Preggers Confessions

[mrscompgeek]

Anyone wanna join me in confessing?? Lol Its ok, its just us preggers here. . . We wont judge. :

My confessions-
1- I stopped taking vitamins during the first tri because they made me sick and never started taking them again. I heard too many controversial things about vitamins and certain pills and all the artificial crap so I just didnt resume taking them.

2- I drink a crazy amount (for me at least) of coffee and latte's right now. No idea why. I didnt hardly ever drink coffee before getting pregnant, I just never liked it much but since being pregnant I crave it ALL the time. I limit myself to 2 or 3 times a week but OMG, I would totally drink it everyday if I let myself. Dumb pregnancy cravings!! Here Im trying to be a good little girl and cut out the caffeine and all and my body keeps telling me it likes it.

[Norasmomma]

I've had a craving for Diet Coke which I have not drank since I was like 18, and I LOVE IT!!!!

[Spiralshell]

If I'm being REALLY good, I take my vitamin like every third day.

I drink tea constantly. Especially now that it's summer, lots of iced tea.

Yesterday, lunch was snagged quickly at McD's on the way home from a midwife appointment. I wasn't hungry for dinner at all, but did end up eating a slice of lemon pound cake and a large iced chai. I swear I don't eat like this every day!

In total defiance of the cold-cuts ban, I eat a ham and cheese sandwich several times a week. If I didn't eat cold cuts at all, I think I'd barely get any protein.

[Serenyd]

I eat sushi or is it sashimi? (raw fish) - every chance I get. I still drink coffee, but not everyday. I also forget to take my vitamin a good deal. I'm thinking of starting pregnancy tea, which has a good deal of vitamins/minerals in it also, and I eat fortified cereal, so I don't want to OD.

[Kritto]

I'll join in. I've had sashimi a couple of times this pregnancy. And coldcuts. I drink a cup of green tea most mornings. On a couple long (12+ hour) roadtrips in the past two months I've ordered a mocha - I never drank coffee before this pregnancy.

The big one: I had (most of) a beer last week. I stretched it out for a long time, and didn't get buzzed. But it was so nice, and helped me relax (long story short: both my mom and my dad got remarried within the same frickin' weekend, and we went to all of the festivities. I'd never even met my dad's now-wife, and was feeling antsy and anxious and weird about the whole thing. Hence, the beer helped.)

Oh, and I've gotten scolded for lifting heavy things.

[MerelyGod]

I normally drink tons of coffee. I did drink coffee (though in much lesser amounts) while pregnant with my second, but it makes me really sick this time. I tried switching to green tea, but that makes me sick too! I have been drinking black tea nearly every day. One or two cups.

I have a prenatal that I am supposed to take 4 times per day. I sometimes remember to take it once.

I had beer. I am not a big beer drinker normally, but a few months ago I started craving it like mad. DH would have a bottle and the smell would drive me wild. I had a very small, maybe 2 oz. glass one night, and then the same amount again another time. Then the craving went away.

I don't get nearly enough rest. But then, who does after their first pregnancy?

[Krystal323]

cool thread idea

i have one cup of something caffeinated every day. last year i was drinking a 12-pack of soda + energy drinks a day, so this is a major improvement for me :

i went to a fairly loud concert recently. it was a blue-moon opportunity,and only $10 (!), so we couldn't pass it up. I was uber-tired afterward and probably breathed more second-hand smoke than I have in the past 6 months combined. The last concert we went to was in '06, so it's not like we do this all the time--but i still felt guilty.

i don't really like tea : I know I should be drinking RRL tea regularly, but somehow I just don't make the time to brew it.....i do buy it tho

i keep forgetting to kegel. i know i will be regretting this later

oh, and rest? forget it. i'm in full-time college online, i work part-time, and i have 3 kids at home, two of which will be homeschooled starting in Sept. : sleep is for the weak!

[trinitys_mom]

A PP said they got scolded for heavy lifting...YIKES! My job requires me to lift heavy things and I do it all day. OB says keep doing it, it's good exercise!

I've occasionally stolen a good long gulp of Pepsi here and there from the BF. I've been eating MASS quantities of ice cream and junk food, I just try to make up for it the next day by upping my fruits and veggies.

I forget to take my prenatal vitamin. I eat fortified cereal, so I'm not too worried, but BF gets on my case about forgetting the vitamin. I just...hate them. Bleh.

