Weekly Chat Thread? - Page 2

[minsca]

DD1 and DD2 are 16 months apart. It was crazy busy the first year. But now they play so sweetly together (a few fights now and then). This age difference will be 24 months between this one and dd2, except I seem to go 3 weeks early so it will probably be 23 months. I'm hoping its a little easier to have a bit more of an age difference, but this time around I'm going to be living really close to family. (as in really close, across the street close) So if I ever need a break, I know the grandparents will be over in a second to help out.

[ShwarmaQueen]

I have to give props to you mommas with babies closer than 2 yrs apart...I get a little crazy with just 1!!!

On a side note, I think someone here in the office is having roadkill for breakfast! : It smells disgusting!!! :Puke

[MrsReady2bMama]

Shwarma that is a good sign!! Is it terrible that I WANT to feel like I'm going to throw up?!

I think having the kids so close in age will be nice when they are older at least Just going to be a rough couple of years probably. DD really does like to "help" already, so hopefully 9 mos from now she is actually able to!!

[ShwarmaQueen]

Originally Posted by MrsReady2bMama

Shwarma that is a good sign!! Is it terrible that I WANT to feel like I'm going to throw up?!

Well I haven't puked yet, but I'll feel a lot more secure when I do too. I have a feeling it's coming soon, as last night's Pei Wei didn't sit well with me and this morning it was still 'digesting'.

[IamPink]

You guys start a chat thread, and just take off!

I also have been way too lazy. I am also sick, sick, sick. Not m/s yet (although I usually get HG so badly that I'm in and out of the hospital) but I have the worst flu/cold/strep throat feeling blah crap ever. I'm so tired, but I can't sleep because I can't breathe through my nose. I have the aches all over and a headache to boot.

My poor IM feels horrible that I'm so sick. I don't take meds (like sudafed stuff) when I'm not pregnant, but she feels so bad that I'm sick now and can't do anything about it. I just keep telling myself that this too shall pass.
Although the kids are loving me being this sick.. dh has been in charge of supper so they've had take out since Saturday. That's gotta stop!!

[brightonwoman]

So, I'm still a little in disbelief over this...it feels like it's been SO LONG since I was really pregnant. (backstory, I had 3 late-term miscariages over 18m before finally conceiving DS2--DS1 is adopted--and now DS2 has just turned 2. We'd hoped to have these kids around 24-30m apart, but this will be 34 months...we've been ttc basically since DS2 was a year old, although I've only been cycling for about 7 months ) ANYWAY, last month I'm sure I was pg though I never got a postive test (long story short, we live in a VERY rural place and I couldn't get my hands on one for over a week and by then it was too late...) BUT, I have tests now, and I took one this morning almost on a whim, and WOW would ya LOOKIT THAT!!!!!

DS2 is still nursing, and I've been trying to night wean him for a few months now, but he's determined about it and even though it went well for a couple of weeks, this last week or so he's been nursing a lot at night. this morning I woke up with the sorest breasts...I'm gonna have to be a little more strict with him about this cuz I can't wake up feeling like that every morning! Given my history of miscarriage I'm also a little concerned about him nursing too much causing problems with the pregnancy...I know it's rare, but it does happen, and he's old enough that making him cut back isn't goign to hurt him.

[minsca]

brightonwoman - so happy to see you here. I remember you thread in TTC last month. I'm glad you got your this month though, because now you are in the amazingly awesome nov ddc! Sending you tons and tons of sticky :

[brightonwoman]

Originally Posted by minsca

brightonwoman - so happy to see you here. I remember you thread in TTC last month. I'm glad you got your this month though, because now you are in the amazingly awesome nov ddc! Sending you tons and tons of sticky :

: ahh, thanks. this time last month was super hard, I'm sure praying I don't get a repeat...Ive got to look at this mnth though, and that helps!

[rrs]

Originally Posted by MrsReady2bMama

Rebecca, your son is v. close in age to my DD. Are you nervous about having your second so soon? We were actually planning to wait a few more months this time around so the kids would be more like 2 1/2 years apart. We really are so thrilled though and I am excited they are going to be so close in age! I went a week early w/ DD so I'm curious if this next babe might end up an Oct babe too...

I'm not too nervous. I'm sure there will be challenges. But, we've been wanting another baby since Carter was 6 months old. I've had lots of time to think about the logistics! My sister and I are 19 months apart, and she and my brother are 23 months apart. My mom always says, each subsequent baby was easier than the last. I tend to be a lot like her, so I'm hoping this will hold true for me, too! The worst part for me with Carter was the anxiety. My mom said the same was true for her.

