Posts by PeaG

I am 39 weeks, and recently developed a weird symptom - intense pain right in my inner thighs closest to my pubic bone. It's mostly been intermittent but intense twinges, but yesterday I had it that lasted about a full minute and hurt so...

I voted Natalia. Even though I'm using Grace as a middle name in honor of a dear Grandma, it's just TOO popular for me to consider as a first name. Natalia is very pretty and much less common. Talia is a great nickname, too.

Anyone here done any acupressure to induce labor? Any good results? If I've only got 5 days before I'll be induced, do I have enough time to try this? How many applications do people recommend? Thanks for any advice! Getting nervous...

Oh - for those who have and will respond - how much did you take? I've seen conflicting amounts online (and the 4 oz one person took seems like a LOT to me!) Thanks!

Mbravebird, My BP was 140/95, and then 150/85 15 minutes later. It's been close to that, but it's been inching upward and that's the highest it's been yet. When I was lying down before those two readings, my BP was only 110/70. It's...

Is acupuncture really used to induce labor? I didn't realize that. Is it often successful? I'll have to look into it. I don't know anything about cohosh (yet). Thanks!

Because of my hypertension, which got slightly worse this past week, my OB said she will not let me go past my due date (June 1st). She will likely induce me somewhere between next Thursday and the following Sunday. I am desperate to...

Interestingly, I don't like Tina, Gina, etc. either, but somehow Lena feels like it's in a different category. It's got a sultry quality (I guess from Ms. Horne?) that I really dig. It's cute on a kid and works as an adult, too.

Thanks for the reply! I actually did need a pad after the exam and it was mucus-y (I'm sorry - gross, I know), so I think that really may have been the plug. Today I'm a tiny bit crampy, but it didn't seem to do much else. Oh well. One...

I'm 38.5 weeks today and my OB just did a mildly painful internal on me. She discovered that my cervix is softening, but not yet dilated. When she removed her hand, there was blood-tinged mucus (sorry if TMI!) which continued to flow for...