April Showers Bring May Flowers - May Thread for Sept. Mamas! - Page 5

[CdnAloha]

Caroline, it's interesting what you are being told Quote: "No fuits by themselves..eat them with toast or something.....but cake is okay(!) GO figure...."

I found it took a long time to identify what is okay and in what combinations. I will tell you what really helped me, if you are feeling you ate something bad and are reacting, drink lots of water. It seems to flush out your system and things get balanced quicker. Make sure to stay hydrated - as you probably are with the pregnancy, but for some reason it helps with blood sugar too.

Funny that cake is okay?! Woo-hoo! Maybe it's the eggs in the cake and the milk or butter in the icing? I know I'm stretching here. Oh yeah, another thing is fat helps you process simple carbs. So if you are eating a fruit bread - very high in sugar, put butter on it and it should help. Crazy eh?

PM me if you want to know more suggestions or ideas. Like I said it takes a while to figure out what works for you.

I'm learning lots from all of you talking about knitting and making and washing wool soakers. Maybe I will finally learn to knit some. I want to make some just like Chrissy's.

I just signed up with a swim training group that will run in summer. We will be swimming at an outdoor pool. Yay! It is for triathlon and masters training which I did before I got pg. I told the coach I will be slow, but she said to come on along. I love to swim, and I know it will be sooooo nice in the hot summer. Just a few/six weeks till it starts.

Have a happy day!

[CdnAloha]

Jen, in my attempt to catch up quickly I scanned through about Tristan and Sam and doing controlled burns and envisioned babies doing skids in race cars! Not at all what you were talking up, but it was a funny idea.

I haven't had any baby dreams yet, but I look forward to them. Until then I love hearing your stories.

[wardermom]

Chumani-Kelly is 7. She'll be 8 at the end of June-just when they would be able to schedule her work. Nice birthday present. It's nice to hear that you had a positive experience with your daughter when she needed dental work done under general anesthesia. It makes me feel a little better.

Anna-I'm not feeling very peaceful about this decision yet. Dh says to go ahead and book it, but I'm putting it off. I guess I really should call the office soon.

Chrissy-Thanks for your encouraging words about it all turning out okay.I appreciate that.I'm sorry that Noah will have to go through surgery some time,
but I know he'll be okay too.

blueviolet-It's nice to hear that your child did fine using a local. That's how I had it done as a child, and I'd prefer that. She'd have to go back several times in order to have it all done though. I agree that a good dentist is very important in the way everything goes. I will look at the dental forum, I didn't know there was one.

[banana girl]

Good Morning Everyone!

Just wanted to quick say hi! Life is crazy hectic right now, with Jerome finishing his last week of classes. I can't wait for all this to be over, so i can have my husband back again!

It's a gloomy dark day today, looks like rain...

well I gotta go, work calls and I don't really have anything special to say.

"No time for love, Dr Jones!"
anna banana

[austinmomma]

Chrissy,
I have to say that I'm lovin' my pregnant body, too! I almost wish this stage of my pregnancy would last longer but I can't wait for the baby to get here.

Jen,
Thanks for the wool link... I went to two fabric stores last week and could only find an acrylic/wool blend. I went ahead and made my mom's Mother's Day gift with it and it looks like crap. Acrylic is yucky! I'm going to do it again in wool since it just looks better. I also ordered some of the mint cream color to do Mina Rose's blanket. I found a pattern for a blanket that has a little hoodie attached - really cute.

Good baby vibes to everyone else... must go to get to the huge pile of work on my desk. I'll check in later.

Love,
Kim

[wardermom]

I have made a blanket for all my kids when pregnant with them. I usually do them in acrylic, but Mika's I did in wool. She is the only one who developed a fondness for her blankie (despite being held and carried more than the others).I haven't done one for this baby yet. I should get going on it soon.

[austinmomma]

Melanie,
So I guess you're proof that there is something to be said for wool!

Kim

[cottonwood]

"I will tell you what really helped me, if you are feeling you ate something bad and are reacting, drink lots of water. It seems to flush out your system and things get balanced quicker."

Absolutely! Whenever I start feeling a little sick (pregnancy-related), I know that I'm not drinking enough water. More water *always* helps.

"Funny that cake is okay?! Woo-hoo! Maybe it's the eggs in the cake and the milk or butter in the icing? I know I'm stretching here. Oh yeah, another thing is fat helps you process simple carbs."

