Weekly thread, Oct 11 - 18

[jenfl]

Almost 16 weeks, I think? Wow. Can't believe I'm losing count.

I'm feeling movement pretty frequently -- at least once a day, when I'm laying down in the evening, and in the last day or two, other times during the day. Even when I'm not sitting and concentrating on it! Still taking the occasional Zofran and dealing with fall-out aversions (foods that made me sick before). But, in general, I'm doing well nausea- and energy-wise. I'm finally feeling like it's the second trimester!

Now, I just have to decide whether to stick with my midwife or move to another one....

And, wow, my anatomy scan is in just a few weeks!!!!

[bubbamummy]

I'll be 12 weeks tomorrow and still feeling pretty awful. Trying to force myself to do stuff for the sake of my toddler, but I really just wish I could lay in bed all day
I have my 1st scan this week (on Thurs) and im pretty nervous...and excited.

[CherryBomb]

14w2d here. We do 18th century re-enacting and spent the weekend at the Feast of the Hunter's Moon. It was so cold last night I thought I was going to die! And of course my stupid pregnant bladder meant I had to get up twice to go trek through the dark to the nasty porta potty GAG. But other than the cold and some family drama it was fun

[Amandamanda]

17w1d- i seriously cannot believe it.
anatomy scan is tentatively scheduled for the 27th, i'll be 19w3d. i'm going to call on tuesday, because there is a possibility i can get in a few days earlier. i can't wait. i am going crazy not knowing!
movement goes between regular and sporadic still, but its still early enough that im not worried.

[MaterPrimaePuellae]

Originally Posted by CherryBomb

14w2d here. We do 18th century re-enacting and spent the weekend at the Feast of the Hunter's Moon. It was so cold last night I thought I was going to die! And of course my stupid pregnant bladder meant I had to get up twice to go trek through the dark to the nasty porta potty GAG. But other than the cold and some family drama it was fun

Well, that is just awesome! We are moving to an area of VA with all sorts of "living history" parks and farms and what-not, and I have joked with Dh many times that I'm going to drag myself to one of them hugely pregnant and offer to stage a "Colonial Times" birth ... or at least offer the spectacle of a nursing newborn and an adorable toddler in colonial garb. That would be a true dream come true.

[Carita]

Hi girls - spent the weekend up at "camp" - a place my MIL has. DS had a blast, his cousins were there and we let him on some gentle rides with daddy on the four-wheeler around the front yard. he called it a Monster truck LOL. A 2 yo's perspective!

Trying to catch up on posts from last week's thread... a bit behind, I apologize for lack of personals...

Just hit 13 weeks yesterday - Alien was pretty active, but I have barely felt anything the last few days and my nausea is starting to improve, but my prego belly is a bit more obvious, so that is some comfort to me. At least my next MW appt is Friday.

Also ordered some dressier clothing from JCPenny online with a g/c I had. I am giving 2 talks at universities next month and want to look presentable.

Quick WWYD ? - One university will put me up for 1 or 2 nights, I choose, and a nearby Bed and Breakfast. It is about 2.5-3 hours away. My talk is on Tuesday, and then I have a lunch on Wednesday, so I def am staying Tuesday night. Would you send DS to grammy's house for Tuesday night and ask DH to meet me after work at the B&B (about 2-2.5 hrs from his work, and his Wednesday schedule is flexible). Or would you take DS and grammy with you to spend Monday shopping at the outlets near the school for maternity clothes and baby clothes (the maternity clothes are her treat), and stay both Monday and Tuesday nights at the B&B with them?

Hmmm... maybe the answer is none of the above... maybe I can convince Grammy and DS to come down for the first night, and DH for the second night? and then have the best of both worlds...

[GreenTeaGinger61]

[Hmmm... maybe the answer is none of the above... maybe I can convince Grammy and DS to come down for the first night, and DH for the second night? and then have the best of both worlds...[/QUOTE]

I like this option.

[Dena]

Carita, I would go for the "best of both worlds" choice too!

I can't believe how close some of you are to your anatomy scans! I am jealous!

However, I am also happy - 12 weeks today! Though honestly 13 feels more like the end of the first trimester to me, but this still feels like a milestone!

I see my dr. tomorrow, and I am excited about that too. It is a two OB practice and so far I have just seen the other one, whom I like, but the dr. I see tomorrow is the one who attended dd2's birth, and I really like him. He is very kind and caring, and helped me have an awesome birth.

Then on Tuesday is the N/T scan, which I am still conflicted about. BUT, it is one of the two tests (the other is the GTT) that my dr. is pretty adamant about. And since he has given me no grief about refusing any other tests, including the quad screen, I figure I will go along with this. Hopefully all will look normal, just like last time, and we can move on!

And I have felt some flutters that I THINK could be babies. But still a bit early to tell for sure - plus I have been pretty gassy, so it could be that too.