Also, I never plan on drinking RRL tea. It tastes disgusting to me and my last pregnancy was just fine, as is this one, I don't see a need for it.

Oh I don't kegel every day either....more like every other day.

My biggest confession is that just recently I fell in love with this LO. Sure I might say that I am excited and love her, but it's only started to set in that this is real and that I can love her. I loathed my pregnancy in the beginning and felt resentment towards the whole thing. I guess it's hard to explain. But....everything is fine now and I love her MORE than words can say.

[MerelyGod]

Originally Posted by trinitys_mom

My biggest confession is that just recently I fell in love with this LO. Sure I might say that I am excited and love her, but it's only started to set in that this is real and that I can love her. I loathed my pregnancy in the beginning and felt resentment towards the whole thing. I guess it's hard to explain. But....everything is fine now and I love her MORE than words can say.

I am still waiting for that feeling to hit.

So, I guess another of my confessions would be that I am 28 weeks pregnant and still not even sure I want to have this baby.

[hopeful_mama]

Oh I love this thread. I feel so much better reading it. What a great idea.

I'm not eating a lot of healthy foods - just feeling relieved that I've been eating regularly finally, and gaining a little weight (well lost a little today). I eat Sara Lee coffee cake for lunch most days. We get pizza and cheesybread from Domino's for dinner some nights. (With pepperoni even, not in first tri at least.) I don't get enough protein or vegetables. I do take my vitamins religiously at least...but I wanted to be a super-healthy eater all through the pregnancy. Hah!

I have one or two glasses of caffeinated soda a day. I don't drink a lot of water.

I feel completely overwhelmed about becoming a mother. This is something I'd looked forward to and planned for for years...and now I'm having trouble finding even little things to look forward to about having a baby...sigh. [And yes I'm being treated for prenatal depression - it's much better now but still trying to work through more things.]

[brenna80]

I have done about two and a half kegels this entire time.

I do not eat enough protein.

In the past couple weeks I've gone from thinking that having a baby is the best thing that will ever happen to me and completely what I am meant to do to TOTALLY freaking out and thinking, "Do I really want a kid... oh, well. It's too late now." I feel really guilty about this and am worried about my lack of "connection" to the baby. I can't tell if it's a boy or a girl, the baby doesn't talk to me in my dreams, etc.

[MsVyky]

Oh mamas, I could write a freaking book! LOL.


-This morning, instead of eating a proper breakfast, I laid in bed in a sunbeam, read a really trashy magazine and ate a family sized Hershey bar. LOL.

- I don't take my prenatals. They make me gag and the iron makes me nauseous. I've been taking Flintstones chewables.

-I still lie on my back. I know I SHOULD lie on my left side, but my hips hurt so damn bad and I can feel her moving way easier when I'm on my back.

-I take naps at work when nobody's paying attention. Somehow I've been managing to get away with hour- long+ naps without anybody noticing.

And I'm especially not proud of this one, but I've consistently used being pregnant as an excuse to be lazy and antisocial.

[boobs4milk]

i just ate crunchy peanutbutter and honey on a left over pancake. OH THE SUGAR!!!!

i don't take my prenatals much as they make the acid reflux, bloating, and horrid constipation worse.

i've been getting up a bit more because i've started getting pains in my legs, arms, back, and neck from laying down. not doing much just walking around the house a bit to stretch my aching muscles. since it's only about 20 ft from my spot on the sofa to the bathroom, i wasn't getting enough exercise and i think blood was beginning to pool.

i'm so in love with this baby and SOOOOO glad the cervix/rectum kicks are a thing of the past!!!

[MsVyky]

Oh, and I'm constantly bugging my baby.

I'm paranoid that she's not doing okay, so I'll poke her to wake her up, or I'll slam back a can of coke to get her going.

(Maybe they shouldn't have told me about the uncoiled cord thing)

[kawa kamuri]

Originally Posted by trinitys_mom

My biggest confession is that just recently I fell in love with this LO. Sure I might say that I am excited and love her, but it's only started to set in that this is real and that I can love her. I loathed my pregnancy in the beginning and felt resentment towards the whole thing. I guess it's hard to explain. But....everything is fine now and I love her MORE than words can say.

[mrscompgeek]

Originally Posted by Spiralshell

Yesterday, lunch was snagged quickly at McD's on the way home from a midwife appointment. I wasn't hungry for dinner at all, but did end up eating a slice of lemon pound cake and a large iced chai. I swear I don't eat like this every day!

