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[LeighPF]

I am sitting here eating a bag of slightly stale taco chips waiting for my husband to get off a work call so I can make spaghetti for dinner. We have not eaten as a family all week, but I needed to eat something now.

Also Newman's own makes these Ginger "mints" that are quite strong and I am loving having around for the all day sick. I bought a case at whole foods when I was pregnant with Bee.

[carmen358]

I'll have to check out the ginger mints. Nausea kicked my butt today. We have over 20 people coming over tomorrow night for a solstice celebration and I've been OUT of commission for a few hours. Yikes. However, I couldn't be happier about it lol I go between craving stuff and then everything repulses me. Today I've craved poutine and cherry cola

[Banana731]

congrats on the u/s yesterday, Carmen! What's poutine?

[carmen358]

Originally Posted by Banana731 

congrats on the u/s yesterday, Carmen! What's poutine?

Oops, forgot it's not common in the US. It's basically french fries with gravy and cheese curds traditionally. There are other varieties with chili or veggies or meat, etc. It's full of fat and grease and it sounds perfect to me right now! It's a french canadian thing. Very common here - we have restaurants where it's pretty much the only thing on the menu!

[Banana731]

Gravy, as in the brown stuff Americans put on mashed potatoes? And cheese curds, as in the soupy white stuff Americans call cottage cheese? I think this calls for Wikipedia...

[Banana731]

That looks pretty good! We don't have much here that compares to cheese curds, I think, though. That doessn't look like cottage cheese.

[FarmerCathy]

Originally Posted by Banana731 

That looks pretty good! We don't have much here that compares to cheese curds, I think, though. That doessn't look like cottage cheese.

You need to visit WI!!!   Cheese curds are sold everywhere you stop.    Otherwise it is not common in other states.  :)

Having food aversions to everything this week, though I realized it is like that every time I'm pregnant. 7-8th week I lose weight due to aversions and then by the 9th, nausea is gone and life starts getting better again.  So close!

[Banana731]

Oh man, C, I wish I were you! Feeling better by week 9 sounds divine!

I live in MI, it would not be difficult for me to experience cheese curds in WI

I have to lead a meeting today, and I have soooooo much to do around here, AND I feel kind of yucky. Is it bad for me to hope no one shows and I can cut out early? I don't care. I hope it!

[FarmerCathy]

Originally Posted by Banana731 

Oh man, C, I wish I were you! Feeling better by week 9 sounds divine!
I live in MI, it would not be difficult for me to experience cheese curds in WI
I have to lead a meeting today, and I have soooooo much to do around here, AND I feel kind of yucky. Is it bad for me to hope no one shows and I can cut out early? I don't care. I hope it!

It will be and I can't wait.  I wish everyone could magically feel better then too.  I'm a puke a phobe, so it def. helps.  Have not puked yet, but came close a couple times.  Ugh.

I will hope with you, it would be nice to have the time to do more.

[Banana731]

I just went online and created a pregnancy calendar for my last pregnancy, and it totally made me feel better. I was already crazy sick all day day long by 5 weeks and it started to wain by 10-11weeks. I'm 6 weeks this weekend and this is much milder than last time. I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed that it holds out!

[CraftyMcGluestick]

So jealous of you ladies. If I started feeling better by nine weeks, I'd be home free TOMORROW ! And then I wouldn't feel so guilty about being the worst mother in the world for just this last day. Or about the Christmas of doom headed my way. :-/

My mom did something miraculous and amazing yesterday though- she hired a lady to come clean my house once a week until I feel better!!!! OMG- best Christmas present ever. She won't start until January 3 or 4, but I am PSYCHED! I can *almost* ignore the total filth my house has become in the last few weeks.

I'm not sure I have been to the grocery store personally since Thanksgiving and my family will eat their SECOND chick-fil-a meal of the day as soon as DH gets home with it.

And if my last pregnancy foretells the story of this one, I may be such an all-star parent as this for about 21 more weeks or so! Now who's gonna present my supermom award?!

[Banana731]

Crafty, you're mom is AWESOME. And I hope you are better before 21weeks!

[HeatherB]

Yay, Crafty, that's awesome!! I just found out a friend is doing something similar for me. I am just floored!

I wish I had some idea of whether this was going to get better or worse. I guess I figure it's going to get worse, because I'm not actually throwing up every morning, yet. I'm nauseous a huge chunk of the day and have smell and food aversions, etc., but I've actually thrown up more in the middle of the night than any other time. I'm just a couple days from 8 weeks and I never do see a recession even by 12, maaaaybe a little better around 15, but I can be sick the entire pregnancy, off and on. I remember being so excited that I could tell my MW I had not actually thrown up since I last saw her, and then realized it was because we were already down to weekly visits. And that didn't last. Sigh.