[justamama]

Carita- definitely go with the best of both worlds scenario if possible!

I'm 14w6d and am still getting nauseous and gaggy, but the actual puking seems to have passed. The pain while nursing, however, just keeps getting worse. DD2 is asking less and less and while that's nice for my comfort, I'd really rather she keep nursing during cold/flu season with a little more frequency.

My Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction is starting up again. At 14 weeks. GRRR! I had it pretty bad by the third trimester last time, and it just started last night and its been bad all day today. I've got muscle relaxers that are safe to take left from our car accident we were in 2 months ago, so I am taking them at night to help me be able to sleep and get out of bed unassisted in the morning. And I'm calling around to find a chiro experienced in treating SPD tomorrow. Then I'll have to try and find my support belt or buy a new one.

I am probably calling to schedule our 20 week scan sometime this week. We're still torn on whether or not we're finding out the gender. Part of me wants to, part of me doesn't. We're all so set to this baby being a girl. With our hunches and the Intelligender both saying girl,we've already started talking about a baby sister, referring the baby as she, etc. It might be good to be able to have time to adjust if its a boy. Not that it would be much of one- we've both dreamed of having a little boy. We don't care either way, but it might be nice to help the girls prepare a little better if its not really a girl. Hmm...

In other news, I start my second full week at work tomorrow. I still feel like a fish out of water (I'm working as a residential assistant/coach with mentally ill adults.), and wish my training had been a bit more thorough. Thankfully my mom works there too, so I can get some off-the-clock training to fill in some of the blanks for me! I think I'm really going to enjoy it, which is good because it is so hard for me to pull myself away from the kids to work!

[Carley]

I finally did the prediction thingy:

"The day you deliver, outside will be windy. Your baby will arrive in the morning.

After a labor lasting approximately 17 hours, your child, a girl, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and will be 20 inches long. This child will have blue eyes and some very fine hair."


17 hours! That's uh... shorter than last time! Awesome

I can't wait to have my scan either! I don't schedule mine - my midwife just writes me an authorization & I go downtown to the U/S tech Nothing for me until after my appointment on the 30th! That's almost 3 weeks away! Man!

I think I gained a pound this weekened We had 2 date nights which involved crispy pork belly, a whole mess of puerto rican food, homemade cookies and artisnal ice cream

[momma2girls]

what is this predictor thingy? i missed it somewhere....

I am doing pretty well, will be 16 wks this week. I am feeling movement at least once a day more if I pay attention. My belly is starting to become hard to hide at work actually I think it may be closer to impossible! At home in my regular clothes is it obvious.
We are taking the older two girls to a renaissance festival today. Their dad has never been and it has been 8 years since I have been. They are looking forward to it. We were going to take all three but decided we didn't want to fight with the littlest and the crowd and it would be safer for her to stay with papa.

[Peace+Hope]

justmama, so sorry to hear about the SPD, especially this early! do you think the chiro will help relieve it? i really hope so.

cherrybomb, that looks cool. does everyone who attends participate fully, or are some people just observing? mater, heh, that sounds awesome. i'm imagining dressing up as a barmaid/wench with a newborn just for giggles, and photos of course.

still so happy to hear those of you who had really bad sickness feeling better, or at least on the way to better.

i'm one day shy of 14 weeks, up at 4am with..... nausea... most intense yet - tmi: dry heaving - and i ate a whole cup of yogurt at 10:30pm! does anyone think it could be related to not getting enough fluids? i am NOT drinking the recommended amount of fluids, but am peeing so much, especially at night, and almost completely clear, almost odorless urine, that it feels silly to drink more than i already am!

btw, i'm drinking water, pregnancy teas, occasional decaf coffee and/or juice, and milk. it just seems like if i'm peeing the way/color/odor i am, i'm certainly not in danger of not getting enough for a healthy pregnancy.

opinions welcome!

[arabellalysette]

14w4days today.In 2 weeks exactly I go to OB and hopefully baby cooperates and we get to find out gender.
I have been so sick for a few days now,my 4 girls had the swine flu so I was up and down all night checking on them,cleaning up throw up and cuddling them when they really felt awful and you all know its so hard to do all that when your feeling like dealth yourself lol.

I hope this cough goes away asap cuz it is killing my chest and ribs.Ok better hit the hay it is not 2:39am and I have to get up at 7 to get the girls ready for school.They have been out since tuesday

[Carita]

add me to the list of being in awe of those mamas scheduling anatomy scans already! I have to go to another hospital for mine about 1 hr away where they have the equipment to do a detailed heart scan because of family history. So I am a bit more anxious than excited.

