Chat Thread (October 11) - Page 5

[Critty]

Originally Posted by sonuptosondown

Hey Critty, I came on here to find out how your u/s went--I'm so very glad they found a strong little heartbeat for you!

Aw, thanks Deb :

Ashley - Good luck with your u/s this afternoon!!!

We have the painter here for the final day, I am definitely over getting my house painted! Even though it is low/no VOC it still is too much for my sensitive self.

Haven't heard from M to see if the nausea is waning with the new meds, I will call her again today. I hope she, and all you poor ladies are feeling better. I can't imagine 24 hr nausea for weeks on end, I am feeling for you girls.

Finally figuring out digital scrapbooking so I can document the pregnancy and the future. That is my big project right now

[BlissfullyLoving]

Originally Posted by sunflwrmoonbeam

Oh well, ultrasound this afternoon.

Good luck!

I have been a little absent. I had a rough few days of just feeling very panicked about losing the pregnancy. I think I am better now. I am feeling sick and starving. I did not sleep very great last night, and I am so exhausted today. I am trying to figure out what I can stomach for lunch. I have been eating a ton of pineapple the last two days. I am not sure what I want to eat.

[Carlin]

Bliss, I'm glad you are feeling better. I can understand why it would be scary. I've had moments of panic too, and I haven't had a previous loss.

I've been eating pineapple too! I don't really know why...

[maxwill129]

I haven't read the last handful of posts, but I'll go back and do that later. I can't be on the computer very much anymore! DH started his own business so the computer is down in the basement in his office and he's down there working on it all day long (and most of the evenings because he needs to get things rolling!). So sorry if I miss a long period of time. I also am feeling scared about losing this baby. I feel like every time I come on here someone's had a m/c and I'm not dealing with that very well! I know that probably sounds silly, but for some reason I feel like I shouldn't be having a fourth baby when so many are having a hard time having one. Anyway, I will try and check in as much as possible!!!

[Carlin]

Maxwill, I think it is one of the side effects of having so many women, due at the same time in the same "place" so to speak. In real life, we'd never be around so many women at the same time in early pregnancy, so wouldn't be exposed to so many losses. I'm really trying to keep that in perspective and stay positive as much as possible.

[Critty]

That is good advice Carlin, because it is freaking me out as well ... especially because I haven't spoken to M since Saturday. She is staying with a friend who is about to be induced, so I assume she had the baby and M is helping out, but I am stressing and worrying that she and the baby (our baby) are ok. I am sure it is all in my head, but since everything is so out of my control, I tend to let my imagination run wild. No more thinking for me!

[Carlin]

Critty wouldn't it be nice if we could just turn our brains off whenever our thoughts are running wild on us?

I'm sure M is OK. If anything was wrong she would have let you know. I know how prone to worry I am, and I can't imagine how much worse it would be for you, with one more person to worry about!

[summerbaby]

to everyone. This is a stressful time for us all isn't it.

I think things are starting to sink in a little for DH now - I caught him browsing some message boards for men (eg http://www.brandnewdad.com/) and he joked today that perhaps it would be better for him to remain ignorant as he was getting worried about everything by reading all the threads and messages.
I'm not complaining - I am happy that he went and started to look stuff up on his own. He even brought up the subject of names and it sounds like it is going to be interesting trying to agree on ones we both like, but it is too early for us to get into that yet.

I am off to the doctor's tomorrow morning at 9:30 to check if the bean has made its (9 month) home in the right place. I am feeling much more positive now than at the beginning when I felt very scared about it possibly being ectopic, but there's no reason for me being more confident...don't think you would normally get symptoms of ectopic til after 5 weeks anyway. So, : for me!

[crazymom03]

Good morning to All!
I've been up since 3:30am I just love this insomnia. I'm sure by 10 I'll be completely zonked.
Bliss I was wondering where you were. Is everything ok? Sorry to hear you having a hard time, this will pass. Soon we'll have a great big bump and a kicking baby in there! That will be awesome, can't wait!
It is so very difficult to see all the losses. I feel like I have surviors guilt sometimes. You just feel so bad and so lucky at the same time.
Summerbaby Good luck with your appointment today, it sound exciting. It seems like the first trimester is a lot of waiting around.
I hope everyone has a healthy and happy day without too much moring sickness and remember hoorhay we're pregnant::

[BlissfullyLoving]

Originally Posted by Carlin

Bliss, I'm glad you are feeling better. I can understand why it would be scary. I've had moments of panic too, and I haven't had a previous loss.

