Weekly chat Nov 27 - Dec 3

[Ursula Rose]

Hi! Welcome August mamas. I thought we sholud have a weekly chat thread for us to talk about what's new, who we are, and how things are going.

I am so amazed to be here. I am due with our first on August 1. We were TTC for 12 cycles.

I am excited today because we are interviewing our first midwifery team tonight at 6.

[Robynee]

That is exciting. I am going to wait til the holidays are over to make my first appointment. My first babe was born by c-section and the hospitals near me will not allow me a vbac so I have to travel a bit to find a midwife and a hospital that I will be happy with.

[Kindermama]

I checked in on the other thread. We just found out today. I can't think beyond the positive test yet! I feel like I was just looking at DD's! We just moved to another state so I have to find another midwife.

[sarahkjack]

Yippee, the August board is finally up! I'm Sarah, mommy to 3, expecting # 4 on August 7th. I'm praying for a sticky baby this time - we lost one in August of this year.

[Ursula Rose]

Does someone want to volunteer to start the due date list thread???

[Robynee]

I'll do it if you all will bear with me. I'm still getting used to all the features on this forum.

[nfbmom]

I will actually be going to my PCP on Wednesday. I have to have a stitch in my cervix everytime I get pg so I go in before the usual first visit so we can get it scheduled. Actually, I'm going in even earlier than usual cause when I called to make the appt yesterday and explained why I needed an earlier appt than the usual 10-12 wk first visit she suggested this week. I was thinking more like 8 weeks but 8 weeks is getting pretty close to Christmas and earlier would probably be earlier. I guess it doesn't really matter when I discuss the details. I just feel silly going in so early.

Later on I will start seeing a Midwife for prenatals and will use the PCP for emergencies. Well, I'm hoping thats what will happen! Thats one of the things I need to discuss with him.

Yeah, I'm rambling! Sorry

[mamabearsoblessed]

Congrats to all of you Mamas!!!I'm so happy to be here! :

[Glittergal]

hi mammas! looks like i'm joining you here as well although, i'm a little superstitious about talking too much too early. this pregnancy was not unplanned but a happened a bit sooner than we expected. but we're delighted. so different from with my daughter, who was a compete surprise and i didn't have a clue until i was almost 8 wks. lol. anyone else already dreading dealing with the summer heat and end of pregnancy? i HATE the heat. i'm due aug 6 and we'll be having a homebirth, as we did with my daughter. can't wait to get to know you all!

[the_lissa]

I am also neervous about the heat. I hate the heat. I'm due Aug 8th, and our new house doesn't have c/a. I think we will have to get some window units.

[Ursula Rose]

i hadn't even thought about the heat until you all mentioned it. we don't have air conditioning either because the only hot months in portland, oregon are july and august.

[Robynee]

I'm not too worried about it. We have wall units in both bedrooms and the living room. Dh likes it cold in here during the summer. I am always freezing year round so I am thrilled that my body temp has been up lately. Although, we're having some strange weather. (What do I expect? I live in New England. )

[an_evans]

I am planning to hibernate in my ac for the last 2-3 months.

[glendora]

At least maternity wear will be cheaper for summer stuff than for winter stuff. So... there's a silver lining of sorts

Plus, we can all wear big ole' flip flops when the swollen feet arrive!

Hee.

[Ursula Rose]

how are you all dealing with staying positive in the first trimester?

i'm nervous on and off every day. i wouldn't say i'm worried, just anxious. i've been waiting for so long for the bfp. i want it to stick.

[Robynee]

Hmmm. I was doing really good up til yesterday. I brought home fruit flies from the grocery store last week and now if I don't get all the trash out every night, they are breeding like crazy. Plus ds decided to do everything in his power to get under my skin yesterday. I think I'm just being overly sensitive though. As far as the baby, I am calm and have the utmost confidence that everything will be ok. I don't know why and I know that isn't very helpful but I just feel relaxed where the little one is concerned. Maybe because I'm stressing about everything else?

[nfbmom]

Robynee,

Take a quart jar and put honey in the bottom of it. Then twist a piece of paper together to make a cone, tape it, then stick it in the top of the jar. Put it in the area where the flies are the heaviest. The flies will go in but very few will make it out again. I did it the last time I had them really bad and it worked great. After most of the flies were gone I just took it outside and took the paper out. A little while later the flies were gone and I washed what was stuck in there out.

[Robynee]

Thanks nfbmom. That's exactly what I'm doing, only I've been using cider vinegar instead of honey. It seems to be working well. I might switch to the honey though. The vinegar makes me want to gag every time I walk by it. :
I have the nicest bamboo fruit basket and I keep trying to use it for fruit but I just can't leave it out. Now the basket is full of keys, sunglasses, and mail. Not so pretty.

[the_lissa]

I'm actually really calm and positive this time. I am just dreading hyperemsis setting in again, especially as I wake up for work at 4am.

[Robynee]

I had to look that up!
hyperemesis-pernicious vomiting in pregnancy. Umm, ok.
pernicious-Highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful.
Aah. Oh