Weekly Thread, May 16-22

[laurata]

How are y'all? I'm feeling less queasy lately, though still gagging here and there. My diet isn't exactly the most balanced, but it isn't too terrible either. Lots of fruit and whole grain cereals, and almonds. I've gotten out of the habit of taking my prenatals because they weren't helping with the nausea. Gotta work on that.

[Larissa]

I have actually been feeling pretty good the past two days. It scares me a little. The m/s while being perfectly awful...makes me feel mentally better about how the pregnancy is going. I am hoping that this is just how it's supposed to be this time around...and that nothing is wrong. I will be feeling so much better about everything once I can feel this baby moving! I guess I have quite a few more weeks before that will happen!

[jayayenay]

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[Kundalini-Mama]

I'm starting to feel a little better, and that makes me happy and nervous.

I'm still freakin' bloated, more so during the day.

Eating like crap :rolleyes: At least I have found a new substitute for my Subway Tuna sandwiches--tofu wraps :yum

Having really bad bum pain, spasms, in my lower pelvic area--it is scaring the hell our of me. (I just posted a post over in I'm pregnant about it).

Still nursing constantly during the day, but we have successfully nightweaned :banana Nipples are painful, but very bearable.

That's probably it

:grouphug and :sticky to all of us
Amy

[cosmos]

11+ weeks I'm feeling good but oh..so..tired.. my 4 yr old and 2 yr old are wearing me out, and I have recently declared that housework is simply not going to get done. I clear a path for dh when he gets home in the dark and that is about it.

My 2 yr old wakes very early to nurse 1x and usually goes back to sleep, but ocasionally is up for good at 6am. Needless to say, I can't NOT drink that one cup of coffee in the morning. I know, shame on me.

I'm doing a pretty good other food wise and manage to get a variety, my food aversions are gone :banana and I'm not craving sugar which is very cool. I found with both my other pregnancies that sugar is what made heartburn so bad, and also what packed on the pounds.

No weight gain yet, still in regular clothes but they are getting pretty tight. I literally gave away all my maternity after my last pregnancy so hopefully I'll either inherit a bag of money or a clothing fairy will drop everything I need on me.

[MountainLovinMama]

Quote: "on a funny note, the other day i was getting dressed and bent over in a very unflattering pose and dd was behind me and said completely seriously "mama, your popi is *SO* beautiful!!!" i couldn't stop laughing! so of course seeing the reaction, she kept repeating it, louder and louder. i have to say it made me feel better"

:hyena :LOL Thanks for making me laugh out loud!! My dd is the same age, and I absolutely LOVE these innocent hilarious things they say!! My dd's new favorite is when we're snuggling and she is feeling especially affectionate, "Mama, you're a cutie." And while I have been feeling self conscious about my thickening (and flabbing) but not yet "pregnant" looking belly, she often pulls up my shirt and gives it kisses - that too makes me feel so much better! I cannot wait to tell her about the baby - another week, I think, until I am past week 12...

[MountainLovinMama]

that hilarious quote was from Jessviola, by the way, from one of the last posts on last week's thread...

[KoalaMommy]

On the topic of maternity wear (since it seems to be something everyone is talking about), I'm making some of my own! We are a 1 income family (my income) and since we moved for DH to go to grad school, I took a huge pay cut, so we're not exactly prepared to buy a whole new wardrobe. I inherited some clothes from a good friend (I asked her to keep them for me last fall after she had her baby and I knew we were going to try), but she's an at home mom, and I'm a career mom, so there were only a couple of things that I could wear to work in all of them. I started looking around for some stylish, attractive outfits for work and was in sticker shock :eek! They really take advantage of us moms to be!

