Posts by phatchristy

Whoa, those were some crazy comments.   The weirdest response I've had so far for this one was from a cashier I know at a business I frequent.  I told her I was pregnant and her immediate response was "is someone having...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jackies  christy, whenever I need to do a new skill in knitting, I always check knittinghelp.com first. She has videos for continental and English here:...

Don't mind me jumping in I hope.   Does anyone know any good free online tutorials on the continental form of knitting?  Someone a while back tried to teach me the European method...and honestly I pretty much hated it,...

Quote: Originally Posted by lovemyzoo  Want to but don't know anyone here to do it with really.   I'm the same here...not as many locally like minded people.  Though I will say I did attend one a while back...

Quote: Originally Posted by tropicana74  One other thing. I no longer have the same expectations of myself with 3 (soon 4 kids) as I did with 1. When I had one child I read books to her many times a day, toys were...

Wow, you sure are energized!   I'm shocked here, but finally I feel like I have some energy back!  Even been waking up earlier than usual.   For me, I wind up baking/cooking a lot, and the house is strangely...

Quote: Originally Posted by segolilymama  WOHOOOO!!!! Thank goodness for a healthy baby. And screw the medical system, lol - I haven't had so much as a blood typing done this pregnancy, b/c I have so little faith in...

The results of the quad screen and other screening tests unfortunately have a rather high rate of false positives.  Try not to stress! 

I've definitely had at least one very noticable one!  Felt like the whole abdomen got hard!  That's all I remember so far, but I know they'll be more common near the end!

esp--I knew a mom who had a similar finding on an ultrasound and everything wound up resolving on its own.  Try not to stress out, but I'm glad you also vented to us.  It's not good to hold things in and worry about them.