Friends Chat Thread

[Solange]

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Here is a new thread for us to fill

Laurie
great tummy pics...what a cute family!

Cheryl...believe me you will pop...us second time /3rd time mammas, you cannot compare too..and just like Laurie said everyone grows their babies different and all of our bodies are different so no worries....

Not weepy here really... grouchy more than usual...hate that

I cannot remember what everyone else was chatting about...so sorry....hate to miss anyone....

I just spent $5.25 today on a 13lb watermelon I had to have....ahhh my pg cravings are sooo hard to resist....wait til DH gets up and sees this....:LOL

[becca011906]

Well i though i would update ya'll on myself since i haven't for a while. I had my u/s two weeks ago and eveything looks great... we found out it's a girl which i was really surprised about!!! i am starting on my stash of cloth diapers since this will be my first in cloth.... I go to see my nurse practitioner on Thursday then i see my OB dr. in 4 weeks from then. I'm really hopeing that they dont' change my due dates... my date now is 8/20 but the u/s said by the measurements it was 8/28.
I'm starting to read through my books more and more and getting myself more and more worried about the birth and delivery. My last two were very differant. My first i labored for 18 hours and had to push for 2 1/2 hours and finally had ds via forcep delivery, therefore i had an episiodimy he was very large weighting in at 9lbs. 2 oz. With my second i was only in labor for about 12 hour and only pushed for 20 min but still needed another epidiodimy b/c the dr didn't think i would streach down there b/c of all the scare tissuse from the first one.... so cut again !!! My dd weighted 9lbs. 1 oz.
I think my # 1 goal after having a health and safe baby... is to no be in need of an episiodim. I've started doing kegals a lot more to hope the streaching will help and some exersices to decrease the chance of one... but i just really don't want to go through this again. hopefully this baby will be of normal size .... 8lbs or less would be great!!! LOL

[SamuraiEarthMama]

hey, ap, why the sad smilie on this thread?

[bwylde]

Considering what a watermelon would cost here, that's not bad (a 13lbs one would be about $13-15 here, and that's on sale!! eeks!). I don't really crave anything but junk. I made a good supper to try and make up for it (whole wheat pasta with tomato, garlic and spinach and a salad, which I had to choke down; raw veggies are still hard for me to eat). After hardly being able to eat this weekend, it's nice to eat comfortably.

I'm still tired a lot. DS still has a bit of a bug lingering; we figure it's a rotovirus . It's almost been a week since it started but he's not bad otherwise.

The braxton hicks have been coming on strong lately. The baby has also been moving more again. I was a little concerned as it had slowed down for a few weeks, but I knew everything was ok. My next prenatal appointment is on the 21st and we'll be talking about the test for GD .

[LizaBear]

I haven't read the other thread, and this is my first time posting here.

My name is Lea, I am due with my 2nd child in August. The "official" date is the 27th, but I doubt Bug got the memo on that, so we'll see when s/he decides to make thier debut.

My older child is Boo - he is 19 months now, and will be right around his 2nd birthday when he becomes a big brother. He's a busy busy toddler now, eating just about as much as his Daddy or I do. Shopping for him can be a trick though - he's got a severe milk allergy which limits a lot of things, but forces us to introduce more fruits and veggies to him early.

We are still nursing, I cloth diaper, and *try* to do the best by our diets and a meat and potato lovin' hubby !

I've got a few preggo pics here My pregnancy pictures

I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.

[ilovebeingamom]

Welcome LizBear, nice pics! I wanted to say thanks to all the mama's sharing their pics too. It is so fun watching us all grow!

We are still sick, but getting better. It is so hard for mom's to get sick (just a little bi*ch here). When dad's get sick, most of the time (as in mine) gets to stay in bed, and acts like the world is ending. I get sick and I still have to get up, take care of ds, and today I had a little energy so I finally cleaned the house. Dh also acts like since I am sick, he can be a slob b/c I don't have the energy to nag. So the house gets doubly dirty. Sometimes I feel like I have two children, not just one.