Now here's my little secret: I don't sew! No, really, I learned how to make a basic seam as a child, but the last time I sat down to sew something was when I was 12 (and I did such a bad job that the nightgown I made then still fits me now). But I knew I was going to have to do it if I wanted cute things for work. So I went to the fabric store, dug through the patterns, picked out 2: one from simplicity that has a dress, pants (regular or capri) and a top and one from Butterick that's labeled quick and easy and is more of a suit style. Then I went to the fabric sale racks and picked out fabric (they even had this navy pinstripe on sale perfect for the suit). I finished a dress on Saturday, I had to redo things a couple of times, in the end, I had it almost all the way done and decided to take the front and the back apart from one another to make adjustments to make it fit better. But it came out realy cute! And yesterday evening I made a pair of capri pants. I would be done with them entirely. but I decided to put some ribbon trim on the bottom of the legs to make them more stylish, oh and I couldn't tear myself away from Law and Order to go to my sewing machine. So it's not too hard if you put your mind to it.

In any case, when I'm done I'll have 2 dresses, 3 pairs of pants, 2 tops and a suit all for under $100 and all cute and my style. Now try to acomplish that in a maternity store!

I also figure this is good practice because if we have a little girl, I don't have anyone to get hand-me-downs from and I'll want tons of adorable little dresses, so I'll have to make them myself!

[Jenb]

9 wks here...
Feeling pretty good, not as nauseous, but still pretty tired.

We met with a HB Midwife this week, and have decided that the HB is a go!:D
Unbelievable to me that this is happening as I thought my (very conservative) husband would never agree-and it was actually him that suggested it after hearing how fearful I was on having another Hospital birth.

My girls are awesome, my almost 4 year old is very excited about having a new sister (she won't consider the possibility of a brother). I get weepy everytime I look at my 18 month old, because I know that she just doesn't understand yet-I have to keep telling myself how much they change over the next 6-7 months.

AmyD
I ate SO much Tuna when I was pregnant with my girls, I sent Mike out at midnight on a Tuna run more than once!
I had to have Tuna Hoagies from WaWa.
I became known as "Tuna-Ho" :laugh:

[nikirj]

Hi everybody,

I've been doing a little better the last couple of days. I haven't thrown up at all since Friday, which is like a new record for me (with both my previous pregnancies, I didn't go a single DAY without throwing up at least once until I was into month 4). I'm not worried, though, 'cause I'm still PLENTY sick and it is taking a lot of maintenance (lots and lots of sleep, tons of lemon-water, eating every HOUR).

I'm still in my regular clothes, as I'm still about 7lbs down from my pre-preg. weight and it is making up for the extra belly.

I'm still not covered medically. It turns out DH can't add me to his insurance outside Open Enrollement because when we moved, he didn't add me (why would he? I didn't live there yet?) and if you don't do it then, you have to wait. Well, that is in January...I think not. We're applying for Public Health insurance but I hope it doesn't suck. From what I hear it isn't bad - I think we will make the income requirement, but barely, so I'm hoping. It would really suck if we had to pay the whole thing out-of-pocket.

[nannymom]

It seems like a lot of us are feeling better. Yay. I had my first few days of not feeling awful all the time this weekend. It came after another event of scary brown spotting (I've come to accept this may just be the way it is for me) so I was a little nervouse but it's not totally gone and I still have some breast tenderness. It is the 10th week so I am encouraged that I am starting to feel better and maybe by my vactaion (week 13) I will feel good.

I know a lot of you already have kids so you have your own hand me downs and stuff but I wanted to mention that i have had tremendous luck yard saleing for baby clothes. I even bought a perfectly nice peg pereggo high chair (that had not been recalled) for $5. I can not beleive it b/c they retail for about $160.00 Since we don't have a lot of money it has been a nice way to indulge the urge to buy those cute clothes.

