July 2003 Mamas-to-be Roll Call [Archive] - MotheringDotCommune Forums

Charmie981

11-10-2002, 05:56 PM

The first appointment with an OB is usually pretty invasive, including the whole gamut of STD cultures, a bi-manual exam to gague the size of your uterus, and a pap. If you've had a pap recently, there's not much reason for one now, especially since they often come back abnormal in early pregnancy. The STD cultures really aren't necessary if you're in a manogamous relationship, but most OBs won't let you get out of them, and the bimanual exam...well, I won't be having that done either. My goal with this pregnancy is fewer than 5 vaginal exams total ;). I'm also using a mw, so this isn't unreasonable.

I'm still totally stressed about every little twinge. The prenatals are starting to constipate me (thinking about just taking a folic acid supplement and some yellow dock and ditching the prenates all together), I'm sick sometimes, but not enough to reassure me yet. I'm cramping a lot, which is totally nerve wracking. My boobs hurt but I can't tell if it's b/c of the pregnancy or b/c of Samuel's sudden (involuntary) weaning due to the pregnancy (nursing was causing cramps). I'm really testy, but that could be the stress too. In short, I'm not sure if I have *any* pregnancy symtoms yet!!

I see the mw on Tuesday (as a doula for a friend though) so I'm going to find out if weaning is really necessary and if I can have sex. I sure would help a lot with the stress if I could keep the men in my life happy ;) !!

I'm really looking forward to my stay on this board!!

its_our_family

11-10-2002, 09:50 PM

Hey ladies.....I may be joining you soon.....who knows though!! My current drama is laid out in the TTC board cause I did't think they would think I was nuts!!! I still have some time before I can test....I have no idea when I would be due if I am pg.....since Tracy is 6.5 months old and I'm not ovulating on a set or even closely repeating schedule!!!

Even if I do not join you.......CONGRATS!!! :D and I hope you have wonderful pregnancies!!!

Edited to add: I've been constantly nauseous for the last 9 or 10 days and I hope it sure pays off to be something!!

Cindi

11-10-2002, 10:07 PM

Well I was so eager I jumped on the June thread, but I think the due date is July 1st. Maybe I'll just hover between the two. Morning sickness is pretty miserable now, plus I've had a cold for awhile. I dread having to find something to eat each time the wave of nausea hits. I feel like I'm just forcing food down.

Cindi

Sofiamomma

11-11-2002, 10:37 AM

MADISON!!! That's great!! I'm so excited for you. I've been wondering what you've been up to! Congratulations!! :thumb

erikanorth

11-11-2002, 02:09 PM

congratulations everyone!!

I just found out I am pregnant this morning! I'm very excited, and according to my calculations, I'm due arounds the middle of July (15-17). Dh is shocked, we just started trying in October, and he figured it would take a little longer than this! I keep staring at the test -- in case it changes ?? I'm soooo happy!

simonee

11-11-2002, 03:57 PM

Welcome and congrats, Erikanorth! :baby :balloons

But dang! you're confirming a prejudice here: THere really IS nothing else to do in Nunavut between September and May, is there? :D

madison

11-11-2002, 07:35 PM

Yeah, I knew there were more mamas-to-be in July here! Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Congratulations to those of you who JUST found out (as opposed to those of us who found out last week, lol!)!!!

I think a summer baby sounds so wonderful - getting to watch those skinny naked newborn legs & arms grow chunky and fat in the warm weather of summer :D

Unfortunately for me, I think I'll have to miss the Gay Pride Parade in July this summer - I was kinda looking forward to going and painting "Mommy Queerest" on my great big huge pregnant belly and wearing a bikini top (NOT BOTTOM, LOL), but my due date is near the parade date, and I won't be up to taking a newborn at a week or two or three old out amongst all those fun, crazy people! Oh, well - I'll have someone pick me up a t-shirt for next year when I'll be taking a 12-month old! :) How fun planning all this stuff!

And a summer birthday will be nice - I'll have Christmas paid off by the time I have to start paying off birthday expenses, LOL!

:hippie

JayGee

11-11-2002, 09:42 PM

Me too!!!! And totally unexpected. I've been feeling crappy and tired for about a week so I tested yesterday. Lo and behold, a +! I have no idea when I'm due (assuming it's July), because my cycles still hadn't resumed. I'm still breastfeeding my 12-month-old son, including 2-3 times at night, so I never expected to get pregnant. What a thrill!

Now that the shock has worn off, I'm so happy to be joining the July 2003 Mommies!

Kristina
Mama to Jacob 10/30/01

naotalba

11-11-2002, 10:51 PM

Madison, I'm sorry you'll be missing all the fun. If it makes you feel any better, I will be missing a very un-fun bar exam, for the same reason. ;) Plus, isn't the Long Beach or Irvine Pride later in the year? Much smaller, I know, but still better than waiting all year.

Welcome to all the newly pregnant women! Congratulations! We're going to have babies!:love

For me, I'm having to get used to a July baby- I think the baby chose the one month I would have to rearrange my whole schedule for the future, to test my priorities. I like the idea of nudie baby in a cloth diaper taking walks in the sun. But I am worried about money, since our "plan" was for me to be a well-paid attorney while dh was a sahd. New plan- two parents both working part-time at low paying jobs for a year. I guess the baby won't mind unless she needs legal advice.;)

Erikanorth- take my advice- buy something small for the baby, so when you want something to reassure yourself, you won't have to pull out something you've peed on. :p

Charmie: Thanks for the info- I'm really wishing the apt was coming sooner, as unpleasant as it sounds, just because I would like to have the "official" confirmation.

simonee

11-11-2002, 11:42 PM

Madison; haaahaaaaahaaaaaaa!

Don't even think your babe with arrive on due date! You're gonna be the best mama queerest LA has ever seen!

rose

11-15-2002, 04:43 AM

Due July 18th!!!! I'm so excited to be here with all of you July mamas!

Tested positive yesterday morning...I wanted to see that line so badly that I didn't believe it when I actually saw it! I took another test just to make sure. I'm five weeks pregnant---wow!!!

I am soooo thrilled!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rose

its_our_family

11-15-2002, 07:11 AM

Well....I'm officially joining!!!! I'll post more later but Tracy is clingy today!!!

I'll be due sometime around july......not sure when though!

madison

11-15-2002, 06:46 PM

Congratulations, Rose & its_our_family! :D

naotalba

11-15-2002, 09:53 PM

If I have this right, the firstborn babies to be here are:
Madison
Erikanorth
Rose
Me
Is that right? (Not to exclude the mamas on this thread, just to reassure myself I'm not the only one who spends all her time at MDC even though I'm not actually a mother)

It's_our_family- my cat wanted to let you know that he knew I was pregnant before dh and I did. Dh thought he had managed to horribly offend the cat, since the switch in loyalties was obvious. As of yet, it is my most noticeable preg symptom- the cat now likes me best.;)

rose

11-16-2002, 08:41 AM

Welcome, JayGee and its_our_family!!!

Naotalba, this is our first, too (added signature below). Talk about uncharted territory!

I've been compulsively checking my pregnancy tests to make sure the lines haven't disappeared for some bizarre and unexplainable reason. :eek I'm soooo excited, but nervous at the same time....

Rose

Charmie981

11-16-2002, 10:53 AM

I'm glad to see so many first time mamas here! Would that I knew about MDC with my first pregnancy. Maybe I wouldn't have felt like such a crazy when we didn't buy a crib and I was stocking up on cloth diapers!!!

naotalba

11-16-2002, 05:42 PM

Rose: I just doublechecked, you were on the list already, just above me. I'm glad to see you that you and Erikanorth and I are all graduates of the same 2ww thread. By the way, we have the same edd- I'm predicting my baby will be born about 7/23 though.

Charmie- You made a mistake. You admitted to having used cloth diapers before. Now, you will be forced to share your knowledge with the novices <<evil cackle>> I'm thinking of chinese prefolds for day, and fuzzibunz for night, as the cheapest possible route. What do you think?

madison

11-18-2002, 10:25 AM

Yes, this is my first baby, though I feel like less of a novice cause I've spent a ton of time around babies! I was a preschool teacher (infants 6 weeks - 12 months & 12 - 24 months) and preschool Director for 7 years, and a live-in nanny for a year to a toddler & preschooler - so I've put in some time already (the nanny job was 24/6)! I've already done the "drag butt out of bed in middle of night" routine, lol! Much happier to be doing it soon for my OWN kid, woo hoo!

