Posts by vachi73

I was sicker - much, much sicker - and sooner with my twins. However, even though the vomiting started at 6-6.5 weeks or so, it actually ended sooner than in my singleton pregnancies - go figure. Not sure if it's just that the hormone...

Update: all that worry for nothing!!! I reported accurate numbers and she didn't even mention it. My BP was slightlyelevated (for me ... not elevated in any other sense of the word) so I could tell that I was a little nervous, but she...

I am too repulsed by the smell of alcohol in the first 20 weeks to even consider it. I hated when my DH would breathe "wine breath" on me if he'd had a glass. LOL   In the third trimester, I am more relaxed about it, and will...

I am just over 37 weeks along, and have my regular appointment today. I weigh at home the morning of each appointment and report when I get there -- I guess for consistency's sake, they do it this way? -- and in one week since my last...

I have had a wide variety of maternity clothes, almost exclusively hand-me-downs (or shared stash), especially with this pregnancy and my last (twin) pregnancy. Here is what I feel I have learned:   1. Consignment/used clothes...

To be totaly honest, I am losing patience with the potty training process this time. I welcome any ideas here -- even "go back to diapers," which would probably be a relief vs status quo. Background: this post concerns DS3 and DS4, who...

Hi Katie - thanks for the response. I guess a lot of people read this thread but only one response -- does that mean I am really crazy?! ha!   I took some of your advice yesterday, including making a list (or actually three...

Hi. I am 35 weeks with #5, and find myself increasingly, unusually irritable and anxious. Not about the birth itself - which is somewhat a relief - but the reality of parenting five kids as nearly a single parent. Everything my four...

Hi there! Expecting #5. Had severe morning sickness and didn't "break even" on weight until around 18 weeks or so.   At my 32 week appoitment last Fri, my OB noted that I am measuring (fundal height) 1-2 weeks "behind" dates;...

Hi - not sure if reassuring or not, but here's my experience:   I declined the flu vaccine this year, due to my pregnancy. I did swab positive for Influenza A (the more severe strain) just before Christmas. I felt horrible -...