[cinnamonamon]

I'm 10 weeks and just got home from the midwife for my first appt. a bit ago. She found the heartbeat for me :throb :love I almost cried...it just made it so much more real for me, ya know? With ds I had all the time in the world to fawn over him, but now, with me not really showing yet (still in that "just look fat" stage), it hasn't been really real, yk? I mean sure I feel like crap...hungry, nauseous, TIRED..., but well...I got to hear my baby today. :D

So I'm happy -- even though I'm going to look like a cow when I go back to my old hometown for my little sister's graduation and see my old friends/schoolmates...hmmm...maybe I'll get my hands on some maternity clothes that will make it obvious...gee...I'm so vain. :rolleyes:

[DalaiMama]

Congratulations, Carolynn! oh, I can hardly wait to hear my baby... it will make it so much more real, I think. right now, I just feel lazy, not pg. :LOL
niki~ congrats on not puking! :) hopefully you will only continue to feel better.
as for me, I'm back to feeling tired, with a huge side of bitchy. :rolleyes: I just have no patience for my two year old, and would really like to go on another vacation, by myself this time. I feel terrible that I'm so short tempered. Anyone else? and any suggestions on how to cope? I feel like by the time all this is over, he's going to hate me. :crying

[Jessviola]

kristi,
glad someone else got a laugh out of that. it's amazing how such innocent comments can really adjust your perspective and brighten your day :)

hilary,
wtg on making your own clothes! i'm tempted to try, but knowing how i am, i'd end up with a big pile of unfinished clothes cluttering up the room :LOL i'm infamous for starting projects and not finishing them....

jen,
yippee on the hb decision! :thumb it's awesome that dh surprised you with his supportiveness

niki,
yay on not being sick for a couple days!!! what a nice break for you! i've been feeling very little nausea for the past two days and it's really worrying me. i actually feel a huge relief at every little wave of nausea :nut i hope things work out with your insurance.

nannymom,
congrats on the great finds! and i'm glad you're feeling better and a little less worried :) i wish i was going on a vacation! :LOL i could sure use one....have fun!!!

carolynn,
that's awesome that you got to hear the heartbeat. what a happy appt :) and i sure hear you on the fat vs pregnant look. except mine is all width instead of belly :raz

rachel,
i'm finding i feel less patient with dd too. i hate it because i've always been so patient with her and now i feel like i just don't have the energy i usually spend with her and i'm always trying to get her to do things that don't require me to walk around a lot or stand up for long periods of time. and i'm having trouble nursing. it's too stimulating now, and not in a good way. i really can't stand it. it's not painful, just really annoying. i can't relax while she's nursing now either. when she nurses first thing in the morning, it wakes me up and i feel like i'm stuck in a room with someone scratching their nails on a chalkboard. i've even stopped her a few times. i really wanted her to self-wean but i don't know if i can keep this up much longer. and i feel really guilty about that because it's not her fault and she doesn't understand why she can't have milkies as much as she used to. :guilty

[gristastic]

Hi, Everyone! :)

This will be short, because I'm exhausted and puffy. (yes, puffy... even my eyes feel swollen.)

Jess, I'm still giggling over that quote. Your daughter is just precious!

I have nothing new to report except that I now know why I haven't had the typical morning sickness. It's because I've been keeping myself full. Every time I get hungry, the nausea comes back.

So, how do I keep from packing on the lbs without throwing my guts up?

:shrug:

Well, at any rate, I hope you're all doing exceptionally well and feeling better every day! :)

[Oregonicmama]

I am so happy to hear some ofyou are feeling better. I haven't puked in a couple days, but the food aversions seem to be getting worse. I figured out that being full helps with the m/s, but I just don't want to eat anything.
I haven't been able to eat the dinners I've cooked for the past 3 nights! This really pisses me off. I am trying to at least take all 6 (!) prenantals evryday to make up for it, but they make me sick too!

I am totally having a roughtime with dd. She is 2.5 and very used to me being invloved with what she is doing all the time. I just do not have the energy or the patience. I got her a turtle sandbox and some toys to go with it, and she seems to do pretty good with that by herself. I really can't stand it when she tries to help me do dishes. It just drives me crazy, she makes such a mess and gets nasty dish water all over herself. And she just doesn't get it about not jumping on my belly, this is when i have a really hardtime not being a total bitch to her. I just try to encourage her to do stuff by herself. She has been fairly cooperative about picking up her toys aorund the house, and she is in a reading to people phase so she is reading ME books!! I just hope she doesn't resent the baby b/c she may percieve it as the babies fault I'm acting this way.
On a nicer note, dd tells me how "Deeeeewicious!" my cooking is and how "beautifoo" i look.
I should be meeting with our midwife (HB) in the next couple days. I am so excited! I am an aspiring midwife, and she studied under the woman I want to study with!! I can't wait.

