Weekly Update Thread - April 27 - Page 2

[stanya]

Hi y'all... i haven't checked in in a while. I'll be eleven weeks in a few days. I have to pass this info on: My excellent midwife took me OFF the PRENATALS and my morning sickness is practically gone! What a relief! She said the one-a-day prenatals hit your system like a rock and increase nausea ten-fold. So instead, for now, I'm taking the 800mcg of Folic Acid and 1200 mg of calcium each day and eating lots fo fruit for vitamin C. She said all will be fine. In a another week or two, when m/s seems to be on its way out, I'll get back on prenates but not the one a days. There are some that come in smaller doses, to be taken a few times a day and apparetnly keep nauseas down!
Hope that's helpful.
I am also in the awkard size stage. living in dresses for now (i live in LA where its hot as hell anyway). Frustrated too because I've been in a cast now for seven weeks (broke my ankle), so the lack of excercise and the eating of lots of comfort food has got me chubbier than normal. So, part of my show I'm sure is new chub I never had.
I think I'm going to start telling people this wek. I've been watiing and waiting. We heard heartbeat at 9 weeks and now I am starting to feel that hopefully all is going to go ok...
hope everyone's doing well.
P.S. anyone from socal? know of any maternity reslae stores? the maternity clothes are so expensive!!!! and the cheap ones aren't really my style.

[stanya]

p.s ok, the expensive ones aren't really my style either, but they seem to be a little hipper anyway...

[jane-t-mommy]

Good Morning November Mamas!
I haven't posted in so long. I had some spotting that although it was minimal, kind of freaked me out a bit. Also the fatique is claiming my life at the moment. But I heard my little one's heart beat on Saturday (MW had to cancel appt due to a birth and was kind enough not to make me wait out the entire weekend) What a relief. There is really a little baby growing inside me! WOW. So, I am feeling much more attatchment with my pregnancy now.

Meg, I'm with you in the testing department. I'll be 36 when baby comes, and thankfully I have a very low intervention minded midwife who doesn't apply any pressure for any tests whatsoever. Unfortunately one of her nurses feels a bit more stongly and gave me the old story of how one time one mother didn't have amnio (or whatever, fill in the blank) and she had a (fill in the blank with fear). Ugghh!! I mean I totally understand that they have my best interest at heart, but I don't like fear tactics especially when I've already done the research and feel confident that I'm making the right decision for myself and my baby. Anyhow, I'll be refusing all tests except U/S at about 20 weeks.


I really know the old maternity clothes woes, too. I guess in a few more weeks I'll be wearing them full time, but for now I mix and match.

Welcome to the new Mamas.

Has anyone read the article in the most recent Mothering magazine about a desperate solution for morning sickness?

Good day to you all,
Janet

PS, I wanted to add that my midwife said that about 1/3 of all women experience some spotting during pregnancy and in most of those cases it's nothing at all to be concerned about. So if anyone else is looking for info about that issue and needs some peace of mind, I hope I have provided it....

[TalkToMeNow]

Janet, I read the ms article... there was a loooong discussion on it in taos last week. You should check it out.

I'm 13 weeks now. I've been wearing maternity clothes pretty much full time for two weeks, which is just awful. I wanted to hold out as long as possible so I wouldn't get so sick of them. Last time, I didn't wear them till around 5 months and still hated them all. Its annoying... "Hmmm... which of my four maternity shirts will I wear today?" We don't have any money in our budget for maternity clothes. Mother's day and dd's birthday are coming up and are much more important! Plus, I think this will be the last child, at least the last one I give birth to in our family. So it feels silly to buy a lot of stuff, kwim?

I swear I can feel this little guy move sometimes... but I must just be crazy. I haven't mentioned that to anyone in real life. Have a great week, everyone!

[Megamama]

Hey Amanda:

You might be feeling the bump move...I think you can start feeling it from week 13 on in subsequent pregnancies, particularly since you know already what it feels like and can recognize it faster than in a first pregnancy I swear I felt my bump move already at 10 weeks but I know I can't be right!!

Alternatives to Maternity wear...loose t-shirts..sweat pants or yoga pants..other loose pants (I have a few from clearance racks at J. Jill that I like wearing)..I don't have summer maternity clothing at all, so I just do that stuff..I have a loose skirt too..I'm still just trying to wear my regular clothing because I'm overweight already so I haven't gained any weight yet...check out ebay for decent buys on the fancier brands..or you can just buy a lot on the cheap...good way to go if you can't stand your 4 shirts

[Seeking Refuge]

13 weeks here too

I am sure that you guys are feeling the babies move. My midwife swears she can feel hers move as early as 10 weeks and I have been able to feel this sprout move a little, I think.

