I'm currently 22 weeks pregnant and am wanting to start some kind of muscle building exercise to help prepare me for (a hopefully unmedicated) childbirth. I have some health problems which place limitations on the types of exercise I can do.
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posted by pennypiper
on Dec 26, 2012 -
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Looking for an obstetrician in Minneapolis or St. Paul, as well as general guidance on natural childbirth options/timelines.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 6, 2012 -
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Please suggest, preferably with specific links, images that are metaphors for birth to be used for focusing on and creating visualizations during labor.
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posted by Xalf
on Feb 7, 2012 -
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Looking for intelligent writing (especially memoirs) on pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting that aren't fluffy/mainstream "how-to" guides, as a gift to an expectant couple in their early/mid 20s.
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posted by autoclavicle
on Aug 30, 2010 -
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After ~37wks of baking, our Little Spark is soon to emerge. Sonogram last week shows breech, size estimates via same sonogram say ~8# so far. Doc is now advising/arranging scheduled C-section. I'm not sure it's the right thing. Can you help me determine if I should push back & how hard?
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posted by batmonkey
on Aug 9, 2010 -
49 answers
Should I stay with my midwife practice, given a trustworthy account of a mismanaged case? This gets long, sorry.
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posted by KathrynT
on Mar 31, 2010 -
22 answers
I've been asked to babysit a woman who is 9 months pregnant tonight. What do I do if she goes into labour?
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posted by xanthippe
on Nov 13, 2008 -
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What is it like to give birth? I'm male, and one of the side affects is that I'll never get pregnant. I'm wondering what it's actually like to give birth to a whole new person.
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posted by twirlypen
on May 19, 2006 -
31 answers
Here's my question - how do women know that they'll be able to DEAL with being pregnant?
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posted by agregoli
on Jun 22, 2005 -
28 answers