[DalaiMama]

Oh yeah, Deirdre, I hear you about the kiddo using my belly as a trampoline. Why is it that the instant I found out I was pg, he wanted me to be his personal jungle gym? That's probably what irritates me the most too. And I know he doesn't do it to get a rise out of me, or at least it didn't start out that way, and if I could just get up enough energy to go to the playground (or the "whee park" as Mylo calls it).... anyways, tomorrow is another day. We WILL leave he house. :rolleyes:

[Jessviola]

my dd is like that too. she loves to jump and bounce all over me and climb over me while planting limbs in my stomach. i try hard not to freak out but i'm feeling overly protective of my belly right now and i don't know how to get across to her that it is now off limits. we haven't talked to her about the new baby because we don't want her spilling it to people before we're ready so we're trying to take this opportunity to break some bad habits/start some new routines so she (hopefully!) won't associate them with the new baby.

[Eruditia]

Hi! I'm checking in for the first time. It's been fun reading all the posts.

To be honest, some days I can't quite believe that I'm pregnant, which is a little worrying. This is the first time for me, and I have no idea what to expect. The only indications I've had (other than the positive HPT and the missing AF) are crampy feelings in lower abdomen, extreme tiredness and outrageous hunger. I did also almost get car sick on a drive a few weeks back, which otherwise never happens. Other than that my body doesn't seem to be changing very rapidly. I've been trying to do gentle palpatations (is that what it's called?) to feel if I can locate my uterus to see if it's growing, but don't really know what to feel for. Most of my clothes fit fine, but I can't stand wearing jeans for more than a couple of hours.

Do you think I should take another HPT? My first examination is in a week. Should I be worried about the fetus not developing, or even that I've just made the whole thing up? I would almost feel better to be suffering nausea along with the rest of you just to be sure that everything is okay.

[DalaiMama]

Eruditia~
i really wouldn't worry too much. With my first, I didn't even start to feel pg until I started showing at 6 months. No nausea, no real tiredness, basically no symptoms at all. If you think it would make you feel better to take another test, go for it. My bet is that it will be just as positive as the first one. :hug

[taradt]

i hear you all on being the human trampoline, man am i glad i am not the only one. DD has decided she wants "hosie" rides, we are trying to get her to understand dada does horsie mama does not. when she is upset she likes cuddling up and sleeping on my chest, something else i am trying to stop.

aside from that we have an ultrasound tommorow to see that everything is as it should be. i still have no real symptoms except exhaustion, though i was nauseous 1 day last week. i have gained about 5 pound already sigh

tara

[nannymom]

I want to be very respectful of everyone who has suffered a loss so, I hope this doesn't coem across as anything less...

Everytime i read about a m/c It just causes all of my anxiety to bubble up. I will start to relax and then someone will loose their precious baby and I get all tense.

Anyway, I wish everyone the best I guess i am just having an emotional day...

[Jenelle]

I have been so worthless this week - this is the first time I've even been online in a few days. You know it's bad, when sitting at the computer sounds like too much work!

We have been having trouble with our dishwasher, and our kitchen was just a huge pile of dishes and mess, until yesterday when my husband stood here and washed them all by hand. I am so impressed it makes me want to cry.

Lots of things have been making me want to cry.

My sister has decided to divorce her husband of 8 years, and I have been in the middle of it because he's been asking me for advice. The whole situation just sucks, and I've felt like I've been in the Twilight Zone. I made a decision last night I'm going to tell them both that I don't want to talk about it, because it really upsets me and there's nothing I can do about it.

Then my husband called me from work this morning, and woke me up to tell me that one of his friends he works with got killed at work this morning in a horrible accident. This man has a wife and two girls, and I knew him and he was so funny and such a good friend to my husband, that it is just devastating.