Re: Maternity Wear I wear skirts and roll up the waistbands. I lost so much weight in the first trimester that my clothes still fit me even though I have a little bit of a tummy.

take care,

[jecaly]

that's so neat that you guys are feeling movement already. i'm twelve weeks today, wahoo, and i woke up this morning to the bump actually sticking up between my pubic bone and navel, oriented vertically. then, a few minutes later, it was oriented horizontally, but i didn't feel it do that! so, i know there is movement happening, but so far it is happening too quietly for me to feel.

went to my first prenatal yoga class yesterday, which was nice. it's lovely to be able to move again, although i did get a little nauseated a couple of times during the class. next: swimming!

one and a half weeks until we're past the point where we miscarried the last one--it doesn't really even feel like an important landmark anymore, though, since this pregnancy is already so different. my midwife mentioned wanting to listen for the heartbeat with a doppler at our next appointment, a week from today, and when we spoke last i was completely on board with that, but now, having read so much more about what ultrasound waves can do, i'm less sure.

anyway. so glad to hear that folks are starting to feel better! jane-t, how's your spotting? i know that can be so upsetting, even though there are all kinds of explanations for it. thinkin about you. stanya, there's naissance down where you are, right? some of their stuff is really cute, but yeah, spendy spendy. i'm down to 2 pair of nonmaternity, non-drawstring pants that fit, and there are only a few shirts that don't show belly at this point, but i'm holding out. as soon as i have a moment, i'm so going shopping. i had an actual dream last night about buying new underwear, ha.

hugs to the mamas!

*jecaly

[jane-t-mommy]

Hello Mamas,

I am so excited at the thought of feeling this baby move! I haven't felt anything definitive yet, but am only 11 weeks.

Jecaly, my spotting has pretty much stopped. Plus I heard the heartbeat on Saturday, so am feeling much relief. Thanks for asking.

The clothing situation is pretty tricky now, huh, mamas? My maternity pants drop down all day, and my regular pants are uncomfortable or (gulp) don't fit. And sweatpants are a no-no at work. I am lucky to live near several maternity resale shops, but it still adds up quickly (not as quickly as shopping pea in a pod on line though!!LOL)

Fatigue seems to be getting a mite better, gosh it couldn't get any worse.....

Speaking of work, thankfully I only work a few hours a week, but it's all standing in one place and last night really wiped my back out. I tried stretching as much as I could, but am thinking about asking my bosses for a stool to rest one leg on, I think that would help. Anyone else with a standing in one place job that might have some good hints on survival? Thanks.

Off to the coal mines.....Janet

[stanya]

Hi again

to jecaly on the doppler: i was wondering too how safe it was, but my midwives said they use the doppler only up to 20 weeks, before the baby can hear. then they switch to a very sensitive stethatscope type of thing with no sound waves etc... You may have more info on U/S sound than i have though.. any suggestions where to read more ? thanks!

thanks to all about clothing ideas... today my new invention is two vintage aprrons tied on, one in front one in back, with a big loos vintage silk slip underneath... sure i look a little funny, but its colorful and comfortable and got me through a few errands. but i am on unemployment at the moment, so there's no boss to yell what the heck are you wearing! did i tell you last weeks invention? i cut up a cotton/lycra t-shirt, made a swatch of fabric with a button on one side and a buttonhole on the other, with a piece of elastic along the top. I hook into my pants so they stay up without zipping. then i just wear a shirt that covers the top of the pants... ok. too much time on my hands. but it works.
have a great week.
p.s. how do you know when you feel the bean move?! I'm so excited to look for this feeling.
Stanya

[jecaly]

stanya, your outfits sound amazing! post pictures! my favorite pair of pants dissolved last night at work with a huge rib down the middle seam. bah. thank goodness for a job in which it's normal to wear a bar towel hanging over your butt! i'm thinking of just getting a few pair of big low-hanging boy pants to work in. the huge maternity elastic gives me the fantods.

re the doppler: there's a big thread in the main pregnancy boards called "to u/s or not to u/s" or something like that, with lots of links to information about studies on the technology. i'm going to follow my gut (literally and figuratively, har har) and see what i feel like on the day. we've decided not to do the afp testing, though, wahoo!

jane-t, that's fantastic about the spotting and heartbeat! i'm so glad to hear that. oh, and i stand up at work a lot, too. the two things that help me the most are birkenstock clogs (not the most stylish footwear known to humankind, but they do the trick) and an anti-fatigue mat in the kitchen. what's your job? could you get a mat?

and finally...i keep posting in the wrong week's update thread. should we move this party to may?

hugs to the mamas!

*j