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• Forum Post: June 2013 pregnancy

  Posted 06/24/2013 02:49:55 EDT

  oh gosh ipw - keep us posted.  i feel like 18 weeks is early to feel something though???  congrats ss!  if you want any twin advice we're here for you (me, daisy, misslily... and dz i think?  maybe ot more »

• Forum Post: Repeat C-sections

  Posted 06/24/2013 02:45:37 EDT

  hey ipw, i had a second c-section in march and hate to say it but also had a bad experience.  that said, if i had to do it over again i wouldn't choose a VBAC b/c who's to say that would be any better more »

• Forum Post: autism spectrum disorders - DS

  Posted 06/20/2013 11:02:56 EDT

  i called the school and they said he wasn't eligible until the following fall (have to be 3 by 9/1).  but maybe once he turns 3 i can have him evaluated? mm, thank you for the s. shore specific tips!  more »

• Forum Post: autism spectrum disorders - DS

  Posted 06/20/2013 08:56:32 EDT

  thank you all so much.  you've given me tremendous support and some great ideas for resources.  misslily - i'm so hopeful after reading about how you got through the hearing loss.  mm (or others) - ca more »

• Forum Post: autism spectrum disorders - DS

  Posted 06/18/2013 02:29:48 EDT

  hi all - the update is, he was diagnosed with ASD.  now i'm developing a plan to line up all the stuff that was recommendd by the dr - speech therapy, OT, ABA therapist - ugh.  wondering if we should more »

• Forum Post: autism spectrum disorders - DS

  Posted 06/12/2013 03:01:25 EDT

  thank you all SO MUCH for all of your support.  it has made me feel a ZILLION times better just sharing what i'm feeling and hearing all of your positive support and advice.  it's also, for whatever r more »

• Forum Post: autism spectrum disorders - DS

  Posted 06/11/2013 01:34:29 EDT

  hi all, what i'm about to post is difficult and paints me in a very bad light, but these are anonymous boards and i could really use the vent/support.  i think DS#1 (2.5yo) is going to be diagnosed so more »

• Forum Post: May 2013 pregnancy

  Posted 05/31/2013 02:29:00 EDT

  regarding the materniT 21 (or whatever it's called) test and amnios: materniT only tests for 3(ish?) pairs of chromosomes that correspond to the most common abnormalities.  amnios test every pair.   l more »

• Forum Post: Newly Diagnosed ASD

  Posted 05/23/2013 08:27:02 EDT

  purple - thanks!  we have an appt. with the lurie center in a few weeks just to be checked out.  i'm nervous that they will diagnose us with SOMETHING just b/c we show up.  but i suppose better to hav more »

• Forum Post: Newly Diagnosed ASD

  Posted 05/21/2013 03:03:02 EDT

  MM - not sure if you're still reading this post, and i don't really have anything to offer but i'm wondering if you can tell me what types of "signs" you now see retrospectively that point to ASD?  al more »

• Forum Post: Period after pregnancy, birth control etc.

  Posted 05/21/2013 03:00:48 EDT

  rama, i'm late to your post but i just got a paragard IUD (non-hormonal, unlike the mirena). i didn't want to go back to any hormones due to some issues i had pre-pregnancy.  so far so good (but it hu more »

• Forum Post: May 2013 pregnancy

  Posted 05/21/2013 02:54:29 EDT

  ladies - i'm so behind, haven't been keeping up at all and have serious reading to do - but just saw that ipw is preggers - congrats ipw!  my g*sh, what do those doctors know.  AFM i'm glad i'll never more »

• Forum Post: potty training - tips, books, other recommendations?

  Posted 05/21/2013 02:52:45 EDT

  hi all - thinking about trying to potty train DD (2.5 yo).  she's interested in wearing underpants.  ;) so where do i begin?  i am a "type a" person and would love a concrete "plan" (like from a book more »

• Forum Post: Condos near Storyland

  Posted 04/02/2013 08:01:55 EDT

  try vrbo.com?

  more »

• Forum Post: March 2013 TTC

  Posted 03/24/2013 03:59:48 EDT

  Wow ipw!!!  Keep us posted!!!  :-)

  more »

• Forum Post: March 2013 Pregnancy

  Posted 03/21/2013 07:23:12 EDT

  lol chiclet - that admin, i can't believe she asked that!!!  thank you all for the well wishes.  :)  the visiting nurse came today to change the "dressing" (eew) on the incision and it feels better al more »

• Forum Post: March 2013 Pregnancy

  Posted 03/21/2013 10:57:20 EDT

  highly recommend the american pediatric association book your baby's first year (or something like that) - basically a big reference guide with basic, useful info (e.g. - how to bathe a newborn, feedi more »

• Forum Post: a Message from MissLily

  Posted 03/16/2013 03:01:14 EDT

  missLilly - haven't been on the boards lately and just saw your post.  Thinking of you.  Xoxo.

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• Forum Post: February 2013 Pregnancy

  Posted 02/28/2013 10:35:15 EST

  congrats wpp.  fall b-day would be nice! is anyone on here who's on their 2nd (or more) baby and having (or had) a c-section?  for some reason i'm starting to get really apprehensive about the c-secti more »

• Forum Post: Traveling with Carseats - Necessary?

  Posted 02/27/2013 08:48:28 EST

  coming late to the game, but i also used rental car seats for a trip to FL with my 2yo twins and it was FINE.  seriously.  if it's easier to not bring them, then DON'T.  your kid can't live in a bubbl more »

• Forum Post: February 2013 Pregnancy

  Posted 02/22/2013 12:12:38 EST

  hi everyone - belated congrats to WPP and glad for all the updates from everyone else!  :)  i'm in the home stretch - c-section two weeks from today.  i have such mixed emotions.  is it possible for p more »

• Forum Post: February 2013 Pregnancy

  Posted 02/12/2013 12:24:37 EST

  that's the problem w/ facebook.  people only post the best happiest most awesome versions of their lives - never the negative or even "ordinary" stuff.  my personal fave is all the happy babies on the more »

• Forum Post: February 2013 Pregnancy

  Posted 02/11/2013 04:33:21 EST

  aww, med - i'm sorry.  i feel you - kids can be so hot/cold with activities that we think are fun!  mine are totally love/hate of snow too - you're not alone.  i hate to think of you and DD crying in more »

• Forum Post: February Infants & Toddlers

  Posted 02/10/2013 02:27:31 EST

  poppy - i'm coming late to the party, but i wouldn't be so sure DS needs to eat overnight.  my twins were both sleeptrained by 5.5 months and we never looked back, and i think i remember hearing that more »

• Forum Post: BF questions

  Posted 02/06/2013 08:31:26 EST

  thanks all. (and thanks lily!  i know - the elusive singleton baby - !!!!!!!!!  i hope it's d@mn easy is all i can say.  ;)  ) and i think lily got it - i say i want to BF, but i really don't.  ugh!  more »