~*Weekly Chat Thread for Feb 22nd-28th*~ - Page 2 « Back to Group Discussions

[Jacksonmom]

Originally Posted by Calladona 

I am feeling preggers today for sure... temperamental, annoying cravings, and all the fun early BHs...  Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to be pregnant, I'm just tired of ME today. :p

Yes.  This.  

[Jacksonmom]

Originally Posted by Banana731 

We heard the heartbeat today, there's somebody in there!
 

Yay!!  So glad for you!  

[carmen358]

Hooray, Banana!!! 

[Banana731]

Thanks all!

Cathy- 40 acres, awesome! I hope you can get it!

[carmen358]

Originally Posted by FarmerCathy 

Oh my goodness, we found the home of our dreams today on 40 acres!!!  We are so hoping we can finagle it.  The house is perfect and with that much acreage we could do anything we want.

I missed this! Sounds amazing! 

[somegirl99]

Yay Banana, congrats on heartbeat!
 

Cathy, the house sounds wonderful, fingers crossed for you guys!

Hugs to those of you having bad pregnancy days.

DS and I seem to be finally on the mend, but we're still pretty worn out.  A week of him waking up hourly and being inconsolable a lot of the time.  Good prep for newborn days I guess. 

[Banana731]

Glad you're on the mend Somegirl

I'm stuck in bed, I hurt my back I really need to wash the dishes before I leave tomorrow. At least I'm already packed.

[FarmerCathy]

Originally Posted by Banana731 

We heard the heartbeat today, there's somebody in there!

I sent my family a picture of my three girls, each holding a sign that says "big sister" but it is not as obvious as I thought! It was pretty funny waiting for them to get it

Yay Banana!!  So exciting!!

Yes, if this house becomes reality we will be able to have large and small livestock, a farm store if we want and everything.  It's been on the market for 424 days, so it might stay available until were ready.  It would be a dream come true and its in absolutely the perfect place, closer to town, but still close enough to go to play group etc.    Now to wait. lol  MIL and FIL are giving us money for a down payment so we just need to wait until that is in the bank and talk to the credit union again. 

This week we will be seeing the OB with my doula who wanted to meet him.  I have lots of questions and then we make our appt. for our anatomy scan 3 weeks from Friday.  So excited!!

[Blue Lotus]

So exciting about the land - we are looking for 35+ acres ourselves, and trying to find the right place is SO hard! I hope you get it!

What kind of livestock are you planning on?
 

[HeatherB]

Banana, so happy for your good news! I hope you're feeling better.

I'm getting impatient to feel baby move more. It's just so reassuring. I keep getting anxious that there's something wrong, perhaps because the debilitating nausea is pretty much gone (though I am still getting sick, like three of the last four days ). I was pretty confident I was feeling baby weeks ago, but it's very unpredictable now, even though the sensations are more distinct. Remind me when I'm getting walloped constantly that I really wanted clearly defined movement. I'm basically not one to run to technology but have felt a strong urge to get another u/s or at least check baby with Doppler. I was glad to realize it's been four weeks and I get to see my MW this week! Whew! I have no signs of any problems (though when I decided to poas just to comfort myself it was much fainter - which is certainly due to second tri), serious increase in round ligament pain, continued hunger (though I can get away with more), some vomiting, aversions, cravings, etc. etc. But I have to keep reminding myself. Anyone else finding this a challenging time?

I think I'll get an u/s at 24 weeks for anatomy and maybe gender. I also want to check out this mass in my abdomen that made it seem like possibly twins. It's still there but may be outside of the uterus. I suppose it must be a fibroid but I dunno. It's also a little freaky. Wishing I'd made my friend look more at our first scan, but it had also seemingly disappeared at that point. It does come and go some but is mostly there. Anybody else had anything like that?

[GISDiva]

Originally Posted by HeatherB 

Anyone else finding this a challenging time?