I've also cloth diapered twins in my preschool for 2 years, so I've changed thousands of cloth diapers and look forward to cloth diapering my own babe. The twins folks used prefolds and simple wraps, so that's what I'm familiar with and what I'll use. I admit though, that I have a full prefold diapering package, two dozen Mother-Ease dipes for a future wiggly toddler, and a few nice fitted dipes for nighttime diapering. I also may use some biodegradable disposables when I'm out and about and cloth might be difficult (if I'm working again as a nanny). If I do use disposables on occassion, I will use fleece inserts with them so that only cloth of some sort touches my baby's butt. I think the Wal-mart brand diaper has no gel in it, so I may use those a bit during the day. But they don't call me "Diaper Addict" for nothing. I have about a dozen different kinds of diapers and wraps - I can tell you what I think will work nicely if anyone wants to talk about it in the diapering forum.

And I've been here at Mothering for about 2 1/2 years???? I think?? Maybe longer, LOL. I don't consider it odd that I hang out here without having children of my own yet, I consider it a sort of preconception/prenatal training and information gathering to best make informed decisions. I wish more people thought about their impending parenthood before they actually found out they were with child!

:hippie

Charmie981

11-18-2002, 07:33 PM

Oh man, what kind of cloth diapers you use is such a personal decision. I really can't help there! My suggestion is to buy a couple of everything that looks interesting (and that you can afford) and see what you like with a newborn. With Samuel I started with homemade flannel pinnable fitted dipes. Never pinned them though b/c I was scared too. We used those with bummis velcro wraps and it was a nightmare. Poo on the wrap at every change, wraps wicking everywhere...AWFUL. At 8 weeks I bought 18 size 1 Kissaluvs and was hooked on them. But it took me another 8 months to figure out what wraps I liked. The key is SNAPS, not velcro. The velcro always seemed to wick for us.

With this baby, I'm planning to use Kissaluvs when (s)he's big enough to fit into the size 1s, but will use prefold-to-fitted diapers during the newborn stage. Since Samuel was so big and wore the 1s at 8 weeks, I just can't see spending $150+ on the Kissaluv size 0 diapers. I make prefolds into fitteds for about $3 per diaper and they will work with a newborn when you're constantly changing them. Plus I can probably recoup all of my cost when I sell them later!

But what works for me doesn't work for others and what works for other definitely doesn't work for me. I HATE Fuzzi Bunz with a passion. They're too expensive and they just didn't work for us at all. At nighttime we use a Kissaluv with a fleece-topped doubler inside of it. To each her own...

rose

11-18-2002, 09:07 PM

Naotalba--I don't have an exact ovulation day, so I might be due later than the 18th as well. I had a yeast infection that clouded cm signs. I think I o'd on cd14, but it was hard to tell b/c I had a slow rise temp.

I'm glad the subject of cloth diapers came up. We are considering using them, too..

DH and I are planning for a homebirth. Anyone else?

emmaline

11-21-2002, 03:30 AM

hi everyone :wave

I've been waiting to join in as I'm a bit shy of early announcements - but as I've now hit 8 weeks I feel a bit more confident of saying I'm due on July 4

this pregnancy is a bit of a surprise as dh and I are very slow breeders and have had a number of losses, plus we are in the over-40 crowd

we do have 2 boys already, aged 11 and 5, who haven't learned the big secret yet but I'll have to spill the beans soon or they're going to wonder why I keep turning green and sprinting for the bathroom :sick , well ds1 will wonder if not ds2

re cloth nappies : I used them for both my boys but the "diaper systems" I've read about here bear no resemblance to the flannellette squares I folded and pinned, it all seems terribly complicated and expensive - anyway I still have some good quality nappies packed away, though I had given away almost everything else

I hope I'll be continuing to post in this forum and meeting more July mamas

e:down

Pynki

11-21-2002, 07:01 AM

ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO!!!!

We found out on Tuesday... And i found a edd calculator somewhere on the internet and it says i'm due July 22, which we figuired... My 1st ob appt is on Dec !7th...

Warm Squishy Feelings for everyone....

Dyan
:love

Dmitrizmom

11-21-2002, 07:46 AM

I'm here too! :) Due 7/20 with our second. My first appointment is Monday!

madison

11-22-2002, 10:32 AM

Hey Emmaline, we're due the same day, July 4th! :)

Diapers are as simple or complicated as you make em. At least now there is a lot to choose from!

I'll be using prefolds with velcro wraps (ProWraps & Bummis) from www.katieskisses.com (very nice quality diapers, really happy with them) when the baby is an infant.

I'll be using fitted diapers (Mother-Ease) in snap wraps (same as above) for when he/she is a toddler. I figure by the time my kid is a toddler, it'll be harder for him/her to wiggle out of a fitted diaper with snap wraps, lol, and go running naked down the hallway! :D

What country are you in???

:hippie

emmaline

11-22-2002, 02:28 PM

Madison I'm in Melbourne Australia :wave

re nappies there sure is a lot to choose from! I've been looking at some of the sites devoted to various styles - does prefold mean "you fold them" or "they come prefolded"??

never underestimate the power of a toddler to disrobe! ds2 is over it now but at 2 and 3 his greatest joy was to "get nuked" (pronounced noo-kid) and tear around the house, I loved seeing his skinny self being so gleeful

probably we will have a cloth nappy service for a few weeks (I've had 2 c-births and most likely will need to again so we need to keep the home workload down) and cover them with fleece wraps of some kind

I only know one mum here who has used fitted nappies - people seem to go for the old cloth squares or "single-use"

I have a supply of ancient ultrasoft cloth squares which will do duty this time (after some serious soaking and washing and sun drying) being chopped up for breast pads and possibly some postpartum mum pads

gotta go build some lego with ds2 (knights on horseback are being fitted out with light-sabres and playing with harry potter?)

Charmie981

11-22-2002, 02:30 PM

Yep, we're planning one as well, if not at home then at a freestanding birth center. Home is our first choice but our MW is 1.5 hours away and in another state. If she can get licensed in our state by July, she'll offer us a homebirth. If not, we'll do it at her birth center, which is just a converted house. Her tub has jets and mine doesn't, so I'm torn anyway!!

Emmaline...that's a great name! We chose that for our girl's name with my first pregnancy, but decided against it recently. Every time we say it to someone, they say "Oh, Emily's a beautiful name." I don't want my daughter to deal with that, so we chose a different one. Anyway, yes, the new cloth might be more expensive than folding and pinning flannelette squares, but it's also much easier and still by FAR cheaper than disposables. I know if I had to fold and pin and dunk and bleach, there's no way I'd have made it 20 whole months in cloth!!

emmaline

11-23-2002, 02:05 AM

thanks charlotte! emmaline is not my name but I have grown very fond of it too! but I sympathise with going for a name that most people will pronounce easily ( I have an unusual name IRL and I got a LOT of grief over it as a kid)

I like the sound of your MW's birth centre - free standing birth centres are a rarity here, most are within a conventional maternity hospital or unit, set up by the hospitals because the "powers" were terrified people would birth at home :eek if the birth centre option was not there!!

will yr MW have to go thru hoops to get licenced in yr state?

mama2alex

11-24-2002, 05:29 PM

Hi Everyone!

I feel a bit sheepish chiming in here b/c the rabbit JUST died, but what the heck! We are expecting #2 in late July, I believe. I took the pregnancy test on my son's second birthday last week, so it was a wonderful gift for us. Hopefully he'll agree with us someday!

Congrats to everyone! I'm looking forward to reading about everyone's experiences and joys over the next several months!

its_our_family

11-24-2002, 06:31 PM

Well...I'm leaving the roll-call......I m/c last tuesday.....

JayGee

11-25-2002, 07:34 AM

I'm leaving as well. I am in the process of miscarrying. Best wishes to you all and I'll be thinking of you as July approaches.

Kristina
Mama to Jacob 10/30/02

Pynki

11-25-2002, 07:41 AM

Megan & Kristina....

I'm soo sorry for your loss.. I'm sending you both lots of warm healing feelings... I hope you both have healing days....

Warm Squishy Feelings...

Dyan
:better

Charmie981

11-25-2002, 08:45 AM

Oh, ladies, I'm so sorry for your losses. I've been there and I know how hard it is :crying. Please take the time you need to greive and heal!

Em, I hope my MW won't have too many hoops to jump. I'm really interested to see how her licensure process goes b/c in a year or two she's also going to be my teaching MW and I'll have to go through to licensing process as well. I've read the requirements and looked at the application and they are written so that the licensure process can be as easy or as hard as the State Board of Medical Examiners wants to make it. She and I are both praying for an EASY process. The need for a legal and competent midwife in this area is great.

