matthews*babies

Is bright red bleeding normal? I'm not sure if this is my period or not but it has me a little concerned...

I currently own the Wii Fitness Coach and I like it because the routines are different each day so I don't get bored with my workouts. I want to get a new fitness game and would like some recommendations. I was considering the Wii Active, Your Shape or Jillians 2010 game. Any ratings for these games or maybe make another suggestion. Thanks in advance!

PS. I'm trying to get my husband more involved but he says it's too "girly"... does anyone know of any games with a "male avatar"?

Your Question

Help with a sex scene...?

I need help... I'm trying to write a "clean" sex scene for an academic paper. I wanted to write about the conversations that take place when teens are in the midst of sex. I want it to be a situation where the male is coming on to the female teen and she doesn't want to have sex. What are the thoughts that may be going through her mind or what are some of the things they would say back and forth to each other as she resists but the guy is persist. The end results with the girl (or guy) ultimately leaving in frustration but they DON'T have sex. Can you share personal experience or scenarios and make up characters with dialogue if you can. Thanks so much!!!!

K

I need help... I'm trying to write a "clean" sex scene for an academic paper. I wanted to write about the conversations that take place when teens are in the midst of sex. I want it to be a situation where the male is coming on to the female teen and she doesn't want to have sex. What are the thoughts that may be going through her mind or what are some of the things they would say back and forth to each other as she resists but the guy is persist. The end results with the girl (or guy) ultimately leaving in frustration but they DON'T have sex. Can you share personal experience or scenarios and make up characters with dialogue if you can. Thanks so much!!!!

K

really don't want to go to the hospital for a false alarm and I was wondering if you could give me some advice or personal experience. I experienced the whole false labor thing with my son and I hated going to the hospital pregnant and leaving without a baby. So here's the scoop: I went to the bathroom and I sat there for a little bit afterwards and I felt "wet"... it seemed like I was leaking or something. Then I sat a little longer and tried not to move to make sure it was my bladder and that I was just pushing the remaining urine out but I couldn't really tell if I was still peeing or if I was actually leaking. I do have some pressure but not really any contractions and I don't think I've lost my mucous plug. Is it possible for my water to have broken but it's just trickling? even though I don't have contractions and haven't lost my plug? Even now I still feel wet and my pantyliner is damp. There is any color and I seem to have this "sweet" smell... Any advice or info you can share would be greatly appreciated. Oh and by the way, I'm due on the 23rd of this month.

Thanks

Membrane Sweep?

Sex?

Walking?

Castor Oil?

Nipple Stimulation?

Bouncing on a Exercise ball?

Something?

-Please share your story. I'm almost past my due date and I am getting anxious. With my first son, I ended up going 4 days past my due date. I'm in so much pain... it feels like my pubic bone has split in half and I get these sharp shooting pains in my pelvis, inner thigh area. My body is stretched to the max. I know the baby will come when it's ready. But I was wondering if there was anything I could do to "help". With my son, I "used" my husband ;) and I was dilated to 2cm for a while. By the time I got to the hospital I was already 5cms. The next time they checked 7cm and then the big 1-0. I'm a little nervous this time around. I have been in so much pain, I wasn't able to do what I did with my son. I don't really know how much of a difference it made but this time I'm only 1cm and my cervix is still long. Do you think this will effect labor this time around? I was in labor about 3 hours total with my son. So... please, if you have any advice to ease my mind, please share. And if you've tried any of the things listed above, please share; if and how they helped you.

-when did you have your membranes stripped/swept? how far along were you?

-did it hurt? what did they do exactly?

-were you dilated beforehand?

-how long after did labor begin?

thinking of having my doctor try it but i wanted to hear from people's personal experiences first. they didn't do it with my first baby and he was 4 days late. i am currently 1cm dilated and will be full term at the end of this week. please share you story :) or enlight me with some information. thanks! :)

Been induced for decrease fetal movement? My second baby is driving me crazy! He or she is either lazy or really quiet or there is something wrong. With my son, he flipped and kicked all day long. If you touched my belly, he would respond. This baby scares me, as I only felt about 10 movements total all day yesterday. I was told to come in in about an hour and to lay down and count the fetal movements, but I tried that last night and it might have been 3. So I'm like what is going on? I hate going to the hospital and it seems like what concerns are completely bogus because the baby will start kicking the monitor and they send me home saying everything looks fine. Has anyone been in this situation before? And if so, how did it go? Were you sent home, and told everything looks fine? How was the baby after delivery? Or did the opposite happen, where there was something apparently wrong and baby needed to be delivered? I'm just trying to get some reassurance and I would it you share your story. Most inspiring gets 10 pts. Thanks!

i have noticed that my stomach is incredibly lower than before and im only 34 weeks. it has become extremely uncomfortable to sit up and i have been running back in forth to the bathroom every five minutes. its like i can feel the head like poking my pelvic bone. is this normal? ive heard that the 2nd baby usually doesn't drop until labor is near. i dont remember when my 1st baby dropped but i don't remember it being this early. and is there anything to help relieve this uncomfortable-ness? i have at least 7 weeks left but i don't know if i can make it with the babys head so low.