I am trying not to worry about the baby, I know that people go through stress all the time and their babies are healthy. My sister-in-law lost her entire house in a tornado in her first trimester. I can't even imagine the kind of stress she was under.

I go to the doctor for the first time tomorrow. I was really excited about it, until I called them yesterday to find out if we will be able to hear the heartbeat, and they told me they don't listen for it until 12 WEEKS. That just seems like too long for them to make me wait. Or does this sound normal to you guys?

They said I will be watching videos tomorrow. :scratch Gee, that sounds like fun.

[KoalaMommy]

My midwife didn't try to listen for the heart beat at 8 weeks, and I didn't expect her to. I don't think they can pick it up yet at that point. I've read it's between 10 and 12 weeks that they can hear it. They probably wait so they don't freak out the moms for whom they can't find baby's heart beat until 12 weeks. I'm looking forward to hearing ours on Thursday when I'm 12 weeks and have my 2nd visit. I did have an early u/s in which I saw the baby's heart beating away, that helped me feel more calm about the baby's health, but I hadn't expected to have that either, my mw just didn't believe me about my due date (though she should have, I hit it right on).

[taradt]

my midwife starts listenning for the heart at 10 weeks.

tara

[supervee]

Hi all, checking in. Just had my first midwife appt today. Reception and check-in made me feel like "just a number" instead of a person, and all the mags in the waiting room were full of formula & misinformation, and I almost starting crying at my predicament at being stuck giving birth in this hospital. But once I made it back to the midwife, she seemed really cool. I laid it all on the line and she was supportive of everything. Anyway, couldn't hear the heartbeat today b/c it was too early. Probably next time. On the way out, the receptionist tried to schedule me with an OB. Urgh, I'm going to have to do some education on them when I get my energy back. teehee

Still nauseous, although the midwife recommended ginger tablets. She said they've been proven to work in actual clinical trials, so that's hopeful. And a little extra B6 should help the tiredness. I've gained 10 pounds! This is because I haven't been off the couch in days, almost literally. Just to move to other couches, lol.

Hope all are well this week!

[Jessviola]

eruditia,
my first pregnancy i had none of the classic symptoms and kept thinking i was going to wake up and realize the whole thing had been a dream. i still kind of feel that way this time around although i've had almost constant nausea. even after i'd had an u/s and heard/seen the heartbeat it was still hard to believe it was true. welcome! i hope the appt goes well!

nannymom,
i feel the same. everytime i start to relax, there's more terrible news and my stress levels go up even higher. right now i'm thanking God for the nausea because i'm so scared something will happen to my baby. i find it hard to talk about also because i'm not sure how it may come across to those who have experienced a loss.

jenelle,
:hug i'm sorry for your loss. and sorry you're caught in the middle of all that drama. i hope the appt goes well tomorrow! i think it's ok that they're waiting, probably like hilary mentioned is because they don't want to alarm you unneccessarily.

supervee,
sorry the reception wasn't so receptive :eyesroll i went through some of that when dd was born and we were seeing a lactation consultant for her care instead of a 'real ped' i'm glad the midwife is working with you!

as for me, i went for another round of maternity clothes shopping, trying desperately to find a decent pair of jeans. no luck. i made peace with my wide hips before going in, but still, why are all the back pockets on those clothes so freakin tiny??? they make your butt look so much wider :angry grr!

[laurata]

With my first baby, I didn't start feeling pregnant until I was around 28 weeks! It just felt surreal or something. My second, I felt pregnant fairly early on. This time, less so. Even though I am a LOT sicker this time. I think it's because so much of my focus is on getting things done, taking care of my kids, etc.

