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[BubbleMa]

Originally Posted by Plummeting 

Probably reflux. That happens starting very early in pregnancy for many women - long before the baby's big enough to be pushing on anything. It's just because of all the digestive muscles relaxing. It won't get better any time soon if that's what it is. lol Reflux does not always cause a feeling of heartburn. Often it can cause a weird sort of nausea or just a bad taste in the mouth.

Blech.  This feeling is so yucky.  I'd almost rather just have regular heartburn.  At least then I can drink a little milk and it goes away.

Originally Posted by Plummeting 

I hate serial posting, but am too lazy to go back and edit. If fermented foods would help you, pickles from the grocery store won't do it. They're not really fermented. They're just soaked in vinegar. Fermenting (aka pickling) is totally different - it involves soaking something in salt water until the bacteria makes it sour. You can get real pickles at health food stores, but the ones at your regular grocery store aren't "pickled" pickles. lol

lol  I thought about that after I ate my pickle.  "Hmm...I bet she didn't mean these pickles".  lol  Do you think Whole Foods would have something suitable?

Originally Posted by Astraia 

Eh, none of my kids were planned. At least I'm consistent!

If it is reflux, then yes fermented food will help. It is, oddly enough, an imbalance of the acids in your stomach so stuff with vinegars/fermentedness will definitely help. With my last pregnancy in the last trimester I had wicked heartburn that would set in just before bed. I would take a Tbsp of apple cider vinegar in a 1/4 cup of water and chug it down. Yes, it's vile, but it stops heartburn in it's tracks. For mild stuff I would have a scoop of saurkraut or a few pickles and it would calm it down.

Yep. I was really surprised when I learned that, but I've got a big jar of saurkraut and pickles now from the health food store that i work at- fermented. They weren't even that much more expensive than regular ol' store-bought.

I'll have to remember that too, I'm sure I'll have wicked heartburn soon enough.

[Astraia]

Originally Posted by Plummeting 

See, that doesn't work for me when I have reflux. Ugh...it makes it SO bad. I'm really not even sure of the chemistry of how this would help reflux. Reflux during pregnancy is caused by the LES relaxing, allowing stomach acid to back up into the esophagus. Taking cider vinegar will not close or tighten the LES, so I don't really understand it. I'm not discounting your experience - I totally believe it worked for you. I just can't see how it could possibly work for everyone. It makes me feel worse.

Boo, that sucks. Maybe it depends on why you have heartburn? If it's the relaxed LES and your stomach acid ph is fine, then I guess it wouldn't help at all. If it's just slowed/weird digestion, pressure from growing baby, etc, then maybe that helps too?

It almost always worked for me, the ACV, but when it didn't I would actually do visualizations. I don't visulize anything else (especially if someone tells me to practice it!) because it feels asinine, but it really worked for me. I would picture fire in my esophogas being pushed down by an invisible wall, and with every exhale I'd picture breathing out fire/smoke. The smokier it got, the lower the flame got and once it was all the way down I'd picture putting in a cork to keep it in my belly where it belonged. That often worked for me, too. It sounds stupid even saying it and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but it often worked <shrug>.

So for me!

Weeks: 11 w 4 d

Appointments: had my first today! It was wonderful. 2 hour intake appointment with the midwives. They did blood work there (I had no idea that was possible!), we chatted about previous births and medical history, talked about the kids who were both with me and playing around, gave me intake forms and info and things to sign. Felt my fundus, listened to baby's heartbeat (definitely teared up a bit for that one, was so relieved to here it!). Heart rate was 155 and sounded strong and steady. My blood pressure is a bit low which seems really weird to me. Either way. the whole thing was excellent and reassuring and I really liked the midwife so far. Didn't even flinch too much when I told her we had our second unassisted :)

I can't remember the rest of the form we're supposed to do. Overall, I feel... pretty good. No naseau, food aversions are going, starting to get a belly.

