Weekly thread 10/17-10/24

[Pepper]

Hi Mamas

I'm going to post the due date list here and please correct me if there are any errors in spelling, dates, etc. Also, mclisa, I'm being nitpicky here (I'm so type-A) but I want to add your first name to the list but noticed that you didn't put it when you added your due date--was that on purpose or can I add it?? See, I'm a loon about these things!

lilgsmommy (Shannon) ~ 6/1
miamommy (Raina) ~ 6/1
byronssister74 ~ 6/2
Stone Fence (Amy) ~ 6/3
Mama to one (Karen) ~ 6/4
paniscus (Kathy) ~ 6/4
twouglyducks (Davina) ~ 6/5
Mary6912 (Mary) ~ 6/6
mclisa (Michelle) ~ 6/6
MamaFae (Nichol) ~ 6/7
jerawo (Jennie) ~ 6/7
cmili (Carra) ~ 6/8
TappinMamma (Sarah) ~ 6/8
dancingmama ~ 6/8
Noodle4u ~ 6/8
geminimommy (Shayna) ~ 6/9
sathich ~ 6/9
kathywiehl (Kathy) ~ 6/10
aja-belly ~ 6/11
loulabelle82 ~ 6/13
feraroX3 ~ 6/14
kookaburra ~ 6/16
mom2jack (Dana) ~ 6/17
SharonAnne ~ 6/20
punkprincessmama ~ 6/21
Meli65 (Melissa) ~ 6/21
Pepper ~ 6/21
Karennnnn (Karen) ~ 6/26
dani76 (Danielle) ~ 6/28
NightOwl ~ 6/29

We'll keep it going as more names are added before we ask for it to become a sticky, k?

I have my first midwife appt on Tuesday and I'm both gleefully thrilled and horribly terrified at the same time. Terrified because I'm so afraid that she won't find a sac/baby/heartbeat (if she will even be checking for that this early??) and moved to weeping at the prospect of her finding proof of this baby. I had forgotten what a wild emotional ride pregnancy is.

My nausea is still totally managable--coming and going and not too severe...I worry that I don't have enough hcg but then I remember that my morning sickness didn't really kick in until week 6 last time so that gives me hope (In the weird way that looking forward to being sick 24/7 is something only a pregnant lady can know! )

So, how is everyone else?

[Meli65]

I haven't been real nauseous either and hae been a little worried about it (was reading Dr. Sears The Pregnancy Book about how morning sickness can mean a healthy baby...).

I bought a book called "Your 2nd Pregnancy" today -- maybe a big waste of money, but it brought back happy feelings from my first pregnancy when I went to Barnes & Noble and spent a long time sitting on the floor looking at pregnancy books (and happened on Dr. Sears for the first time!) and then bought coffee and read the book afterwards. No coffee for me this time though

I feel a little tired, but good over all. Emailed a lay midwife and acupuncturist today to see if they'd be interested in bartering services (I'm a freelance writer). And talked to dh about home birth vs. hospital birth -- he said it was an investment, and he'd rather spend the $$ to have the birth we want (even though we don't have much of it). He gets the WAG (What a Guy) award today!

[mclisa]

I'm Michelle. So you can have that perfect list. Thanks for keeping up the list!

Less nauseated today. Makes me panicky. I'm just trying not to dwell on it.
Anyone else with food cravings already? Had to buy a jar of pickles yesterday at the store. Then didn't eat them today because I was worried they would make me feel nauseated. Oh I have too much time to think about all of this.

Pepper: are you going to be 5 weeks at the appointment? your midwife might be able to see something on u/s, but definitetly not be able to hear on a doppler yet.

Michelle

[monkey's mom]

Oh man--what a crummy-feeling weekend! I laid on the couch, slept, ate, and dry-heaved for 2 days. I actually feel better tonight--hope that lasts into tomorrow when my husband won't be waiting on me hand and foot!

I forgot how badly I do pregnancy--it honestly makes me feel like some sort of freak as a woman.

[geminimommy]

We have such a big group, so exciting! Thanks so much Pepper for putting it all together!

I've been super tired all weekend, still trying to recover from a sinus thing I had for 2 weeks. I'm having mild m/s all day this pg, not throwing up yet, but finding it hard to eat much of anything which is weird for me.

[mclisa]

Shayna, I hear you on not being able to eat. I look at something and think that I could eat that, but the next moment when I look at it my stomach starts rolling. The unpredictability is so fun, but I figure a woman can change her mind.

Looking for an exciting week with all of you!

