Weekly Thread, May 16-22

[laurata]

How are y'all? I'm feeling less queasy lately, though still gagging here and there. My diet isn't exactly the most balanced, but it isn't too terrible either. Lots of fruit and whole grain cereals, and almonds. I've gotten out of the habit of taking my prenatals because they weren't helping with the nausea. Gotta work on that.

[Larissa]

I have actually been feeling pretty good the past two days. It scares me a little. The m/s while being perfectly awful...makes me feel mentally better about how the pregnancy is going. I am hoping that this is just how it's supposed to be this time around...and that nothing is wrong. I will be feeling so much better about everything once I can feel this baby moving! I guess I have quite a few more weeks before that will happen!

[jayayenay]

8 weeks

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[Kundalini-Mama]

Almost 11 weeks

I'm starting to feel a little better, and that makes me happy and nervous.

I'm still freakin' bloated, more so during the day.

Eating like crap : At least I have found a new substitute for my Subway Tuna sandwiches--tofu wraps

Having really bad bum pain, spasms, in my lower pelvic area--it is scaring the hell our of me. (I just posted a post over in I'm pregnant about it).

Still nursing constantly during the day, but we have successfully nightweaned Nipples are painful, but very bearable.

That's probably it

and to all of us
Amy

[cosmos]

11+ weeks I'm feeling good but oh..so..tired.. my 4 yr old and 2 yr old are wearing me out, and I have recently declared that housework is simply not going to get done. I clear a path for dh when he gets home in the dark and that is about it.

My 2 yr old wakes very early to nurse 1x and usually goes back to sleep, but ocasionally is up for good at 6am. Needless to say, I can't NOT drink that one cup of coffee in the morning. I know, shame on me.

I'm doing a pretty good other food wise and manage to get a variety, my food aversions are gone and I'm not craving sugar which is very cool. I found with both my other pregnancies that sugar is what made heartburn so bad, and also what packed on the pounds.

No weight gain yet, still in regular clothes but they are getting pretty tight. I literally gave away all my maternity after my last pregnancy so hopefully I'll either inherit a bag of money or a clothing fairy will drop everything I need on me.

[MountainLovinMama]

Quote: "on a funny note, the other day i was getting dressed and bent over in a very unflattering pose and dd was behind me and said completely seriously "mama, your popi is *SO* beautiful!!!" i couldn't stop laughing! so of course seeing the reaction, she kept repeating it, louder and louder. i have to say it made me feel better"

:LOL Thanks for making me laugh out loud!! My dd is the same age, and I absolutely LOVE these innocent hilarious things they say!! My dd's new favorite is when we're snuggling and she is feeling especially affectionate, "Mama, you're a cutie." And while I have been feeling self conscious about my thickening (and flabbing) but not yet "pregnant" looking belly, she often pulls up my shirt and gives it kisses - that too makes me feel so much better! I cannot wait to tell her about the baby - another week, I think, until I am past week 12...

[MountainLovinMama]

that hilarious quote was from Jessviola, by the way, from one of the last posts on last week's thread...

[KoalaMommy]

11 weeks, 5 days

On the topic of maternity wear (since it seems to be something everyone is talking about), I'm making some of my own! We are a 1 income family (my income) and since we moved for DH to go to grad school, I took a huge pay cut, so we're not exactly prepared to buy a whole new wardrobe. I inherited some clothes from a good friend (I asked her to keep them for me last fall after she had her baby and I knew we were going to try), but she's an at home mom, and I'm a career mom, so there were only a couple of things that I could wear to work in all of them. I started looking around for some stylish, attractive outfits for work and was in sticker shock ! They really take advantage of us moms to be!

Now here's my little secret: I don't sew! No, really, I learned how to make a basic seam as a child, but the last time I sat down to sew something was when I was 12 (and I did such a bad job that the nightgown I made then still fits me now). But I knew I was going to have to do it if I wanted cute things for work. So I went to the fabric store, dug through the patterns, picked out 2: one from simplicity that has a dress, pants (regular or capri) and a top and one from Butterick that's labeled quick and easy and is more of a suit style. Then I went to the fabric sale racks and picked out fabric (they even had this navy pinstripe on sale perfect for the suit). I finished a dress on Saturday, I had to redo things a couple of times, in the end, I had it almost all the way done and decided to take the front and the back apart from one another to make adjustments to make it fit better. But it came out realy cute! And yesterday evening I made a pair of capri pants. I would be done with them entirely. but I decided to put some ribbon trim on the bottom of the legs to make them more stylish, oh and I couldn't tear myself away from Law and Order to go to my sewing machine. So it's not too hard if you put your mind to it.

In any case, when I'm done I'll have 2 dresses, 3 pairs of pants, 2 tops and a suit all for under $100 and all cute and my style. Now try to acomplish that in a maternity store!