[DalaiMama]

Just had the first midwives appt. They're great, I'm so happy with my choice. I went ahead and scheduled my first "real" appointment with them, because I know I don't need to see any other prospective midwives to make a decision. So next appointemnt is June 15. Yay! That's all. :)

[MountainLovinMama]

So I had my first real appointment today (I had one earlier when I had some spotting, but it was not a routine appt) Everything checked out great. I am so relieved and happy! I had a few moments of absolute awfulness – after 45 minutes of going over and updating my records, answering questions, etc, etc, I finally got on the bed to have the physical exam (I don’t usually look forward to that so much! But I wanted to hear the heartbeat). Well, she didn’t find a heartbeat right away. She had this stoic look on her face as she probed all over the place – no heartbeat. After what seemed an interminable amount of time I finally said, “Oh no. You can’t find it.” (I wish I had read the earlier posts about the hb being hard to detect early on - I didn't know that) She just had that same stoic look on her face, and when she finally met my eyes, I thought she was confirming the worst. ...But then, there it was! And then she realized how anxious I was, and reassured me that even if she had not found it at all she would not have been too worried at 11 weeks. So anyway, I listened away, all teary, and the baby kept moving all over the place – I take that as a sign of good health! It is starting to feel more real!

eruditia - welcome! I think it is quite normal not to really feel pregnant early on. This is my second (well, third with one early m/c), and I know with both my first and this one it did not feel "real" until about 12 weeks. I am just getting there! For me, there is anxiety about m/c and once I near the end of the first trimester, start to "show" and start to feel the baby move, then it is real. But before that it is a hope and a prayer! Even while sick with m/s!

Janelle - whew, you have a lot to shoulder right now. :hug Maybe talking to your mw about stress will help. I was 8 months pg when the horrible events of September 11 unfolded, and I remember so vividly having this pit of fear in the belly, and being so scared for the baby. My dr was SO calming and reassuring regarding the baby and my pregnancy - and shed a few tears with me over the enormity and awfulness of it all, which, strangely, helped. Good luck! Take good care of yourself!

[Oregonicmama]

Welcome Eruditia! I wouldn' worry at all about not feeling pregnant and your body not doing much. With my first pegnany I didn't even show (like i could still wear my regular pants) until 6 months either. And I had no "symptoms." I was perfectly fine, not tired, not sick, not irritable, nothing at all unusual. Even with this pregnancy i was only this morning at 10 weeks able to feel my uterus for the first time (and its way up there. I was just so bloated I couldn't feel it!) If it makes you feel less stressed out, definitely spend the $10 for another test, but i don't think you need to.
We met with our midwife today, and it went very well. She definitely seems like someone i can be totally comfortable with. I am so glad. We'll meet again in a week for the first real prenatal type thing. Yay! I hope she can find the heart beat!
Oh I ate beans today!!! I am so proud of myself. I didn't even get nauseous.

[Graceoc]

Hi ladies - glad to hear the m/s is subsiding for some of us.....I think I may actually be on the upswing myself!

My belly is getting BIG! I am amazed (and a bit afraid!) I looked at pics of when I was pg with dd (I took them every 6 weeks) the way I look now is the way I looked at 18 weeks with her :eyesroll

I had my first mw apt last week - she is wonderful! All the apt are at my house....I am meeting with an OB tommorrow - hoping to use him as 'backup' we shall see how the visit goes.

JenB - Congrats on the HB! I was suprised when my very conserative DH agreed too but couldn't be happier!

[nannymom]

Hi ladies. I woke up this morning ate a bowl of grape nuts drank a glass of choclate soy mile went to put my dishes in the sink and saw the plate that had held the burrito Dh ate last night and I had to run to the garbage can and puke. it was completly digusting. sigh.

[nikirj]

Aww that sucks Nannymom. If it makes you feel any better, my DH is supposed to clean the kitchen every night (and almost always does) but last night we had more dishes than could fit in the dishwasher, and he left a bunch of gross dishes in the sink :angry. I usually barf in the sink (hey, what can I say, that erator thingy comes in really handy) so it is like a double-whammy.

You guys make me feel weird that I've been able to feel my uterus since I hit 7w. Am I a freak? Am I carrying twins? Or is it just my super-soft nonexistant abdominal muscles making it easy to feel that far? I have a tilted uterus and everything...

