By Marjorie Greenfield, M.D.

Wisdom From Mother Birth

How Can You Tell If a Relationship Is Abusive? Posted Mon, Mar 06, 2006, 6:40 pm PST

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  • 1. Posted by beatriz c on Tue, Mar 07, 2006, 7:50 am PST

    yes iam 42yrsold i would like to know if i can have a healthly child at my age now

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  • 2. Posted by achiropractor@sbcglobal.net on Tue, Mar 07, 2006, 11:55 am PST

    My wife and I just had a baby on the 24 of Feb 9#7oz. She is 44. 10 min hard labor two pushes. We had the baby the nerve based method of Chiropractic and not the blood base method.

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  • 3. Posted by malx_joy on Tue, Mar 07, 2006, 12:31 pm PST

    i will be 38yrs old in june,i just want to know if i can take oral contraceptive @ my age, do u think is wise for me to have a next child

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  • 4. Posted by joyce t on Wed, Mar 08, 2006, 1:36 am PST

    i am 33yrs old, is it possible that i'm pregnant since i saw my period 4days to the time i was suppose to see it? Also, i am having some symtoms of pregregnacy.

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  • 5. Posted by indiangrl1219 on Wed, Mar 08, 2006, 11:06 am PST

    if you missed 4 days of your birth control is there a possible chance you can get pregnat

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  • 6. Posted by Beth on Wed, Mar 08, 2006, 12:44 pm PST

    indiangrl: there is a very good chance you could be pregnant. I would suggest getting a home pregnancy test. Even if you miss the pill by a few hours you could get pregnant

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  • 7. Posted by queenie on Wed, Mar 08, 2006, 4:08 pm PST

    IAM 4 MONTHS AND WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NOT EAT CORN TORTILLAS. IS THAT TRUE AND WHY NOT?

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  • 8. Posted by none on Wed, Mar 08, 2006, 4:40 pm PST

    I heard something on the news that eating corn tortillas can cause a virus in your stomach and affect the baby when youre pregnant

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  • 9. Posted by Rachel P on Tue, Mar 28, 2006, 10:46 am PST

    I am 3 mos.pregnant..33yrs.Iam in an emotionally abusive relationship.Recently he has grabbed me by my hair on2 occasions,I have been told to leave.yrs ago iwas in an abusive relationship,i contacted police he committed suicide.Now I dont have finances to leave,nowhere to go.

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  • 10. Posted by nkorkor on Thu, Mar 30, 2006, 7:16 am PST

    could you please tell me the advantages and disadvantages of birth control? I want to go in for one but want to know the types that are there and what to go in for.

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  • 11. Posted by barrie on Sun, Apr 02, 2006, 10:16 pm PDT

    planning to leave an abusive relationship can lead to uuccess , getting up and walking out the door in an instant when your feeling discouraged may not be what will help with self sufficiency

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  • 12. Posted by marge o on Tue, Apr 11, 2006, 1:33 am PDT

    since the time my live-in partner & i started to live together with my in-laws in the same roof, my life started to become bump! it's ok for me to admit that my life became miserable because of my mistakes,but no!its all because of him.beforehand that we had sibblings,i really wanted to get separated with him but, everytime i do that,he always say "NO" then he punch me,kick me and treats me sa a battered one.I never tell my parents about my situation because i believe that they will never ever believe me.and that's how i started to hate myself and never ever forgive instead.

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  • 13. Posted by berryrose72 on Wed, Apr 26, 2006, 8:27 am PDT

    I BELIEVE THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE ABUSIVE WITH THEIR PARTNERS. NO MATTER WHAT A PERSON DOES NOBODY SHOULD EVER PUT YOU DOWN OR HIT IN ANY WAY. I WAS IN AN VERBALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP BUT AT FIRST I WAS OKAY WITH IT BUT AFTER A FEW I JUST COULD NOT TAKE IT. I KNOW I DID THE RIGHT THING IN LETTING THAT RELATIONSHIP GO.

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  • 14. Posted by kallylissa on Sat, Apr 29, 2006, 5:19 pm PDT

    I want to know what attracts us to the ones who do abuse us? I am 27 years old and have been in two "relationships" in my life. The first one I was 15 years old and he was 19, he verbally, mentally, and physically abused me for 3 years. After my dad pressed charges on him, I "woke-up" and had nothing to do with him in a relationship way. Well, I met my husband now, about a year after ending it with my boyfriend. He seemed the total opposite of my first. He was nice, patient, friendly, happy, all the things my first wasnt. Anyways, now, eight years later, I am still confused, he flipped on me. It started with a slap every once in a while, or a shove, or just a good cussing out. Now,if I ask a question, I end up balled up in the corner, and I can almost guarantee that something is gonna get broke. We have an eleven month old baby boy, and I do not want him to grow up seeing this. And when he is calm, neither does he. But my question is, "Do I Really make them so angry that they do this?" Both guys have told me. And I am wondering if it is me. But my main concern is my baby, I dont want him to see this, but I also dont want him to grow up without his father....HELP

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  • 15. Posted by k_gupth on Tue, May 16, 2006, 4:58 am PDT

    Down the line it has been 4 yrs im married. As couples we used to have arguments & he has hurt me physically at times. But still life was running in peace until he had a new friendship (Female) in the train he was travelling. Infact, i was being posted about the all updates in his daily life.But there were circumstances, where the new friend was given undue importance. When i started to show my aversion he was completely a different person. I was feeling insecure. He was ignoring me. At last i took some sleeping pills. My last straw was moving out of the relationship. When he came to know my decision, he said he will slowly avoid that friendship. Even now he receives sms, calls etc. Im really confused. My question is "Am i complicating things or he wants a diversion? Kindly help.......

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