I had a hard day today, I just did not want anyone to touch me, period. Guess, what, ds felt the need to constantly touch my breasts today. Plus his breath really stinks b/c he is sick, so I can't hardly stand to be around him. I think I can say I am at a low. Thanks for letting me complain!

On the brighter side, it is supposed to be warm this weekend, so hopefully we will be completely better and get to enjoy the weather.

[Dodo]

Becca, don't be shy, come join me at the end of the month! And LizaBear too. The last week of August is a great week to be due.

Bwylde, my dd has some kind of otherwise asymptomatic diarrhea bug. My sympathies to your son.

Ilovebeingamom, hang in there.

It was a rainy day here. We had one of those unsuccessful playdates where the children act more like enemies than friends, ransacking the entire place while they're picking on one another. Have you experienced this? The mothers looked like they wish they hadn't come. I can't blame them. I found myself thinking, Maybe if I arranged the toys differently, they wouldn't be so gosh-darn greedy. Kids. I'm finding them a little hard to take. I had to have two glasses of dealcoholized wine with lunch.

[Solange]

Katje
I have no idea...finger slip on the keypad........

It is fixed now....

[Bearsmama]

AP-Thanks for starting our new thread.

And HI to everyone else! Have you noticed that we're all a bit more talkative lately? Perhaps it's b/c we're all really showing now-like HEY, we're really having babies here!!!

Things here are fine. And this pregnancy seems to be going FAST for me. I was thinking that at the end of this week it's LESS than 4 months away! I am geting big FAST, too. My tummy is popping out up top now, and soon I would imagine I will have a big 'ol round belly!

ILOVE&Bwylde-I'm sorry you are both not feeling well. It just STINKS to be sink while preggers and WHILE being a MAMA.

Ketilave-I hope your DS is feeling better. I haven't given much thought to the birth control thing yet. I think I haven't ruled out more children (although I think DH might have). He thinks two is just fine, and I just don't want to make any forever statements about anything. So, since DS has been born we've used condoms. And prior to DS, I was on the pill for years years. Not sure if I'd want to go back to that. Ketilave-Thanks also for your great encouragement on the doula thing. Also, what a great belly shot! I am so happy to see all these bellies getting bigger-you know it's so hard to know if your own belly is average or big or whatever. But I am definitely popping out like everyone else!

Jilly-Ditto on the body butters. I am a big fan of the BS's products, but the butters are my favorites. They are thick w/out being greasy, very emollient, and the smells are wonderful. I currently have a sesame one-very light and lovely. Plus, they last forever (I think they are $16/tub).

And JL-What a GREAT belly shot! Like I said to Ketilave-I'm so happy to see all of these mama bellys.

Dodo-Sorry to hear that your pain is still so bad.Also, is there a way that you could take your MIL up on her offer to help but have a serious, honest talk with her about what you think you will really need help with after new baby is here? Obviously, I don't know wht kind of relationship you have with her, but is there a way to be honest?

Christeeny-I think being very emotional is very, very normal. Just think about what's going on in our bodies! My emotions seem to come in waves. I'll be fine, fine, fine, and then break down. Certain songs will make me cry much easier now. I think, like AP, my problem is CRANKINESS right now!

Frog-I hear you on your worries with adding another baby when you feel yours is still such a babe! I am feeling a little more positve lately about the transition, though. I keep trying to remind myself that people have more than one child, it happens to most of us. And with lots of TLC, I think our current babes will get used to having the new guy/girl around. Plus, you've been through this before, perhaps this will go just as well? I actually have been thinking about starting a thread asking for everyone's POSITVE experiences of adding additional children to their families. I think I need to hear them!

Becca-Congrats on the GIRL news!

Welcome Lizbear!

Hey AP! Don't let DH give you a hard time about that dang melon! It would be worth it to me at double the cost if I had a craving for it.