Bad stuff: baby brain. Oh my god. I'm a cashier, and I have made SO many mistakes the last few days. I let a customer leave without paying- took all her stuff, and 10 minutes later I was like, "OH NO!" Errors counting change, forgetting to bag things for people, on and on and on. I have no brain at all, I can't stop screwing up. These long 8 hour standing shifts are also killer. My feet, back, knees are all so so sore.

Both kids are sick. My 2 year old is super wheezy and asthma-like with this stupid cold she has. I was up every 2 hours last night and doing her puffer all the time in between those to keep it under control. Sucks :(

[SaguaroMoon]

Astraia - In regards to the soreness from standing long hours at work, does your work have one of those anti-fatigue mats that you could stand on? If not, it might be worth it to look into getting one; maybe people at your job could collectively purchase a couple. Won't help with the baby brain, though.

Name: Kristin

Weeks/Days: 9 weeks, 4 days.

Appointments: We had our 2nd appointment with our midwife last Saturday. While listening to my uterus, she said "Well, there's a lot of movement going on in there." Yay!

Symptoms: A lot of fatigue; I feel like I can't get done a fraction of what I'm normally capable of. A lot of my job is work from home, and it seems like I have either energy to work or energy to do housework, but not both. Fortunately, DH has been really helpful with taking on extra cleaning duties.

Food: Sometimes I feel like I need to force myself to eat, but generally I've had a pretty good, balanced diet.

Exercise: Much less than I used to - hopefully some energy will return soon. I try to walk a little evry day; I walked 2 1/2 miles yesterday, so that was good.

Body changes: Clothes are definitely getting tighter; I've started Googling "free maternity pattens"! My breasts are HUGE; DH feels the need to comment on that fact daily.

Thoughts: I saw somewhere that the baby would be about the size of an olive right now, and like to imagine a happy little olive flapping around inside my uterus! We told our parents; DH's mom was so cute, she sounded like she'd just been told that she'd won the lottery, and DH's dad was thrilled too. My parents were happy as well, and my sister told me that they started going through all of our old baby pictures - awww!

[maryamrose]

And, just as I assumed I was done with morning sickness, I vomited for the first time this pregnancy this morning. It was the worst. I wish nobody had to deal with that :(

Then I had a little "emergency" this morning - I noticed a small bit of stringy, blood-tinged mucus and immediately called my OB's office. I had a feeling that it was probably just my stupid UTI, but I didn't want to take any chances. I went in and first gave a urine sample. I'm waiting on the urine sample to be cultured before I even consider antibiotics (which I really don't want to take). Until then, I'm still drinking a ton of 100% cranberry juice and taking d-mannose every two hours. I hope to get some relief soon because this is keeping me up at night, I constantly feel like I need to pee and it's really uncomfortable. 

Anyway, I also got a quick u/s. Well, the fetus looks fantastic! Tiny fingers (with nails!!), toes, ears... and it already looks totally human! I mean, I was expecting it from my pregnancy books, but it was a totally different experience to see it in person. It was really jumpy and active and cute. I wish my husband could have been there to see it, too.

[Just1More]

maryamrose-ugh.   That's always so scary.  Are you taking cranberry supplements?  I've found those to work better than juice because they are stronger/more concentrated, and don't have any sugar to feed the bacteria.

Astraia-wow.  Pg brain is the worst.  It's gotten worse and worse with each baby, but this time, I've hardly had it at all!  The difference is that I am taking floradix.  I feel like a commercial, but that stuff has helped me SO much.  I also tend to have low blood pressure, and my ability to pay attention and concentrate...even remember what I myself am talking about, is terrible when it gets like that.  Anyway, sounds like you've got some exhaustion going on, too, but thought I'd mention the iron.  Maybe it will help?

[janellody]

maryam -aaaaahh I wanna see my baby now!!  Sounds awesome!  A great opportunity to see your little baby even though it came about from a slight emergency!  Yay!

[Shannon Owens]

Astraia - UGH sorry to hear about that. So hard to do anything when you're not getting rest. I've found getting my Omega 3s in really helps with pregnancy brain. 

Maryambrose, sorry about your scare. But yay on getting to see the baby!!!