I've been eating pineapple too! I don't really know why...

Thanks!
I had some pineapple again this morning. I still feel hungry and nauseous though.

Originally Posted by maxwill129

I also am feeling scared about losing this baby. I feel like every time I come on here someone's had a m/c and I'm not dealing with that very well! I know that probably sounds silly, but for some reason I feel like I shouldn't be having a fourth baby when so many are having a hard time having one. Anyway, I will try and check in as much as possible!!!

It is hard to see all these women leaving us. Carlin is absolutely right. Because we are all together at the same time we are going to get a visual representation of the loss rates. It sucks. Just try to stay positive.

Originally Posted by Critty

That is good advice Carlin, because it is freaking me out as well ... especially because I haven't spoken to M since Saturday. She is staying with a friend who is about to be induced, so I assume she had the baby and M is helping out, but I am stressing and worrying that she and the baby (our baby) are ok. I am sure it is all in my head, but since everything is so out of my control, I tend to let my imagination run wild. No more thinking for me!

I am sure that M would be in touch if there was a problem, but I understand why you are worried. Try to stay positive like Carlin suggested.

Originally Posted by summerbaby

I am off to the doctor's tomorrow morning at 9:30 to check if the bean has made its (9 month) home in the right place. I am feeling much more positive now than at the beginning when I felt very scared about it possibly being ectopic, but there's no reason for me being more confident...don't think you would normally get symptoms of ectopic til after 5 weeks anyway. So, : for me!

Good luck! I am thinking good thoughts for you!

Originally Posted by crazymom03

Good morning to All!
I've been up since 3:30am I just love this insomnia. I'm sure by 10 I'll be completely zonked.
Bliss I was wondering where you were. Is everything ok? Sorry to hear you having a hard time, this will pass. Soon we'll have a great big bump and a kicking baby in there! That will be awesome, can't wait!
It is so very difficult to see all the losses. I feel like I have surviors guilt sometimes. You just feel so bad and so lucky at the same time.

I had a night of insomnia on Tuesday. I slept 11 hours, with only one pee break, last night. I needed it. I hope you can catch up on your sleep today/tonight.

Yeah, everything is ok. Thanks for asking. I just had a complete breakdown a few nights ago. I tried to get an early ultrasound, but the cnm's denied me. I have an appt for next week. Everything appears to be fine. I have lots of symptoms, but I am still so scared. I am feeling a lot better now though. When I am feeling so down it helps for me to stay distracted and being on here reading about pregnancy or pregnancy loss does not help. I am hoping that we get a heartbeat next week, and then I can finally start to feel more confident. Then like you said, soon after that we will be feeling the baby move.

I took out my pregnancy scrapbook from ds yesterday. I was reading all my journal entries and there was so much I forgot. I have not started a journal for this pregnancy yet.

[summerbaby]

Hi everyone, how are we all feeling today? Here are hugs for those who need them...

I had my appointment this morning but all they did was take some blood. I was kind of frustrated as I thought that I was going to leave there knowing whether or not the bean is in the right place. But they took the blood to check the HCG levels were high enough to see anything on u/s. And I like the fact they are being conservative and checking so they only have to do the u/s once.

Anyway, they got back very quickly with the results and said my HCG is 4600, so I am over the 2000 that she wanted before ordering the u/s. So I'm off tomorrow at 2:30pm to see my bean and I can get all nervous all over again tonight and tomorrow about what the result will be!

[BlissfullyLoving]

Originally Posted by summerbaby

Hi everyone, how are we all feeling today? Here are hugs for those who need them...

I had my appointment this morning but all they did was take some blood. I was kind of frustrated as I thought that I was going to leave there knowing whether or not the bean is in the right place. But they took the blood to check the HCG levels were high enough to see anything on u/s. And I like the fact they are being conservative and checking so they only have to do the u/s once.

