Weekly chat Nov 27 - Dec 3 - Page 2

[Ary99]

I got a chuckle reading everyone's concerns about birthing in the hottest part of summer. I'm due August 9th. . .AGAIN! That's right, DS will turn 4 on my due date, and it was indeed very hot (our energy bill was ridiculous).

Ursula Rose, a word about keeping positive:

I worried the entire time I was pg with DS. I felt like I had a bomb strapped to my belly. I ordered a Babybeat so I could hear his heartbeat whenever I wanted (something to think about. .. it was helpful to me). One day he was so sick of it he kicked it right off my tummy (I didn't realize how loud it must have sounded until a friend who's an audio engineer looked at it). I worried and nothing happened. Not a darn thing. It was an uneventful pregnancy, uneventful birth and a big waste of time and energy.

With my second pregnancy, I decided worrying didn't change anything, so I embraced it from the get go. I pulled out maternity stuff. I told people casually after we'd seen the heartbeat. Then, the baby died.

But worrying wouldn't have changed that either. I don't regret submitting myself to the process then, and I feel myself falling in love even now. I'm a realist. I know the unthinkable can and does happen. Lightening strikes twice (or more) more often than we think, but each day I am pregnant with this baby is an honor and a privilege. It's understandable to be guarded, but try to enjoy what you can.

Blessings~
Hilary

[Ursula Rose]

Thanks Hilary. I really appreciate your experiences. This is the first time I've been pregnant and I don't know many people who have been. Even though we are in our 30s, most of my friends have never been pregnant.

I guess I also am dealing the extreme want and desire. I want this to work out. It feels similar to the ttc time in that there is a lot of waiting and moving forward with life no matter what's happening with my body.

[sarahkjack]

<<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.>>

I'm guarded as I had a m/c in August. But I am also excited and embracing ALLLLL pg signs, lol!

Sarah, mama to Nathaniel, Ethan & Emily
Expecting a new bundle of joy 8/7/06!

[KarmaChameleon]

Originally Posted by Glittergal

this pregnancy was not unplanned but a happened a bit sooner than we expected.

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OH. MY. GOD.

My hubby is away tonight and I was cleaning our bathroom and found an hpt from forever ago and thought, hey I'll just pee on it for fun....

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I can't believe it. 8 p.m. and the lines came up instantly, I didn't even realize I was a couple days late for AF til after I saw the lines.

#3 for me, this was quite surprise. I think I will be due around Aug. 11, I am not too happy about the summer pregnany, which is the whole reason we were waiting!!!!! ACK!

I need to sleep on this one.

[Glittergal]

congrats KarmaChameleon! I think we were in the equinox mamas together, although I didn't post much. We were also going to start trying in late Jan-Feb to try to avoid the heat as well! I always swore I would never again be in my third trimester in the summer At least this time around I have AC!

[KarmaChameleon]

Hi GlitterGal! i do remember you from the Equinox days. Sage was born Sept 5 that year and I was absolutely homicidal. I was totally waiting til Feb to start trying so I didn't have to go thru that kind of mental anguish this time around. PLus my "baby" will start kindergarten next Sept and I wanted to focus on that before introducing a new baby into the house.

I guess babies come into the family on their time, not ours.

[jenmk]

Hi, mamas and mamas-to-be!

I'm due August 11 with baby #3. I'm 35, soon to be 36, and this will be our last baby.

I hadn't thought too much about the heat until reading this thread. My other two babies were born in the summer--one June and one in August. Didn't affect me much because I stayed in the a/c. Of course, it didn't occur to me until just now that I DON'T HAVE A/C ANYMORE!!! OMG. Well, I'll just have to hope for a mild summer.

When we first talked pregnancy with baby #1, I kept telling DH that I did not want to be hugely pg during the summer. Well, here I am again for the 3rd time. The best laid plans . . .

I'm staying positive by assuming all will go well. And relishing every sign of pregnancy . . . even the nausea. Each sign gives a feeling of comfort that everything is okay. Can't wait for the movement to start (such a long way off, it seems at this point). That's the best part of being pg--feeling baby move. And so comforting to know baby is fine.

This is our last baby, so I'm going to be saying goodbye to baby-making during this pg. Maybe that'll help me enjoy the pg more--hah! I love being pg, I love the fact that I'm pg, and am so looking forward to the end result, but have never enjoyed the physical reality of it. Feels as if some alien being has taken over my body . . . my body just doesn't feel like my body when I'm pg. It's disconcerting. I know people who say they've never felt better than when they're pg . . . I'm not one of them. The exact opposite, in fact.

But I'm so happy to be here! And looking forward to getting to know you all.

Be well.