I also figure this is good practice because if we have a little girl, I don't have anyone to get hand-me-downs from and I'll want tons of adorable little dresses, so I'll have to make them myself!

[Jenb]

9 wks here...
Feeling pretty good, not as nauseous, but still pretty tired.

We met with a HB Midwife this week, and have decided that the HB is a go!
Unbelievable to me that this is happening as I thought my (very conservative) husband would never agree-and it was actually him that suggested it after hearing how fearful I was on having another Hospital birth.

My girls are awesome, my almost 4 year old is very excited about having a new sister (she won't consider the possibility of a brother). I get weepy everytime I look at my 18 month old, because I know that she just doesn't understand yet-I have to keep telling myself how much they change over the next 6-7 months.

AmyD
I ate SO much Tuna when I was pregnant with my girls, I sent Mike out at midnight on a Tuna run more than once!
I had to have Tuna Hoagies from WaWa.
I became known as "Tuna-Ho" :

[nikirj]

7w (+4d)

Hi everybody,

I've been doing a little better the last couple of days. I haven't thrown up at all since Friday, which is like a new record for me (with both my previous pregnancies, I didn't go a single DAY without throwing up at least once until I was into month 4). I'm not worried, though, 'cause I'm still PLENTY sick and it is taking a lot of maintenance (lots and lots of sleep, tons of lemon-water, eating every HOUR).

I'm still in my regular clothes, as I'm still about 7lbs down from my pre-preg. weight and it is making up for the extra belly.

I'm still not covered medically. It turns out DH can't add me to his insurance outside Open Enrollement because when we moved, he didn't add me (why would he? I didn't live there yet?) and if you don't do it then, you have to wait. Well, that is in January...I think not. We're applying for Public Health insurance but I hope it doesn't suck. From what I hear it isn't bad - I think we will make the income requirement, but barely, so I'm hoping. It would really suck if we had to pay the whole thing out-of-pocket.

[nannymom]

less M/S yay!

It seems like a lot of us are feeling better. Yay. I had my first few days of not feeling awful all the time this weekend. It came after another event of scary brown spotting (I've come to accept this may just be the way it is for me) so I was a little nervouse but it's not totally gone and I still have some breast tenderness. It is the 10th week so I am encouraged that I am starting to feel better and maybe by my vactaion (week 13) I will feel good.

I know a lot of you already have kids so you have your own hand me downs and stuff but I wanted to mention that i have had tremendous luck yard saleing for baby clothes. I even bought a perfectly nice peg pereggo high chair (that had not been recalled) for $5. I can not beleive it b/c they retail for about $160.00 Since we don't have a lot of money it has been a nice way to indulge the urge to buy those cute clothes.

[cinnamonamon]

I'm 10 weeks and just got home from the midwife for my first appt. a bit ago. She found the heartbeat for me I almost cried...it just made it so much more real for me, ya know? With ds I had all the time in the world to fawn over him, but now, with me not really showing yet (still in that "just look fat" stage), it hasn't been really real, yk? I mean sure I feel like crap...hungry, nauseous, TIRED..., but well...I got to hear my baby today.

So I'm happy -- even though I'm going to look like a cow when I go back to my old hometown for my little sister's graduation and see my old friends/schoolmates...hmmm...maybe I'll get my hands on some maternity clothes that will make it obvious...gee...I'm so vain. :

[DalaiMama]

Congratulations, Carolynn! oh, I can hardly wait to hear my baby... it will make it so much more real, I think. right now, I just feel lazy, not pg. :LOL
niki~ congrats on not puking! hopefully you will only continue to feel better.
as for me, I'm back to feeling tired, with a huge side of bitchy. : I just have no patience for my two year old, and would really like to go on another vacation, by myself this time. I feel terrible that I'm so short tempered. Anyone else? and any suggestions on how to cope? I feel like by the time all this is over, he's going to hate me.

[Jessviola]

kristi,
glad someone else got a laugh out of that. it's amazing how such innocent comments can really adjust your perspective and brighten your day

hilary,
wtg on making your own clothes! i'm tempted to try, but knowing how i am, i'd end up with a big pile of unfinished clothes cluttering up the room :LOL i'm infamous for starting projects and not finishing them....

jen,
yippee on the hb decision! it's awesome that dh surprised you with his supportiveness

niki,
yay on not being sick for a couple days!!! what a nice break for you! i've been feeling very little nausea for the past two days and it's really worrying me. i actually feel a huge relief at every little wave of nausea i hope things work out with your insurance.

nannymom,
congrats on the great finds! and i'm glad you're feeling better and a little less worried i wish i was going on a vacation! :LOL i could sure use one....have fun!!!