My cravings have sort of stayed the same-orange juice, dairy (string cheese in particular), spicy & salty things... I wish I could say that I'm craving broccoli & apples, but I'm not! Although bananas have been up there, too!

Well, ladies, time to go. Glad to hear that everyone is getting so excited about getting bigger. I am trying so hard to just celebrate my expanding bod. And although celebrating it is somedays hard, I'm at least accepting it.

Sleep well!

[foxytocin]

AP, thanks for the new thread and Bears, thanks for summing it all up for us in your last post; you sure replied to a ton of concerns.
I hear you all on the emotions. Friday dd and I went to a birthday party for a veritable pistol of a girl who just turned 5. My dd is almost 2 and plays with the 5 yr. old quite a bit. However, the bday girl had a bunch of 5 yr.old preschool cronies over for her party and obviously preferred their company. At one point, dd tried to join them at an empty seat at a table, and bday girl actually said, "Go away. These seats are for my friends." Dd, being bubbly and so young, was quite unphased. I, on the other hand, went livid; I am Momma Bear; HEAR ME ROAR. Oh! My dd is such an innocent!!! The realization that she's going to understand mean people very soon just plain broke my heart. Lucky for me, DH got off work early and came to the party just as I was about to lose it in a most terribly social way. I left dd with him, came home, and cried for a solid hour. And then cried more. And more. And more.


Good to see everyone so chatty. Welcome to the latest recruits, and NatureGirl, it's great to hear from you again.

Bwylde: there's a lengthy discussion about the GD test on one of these pregnancy boards, if you're interested. My OB has me using a glucometer instead of the usual glucola test, which I gather isn't a common thing, but it makes a lot of sense to me.

Well, then. Good night everybody. Time to put this tired body to bed.
-Leah

[ketilave]

Ah my favorite mommies! At least we are nice to each other!

DH and I went out to dinner last night. I know he was hoping for some sex but we didn't get home until 11pm - I passed out - that and I had some wine.

Saw my midwife today. Still pg. Planned out all my appts for the rest of the pg. Other than that nothing different. My weight is the same for the last 2 and my bp is the same and the baby was moving around. I am measuring right on - blahblah - sorry but this is like the world's longest pg.

Still raining here - please end - I have got to get me and the kids out of the house. Not to mention I am out of winter clothes - too big for my standard stuff and too cold and too small for the spring/summer stuff. Want to go shopping but can't justify it - I have been pg for 3 years so I have more maternity clothes than non.

Bears - you deserve an award for always taking the time to focus on the individuals!

MW said to really consider the Mirena IUD. DH really wants to be done but I don't think I can commit to that but unless I want to be pg again next year we have to do something and all else has failed us. I just really need to give my body and mind a break. Stop being pg and puking and just get some energy back to be a fun mom and spouse.

And, my milk is changing and so DD just isn't into it. Not a big fan of the new taste. Friggin' pain in the boob though - got a blocked duck because she has cut back. Had to keep putting her on this morning for just a nibble at a time to help relieve it. I have her on enriched rice milk which she loves so that appears to be the route we are headed for now. Disturbing of course because she is so you but she still likes to suck for comfort just won't really nurse.

As I am typing BH - anyone else's low and crampy. Last night I had a ton of BH with leg and back aches. You would have thought I was much further along as uncomfortable as I felt.

Enough of the book!

[christeenybeany]

foxytocin--I'm sorry to hear that you are as emotional as me, but glad to hear that someone else is too, and I'm not crazy. That is the kind of thing that just sets me off.

Usually whenever I discipline my son and it doesn't go as I had planned, i.e. temper tantrum or I end up overreacting, is when I get really emotional because I feel like a lousy mom. I have been regularly loosing it about twice a week now. : I hope it passes. BUT I have been breaking out. So that must be another link to the hormonal changing thing. Reassuring a little.

I have a day to myself today and I have been spending it mostly observing through the glass window at ds at day care ( he acts so different there! ) and feeling baby kicks, and taking a nap on the couch. After ds's nap time I'm going to go get him and have a toy date. Ben, me, and a roomful of toys for two hours until I Have to start cooking dinner. Yeah. Sounds like a good day.

