Question by (:Chel?Expecting Baby:): How can my parents really “help” support me? Serious question!?
I’m only 16 and pregnant. My boyfriend is 17. The conception was accidental while it was prevented, so please spare me the lectures while i ask the question. Sorry if this is long but i really need help?!

My boyfriend and I told my parents and his parents that i was pregnant (I am now 15 weeks 6 days pregnant in 30 minutes, i’m in London)

We told them and my parents were a little mad but wanted to discuss it with me. His parents did as well, they’re not being as supportive as i’d like them to, but it’s okay, they’re not my parents and my bf isn’t the pregnant one. Anyway, My dad is happy for me believe it or not, he was sort of mad at first but he’s supporting me a lot in that sense.. as for my mom, my mother is very giddy and “into it” now. She can’t wait to be a grandmother. Haha. The point is though, she’s a little too into it. While i’m getting ready for bed, she always says goodnight to me, AND the unborn baby. I find it funny actually so that’s not really the problem. She’s assigned a nickname which i find cute and funny, “Lil Bean”, for my baby. So those aren’t the problems once again. The thing that annoys me is she will not let me drink even caffeine free coke, she thinks it will harm the baby, she won’t let me do pretty much ANYTHING that i used to do. She even suggested i start homeschooling now and i can rest at home (I’m not even showing that much yet! and theres only a few weeks of school left), she won’t let me play games with my dog, she thinks i will also harm the baby. I have in no way done anything to “harm” my unborn baby at all whatsoever, in fact, i go out of my way to make sure my baby is safe in there, and my actions won’t cause him or her problems, but i think my mom is over doing it. Who said playing fetch with your dog, going on escalators, drinking caffeine free coke, going to school, stretching, laying on your right side, walking down the stairs “fast”, eating popcorn, and “talking on the phone too much” AND MORE, can hurt your baby? I’ve NEVER heard about that, and now she’s just taking away the things i love but i know wouldn’t hurt the baby. Please help me, how can i tell her to stop a different way than i already have, so many times i’ve told her “Mom, i’m fine, i know what i’m doing” etc. According to her she knows i am responsible, but she constantly has this thought in her mind that i will really do something to harm my baby, which i would never do. I’m monitoring the food i’m eating, watching my weight making sure i don’t have too much junk food, and making sure all of the other requirements for a healthy pregnancy are taken care of, MYSELF.

Sure, i love the support and the fact that she cares, but sometimes it’s just too much, you know? How can i tell her in a more sincere way that might help her understand? I’m going to do it tomorrow since it’s night here and shes bound to limit me from my unharmful activities. Thank you so much!

Best answer:

Answer by Jeffrey. Dad to be. (June 2nd)
I would really just be grateful that she’s happy at all, and not trying to strangle you. Telling her you don’t want the help might make you sound ungrateful and she could become a complete bitch after that.

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How to Get Pregnant Fast – Really Fast

Here are ways to help you get pregnant fast.

To get pregnant fast, first thing you need to do is you need to make love with your partner often. Having regular sex is the best way to get pregnant. Also, it increases the intimacy between you and your partner. Although having sex that is not within the time of ovulation will not result in pregnancy, it is still good to have sex at least three times a week. This is because women do not always ovulate at the time that they think they will. Making love often will help a woman increase her chance of getting pregnant hence.

To get pregnant fast you can also start using an ovulation prediction kit. Ovulation kits are popular methods of detecting ovulation. By using an ovulation prediction kit, you can predict an ovulation before it occurs. If you are also using basal body temperature charting, do note that you will not be able to tell that you have ovulated until it happens. An ovulation prediction kit will detect the surge in Luteinizing Hormone levels in your urine and when it is detected, ovulation will occur within 36 hours.

To get pregnant fast, you can also use a fertility monitor. Fertility monitors are similar to ovulation prediction kits in that they read changes in LH but they also read changes in other hormones and don’t require any guesswork for couples. They are easy to use and will tell you when the best time to get pregnant is.

To get pregnant fast, you also need to make a visit to your doctor. Have a body checkup to ensure that your body is healthy and fit for conception. Untreated infections, sexually transmitted diseases, or poor health can affect your chances of getting pregnant. Seeing a doctor to get advice for taking prenatal vitamins prior to trying to conceive is also a good measure.

To get pregnant fast, you need to get rid of some of your habits. Habits like smoking, drinking alcohol, drug abuse can affect fertility. Bear in mind that it affects both the man and woman in reproduction capability. Also, it may affect your unborn child. Hence, it is important to stop smoking, drinking and drug abuse if you want to conceive a baby fast.

Lastly, if you want to conceive a baby fast, you need to understand that getting pregnant should be an enjoyable process. Do not be stressed out by the thought that it is a task that you must accomplish. Enjoy your love making sessions, try different positions and relax. Some researchers believe that having an orgasm during sex increases the chance of getting pregnant. Also, there are certain sex positions that are good when trying to get pregnant. For example, the missionary position is considered a good position. Avoid positions with the woman on top and do not get up right after sex. Allow the sperm to stay some time in the vagina and for it to swim to the egg.

There’s pregnant … and then there’s *really* pregnant


Image by Ed Yourdon
This woman had just gotten out of a taxi, on Broadway between 73rd and 74th Street, and was waiting for the traffic light to change so that she could walk across the street.

