. Although I prefer it for a girl. Sigh.

ETA: I just DID what I complained about yesterday. I just "renamed" my baby before it's even born. BaD MELA. BAD! I retract. "I have no idea what I'll end up calling my kid as a knickname. And...I didn't inhale!"

Hi Court!
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Thank you so much Kaleigh and Courtney!
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mela- I understand your frustration! DH is SO picky about names (esp. for a girl!). He vetoed almost every single name I brought to the table, and several of them are on your list (Felicity being one that I refuse to give up on for the future). The good news is that you have two great names you already agree on, right?

cdt- Dane, Warren and Gavin are all good solid classics (IMO) and sound great with Thomas! I like the idea of having two or three names on the table when baby is born to see if one fits more than the others.
 
Ebree--
You little sneak...can''t believe you hold out this long!
Congrats and I''m so happy for you and your hubby.
And what a lovely belly
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Ugh names.

We have nothing.

I was soooo convinced that if we have a boy, he should be a jr which would make his name Richard Antonio. But FI''s grandmother that passed away always loved Richard Anthony (at the time in Chile you had to have one Spanish name so they put Antonio instead of Anthony). We have a lot of Jrs in my family and also some that are III and IV. So after talking him to death about it, he finally agreed and now loves the idea.

But...what if people call him "Little Richard"
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Then there''s the whole girl fiasco. I love Sophia, Viviana, and Paulina. All three names are in FI''s family so he doesn''t want to use them. And the names he''s coming up with I do not like.

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Ebree~Congrats!
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Date: 2/19/2009 11:39:46 AM
Author: littlelysser
Hey DD - Don''t mean to harass ya, but I don''t know if you saw my question for you in my earlier post - I''m not sure, but I''d like your input.

What anti-anxiety meds did your friends take while prego? How did they decide on those meds?

Any information would be greatly appreciated!
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Some of the anti-depressants are totally fine in pregnancy - my sister took Prozac throughout her second pregnancy and breastfed with the full support of her OB.

I take an anti-epileptic which is used as a mood-stabiliser for bipolar disorder. Anti-epileptics have quite a history of birth defects, especially if you are on polytherapy. I take Lamictal as monotherapy which is pretty much the safest one available, but I still decreased my dosage from 100mg to 25mg until I hit 14 weeks so as to avoid the period while the palate develops. I''m back on the 100mg and probably increasing on Monday as the increased blood volume has meant my plasma levels are falling.

Most people will tell you to avoid anything if possible - mainly because really good research just isn''t out there - but if you get an OB or psychiatrist who has experience of treating pregnant women with mental health issues you will find that there is a whole range of options. My sister was told by 3 GPs that she must NEVER get pregnant on Prozac, but all the OBs she spoke to were quite happy about it and she didn''t need any extra monitoring or tests or anything.

To be honest, keeping stress and depression down as much as possible is very important in pregnancy. High cortisol levels caused by stress are thought to potentially lead to an increased chance of the baby developing mental health problems later in life - especially if there is also a family history.

Ante-natal depression leads to an increased risk of post-partum depression and post-partum psychosis, so again these are things to avoid as much as possible.

I am personally furious that I have ended up so stressed and ill during my pregnancy - the risk of our child having bipolar disorder was already high as it''s very prevalent in both mine and DH''s families and I had planned to do everything I could to be as calm and stress-free as possible.

I''ll see if I can come up with a list of possible meds - and those to avoid. What do you usually take?
 
YAY Ebree!!! I had a sneaking suspicion with some of your posts lately, and I''m so happy it''s true!!!

How was your early pregnancy for you? How are you feeling now?

I love so many of the names people are posting, and please, keep posting them! I''m having such a hard time, especially since dh won''t even DISCUSS names any further with me until our big u/s (2 more weeks, yay!) He won''t even tell me if he''s still serious about wanting stupid "Danger" as a middle name for a boy! My mind has been changing pretty often on whether I like girl names or not, so I''m worried that I''ll end up picking something I really don''t like in the end.
 
Cute Avi Robbie
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Hi guys,

Congrats Ebree!!!!