Thanks ginger, dena, justmama - I think you are right! I am working on the logistics now. Nov is a busy time of year for DH despite his flexibility, and of course vacation time is precious...

arebellalysette hope you are all feeling better soon

DH was getting cranky last night - and he is normally a patient wonderful man, I knew he was tired and stressed, so I sent him to bed with DS. :P He said he had a lot to do for work, so I told him I'd get out of his hair. I called my mom and was going to go over to her house, but then I mentioned food shopping, and my mom said she had to go in town too to food shop, and so she is going to stop by and take me and DS with her. (town & the grocery store is about 35 min from her house and about 20 min from mine). I bet we will probably stay in town for lunch too.

Hope you guys are enjoying your holiday weekends.

[CherryBomb]

Originally Posted by MaterPrimaePuellae

I have joked with Dh many times that I'm going to drag myself to one of them hugely pregnant and offer to stage a "Colonial Times" birth ... or at least offer the spectacle of a nursing newborn and an adorable toddler in colonial garb. That would be a true dream come true.

Well, the shift does make it easy to nurse, just untie it and out comes the boob

[Unicorn75]

No holiday weekend here, I am at work!

I feel so much better, emotionally and physically, than last week! We did not get the house, but thumper is healthy, and that is the big thing! Both DH and I went through shockwaves of "Hey, it's all OK", and "wow, a boy!" throughout the weekend. MIL has already been shopping, and the new kiddo has 3 pairs of shoes and several outfits.

This was also a banner weekend for eating. I woke up on Sat morning, and DD asked for oatmeal (usual major food aversion). It sounded good! So, I made oatmeal, and ate it!. Then went and had Indian food for dinner, delicious! Sun morning, woke up and made waffles. Also scrubbed the bathroom, did laundry, cleaned and vacuumed, and otherwise straightened up the disaster area that has been our house.

Looking forward to a boring, normal week!

[CherryBomb]

Originally Posted by Peace+Hope

cherrybomb, that looks cool. does everyone who attends participate fully, or are some people just observing?

There are vendors selling foods and all sorts of things (ceramics, woodworking stuff, blacksmithing, whitesmithing, etc), then re-enactors like us who dress up and camp out all weekend (and since we're military, we do mock battles, too), and it's all open to the public (for a fee ) So the public comes in and eats and buys stuff and there are all sorts of programs and things, too. This year they had an area with a recreated Wea (native people in this area) village, they always have all sorts of educational stuff. It's run by the county historical society and so proceeds from the gate fees go to fund them.

[smeisnotapirate]

Jealous of all the reenactment stuff! We can't afford to go to the PA Ren Faire this year - it's a fantastic faire (oooh, alliteration), but a bit pricey for us at this point.

We had a 2 day yom tov (holiday) so I was out of commission all weekend. We're moving into the new house on Friday, and I have ONE box packed. I need to just start throwing books and stuff into the car and go.

DS and I were sick this weekend - weird sick. Just a fever and nausea. No cold or flu symptoms or anything. Seems to have gone away, so that's good.

[leavemealone]

I am just excited to go to the dr tomorrow and hear the heartbeat. That is, if the office didn't mess up my appt. I canceled an appt that was scheduled for last Wed, but kept the appt scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday). They called last Tuesday to remind me of my appt on Wednesday (that I'd already canceled). I got to thinking about it and I am concerned they canceled the wrong appt. There will be one angry, hormonal pregnant woman in the office tomorrow if they did that. LOL

I have not yet decided if I want to do another homebirth or a hospital birth. My doula came to my house on Friday and we talked about it a bit. She admitted that my birth in Dec traumatized her a bit, but she also said that once the baby was out, that it explained why I was in so much pain (posterior baby). I'm still not sure what to do, but I have a little bit of time. I am gathering contact info for other midwives in the area. I am not opposed to using the same one, but I just want to know more of my options.

[Pepper44]

Oh, the re-enactment and Renaissance festival sound like so much fun!! I've always wanted to be one of the actors at those things. We have a civil war re-enactment here that happens once a year (I think) in Perryville. It's a famous battle site. Every year I swear I will go to it, and then I miss it and swear I will make it next year.

We also have Fort Boonesborough near here, which is a historical fort with actors and many interesting historical displays set up. It's open year round. They are having a big celebration of something (missed exactly what) this weekend. I think it's the birthday of Daniel Boone? I would love to go, but I still feel so sick and miserable. I can't stop gagging and I'm exhausted. 13 weeks today...hopefully I'll feel better oh...any second now!

I'm desperately hoping to feel better before October is over because we have to take DD to the orchard to pick out a pumpkin and pick apples! We had so much fun last year. And...I need a fried apple pie. NEED.

I can't believe how many of you are so close to your anatomy scans! I'm jealous, and excited for everyone. I'm hopefully going to schedule my scan for 19 weeks, just before Thanksgiving. I'm going to see if I can get it scheduled when I go to my next appointment on the 30th. Then I'll have a date to count down towards. I still can't believe this is actually happening.