wenat
01-07-2005, 05:59 PM
Do you have any regrets yet with this pregnancy?
I don't regret the pregnancy at all, but I do have a couple of related regrets.
I regret having a glass of wine on Dec 30 and Dec 31. I'd taken a pg test on Dec 30 when my period was due, and it was negative, so I figured I wasn't pg and it was okay. (I am glad that I didn't finish the wine that was poured into my glass, despite it being among the best I've ever had -- it was a very expensive restaurant!)
I regret that my 18mo isn't getting as much milk when he nurses. I should have known something was going on when he couldn't nurse himself back to sleep any more, after his 5 am wakeup. (He would normally nurse for 5-10 minutes, and sink back to sleep, but changed to 30-45 minute nurses, and wake up screaming if I pulled away.) I regret having to supplement him with soy milk despite all I've read so far about the effects of soy. (He's allergic to dairy. I'm still nursing, but the soy is higher in fat than the rice milk, and he's 25th percentile in weight, so I'd like to get the added fat. I'll probably alternate rice and soy.)
Not a regret, but I'm already not looking forward to being in the last trimester in July and August. It's not as hot here as elsewhere, but I take transit to work, and it's not air-conditioned. (Well, it is, but for half the number of people that is usually on it.)
And I'm regretting that I might spoil my baby brother's wedding. He proposed to his fiancee on Christmas day, and they planned for a mid-late September wedding. Now that I'm due on Sept 5'ish, they're probably going to do a Labour Day weekend wedding, and hope I don't go into labour early.
And you?
I don't regret the pregnancy at all, but I do have a couple of related regrets.
I regret having a glass of wine on Dec 30 and Dec 31. I'd taken a pg test on Dec 30 when my period was due, and it was negative, so I figured I wasn't pg and it was okay. (I am glad that I didn't finish the wine that was poured into my glass, despite it being among the best I've ever had -- it was a very expensive restaurant!)
I regret that my 18mo isn't getting as much milk when he nurses. I should have known something was going on when he couldn't nurse himself back to sleep any more, after his 5 am wakeup. (He would normally nurse for 5-10 minutes, and sink back to sleep, but changed to 30-45 minute nurses, and wake up screaming if I pulled away.) I regret having to supplement him with soy milk despite all I've read so far about the effects of soy. (He's allergic to dairy. I'm still nursing, but the soy is higher in fat than the rice milk, and he's 25th percentile in weight, so I'd like to get the added fat. I'll probably alternate rice and soy.)
Not a regret, but I'm already not looking forward to being in the last trimester in July and August. It's not as hot here as elsewhere, but I take transit to work, and it's not air-conditioned. (Well, it is, but for half the number of people that is usually on it.)
And I'm regretting that I might spoil my baby brother's wedding. He proposed to his fiancee on Christmas day, and they planned for a mid-late September wedding. Now that I'm due on Sept 5'ish, they're probably going to do a Labour Day weekend wedding, and hope I don't go into labour early.
And you?