Nov 9-14 Weekly Check In Thread

[Surfacing]

Well it's Nov 9 and I'm going back to work today so I won't be around in the a.m. to start the thread. Since it's midnight, I thought I'd start it.

Going to bed shortly. I hope all of you are in bed right now having a goooood sleep!

[bjorker]

I'm going to re-post this. I posted it a few days ago in one of these threads but it was later on at night and I don't think most people saw it (which is part of my point!):

Can I make a suggestion? Just my opinion!
Many of the DDCs have a weekly thread instead of a daily one, and I was thinking that might be a little bit easier to keep up with. Plus, the people that post later on at night would be more likely to have their posts seen.

Thoughts?

[Surfacing]

[welsh]

Well I'm back to reality after my first girl's weekend since DS was born. I missed him but he did great with DH.
Oh except for when DH slipped down the last 4 stairs whilst carrying DS! DS couldn't walk on his foot and DH called me, distraught and not knowing what to do! He took him to the clinic and the foot was only bruised...hmm.
Haven't been to get my pg confirmed yet. BFF brought a Clear Blue test with conception indicator to Berlin and it said that I'm 6+ weeks so those Russian tests were right!
Morning nausea was about to start at this time when I was pg with DS so waiting to see...

[slgt]

Happy to see a weekly check-in instead of daily - I think the daily is a lot more useful at the other end, when (hopefully!) we're giving birth in droves.

Starting to have some of my first recognizable hormone-induced symptoms...can't eat garlic (maybe TMI, but I get very bloated when I do!). And I've been tearing up at everything! News stories about the Berlin wall, muppets footage from the Jim Henson farewell, news stories about the NOLA Saints...it's ridiculous!

5 weeks today, still no nausea. Fingers crossed.

[TopHat]

I'm a little surprised. I got up and threw up last night. I'm only at 5 and a half weeks and with my DD, I didn't get nauseous until 8 weeks! I'm wondering if it's pregnancy related or something like regular food poisoning. I haven't been eating well this weekend because we had some family in town and there were parties and such.

Got out my gingersnaps, though. Ginger is supposed to help with nausea.

And if this is my morning sickness, I am NOT ready for it. Can someone tell my body to hold off a little bit?

ETA: Just got a text message from someone who was also at the party and said they felt sick last night. Maybe it was just food poisoning after all.

[LittleBirdy]

I can't seem to shake my paranoia about the bean not sticking

Every time I go to the bathroom I worry that I will see blood. I haven't even called the midwife yet because I am so afraid by the time I get in to see her I will miscarry. I know this is irrational... anyone have any tips on how to calm down?

I am 4w2d today. I wish I hadn't tested so early. I have only known I was pregnant for a week and it seems like an eternity!

[NotBroken]

Originally Posted by LittleBirdy

I can't seem to shake my paranoia about the bean not sticking

Every time I go to the bathroom I worry that I will see blood. I haven't even called the midwife yet because I am so afraid by the time I get in to see her I will miscarry. I know this is irrational... anyone have any tips on how to calm down?

I am 4w2d today. I wish I hadn't tested so early. I have only known I was pregnant for a week and it seems like an eternity!

I can relate to this entirely. I just had an early miscarriage last month and it was quite devastating for our family. We were so excited to have our much coveted June baby and thankfully it didn't take long for me to get pregnant again.

In fact, my period wasn't due until tomorrow, (my birthday) and I wasn't planning on testing at all this time because while it is wonderful to know early, it is awful to know almost a week longer and be that much more attached to the thought of baby #2.

I think I will start feeling more comfortable after week 6 since I miscarried at 5w3d (or at least that was when I started to bleed and my HCG was at a 20). I think constantly about having betas done, just incase...

But on the bright side, I am already starting to feel nauseous and bloated which is something I never felt with the miscarried pregnancy. I was so excited not to be feeling sick last time, but I think now I will see the blessing in having the sickness because it means the hormone levels are good.

[Blanca78]

Originally Posted by LittleBirdy

I can't seem to shake my paranoia about the bean not sticking

Every time I go to the bathroom I worry that I will see blood. I haven't even called the midwife yet because I am so afraid by the time I get in to see her I will miscarry. I know this is irrational... anyone have any tips on how to calm down?

I am 4w2d today. I wish I hadn't tested so early. I have only known I was pregnant for a week and it seems like an eternity!

Oh, LittleBirdy, I'm with you on that. I keep asking myself, "Do I feel pregnant"? I'm 5 weeks, 1 day today. Soreness in my breasts seems to come and go. No nausea. Tiredness, but not anything too out of the ordinary. Hungry a lot, but I always have had a huge appetite/fast metabolism. Constipation, maybe, but not so horribly noticeable that I can say for sure it's worse than it might be otherwise due to stress or whatever. My nightmare is that I'll go into my first appointment at the beginning of December and they'll tell me the baby has died, or that it was a blighted ovum. I just want some reassurance that my hormone levels are doing what they should.

I keep telling myself plenty of people report having no symptoms at all until later along.

[tarasattva]

The other day I was trying to remember whether I was this obsessed about the bean sticking with my last pregnancy, and what I realized was that with my last one I assumed that if I wasn't bleeding then everything was ok.

Now that I'm 'oh so much wiser', I know that doesn't mean jack.