I have prenatal orientation on March 2 and my first ultrasound on March 23, which is 9.5 weeks. The receptionist couldn''t fit me any closer to 8 weeks. I know the appointment can be anywhere between 8 and 10, but of course I''d rather be closer to 8! Do you guys think I should try to find a different office that can see me sooner? It turned out none of my friends went to doctors that serve the hospital that I want to go to, so I just looked through the hospital''s web site for practices that seemed to have a lot of doctors, and then I ranked them based on their websites. Anyway, I could just as easily call a different practice . . .

Tell me what to do guys!
 
OMG Robbie!!! You new avatar is hilarous!!! LOVE IT!!! you look so cute!!!
 
Thanks, Lili and CDT! I got bored of the old one.

Phoenix, that actually sounds like a pretty normal wait time for the first appointment. I''d leave it as is. The difference you''ll see in that week and a half is pretty awesome. Babies start to be able to move right around 8 weeks (though it''s involuntary at that point) so if you have it closer to 8 weeks, baby might not be moving yet. Ours wasn''t or perhaps it was already the lazy bones that it seems to be today (not much movement at the big u/s either). I can''t recall how far along Sabine was at her last u/s, but her baby did a little dance for them and it was soooo cute! Totally worth the extra week and a half wait in my opinion.
 
Date: 2/19/2009 10:00:07 AM
Author: Courtneylub
Nyc - That''s great that you passed the test!

Well, I''m not doing much better. Back pain is getting worse. I have an appointment with the orthopedic doc tomorrow at 9am, so we''ll see what he says. I have my 30 week OB appointment this afternoon. Finally in the 30''s!! I know I''m almost there, but it still seems like a long ways away.

Pandora, I feel like my back is splitting apart. I know that my ribcage is expanding, but this much? It''s absolutely killing me. How are you feeling?
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Hi Courtney,

I''m sorry - I know just how you feel as mine has gone completely as well. The rib pain just burns like mad.

I saw the physio yesterday - she got the skeleton out and we had a look at the bits that were causing the pain and really there is not a huge amount that can be done. I''m seeing her again in 10 days and they''re going to put me in some kind of support thing that might help. Otherwise it was a case of ''it will go when the baby is born''...

Sleeping is hard as I can only lie flat on my back - if I turn sideways, the burning starts up after about 2 minutes and just gets worse and worse. If I turn in my sleep it will wake me up so I''m tired and grouchy as well now.

I''m finding heat and codeine are they only things that are working for me at the moment.

Good luck with the ortho tomorrow - I hope you have a good one. I fell out with the one I saw who completely failed to diagnose me - despite glaringly obvious abnormalities on my MRI - and now I see a neurosurgeon instead which I found better. I would suggest getting an MRI not an x-ray. The x-rays are pretty useless unless you have conditions like spondylolisthesis or fractured vertebrae. MRI is also safer when you are pregnant.

I''m happy to give you any advice/info I can on back pain/surgery etc - my surgeon believes in active patient participation and so I get access to a lot of the latest research papers. He was the first specialist spinal neurosurgeon in the UK and pioneered artificial discs over here (hence why he won''t let me have one till I''m over 50!)

All I can say is just take it one day at a time. Did you try acupuncture at all?
 
Date: 2/19/2009 2:58:28 PM
Author: phoenixgirl
Hi guys,

Congrats Ebree!!!!

I have prenatal orientation on March 2 and my first ultrasound on March 23, which is 9.5 weeks. The receptionist couldn''t fit me any closer to 8 weeks. I know the appointment can be anywhere between 8 and 10, but of course I''d rather be closer to 8! Do you guys think I should try to find a different office that can see me sooner? It turned out none of my friends went to doctors that serve the hospital that I want to go to, so I just looked through the hospital''s web site for practices that seemed to have a lot of doctors, and then I ranked them based on their websites. Anyway, I could just as easily call a different practice . . .

Tell me what to do guys!
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I''d go for the slightly later one as well - I had one at 8 wks because of bleeding and you don''t see that much at that stage to be honest.
 
Robbie - I super LOVE your new avi! You''re so cute!!!

Sabine - you''re welcome to any of my names
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...nuthin'' wrong with "Danger" as a middle in my books. lol. I just got another BOYS name - just now. Phoenix (as a middle). LOVE IT! What will DH think?