Anyway, they got back very quickly with the results and said my HCG is 4600, so I am over the 2000 that she wanted before ordering the u/s. So I'm off tomorrow at 2:30pm to see my bean and I can get all nervous all over again tonight and tomorrow about what the result will be!

: for tomorrow!

[maxwill129]

Originally Posted by Carlin

Maxwill, I think it is one of the side effects of having so many women, due at the same time in the same "place" so to speak. In real life, we'd never be around so many women at the same time in early pregnancy, so wouldn't be exposed to so many losses. I'm really trying to keep that in perspective and stay positive as much as possible.

Thanks for this! You are absolutely right. And you know what? Today was a good day. I don't know why I am SO emotional this pregnancy...maybe it's a girl?

Hope everyone had a great day. I'm going to try and pop back on later to catch up!

[Carlin]

So does anyone else wish that everyone already knew you were pregnant so you wouldn't have to tell them? For some reason, even though everyone's reaction has been really positive so far, I just hate having to tell people. I know that's weird, but it feels like such a private thing to talk about. I think I'm just strange

[maxwill129]

OMG! I HATE telling people I'm pregnant. I feel like I'm just saying "Hey, we had sex!"

I'm glad you're getting positives from telling people. Our family hasn't had a lot of nice things to say about us getting pregnant again! :

[boscopup]

I always feel weird telling people... I guess I feel like I'm bragging or something? I dunno.

[BlissfullyLoving]

Originally Posted by Carlin

So does anyone else wish that everyone already knew you were pregnant so you wouldn't have to tell them? For some reason, even though everyone's reaction has been really positive so far, I just hate having to tell people. I know that's weird, but it feels like such a private thing to talk about. I think I'm just strange

Yes I always feel weird too. With ds we sent out some announcements to extended family that we do not see very often. That was nice. Perhaps we will have ds tell everyone this time.

[fantesia28]

Morning Ladies! I think this is where I should be joining in... seems to be where the action is!!

Bliss~ I hope you are feeling better today. I have days like that too! Actually had one yesterday!! I got to see the little love bug though and even though it was too early to see a heartbeat, seeing him/her measuring right on (actually a day ahead), was enough to make me feel okay. I hope you get to see/hear your LO's HB next week!!

Summer~ Let us know how your US goes today - how exciting!!!

Maxwill/Carlin~ I agree that I think we might worry more because we are around many more people online that expose us to the good, bad and ugly. My friend IRL actually had a miscarriage about 6 weeks ago (at 6 weeks), so that has been in the back of my head too. Not to mention she knows we are pregnant and I feel really bad about her not being pregnant because I know how she feels!!

I said something to my DH yesterday about what if the baby isn't growing and told him I was nervous. He just says if something happens, we will just try again. Hello... that wasn't the answer I was looking for!!

I think the MS might be catching up with me now... I am NOT feeling well at all this morning! I keep going from just feeling queesy to feeling like I might get sick.

I have a feeling this post might turn out to be a long one... sorry!!!

So, have any of you felt so tired at night you just crash? I have been feeling this way and I think my DH is kind of frustrated that he's not getting any uhmm bd. I mean, he has, but not since the weekend and he's been a little whiney about it. I feel kind of bad, but by the time he comes to bed I am already sleeping and I hate to be woke up from my sleep!!

Okay, that is it for now... better get to work! Talk to you all soon!!

[beachcomber]

I bought and washed my new maternity clothes last night. Old Navy. Fortunately I found some stuff that didn't feel too "young" but it's really hard to locate good, affordable mat clothes where I live. Old Navy is pretty much it.

Anyway, I'm wearing a VERY comfy pair of maternity brown cords to work today. Being able to be comfortable in pants is SUCH a relief!

[boscopup]

My queasiness has increased today. Fatigue hasn't hit yet, but I'm sure it will soon. I'm trying to get a lot of cleaning done NOW before it really hits!

I've noticed smells a lot more today too. I need to clean my kitchen so I won't gag when I walk by certain spots! And my fridge needs cleaned out too.