Michelle

[kathywiehl]

Hey! I'm finally back here now that my travelling is finished. I visited my parents in PA with my youngest while Mike went to MA and my oldest visted her father, also in PA. We had horrible delays and cancellations on the way up, thenvisitin my parents was just horrid. Maddie (19 months) just wouldn't sleep there and nursed all night long- literally. My nipple was in her mouth from 11 pm to 8 am and I am exhausted. She normally doesn't cosleep because of this and at home, she sleeps happily in her own room, it's just this thing that when she is in bed with mom, she must nurse or she will get so upset. I can't even take it out of her mouth when she is asleep, she wakes up and fusses until I give it to her.

Anyway, that is finally over and hopefully my sore nipples will heal before we have to go back in Nov. for Thanksgiving. At least Mike will be around to give me a hand then.

I hope those of you who are feeling sick will get somer relief soon! I am one of those who doesn't get morning sickness, but I almost wish I did. I need some sort of indicator that my hormones are doing what they should.

I'm also pretty excited that I'll be attending a childbirth educator workshop and that combined with a bunch of other work will hopefully get me certified in teaching childbirth classes. I really need to get working on that.

I called two midwives here in AL, neither bothered to call me back. One of them suggested a date for a possible appointment, then said she'd call me back with a time to come, and I never heard from her again. Another called and I was in the middle of something and asked to call her back- she said she had just had surgery so she wasn't going anywhere and never answered when I called, and never returned the call- it's been 5 days since I talked to her. This is really frustrating to me. Do I really want to be seeing a midwife who can't remember to call me back to make an appointment? Ugh! I dont' want to see a doctor and I desperately miss my midwife in PA- too bad I can't fly her down here.

[SharonAnne]

Yesterday was not a pretty day for me. :LOL I felt fine when I woke up, and tried to eat something before church, but burned my waffles. Blech. So, I went to church with an empty stomach, and two hours later, when service was over, I had a migraine. Should have grabbed some crackers or something to snack on during service.

Anyway, that lack of breakfast set that tone for the rest of my day. The migraine made me nauseus. I can't take my migraine medication while I'm pg. I took two tylenol and a couple swigs of coke, praying that the bit of caffeine would help. It didn't. I knew if I could eat, I'd feel better, but I was too nauseous to even contemplate food.

It wasn't baby sick, though, just migraine sick. Still no baby sick for me, and I'm wondering if that's "okay."

Anyway, I feel fine today. The cramping I was having has pretty much stopped. Now I just get a quick cramp if I lie in certain positions. I'm wearing full blown maternity pants, and feel ridiculous. :LOL I'm only five weeks along!

Hope everyone has a great day!

[mom2jack]

I'm doing OK here, just tired and GRUMPY!! DS had a cold a week and didn't sleep well at all. I'm getting a little worried about still feeling pretty normal. I had morning sickness w/ ds pretty bad past 20 weeks but I can't remember when it started. I got out all of my pregnancy books last night. One said 50% of pregnancys have morning sickness and another said 80% of pregnancys have morning sickness : I've had a bit of nausea here and there, but nothing for the past few days.

[punkprincessmama]

Good Morning Mamas

I see there are quite a few of us who are five weeks along. How fun this is going to be

Well I had a terrible night. I haven't been able to sleep very well the last several nights, a touch on insomnia I guess. Last night DD was up almost every hour wanting to nurse and to top it off, my morning sickness kicked off except that it was night sickness. So there I am nauseaus like hell with a toddler who wont sleep and I really didn't want to be touched. It was quite a tough situation to maintain my cool in. I am praying that tonight is better. She has been doing so well these last few weeks, I guess she had to remind me of that :LOL

Anyhow, Pepper I doubt your midwife will be able to confirm anything at this point. Mine said over the phone that the earliest she could hear a heartbeat by doppler is ten weeks. And even then it's iffy.

Does anyone have any info on maintaining a healthy birth canal during pregnancy? I allready have a yeast infection : despite my avoidance of sweets and regular consumption of yogurt and kefir. I also had a bad bout of B.V. (bacterial vaginosis) with my last pregnancy and am terrified of that happening again... any advice or links would be most appreciated

[geminimommy]

I didn't have m/s with either of my boys, so to me that's normal! Now having this all day nausea is driving me kind of crazy!

Hope everyone is having a good Monday!