Phoenix - I''d keep the appt as is -for the reasons mentioned. So much more to see!!!
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Just wanted to pop in to say CONGRATULATIONS, EBree!!!!! Im soooo happy for you!!! You must be over the moon excited!!! Best wishes!!! xoxo
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Not having a great week - employers are playing silly buggers again and are now back-tracking and saying I could have my job back and they will restructure the whole department round me. Four months on is a bit sodding late for that - and I''m certain it''s because they reckon I''d only be there for 6 weeks max before going on a year''s maternity leave. However it screws with my mind - which is what they want, ie to make me feel like I''ve over-reacted and that they are so super reasonable. They also think it will mean that they can say that I have been the difficult one all along.

However, have finally got a meeting with my barrister on Tuesday morning, so I should be a lot clearer what is going on after that. The advice I have so far is that my case is still strong and that I should almost certainly go ahead and file with the Tribunal.

Mentally it''s really hitting me hard again - I sat and cried for 30 minutes at my midwife appointment this afternoon which was a bit of a shock as I don''t often do that (my GP is the tissue-hander-outer of choice normally). They were very nice, but it''s not something that anyone can fix right now.

I''m seeing my psychiatrist on Monday - saw my psychiatric caseworker yesterday - and they may well look at upping the meds a bit and see if that can help me deal a bit better. I''m pretty annoyed as I was starting to feel more able to cope again.

DH has been fantastic - he came home tonight with a cake from Fortnum & Mason for me (F&M is one of the most amazing shops in London and their cakes and chocolates are incredible - actually pretty much everything they do is amazing). I have totally switched from apples to cake and sweets. It''s weird as I never have cake or biscuits in the house, but even the check-out girl at Tesco commented on just how many cupcakes/bars of chocolate etc I was buying and was this due to the pregnancy!

I did ask the m/w if she thought it was a problem that my diet seemed to be rather cake-heavy and would this lead to GD. She said that it was only a problem if I actually had GD - it wouldn''t cause me to get it. Hooray - Pandora had cake to celebrate that news.

Here they only do the glucose tests if they detect it in your urine, so I have escaped all that so far. I am grateful as it sounds nasty!

I''m really shocked how badly new mothers and pregnant women are treated in the USA. Here, by law, you are allowed paid time off for all ante-natal appointments including ante-natal classes/relaxation classes or anything your OB or m/w thinks you should have.

You are entitled to up to 52 weeks maternity leave - during which time your job is protected and you have a right to return to work - all benefits that you would normally get ie company car/holidays/pension/healthcare etc plus 28 days paid holiday to be taken before or after your maternity leave.

During this, you are paid 90% of your salary for the first 6 weeks and then £123 a week until 39 weeks. The last 13 weeks is unpaid. Lots of companies have additional benefits - mine has 13 weeks full pay, 13 weeks on 50% and then £123 a week for the next 13.

It''s actually quite rare for an employer to be behaving like mine - so whilst I''m having a craptastic time over it, most people in the UK actually get a pretty good deal (although we all moan that we should get more!).
 
Thanks for the info Pandora and DD - I have been in touch with my GP - who is absolutely fabulous - and my OB office. My GP recommended several possible anxiety medications -

1. Buspar - Category B anti-anxiety med. Based on my research I haven''t found tons of research on pregnant women and Buspar, but it is definitely a possibility. My OB was surprised to learn that it was a category B - but I''m just uncomfortable with seeming lack of research on it.

2. Hydroxyzine/Attarax- This is actually an antihistamine, but also has anti-anxiety side effects. It is taken on an as needed basis. It is Category C - and can cause problems in the first trimester. There is a pretty decent amount of research on this medication and both my OB and GP said they were comfortable with its use during pregnancy. Particularly since I''m not really considering anything until I''m out of the first trimester.

3. SSRI''s - namely prozac and zoloft. Prozac is a category B and Zoloft is C - but my docs both felt equally comfortable with both of them. My Ob said that some of the SSRI''s got a bad a rap several years ago, namely paxil, because there was an association with heart defects. Those studies have since been some-what discredited, and found not to apply to the SSRI''s other than paxil. My GP also told me that they''ve done some pretty indepth studies of children who have been exposed to SSRI''s - namely prozac - and those studies found NO impact on the children - apparently the kids were followed through their teens. So yeah.

