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Don't you hate the situation where your gut tells you one thing, yet a doctor your child genuinely needs/has needed tells you another?! Though my preemie DS's heart defect was not severe enough to cause problems with weight gain, he did...

Here's our list of middle name ideas... ?? Dov Skye Hope Dot Grace Elle Jo Mae Day Key

Yeah, like the PPs said, it's not really a "standard" kind of thing -- pretty much for those at risk for and/or showing signs of PTL. The results aren't even that definitive: a negative means you probably won't go into labor...

DH and I really like to visit the Name Voyager -- a quick Google search should lead you to it easily. We like it b/c we can randomly skate through a bunch of names and let things just pop out at us -- rather than the usual list...

Here's some -- hope they help! (sorry 'bout the sloppy formatting.) Ceriani Cernadas, J.M., Carroli, G., Pellegrini, L, et al. The effect of timing of cord clamping on neonatal venous hematocrit values and clinical outcome at term: a...

Do you think she'd be receptive to learning the game, "Red light, Green light?" The pp have great ideas about "Stop" and holding hands, but sometimes little ones just want to play at the scariest times. It's nice to...

Even the newer white fillings do not have the wear resistance of the silver fillings. However, doing a white filling is indeed "technique sensitive." (It's really tough for a dentist to keep children's teeth as dry as they...

From what I've read and heard, most sources seem to say full term is 37 weeks. However, many insurances will cover midwives for deliveries 36 weeks and on. I'm not sure if that means they consider 36 weeks full term or if the risks...

I knew an "Ah-lee-see-ya" in school, and she hated that it was pronounced that way. She constantly had to correct people who thought it was "Ah-lee-sha." My own opinion, though, is that it's rather pretty to...

I think the gist of studies exploring the vitamin k injection/leukemia link is "we didn't find a causal relationship with our study, but that doesn't mean there isn't one." Personally, we're looking at the numbers...