[Astraia]

Originally Posted by Just1More 

Astraia-wow.  Pg brain is the worst.  It's gotten worse and worse with each baby, but this time, I've hardly had it at all!  The difference is that I am taking floradix.  I feel like a commercial, but that stuff has helped me SO much.  I also tend to have low blood pressure, and my ability to pay attention and concentrate...even remember what I myself am talking about, is terrible when it gets like that.  Anyway, sounds like you've got some exhaustion going on, too, but thought I'd mention the iron.  Maybe it will help?

Originally Posted by Shannon Owens 

Astraia - UGH sorry to hear about that. So hard to do anything when you're not getting rest. I've found getting my Omega 3s in really helps with pregnancy brain. 

Yesterday was particularly bad because of how tired I was and I had blood drawn for labs when I saw the midwife that morning, so I was feeling kind of woozy on top of it. But I've been making consistent, serious mistakes for the last several weeks, at least. I feel like it keeps getting worse instead of better. 

I'm taking an omega 3, I have an iron supplement but haven't been taking it. I should start, probably, since I do tend towards anemia when pregnant anyway. I took Floradix the last two times, but this is a different liquid iron supplement that I haven't tried before. I bought it ages ago and never even opened the box :/

[forestmushroom]

Maryam, are you taking a probiotic, too?  That can really help kick a UTI out, too.  Hope you feel better, sooN!

Originally Posted by maryamrose 

And, just as I assumed I was done with morning sickness, I vomited for the first time this pregnancy this morning. It was the worst. I wish nobody had to deal with that :(

Then I had a little "emergency" this morning - I noticed a small bit of stringy, blood-tinged mucus and immediately called my OB's office. I had a feeling that it was probably just my stupid UTI, but I didn't want to take any chances. I went in and first gave a urine sample. I'm waiting on the urine sample to be cultured before I even consider antibiotics (which I really don't want to take). Until then, I'm still drinking a ton of 100% cranberry juice and taking d-mannose every two hours. I hope to get some relief soon because this is keeping me up at night, I constantly feel like I need to pee and it's really uncomfortable. 

Anyway, I also got a quick u/s. Well, the fetus looks fantastic! Tiny fingers (with nails!!), toes, ears... and it already looks totally human! I mean, I was expecting it from my pregnancy books, but it was a totally different experience to see it in person. It was really jumpy and active and cute. I wish my husband could have been there to see it, too.

[LuNaLu]

Name: Lauren

Weeks/Days along: 10 weeks today

Appointments: Finally got around to calling yesterday.  We'll be seeing our midwife for the first time (this pregnancy) on Friday Oct. 28th!

Symptoms: On-and-off nausea (but I never puke).  Crazy fatigue.  Darker nips.  Occasional constipation.  More easily accelerated heart rate.  Sensitivity to smells.

Food: Working hard on eating healthy and sort of sticking to the Brewer Diet.

Exercise: I'm registered to do a full marathon on 11/7!  When I signed up for it, I was hoping for a time of 4:30 or better.  Now... I'll be happy to cross the finish line in 6:30 (which is the slowest time allowed ;)

Body changes and other milestones: My gut is bigger but it's just my weak tummy muscles.  So I look about 20 weeks pregnant.  And even when I "flex" them, I still look like the baby is waaay higher than it is.  Oh well.

Thoughts: I love how relaxed I am about this pregnancy.  This is the first one where we didn't have to worry about finding the right birthing place or care provider.  What we did last time worked so we're sticking with the plan for home birth with our same midwife.  Very happy to be stress-free.  And since this is my 3rd pregnancy, I've finally accepted that just because I don't constantly FEEL pregnant, does NOT necessarily mean I've miscarried.  I'm finally able to consider myself fortunate to have fairly easy pregnancies, instead of constantly worrying that it means the baby has passed.  (Hoping this sense of calm doesn't jinx anything.  Sigh).

[MeredithA]

I like your calm, relaxed, attitude. I wish I could be that calm!!! I am kind of a worrier when it comes to being pregnant. I'm going to have to keep telling myself "just because I don't constantly feel pregnant does not necessarily mean I've miscarried" -- I Love that!!