My first prenatal with her is on 12-10. Though we have had a long professional relationship, this will be my first meeting with her as a client. I'll be ten weeks and I'll get to hear the heartbeat, I hope! This will also be the first time DH will meet her and he'll get to see the birth center and everything. I hope it all goes well!!

madison

11-25-2002, 03:48 PM

{{{Megan}}}

{{{Kristina}}}

I am so sorry to hear of your losses. Much love and healing to you both!!!

That's the problem with announcing so soon, isn't it? I m/c my first last year, so I empathize. I grieve with you.

:hippie

emmaline

11-25-2002, 03:55 PM

Dear Megan and Kristina - I'm so sorry you both lost your babies, please take extra care of yourselves, plenty of rest and time to heal :hug :hug

charlotte - does this mean you are a MW or in training? I dreamed of training as a midwife but it would mean a few years at university plus postgrad training, so I stick to women's health work in my own field of physiotherapy, but maybe when my kids are older... and I'm ready to retire lol - anyway good luck to you and your MW

rose

11-25-2002, 10:27 PM

Megan and Kristina----I am so very sorry!!!! My heart goes out to both of you...lots of love and healing vibes coming your way... :grouphug

Charmie981

11-25-2002, 11:20 PM

Em...nope, not a MW yet and this pgy is a little bit of a setback in the schedule, although a welcome one. DH and my dad are going to go in together and pay my application fee for the coursework for Christmas so I can start that in January. It takes at least a year to complete and then there's a year long apprenticeship, for which I will have to be willing to leave both of my children for unknown amounts of time *and* will have to be able to afford childcare for. We'll just have to see when those two things happen...

erikanorth

11-27-2002, 10:50 AM

dear megean and kristina, so sad to hear of your losses, be sure to take care of yourselves and take time for you :hug.....

Well, i thought i';d give a quick update. Last monday, i started with lots of nausea, but i had 'windows' in the day when i felt better, so i woul d eat then, it wasn't great, but i thought i could get through it, then on friday, the vommting started, only a few times on friday, but by saturday, i couldn't even keep down water. i was getting worse and worse, and trying everything i read to try to help. monday I headed to the health centre, where they put me on diclectin (a medication for women who are pregnant w/ extreme nausea) i trust the nurse who talked to me and she let me know that being so dehydrated and getting up every hour of the night to have a sip of water was more of a risk to me and my baby....... so i go home, take one, vomit one more time, then sleep......after a few hours a was able to eat!!! and drink!!!! i felt much better. I continued eating small meals and yesterday decided i was well enough to walk to the store (big mistake).. ... We live in a VERY small town in the arctic of canada, where news gets exaggerated and spreads quickly --- so i'm in the line to the checkout and i start feeling light headed, then, to shorten this long story, i pass out, twice! the manager drove me to the health centre, where the story was already that a lady seizured in the store (ahhh, wrong info :)) well, they watched my blood pressure, i passed out again, and then they filled me with fluids and said it was just the weekend catching up with me and to eat lots, drink lots, and take it easy! this certainly hasn't been the blissful pregnancy i imagined! oh well, i guess its a lesson on flexibility....... this has got to rank up there with one of the most embarrasing moments of my life :)

wishing you all health and energy!

Pynki

11-27-2002, 11:01 AM

Erika...

How awful.. I usually have over the top nausea and all day sickness, but ginger capsules have been working well for me....

Here's to hoping you're feelings better...
:thumb :thumb

Warm Squishy feelings...

Dyan

emmaline

11-27-2002, 03:12 PM

wow erika, what a dramatic time for you, I hope the rest of your pregnancy is totally blissfully boring and ordinary in comparison :)

Dmitrizmom

11-28-2002, 04:58 PM

I started with the nausea and yuckies yesterday... we picked up some ginger capsules last night and today was ever so much better! :) Thanks for the info Dyan!

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone is having a great day! :thumb :D

its_our_family

11-29-2002, 07:39 AM

It sounds like some of you are having puking fun!!! :) I hope everyone starts to feel better....and to say that some of you are lucky that it has waited so long to start!! I had severe nausea before I even tested positive. And even though I m/c last week I'm still ready to VOMIT!!! :p

I wanted to give you nausea hint.....one word....TICTACS!!!

edited to tell you: the white tictacs work the best!!!

jannan

11-30-2002, 09:04 AM

I just found out yesterday, dh and i were trying to concieve for 5 months. Everyone is really excited! especially us . My names are maya janan(after Hanan ashawari) and Eli (after eli wiesel) Im really excited to be a part of this.....Im worried though. dd #1 was an emergencyC-section because of toximia.......Im about 70lbs overweight. tell me what you think of the names

pjlioness

11-30-2002, 01:56 PM

Well, I know that November 6th was the magic date, so that puts me due around July 30th! Ds is two - I tested on his birthday (11/21)! This one was deliberate - ds was somewhat of a surprise. So far I feel great, though my boobs are sore, but not as much as w/ds. As far as I can tell, ds has pretty much weaned himself, though I wouldn't mind (at this point) having him start up again. With ds, I was severely green for weeks 4-12, though I only threw up once. I'm hoping it isn't so bad this time, but we'll see.

My next project is to figure out a caregiver. We just moved to the Chicago area and, as many of you know, IL is very hostile to homebirth midwives. Ds was born in a hospital w/ midwives and it went quite well, but there were interventions that I'd like to avoid this time.

I know of the two Dr.'s practices that do homebirths, but the one profiled recently in Mothering seems too medically oriented for me. I don't know much about the other (Dr. Elvove), but I did see pics on his website that show the birth attendees in hospital gowns in the home, which makes me think they are too medically oriented for me as well.

I'm not sure if I have the guts to have an illegal midwife-attended homebirth, expecially since dh's folks are only 40 min. from our house and they would have a fit if they knew anything about it. They know of one person who attempted a homebirth (don't think it was in IL) and ended up transferring. Dh probably cannot be trusted to give them as little info (some misleading) as possible.

One option I've thought about is to find a midwife in WI - we are about 1 hour away from the border - and go to her when the time comes.

Well, I have plenty of time to do the search. Wish me luck!

Pam

Pynki

12-01-2002, 11:54 AM

Well everyone...

The ginger capsules seem to be working on and off for me... I had to take some phenergan i had from the bad flu last year and that helped when the ginger wasn't... Perhaps i am going to have to attack this nausea with a dual pronged assult...

Hope everyone had a super thanksgiving....

Warm Squishy Feelings...

Dyan
:hippie

Charmie981

12-02-2002, 11:54 AM

Pam, it sounds like you and I are in similar situations. I'm in Louisiana and my MW is 1.5 hours away in Texas. It looks like I'll probably drive that 1.5 hours to the birth center when the time comes. That's kinda nerve-wracking to think about, but much better than the hospital route, which would be my only other choice. Well, there's always unassisted, which I really just don't feel right about, so I don't really conisider it a choice. I worry about how my labor will start with this one. With DS, it was with a gush of water and no contractions until they started pit. 9 hours later. That wouldn't be any problem in the car, but what if it doesn't start that way this time?? AHHH! Too much to think about...

modmom

12-02-2002, 05:32 PM

HI Everyone I am due to have my third on July 1st. I also live in the Chicago Area (Western Subs) My fist two birth experiences were wonderful midwife attended homebirths and I am so glad to get to experience this all again

MossbackMeadow

12-03-2002, 12:34 PM

I'm expecting Baby #4 around 7/3/03. It's not great timing because that is our busy month around here with the older kids taking hogs and poultry etc. to the county fair. I'll just have to deal with it! This pregancy comes on the heels of 3 miscarriages, so I'll be glad to get to 10 week mark this Thursday. Have felt quite sick this time, which I did not with the miscarriages. Have an appt with the mw to hear heartbeat next week. My tummy is starting to show this past week : 0

Mossback
mother of 3 born at home beauties

mama2alex

12-03-2002, 02:16 PM

PJLioness,

Hi there! We are in very similar situations!!! My son's b'day is also 11/21, just turned 2, and I tested positive on his b'day too! Congrats to you! Wanted to tell you that I live in WI and know of some midwife services here, but my darlin just awoke from his nap, so I must go. Let me know if you want to hear more.

pjlioness

12-03-2002, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by mama2alex
PJLioness,

Hi there! We are in very similar situations!!! My son's b'day is also 11/21, just turned 2, and I tested positive on his b'day too! Congrats to you! Wanted to tell you that I live in WI and know of some midwife services here, but my darlin just awoke from his nap, so I must go. Let me know if you want to hear more.

