Anyone's first pregnancy over 40?
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'40's lighting fixtures? ___ any ideas? ___anyone?
Comments (13)lazygardens, I dunno. I did go up in the attic for the very first time since buying this house, and I remembered to wear old clothes, brought a drop-light with a 50' cord, and a flashlight in case I dropped the drop-light. I didn't think to bring the camera. Poop. I just can't tell if the porch/breakfast room was added on. I don't know how a roof peak generally looks as it comes into one the oposite direction. There were some jagged boards... seems if the peak was original they'd not have had a problem with trimming it - but if it was an add-on maybe they felt cramped and skipped trimming? Still, dunno. Will take pictures. Link to my album is above, it shows front of house from two angles. As for ceiling lights or not, I just don't know. ALL of the downstair ceilings are covered with 12" squares of lightly-textured white stuff that tongue-and-grooves together. Hate to monkey with it as it's in good shape. Hey! When I was in the attic I did find out one thing, all of my ceilings are beadboard under the white squares! ha! Who knew? I wish some of that showed! Hmmmm, that'd be great in the kitchen, give it a real warm feel. I wonder though if it'd let dust filter down? Gag. Back to the lighting, hostaguy, is the lightbox sort of an endtable? Surely it's not a center hung fixture? Maybe I'm picturing something way too large? I've been looking at a LOT of light fixtures in the past few days - and I keep being drawn to the Mission and Arts & Crafts styles. I don't see why I can't make something wonderful, perhaps a silhouette cut of copper, mica underneath? Maybe a spray of pine cones? I am still strongly thinking of a colonnade with lighting built-in across the top to throw a glow across the ceilings of both rooms. Sigh, so many ideas and life so short. GH-...See MoreA rountine test during pregnancy?
Comments (9)If it's the NT (Nuchal Translucency) screening she's having done, it's totally normal. I wondered the same thing when they did it with Camryn because I didnt have it with Grant. My doctor, who I trust with my life, said it's new in that they're making it a routine part of pregnancy testing now. It's kinda replacing the AFP testing they do about halfway through pregnancy. Tell your DIL not to worry AT ALL. It's completely routine....See MorePost Pregnancy Joint Pain & Muscle Stiffness
Comments (8)I'm sorry you're going through all this. I've had a lot of health issues since I was in my mid 20s so I know how tough it is. I'm almost 60 so I've dealt with this for over half my life. One thing I have and I think it's more common than people think is low magnesium levels. Doctors don't recognize this as they only check blood serum magnesium levels that will always be high as the body pulls magnesium from the bones to keep the blood levels up so you don't have a heart attack. Instead, they need to check the cellular magnesium level to diagnose low magnesium. There are over 300 functions magnesium is needed for in the body including relaxing muscles and removing lactic acid from them. Here are a couple of articles on the role of magnesium in health: http://web.mit.edu/london/www/magnesium.html http://drsircus.com/medicine/magnesium/magnesium-deficiency-symptoms-diagnosis I don't know if this applies to you, but a lot of pain that doctors fail to diagnose is myofascial pain where the muscles/fascia get knots in them that refer pain elsewhere. I've had severe myofascial pain since I was 15 years old, and had every sort of pain in almost every part of my body that couldn't be diagnosed. Fortunately I stumbled on a book on the subject years ago, and have been able to control my pain doing trigger point massage. Everyone has myofascial pain from time to time. Check out triggerpointbook.com. This book and my two-headed percussion massager has made my life manageable. http://www.amazon.com/HoMedics-Homedics-Thera-P-Percussion-Massager/dp/B00DCR8M1M/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1423676319&sr=1-2&keywords=percussion+massager...See MoreUnfortunate pregnancy/baby care advice over the past 100 years
Comments (21)I was having trouble finding castor oil (for soap making) locally. My DH insisted I should be looking in the baby section and said "isn't that what they give babies in cartoons when they aren't feeling well?" lol! Yes. But now we know that it causes people to barf and poop because it is poison, so I don't think they keep it there any more. We did eventually find it, on the bottom shelf of a locked up section with the stuff you take right before a colonoscopy hahaha! My mom talks about being a young nurse and giving all the children in the ward a spoon of cod liver oil before bed. *blerg*. I was raised by wolves (fiercely protective but often absent, we were left to fend for ourselves and be independent). My husband was raised by monkeys. I haven't asked my daughter what kind of animals we are yet, I'll wait until she is 30 and has had a few years of therapy under her belt ROFL! Dances....See Moreshehla
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