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So I am 60% effaced and about 2cm dilated and the baby is engaged-my midwife said the head was so low it wasn’t going anywhere she didn’t feel any buoyancy at all. Well I was nesting big time yesterday-cleaned the house top to bottom(like on my hands and knees scrubbing) mowed the law, washed the windows, did every piece of laundry I could find-including washing all the bedding in the house!! Well now all of a sudden I feel like the baby might fall out, it is so much lower!! When I sit to pee it hurts with pressure and I can’t seem to lean forward at all. Do you think this is a sign things are progressing? I know everyone’s body is different I just can’t imagine this feeling for the next few weeks-just wondering if anyone had personal experiences they wanted to share-thanks!!!
Oh and I have also lost my appetite and am feeling nauseous again-like in the first trimester.

Ok, My 93 s10 4.3 TBI starts and idles mostly OK ( maybe a little rough ) and shoots a puff of blueish smoke that smells kinda like gas. Once it warms up and Im driving when I come to a stop it often just dies right there. NO chugging or anything it just dies as if I turned it off.. its instant. It usually wont restart unless I wait awhile. Well I replaced the o2 sensor, TPS.. and cleaned the EGR and IAC. After cleaning the EGR and IAC and starting it I let the computer idle it for 10 or so minutes then went in there and gave it gas while in park. I noticed two new things, the oil pressure gauge seems to not be as smooth as it used to be when going down.. it will go smooth then jump 1/8 inch then go smooth again.. and while in park if I give it a decent amount of gas the speedometer needle moves up!!! IN PARK. What is going on? NO trouble codes.

Thanks

His toenail got ripped off while climbing a steeper hill, and he slipped. It’s still hanging on at the roots. So far I have cleaned it with water, put hydrodinperoxide and neosporin on it. It is now bandaged, and I am regularly changing the bandages on it, while keeping pressure. It is the claw on the inside, farther up the paw.

My main question is what should I do, and should I rip or cut the toenail all the way off so it can grow back, right now its just hanging and I’m not sure if thats doing more good than harm.

Any help would be appreciated!

ps, its a golden retriever, if that helps.

The engine was degreased by a mechanic today. Engine idle is usually 700 rpm, but now it’s 2000+. I went ahead and wd-40′d all of the wire connections and throttle cables. I reset the ECM, no luck. I did disconnect the IAC, and the truck started and idle’d around 600 rpm. Reconnect the IAC and it’s back to 2k+. On the road, whatever speed I accelerate to, the engine holds that speed. Cruise control will not allow me to use the coast method to bring speed down. Only braking will slow it down.

Recent work completed…
1 year ago
IAC, battery, pcv valve, egr valve, knn cold air intake, starter, starter relay, battery cables, relay to starter cable.
Last week
plugs, wires, cap, rotor, tps, coil, fuel filter, oil and filter, tranny serviced.

I checked all of the fuses, all is fine.

I assume there is some water that has accumulated in one of the wires. I’m going to give it a day and see if the engine has magically fixed itself. Can I assume that because the engine idle comes down with the IAC disconnected that the IAC is the culprit? Or is there any other possibilites? ie. vacuum leak, idle control screw was jarred in the cleaning process, or what?

5.0 Ford
This engine is fuel injected. No carb. I tested the ohm resistence on the IAC and it is within range so that is not the issue. All vacuum lines appear to be connected properly. All fuses checked fine. It doesn’t appear that any connections had come undone.
Throttle Position Sensor failed because of the water.

Hot water is working fine - thanks for your help on that. Since I got such a great response on that - I’ll try another.

I got this bank foreclosure 3+ years ago with no working appliances, barely an infrastructure, well and plumbing issues. It looks like a ranch, but technically it was a single wide trailer set on a beautiful foundation crawl space, that was widened in the back, the roof removed and replaced by a pine Cathedral type ceiling, and then a second unit added (on cement slab), and a two car garage. So I’m dealing with a combined second unit, part trailer infrastructure (plastic piping hoses), part house infrastructure (copper).

The well had problems and its pump was clogged, screen shot, and it brought all kinds of crap into the house. DEP had two tall filters in here to clean up an oil tank spill from the previous owner. Those tanks were absolutely clogged with crap within a year, which was unheard of.
I lost cold water to the kitchen, the shower and tub barely have any pressure on the trailer side of the unit.
So last fall, the tanks were removed, the water pump was replaced, and raised a few feet out of the muck, and water is running in clean again. But there was a lot of muck coming through. Still no cold water in the kitchen, barely any hot water, no bath pressure in the trailer side. It is clear that there is one feed to these three areas that must be clogged.

I know its common to blow the hoses through (not copper piping on this side), yet they are so clogged and tiny, I am considering replacing these hoses, but am wondering that if I go up an eighth of an inch in diameter, will that potentially increase or decrease the pressure?

What I’m thinking of doing is to remove one of these hoses going to the tub, and the connection system that feeds three areas, bring it to Lowe’s, replace those exactly the same size, but also get one hose slightly larger in diameter so I can try it out before replacing the other hoses.