My ds' name is Alex, too. Now, if you tell me you think you conceived on Nov. 6th, I'm gonna think we're twins or something.

Pam

rose

12-04-2002, 08:22 AM

Wow, Erika, I hope you feel better. My nausea has been nothing like that, but it has been increasing every day. It went from just in the morning before breakfast---to all throughout the day and sometimes pretty severe. If I don't eat something healthy with some protein every couple of hours, then I get really ill.

Otherwise, I've been feeling pretty good. My clothes are a bit tighter. Not too uncomfortable, yet, but my midsection has thickened a bit.

Hope everyone is doing well!

mama2alex

12-04-2002, 02:29 PM

Hi Pam,

I don't think I conceived on 11/6, but pretty darn close. We have a lot in common! I'm shocked that your son is named Alex also!!! You have great taste in names! I'm curious to ask you other questions, but I don't know if everyone else would like to be a part of this. Would you mind if I sent you a private message (if I know how to do that)?

Thanks, Teresa

emmaline

12-08-2002, 10:15 PM

how are all the July mamas??

I feel awful most of the time, I know I'll feel a lot better by Christmas but... just having a whinge here:(

AND my trousers don't fit and I've been scouting for maternity clothes but the choices are very very poor - pastels, spots, checks or clingy synthetics YUK and assistants in shops that "don't carry maternity clothes any more" tell me "most women just wear big sizes" - I don't think so! real trousers designed for a pregnant belly (not to sit underneath ) are different from big sizes

I'll be getting out my sewing machine - if i can find a decent pattern!!

rant over

Charmie981

12-08-2002, 11:33 PM

Em, do you have the same patterns in Australia that we have here? If so, Simplicity has a really AWESOME and hip maternity pattern out full of fun peasant tops and cool flared pants. I'm going to make a couple of the tops at the very least. Funny, I posted a thread about this at another board I frequent just tonight. I didn't realize that with this pregnancy, I'll be due in the summer and I can make some really fun sundresses to wear :). With Samuel, I was due in spring, but "big pregnant" in the winter months so all of my stuff is long sleeves and jeans. There weren't ANY winter patterns I liked two years ago. It's nice to see how far the maternity patterns have come. OH! Did you know you can buy a maternity panel for a couple of bucks and convert regular pants into maternity with just a few cuts and one seam? I'm not too hot at sewing pants, but converting...that I can do!

I'm feeling more and more sick as the days go on. I'm just about out of peppermint tea. I've been drinking a ton of it b/c I found with Samuel it was the only thing that helped my nausea.

Samuel has weaned. Actually, I've just stopped nursing him. He used to nurse in the morning every morning, but now I get up and get dressed before he wakes and we eat breakfast as soon as he wakes up b/c I can't manage to wait for him to nurse, I'm too sick. I don't remember the last time he nursed :crying. I'm thinking of offering again just so I can say "I remember that last time and it was so perfect..." I know that the time has come b/c tandem nursing isn't for me, but I feel so torn about weaning him. I feel torn a lot lately. I'm an only child and I really don't know what it'll be like for him to have a sibling.
DH doesn't have a great relationship with his brother and was very pro-only child for quite some time. I was really the one who wanted this baby and now I feel bad a lot of the time that Samuel won't get to be an only like I was.

And I'm super sensitive to caffiene lately. Hence the 12:30am post. No more hot tea for me at 10pm, unless it's decaf!! It's so bad I have the shakes. Normally I don't react this way *ever* but when I'm pregnant I just can't handle the stuff. Guess that's good since I'm supposed to avoid it anyway, right :rolleyes:.

I'm 9w3d today and decided to break out the maternity stuff for good. I've been in them off and on, but now it's just time to admit that my pre-preg. jeans just don't fit! On Tuesday I have a MW appointment to hear the heartbeat. I need to go get my pregnancy bloodwork and my recent pap results copied from my on-base medical records (they'll do the blood workup for free, so why not?!) tomorrow. If I don't get to hear the HB on Tuesday, I'm hoping my MW will do a "quick scan" on her sono machine so that I'll know all is well. Fortunately her office has a sonographer on staff and they do all of the sonos for the homebirth community at her office every Tuesday evening. My appt. is at 4:30, so maybe he'll be there. If he's not, I'm contemplating calling the military OB clinic and saying that I'm spotting or cramping so I can have a quick sono just to see the HB. I'm totally stressed that something has gone wrong and my body just doesn't know it yet and it's hindering my ability to bond with this baby and be excited about being pregnant :crying.

Anyway, I'm off to try to sleep and hopefully not have baby nightmares like the one last night where she came a month early and weighed 6lb 13oz!! I don't want a preemie!!

emmaline

12-08-2002, 11:52 PM

charmie I hear you with wanting to know all is well after losses, I had a quick scan at 8 weeks for that reason, to know there was a beating heart - I hope you will have the relief of this too - and no more nightmares

we do have Simplicity here, I'll check it out asap

e:down

modmom

12-10-2002, 12:28 PM

I just purchased the simplicity pattern today it is really cute. I was planning on making a whole new maternity wardrobe but I have been given so many great hand me downs it would be a waste of time but I am going to make a couple peasant tops. I am, however, very excited about makeing some nursing dresses for this summer. Healthy pregnancy vibes to all

madison

12-10-2002, 01:50 PM

Hey there July mamas,

Well, I went for my first prenatal appointment yesterday with my newly hired midwife. I was kinda nervous but it was great. A LONG appointment... it was 1 1/2 hours and I had to finally leave because I had another appointment, so I'll have to finish my paperwork at home and bring it in next time!

And I got to hear the baby's heartbeat!!! It was so cool. She tried for about a minute to find it and nothing, but then she found the placenta (you could hear the difference suddenly) and then Ba-BUMP Ba-BUMP Ba-BUMP rapidly - the baby swooshed by. So we "chased" him/her with the doppler and found him/her for about a minute holding still, then s/he was off! It was a great relief to hear that beating heart! There's actually someone in there! It's definately feeling more "real" now.

And in other good news, I haven't barfed in 3 1/2 days! I made it all weekend, Monday and so far today (12:40pm) without being sick, though I have felt a twinge of nausea a couple of times. Yippee! How wonderful!

It's a good week. I'm 11 weeks tomorrow! :D

:hippie

Charmie981

12-11-2002, 01:52 PM

Madison, isn't that just the greatest feeling ever??

All of my news is in my siggy. I'm so relieved as of yesterday and feeling a TON better. I don't think I realized that I've spent the last 6 weeks or so waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak.

MossbackMeadow

12-11-2002, 02:18 PM

Hi Beauties,
This is my last day in the 11th week - woohoo! Tomorrow afternoon we go to the mw to try to hear a heartbeat.

Last night I went to the fabric store - I thought the maternity patterns were just awful - everything looked like a tent. Ending up leaving empty handed and going over to the Motherhood Maternity shop. I think they have the hippest clothes. I've had such a long gap since last baby, I gave everything away and am determined to be stylish this time! Found a couple things on the clearance rack.

I too am sleeping better at night, not so sleepy in the daytimes, and feeling better. My tummy is now undeniable. My 12yo son was looking at my belly this am and said, "Mom, are we going to have a baby brother or sister or something?" So, the cat is out of the bag as far as the bigger kids are concerned. They are just beaming, but don't want the long wait.

Eat well, all.
Mossy

emmaline

12-11-2002, 04:00 PM

it's so good to hear everyone's good news :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat

mossy I'm glad your kids are happily in the know:thumb

maternity clothes SUCK I can't find anything I like, they're cutesy (I'm not) or clingy or show off belly button or synthetic fabrics

patterns I should be able to check out tomorrow

e :down

Cindi

12-12-2002, 05:14 AM

I just want to share with you all that I felt the baby at eleven weeks! I was quite sure about it. Lying in bed in stillness I could feel that there was occasional gas and my own blood moving...but then deep inside felt the gentle undulations of my baby. Wow, this was neat. I couldn't feel it yesterday or yet tonight (yes I am up in the middle of the night.) But I am sure I felt the babe. I read that it is not normal to feel the baby until 14 weeks or later...and I am at eleven weeks. But then I also read that the baby makes sponataneous movements from seven weeks on.

My morning sickness has been really awful and I'm counting the days to that magical twelve weeks I hear about. But I did find a homeopathic remedy that has been helpful...called "Nux Vomica." In case anyone wanted to try. I'd talk to your midwife first though.