In total defiance of the cold-cuts ban, I eat a ham and cheese sandwich several times a week. If I didn't eat cold cuts at all, I think I'd barely get any protein.

Im guilty of McD's as well although not as much as usual. And I eat a cold lunch meat sandwich AT LEAST 3 times a week.

Originally Posted by Krystal323

cool thread idea

i keep forgetting to kegel. i know i will be regretting this later

Yeah I totally am not doing the kegel's either. Dont tell my child birth class instructor though. .

Originally Posted by trinitys_mom

I've occasionally stolen a good long gulp of Pepsi here and there from the BF. I've been eating MASS quantities of ice cream and junk food, I just try to make up for it the next day by upping my fruits and veggies.

I have ate more junk food since being pregnant than ever before. It annoys me but hey what can i say??

Originally Posted by hopeful_mama

Oh I love this thread. I feel so much better reading it. What a great idea.

I'm not eating a lot of healthy foods - just feeling relieved that I've been eating regularly finally, and gaining a little weight (well lost a little today). I eat Sara Lee coffee cake for lunch most days. We get pizza and cheesybread from Domino's for dinner some nights. (With pepperoni even, not in first tri at least.) I don't get enough protein or vegetables. I do take my vitamins religiously at least...but I wanted to be a super-healthy eater all through the pregnancy. Hah!

I have one or two glasses of caffeinated soda a day. I don't drink a lot of water.

Ok so Im glad Im not the only one here not getting all my water in. I normally am NOT a pop drinker but this pregnancy for some reason I dont want water. I crave Coke & dr pepper. :
And seriously, we have had more pizza in the last 20 weeks then our whole married life. . .Ok maybe not exactly but close.

[Nature]

Lets see..

I not only do not take my prenatal vitamins, but I've NEVER taken any prenatal vitamins. I hate them, and I believe that my diet is adequate enough. My OB doesn't seem to mind.

I drink a few cans of Dr Pepper a day. I used to drink a few cups of coffee a day but coffee is yucky in pregnancy. I can't even stand the smell still.

I don't drink much water. I hate water. I try to drink more and my legs would love it if I did....but I do not get nearly enough. If I drink 8 oz a day I'm doing good.

I lift things. I move large furniture and carry 60 lb 5 year olds often.

I had a candy bar every single night this past week. And it was yummy.

I haven't taken pregnancy photos of myself yet, even though I should.

I'm finally starting to connect with this baby a little bit. I think finding out the gender helped a lot with that. I wanted another surprise, but I wanted to help the bonding a long a bit.

I waddle.

I'm not a beer drinker, but I took a few sips of someones the other day because it was a new kind and I wanted to try it.

[joyakshi]

me too - after week 6 they made me ill as did everything else and they still do. I'll take a chewable flintstones with folic acid from time to time, but they make me sick too.

My confessions-
1- I stopped taking vitamins during the first tri because they made me sick and never started taking them again. I heard too many controversial things about vitamins and certain pills and all the artificial crap so I just didnt resume taking them.

[joyakshi]

I don't get enough protein either.
Jeeze - I've been feeling naughty for drinking oj and eating yogurt b/c they have sugar.
I have been craving beer - it smells so good but DH won't let me have a sip!
I haven't been dancing at all this pregnancy except teaching which I've stopped now. Between the nausea/heartburn, out-of-breath thing, heart pounding in my ears, painful feet full of pooling blood, I just can't manage a full ballet class. I've been loving the water aerobics and prenatal yoga though. But I feel bad b/c maybe baby wants to dance!
I want to write more in my baby journal.
I haven't bought a thing for baby yet. We're still trying to finish house projects and then remodel the baby room first.

[Conifer]

- I bought prenatal vitamins, but I haven't taken any. I eat my kid's Flintstones vitamins instead ...when I think about it.

- I've been pretty good about caffeine but recently became hooked on those new Frape coffee drinks at McDonalds!

- I have been super lazy about cooking dinner lately and we keep eating the same easy meals (spaghetti, chicken, tacos) and we have been eating out a lot. I've been blaming this on pg tiredness and 3 lively kiddos!

- Last week I ate coffee cake for breakfast 3 times instead of something nutritious (I tried to make up for eat by eating a healthy lunch)

- I haven't really bought anything for the baby yet except for a few cute outfits!
- I have been blaming my excess gas on the dog