I am on an EXTREMELY limited budget - officially broke, so I’d appreciate some creative elbow grease type of suggestions. I have some decent tools, but with school starting in a month, I need to bite off only what I can chew so that we have water. We’ve had to go long enough stretches without it. Not good for kids!

Thanks for taking the time to read this, I’d appreciate any opinions - yes, I know, I need a plumber. Can’t get anyone out for small or budget jobs.

Engine was pressure washed, now the idle is running at 2000 RPM and slowly rises. 1993 Ford F-150 5.0 EFI. So far, here is where we are at…

No vacuum leaks.
No disconnected wires.
All wire harnesses were sprayed with WD-40 to displace any water that may have gotten past a seal.
Recently replaced the following: Cap, rotor, plugs, wires, coil, tps, iac unit, egr valve and motor, cold air intake kn, fuel filter, o2 sensor, and tranny serviced.–(Engine was running awesome after these replacements)

Now, immediately after the engine was pressure washed, the engine idle is high. While driving, the throttle is slightly more engaged than I would like, and the truck will not slow when you let off the gas. Oiled the throttle cable where it connects to the throttle body, no luck.

All fuses have checked fine. When I disconnect the IAC valve, I get an engine that idles where it’s supposed to. I took the IAC apart, it’s ohmn resistance is within specs. It’s internals are clean and engage properly.

So, I’m thinking I have a sensor problem. Air Charge Sensor, MAP sensor, coolant temp sensor, barametric sensor, or ECM failure? Any help would be appreciated as this is probably going to start getting expensive.

The vehicle has had a day to dry out, lots of wd-40 to displace water. Please don’t offer anything that I’ve already written about trying.
If the IAC were stuck open, when I disconnect the wiring, shouldn’t there be no difference in idle? The IAC disconnected is closed, when powered is open. Makes me think a sensor before the IAC could be to blame.
Throttle Position Sensor was destroyed by the water. Replaced that today and all is fine. If anyone comes across this. If you have a similar problem, pump the gas when idling. If it’s slow to return to it’s base, the TPS is the culprit.

yesterday i stepped on a rusty nail. It didn’t go in very deeply, but i’m still a little concerned. It doesn’t hurt too badly either, only when pressure is directly applied, fairly lightly. i cleaned it up right after i stepped on it with some iodine and have continued to use the iodine. I could have swore that i had a tetanus shot recently but my doctor claims the last time i had one was when i was 4, i’m now 15. My parents think i should get the shot again since this happened but is it really necessary? It doesn’t even look to bad, although it did bleed when i stepped on it.
oops mistake! i just talked to my mom and she said the last time i got my tetanus was when i was about 9-10ish years old. i had originally asked my dad, who shocker!, got the wrong details. sorry!

Okay. So, my boyfriend is very sweet. However, he is very controlling. If I’m hanging out with my friends, and he’s there, he expects me to leave my friends and spend the entire time with him. Thus, all of my friends dislike him, a lot.
And he’s always guilt tripping me into doing things for him, like oral, or letting him finger me. He’s even had sex with me after I told him multiple times that I was waiting for marriage. I had to push him to make him stop.
He’s always trying to make out with me, in public, and I feel so rude and disrespectful to other people. I understand a sweet kiss, or holding hands, but he wants to have a full blown make-out session everywhere we go. I’m so embarrassed. Like, once, we were outside his house, and his parents were due home any minute, and I told him that I don’t feel comfortable making out with him there, and he continued anyway. We ended up getting caught by his step mother, his elderly neighbor, and his younger siblings. I was mortified.
He always has to have his hands on my waist, or his arms around me. He’s always touching me, even when I don’t want to be touched. He wants to finger me, and me to jack him off in a public pool. He texts me all the time, and if I sleep in and don’t reply, or I’m busy cleaning, and I don’t check my messages, he comes knocking on my door, asking me why I’m not answering, or he calls me and asks what I’m doing.
He has this whole plan where I’m going to go to college with him, and we’re going to get married right out of high school, and he wants to have children with me.

And the worst part, is that we’ve only been together a little over two months.

I like him a lot. In fact, I might even love him. But I don’t know enough about love, or enough about relationships and life to honestly say that I want to spend the rest of my life with him. I was once in a relationship for a year and a half, and the most we did was kiss, and he only wanted to take me to prom. I feel so rushed and so pressured, but I don’t want to break up with him because he’s a good guy and I would really hurt him. I still like him a lot, and I’m not leading him on or anything. I just don’t know what to do in this situation. HELP!?

