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post #21 of 63

Hi mamas! Excited to be here for the second time around. I just took the test tonight, and while I was already pretty sure I was pregnant, it was awesome for it to be confirmed :-)

 

While my due date according to the "date of last period" would be the end of September, I'm fairly confident when I conceived, which would put me at the beginning of October. Since DS was a week late, I'm thinking it's safer to be here anyway. Hope you'll have me joy.gif

 

 

As far as the questions go...

 

Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer? 

Yes still to coffee though trying to gradually decrease to decaf, had a ton of sashimi the other night but probably won't do much raw fish from here forward (so hard, I looooove sushi), and now that I know for sure I'm pregnant, I won't be drinking much wine or beer until 3rd trimester (and then it will be only occasional treats :-)

 

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

So far only one. It's still early though. 

 

How is your partner handling the pg?

He's psyched, but like a lot of other partners, worried about finances since we are paying for midwife out of pocket and I have to get regular health insurance now as back up.

 

Do you touch your belly?

Just started too. It's nice :-)

 

Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

Hard to say, but when I think about all the magic that's going on, it's hard not too feel it!

 

Looking forward to getting closer to ya'll. This is my outlet too since I'm not planning on telling anyone until 12 weeks (if I can wait that long before showing!)

 

 

post #22 of 63

Oh and as far as supplements go, just started taking New Chapter prenatal vitamin again, Omega3s, red raspberry/nettle tea combo and Floradex. That's basically what I did with DS and felt very healthy the whole pregnancy. 

post #23 of 63

> Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

I've cut way down on coffee in the morning. I do love my Starbucks and lattes just aren't the same with decaf. Sadness. I drink unsweetened iced tea throughout the day, so I'm going to have to start brewing decaf black tea as it's difficult to find large containers of decaf unsweetened!

No sushi - though this will be hard mid-day as LOVE WFM sushi :)

I'm not much of a drinker, and my SO if straight edge, so it's pretty easy to keep away. Our wedding is in 8 days though so I'll be sad without a little glass of something to calm the nerves before the ceremony!


> How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

I keep thinking it's in my head... but during the day I'm going all the time.
 

> How is your partner handling the pg?

He's so excited!!! Though I think he would show it more if he wasn't so stressed about work and wedding prep. I'm looking forward to all the baby talk we'll do on our honeymoon.

 

> Do you touch your belly?

I feel silly when I do. I'm afraid to get attached in case it just doesn't take. I don't want to be so worried about a miscarriage that I don't enjoy the pregnancy. I think I just need to give myself a time out a touch my damn belly :)
 

> Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

Mostly light cramps, but there is a constant feeling that something is going on in there. It's comforting.
 

> Are you taking a prenatal vitamin? Folic acid? Other?

I work in the natural supplement industry! <3 this questions. It's the first time in a long time that I'm actually happy to swallow a cup full of pills. I'm taking Pure Essence Two N Only Prenatal (a great choice for those who want more than a one a day but don't want to have to take 6 a day), Country Life and/or Minami high EPA fish oils (mainly for mood, I'll switch to a high DHA later on), Whole Foods Market Folic Acid, Jarrow Formulas Vitamin D3, MegaFoods Blood Builder (non constipating formula - as it's from whole food).

post #24 of 63

> Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

I've cut way down on coffee in the morning. I do love my Starbucks and lattes just aren't the same with decaf. Sadness. I drink unsweetened iced tea throughout the day, so I'm going to have to start brewing decaf black tea as it's difficult to find large containers of decaf unsweetened!

No sushi - though this will be hard mid-day as LOVE WFM sushi :)

I'm not much of a drinker, and my SO if straight edge, so it's pretty easy to keep away. Our wedding is in 8 days though so I'll be sad without a little glass of something to calm the nerves before the ceremony!


> How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

I keep thinking it's in my head... but during the day I'm going all the time.
 

> How is your partner handling the pg?

He's so excited!!! Though I think he would show it more if he wasn't so stressed about work and wedding prep. I'm looking forward to all the baby talk we'll do on our honeymoon.

 

> Do you touch your belly?

I feel silly when I do. I'm afraid to get attached in case it just doesn't take. I don't want to be so worried about a miscarriage that I don't enjoy the pregnancy. I think I just need to give myself a time out a touch my damn belly :)
 

> Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

Mostly light cramps, but there is a constant feeling that something is going on in there. It's comforting.
 

> Are you taking a prenatal vitamin? Folic acid? Other?

I work in the natural supplement industry! <3 this questions. It's the first time in a long time that I'm actually happy to swallow a cup full of pills. I'm taking Pure Essence Two N Only Prenatal (a great choice for those who want more than a one a day but don't want to have to take 6 a day), Country Life and/or Minami high EPA fish oils (mainly for mood, I'll switch to a high DHA later on), Whole Foods Market Folic Acid, Jarrow Formulas Vitamin D3, MegaFoods Blood Builder (non constipating formula - as it's from whole food).

post #25 of 63

So how many Jen, Jennifer, Jenny's do we have here? LOL!