Since there's really nothing I can do to re-assure myself (short of labeling myself high risk and going in for U/S everyweek - don't think it hasn't crossed my mind) I'm really trying to focus on being positive and enjoying the process.

I am pretty sure that DH and I will stop at 2 kiddos, so if everything works out this will be my last pregnancy - and since I love being pregnant I want to remember every wonderful moment of this pregnancy rather than worry about everything that could go wrong and looking back on 9 months of nothing but worry.

Now if only the intention were enough to make it so....

[ScarletBegonias]

Originally Posted by TopHat

Got out my gingersnaps, though. Ginger is supposed to help with nausea.

ETA: Just got a ge from someone who was also at the party and said they felt sick last night. Maybe it was just food poisoning after all.

food poisoning is the pits!

there have been a few studies (will try to dig them up and post them) linking ginger to m/c.

i know, i know, WHY does everyone recommend ginger if it's so? it's just another one of those anomalies where studies say one thing, but whatever is going on is so widespread that the research is not paid attention to.

i've been reading Holistic Midwifery and Anne Frye talks about 3rd baby syndrome. when a mama has had 2 healthy, great pregnancies and births ans she just can't shake the worry that she's "due" for something to go wrong.

man, am i feeling that now! i was soooooo worried when i was pg wth dd, and when i got pg with ds, i was kind of like "oh well if something happens before 12 weeks, my body just has a hard time keeping a sticky baby"

and now, i am worried sick and so anxious. i wish i could just be at peace and accepting. but i at least feel a little better knowing i just have 3rd baby syndrome!

[welsh]

Originally Posted by slgt

And I've been tearing up at everything! News stories about the Berlin wall, muppets footage from the Jim Henson farewell, news stories about the NOLA Saints...it's ridiculous!

5 weeks today, still no nausea. Fingers crossed.

I was in Berlin this weekend! I was so emotional the whole time!

[TopHat]

Originally Posted by ScarletBegonias

food poisoning is the pits!

there have been a few studies (will try to dig them up and post them) linking ginger to m/c.

And I was looking forward to gingerbread season during my nausea time! I've got to look up some studies myself on RRL... So fun.

[rightkindofme]

This morning we walked to the thrift store, then the post office, then the grocery store. The trip is around three miles. It took us three flippin hours. At the end I am so tired I can barely see straight, yet I'm not in bed yet. I'm kind of lame sometimes.

[shoefairy3]

I just got my official (+) yesterday. My EDD is July 22nd. Last pregnancy I was nearly considered diabetic (gestational) so I have already restarted my meal plan and boy is it depressing. I know it is the best thing to watch and plan what I eat very carefully, but it is so hard, especially with the hoidays coming up and all the goodies I can't eat.

[*KaiMom*]

Pregnancy symptoms are in full force now for me. I was just commenting at my LLL Thursday how great I was feeling. Now I am totally exhausted all day and sick. Wearing my seabands and drinking a little caffeine to get through the day is all I can do at this point.

LittleBirdy-I do the same thing everytime I'm in the bathroom. I've never had a mc or any bleeding in pregnancy but I'm still worried. Hang in there you'll be feeling the baby moving in no time!

[othersomethings]

Hi mamas!

Yesterday making scrambled eggs for DD I got my first bout of nausea. So that's...there now.

Also talked to the girl from my church who is a Doula, and asked to have a meeting with her and if she'd be available in July

[bjorker]

Originally Posted by ScarletBegonias

i've been reading Holistic Midwifery and Anne Frye talks about 3rd baby syndrome. when a mama has had 2 healthy, great pregnancies and births ans she just can't shake the worry that she's "due" for something to go wrong.

That's really interesting, because that's exactly how I feel right now, even though this is only #2 for me. I feel like everyone I know that has at least one kid already has had something go wrong (m/c, stillbirth, etc) and thus I am tempting fate by having another. It doesn't really make sense because that stuff can happen at anytime, when trying for #1 or #8... happening once or happening many times, or never happening at all... but because I had my one uncomplicated birth that now anything can happen.

That's all my underlying fear, though, I don't literally get up in the morning and go about my day expecting something to go wrong at any second (although I still check TP when I pee, and so on, so it's *there*).

In reality I know that there's nothing I can do to stop it if that's what's going to happen, so I'm just trying to let it go as much as I can and enjoy what I do have.

[tarasattva]

So this weekend while I was at the grocery I was really drawn to the grapefruits - weird b/c I don't really like grapefruits at the best of times and let's just say my stomach hasn't been the best lately. But whatever, I felt like I needed to pick up a couple and figured if I didn't eat them my DH or DD would.

So a couple of hours ago I just had. to. have. a grapefruit. Was a bit nauseous as I peeled it but couldn't stop myself ate the whole thing in record time (although I'll admit to peeling the section dividers (whatever they're called) off the last few pieces and just eating the yummy insides).

And now? My sour stomach is completely gone.

Apparently my screwed up body needed a great big dose of acid to get rid of my acid stomach....

Weird.

[rightkindofme]

Originally Posted by shoefairy3

I just got my official (+) yesterday. My EDD is July 22nd. Last pregnancy I was nearly considered diabetic (gestational) so I have already restarted my meal plan and boy is it depressing. I know it is the best thing to watch and plan what I eat very carefully, but it is so hard, especially with the hoidays coming up and all the goodies I can't eat.

That's rough. I'm not great at self control so that would be just plain awful for me.