Note: this photo was published in an Aug 6, 2009 blog titled " Enjoying Pregnancy." It was also published as an illustration in an undated (Nov 2009) blog titled "Women and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome."

Moving into 2010, it was published as an illustration in an undated (Jan 2010) Squidoo blog titled "Difficulty in ovulation." And it was published as an illustration in an undated (Jan 2010) blog titled "Seventieth Street Playground in New York County, NY." It was also published in a Jan 26, 2010 blog titled "How to Get Pregnant Faster – Top Ten Tips." It was also published in an undated (Feb 2010) The Pregnancy Health blog, with the same title as the caption that I used on this Flickr page. And it was published in a Mar 1, 2010 "Order the Pill" blog with the same title as the caption that I used on this Flickr page. It was also published in an Apr 8, 2010 blog titled "Cómo lidiar con las citas médicas si trabajas y estás embarazada." And it was published in a May 16, 2010 blog titled "Hospital Closure Turns NYC Home Birth Midwives Into Outlaws." It was also published in a May 29, 2010 Italian blog titled "Avere un bambino: meglio tardi che mai." And it was published in an undated (Jun 2010) blog titled "Sancionadas 10 empresas murcianas por no proteger a sus embarazadas."

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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan — between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don’t like to intrude on people’s privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they’re still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what’s right in front of me.

I’ve also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting — literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I’ve learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture … after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it’s pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.

Thus far, I’ve generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don’t want to be photographed, and I don’t want to feel like I’m taking advantage of them. I’m still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We’ll see how it goes …

The only other thing I’ve noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They’re probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I’ve photographed … but there was just nothing memorable about them.

Pregnancy Miracle eBook by Lisa Olson Review – Latest and Up-To-Date Pregnancy Miracle Review – Does it Really Work?

Recently my friend Jodie came to my house with all smiles. I enquired about the reason behind her vibrant energy.

She said she just found out that she got pregnant. I was so happy for her and asked if she used IVF(In-Vitro Fertilization) method to get pregnant. I know she has been trying to conceive for almost 5 years now.

To my surprise, she said she just used the method from ‘Pregnancy Miracle Book by Lisa Olson’. Her answer surprised me and made me to read this ebook.

Lisa Olson Pregnancy Miracle is a 240 page ebook that promises to show you ways to overcome the obstacles that cause infertility by using completely natural and holistic methods.

Ms. Olson has spent more than 14 years researching infertility, its causes and cures as she battled to overcome her own infertility. Pregnancy Miracle is the culmination of all that she found out during this time. Lisa further states that her techniques will eliminate the need for surgery and the use of harmful drugs and the often associated side effects. She says that typically she has found that women have little problem conceiving within two months (that’s what happened with my beautiful friend Jodie – I was praying for her too since she and her husband Bill were longing so long to hold their baby) after following her methods and the 5 step plan that she has laid out.

I’m sure readers can feel confident and assured that it will be worth the effort because this will literally be the last book they ever have to buy on getting pregnant or conceiving.

The methods that Lisa Olson teaches you in her book Pregnancy Miracle are based upon what she learned from a midwife and practitioner of Chinese and Homeopathic Medicine.

The methods address not only physical but also nutritional aspects that may be causing underlying infertility. Ms. Olson also tested her system on a group of women aged 28 to 47 and found that within two months 27 of the 35 women who participated in her test group became pregnant.

I found this statistics very encouraging and proved to us that the author was serious about her claims and had the proof to back up.

What I liked so much about Lisa Olson Pregnancy Miracle was the fact that it sincerely teaches natural and holistic methods to help a couple become pregnant. In my research i found that many of the other resources that claim “natural and holistic” still used IVF and various other pharmaceuticals in addition to methods that were “natural”.

In our eyes this sort of negates the “naturalness” of any methods. Pregnancy Miracle is also not only for the woman in the relationship. It works for couples that are experiencing issues that may be attributed to the man in the relationship also…a very often overlooked aspect of many couple’s infertility problems.

I found this book to be a good read but what i found so refreshing was that it was written by someone that has “been there and done that.” Yes, Lisa and her husband struggled for 14 years to have a child and happily report that she is the mother of not one but two darling children. All of this at the age of 43! This is typically an age at which most people would have given up and chosen adoption or other avenues.

As a matter of fact, I found that many infertility clinics use this age as a factor in evaluating a client’s likelihood in overcoming infertility….and this was exactly when Lisa Olson became pregnant. I have no problem in recommending this book to anyone wishing to look into natural and holistic avenues to reverse both male and female infertility issues. With the cost of traditional infertility treatment it also proves to be the most economical option for those having problems getting pregnant.

The book also comes with money back guarantee in case you are not satisfied. But am sure you will get pregnant soon following the suggested natural methods.

And moreover the success rate to get pregnant using all natural and holistic method from this book is quite high. Jodie’s friend suggested her this book, who also got pregnant following Lisa Olson’s method after 3 years of trying and numerous dr visits.

My Review of Pregnancy Miracle eBook By Lisa Olson – Must read for wannabe moms

Good luck. And baby dust to you!