carolynn,
that's awesome that you got to hear the heartbeat. what a happy appt and i sure hear you on the fat vs pregnant look. except mine is all width instead of belly

rachel,
i'm finding i feel less patient with dd too. i hate it because i've always been so patient with her and now i feel like i just don't have the energy i usually spend with her and i'm always trying to get her to do things that don't require me to walk around a lot or stand up for long periods of time. and i'm having trouble nursing. it's too stimulating now, and not in a good way. i really can't stand it. it's not painful, just really annoying. i can't relax while she's nursing now either. when she nurses first thing in the morning, it wakes me up and i feel like i'm stuck in a room with someone scratching their nails on a chalkboard. i've even stopped her a few times. i really wanted her to self-wean but i don't know if i can keep this up much longer. and i feel really guilty about that because it's not her fault and she doesn't understand why she can't have milkies as much as she used to.

[gristastic]

10 weeks

Hi, Everyone!

This will be short, because I'm exhausted and puffy. (yes, puffy... even my eyes feel swollen.)

Jess, I'm still giggling over that quote. Your daughter is just precious!

I have nothing new to report except that I now know why I haven't had the typical morning sickness. It's because I've been keeping myself full. Every time I get hungry, the nausea comes back.

So, how do I keep from packing on the lbs without throwing my guts up?

:

Well, at any rate, I hope you're all doing exceptionally well and feeling better every day!

[Oregonicmama]

10 weeks!

I am so happy to hear some ofyou are feeling better. I haven't puked in a couple days, but the food aversions seem to be getting worse. I figured out that being full helps with the m/s, but I just don't want to eat anything.
I haven't been able to eat the dinners I've cooked for the past 3 nights! This really pisses me off. I am trying to at least take all 6 (!) prenantals evryday to make up for it, but they make me sick too!

I am totally having a roughtime with dd. She is 2.5 and very used to me being invloved with what she is doing all the time. I just do not have the energy or the patience. I got her a turtle sandbox and some toys to go with it, and she seems to do pretty good with that by herself. I really can't stand it when she tries to help me do dishes. It just drives me crazy, she makes such a mess and gets nasty dish water all over herself. And she just doesn't get it about not jumping on my belly, this is when i have a really hardtime not being a total bitch to her. I just try to encourage her to do stuff by herself. She has been fairly cooperative about picking up her toys aorund the house, and she is in a reading to people phase so she is reading ME books!! I just hope she doesn't resent the baby b/c she may percieve it as the babies fault I'm acting this way.
On a nicer note, dd tells me how "Deeeeewicious!" my cooking is and how "beautifoo" i look.
I should be meeting with our midwife (HB) in the next couple days. I am so excited! I am an aspiring midwife, and she studied under the woman I want to study with!! I can't wait.

[DalaiMama]

Oh yeah, Deirdre, I hear you about the kiddo using my belly as a trampoline. Why is it that the instant I found out I was pg, he wanted me to be his personal jungle gym? That's probably what irritates me the most too. And I know he doesn't do it to get a rise out of me, or at least it didn't start out that way, and if I could just get up enough energy to go to the playground (or the "whee park" as Mylo calls it).... anyways, tomorrow is another day. We WILL leave he house. :

[Jessviola]

my dd is like that too. she loves to jump and bounce all over me and climb over me while planting limbs in my stomach. i try hard not to freak out but i'm feeling overly protective of my belly right now and i don't know how to get across to her that it is now off limits. we haven't talked to her about the new baby because we don't want her spilling it to people before we're ready so we're trying to take this opportunity to break some bad habits/start some new routines so she (hopefully!) won't associate them with the new baby.

[Eruditia]

8th week

Hi! I'm checking in for the first time. It's been fun reading all the posts.

To be honest, some days I can't quite believe that I'm pregnant, which is a little worrying. This is the first time for me, and I have no idea what to expect. The only indications I've had (other than the positive HPT and the missing AF) are crampy feelings in lower abdomen, extreme tiredness and outrageous hunger. I did also almost get car sick on a drive a few weeks back, which otherwise never happens. Other than that my body doesn't seem to be changing very rapidly. I've been trying to do gentle palpatations (is that what it's called?) to feel if I can locate my uterus to see if it's growing, but don't really know what to feel for. Most of my clothes fit fine, but I can't stand wearing jeans for more than a couple of hours.

Do you think I should take another HPT? My first examination is in a week. Should I be worried about the fetus not developing, or even that I've just made the whole thing up? I would almost feel better to be suffering nausea along with the rest of you just to be sure that everything is okay.

[DalaiMama]

Eruditia~
i really wouldn't worry too much. With my first, I didn't even start to feel pg until I started showing at 6 months. No nausea, no real tiredness, basically no symptoms at all. If you think it would make you feel better to take another test, go for it. My bet is that it will be just as positive as the first one.