Originally Posted by LuNaLu 

 I've finally accepted that just because I don't constantly FEEL pregnant, does NOT necessarily mean I've miscarried.  I'm finally able to consider myself fortunate to have fairly easy pregnancies, instead of constantly worrying that it means the baby has passed.  (Hoping this sense of calm doesn't jinx anything.  Sigh).

Maryamrose - bleeding is always so scary, even if it is just a tiny bit! I'm so glad that you got to see the baby and everything looked good!

Astria - I hear ya on baby brain! I completely blanked on one of my students names yesterday...and I've been working with this kid since last year! LOL!! As for your feet, I also suggest one of those mats that someone else mentioned, or try some different shoes? 

 
AFM - So, last week we had weather near 80 degrees and this week it is finally starting to get cooler. Tonight it will be in the high 30's and I'm loving this colder weather!! ...but...our furnace broke today! What timing! We had 2 different people come out to look at it and give us quotes and it will be almost $3000 to replace it. The furnace is old (12ish years old I think) so it is about time this happened... We just can't afford it. We have been planning and saving for the midwife fee and have it in our budget to pay our home birth midwife the $2800 she charges. ...so...I am struggling with basically 2 options now: We can switch from the homebirth midwife to the hospital CMN that is covered by insurance and use our midwife money for a new furnace OR tough out the winter without heat and keep warm by burning wood in our fireplace, & wearing extra layers of clothing. 

I know DH would agree to tough it out because he he knows how important it is to me to have my birth experience at home. But I feel selfish asking my family to make that kind of sacrifice for me. On the other hand, we have a single story home with an absolutely amazing, gorgeous, fireplace. I just love our fireplace, and we only used it 2-3 times last winter...so, this would give us the opportunity to get a lot more use out of it (not to mention it would be way cheaper than running the heat!) and since our house is only one story, it might be able to keep us comfortable...at least in the living room. I just don't know what to do. But we need to decide by the 24th which is our next midwife visit and 1st "real" visit. We paid her a deposit at the last visit, so this would certainly be the time to tell her that we are switching to the CNM if that is the route we choose. <sigh> Sorry for the rambling story!! 

In happier news, I found my fundus finally! It is pretty low...5 finger widths below my belly button and it was firm. I couldn't feel it a few days ago, but today I was 99% sure thats what I was feeling. :-)

[Just1More]

Have you ever tried heating your home with heat?  I'm asking because last year we decided to suck it up and do it.  We were all set to seal off part of the house, be cold at night, etc.  Nothing doing.  Our fireplace is in the basement...and it heat our entire 4 bedroom house to 80-90 degrees.  I had to pull t-shirts out for the kids.  We were roasting.

Some floor plans don't let the heat circulate as well, but, whew, we certainly we surprised with ours.  You may get off better than you think.  :)  Dh was pleased how much we saved last year by not using gas.  It was a TON. 

[BubbleMa]

Originally Posted by MeredithA 

I like your calm, relaxed, attitude. I wish I could be that calm!!! I am kind of a worrier when it comes to being pregnant. I'm going to have to keep telling myself "just because I don't constantly feel pregnant does not necessarily mean I've miscarried" -- I Love that!!

Maryamrose - bleeding is always so scary, even if it is just a tiny bit! I'm so glad that you got to see the baby and everything looked good!

Astria - I hear ya on baby brain! I completely blanked on one of my students names yesterday...and I've been working with this kid since last year! LOL!! As for your feet, I also suggest one of those mats that someone else mentioned, or try some different shoes? 

 AFM - So, last week we had weather near 80 degrees and this week it is finally starting to get cooler. Tonight it will be in the high 30's and I'm loving this colder weather!! ...but...our furnace broke today! What timing! We had 2 different people come out to look at it and give us quotes and it will be almost $3000 to replace it. The furnace is old (12ish years old I think) so it is about time this happened... We just can't afford it. We have been planning and saving for the midwife fee and have it in our budget to pay our home birth midwife the $2800 she charges. ...so...I am struggling with basically 2 options now: We can switch from the homebirth midwife to the hospital CMN that is covered by insurance and use our midwife money for a new furnace OR tough out the winter without heat and keep warm by burning wood in our fireplace, & wearing extra layers of clothing. 