I told my ten yo ds today. Couldn't keep it a secret. Told him not to tell his sister, we'll see how he does with that! Him and I had our one on one day today and were playing twenty questions while we were eating dinner. His object that he had me guess was the baby. <3. I asked him if it was alive. Yes. Is it someone we know? No. Is it someone famous? No. Is it an adult? No. A child? No. And at that I guessed right! So cute! I told him that one of the hardest things about being pg was waiting to meet the babe, but I once I met him that I was just so happy to be his mama. :)

post #26 of 63
Thread Starter 
Fun to see everyone's responses! Welcome to the DDC, Mama_Wolf!

OK is it time to start an official roster yet? energy.gif
post #27 of 63

Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer? 

No - but I don't normally.

 

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

Well, I never really slowed down after ds was born - sigh. I'm up at least once a night, last night - 3 times.

 

How is your partner handling the pg?

Super excited.

 

Do you touch your belly?

Not yet, oh wait, I laid in bed last night rubbing my belly.

 

Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

Not yet.

 

Supplements

Fish oil, prenatal multi

post #28 of 63

Hey, does anyone have a good pregnancy tea recipe?  I know about the benefits of RRT, nettles, etc and I can buy pre-made teas but I think it would be cheaper and more convenient to make in bulk. 

post #29 of 63

Morning sickness today! More like entire day sickness. How am I supposed to get through work?!

post #30 of 63

Hi Everyone!

 

I am here to chat and obsess alongside you! :) I am a mother of 3, and recently have had a hard time with un-sticky babies. (3 lost in 6 months!) We're expecting again-this will be our last try to finish-out our family, so it's a tie-breaker. I'll either have 4 children, or 4 miscarriages!

 

With all 6 of my pregnancies, I got a  BFP really early-around dpo 10 I think. But with this one, I was BFN until day 15! So weird when I saw that line...I kept testing because I was not myself and just knew I had to be preggers!

 

I am pretty concerned about my lack of symptoms, but keep reminding myself that if the baby implanted later than average, my symptoms could be a couple of days behind.

 

What I have noticed:

 

NO breast soreness. not even a little! Slightly veiny, but no darkness or soreness. This has me pretty worried.

 

I'm having some cramping-which is not followed by bleeding, but it's still disconcerting after so many losses.:(

 

I am extremely tired, cranky and short tempered. I am also eating weird things-like green olives and ice cream...

 

I also have pretty consistent headaches and a touch of heartburn...

 

I really hope this is a sticky baby...first appointment is next Wednesday!

 

Thanks for listening-can't wait to hear more!

 

Marcie

post #31 of 63

Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

No, no and no. But I also don't when I'm not pregnant. :) Still drinking Coke though.

 

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

I wake up to go by 2:30.

 

How is your partner handling the pg?

Cautiously excited. We've been trying for 18 months, did IF treatment and had a m/c in August--he won't get too excited till he sees a HB.

 

Do you touch your belly?

Nope.

 

Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

Nope. Just cramps. My uterus cramps at the drop of a hat, so it means nothing. I'm also slightly nauseated and tired (annoyingly, the nausea hits around 5pm, which is not good for dinner). My progesterone was 30, though, which is higher than usual for me.

post #32 of 63

Sorry! I forgot to answer the questions!

 

Are you drinking coffee? No, but I don't when I'm not preggers anyway. Can't handle caffeine.

 

Sushi? This is my vice. I LOVE sushi and live in a very multicultural area, so getting GOOD sushi is easy. Luckily, I love avocado-so I'm fine with having avo sushi for awhile.:)

 

Wine/Beer? No-but don't drink anyway.

 

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night? I still do not have frequent urination. Though I did get up at 4am last night....

 

How is your partner handling the pg? He is very reserved because we've lost 3 in such a short time...but if this is a sticky bean, he'll be thrilled!

 

Do you touch your belly? Sometimes.:)

 

Do you "feel" magic go on in there? I did at first-and now, I'm so frazzled with my own anxieties that I can't "tune in"...

post #33 of 63

I'm still letting this pregnancy sink in. Sometimes I think that maybe I just dreamt I'm preganat but that doesn't seem to be the case! Yeah!!!

 

Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

I'm still drinking coffee though I'll wean off of it. With DD morning sickness quickly made it very undesirable!

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

None yet! Hoping that doesn't start for a bit!

How is your partner handling the pg?

Really happy and slightly stressed! :)

Do you touch your belly?

At night as I'm falling asleep. I like to think about the little being in there as I fall asleep.

Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

I'm not feeling much yet!

post #34 of 63

Hi ladies!  Can't wait to spend the next nine-ish months chatting with you all! 