MossbackMeadow

12-12-2002, 06:06 AM

Cindi - I do not think you are crazy. While I didn't feel movement till much later, like 16 weeks, with my 1st and 2nd, I have felt babies 3 and 4 very early. It's hard to distinguish from my digestive system, but I have recently felt what felt like a goldfish blipping around, once or twice each day when i am sitting quietly.
Isn't it cool?

Emmaline - you're right, maternity clothes do suck. Is there anything worse than a stretch panel that shows under your shorter shirt? ugh.

Starting week 12 today. Have gained 3 lbs.

Snowy love from,
Me.
:hippie

emmaline

12-12-2002, 01:51 PM

last night was a pretty poor sleep and I had plenty of time to be aware of those little golfish flips! I thought I was hallucinating but seems it's not so extraordinary at 11 weeks - wow!

week 12 for me too today - still 2 kg lighter than pre-preg, maybe 5 lb?

MossbackMeadow

12-12-2002, 02:01 PM

Heard a little heartbeat in my tummy today. Instant tears!

:love :bouncy

emmaline

12-12-2002, 02:38 PM

:heartbeat

madison

12-13-2002, 05:23 PM

{{{moss}}}

I kinda got teary eyed, too, but I was grinning too much like a fool to care :)

Maternity clothes suck mud. I'm just rolling down my pants top now and folding under the buttons (which I can't do up anymore). Motherhood stuff is cute, but I hate the panel pants! I want the ones with the big wide band of belly elastic that goes under your stomach instead of over it. They are hard to find, but SO much more comfortable!

Wow, you guys are feeling movement at 11 or 12 weeks? I'll have to pay more quiet attention. Maybe I'll keep a shot of sweet juice by my bed for that middle of the night pee session, and slug one back and then wait and see if the sugar gives the babe a jolt :D

MossbackMeadow

12-13-2002, 06:14 PM

Yes Madison - I think I am going to like the underbelly pants too, although my belly button does go inside-out in a big way by 9 mos! IT might need some cover.
I'm gettting by with a pair of stretchy black pants from Old Navy, not maternity. They have a wide band, low rise and are kind of flared. I got Larges so they would fit my butt, but as a result I've got a lot of room in the waist -- I think I'll be able to wear these for a while.

Mossback Meadow, posessor of the original Bubble Butt

emmaline

12-13-2002, 06:36 PM

those underbelly pants are just about all you can get here and I find them very uncomfortable - lots of pressure - but also they're made to be very close fitting (or they'd fall off I guess) and I hate close fitting clothes anytime - maybe I'll go to the stores that sell to the Muslim ladies in my neighbourhood - voluminous long dresses?? no, I want pants and have found a floppy pants pattern - the first pair will be up and running soon (lovely lavender peached cotton drill)

e:down

KFH

12-14-2002, 07:05 AM

I LOVE those pants!!! Like the ones Japanese Weekend makes. I had a pair (hand-me-down) last time, and gave them to someone else (we weren't planning on doing this again! I LIVED in those. They're crazy expensive--$50 and up. I can't bring myself to buy them new. Does anyone know any one else that makes them cheaper?

MossbackMeadow

12-14-2002, 07:42 AM

My dh and I were talking about the string of holiday parties we have this month. He asked me what I was going to wear. I said, "These pants of course!" pointing to the infamous black pants.
"Uh, I think a dress would be more flattering, don't you," He said. "I think you should wear a dress."
So Emma, maybe I'll go to the voluminous dress store with you.

Pynki

12-14-2002, 06:24 PM

HI everyone it's me... Still around and alive... For the most part anyway... The nausea is still driving me crazy though.. (sigh) I guess i will just have to deal with it.. We are 8 weeks and i swear i felt the baby move Friday nite.. I swear.. It felt like little hiccups in my midsection, only from the inside.. KWIM?? This is our third so maybe I guess.. Most be one strong kid to be so little still and to have me feel it now at 8 weeks.. I go in for my 1st ob appt on Wednesday.. Then the gp are taking the 2 boys for christmas on Sat or Sunday and we come down for Chritsmas eve..

Ya know.. I 'm just rambling now so i will sign off.. Calm stomachs to everyone!!!

Warm Squishy Feelings...

Dyan
:toothy

Charmie981

12-14-2002, 07:29 PM

I kept thinking maybe I was feeling movement too but then I had a reality check at the MW's office. My uterus is only about 1cm above my pubic bone and the flutters I'm feeling are more near my waist. I think it's just my increased blood supply to that section of my body. Only when I'm pregnant can I SEE my pulse in my abdomen!!

I have a pair of low waisted pants that I got at Motherhood for $35. I hate them b/c I can't keep them up AT ALL. I don't see how they're supposed to stay up! They are the right size b/c they fit really tight in the legs and hips (which means they won't fit for the whole pregnancy *sigh*), but they fall down at the waist. I thought they'd be better than the belly panel pants for now b/c they wouldn't fall down. WRONG. Maybe if they still fit after I've outgrown my panels I'll wear them (yes, my belly really does outgrow the panels and yours probably will too :tongue), but I'm really thinking I'm going to rely mostly on dresses, which will, of course, make me look as big as a house come July. I wish I had a scanner; I'd scan a belly pic of me the day before I went into labor with Samuel. I cannot believe how BIG I was.

Anyway, so my conclusion is that I like the belly panels better, even though I do eventually outgrow them and the drawstring in the Motherhood ones is pretty uncomfortable in early pregnancy when you have to cinch it down on your ribcage. Still, I think when I'm so big that the bottom of my belly isn't covered by my shirt, I'll want it covered by a panel, just so I don't feel over-exposed. If anyone wants to buy a pair of size L flare leg low-rise maternity pants from me, feel free to PM. I'd love to have enough cash to make my first maternity dress.

I bought the baby's first diapers the other day: two NB sized flag diapers from www.cutest-cloth-diapers.com. I also bought what I thought would be enough fabric to make 25 NB fuzzibunz. Turns out I miscalculated (sheesh! I can't even use a calculator!!) and bought enough fleece to make 15 diapers and little strips of PUL that are so little I can't make any diaper out of them *sigh*. I'll have to see if I can't sell the PUL on a fabric trade list I'm on.

Just waiting to feel those first little flutters (the baby ones, not the nausea ones!!),

MossbackMeadow

12-16-2002, 06:39 AM

Having some pink mucous this morning - and I just heard the heartbeat a few days ago. I'm frightened!
This pregnancy has felt so real - tummy growing, little blips of beginning movement, nausea.
I never had any spotting in my full term pregnancies -- has anyone here?
I read on another thread that with successive babies it's more common, because your cervix is a little inside out and bleeds easier -- hope that's the case. I'll update later.

Mossback
Mom to Caleb, 12, Lydia, 10, Zane 6, 3 miscarriages and this little growing life, EDD July 1.

emmaline

12-16-2002, 03:40 PM

oh dear - mossy I'm sending loads of healthy baby and healthy mama vibes - hoping everything will be fine and you can settle back into a beautiful pregnancy - take care :hug :hug :hug

emmaline

12-17-2002, 02:44 AM

mossback - how are you???

MossbackMeadow

12-17-2002, 05:45 AM

Well, everything appears to be ok so far. The little bit of spotting stopped after a few hours, had no cramping or pain. It was not real bleeding - just pink/brown on the toilet paper - sorry to be graphic. Hope today goes better. Something similar happened one day last week, though it was only once during that day.
Talked to several friends who said don't worry.
Midwife suggests progesterone cream, that maybe my placenta isn't making enough, hence my history of 3 mcs. I don't know about that - anybody have any info? Are there side effects? How long would I use it? Dh wondered if I wanted to go to the doctor, but I'm afriad get caught in the medical whirlpool. I've had 3 beautiful homebirths and would like that again.
I don't think I could handle a miscarriage after 12 weeks and hearing the heartbeat, but I guess we don't have a choice. I'm just thankful for every day that this little one is clinging to me. Just taking it one day at a time.
How are you doing Emma? What happened to OceanMamma? Oh, I guess she'd be on the June list.
Love from
MM

emmaline

12-17-2002, 01:44 PM

thank heavens you and baby are OK! :love

there have been several mentions of prog. cream use - maybe do a search for them?

I feel the same about the very idea of loss after hearing the heartbeat, it makes me tremble :hug

OM is still posting on P&BL, not sure if she's on the June list

I'm feeling less crook, and fretting about it of course, but a whiff of garlic reassures me I'm still on track

hope today is calm and peaceful for you
e :down

Pynki

12-18-2002, 10:24 AM

Incase anyone is wondering.. I'm still here, but nausea is making everything impossible... I go to the ob today, so maybe she will be able to give me something for it since the phenergan is just making me throw up more... (Isn't that a lovely thought!!!)

