brandie

My mother has been an alcoholic for many years now. She has recently been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. From the homework I have done, one of the main causes is heavy alcohol abuse. However, in true form, she is blaming it on genetics. Which might have something to do with it, but I am certainly not convinced one bit that this is true in her case. She has told me that I need to watch out for it because her doctor said it's hereditary. I am not a drinker and I take care of myself. I'm curious, because I can't find anything saying that this is actually true, if anyone knows if it is in fact hereditary? Or is this a classic case of not wanting to be held accountable?

Say a woman has a baby prematurely while on vacation in another state. Can that baby be safely transported to their home state for continuing care or would they need to stay in the other state?

What do labor contractions feel like? Can you see them from the outside? Do Braxton Hicks contractions feel different than labor contractions?

My husband and I had sex a week ago and I noticed some brown spotting when I went to restroom today. Called the nurse on call and she said pelvic rest and do kick counts. Could having sex a week ago be the cause of the spotting?

My mother is an abusive alcoholic. My husband and I do so much for her and her husband (I.e. Fly them places, got their son through high school, pay their bills) and she is just so ungrateful. She constantly talks about the past and what an awful child I was. I am currently 34, and pregnant with our first child. They asked me to fly them out for their 25th anniversary, so we did, even though we are trying to save for our child's future. Had we not, there would have been a guilt trip. I have been physically, emotionally abused by her my whole life, but can't seem to completely sever ties with her. I am terrified, being in my current situation that she is going to stress me out so badly that I will miscarry! I had to escape to my in-laws! How backwards is that? Since they've been here, she's threatened to smack the **** out of me several times and I finally told her if she did, she could find herself a hotel room for the week. Now both her and my step dad say they are "hurt" by what I said and that they didn't feel welcome in our home. Now I feel incredible guilt, but it has been a non stop barrage of rude comments and verbal abuse since they've been here. Am I totally crazy for escaping to protect my unborn child or should I feel guilty for defending myself? I was always taught to "respect my elders", and have done a decent job of that so far in life. I am honestly going out of my mind! People in my life tell me to leave her, but it's nearly impossible! I just don't know how.

I am 6 weeks pregnant and right at bedtime I'm itching ALL over. It's so frustrating! I've searched all the info I can find from taking cooler showers to lathering up with moisturizer to oatmeal baths but nothing seems to help! Any advice that I haven't read? Dear men, no offense, but you shouldn't be responding unless you are a doctor or have been pregnant! Just saying... No one wants to hear your opinions! Especially frustrated pregnant women. Okay, rant over.

I'm having awful thoughts and nearly no desire to have the child, and abortion is absolutely off the table, as it's not my belief. I'm concerned that once the child is born, I'll have severe postpartum depression or worse, have no bond or desire to take care of it. Any other mother's out there have this experience?

These pregnancy symptoms are a nightmare and I frequently want to inflict serious harm to others, when the mood strikes. It's not like me at all. So far, this whole experience is awful.