 

Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

I quit drinking coffee when we started TTC, over a year ago.  I don't like sushi, so that's a no.  And I quit drinking at the start of this 2ww. 

 

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

So far just one per night... but how about I had to stop the car three times on a four hour trip today.  Ridiculous. 

 

How is your partner handling the pg?

Ecstatic!

 

Do you touch your belly?

Sometimes... mostly when I'm driving.

 

Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

Occasionally I'll feel some "twinges" down there, but nothing recently. 

post #35 of 63

Just saw in your siggy that your due on your anniversary! Cool!

post #36 of 63
Thread Starter 
Has anyone seen "One Born Every Minute"? It's a new reality TV show on lifetime (looks like it was copied from brit ch. 4) set in a maternity ward in Ohio. The first episode is a free download on iTunes.

censored.gif that was annoying! Showed three births: one voluntarily fully-medicated; one "forced" c-section after failure to progress w/large baby; and one first-timer with doula & birthplan who insisted on going as naturally as possible. The first woman was hilarious and seemed to get through the whole thing quickly and with a sense of humor. The second struggled a bit, but kept a sense of humor too. The third labored for like 20 hours and during which time the entire nursing staff were rolling their eyes at her, or so the editing made it seem. Oh yea, and the "crazy lady" was past due so she had come in to be induced. Her nurse was particularly infuriating - pushy and scolding. (The CNM who did the actual delivery seemed lovely, but she wasn't around for the majority of the labor.) The clear take-home message was that opting for fully-medicated birth or trying for natural birth but submitting to surgical birth when it becomes necessary are both completely legitimate options, but laboring for *gasp* 20 hours and periodically going off monitors, wanting to avoid intervention, is just pigheaded and foolish.

Someone please tell me not everyone who wants a low-intervention birth gets treated like this in the hospital. Hospital birth is not my first choice, but I'd really like to keep some hope that it's not going to suck completely if, for some reason, I have to go.
post #37 of 63

> Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

I don't drink coffee. I'll have one soda a day usually. I did give up Red Bull. I'm a vegetarian, so no fish for me anyway.. and no alcohol either.


> How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

One, usually.
 

> How is your partner handling the pg?

He's excited, but this is his 4th. Old news by now. ;)

 

> Do you touch your belly?

Once in a while. I can't wait for it to be huge. :D
 

> Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

Nah. I wouldn't consider the random stabbing pains and slight cramps to be magic. lol
 

> Are you taking a prenatal vitamin? Folic acid? Other?

New Chapter prenatals for me. Until they run out. And then I may just switch to a one-a-day.

 

 

 

Capretta - I heard about that on another forum I'm on. Sounds like a show I should avoid if I don't want to be annoyed. lol

post #38 of 63

Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

Nope. But I didn't drink much coffee before. I never drink beer or wine (though I've had to give up hard liquor. LOL! I'm not a big sushi fan.

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

Usually once at night. I used to be able to sleep all night without that but not anymore.

How is your partner handling the pg?

He's thrilled! He's nervous, of course, but he is very happy smile.gif

Do you touch your belly?

Sometimes. DP started talking to my belly the day I got my BFP.

Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

I feel pulling and stretching and just "different".

Vitamins? Prenatals?

I'm taking a gummy prenatal every other day. On the other days I take Flintstone Complete. I have to do the combination because the prenatal doesn't have iron (which I really need). But the Flintstone doesn't have DHA, the prenatal does.

post #39 of 63

Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

Nope. Due to medical conditions, I can't have coffee or alcohol anyway. Although now I have a craving for sushi!

 

 

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

None yet.

 

How is your partner handling the pg?

He's ecstastic.

 

Do you touch your belly?

Not really. My DH kisses it though.

 

Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

I feel SUPER focused on what's going on in there! Every twinge is cause for concern. I need to chill out.

 

Vitamins? Prenatals? 

I'm currently taking folic acid and probiotics. I can't take most prenatals as I can't take Vit. C... my gyno just prescribed me one without C though, so I'm hopeful I'll be able to handle it.

post #40 of 63

Are you drinking coffee? Sushi? Wine/Beer?

No coffee, but I only drink it as a treat normally. I am still drinking tea, but have switched to herbal, white, and green tea. No sushi, no wine or beer - maybe a glass of wine in 3rd tri, we will see.

 

How many trips to the bathroom do you take a night?

One, when DS wakes me up to nurse. This is actually pretty typical.

 

How is your partner handling the pg?

He is excited, but every once in  a while when DS is being a handful he jokes that we must be nuts to have another.

 

Do you touch your belly?

A little. I cannot wait for it to be big and round.

 

Do you "feel" magic go on in there?

No, not really.

 

Vitamins? Prenatals? 

I take Super Nutrition One a Day Prenatal and have been for a while, I also take a Whole Food Fish Oil once a day.