[LizaBear]

Finally got to see my favorite midwife again ! She's back from maternity leave now. So it was more like a visit than an appt.

Blood pressure was great - 110/70, baby's heart rate was in the 150's.

I've gained 6 pounds this month, but blame a good portion of that on the Easter dinner DH's grandmother put on last weekend !

Best part - I don't have to do the glucose testing at all !!! YEAH !!

And - the midwives practice have a massage therapy student coming in in the next couple of months, doing FREE 1-hour massages. We were only allowed to book 1 massage, but I am SO looking forward to it ! It's not until May 12th though - 4 weeks away. I actually booked the massage for 9:30 am, and my next mw appt for 11 am. What a nice day that will be !

[ilovebeingamom]

Hi everyone,

It is pretty nice out today so I am going to run out after I am done typing this with ds, even though we aren't 100% better. Still have the diarhea, but other than that ok. I get to go out to eat tonight with girlfriends, so should be fun. Hope I can eat something!

Ketileve/Bears-I had looked at the IUD before, but I hadn't had my first PP and the nurse said it could be difficult to insert b/c of that. I didn't get my period for about 1 1/2 years, and tried the pill, and actually used the same prescription I had always used, and it made me feel kind of sick so I stopped using it. So I guess we used the natural method until this one was concieved. I am not sure what we will do after this one, b/c I don't want anymore after this one either. But I am not sure that I am willing to commit to DH getting a vasectomy either. It would be nice to not have to worry about birth control anymore though!

Wishing warm spring weather for everyone! My maternity pants that I have that don't have the panels, just elastic constantly fall down. I hope once I get bigger they stay up better, but I thought these are supposed to only last in the beginning. My shorts that I have bought are SUPER comfortable, so I can't wait until it is warm enough to wear them. I got some of Old Navy yoga shorts, and have to say they are pretty comfy, and i think they are on sale right now.

All right, bye!

[lena_girl]

"Still raining here - please end - I have got to get me and the kids out of the house. Not to mention I am out of winter clothes"

ketilave - I see you are in VA too. I am SO tired of this rain! It's been like 4 days. My backyard is all flooded with mud which is SO MUCH FUN everytime the dog goes out. I'm tempted to stop feeding him until the rain stops. JK. Anyway, my dh is gone (he travels a lot for his job) so I don't even get the night off from wiping dog paws. :

The problem I'm having is that I seem to be carrying high and my stupid maternity pants won't stay up. They just creep down under the belly. I even got a pair from Gap that was supposed to fit 3-7 months, but it still doesn't stay up. I've been wearing overalls and stretchy skirts everyday.

I've been getting a lot of BH too, which is a little scary b/c I had premature labor at 26 weeks with #1 (and I'll be 25 weeks on fri.) I feel really good about this preg. though. I have just *known* that my body was going to do it right this time and not start trying to kick baby out early.

[Bearsmama]

Okay, ladies, I just wrote this BIG reply and I F@#%$%# lost it. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

More when I can muster the energy to re-type. Hang in there, everyone.

[ketilave]

lena_girl - yep down in Richmond - but we have sun today.

Very exciting day I am off to buy underwear. Although my weight is on track I feel so much bigger this time around - I don't think my hips ever recovered after DD.

Anyone else doing HB got the money thing taken care of already? I keep thinking this baby is so far off that I am not doing much about it! Insurance will probably cover it but I want to give MW some money upfront just in case.

Later

[Jlcampbellkidz]

Yes to the BH here and lately a lot of low back cramping. Some days I feel as if my cycle is about to start. YUK! I slept in the living room on the couch last night. My DH didn't like that too much but I missed my chiropractor appt. to be with my sister this week and the back is giving me fits. My sister just found out she is pregnant with baby #4 due in Dec. So our new babies will only be 4months difference. I love being an Aunt!