4. Unisom/Ambien/Benadryl - All of which are category B. Mind you, none of these are anti-anxiety drugs, but should help with sleep issues I''ve been having.

The OB was comfortable with the above drugs to help treat my anxiety.

Prior to TTC, I was taking 20 mgs of Celexa/day. I''ve been off of it for about 8 months. My anxiety has been pretty nuts since I got pregnant, and considering the bleeding and all the other crap, well, UGH!

Oh, and DD - Definitely won''t be taking anything until I''m out of the first trimester. And getting the CVS test over with definitely helped with the anxiety. I''m most definitely waiting until I get the CVS test results and hopefully, with the passage of more time, I''ll feel less anxiety. I''m in therapy and trying to do what I can to control things without meds.

I guess the thing I just can''t figure out is if it is bad enough to really require medication. The first six weeks were gawd awful. I wasn''t really sleeping, wasn''t eating well. Just a big old ball of nerves. Now a days, I have days where I feel pretty good and days where I don''t. I often wake up in the middle of the night, worrying about totally random things - like how we''ll be able to afford a prom dress in 18 years, or private school, or whether I''ll regret being - and yes, I''m utterly aware of how stupid that is. And don''t get me started on the economy and all that stuff. UGH.

Geesh - I lurk for a couple weeks and now I come back and write books. I''m a nutter!!!!
 
On the SSRI''s, I''d opt for Prozac over Zoloft - mainly because I think it works better - and because my sister was advised to go with Prozac over the other SSRI''s. Paxil (Seroxat in the UK) is nasty stuff - I took it and refused to touch another SSRI for two years afterwards because I had such a horrible time on it.

I''d also go for the Prozac over the Unisom/Benadryl/Ambien as it''s pretty good regarding sleep issues as well.

Is there a reason that you''re not just sticking with the Celexa? This article was interesting...
 
Date: 2/19/2009 1:06:50 PM
Author: robbie3982
Awe, thanks! I think we''ve decided to go in with about 3 names on each list and pick once we see the baby. Boy names right now are Desmond, Maxwell and Nathan all with mn Jack. Girl names are Lydia, Lillian and Ellianora (I''m not sure how much I''m feeling this one even though I love all the nn options) all with the mn Grace. I used to want to discuss baby names with DH all the time and now I''m just kind of over it. I hope we just *know* what the baby''s name is when we see it because I don''t think I can take much more name debating.
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Do you have any bump pics, Ebree?
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I''m putting in a Maxwell vote.
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EBREE I am SO SO SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!! I thought something was going on and I am so glad I was right!!!!! Welcome to team blue girl, there is nothing better than your little baby boy snuggling in your arms (well maybe two baby boys in my case!)
 
Ebree- CONGRATS!!! how did you hold out for so long?!?!
you must be so happy!! congrats again on your healthy boy!
 
Lysser JMHO, but if you are even questioning whether it's bad enough to need it, it probably isn't. I was on Lexapro and Lorazapam before I got preggo. Then I was completely anxious once I got pregnant and went off my meds. By 12 weeks or so my hormones kicked in and I felt fabulous except for the totally normal anxiety about the pregnancy that every woman gets.

If it's interfering with your daily life or sleep significantly, I'd consider medication. If it isn't these days, it probably would be in your best interest not to take anything as you don't want to take any risks you don't have to with the bebe on the way. There just isn't enough research to mess with it unless you need to KWIM?

But FWIW my doc was totally comfortable with me continuing on Lexapro if I had wanted to while I was pregnant.
 
Date: 2/19/2009 5:26:45 PM
Author: neatfreak

Date: 2/19/2009 1:06:50 PM
Author: robbie3982
Awe, thanks! I think we''ve decided to go in with about 3 names on each list and pick once we see the baby. Boy names right now are Desmond, Maxwell and Nathan all with mn Jack. Girl names are Lydia, Lillian and Ellianora (I''m not sure how much I''m feeling this one even though I love all the nn options) all with the mn Grace. I used to want to discuss baby names with DH all the time and now I''m just kind of over it. I hope we just *know* what the baby''s name is when we see it because I don''t think I can take much more name debating.
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I''m putting in a Maxwell vote.
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Another vote for Maxwell here (I have a cousin called Maxwell).

