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Congratulations. What a relief that must be for you. I've been trying to sell my house for over a year, and it's draining me of every cent especially since I'm renting a condo elsewhere. It's no small feat to sell a home these days! Manmohini

Yes, I am experiencing this too. I am nearly 15 weeks, and I get up a minimum of two, but usually three, times to pass water each night. The other day, I passed water, went out for a walk in the park, and not 25 minutes later (no bathroom in sight), I had to go again. My husband finds it...

I don't get how people can be so oblivious to the mass murder of animals that goes on in our nation everyday (and we wonder why we're such a violent society). It's not unusual where I live to stop for a long trains filled with hundreds of cars of living entities being taken to their excecution...

Thanks, this is all reassuring. I do plan to start getting more exercise now that school is out and I'm no longer feel constantly nauseated. Arancini, I am so glad to hear that we both made it to 14 weeks! Looks like we're over that hump. A sono at 11 weeks showed a good healthy baby and...

I can't believe the bulge in my lower tummy at just 14 weeks of pregnancy. Is this normal. I can't get my pants snapped and have bought large baby doll tops to wear over them so I can wear them open. This is my first baby, although I did have a miscarriage at 12 weeks last year. I am trim...

I like Mrs. Meyer's lavender dish soap. You can pick it up at a health food store. It makes doing dishes by hand a damn pleasure. Manmohini

I'm a vegan and years ago I used to chaunce my vegetables (hot oil with chili peppers, tumeric, coriander, cumin etc. tossed in). It's a delicious method for preparing veggies, but now I do it only for special occasions because of the trans fat created by the hot oil (i.e., unhealthy). A lot...

RE: Is it ok to mix fruit with protein? (Like in a Smo... My Ayur-vedic doctor and many of my friends from India always advise that fruit should be eaten alone (or twenty minutes before other foods) since of all foods, fruit is digested the quickest and moves swiftly through the GI tract...

I'm three months pregant, and I don't take caffeine. But then again, I haven't taken caffeine in twelve years, so I went through the withdrawl scene (a 7-day headache)a long time ago. It would be hard to deal with early pregnancy nausea and a caffeine withdrawl to boot. Manmohini

K-- I am so sorry to hear about your miscarriage. It sounds as if you were more emotionally prepared for yours than I was for mine. Still, it is a painful loss. I remember feeling devastated. I am 11 weeks now, but I've been much more detached this time around, thinking, as you wisely...

Thanks, Diana, for that great site! I read almost every article on it, particularly the one about hair dye. In a week or so (God willing), my second trimester starts. I think I'll treat my white hairs to a color lift. Manmohini

In the words of one of my favorite writers, "Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower." Manmohini (bodily age-42; soul age-eternal)

Of course, you're telling me exactly what I want to hear. My hair looks like crap right now--a little chemical solution can certainly solve that problem. Manmohini

Yes, I've tried those. Vegetable dyes give me no coverage at all. My white is very resistant. Manmohini

Dear Ladies, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. I've done some research, and mostly I've learned that there is no link between hair coloring and problems to the fetus, but then again, there are no conclusive results since there have been no tests done on pregant women to confirm this...

I second this. Clif Nectar Bars rock. The only bars I eat are raw food bars with no grains or added sugars, so I love the Nectar Bar. Actually, though, I like only the chocolate flavor. It reminds me of a lightly sweetened brownie. The other three flavors, I can live without. Manmohini

Thanks ladies for all of your kind and wise words. It's true that nothing can stop a miscarriage--no amount of testing and intervention. And actually, as devastating as the experience can be, I wouldn't want to stop one in the end. Also, as one of you mentioned, to dispel anxiety, I search...

I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm 8 weeks too and exhausted and nauseated almost all of the time. It's been this way for about a month. Prior to this, I always kept up on exercise, but I'm lucky now if I can do it twice a week. Being dead tired, the only thing I want to do is lie...

Thank you for your support. Funny, but I hate to say or think the dreaded "m" word too. I'm 42, so this is it for me. Last year before I miscarried, the only pregnancy symptoms I had were tender breasts and sleepiness. This year, I have them all--constant nausea, constipation, frequent...

Thanks Arancini and Dani. Writing the original post and hearing from the two of you (and also a friend of mine who works at a birth center in Dallas) has helped me to make the decision about healthcare that has been troubling and paralyzing me for the last two weeks. I had an HCG test done at...