You know, it does sound crazy, but I have really found this to be true. There are certain combinations of simple sugars and fats that I tolerate very well -- for instance, yesterday I had some hot chocolate made with an organic cocoa and sugar mix with whole milk, with a cheese quesadilla (made with whole wheat tortilla.) I felt wonderful afterwards and settled down for a very nice nap. Likewise, I do fine with chocolate. And ice cream.

[cottonwood]

Originally Posted by chrissy

last night somebody told me i looked so cute and i said, "i know." :LOL

That's what I like to hear!

[4under6]

Suffering from a terribly nasty head cold!

Savannah-

I haven't posted pics on Yahoo yet. I have to have hubby take some of me first! But as far as my size goes, I am about a 20/22 pre-pregnancy. Plus sized mama!

I can't wait to start getting your package together!

[JenInMpls]

Just lil ol me and my lil ol cat here to say that it's nice in the Twin Cities today, but sheesh, 3/4 hour awake feels like 3 when you have a dumb hormonal crying jag during it. Behold my sob story (or skip it if you like!):

4 AM, Jo wakes up hot. It was hot in our room... I guess. She stumbles around... shutting the storm window and then shutting the inside window very loudly. This wakes me out of a drowsy falling-back-to-sleep state. She crawls back into bed, tosses, turns, whimpers, and gets back up, goes downstairs, into the porch, gets a box fan, comes back up, removes the cat from the window sitter, removes the window sitter from the window ledge, re-opens the window, re-opens the storm and puts the box fan in the window and puts it on low, blowing right on me. Then she crawls back into bed and asks,

"Is that better?"

I really wanted to yell "why the f* are you asking me, I wasn't even hot!", but being awake for 1/2 hour of fidgeting and noise has woken up both my metabolism and the baby, so Sprout is kicking me to eat and I started to cry instead. About 45 minutes and a glass of milk later, Sprout seemed satisfied and I feel back asleep. Jo was not so lucky, she didn't fall back asleep for a while. Bad for us, as there was a Childbirth Collective meeting this evening I was hoping we could attend before interviewing a few doulas, I just know she's going to be completely tired and not want to go, in which case there are 2 options: one, interview doulas without attending the little informative meeting (a completely possibility) or go to the one in June, not interview doulas til I come back from camp in July and be pretty much out of luck. Not as much of a possibility.

I feel bad when I have these huge crying sprees, given all of the things that I've read about how children in utero suffer from moms who are stressed and anxious, but I don't seem to be able to control them.

Kim: acrylic... yeah, I'm not in love with acrylic. I accidentally bought yarn for my baby sweater that was 60 wool / 40 acrylic and I was surprised because it felt so soft... I think the rainbow thread running through it is acrylic and the main color is wool. To find nice wool yarn you usually have to go to a dedicated yarn store.

Sprout kicks greetings.

yawn,

jen

[austinmomma]

Oh, Jen, you poor thing! You know, one of my friends told me that she had trouble getting to sleep at night when she first quit smoking... didn't you say Jo is trying to quit? Oh, I also found a local retailer through the link you posted. Good luck getting some sleep tonight!

[banana girl]

smiles

Oh Jen, don't be so hard on yourself..... repeat after me. Hormones are good! Hormones are good! I am making lots of good hormones for my baby, I rock! Hip hip hooray for Jen and her healthy homones!!!

good luck with the doula situation, it might be worth a little inconvenience and tiredness to get the ball rolling with finding a doula. The stress of not feeling prepared may be much more frustrating than the temporary stress of being tired. However, my sympathy on sleeplessness, I hear you. i was up with Jerome at 4:30. He had to get up early to finish some schoolwork, I got up with him, to ensure he actually got up and got to work, instead of simply pressing snooze for 2 more hours!!!!

chrissy, i have to admit, just between you me and the whole world..... I am adorable pregnant! I know it, I flaunt it. te hee heee. "Glow" is my middle name these days. I'm obviously pregnant but still young and dang sexy!

Love to all, must go find food... food... food. (drool, slurp...... burp)
Anna Banana

[adventuregirl]

Holy Moly, I finally caught up with this thread! And now I feel like I can hardly respond to anyone because I missed so much! Also, because I have been sitting here for um, 2 hours I think! And my back is hurting, my eyes have been burning all day and I think I'm going to lay down.

A quck update though, I got the job, and am looking forward to it. I let them know about my pregnancy and they barely batted an eye and congratulated me. I am starting in 2 weeks for set up and camp begins June 1st.