I know DH would agree to tough it out because he he knows how important it is to me to have my birth experience at home. But I feel selfish asking my family to make that kind of sacrifice for me. On the other hand, we have a single story home with an absolutely amazing, gorgeous, fireplace. I just love our fireplace, and we only used it 2-3 times last winter...so, this would give us the opportunity to get a lot more use out of it (not to mention it would be way cheaper than running the heat!) and since our house is only one story, it might be able to keep us comfortable...at least in the living room. I just don't know what to do. But we need to decide by the 24th which is our next midwife visit and 1st "real" visit. We paid her a deposit at the last visit, so this would certainly be the time to tell her that we are switching to the CNM if that is the route we choose. <sigh> Sorry for the rambling story!! 

In happier news, I found my fundus finally! It is pretty low...5 finger widths below my belly button and it was firm. I couldn't feel it a few days ago, but today I was 99% sure thats what I was feeling. :-)

I'm NOT enjoying the cold weather.  Yuck.  If I could skip fall/winter all together I'd be happy!  :)  I just *hate* being cold.

Anyway, the winter before last we were living in a house we rented from SO's mom.  The heater was broken and she wasn't working at the time and didn't really have the extra money to have it replaced for us.  She would have done it, but it would been a huge hardship so we decided to suck it up.  We didn't have a fireplace, but we bought a couple space heaters (one for the living room and each bedroom) and it actually worked pretty well.  It was a tiny house though.  But I think with a fireplace and maybe a couple space heaters for the bedrooms you'd be okay.  Hopefully this winter will be mild!  If not, I think we'll move to Florida!  lol

PS, I'm pretty sure we still have those space heaters, let me know if you want to borrow some.  :)

[Astraia]

Originally Posted by MeredithA I just love our fireplace, and we only used it 2-3 times last winter...so, this would give us the opportunity to get a lot more use out of it (not to mention it would be way cheaper than running the heat!) and since our house is only one story, it might be able to keep us comfortable...at least in the living room. I just don't know what to do. But we need to decide by the 24th which is our next midwife visit and 1st "real" visit. We paid her a deposit at the last visit, so this would certainly be the time to tell her that we are switching to the CNM if that is the route we choose. <sigh> Sorry for the rambling story!! 

In happier news, I found my fundus finally! It is pretty low...5 finger widths below my belly button and it was firm. I couldn't feel it a few days ago, but today I was 99% sure thats what I was feeling. :-)

You can look into a fireplace insert to turn it from a fireplace into a woodstove. Woodstoves are WAY more efficient and heat better than most fireplaces (not always, but almost always) and the insert is likely cheaper than a furnace. The house I grew up in was 1.5 stories heated with a woodstove and oil backup, and we were often TOO warm more than anything else (except if you left the bedroom/bathroom doors closed, then it was freezing. Strategically placed fans also make a huge difference. Maybe get a quote for that, too, JIC?

When I feel my fundus I think it's 3 fingers below my belly button. The midwife and her student both said 5 fingers, though, when I was there yesterday. Maybe I just have fat fingers?

[Astraia]

Oh, and I meant to say the just bought brand new mats for the store, they're almost like a memory foam. They're pretty cushy. I also have some $150 running shoes with good arch support that I wear at owrk, but I'm thinking about getting a heel cushion insert for them anyway. I don't know why it's so much worse now than it was a month ago, but I'm really feeling it. Also got a bit of swelling to go with it :/ Need to drink more water and walk around a bit more, I guess?

[Just1More]

Yes, we have a woodstove, technically.  And it has an attached fan.  And right on about closing doors. 

You explained it perfectly, Astraia

[forestmushroom]

Our house only has a woodstove, too.  And it heats really well-upstairs and down.  There is one bedroom downstairs way at the back of the house that doesn't get heated that well, but a space heater works on the really cold nights.  And it is so cozy and warm looking in the winter. 

Meredith, I hope you can make it work with the fireplace! 