Warm Squishy Feelings to everyone!!

Dyan
:(

naotalba

12-21-2002, 06:42 PM

My baby has passed away. I am waiting to miscarry her naturally.

I hope everyone else is doing well and heading happily into the second trimester "safe zone".

Cindi

12-21-2002, 10:39 PM

I am very sorry naotalba. And I believe this is your first child, which I am sure makes it especially hard. Blessings and health to you. I hope the birthing of your child is smooth and cleansing for you.

Peace.

MossbackMeadow

12-22-2002, 12:59 PM

Went to a Christmas party last night, wearing some low cut black knit pants and a cotton ( not maternity) blouse. The way that blouse lays over my tummy, folks thought I was 6 mos along! Frightening that I have to tell them. " not till around the first of july!"

Naoltaba -- I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you head over to the Pregnancy loss board where I started. I know you're in pain -- I've had 3 miscarriages, the most recent in Sept. Take care of yourself and know that there is hope.

Warmly,
Mossback:crying

emmaline

12-22-2002, 01:55 PM

dear naotalba - I'm so sorry :hug :hug :hug losing a baby is so tough, emotionally and physically

as mossback says, Pregnancy and Birth Loss has several threads about natural m/c you might find helpful

:hug

Pynki

12-22-2002, 09:59 PM

Well ladies..

My dr has figuired out why it takes so long for me to show at all.. (you usually can't even tell i'm pg until about 5 1/2-6 month) It's because my uterus is tipped so friggin' far back.. You know.. I thought child birth was supposed to fiix that.. Admittedly my 1st was a c-sec, but my 2nd was an even bigger baby and we had him vaginally... SHEESH!!! I guess there are some things childbirth can't fix!!!!

I hope everyone is feeling better and moving out of their morning sicknes.. (GOD ALMIGHTY!!!! I CAN"T WAIT UNTIL I DO!!!)

Naoltaba,

I am soo sorry to hear about your loss.. There aren't even words to express how deeply i feel for you.. Know that you are in my thoughts...

Have a super Christmas everyone!!!

Warm Squishies....

Dyan
:hippie

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erikanorth

12-23-2002, 10:36 AM

naotabla, i'm soooo sad to hear of your loss. be sure to take time for yourself over the busy holiday season.

Pynki

01-01-2003, 10:40 AM

Hey everone....

IS everyone still getting ready for the july babies???? I haven't "seen" anyone around here for a while so i was just wondering....

We are 11 weeks on Friday, so the baby looks like a baby now... Albeit a very small baby....

My all day sickness is sticking with a fierceness... Hope you are all doing ;better,,,

Warm Squishy Feelings...

Dyan
:wink

Cindi

01-01-2003, 11:35 AM

Yeah, still here, and still sick, even now at 14 weeks. (My due date is July 1st so I assumed I'd be the first here to get over the morning-night sickness.) Still throwing up, and now I think I'm fighting a cold which has made it feel worse. This struggle to find pallatable food is like torture. Constantly starving at the same time as rejecting food. I don't get it.

On top of this, we are up to our eyeballs in moving boxes, planning the big move for Sunday. I expected to be over the morning sickness by this time, but no. Anyway, I am excited to be moving. It is just hard. There is so uch to do, and I keep needing breaks. (Which I give myself, I just hope I don't get too slammed in the end.) My husband is great, but not very organized, so I can't really just let him do it all and feel secure about it. kwim?

Anyway, blessings to you all.

Cindi

erikanorth

01-03-2003, 10:08 AM

Hi ladies, i'm still around.....

I'm starting to feel a bit better, but the nausea is still around. I haven't thrown up since boxing day, i think thats a record! I have my first pre-natal appt. on tuesday, the 7th. (they don't do them until at least 12 weeks here......). I'm in a bit of a weird situation, since i will deliver in aanother city (1800 km away). The community i live in is in the arctic of canada, and they send you out at 36 weeks to make sure you don't deliver here. There is no hospital here, just a health centre. So i'll do most of my prenatal stuff here, but then head to calgary where i plan to deliver in a birth centre with a midwife.

other than that, its been pretty much ho-hum.....i haven't gained any weight yet, if fact, i think i lots a few pounds, but i'm sure i'll make up for it in later months.....

hope you all feel better soon,

happy new year,

Erika

MossbackMeadow

01-03-2003, 10:15 AM

Erika,
I would love to hear more about your life in the far north. Are you a native, or what took you there? How do you make a living? ARe you in a town? Does anyone birth at home unattended?
My grandpa worked on the railroad in Anchorage when it was just a tent city, around the turn of the century. I hvae never been farther north than Michigan's UP but I love winter and I love roughing it. However, I think the short growing season would annoy the gardener in me!

I've made it to my 15th week - very happy. Waiting to feel regular movement. Tummy is growing.

MM

Pynki

01-03-2003, 11:01 AM

Well i know i am losing weight..

I always lose weight... The problem with this pg is that i started a bit underweight at 113.8lbs.. My gp wants to put me in the hospital if i fall below 110, and i know after having the stomach flu this week i have so i am avoiding the drs...

And to top it all off i am anemic.. Not a big suprise.. I am always anemic... I am full of health issues... I have seem more ologist this year than god.. And they are all useless... One would think with all that school they could come up with even an educated gues.. Nope... :confused: Sorry for the rant... I am a bit fed up with most of my dr's...

Glad to hear some of us are feeling sbetter... Can't wait until its me!!:love

Warm Squishy Feelings...

Dyan
:thumb

simonee

01-03-2003, 10:53 PM

I'm still here, too! :D :D

Baby was conceived Oct 23 or 24, so we're past 12 weeks when you count from last af. But in reality, we're barely 2 months of course. Still, I consider myself 2nd trimester now, 'cause since New year's eve I haven't felt sick at all!!!!

So sorry for your loss neotalba... It must be so awful, esp when you're just crossing into "safe" 2nd tri territory....

Dyan, I hope you're better soon. Would it be preposterous of me to ask why they want to hospitalize you if you lose a couple more pounds?

Pynki

01-04-2003, 01:53 PM

Simonee...

I have been losing weight all year.. I lost 30 lbs with out even doing anything (all this before i got pg) They are running all kinds of test and figuire i have a connective tissue disease, but since i noticed something was wrong so early they don't know which one it is.. So i was underweight to start this pg at 113.8 lbs.. My internist told me before i got pg that if i got below 110 she would put me in the hospital to help put the weight back on for a while... So i am VERY leeary of losing weight, even though i do do it the 1st tri and part of the 2nd of every pg i've had... So that's why they worry.. Because my body has a way of making weight go when i don't neccesarily want it to...

To top it all off (as if you all really care to know.. Stop reading here to avoid the gross parts... )

I woke up last night/this morning with sharp stabbing ab pain.. I thought i was miscarrying it hurt SOOOO bad.. Nope.. Just some terrible gas and explosive diahrea... There goes some more weight for ya....

Hope you are all doing better than I am..

Warm Squishy Feeligns....

Dyan

:rolleyes:

Cindi

01-04-2003, 02:09 PM

Dyan, do you think it might be a good idea to check into the hospital? Are you afraid of the cost? Or the disruption in your life...or just plain too much medical intervention when you feel things are fine by nature's course? To me it actually sounds nice to be taken care of, sittin' back with the remote control, and getting flowers. You sounds like you need to "fill up" and a hospital stay might give you some opportunity for that. Are you in "output" mode a lot? Really pay attention to what you can give yourself, and what you can ask for from others. A good starting place is to just feel your body and "fill up" with feeling, especially in your pelvis and trunk.

Good luck to you and your baby.

Cindi

Charmie981

01-04-2003, 02:13 PM

Dyan, is the diahrea a common thing? Are they sure it's a connective tissue disorder or is it resembling crohn's disease?

I ask because a common reason for unexplained malnutrition is celiac disease. You can read more at www.celiac.org but it's basically a digestive disorder caused by an inability to digest wheat gluten. I have a friend whose family is plagued with this disease. The numbers are now 1 out of 60 Americans have it, making it as common as diabetes.

The biggest reason I ask is b/c of the weight loss. If it sounds like something you might be dealing with, be sure to ask your dr. about it.

MossbackMeadow

01-04-2003, 02:50 PM

Another anecdotal story of weight loss and tummy trouble Diane --- I had diarrhea for several yrs -- food went right thru me -- I had every test in the book. It wasn't till I had weakness, heart palpations and lost 30 lbs in a matter of weeks that someone tested my thyroid. I had hyperthyroidism due to Grave's Disease.