Not even including the first trimester issues, life has been hell (and I don't use that term lightly) for the last 2+ weeks. I'm praying we get through Christmas and are able to enjoy it all. I'm doing everything I can to protect my kids from the hell and give them a joyful Christmas. But it is really, really tough. They also don't know about the new baby and I won't be announcing it (beyond my mom and sister, at this point) for an indeterminate amount of time. I'd hoped to tell them at Christmas but it just isn't a good time for it. Praying there will be one, before too long!

I hope everyone else is able to get through the holidays as they've hoped! I am grateful that we won't be hosting Christmas dinner here as we usually do. Instead, my same generous friends will take everyone out. I've been thinking of a Brazilian steakhouse (gaucho style meats served table side), which sounds amazing to me right now, and the kids will be thrilled. I hope that all works out because I'm actually really looking forward to it!

[GISDiva]

Ah, poutine. My husband is from Buffalo, NY, which might as well be Canada sometimes. *haha*. I heard there's actually a restaurant opening here in Milwaukee that's going to have some Canadian specialties such as that. Not sure about Kraft dinner.

Speaking of dietary habits, I have the opposite problem as some. I am only 6 weeks and I can't stop eating, it keeps the nausea away. I've always had trouble gaining weight, I have a feeling the tides have turned! We went to a mom and pop diner tonight after looking at holiday lights, it was so, so good. And bad. But really good. if you know what I mean...

Hang in there ladies, I feel so awful for those that aren't feeling well, especially at this time of year!

[carmen358]

Originally Posted by Banana731 

That looks pretty good! We don't have much here that compares to cheese curds, I think, though. That doessn't look like cottage cheese.

It is! It's awesome. The gravy is traditionally vegetarian actually and the cheese curds are very dry and more like a mozzarella.

[carmen358]

We hosted about 18 people tonight for a solstice celebration and I almost threw up several times while in conversation with people. Yikes. And we're hosting Christmas dinner!

Someone mentioned they aren't telling their kids about the new baby yet. We are hoping to wait until at least 20 weeks. Does anyone have any advice on when is a good time or how to do it?

[HeatherB]

I said I'm not telling, yet. I've actually never waited this long, I don't think, to tell them. With one of my pregnancies, I have pictures my eldest drew of the new baby when the baby looked like nothing more than an oval with a line through it! Since we're already working on identifiable body parts, now, this is pretty late for me.

Actually, I told my 2yo, earlier, as we shared a bowl of dry honey-O's, that I had to feed the baby. I asked her where it was and she said, typically for her, "I don't know!" And I showed her where the baby is. Then she pointed to other parts of me and said, "There? There? There?" Yeah, no harm in telling her now because she can't possibly grasp it yet.

For me, at this point, I'm not telling them because A) it's not public knowledge and they will likely make it public quickly; and B) there's enough turmoil in our lives right now that they don't really need ONE more thing to worry about. Once those are not the case, I'll be very happy to tell them. I'm just kinda hoping it's before 39 weeks.

[Banana731]

I didn't tell dd1 about dd2 until I was showing, which is pretty far along for me (6 mo ish). I just didnt see the point. We told them both sooner with dd3, because the MW was coming to our house and dd1 was too old not to ask wth was going on. I guess that was around 12 weeks then. Dd3 is so little, I'm not sure how it's going to work this time.

[CrunchyMama19]

heatherB I am so sorry things are hard for you right now. Family holiday drama or whatever it is I hope things calm down soon for you.

Even though I am only 5 weeks and a few days we told both DH's parents and mine and they are thrilled! I half expected my mom to be kind of rude about it. Her memory and mind in general are starting to fail a little and sometimes she says things that she has no business saying but she was so excited! We also told our 5 yo DD so I expect it will be common knowledge as soon as we get back into town. I am hoping she can at least contain herself until I hit 7 weeks but I doubt it. I have never known this early!

Unfortunately my 2 yo DD is sick with a tummy virus. I am worried we might all be sick for Christmas, I am hoping not but we'll see. Poor babe is pretty miserable and hasn't kept anything down since 2am yesterday.

[FarmerCathy]

Originally Posted by GISDiva 

Ah, poutine. My husband is from Buffalo, NY, which might as well be Canada sometimes. *haha*. I heard there's actually a restaurant opening here in Milwaukee that's going to have some Canadian specialties such as that. Not sure about Kraft dinner.

Do tell where in Milwaukee.  We go there to pick my DS from the airport and I would love to take my dh to a restaurant like that.  Yum!!!

I just hope that the 4.5 hour car trip won't be so bad to pick up DS.  We had to stop on the side of the road last time once.  I'm hoping since I will almost be 9 weeks that it will zero.  Please, please, please.  Now, I need to make a list of snacks to make and take.  Hmmm....  Lots of popcorn.  So far that is something I can sit and eat and not have problems with.  Yay!!

Oh, and I already had to take my ring off, it was digging into my finger.  It might have been because we started a fire yesterday and I was all warm and toasty and I started to swell.