Astria, suddenly standing a lot if painful for me, too.  I wonder if it is just our bodies adjusting to the hormones and such. I've been doing more stretching and such throughout the day...

I had my first midwife appt today, to I can now:

Name: forest mushroom

Weeks/Days along: 11 weeks

Appointments: today!

Symptoms: nausea.  TIRED. grumpy. but happy.

Food: I like food.  I don't like cooking it.   We got over 20 lbs. of apples and pears at a festival so I am eating a lot of those! 

Exercise:  S t r e t c h i n g !  feels good.  Walking.

Body changes and other milestones: Feeling bigger... but I think it is in my head. :) Nursing my little guy is really tough these days... my boobs are so sensitive.  I am hoping to tough it out, but do any other mamas just feel like your skin crawls when someone touches you?  its hard having him little fat 22 month old body on me, and nursing.  :(  I feel like a bad mama for that.

Thoughts: I think I have to switch midwife groups!  And I am so so so bummed.  My group that I love doesn't take the hmo I am in, and I can't switch because it is the only one that my kid's pediatrician takes I don't want to switch them.  Ugh.  I don't want a whole new group of midwifes. And UC looks better everyday! 

[babycatcher12]

Originally Posted by LinnieThree 

Name: Lindsay

Body changes and other milestones: I look VERY pregnant... maybe it's twins... we will know today... and my skin is really clearing up. I am loving the egg masks and honey, cinnamon, nutmeg mask/scrub.

Thoughts: Everyone is getting pretty excited now, even my parents who were NOT OK when we first told them. We announced it to my extended family on my mom's side at brunch yesterday and everyone was thrilled. All I can think about is seeing a healthy baby and heartbeat at the u/s this afternoon... I want to see my little bean. I am so excited!!!!

So you have to tell me how you make the face scrub. It sounds wonderful!

Originally Posted by LuNaLu 

Name: Lauren

Exercise: I'm registered to do a full marathon on 11/7!  When I signed up for it, I was hoping for a time of 4:30 or better.  Now... I'll be happy to cross the finish line in 6:30 (which is the slowest time allowed ;)

Body changes and other milestones: My gut is bigger but it's just my weak tummy muscles.  So I look about 20 weeks pregnant.  And even when I "flex" them, I still look like the baby is waaay higher than it is.  Oh well.

First...running a marathon is amazing to me. So good for you! My tummy is the same way! I look about 20 weeks pregnant, I really think it's because I don't care about sucking it in anymore. :) 

[babycatcher12]

Name: Erin

Weeks/Days along: 10

Appointments: In a couple weeks. 

Symptoms: Food aversions and nausea. I get irritated listening to people chew, swallow, blow their noses whatever. (Which is not helpful as I have 4 little boys who do those things notoriously loudly and they all have colds). 

Food: Nothing sounds good. And when it does sound good, by the time I get it made...it doesn't. I've made peanut butter rolls this last week which I was really excited about, but when I pulled them out of the oven they completely made me ill. Same with the chicken enchiladas and brownies I made tonight. Blech!

Exercise: Walking. 

Body changes and other milestones: I feel like crap. I remember feeling with my last pg at 10 weeks that I couldn't fit in to anything, but so far so good. To be honest I think it's because I wear scrubs. I haven't had to put anything on with a button for a couple weeks. I have a feeling I'll cry when I try it later this week. I heard the heartbeat today when I was listening with the boys (I have a doppler so listen once a week or so). 

Thoughts: I'm ready to "look" pregnant and not just fat. I've had a couple people look at me suspiciously, but they don't have the guts to ask. ;) I have a cold this week (my kids have had it the last week and now it's my turn). 

[Astraia]

Originally Posted by forestmushroom 

Our house only has a woodstove, too.  And it heats really well-upstairs and down.  There is one bedroom downstairs way at the back of the house that doesn't get heated that well, but a space heater works on the really cold nights.  And it is so cozy and warm looking in the winter. 

Meredith, I hope you can make it work with the fireplace! 