Thanks in advance to everyone and anyone who answers.
Infinite x’s and o’s.
Also, he once told me that I’m fat and ugly and the only reason he was with me was sex. And the reason that he is with me is because he wants sex and that he hates it when I talk cause it annoys him.
But right after, he apologized and said that he was kidding and he didn’t mean it.
When I’m making him mad, he grabs my wrists and he squeezes them really hard. He pulls my hair when he’s mad, and he grabs my face and makes me look him in the eyes when he’s talking to me. He twists my arms when I am not doing something he approves of. I don’t know if that’s abusive or not, but he always apologizes…

Okay. So, my boyfriend is very sweet. However, he is very controlling. If I’m hanging out with my friends, and he’s there, he expects me to leave my friends and spend the entire time with him. Thus, all of my friends dislike him, a lot.
And he’s always guilt tripping me into doing things for him, like oral, or letting him finger me. He’s even had sex with me after I told him multiple times that I was waiting for marriage. I had to push him to make him stop.
He’s always trying to make out with me, in public, and I feel so rude and disrespectful to other people. I understand a sweet kiss, or holding hands, but he wants to have a full blown make-out session everywhere we go. I’m so embarrassed. Like, once, we were outside his house, and his parents were due home any minute, and I told him that I don’t feel comfortable making out with him there, and he continued anyway. We ended up getting caught by his step mother, his elderly neighbor, and his younger siblings. I was mortified.
He always has to have his hands on my waist, or his arms around me. He’s always touching me, even when I don’t want to be touched. He wants to finger me, and me to jack him off in a public pool. He texts me all the time, and if I sleep in and don’t reply, or I’m busy cleaning, and I don’t check my messages, he comes knocking on my door, asking me why I’m not answering, or he calls me and asks what I’m doing.
He has this whole plan where I’m going to go to college with him, and we’re going to get married right out of high school, and he wants to have children with me.

And the worst part, is that we’ve only been together a little over two months.

I like him a lot. In fact, I might even love him. But I don’t know enough about love, or enough about relationships and life to honestly say that I want to spend the rest of my life with him. I was once in a relationship for a year and a half, and the most we did was kiss, and he only wanted to take me to prom. I feel so rushed and so pressured, but I don’t want to break up with him because he’s a good guy and I would really hurt him. I still like him a lot, and I’m not leading him on or anything. I just don’t know what to do in this situation. HELP!?

Thanks in advance to everyone and anyone who answers.
Infinite x’s and o’s.
Also, he once told me that I’m fat and ugly and the only reason he was with me was sex. And the reason that he is with me is because he wants sex and that he hates it when I talk cause it annoys him.
But right after, he apologized and said that he was kidding and he didn’t mean it.
When I’m making him mad, he grabs my wrists and he squeezes them really hard. He pulls my hair when he’s mad, and he grabs my face and makes me look him in the eyes when he’s talking to me. He twists my arms when I am not doing something he approves of. I don’t know if that’s abusive or not, but he always apologizes…

Okay. So, my boyfriend is very sweet. However, he is very controlling. If I’m hanging out with my friends, and he’s there, he expects me to leave my friends and spend the entire time with him. Thus, all of my friends dislike him, a lot.
And he’s always guilt tripping me into doing things for him, like oral, or letting him finger me. He’s even had sex with me after I told him multiple times that I was waiting for marriage. I had to push him to make him stop.
He’s always trying to make out with me, in public, and I feel so rude and disrespectful to other people. I understand a sweet kiss, or holding hands, but he wants to have a full blown make-out session everywhere we go. I’m so embarrassed. Like, once, we were outside his house, and his parents were due home any minute, and I told him that I don’t feel comfortable making out with him there, and he continued anyway. We ended up getting caught by his step mother, his elderly neighbor, and his younger siblings. I was mortified.
He always has to have his hands on my waist, or his arms around me. He’s always touching me, even when I don’t want to be touched. He wants to finger me, and me to jack him off in a public pool. He texts me all the time, and if I sleep in and don’t reply, or I’m busy cleaning, and I don’t check my messages, he comes knocking on my door, asking me why I’m not answering, or he calls me and asks what I’m doing.
He has this whole plan where I’m going to go to college with him, and we’re going to get married right out of high school, and he wants to have children with me.

And the worst part, is that we’ve only been together a little over two months.

I like him a lot. In fact, I might even love him. But I don’t know enough about love, or enough about relationships and life to honestly say that I want to spend the rest of my life with him. I was once in a relationship for a year and a half, and the most we did was kiss, and he only wanted to take me to prom. I feel so rushed and so pressured, but I don’t want to break up with him because he’s a good guy and I would really hurt him. I still like him a lot, and I’m not leading him on or anything. I just don’t know what to do in this situation. HELP!?

Also, he once told me that I’m fat and ugly and the only reason he was with me was sex. And the reason that he is with me is because he wants sex and that he hates it when I talk cause it annoys him.
But right after, he apologized and said that he was kidding and he didn’t mean it.

When I’m making him mad, he grabs my wrists and he squeezes them really hard. He pulls my hair when he’s mad, and he grabs my face and makes me look him in the eyes when he’s talking to me. He twists my arms when I am not doing something he approves of. I don’t know if that’s abusive or not, but he always apologizes…

Thanks to anyone and everyone who answers.