Linda,

There's all sorts of adaptive baby care equipment out there.  Beth
mentioned the folks at Through the Looking Glass, and they are great!
Here's their web address: http://lookingglass.org/index.php

Janet and I contacted them as soon as we found out we were pregnant, and
one of the OT's, Judi Rogers, who has a disability herself wrote a book
for expectant mothers with disabilities that we read.  It's great!  You
can find it and a lot of other info on the web site.


Kendall and Janet Corbett (both 44, both with CP)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Wagner [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Sad News

Ok, Bobby, then I have questions for you!  Since you adopted your
children
as infants how did you safely carry/left/feed/diaper etc. etc??  I can't
carry even a few pounds in front of me without often falling forward.

Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby Greer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: Sad News


> Linda,
>
>    The boy was 2 mos. and Judy was 6 mos.
>
> Bobby
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Wagner" <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Sad News
>
>
>> JIm and I are not opposed to foster children or adopting, but want to
try
>> for our own first.  How old were your kids when you adopted them?
>>
>> Linda
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bobby Greer" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 2:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: Sad News
>>
>>
>> > Limda,
>> >
>> >    My wife and I adopted both our son and daughter. We were going
from
> doc
>> > to doc to find answers before we adopted with no luck. Joyce's
OB/GYN
>> > fibbed
>> > abit when he wrote a letter saying we could not have children. We
are
>> > glad
>> > we adopted because our kids did not have our family genes. I thank
God
> it
>> > worked oout like it did.
>> >
>> > Bobby
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Susan Moskowitz" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:51 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Sad News
>> >
>> >
>> >> Linda,
>> >>     I am so sorry to hear of your loss. My parents also went
through a
>> > first
>> >> pregnancy miscarriage and then had 3 children. So your hopes for a
> family
>> >> are still absolutely possible. While you are waiting, be good to
each
>> > other.
>> >> Susan
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Linda Wagner" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:17 PM
>> >> Subject: Sad News
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > I wanted to let you know that I had a miscarriage Tuesday
evening.
> The
>> > =
>> >> > baby's heartrate was borderline normal for our first ultrasound
last
> =
>> >> > week, and on Monday I started spotting and the heartrate was
only 80
>> >> > bpm
>> > =
>> >> > (about half what it should be).  So, we knew that things weren't
>> >> > looking
>> > =
>> >> > good. =20
>> >> >
>> >> > I am feeling fine, and frankly relieved that it is over.  The
>> >> > waiting
> =
>> >> > for the inevitable miscarriage was much worse than the actual
loss.
> =
>> >> > Luckily it was very early and we know there was nothing we did
or
>> >> > didn't
>> > =
>> >> > do that caused it.
>> >> >
>> >> > So we will try again when we get the ok from the docs.  At least
we
>> >> > know
>> > =
>> >> > I can get pregnant fairly easily.  That's a major hurdle already
=
>> >> > surmounted.
>> >> >
>> >> > Linda