In short, yes.  I've been feeling flutters too, but they're so sporadic and I can't recall feeling any yesterday and none today.  Still hungry though.  

Regarding your other issue, my cousin had a grapefruit sized cyst that she had to live with until her son was born when she could get it removed, so it's certainly possible it's something like that.  It didn't seem to complicate her pregnancy at all.

[GISDiva]

Originally Posted by georgiegirl1974 

As for professional maternity attire, I ended up getting black and charcoal grey maternity pants and pairing them with my suit jackets. I was able to wear my button down shirts until about 18 weeks. (This was when I was PG with DS). I ended up getting some polyester "fancy" looking tops from a department store and Kohls for really cheap...like $3-5 a piece. You can probably find some non-maternity peasant tops to wear. I ended up wearing lots of non-maternity clothes at the end...mainly stretch skirts and peasant tops. Of course I gave all of those clothes away, since they just didn't look cute after the baby was born (even though they weren't maternity).

I have determined that I am not destined to wear regular pants for the rest of this pregnancy.  I went scouting this weekend for both new and used.  I also don't like polyester pants and they're really too dressy for my office.  We're usually only about one step higher than jeans around here, and I can't seem to find anything between jeans and dressy pants that fit me right.  I did find a pair of black knit pants that are really flow-ey (Like if you were standing still, you'd have a hard time figuring out if it was a skirt or pants, I'm sure there's a name for those kind of things), but that was it.  Maxi skirts are my new best friend, I just wear leggings and boots under them to keep warm until spring finally decides to show up here.

[Jillgayle]

Originally Posted by HeatherB 

Banana, so happy for your good news! I hope you're feeling better.

I'm getting impatient to feel baby move more. It's just so reassuring. I keep getting anxious that there's something wrong, perhaps because the debilitating nausea is pretty much gone (though I am still getting sick, like three of the last four days ). I was pretty confident I was feeling baby weeks ago, but it's very unpredictable now, even though the sensations are more distinct. Remind me when I'm getting walloped constantly that I really wanted clearly defined movement. I'm basically not one to run to technology but have felt a strong urge to get another u/s or at least check baby with Doppler. I was glad to realize it's been four weeks and I get to see my MW this week! Whew! I have no signs of any problems (though when I decided to poas just to comfort myself it was much fainter - which is certainly due to second tri), serious increase in round ligament pain, continued hunger (though I can get away with more), some vomiting, aversions, cravings, etc. etc. But I have to keep reminding myself. Anyone else finding this a challenging time?

I think I'll get an u/s at 24 weeks for anatomy and maybe gender. I also want to check out this mass in my abdomen that made it seem like possibly twins. It's still there but may be outside of the uterus. I suppose it must be a fibroid but I dunno. It's also a little freaky. Wishing I'd made my friend look more at our first scan, but it had also seemingly disappeared at that point. It does come and go some but is mostly there. Anybody else had anything like that?

Lovely reading good news, heartbeats and homebuying and all the rest!

HeatherB: I could have wrote much of your post myself.  How do people make it between appointments.  I think I am feeling so rolling/distinct movements here and there but they are so sporadic. I get so worried, some moments I am inches away from calling the dr.'s office. 1st time around I had MS until 20 weeks, so I knew the hormones were still there at least.  This time symptoms have subsided for the most part (thank god really), but that comes with so much anxiety.  Granted, I still have severe acne, constipation, dry heaves occasionally and unrelenting hunger.  So not really symptom free at all.  I am all for minimal intervention, but can not wait for my 20 week U/S on 3/19!

On a related note, I had a visit with the Birth Center where I would like to switch my care to and for delivery. It was an informational session but they answered virtually every question I had and really well!  I was so impressed and felt such a connection, I almost started crying in the session (i'll chalk that up to hormones too.) But really, aside from the truly outdated decor, I felt like that was exactly where I needed to be.   I can't wait to switch, but i am going to stick with my U/S practice which is a large research/teaching hospital just to make sure there are no complications as of yet, and then go forward. 