With my first, I wasn't visibly pregnant until well into month 6. Before that, I just looked like I was gaining a little weight (really, I puffed up way before my belly popped out).

[Graceoc]

Met with the OB today and he was VERY nice and very understanding of natural birth. He actually had toured the birth center in MI that I gave birth to Ainsley at because he was hoping to open a birht center here! I thought that was a good sign and pretty cool. He didn't seem too concerned about my big belly - but did say to come in 2 weeks for an early u/s just to check things out and I am ok with that. I did get to hear the heartbeat! Which is cool since I am only just shy of 10 weeks. We talked alot about my birth experience with Ainsley and natural childbirth and what could be expected at the hospital (he dosn't know about the homebirth yet). HE is VERY open to doulas..... He just assumed that I would decline the AFP test and wasn't at all phased by it. THe one thing that did bother me what that when I was in teh reception area filling out my new paticent paperwork the receptionest handed me an additional paper saying "Oh and I just need you to fill this out too" Well it was from Enfamil and was a consent to have my information sent to them....she was a bit taken aback when I promptly told her I would not be filling out the form LOL!

Niki - my belly has totally popped out this time too! I am also worried about twins, but don't *really*think that is the case. I just think with #3 my muscle are so much looser.

[EnviroBecca]

I'm sticking to that estimate because I'm really pretty sure when I O'd, even tho the ultrasound yesterday said the embryo was big enough to be in the 8th week. It looked more like the pictures in the books of the 7th week, so I think it's just big for its age. It has 2 arms, 2 legs, a spine, and a BEATING HEART!!! I was so happy to see that! And it looks like the bleeding I had a while back was not a sign of trouble. :)

I was incredibly tired from Sunday thru yesterday afternoon--asleep more than I was awake! Making so many nerve cells is really hard work! There was no way I could come to work on Monday, but I did go in for a while yesterday and a full (but late) day today. Still had a number of sleepy patches. :zzz

I'm doing okay on nausea if I just HAPPEN to wake up around 3-5 a.m. and have a little snack. But if I set an alarm to get me up then, it totally doesn't work--that snack comes up before I can finish brushing my teeth! :scratch If I don't eat between bedtime and waking up 8-9 hours later, I am almost guaranteed to lose my breakfast and feel rotten for a couple of hours. Any suggestions?

Today is the first time any clothing has felt tight in the waist....

[supervee]

Well it was from Enfamil and was a consent to have my information sent to them....she was a bit taken aback when I promptly told her I would not be filling out the form LOL!

Wowie zowie! That's scary that it's "standard procedure"!

That's so awesome that your OB is supportive of your birthing needs! That reminds me I should apologize if any of my posts make it sound like I think OBs & hospitals are some kind of evil force. I know that's not true & there are plenty of natural birthin' OBs or heck, mamas who just desire certain interventions. I have an unnecessary fear of hospitals and men in white coats, so it's just my personal stuff that might come through. Sorry and I'll try not to be so blunt. :) :) :)

Mmm, ice cream is sitting very well on this balmy evening. :D

[Graceoc]

Supervee - Yeah the OB was actually pretty good considering....but we are planning a homebirth with a midwife and she ROCKS! I am going to see him as well through my pgcy just in case any problems should occure I want to have a good realtionship with someone who *knows* me and my desires if I should need to transport for any reason. Oh and I am so jealous of your ice cream - I LOVE ice cream but it just won't sit well with me this pgcy :angry

[jayayenay]

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[nannymom]

I just spent $90.00 on maternity clothes! I have been putting off buying them. I had vowed I wouldn't untill I was past week 12 ( It will be the begining of week 11 this weekend), but I feel so huge I just had too. Plus the pool opens in two weeks and I will be expected to take the kids I nanny every day so I had to buy a bathing suit. It was fairly overwhhelming because I have no idea how big I'll be and we don't have a lot of money to spend.
anyway....I hope everyone is feeling good and having happy baby days.

