June 6th - 12... Update us! And QOTW

[BabyOsMommy]

Q'sOTW: How are you doing emotionally? Are your hormones doing a loop de loop??? And does anyone else just feel fat right now? Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest?

Sorry... these are totally selfish questions for the update thread, but I had to ask, and we were due for a new thread.

I'm on an emotional loop de loop this week. I've gotten much bigger, been asked twice if I'm sure it's not twins, and if I'm sure about my due date. I was complaining about it at home, and dh made a comment about the weight I gained before I got pregnant, and it sent me on a crying spree. I took it different than he meant it, but I'm feeling huge already. Last time I d being pg, loved getting bigger, could care less if I was huge and got more excited by the minute. This time I'm apprehensive of what it will do to my body. I love feeling the baby move, and can't wait to feel him/her from the outside... but I guess I want my cake and to get to eat it too.

Oh, and for those on #2 or more... are you already feeling everything loosen and spread? I am actually down 2lbs due to m/s, but I'm wider already, and I could actually feel baby/myself growing this week... and if I gotta go pee, I gotta go pee which I really didn't experience last time... otherwise I leak Off to do kegels, I go...

[MonkeyPrincess]

Q'sOTW:

How are you doing emotionally? Actually, I am doing quite well this time! I am a little more teary than normal, but overall not that bad. (With my third, I was horrible emotionally. I found out I was pregnant on Sept. 1st, then 9/11 happened and I just couldn't stop crying, especially when I was driving - all the flags, etc and the songs on the radio put me over the top.) My temper is a little shorter than normal, and I seem to overload rather quickly if there is too much going on at one time though.

Are your hormones doing a loop de loop??? I don't think it's too extreme, my husband actually thinks I am saving it all up for the end, lol! He says I will probably be a raving lunatic right after the baby is born, screaming about one thing while crying about another!

And does anyone else just feel fat right now? About 2 days ago I think the baby had a major growth spurt because my belly really popped out! So, I don't feel fat (I go to the m/w tomorrow but at my last appointment I was still down about 4 pounds), just finally starting to feel pregnant!

Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest? My dh always says he loves my body pregnant


edited to add: I also had a day where the baby must've done some growing all at one time and it took my uterus a little bit to catch up...I had ligament pain all day, just horrible searing pain almost every time I moved, no matter how slow. I sneezed while sitting down on the couch and thought I was going to split in half!

[Attached_Mom_to_7]

Emotionally I'm doing ok! Yes, I have noticed myself "getting wider" and whatnot. Next appt. will be tomorrow,for my u/s and OB visit. Placenta is still complete previa

[scheelimama]

Emotionally, I think I'm doing better this time. Definitely not crying or going crazy any more than normal for me. I think I have popped out in the last few days, but there are times when I still feel just "fat". I have gained 3 lbs so far, so not much, but I definitely feel much bigger than I did prepregnancy. Many of my maternity clothes still don't fit right, especially woven material shirts. Stretchy shirts, maternity or not, are my shirt of choice right now. Same goes for pants. I've got a pair of yoga pants that I practically live in.

[momsmyjob]

Emotionally I feel good. I'm a little worried about minor things since I haven't made my decision on an ob/midwife, home or hospital. Other than that I'm feeling good and so far haven't gain any weight. I'm a stomach sleeper so that is getting impossible.

[BoobyJuice]

Q'sOTW: How are you doing emotionally? Are your hormones doing a loop de loop??? Grumpy. Not so much the up and down, the crying, etc - just plain grumpier than usual.
And does anyone else just feel fat right now? Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest? I don't feel fat; I am fat. I've only gained 2 lbs but I'm huge. And I don't just mean my tummy. I've always carried big, but I'm getting tired of people asking if I'm due soon - I'm only 18 weeks. Besides the tummy, I'm spreading. I've never done this before. My butt, my thighs, hell - I have fat rolls on my back : I haven't gained much weight but it's like fat is ooozing out of my pores or something. I'm having trouble - at 18 weeks - getting into some of my old maternity stuff because my butt is getting to big. As for husband, I don't know if he loves my body, but I think it would take a whole lot more than this to lose interest.
Oh, and for those on #2 or more... are you already feeling everything loosen and spread? I've felt it since the very beginning, 6 or 7 weeks. It's actually getting better now.