[FarmerCathy]

Originally Posted by Blue Lotus 

So exciting about the land - we are looking for 35+ acres ourselves, and trying to find the right place is SO hard! I hope you get it!

What kind of livestock are you planning on?
 

I hope so too.  We want to get pigs, chickens, turkeys, rabbits and sheep.  Cattle maybe down the road and if we are able to get the 40 acre plot.  We want to do a Salatin model homestead.  Put the chickens and rabbits in tractors.  We are very excited!!  Oh and a pasture donkey.  My dh has a fondness for them.

Heather - I hear you on wanting to feel the baby more.  I also have been having more and more ligament pain.  I was coughing this am and doubled up in pain from my ligaments getting pulled.  It was awful.

[Mama505]

Originally Posted by FarmerCathy 

I hope so too.  We want to get pigs, chickens, turkeys, rabbits and sheep.  Cattle maybe down the road and if we are able to get the 40 acre plot.  We want to do a Salatin model homestead.  Put the chickens and rabbits in tractors.  We are very excited!!  Oh and a pasture donkey.  My dh has a fondness for them.

That is awesome, and my eventual dream as well!  Have you ever gone to Salatin's farm?  I think that would be an amazing thing to see in practice!  Ducks and geese are fun too.  Although turkeys are way easier to deal with all around, it is really fun to have a flock of ducks follow you around the land!  Oh I hope you get it!!

Originally Posted by HeatherB 

 Anyone else finding this a challenging time?

Yeah.  I am in a heartburn and headache phase.  The heartburn is usually from eating too much or too fast.  But sometimes I just can't stop myself from eating too much too fast!  The headaches, I don't know.  I am drinking TONS of water so that I don't get dehydrated, which (of course) sends me to the bathroom every five minutes or so. 

[carmen358]

Yes, I find it a difficult time to relax too. Some days I feel distinct kicks, and for several days I'll feel wiggles at least once a day....but then days like yesterday when I *think* I only feel wiggles I freak out a bit. Hang in there.....hopefully we'll all be getting kicked regularly in a few weeks

[cardigan]

Another snow day for us in the midwest. I'm getting some work from home done, but am also craving sloppy joes, despite never actually having had one. A hamburger or hot dog would also suffice, but everything walking distance is closed! I too am very headachy, but a lazy morning of mint tea, acetaminophen, some pretzel rolls with mustard, while working from the couch seem to dulled the pain. I think I may be coming down with a UTI? I've never had a symptomatic one, just asymptomatic ones picked up coincidentally or full blown kidney infections that knock me out for a week. Anyway, I think my bladder hurts. I'm going to drink LOTS of liquids the next few days, and bring it up at my Dr appt on Thursday afternoon.

Salatin model of farming is so fascinating and exciting! All I know about it is from Omnivore's Dilemma, but it made me think about farming differently and really respect farmers that try these sorts of methods even more. 

[thecoffeebean]

Originally Posted by carmen358 

Yes, I find it a difficult time to relax too. Some days I feel distinct kicks, and for several days I'll feel wiggles at least once a day....but then days like yesterday when I *think* I only feel wiggles I freak out a bit. Hang in there.....hopefully we'll all be getting kicked regularly in a few weeks

Carmen, I needed to hear this today. Baby has been quiet the past day or so, which of course ramps up my anxiety. I'm trying to just relax though and remind myself that it's still early to be feeling kicks at all!

[Mama505]

Cardigan-  Can you get some cranberry juice?  That's always been my 'go to' for UTIs.

[somegirl99]

Originally Posted by Mama505 

Cardigan-  Can you get some cranberry juice?  That's always been my 'go to' for UTIs.

Yes this.  Try to find unsweetened cranberry juice.  A lot of the mainstream stuff is mostly grape or apple juice.