Astria, suddenly standing a lot if painful for me, too.  I wonder if it is just our bodies adjusting to the hormones and such. I've been doing more stretching and such throughout the day...

I had my first midwife appt today, to I can now:

Name: forest mushroom

Weeks/Days along: 11 weeks

Appointments: today!

Symptoms: nausea.  TIRED. grumpy. but happy.

Food: I like food.  I don't like cooking it.   We got over 20 lbs. of apples and pears at a festival so I am eating a lot of those! 

Exercise:  S t r e t c h i n g !  feels good.  Walking.

Body changes and other milestones: Feeling bigger... but I think it is in my head. :) Nursing my little guy is really tough these days... my boobs are so sensitive.  I am hoping to tough it out, but do any other mamas just feel like your skin crawls when someone touches you?  its hard having him little fat 22 month old body on me, and nursing.  :(  I feel like a bad mama for that.

Thoughts: I think I have to switch midwife groups!  And I am so so so bummed.  My group that I love doesn't take the hmo I am in, and I can't switch because it is the only one that my kid's pediatrician takes I don't want to switch them.  Ugh.  I don't want a whole new group of midwifes. And UC looks better everyday! 

I'm glad I'm not the only one with sore feet. I am now remembering having super, super sore feet at the end of my first pregnancy and middle of my second, and I didn't have a job that required standing. I remember getting out of bed and crawling to the bathroom because it hurt so badly to walk for the first 10 minutes or so after I got out of bed. Once I stretched around a bit it got better, but they got stiff and sore way too easily.

I miss my woodstove, although as a kid I had a very love-hate relationship with it. I loved curling up in front of it with a good book and a cup of tea with the wind howling outside, and I loved the feeling of safety and satisfaction from a well-stacked woodpile but boy did I ever hate stacking that wood every year and hauling it in several times a day. I had good arm muscles though, unlike now :)

I hear you on the sensitive boobs. I nursed through one pregnancy by the skin of my teeth, but even a perfect latch feels like they're hanging on with THEIR teeth. Having my nipples touched at all makes my skin crawl, I'm super touched-out all the time so my husband wanting some action <wink wink> or kids wanting to crawl all over me or put their hands down my shirt (grr) puts me borderline explosion/temper tantrum the whole time.

I am so, so, irritable. I feel like I have the worst PMS of my entire life, but I'm not going to have a period soon to stop it. I think that is my biggest complaint in pregnancy- I'm so angry, all the time. I need to buy a bottle of Rescue Remedy and start guzzling, because i keep yelling at the kids. I'm setting a horrible example on how behave and I feel like the worst parent ever.

Originally Posted by babycatcher12 

Name: Erin

Weeks/Days along: 10

Appointments: In a couple weeks. 

Symptoms: Food aversions and nausea. I get irritated listening to people chew, swallow, blow their noses whatever. (Which is not helpful as I have 4 little boys who do those things notoriously loudly and they all have colds). 

Food: Nothing sounds good. And when it does sound good, by the time I get it made...it doesn't. I've made peanut butter rolls this last week which I was really excited about, but when I pulled them out of the oven they completely made me ill. Same with the chicken enchiladas and brownies I made tonight. Blech!

Exercise: Walking. 

Body changes and other milestones: I feel like crap. I remember feeling with my last pg at 10 weeks that I couldn't fit in to anything, but so far so good. To be honest I think it's because I wear scrubs. I haven't had to put anything on with a button for a couple weeks. I have a feeling I'll cry when I try it later this week. I heard the heartbeat today when I was listening with the boys (I have a doppler so listen once a week or so). 

Thoughts: I'm ready to "look" pregnant and not just fat. I've had a couple people look at me suspiciously, but they don't have the guts to ask. ;) I have a cold this week (my kids have had it the last week and now it's my turn). 

What if you don't cook it? Can your husband cook it, or you do marginal prep work and kids can finish it off? (minus the putting in/out of hte oven, I assume they're too young for that? Not sure on their ages). Buy premade until the nasuea fades?

Chicken enchiladas, even looking at pictures of them, STILL makes me want to vomit, and I'm pretty much over my aversions and m/s.