I just left triage about 2 nights ago before I started to notice this to be a problem and it's really starting to bother me. I hate the hospital I go to because the doctor's are really rough and it seems like the fast talk you and then your out the door. If it's nothing serious, I rather stay home then go to the hospital and wait 18 hours before sending me home and telling me that everything is find. Before I get into my symptoms, I will tell you what it's not. I'm not dehydrated. I'm not stressed. I am, however, 34 weeks pregnant with number 2. I haven't had high blood pressures so far and I have had a little bit of protein tracings in my urine. But anyways, I have had this episodes where it feels like I can't breath, my heart begins to race, I'm breathing really fast and my pulse was fast also. The first time I was laying in bed with my head elevated and doing absolutely nothing. The second time it really bother me was when I was walking up the stairs. I figured it could have been from the physical activity but gees, is it really that serious? just from me walking up the stairs? I know I have gained weight from the pregnancy but is it normal to feel this way?

I am about 34 weeks pregnant. With my first son, it was a breeze. We found a name that stuck way before we were this far along. His name is Keon Leevi (Levi). We are not sure what we are having this time around and I don't have a name!!! I'm like the name Koen (co-in) and I need help with a middle name for a boy. Preferably a middle name that starts with L but if someone has something that goes with Koen that would be great. Also, I need help with a girls name. I would like that to start with either a K or M and go well with her (if it's a girl) brothers name Keon.

So... to recap....

1. A middle name for Koen... preferably starting with an L.

2. If it's a girl... a name that starts with a K or M *(u can also give a middle name if you'd like)

ps. we would also like the name to have a meaning... not necessarily religious but promising :)

thank you so much... im running out of time and i worried i won't have a name when i go to the hospital...

Im currently between 7 and 8 months pregnant and I've been having headaches that are completely unbearable at times. Sometimes they are around my head and it hurts when I move my head, when I move (sit and stand), and it makes it hard sometimes to get through the day. I've had migraines in the past but this doesn't feel like that. I've talked to my doctor but she makes it seem like it's not a big deal but it is to me because I'm starting to get frustrated because nothing relieves it. I've tried tylenol, I've tried rest, and I sip on water alllll day long so I know it's not dehydration. Anyone been through the same thing? Any suggestions? Please help... Oh and sometimes they last all day, I can wake up with it or it can come on suddenly... haven't noticed a particular pattern and my blood pressure was 120 over something the last time I went to the docs but I'm usually 98/60. Even though 120 is considered normal, could that be high for me? Thanks for all who answer

My family and I are planning a vacation to Maryland. We will be between Baltimore, Laurel, and Silver Spring. Does anyone have any recommendations on the things we can do there? Our ages vary from 18 to 62. Thanks.

My husband and I went to my first prenatal appointment yesterday and found out that I am about 15 weeks pregnant. Currently I am still breastfeeding my 6 month old and I don't plan to stop. He doesn't take well to formula (he has a really sensitive tummy) and I think it's bogus that the doctor told me that I couldn't breastfeed my whole pregnancy. Has any breastfed their entire pregnancy? And if so was it a success? I just can't imagine not giving my baby the best. I plan to still pump milk even after he's 1 and nurse at the same time but my vision was kinda shot when the doctor told me it would be too hard and that I couldn't do it. Mom's please help me prove her wrong!!! I can do this, right?

Keon(Key-on) Leevi(Levi) M(Last name is 2 syl)

my husband and i dont want to know the sex of our second baby so i need a name for a girl and on for a boy... preferrably with a mean, religious a plus... Keon (God is gracious), Levi (tribe where all the priest came from, also means joined). also would like names that begin with an K or M (don't have to but would like them to)

my name starts w a K and my husbands starts w an M

thanks

my husband and i just found out that we are expecting our second child wayyyyyy sooooooonner than expected. how do you or how did you manage raising to little ones in diapers? im already freaking out!!! and worried about how i am going to manage this. my husband is away at work and im home all day with the baby. he's 4-months now and if i measured correctly the other one is due a day before his birthday if he/she doesnt come sooner. please share any advice you have that may help calm my nerves. i kno stress isn't good for either one of them. also if you have breastfeed, what are some tips for breastfeeding both an infant and toddler. thanks for sharing.

after taking my son's clothes out the dryer, i noticed that some of them have been stained with something brown. it happened before with an older dryer that was left in our basement but the newer one we have has started damaging clothes too. has anyone else experienced this or know what could be causing this problem. the stains don't wash out. could it be rush or something? also, its not on everything, just a few items. with the old dryer some of my tshirts were stained and then some were not. ive noticed also that sometimes his onesies might get stuck in the dryer by its snap and they get ruined that way also. btw its not soiled or from something my son was eating. he's only currently on breastmilk so its not baby food but dryer related. thanks for answering.

i heard that u r more fertile after you have a child... is it possible to have multiples since the docs say you are more fertile right after child birth?

question: [no neg. responses please]

my husband have really strong feelings that i may be pregnant. actually u minds-well say i am. we just had a baby in october and we should have been more careful. the withdrawl method worked for us b4 but i guess since im breastfeeding, i must be really fertile because we only had sex once and from that one time i believe im pregnant. my question is, AND SERIOUS ANSWERS PLEASE, why is it important to wait to have another baby? we are a christian family and don't believe in abortion. i just want to make sure that my health isnt in jeopardy or that i put the baby's life in danger. my previous pregnancy was really difficult and i was watched closely through the whole pregnancy. i dont kno what to do. please share your experiences if you have children back to back or know someone that does. also based on the last time we had sex the babies would be exactly one year apart. please help! IM FREAKIN OUT!! SERIOUS ANSWERS PLEASE!!!

Help w an obituary?

what is a sign or symbol i can use on an obituary? something maybe representing freedom... when i put "freedom" in a search engine eagles mainly came up. any suggestions?? my mom said dove but that's for weddings, right? what else can i do? any suggestions for a border...