Sorry I haven't responded more to you ladies. I was pulled into a conversation on the mothering board that was debating the safety of VBAC vs. Repeat C-section. The woman asked why so many woman on this board refuse U/S and other testing but are willing to take the risk to VBAC. I was appauled. I almost threw my computer out the window.

Anybody else loosing there belly button? Mine never poked out with DD but it did become even with the rest of my belly by 25 weeks. I am only 23 1/2 weeks right now and it's pretty close. I have such a short torso. I can already feel this baby kicking close to my ribs. Even though I think I am carrying the baby low compared to last pg. I am still having a hard time breathing or catching my breath. There is just no were for this baby to go (up or down). Atleast I have four more inches than my mother did. She is 5' even and I am 5'4" I love looking at the few belly pics she has of herself when she was pregnant with my sister and I. I am trying to take lots so that my DD can enjoy them someday when she is pregnant. :LOL

[madrone]

I'm haven't been responding much to all of ya'll either. I've just been kind of busy here. Good type of busy though. DS has gotten up from his nap, so I need to go and start making dinner. Just wanted to let you all know that I am enjoying reading your posts when I can and say that I'm doing well.

[SamuraiEarthMama]

hello, all you lovely blooming mamas!

that vbac thread had me upset, too... i put up a snarky response and haven't been back to see the fallout.

ketilave, we took out a zero-interest-until-2006 credit card cash advance to pay the midwife (and the lawyer, but that's another story!). we felt she deserved to be paid for her services as quickly as possible... and we didn't want to stress on how. so we started actually reading those many cc offers we got, and picked the best one we could find. dh is actually set to get a raise in july, and we're just going to sock the extra away towards the principal on that loan... if our calculations work out right, and we don't have anything catastrophic happen, it should work out well for us.

i got to see my midwife yesterday, and dh joined me. it was a really lovely visit, two hours long, lots of laughing and chatting. dh is an evolutionary biologist, and likes to talk shop with the midwife, who keeps up on her studies... they had a long talk about ovarian stem cells (did you know that the idea that we're born with all the eggs we'll ever have has just been blown out of the water? apparently we have ovarian stem cells that grow into ova... they decrease in number as we get older, and thus less eggs... but they are generated all our reproductive lives).

my bp was down again and that was such a relief. i've got a belly to start with, so i've been consistantly measuring 4 cm larger than my weeks, since about 17 weeks, so i measured 30 cm yesterday... right on target. baby kicked and wiggled, and mw showed dh how to use a fetoscope to listen, and how to palpate the baby. (dh: "it just feels like guts to me!"... but mw was able to get him to feel the head and the butt after a few minutes).

got my birth ball yesterday and haven't had a chance to do anything with it... dh and all three kids think it's the best toy in the house! sigh. i guess i'll get a turn when the novelty wears off.

MIL has sent several gifts of maternity clothes that have made me feel a little uncomfortable. she's really trying so hard to be supportive and sweet, but man... the first batch were all shiny polyester things, stuff i'd never wear in a million years. and this last box had a pair of white overalls (i never wear white, i've got three kids, two dogs and two cats!) that didn't fit over my butt, much less my belly. how do i get her to quit spending money on stuff i won't/can't wear? i know she's trying to be nice, but i hate having to tell her thank you for stuff i can't use. dh told her that i won't wear polyester, and she said to just pass the stuff on to someone else. oh well...

my local preggo buddy, who is about two weeks ahead of me, has just been assigned to bedrest for PIH. scary stuff.

baby is kicking and moving all the time, it seems! of course, it couldn't have anything to do with all the easter chocolate i've been nibbling, could it? also lots of BH contx, especially late in the afternoon (like now!). nothing painful or alarming, but some of them do catch my breath. definitely more with this fourth baby!

there's a one-woman comedy show tomorrow night here in town called "fat, fertile and forty." sounds RIGHT up my alley! gonna try to get some pals to go see it with me...

have a nice evening, everyone!

katje