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My partner's pregnant with her second child (my first) and shows no emotions. How can I help bring that excitement out of her?
Pregnancy and how it affects the mother is an intense stew of physical and hormonal changes. Each child may come with a different "stew" recipe. Sounds like the father of her original child didn't ...
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My partner's pregnant with her second child (my first) and shows no emotions. How can I help bring that excitement out of her?
If there's one thing I'd communicate to a new parent-to-be, it's to completely clear out your expectations. Having expectations sets you up for disappointment, because nothing in parenting is like ...
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If a pregnant woman's tummy is pressed hard, can the baby in her womb get hurt?
It's fine to 'poke' the outside of the baby bump. In fact it's the first 'game' you can play with your little one. :)
Is it okay to poke my pregnant belly?
Sure… if that’s what you want to do. It ...
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My partner's pregnant with her second child (my first) and shows no emotions. How can I help bring that excitement out of her?
My wife's second pregnancy was kind of the same situation. I'm super excited, but she finds it hard to get excited. There are a couple things that have been affecting her emotionally. As a father ...
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My partner's pregnant with her second child (my first) and shows no emotions. How can I help bring that excitement out of her?
Your wife should consider getting tested for pre-partum depression (pregnancy blues). Being as emotionally withdrawn as you describe may be a sign of depression.
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Research request on marriage for out-of-wedlock pregnancy
One very important consideration for this and all other non-experimental studies: correlation does not imply causation. In other words, just because two things happen together does NOT mean one causes ...
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Daughter is deciding to have a child with near-total stranger
First off, I would stick to your guns on not raising the child, but you don't need to cross that bridge until you get there. That may never be asked of you. It's going to be a while before this child ...
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If a pregnant woman's tummy is pressed hard, can the baby in her womb get hurt?
I asked our OBGYN the same thing basically. He explained that it takes a really hard hit to go past the barrier provided by the amniotic fluid. So something like a hard push is definitely not a ...
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Partner's son embarrassed about mother being pregnant
Hm.
Imagine being fourteen and your mother having a new partner plus a baby on the way.
Then remember that at that age, the brain is wired differently - aka puberty - and you are at a rather ...
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My partner's pregnant with her second child (my first) and shows no emotions. How can I help bring that excitement out of her?
I'm sincerely sorry that you're having trouble enjoying this experience, but that doesn't mean there's anything about your partner you get to fix. You don't get to try to "bring that excitement out of ...
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Can an infant sense if their mother is pregnant
All evidence suggests that no, your infant can not sense your pregnancy. What they are very sensitive to, however, are your own moods and activities. Your behaviour (and the behaviour of those around ...
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If a pregnant woman's tummy is pressed hard, can the baby in her womb get hurt?
The impact is absorbed by your own belly, and the baby is floating in a bag of water, which absorbs even more. Unless you're seriously bruised or still hurting from the poke, the baby will be fine.
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Can tummy tightening cause harm to the baby in the womb?
Your baby can't be injured by temporarily tightening your abdominal muscles while struggling to regain balance at any stage of a normal pregnancy (and the vast, vast majority of pregnancies are "...
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12-year-old hits pregnant mother in the stomach
Her child is twelve years old and still hitting people? This wasn't play fighting or something like that?
Honestly, I think she needs counseling. She shouldn't be hitting anyone at that age, period. ...
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My wife had her first doctor's appointment and it took exactly 15 minutes is that ok?
My wife had her first doctor's appointment and it took exactly 15 minutes. Is that ok?
It depends on a lot of factors.
The first pre-natal visit (that's what they're called) with an obstetrician ...
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Choosing same name as a friend, how to ask or annonce?
What you name your child is up to you and no one else. If you like the name, go for it, and don't worry if she will be offended, especially since you don't have a close relationship that will be ...
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What to do if you are poor, have no house, no parents and pregnant?
There are many crisis pregnancy centers in the USA. Google "crisis pregnancy center near me". This is exactly what these folks do. They are not always well funded, but they care enough to volunteer ...
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My partner's pregnant with her second child (my first) and shows no emotions. How can I help bring that excitement out of her?
First let's start with a good old
DON'T PANIC
and mix in a
That's normal
Pregnancy is portrayed in the media and social circles as this awesome thing that happens where it hurts a lot after 9 months ...
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Why do babies prefer the vertex fetal presentation
Vertex presentation is caused by the shape of the uterus, rather than (directly) caused by gravity.
REFERENCES:
In vertex presentations the head of the fetus most commonly faces to the right and ...
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Estimated Date of Conception
Generally, due date is calculated by one of two things.
One, determining the date of the expectant mother's period prior to likely conception. If she knows what days her period started on for the ...
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Will marijuana affect my baby?
Here's an article from last year:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2016/09/09/so-does-marijuana-use-in-pregnancy-hurt-a-baby-or-not/?c=0&s=trending#2e9bf5101365
It basically says we don'...
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What to do if you are poor, have no house, no parents and pregnant?
Go see your advisor. It may be possible for you take on additional projects to get more fundings or lower your research responsibilities so you can get a side job.
Also, most big US universities have ...
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Daughter is deciding to have a child with near-total stranger
My parents felt the same way about my sister. Pregnant by her boyfriend 20 years older then her and this being his 5th child by his 4th girlfriend/wife. My parents swore that they would have nothing ...
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PREGNANT ON Flaka-PVP
There is a wide range of horrible things that can happen to the baby, most of which involve either miscarriages, early infant death, or life long consequences for both the mother and the child. It is ...
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What is the black line on pregnant womens belly
The line was there before the pregnancy, then known as linea alba ("white line"), a line of fibrous connective tissue running down your central line - if you as the father should happen to have a "...
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Are there any health risks for mother or child when using a sauna or steam room while pregnant?
You should discuss this with your health care provider. How dangerous a sauna may be depends on whether there are other risk factors in your pregnancy (such as hypertension).
In general, anything ...
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3 days ago, my doctor pressed my belly really hard and I haven't felt movement from my baby since then. Should I be worried?
Not feeling movement is a cause for concern and you should seek immediate help if anything concerns you.
Certainly if you have a concern the internet is the last place to seek medical assistance as ...
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At 70.7mm at 13w3d, the CRL size is smaller than the median. What does that mean?
In statistics, the "median" means the 50th percentile - i.e., half of the population are smaller and half are larger. Being smaller than the median is always a common thing - half of us are!...
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