[aja-belly]

thanks fo the master due date list! wow, there sure are alot of us! my first name is andrea, btw. but i go by aja, too.

you know, my morning sickness seems to have gotten alot better. i still get nauseous if i'm too hungry, or eat too much at once, but it was all day long for a couple weeks and now it's not. i wonder if it might be getting better for good? i'm only 7 weeks along though. who knows.

aja

[jerawo]

Wow, our group has grown! Very exciting

I met with my first midwife (CPM) this morning. DH and I liked her a lot, and she comes from a family where everyone is either an OB or nurse which might be beneficial in getting our families to accept us having a homebirth. I meet with another mw tomorrow and I'm still trying to set up a meeting with a third.

I've done much better nausea-wise. I've been having ginger in various forms everyday, and I think it's building up in my system because everyday I feel a little better. Makes me gag to brush my teeth though...

I'm going to be 7 weeks tomorrow!

[4Marmalade]

Wow....I'm trying hard not to be envious of those with no m/s. I know.....I know.....it's a good sign but why does it have to be all day and night. I'm 8 weeks now and the past few days it's gotten much worse with lots of dry heaving. It's so bad that I make a point to clean the toilet every day because I know I'll be visiting : . I feel like I'm failing ds because I have so much trouble functioning. Although we managed to make it to swimming class this morning so I guess that's a start. And I'm very thankful for my dh who is pretty good about making our meals now and helping out more around the house.

I have my first doctor's appointment on Friday but am not expecting much. I get transferred to a family physician who delivers halfway through my pregnancy so I'm not sure my family doctor will be doing much more than checking urine and measurements.

Hope everyone has a great week!

[Awaken]

Ok, I feel much better after reading how everyone else is doing. I've been worried b/c I'm not nauseaus at all and am not getting any bigger (I'm almost 8w now). But it seems like maybe it's 50/50 with our group on those who are having m/s and those who aren't. Last time I didn't have m/s either, but I had specific foods I could and couldn't eat, and I didn't show at all really, even when I was 8 mos. along some people couldn't tell. So I guess this is normal for me.

Still 2 more weeks to go till my 1st appt. I really hope we can hear the heartbeat b/c I need some reassurance! (I'll be 10w)

Mainly I've been exhausted- not a warm fuzzy sleepy feeling, but a headache-y, miserable exhaustion, like I am unable to function. I've been sleeping whenever ds sleeps and during the day on the w/e. And I've had to drink some coffee b/c my head really hurts and I feel so awful- I figure some caffiene is better than popping Motrin. I just can't sleep at night.

BUT I'm trying to have a good frame of mind and remember that this is all for a great purpose- a snuggly little nursling next summer

[geminimommy]

Coffee! I miss coffee! I LOVE coffee, but for some reason cannot tolerate the smell or taste of it with this pg!

[NightOwl]

I'm due June 29th!

[Meli65]

Welcome, Nightowl!

Mmm, I hear you about coffee. I love coffee too, and after a spell of working at Starbucks am a bit of a coffee snob

Our roommate brought home some organic decaf from Trader Joe's and unlike almost everything else they sell it tastes god-awful. All of Starbucks' coffee is chemically decaffeinated and that's not cool -- I'm going pretty hard-core this pregnancy, avoiding chemicals and all that bad stuff (as much as possible, of course). As I stuff buttery homemade popcorn into my face

No morning sickness here either. Just hungry and tired. Am going to a Positive Birth Choices meeting tonight to check out one of the local home midwives. Wish me luck!

[paniscus]

I Get To Join You!!!!!

I know most of you don't know me - I have quietly been following everything that has been going on in June 2005 for awhile now but was too afraid to officially join. I had a m/c in July - it was a blighted ovum so no baby ever formed. I was TOTALLY unprepared for how bad/stessed/depressed/super scared I would be when I got pregnant again. I was SO scared to even admit I was pregnant again because I was SO afraid the same thing would happen again. Well, I had an u/s today and THERE IS A BABY!!!!!

I was SO worried - I was totally convinced the same thing had happened. I don't have hardly any pregnancy symptoms - no nausea (well, maybe a slight tickle in my throat a few times), not really tired, no need to go to the bathroom all the time. The only things I had were a slightly elevated temp and my breasts were slightly tender. Well, now I can add one more symptom - A BABY WITH A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE HEARTBEAT!!!! So my due date (based on the size of the sac and baby) is June 4 (based on lmp is May 28 but I felt I had a 5 week cycle so I am totally on board with the June 4 date). Please let me know if I need to post elsewhere also - due date post, who are we post, etc. I am so happy to finally "come out of the lurking closet" and meet you all OFFICIALLY!!! Oh, this is our first baby btw .

[aja-belly]

welcome kathy! it seems like alot of the girls on this list have had previous losses. congrats on SEEING THAT BABY! i can't wait until my ultrasound in 6 more days!

aja