Hope you get your problem solved!

MM

Pynki

01-04-2003, 04:55 PM

Thanks for the thoughts guys....

Actually i had a colonoscopy this year to check to see if maybe it was celiac's and intestinal biopsies at the same time, and an upper endoscopy, and everything was fine.. Looked completely normal... So the gastro said it probably went with the connective tissue disease... Also, i know it's not my thyroid i had them check it 1st, and then they (the dr's ) checked it another 6 times during the next 18 months... (sigh) Definately NOT my thyroid...

I could actually use the time in the hospital probably, but i have 2 little ones at home and my dh is definately NOT primacry caregiver material... The thought frightens me into staying home... I mean i love him dearly, and i know he loves the boys, but he has no idea on basic child care for some reason.. Good thing that's not why i married him....

I'm sure they will figuire out what is going on eventually.. It just takes time.. It's the nature of the illnes.. (which ever on that maybe..)

Sorry don't mean to ramble.. THis is SOOO not pg related stuff...

Thank you all for the concern... If we hadn't checked those things already, i would definately be having them checked out now....

Warm Squishy Feelings....
Dyan
:love

Charmie981

01-04-2003, 07:14 PM

Wow! I'm glad your internist is so thorough, but it sucks that after all those tests they still didnt' find the problem. I'm encouraged that they even thought to test for celiac disease. Most of my friend's family has been diagnosed simply b/c they decided to "try" the gluten free diet and it fixed their problems. Hey, when you're wasting away and no one wants to figure out why (which was the case with all of her family, including a nephew who was below his birth weight at 12 months!), I guess you'll try anything.

I'm so sorry that you're dealing with this, in addition to the constant m/s, which CAN'T be helping with the weight loss issue :(.

Don't feel bad for talking about things non-pregnancy related...that's how our little Due in July group will get to be a close-knit one :).

I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers and send some NO MORNING SICKNESS VIBES!!!

Charlotte

rose

01-11-2003, 03:33 PM

Hi all--it's been at least a month since I checked the boards, but...I'm back!

I really didn't think the nausea could get so bad. It did...and worse. It was sheer misery. I got depressed and DH started to get concerned. Now, I'm feeling a thousand percent better!!! There are still moments when nausea or exhaustion overtakes me, but it no even close to what I was going through a few weeks ago. My sincere empathies with all of you dealing with nausea and other issues...

I'm in my 14th week and now that I'm feeling so much better, I'm getting excited again about this baby coming! Half of my pre-preg clothes don't fit, but I'm not nearly large enough to fit into the maternity clothes yet. I've been lucky enough to get a few hand-me-downs to start. I bought a couple of maternity pieces, but they just hang temptingly in my closet....they are way to big right now. I agree that Motherhood Maternity has some very cute clothes. I'm going to look for some summer dress patterns to sew, too.

Naotalba---I am so deeply sorry to hear about your loss...my thoughts are with you.

Rose

modmom

01-14-2003, 06:57 AM

Wow it has been quiet. I hope everyone is doing well. I did go ahead and make a simplicity peasant top and it turned out really cute now if it would only get warm enough to wear it!!

Also I had my first pre natal yoga class last night and it felt great. I anyone else doing yoga or exercise classes?

MossbackMeadow

01-14-2003, 07:10 AM

I am normally a runner, but have dropped down to walking 4 miles a day 3 days a week. On other days I swim, do my own yoga stuff or a belly dancing video which is lots of fun.

I am also finishing up the first sewing project of this pregnancy - it's a nursing./maternity jumper from an Elizabeth Lee pattern that I had saved.

I'm off to the midwife today.
MM

emmaline

01-14-2003, 12:56 PM

normally I'm a walker but I'm still feeling so exhausted I'm hardly doing anything :( very small amounts of activity send my heart rate way up and I'm quite short of breath. Teaching a class last week I was constantly stopping talking to catch my breath. I'm hoping to feel up to prenatal yoga soon, there's also a belly dancing class I'll check out after the boys go back to school in a couple of weeks

back to maternity clothes : I made some trousers, just what I wanted, and have found a few secondhand things, then a friend turned up with two pairs of pants I'd lent her 5 years ago!! so I think that will have to do for now (except for two formal events coming up in Feb and March...)

I'm also about to search for nursing bras as all my bras have already become most uncomfortable, I'm not just bursting out of the cups but feeling pressure around my ribs

and looking for a pattern to make a sling!

Pynki

01-14-2003, 09:38 PM

I made my sling, but i didn't use a pattern, except for an older sling that i had.. I just measured how wide the sling was, and added for padding on the rails and seam allowance, and then how long i needed it to be.. Went to Ben Franklins and bought some 2 1/2 in (i think) brass rings and sewed it all together.. Took a couple of hours tops...

On a more personal note, i will be 13 weeks on friday, and i can not WAIT for this nausea and throwing up to stop... I go to my OB tomorrow, and maybe she will be helpful, although i doubt it since the phenergan they gave me just made me throw up more... (sigh) I know it stops.. I t has with the other 2 pg's, but this is getting ridiculous...

Thanks for listening to me whine.. I hope everyone is feeling better than I am...

Warm Squishy Feelings ....

Dyan
:hippie

emmaline

01-14-2003, 10:19 PM

dyan I got some patterns from the "life with a babe" forum" but cannot find rings yet... but found some gorgeous purple and blue batik cotton to make the sling when I do find rings

hope you feel better soon:)

Charmie981

01-15-2003, 08:10 AM

for metal rings, check your local hardware store for the 1/4" thick rings.

for plastic rings: www.slingrings.com

emmaline

01-15-2003, 01:00 PM

thanks charlotte, I've tried a couple of local hardwares and will have to go further afield to a huge one ASAP

Pynki

01-15-2003, 02:30 PM

Heard the heart beat today.. HURAY!!! it's one thing to see it on an ultrasound at 9 weeks, and another to hear it!!!:heartbeat :heartbeat

Still nauseous.. Hopefully it will subside here shortly.. I'll be 14 weeeks on Friday...

Warm Squishies for everyone...

DYan
:hearts

rose

01-20-2003, 07:33 AM

Thank you for all the info on making slings! A friend has offered to lend me hers to try out, but I plan on buying or making one (whichever is cheaper).

Hope you are all feeling well, mommies!!!

Kanga

01-20-2003, 03:35 PM

I've been trying to catch up with this thread for weeks! I still haven't had a chance to read everyone's posts, but I wanted to sign on before ds wakes up from his nap. I'm pg with #2 and just heard the heartbeat a week ago. MW thinks we're due around July 17th... this is a very rough guess as I've had only one wimpy period that I didn't make a note of... DS is still nursing 5+ times a day.

I'm curious if anyone else's sex drive is going out of control! I guess this is what they call the honeymoon trimester? I guess it was like this when I was pg with ds, but dh and I were in different states then.

All else is fine... happy to be showing quite a bit for only 15 weeks. Told everyone at work last week and they responded with "well, YEA" Too funny.... I wasn't trying to hide anything, mostly just waiting to here that strong little heartbeat to solidify it for me. After that I wanted to were a "Baby on Board" T-shirt.

We're planing a homebirth this time, mostly to avoid the hassels at the hospital afterwards and to not be separated from ds and dh.

Is anyone else here nursing a little one? DS will be 2 in March and I'm wondering (hoping) if he'll wean during the next few months. I don't want to push him, but if he's ready, I think it might be easier on me after #2 is born. I guess that may or may not be true. I have a friend who will be having a C-section on Thrusday with a 2 year-old and she didn't let up with the nursing a bit. They're also co-sleeping, so we're pretty excited to have some "in-person" support for our decisions. I value everyone here so much, but sometimes it gets a little lonely in out in the world.

Love and blessings to you all,
Kanga:hippie

madison

01-21-2003, 12:10 PM

Hey all, Happy New Year! :)

Naotalba, I am so sorry to hear about your loss. :( Peace to you.

Mossback, I also started spotting last week - apparently I did too much the week leading up to it, so now I'm taking it easy (and not moving furniture for the plumbers who re-piped my apartment). Whoops. Scared the heck out of me!!!! But I went to my midwife right away and heard the heartbeat, strong and steady. Whew... Not doing that again!!!

I'll be 17 weeks tomarrow and weigh 3 lbs less than when I GOT pregnant - but the naseau has subsided and hopefully I'll start gaining appropriately. Don't worry, I'm not starving the baby, I eat lots of good food and weighed 170 to start with, LOL. Baby's got lots of "maternal stores" to rely on, hehehe....