We finally got the hot tub working for real this past weekend (after all the building, wiring, cleaning and water chemistrystuff we had to do), and have been soaking at least daily since, it is wonderful! Especially for my back that seems to get unhappy by the end of each day.

Anna, a way belated thanks for the May Day card! That was so sweet!

OK, better go take care of myself. Wonderful wishes to all! I'll be back tomorrow, yes I will!

[Lazuli]

Well, I've made it up to page 4 now....I'm close to being caught up! I'm still here and all is well! My husband is off this week (he gets 'professional development' weeks when he's supposed to work on stuff) and so I've not been online much. I like these weeks! We've been working on getting the house cleaned. *sigh* Things are such a mess and I feel so overwhelmed and just don't know where to start. It is most frustrating.

My mom is sending out baby shower invitations today. I hope it all goes well. I haven't seen my family since Christmas and I really hope people aren't really annoying. Things are going to be so busy for us this month! Next weekend is an anime convention that we're going to. I can't wait, there's going to be a Japanese band playing which should be nifty! I hope I don't spend too much money.... We alo leave next Sunday for two weeks away. My husband is teaching a class in Dayton for a week and then we're going to spend the weekend with my mom as he's in Columbus the next week. Then back home for a week before going back to Ohio for the baby shower. Eep! Oh, and I see the doctor between getting back and leaving again.

I'm glad everyone is doing well! I saw the doctor last week and everything is just fine. I wasn't able to hear the heartbeat but she did. And Vaysh has started moving around. It's a very weird feeling. Not a whole lot of movement, but definite movement which is good. I was getting worried! I was soooo miserable yesterday. It was in the high 80's and I wasn't dealing with it well at all. It's a good thing we're finally getting our air conditioner replaced. (It went out er...two years ago.)

I'm writing a book here, I should stop. I think we're going out to Panera for breakfast, yummy! I want to go to the outlet mall in Indiana...I keep trying to get my husband to take me. There's a Hanna Andersson outlet there and I really want to get a couple of things. I keep having these dreams that Vaysh is here and we don't have any diapers. *laughs*

Have a good day everyone and I'll try to get caught up later today.

Lazuli

[JenInMpls]

Thumpity thumpity tappity tap, that's Sprout doin' a little dance in my belly... guess it means GOOD MORNING! either that or "gee, mama, I liked the oatmeal with the extra butter you accidentally put on it this morning!".

I'm getting into taking-care-of-myself-first mode, FINALLY: I cancelled my kindergarten classes this morning (should be at them as we speak!) because I have a chiro appt at 12:30 and just couldn't take the thought of driving 40 mins out to school, 30 mins back after teaching for 1/2 hour, 30 mins back to school and then teaching 45 minutes this afternoon in time to drive 40 mins back home. An extra hour in the car just for 1/2 hour of teaching that I don't get paid for anyway...? Nope. So I'm having yet another lazy morning. A girl could get used to this!

Went to the Childbirth Collective meeting on "why hire a doula?" last night - you were right, Anna, it was worth it to go even though I was tired. Jo came home at 6:20 and hadn't eaten a single thing all day so she stayed home. I met a few doulas who interested me, a couple who turned me right off, and left with a lot of information. Now it's time to start interviewing, I guess.

Well, I should go do something other than sit on the computer and hold Sydney all morning (although I'm sure Sydney would argue that that's a perfectly wonderful thing to do all morning), so I will say bye for now...

jen

[JenInMpls]

OY! Steph!

Clean out your PM box, darling!!!



jen

[Mom2baldie]

Chumani,

Thats great that things are starting to look up for you! Wonderful! I bet you cant wait to get up and start doing more...

[hjohnson]

Lazuli I should send you some money. I love Hanna Andersson clothing. There is an outlet in Colorado but we aren't going to be out there until November.

[Mom2baldie]

Chrissy,

I love those soakers! Thanks for sending the pics! I wish I could knit...

Also, I ALWAYS LOVE my body when pregnant. I think I am sooo cute! Normally I am very thin and I just love my pregnant curves. I am def. going to try to get maternity portraits taken this time. Last time I had my husband take pics like ones I saw on the internet and I love to look back at them.

Melanie,

Im sure this doesnt help you at all, but when I was a teenager I was put under general anesth. to have my 4 wisdom teeth removed and I did fine. I dont know what Id do if I was in your situation, but I can imagine how stressful it would be for you.