[jecaly]

hi all--

i'm actually doing okay with the hormones and crying and stuff: i feel pretty much like myself, actually.

as for dh, this is our first, so the belly and boobs are like these miracles that change all the time. he completely digs them--thinks of them as bonuses, heh. we took our first belly pics yesterday! i bring him the belly to kiss after showers and stuff...we're complete dorks about it. it's great.

i was kind of freaked out about having gained 10 pounds in the first 3 months and just the general spready feeling that went along with that. but now, even though i haven't weighed myself in awhile (appointment with our midwife on tuesday, yay) and i'm still growing out of pants, i feel...less fat and more pregnant, if that makes sense. yoga and swimming have been helping a lot with that mental state, i know. scheelimama, i hear you about the yoga pants. i'm in 'em right now! oh and monkeyprincess, i've had that sneezing-plus-round ligament thing a lot lately, too. ow.

the thing that's bugging me the most right now is potential job weirdness..my place of work just changed owners, so i have to deal with telling my boss i'm pregnant all over again. bleah.

17 weeks on tuesday!

*j

[indiegirl]

Q'sOTW: How are you doing emotionally? Are your hormones doing a loop de loop??? I'm doing alright. I feel guilty that I don't think about this pg as much as I did with the others. I am still wrapping my head around it.

And does anyone else just feel fat right now? Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest? Actually, this pg is so different physically it's astounding. I just went into maternity clothes (pants) 10 days ago. This is so unusual for me! I was in mat. clothes by 10 weeks with the girls. I am not petite by any stretch, so I am hoping that I don't gain as much weight. I've gained about six pounds so far--about 2/3 less than the other pg, where I gained at least a pound a week for the entire pg and more in the end. My dh is a horn-dog. He'd be ready for action if I were twice the woman I am.

Oh, and for those on #2 or more... are you already feeling everything loosen and spread? I've really noticed that the ligament between my pubic bones is sore. My hip is also acting funny but I don't know if that is pg-related.

Jesse

[clynnr]

Q'sOTW: How are you doing emotionally? Are your hormones doing a loop de loop??? Actually, I'm doing great! Aside from the occasional tears because DH voluntarily gave me part of his sandwich (that one I COMPLETELY chalk up to hormones!) I've been pretty reasonable. Although yesterday I felt a little bit of mama bear rising up in me... DH was driving on the interstate, and we were coming up on a car that was braking (one-lane construction). I screamed, "Slow down! Slow down!! SLOW DOWN!!!" About gave DH a heart attack--I've never done that before!

And does anyone else just feel fat right now? Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest? I love my new belly! This week was a "popper"!! All of the sudden I went from feeling like I just looked fat to BEING PG! So much fun! And DH and I are totally confused about how it happened in one week--but he loves it! My belly button is starting to turn out just a tiny bit too. Of course, my U/S last week put my due date at Oct. 30, so I'm almost halfway!

Oh, and for those on #2 or more... are you already feeling everything loosen and spread? I'm only on #1

Ooooh, funny side note. If you read my thread about my not wearing a bra, this is for you. Yesterday I was trying on swimsuits (vacation next week!) with DH in the dressing room. As I was changing, I noticed he was staring at my breasts and suddenly he said, "Wow! Your nipples are getting really big too! Now I know why I can see them through your shirt when you're not even cold!" : "Do they hurt? They look like they hurt." Why would they hurt? They've always been this color, just not this big.

[Attached_Mom_to_7]

Great news!!!! I just found out today that I just have a low lying placenta!!! Its posterier!!! YAY!!!!! NO more previa!!! Boy was I was sooo excited!!!!!

[yogagirl]

[jecaly]

yyyyaaaaaaaay, attached! that's so fantastic!

i think this calls for a dancing carrot.



*jennifer

[yogagirl]

Q'sOTW: How are you doing emotionally? Are your hormones doing a loop de loop??? I'm doing fine in this department. I notice I get very sentimental about my cat though. I just think about her (she's old) and her mortallity and I start crying. My husband laughs at me when he catches me doing this and that makes me snap out of it and laugh at my hormones myself. I do cry easy when watching tv and they show mothers crying over their children or show a sick kid or something.