[QUOTE=MrsReady2bMama;13300697Rebecca I can't imagine how hungry you must be!!!! I remember when I was BF-ing and also tried to work out, I was so hungry that I had to cut out the workouts to control it!![/QUOTE]

I AM hungry Especially due to Carter's dietary restrictions. I'm at least five pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight with him, which was underweight for my height, also. I'm trying to get 2300 calories a day. Only have met that goal once this week :

We are adding milk back in, to see how he reacts. Hopefully I'll be able to keep that in my diet.

[MrsReady2bMama]

IAmPink - I think it is good the thread is weekly or else we'd get lost with all these posts ! I am like you - I never take meds, preggers or not, if I can avoid it. I hope you feel better soon!

Welcome brighton! sticky vibes for you!!!

Rebecca wow, 2300 calories! That definitely is a challenge, especially if you aren't gobbling up cookies and cakes (which is how I would definitely be tempted to make that up!!) I know people think it is so great, and it is nice to be able to eat whatever you want, but I always hated the feeling of being constantly hungry. I'm hoping to avoid that this time around but I can already feel it creeping up on me!

[Lovely]

The constant hunger is starting to drive me crazy -- it is interfering with my sleep!! I usually go to bed around 10pm, and I am getting these intense hunger cravings at 11:30pm. I want to sleep!

I remember from my last pregnancy I had to figure out a rhyme and rhythm to my hunger cravings, and adjust to that. I kinda figured that it would be the same for this one, but the rhythm is different, so I have to go through an adjustment period again, anyway

Only six more weeks, six more weeks

[Shell_Ell]

Yea, hunger here, too. I wake up in the middle of the night wishing I didn't have to walk all the way downstairs to get something to eat.

I started the supplement regimen my midwife encouraged on Tuesday. I am feeling pretty good, actually! Very tired, though. I'm doing an evening postpartum client right now and I was so tired driving home last night at 8:30 pm! The gag reflex also snuck up on me yesterday. No real nausea yet, but definite feelings of funkiness every so often.

I don't know if I mentioned this, but I'm maid of honor in my SIL's wedding on May 9. I'll be I think 13 weeks then. This is my third baby. There's no way that dress will fit!

[MrsReady2bMama]

Major exhaustion for me today! Maybe not my best plan to take DD down to the children's museum for the day and then out to lunch. Means I missed her nap time because she grabbed both of them during the 45 min drive!!

Also definitely mentally being affected - not being able to think of words to complete sentences, etc.

Shell that is crazy!! Hopefully your dress can be altered??!

[greenmom17]

Originally Posted by Shell_Ell

I don't know if I mentioned this, but I'm maid of honor in my SIL's wedding on May 9. I'll be I think 13 weeks then. This is my third baby. There's no way that dress will fit!

This is my third too - I popped earlier with my second, I wonder if the third will pop even sooner?

By 13 weeks you should have a cute little baby bump, not a "hmmm, is she pregnant or eating too many carbs?" kind of bump!

[ShwarmaQueen]

My pants are so tight in the waist! : I'm leaving them unbuttoned (but zipped) today and ordering maternity pants soon...this is annoying! I'm not eating any more, I've actually been eating very healthy and conservative, so I know it could only be my growing uterus!

[thewaggonerfamily]

5 almost 6 weeks, and I'm to the cute baby bump stage. But I'm trying to wait and make people think she's fat and eating too many carbs chub. (Which some of it is!) DH wants to wait as long as possible to tell, but I don't think we are going to be able to wait much longer. I really need to wear maternity clothes, now. The sweats I wore yesterday were straining the limits of the elastic and its just not comfy besides. But maternity clothes will be really obvious, ya know?

[minsca]

I know I'm crazy but I actually can't wait to start showing again. I really want to start wearing my cute maternity outfits again. I do hate that stage though where I look fat and not pregnant. I haven't noticed any tightening of the clothes yet though... Of course all the clothes I currently wear are a couple of sizes too big as I hadn't bought any 'skinny' pants yet, knowing that I was just going to get pregnant eventually. And my usual attire (drawstring pajama's) just doesn't get tight that fast.

[ShwarmaQueen]

Originally Posted by minsca

I know I'm crazy but I actually can't wait to start showing again.

I love the middle preggo stage "aka cute belly", but hate the beginning and the end!

[minsca]

I hate the end stage too! But that's because I just plain hate everything about the end stage. I know... not very gracious or thankful. But I just speak the truth. It would probably help if everytime I got up and did something I didn't get nasty old contractions that make me and everyone else around me start wondering if I'm in actual labour.

[ShwarmaQueen]

Originally Posted by minsca

I hate the end stage too! But that's because I just plain hate everything about the end stage.

I'm just 100% miserable. Puking comes back (indigestion), constipation, sleep problems, body aches all day, sex becomes extremely awkward, and on an on...

I'm not one of those happily 9 mos. preggo kinda ladies for sure.