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Member Profiles #4

Name: Kim Parnis
Pregnancy Due Date: December 20, 1997
Age: 32
Location (City/State): Detroit, Michigan
Any other children?: Almost 5 year old Amelia Rose (09/21/92)
Previous pregnancy problems/complications: n/a
Marital Status: Married 6 years to Bill
Email address: wparnis@voyager.net
Favorite Link: (Doesn't have to be pregnancy related): http://scrabble.fireflybuzz.com (play
Scrabble online)
Are you using an OB/midwife/doula or combination?:OB..considering doula
Other: Glad I met all you ladies...what a blessing you all are!

Name: Layla Rogers
Pregnancy Due Date:4/8/97 delivered 4/22/97
Age: 23
Location (City/State): Alameda, CA
Any other children?: no
Previous pregnancy problems/complications: none
Marital Status: married
Email address: layla@gene.com
Homepage: not yet! (in the works)
Favorite Link: (Doesn't have to be pregnancy related):
http://www.urbekah.com/housewife/index.html
Are you using an OB/midwife/doula or combination?:Used NP/OB/doula

Name: Leah Shulman
Pregnancy Due Date: 12/10/97 - TWINS
Age:35
Location (City/State): West Orange, NJ - New York city metro area
Any other children?: none
Previous pregnancy problems/complications:I have PCO, so we were only able to conceive
with the help of fertility meds - had one ectopic pg about a year ago, and now this one!
If there were problems, how were you able to successfully conceive?: What finally worked for
us was a cycle of antibiotics for a few weeks for both of us, then Fertinex/hcg/IUI.
Marital Status: Married
Email address: LeahShulma@aol.com
Are you using an OB/midwife/doula or combination?:OB only - one I've been with for about 10
years!

Name: Lisa Toney Raebig update Ethan Wolf Raebig Born:10/06/97
Pregnancy Due Date: Oct 7, 1997, but I will be induced no later than Sept 24. 1997
Age: 33
Location (City/State): Lowell, MA
Any other children?: 4 cats and a dog
Previous pregnancy problems/complications: None
If there were problems, how were you able to successfully conceive?: I have severe
endometriosis. After a few years of trying we decided to not have children rather than face the
trauma of fertility treatments. (After similar treatments for my endo for many years.) We were
pregnant, by some miracle about a month after.
Marital Status: Happily married to Tim
Email address: ltr@ultranet.com
Homepage: http://www.ultranet.com/~traebig
Favorite Link: http://www.diabetes.org/ada/c50c.html (diabetes and Pregnancy by the ADA)
Are you using an OB/midwife/doula or combination?: I am using an OB. I had planned on a
midwife but fell in love with my OB. He is wonderful. We are looking into doula's in our area.
Other: I was diagnosed with Insulin Dependant Diabetes Mellitus at 2 months. Please feel free to
contact me via email if you have any questions about pregnancy and diabetes, or just want to talk to
someone who is going through the same thing.

Name: Lori Meese
Pregnancy Due Date: March 10, '98 (but will prolly be induced early b/c of high risk pg, around
34-36 weeks.).
Age:28
Location (City/State):Blacksburg, VA
Any other children?: No, just one angel from previous miscarriage
Previous pregnancy problems/complications: Septate uterus (see intro) basically baby runs out
of room to grow in uterus 1/2 normal size
If there were problems, how were you able to successfully conceive? Yep.
Marital Status:Married
Email address:lmeese@vt.edu
Homepage:not one yet
Favorite Link: the weather channel (I am a weather nut)
Are you using an OB/midwife/doula or combination?:Currently seeing a maternal/fetal medicine
specialist for high risk pg.
Baby Names: ?
Baby's Sex:?

Name: Louise Farrell-Schiela update Jacob Joseph Schiela Born: 11/17/97

Pregnancy Due Date: 11/23/97
Age: 32
Location (City/State): Morris County, NJ
Any other children?: yes, Abigail
Previous pregnancy problems/complications: one miscarriage before Abby
If there were problems, how were you able to successfully conceive? Try, try again
Marital Status: married, 7 years
Email address: louvfs@worldnet.att.net
Are you using an OB/midwife/doula or combination?: no
Baby Names: Kathleen Ruth or Jacob Henry or Jacob Farrell
Baby's Sex: don't know

Name: Marna Engel
Pregnancy Due Date:Am not pregnant, am an infertility patient who is trying, and am an educator
to the group.
Age: 34
Location (City/State): Hillsboro, OR
Any other children?: not living
Previous pregnancy problems/complications: 5 previous pregnancies, 2 selective termination's, 1
miscarriage of twins at 26 weeks, and 2 chemical pregnancies
If there were problems, how were you able to successfully conceive?: conception occurred
normally.
Marital Status: Engaged
Email address: baloo@teleport.com
Homepage: http://www.teleport.com/~baloo
Favorite Link: (Doesn't have to be pregnancy related): I have too many to list.
Are you using an OB/midwife/doula or combination?: I am a doula, will use a midwife or a
D.O.
Other: I am a doula myself, I am also working on my Masters in Nurse Midwifery.

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