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Hello everybody, morris - i hope your little guy is ready soon ... just looking at your workouts this week is making me sleepy. what was your routine like in your first trimester? I'm just about 6 weeks and have several non-tired days, and then several days when I can't even stay awake :) how...

I'm glad you didn't say I was super crazy ;) and i'm glad you fix kitties, too! between us we'll have prevented thousands of babies ... arancini

Hi newlywed, I looked in "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and they also say that ab work is great and will help with labor - but to modify after the first trimester so that you stop lying on your back. This way the flow of oxygen to the baby doesn't decrease from pressure on the main...

Hi Rachel, Tuesday is coming soon! :) Hang in there ... and hopefully it will be better with your own doctor (and the epidural ASAP). I'll keep my fingers crossed for you ... arancini

I am the local "crazy cat lady" - although I am only 31 :) I had 2 cats for a long time ... then 3 when a stray adopted us ... then a feral litter was born in my backyard and I took all 5 in w/the intention of adopting them out - fat chance!! Then I trapped their parents ... so I now have 11...

Hi Anne, I'm so sorry about your loss. I had a miscarriage right at 8 weeks las Halloween. The night before I had some spotting, so the dr had me come in for an ultrasound - there was nothing there - literally nobody there. It was a "blighted ovum" - just the sac, but no baby. Then I went...

Hi Kittymama/Shannon, I have no experience w/ep oil, but am guessing it's supposed to alter your cervical fluid (yes?). I finally conceived last month after using robitussin :) It increases and thins all bodily mucus (the cervix is the same type of tissue as the lungs). You take it 3 times...

Yes, I like to use frozen fruit, too - no ice (but I also use frsh fruit - just the frozen as the "ice" additive). Frozen strawberries take the longest to blend though - start w/pulses and then switch it to blend for the remainder. I also find that adding oj and some powdered milk makes it...

Hi Newlywed, Congratulations! You are just a couple of days ahead of me in your pregnancy :) I am by no means an expert, but my DH has collected many books on the subject of exercise and pregnancy for me (My faves are Exercising Through Your Pregnancy by James Clapp, MD - very detailed and...

Hello everybody, I hope you all had a great weekend (great being a relative term ;). I just finished up the first week of the Rock Bottoms rotation. Working out is the only time I actually feel good! Starting is tough, and after I take a shower I'm useless, but it's fun while I'm doing...

Add me to the growing list, too, please :) Thanks! [email protected] arancini

Congratulations Rachel - you are so close, I can't imagine how excited you must be! Yes, I was a little panicked at the dr's office w/the initial negative result (their qualitative was supposed to pick up 15 and it was faint - meanwhile my home test picked up 40 - so I thought my levels...

Hello everybody - Thanks for the warm welcome! I went to have my pee/blood test this morning to verify the pregnancy and check my levels - I about died when they told me the urine came back negative!! My home test was not even one of the most sensitive ones (ept - it takes a level of 40...

Hello there, I have been a lurker on Cathe's forums for quite some time - and have always been impressed by the knowledgeable and warm people who post here ... and today I found out that I am PREGNANT!! It will be my first (I had a m/c last October - so I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this...

I've also read that if you do a kegel when you are coming up out of squats (weight training), that that can also be helpful ...

Hi there - I am an artist who works at home and has 11 cats - so we have a lot of dust and hair! We also have all hardwood floors for the entire house. I love my Eureka Boss, which i got a year ago based on Consumer Reports best buy recommendation. It wasn't terribly expensive, and it also...

I saw her workout on Fit TV, too - I'd been wondering about it for awhile, too. Although I don't have any advice about her w/o, if you're interested in a great yoga dvd that can be really challenging, check out Shiva Rea's Yoga Shakti. You might find it to be more of a workout than the Ivanhoe...

I've wrestled with hormonal cysts for many years, but have found that what works best for me is to take a combination of vitamins that are supposed to help PMS symptoms: 200-400 mg of magnesium/day (bloating) 50-100 mg/day B6 (acne) 400 IU E/day (bloating/breast tenderness) 1200-1500 mg...