[KoalaMommy]

I had my 2nd prenatal visit today. We heard that little heart beating away. I was very glad to hear that. In the last week I haven't felt so pregnant, so it was good to hear that I still am. And as of now there's only a 5% chance of miscarriage, so I'm out of the danger zone. That's good, because I announced at work 2 days ago.

My mw asked if I wanted to do the dreaded AFP test that I've read so many negative things about on the MDC boards. So I asked her what she thought and she said "honestly, my educated patients who wouldn't terminate if something was wrong don't usually get one. If the test does come up with something, it will just make your pregnancy miserable." I thought that was very honest of her, and I'm really glad she's not pushing for it as apparently so many practitioners do.

The bad news is that I have an antibody, similar to Rh factor incompatibility, but way less easily treatable and that is an issue even though it's a first pg for me. If my antibody levels go up at all, I'm being labled high risk and sent to the Dr.'s for the remainder of the pregnancy and for delivery. Fortunately since they are the participating physicians with the midwives, my mw assured me that they are used to us alternative folks, and that I would have the same labor and delivery nurse, which is really what matters anyway. We're praying for everyone's sake that the antibody levels don't go up, because it would also be very bad news for the baby.

[cinnamonamon]

Oohhh, I just went to the 2nd hand store yesterday (trying to find toys that would occupy ds for our 3 hour plane ride today....pray for me! :LOL), and found a bunch of maternity clothes! I got a nice little frilly shirt that is all shimmery & matches the wrap-around skirt I made (that matches the sling I just made :D), so I'll be all put together lookin' for my lil' sister's high school graduation...what can I say, I'm vain -- one of her teachers is a guy I went to school with & we almost had a "thing..." ahhh...I feel the high school giggles coming on now. :LOL

Anywho.... I'm not quite needing the maternity clothes yet, (I got a nice white camisole top, and a button down shirt as well), but I'm in the fat stage right now, and well...I'd rather people thought I was a big 3 months preggo, than just overweight...:o yes, I'm vain... :D


It's so great to hear so many mommas here. I've been "listening" and nodding "uh huh, that's me..." at just about every post! And :hug hilary, hopefully those anibody levels will stay where they belong!


Oh, I almost forgot -- I found a moses basket (sans the bedding) for $16 at that consignment shop! Yaaaaaay! :D Now to find the time to make the bedding. Ah well, we have 6 1/2 months left, right?

Bye ladies, I don't know how often I'll be able to check in while at my mom & in-laws houses in Michigan...they have dial-up! :eek :LOL

[supervee]

I found a moses basket (sans the bedding) for $16 at that consignment shop!

Jealous!!!

Your outfit sounds fabulous! Hope you have a great time.

Nice weekends, all.

[Jenelle]

Well, I found out yesterday at my first appt. that they do an ultrasound at 10 weeks now, to make sure of the due date and that everything looks normal. So I should get to hear the heartbeat then!

Friday and Saturday are the viewing and funeral for dh's friend from work. Those will be tough days. Especially since I feel so horrible right now anyway. Thanks to all for your concern and hugs.

[taradt]

((hugs)) Jenelle - hope the days are easy on you

consignment stores are the best, i have got most of my maternity things at our local one, some stuff still new with the tags.

we went for an ultrasound yesterday and everything is as it should be, which was a big relief to me.

i am still very very tired and now have major food aversions, but no real nausea (except for like 2 days). i gained a lot of weight at first but now it seems to be steady even though i am eating tons.

tara

[MountainLovinMama]

I'm starting to feel some quickening. :)

The bad news is that dd seems to have given up napping - she has not napped at all for a few weeks now, before that she was napping at least 3X/week, and it was just a couple months ago that I could count on a big long nap every single day - I got so much done during naptime!!!! I'm adjusting, although I admit I still hold out hope that this is just a phase ad she'll go back to it again. But I am getting her into the routine of a quiet time every afternoon - she can play quietly by herself in her bedroom or in our "reading corner". I figure this routine will be important once the baby is here! That is going well - she accepted it easily, and even enjoys it. And I get a quick breather to do some of those little things that are hard to do with her "help".

But I better go get some work done before she wakes up this am.....