And does anyone else just feel fat right now? Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest? I do feel fatter but luckly most of it is still hoovering around my breast area. I definately am getting much more attention from men cause of my new knockers. DH loves em! And he's always calling my yummy mummy. My body has changed a lot since we've been together it seems and he says he always loves how it looks throughout the changes and this is just one more change (he's a very sweet guy). It's been warm here and so I've been wearing I suppose tummy revealing clothes. I tell people I know I'm pregnant and they're like "that explains you're beer belly! I didn't want to say anything..." But if tummy's covered I still look the same (expect with boobs)

Oh, and for those on #2 or more... are you already feeling everything loosen and spread? My first! But i'm starting to get excited and awed by all these changes as oppose to how at first I was scared and dreading.

[heatherevond]

Q'sOTW:
How are you doing emotionally?
I feel fine emotionally. I'm a very emotional person so the added emotion blends in. However, my temper has been horrible. I only have a milimeter of fuse to be burnt. DS is getting the worst of it. He threw a major tempertantrum this morning going into school and I was not very sympathetic. I called DH when I got to my desk and told him that his son was a monster and I better get more help with DS.

Are your hormones doing a loop de loop???
Not really. My temper is pretty sedate after cooling off time. I haven't cried at work in two months (that was emotional.. lol) and I'm pretty proud of that.


And does anyone else just feel fat right now? Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest?
DH is very interested in my new curves. He has to be reminded of how tender my breasts are. I'm not giving up this attention for the world. He cut me off at 26 weeks with DS. I feel proud to be getting a rounder belly than I did with DS however I'm still very aware of my extra layers. I wish I could be more self confident. I went maternity shopping yesterday and I found a few things that I liked but one of the outfits didn't fit right in the arms and the other outfits weren't in my size. I'm going to be doing a bit of internet searching for cute plus size maternity clothes.

[clynnr]

YAY ATTACHED MOM!!! That's great news! The carrot has been taken, so....

I actually had a nightmare a couple nights ago that I had placenta previa. In the dream I had a M/C because of it, but in the middle of the dream I must have "remembered" that there's no way previa can cause a M/C, because I remember walking out of the hospital thinking, "Wait a minute. That's not true!" Then my brain must have sensed that I caught it lying to me just to freak me out and I woke up.

[Ivanhoe]

Q'sOTW: How are you doing emotionally? Are your hormones doing a loop de loop???

I'm as emotional as ever, which is "very" emotional... I'm in that state since my ds was born, 3 years ago. It never went away. I was starting to be more myself before falling pregnant again... Besides I'm very short tempered. I

And does anyone else just feel fat right now? Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest?
I feel fat. I'm usually a rather thin person, so I feel weird with my new breasts and grease-layer covering. I tend to gain weight very fast the first four months (I've gained 6.5 kg and I'm not yet 16 weeks ) but I know it starts to get more normal (like 1.5/2 kg per month after the fifth month) My dh loves my new body maybe because it's a great difference of the usual skinny butt.

Oh, and for those on #2 or more... are you already feeling everything loosen and spread?

YEah, I feel everything loosen and spread all over the place.

Great news about that placenta staying where she is supposed to be!!!!!

[Attached_Mom_to_7]

Clynnr-- I had the same sort of dream! Sheesh! I hate them dreams!!! Thankyou all for your dancing carrots and banana's !!! hehee!!!!!!!

I was so releived to hear it let me tell ya!

[MonkeyPrincess]

Yay Attatched Mom! That's great news, you must be sooo relieved!

[BabyOsMommy]

WooHoo Attached Mom! And it's still so early that that babe will have moved up long before you deliver!!!!

[AmandasMom]

How are you doing emotionally? I'm fine.

And does anyone else just feel fat right now? Do your dh's love your body, or start to lose interest?

I was fat before I got pregnant, I feel the same, just out of breath alot. DH is wisely not saying a word about how I look right now

Oh, and for those on #2 or more... are you already feeling everything loosen and spread

yep! but then it's hard to tell, I was already spread out


I'm 16 weeks.