For girls I like Lydia - it used to be very unusual over here, but I''ve come across Lydia''s (Lydiae?) quite often in the last few years and always really liked it.

(Desmond the Dinosaur is a cartoon character over here and I can never hear the name without thinking of it!)
 
Huge congrats Ebree - I thought you might have been hiding that secret from us all!

Congrats on it being a boy as well. Edward was our first choice for a boy''s name - so a very biased vote for that one!
 
Thanks for your input Neat - I had a vague recollection that you had some anxiety issues in the past. Good to know that you had a marked improvement in your second trimester. I''m definitely not taking anything until I''m at least 13 weeks or later. But at this point, I think you are probably correct regarding the fact that if I''m wondering if I need it, I most likely don''t. That having been said, the past few days have been good days. Last week was pretty difficult. And well, the first six weeks of the pregnancy were pretty much hellish. But things have improved. And I''d rather not take anything, if possible. But at this point, I want to get as much information about the drugs and their interactions as I possibly can. Should I decide medication seems necessary, I''d prefer to have as much info as I can before there is a crisis, if that makes sense! And at this point, the biggest issue I''m having is sleep. Namely, a lack thereof. So if I do decide I want to take something, I''ll likely start with the unisom/benadryl - which are category B and safe and recommended by both of my docs.

Pandora - Thanks for your input! I''d definitely prefer to not take anything during the duration the pregnancy. I was happy with how Celexa worked in the past, but I was on a low dose and we wanted to see if I''d be alright without it. So far, it hasn''t been great - at least since getting prego. But I''m hoping things will continue to settle. Like I said to Neat, I think I''d consider one of the sleep meds before the SSRI, as I''d like to avoid the psychotropic stuff if possible. So yeah.

Thanks for everyone''s input! It is greatly appreciated!
 
Pandora
*hugs* so sorry to hear that your employers are such a**holes.
no one need this type of stress and definitely not when you are pregnant.
i hope it get resolve quickly.
 
OMG, Ebree!! I''m SO happy for you! I''ve had suspicions, but I really would NOT have guessed that you are 20 weeks along! That''s just so wonderful.
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Can you please name your boy Theodore for me? I think that it''s the bestest boys name in the entire world but just sounds bad with our last name, but I''d love to be posting in the mommies thread and to get lots of updates about a little Theodore from you. (If you choose something else, all of your choices were on our short list and are wonderful so I really won''t complain.
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Thanks so much for the name advice everyone, especially Cara. I''ve striken Beatrice from the list because while it''s been my favorite name for years, I know that DH just doesn''t love it. I love love love Mary Augusta, but Mary by itself strikes me as a little bit plain. I can''t decide if that''s a good thing or a bad thing. And I know that everyone would just call her by her first name (or other various M names of their liking
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Cara - Willow is a guilty pleasure name for me that I''d love in the middle spot, but hubby nixes anything that he thinks sounds at all "hippy" like. He gave the TV the stink eye once at siblings named Willow and Rowan, and I was like "shut up DH those are AWESOME". But thanks for the suggestion.
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NYC - congrats on passing the 3 hr!

Robbie - CUTE avi! And what is it with parents? I love Lydia and Desmond.

Mela- My dad just reminded me that my "boys name" (when I was born) was going to be Kent Rockwell. Made me think of you. I''m really surprised at how much overlap our lists have, but DH has nixed all of the overlap (except Beatrice, and Augusta in the middle only).

Peeps who are further along than me (aka, DD and Mrs) and mommas who may be lurking: I have a gift certificate for a pregnancy massage. My ribcage and upper back feel like they''re about to split in two. I''m sorely tempted to schedule an appointment this weekend. But what if it''s 10 times worse in 3 weeks? But I don''t want to schedule it too close to my EDD and risk no longer being pregnant for the appointment. Looking back, when do you feel that the best time to take advantage of it would have been?

33 weeks even!
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And, apparently, waddling. (Even if it''s true, WHY do people have to point it out?)
 
lilli, Burk, Sabine, phoenix, Dani, neatfreak, puffy, Pandora, and Bleinheim,

Thank you all so much! I feel very lucky to be joining such a fabulous group.

Robbie, love the new icon!
 
Is anyone doing the cord blood banking??
 
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