Anyway, just wanted to check in and say hello to everyone! Happy baby growing, all! :)

:hippie

Charmie981

01-21-2003, 02:52 PM

Kanga, my DS will also be 2 in March and I'm due July 10 (although that's not a rough estimate for us :wink). He was nursing up until about 10 weeks or so (I think I posted about it on here?) when I got too sick to nurse him in the mornings and threw the routine off. He had weaned from everything except for the very first of the morning nursing, which he held on to for 7 months or so.

I'm about 16 weeks and still not really showing. It's actually really bothering me b/c with DS at this stage, I was definitely showing. I haven't gained any weight with this one either, which is different too.

We're starting to think about UC instead of the birth center w/ midwife birth that we had originally planned. A midwife assisted homebirth isn't an option here and I'm thinking that the homebirth part is what I want more than the midwife assisted part. I dunno...we'll see how it pans out. I have a little while to decide.

I'm off to take advantage of our 70* sunshine weather to get some yardwork done before it freezes tomorrow.

Pynki

01-22-2003, 01:05 PM

heyya gals,

It's me again.. I got a question for you.. Anyone else having unusually LOW BP.. I know the OB's get antsy about HIGH BP, but mine is usually low to begin with t about 110/70, and at my last appointment it was 92/58.. (Sheesh.. maybe that's why i'm having all the dizzy spells, of course it could be because i am soo friggin nauseaus all the d@mn time still!!!)

Anyway.. Just thought i'd see if anyone else was having low to lower bp too...

Warm Squishy Feelings...

DYan
:love

simonee

01-22-2003, 02:51 PM

A very quick one here:

I'm due July 17 or thereabouts. I CAN FEEL MY BABY!!!!! :balloons :bolt :balloons
I felt dd1 at 15 weeks (very early for a first) and it seems we're even a bit quicker this time.

But I also feel uncomfy most of the time...

erikanorth

01-22-2003, 03:18 PM

Hi everyone..... I'm now 15 weeks, and I can't believe it. I'm not really showing yet, but my jeans are starting to get tight. I was hoping they would fit for another four weeks (when i'm going to yellowknife for a few days and could buy some Mat. clothes.) There are no clothing stores where I live, but it looks like i'll be phoning the sears catalogue number to order a few things.

welcome to those of you just recently joining the july 2003 roll call.....can you believe its only a short 6 months away!

MossBack -- my husband and I moved to the arctic for a job opportunity and some adventure. I am not native, but about 85% or our community is (pop. 1500). Dh is an engineer with the territorial gov. and I'm a teacher (although i'm just subbing this year.) We lived here for about 1.5 years, then left for a year so that dh could do his mba. When he finished we returned - it came down to here or Toronto, and we chose here. There are some unassisted home births here, but it is rare. I think its because of the small risk that something could go wrong. There isn't always a doctor here, no hospital, and no roads out. If something happened you would have to be medivac-ed on a lear jet to yellowknife (900km - or 450 miles away). They are building a new health centre here over the next 3 years and are planning to have it staffed with a doctor and midwives so that people can give birth here -- it will be for the region of nunavut we are from. Its quite sad, really, since they will pay for me to leave for the birth, but not for my dh. Obviously, we will pay for him to come, but not everyone is in our financial situation, so a lot of parnters miss the first 2 weeks of their child's life.

Charmie - i'm very jealous of your beautiful weather - its been 50 degrees below zero here the last couple of days!

Pynki - i too had very low bp. at one point it was down to 90/65.... but it has gone back up. I think its because i can eat again. Last check I was up to 117/78. They told me here not to worry when it was low. once the nausea goes away it should get better. (I too still get nauseas, although not all the time, i'm still taking medication for it - diclectin - but i think its only available in canada).

Health and happiness to everyone,
Erika

wwhippetcrazy

01-24-2003, 09:54 AM

Hi all....(this may be long....lol....)

Looks like I was on the wrong board...lol....thought I was due in Aug, not really based on anything since my lmp was Sept 8th...dd is still nursing and at that time was nursing like a newborn :p ....
I took a test around Nov 11 that came back neg...then another one Dec 13 that came back positive....I was sooooo sick from the end of Nov till I took 2nd test that I figured the end of Nov we conceived....Also I had went for my yearly checkup Nov 23rd, and thought I was close to having my period, not that I was pg....
I went for my dr's appt Jan 8th and she was unsure how far I was because my uterus felt like it was only 8-10weeks, but she did the dobbler thing just to see and there they heartbeat was...she didn't even have to look, put it down and it was there loud and strong :love ...so cool!!!! So then she was like you have to be atleast 13 weeks..so we scheduled an u/s to date my pg.

By the time of my dr's appt, my nausea was pretty much gone (thank goodness....I didn't gain any weight from Nov 23-Jan 8th appt), so that was nice....

At the u/s yesterday, I found out I'm 15 weeks along, due July 17th!! :D ...I can't believe it...I lost a month somewhere...lol...but that's ok! I didn't want my kids too close (atleast different pay weeks was dh's request...:p )

I'm glad to be joining all of you....
I've been wearing mat clothes for a couple weeks now....some of my stuff is too big still, but I don't venture out too much and it's comfortable...my pre-pg clothes definately dont fit. :)
I'm glad to see all you seamstresses on here too....I am just about finished my first attempted nightgown for dd.....it's not too bad...mil is an excellent seamstress and is making a new sling for us. I have a link to the pattern with the padded sides if anyone wants it.

DD is still nursing although in the last 2 weeks has cut down dramatically....we co-sleep and she was getting up twice...now we're down to once around 630am...and then not again until before her afternoon nap (unless we are in town then it is not until evening)....so she's really cut back...but seems to be fine with it, which is great! She'll be 2 in Aug and on one hand I wanted her weaned and the other I don't....actually what I'd really like is for her to be night weaned....

Are others co-sleeping now??? What are your plans when baby comes...I've been wondering about that....we have a Queen and Double on the floor together right now and there is lots of room for dh, me, dd and our 2 dogs (whippets :wink )...and will be room for baby...dd slept on my chest for the first 3 months...if not longer :D ...

I had a c-sec with dd#1, so I'm planning on VBAC this time...my dr was a VBAC, so it's nice to have someone who understands, although it is her hubby that delivers the babies....I go to her until about my 7-8th month, then go to him...he's great though, he delivered #1...gave me all the time in the world to deliver naturally....then I started to get sick, so we decided on section...turned out that dd had a knot in her cord that would not have been good if she was delivered naturally....so no regrets :)....I'm there first returning patient...lol...they just moved here when I was pg with dd#1....

Anyways, this is long, but I wanted to intro myself....
Looking forward to getting to know you all better...
Jen

Cindi

01-25-2003, 08:12 AM

Welcome Jen!

I felt my baby move last night, from the outside, and shared with dh. He put his hand on me and felt it too! It was really neat. I think dh felt much closer to the baby with that experience.

I am still suffering from morning sickness, at 16.5 weeks. I've started acupuncture treatments out of desperation (cannot afford it at all, but don't know what else to do.) My first treatment--I came home and felt worse than I had in weeks, vomitted twice that evening, and felt sick into the next day. I'm hoping that is some sort of purging that is on course for healing. I am planning a homebirth but also see a nurse midwife with my HMO (Kaiser), and she had me get started on Kaiser's hyperemesis program where a nurse calls you every night at first, then less if they feel you are doing okay.) I found it incredibly annoying to have to be prepared for that 7pm call, and the have them run through a checklist that was off the mark for how I'm doing. They would say "good, good!" as if there were improvement, when what they really meant was that I'm not as bad as the others they talk to, but that didn't help me at all with the fact that I even though my baby is not at great risk because I can keep enough food down, I feel miserable all the time. So I ended that pretty quickly, and ventured outside the system with acupuncture. I'll let you know how it works out over some more time.

Hope you all are over the morning sickness.

Pynki, by the way, I have very low blood pressure too. I can never remember what my "normal" is because I didn't understand the numbers until just recently, and I also don't know if it drops during pregnancy for me. I will ask my midwife at my next checkup if she knows about that. In any case all I ever here is that low is not a problem (just annoying for me in that I get light-headed just from moving too quickly.) With pregnancy I have been incredibly light-headed and feel so incapable of getting anything done. We moved into a new house and I wonder if I we will even get the basic set-up of the rooms accomplished before the baby is born! I unpack a half of a box and have to lie down because I feel so faint. Do you think that is because of low blood pressure? I also can't go for a walk without feeling weak, and beginning to lose my hearing (gets all muffled and echo-y in my head.) Speaking of which...I feel that now and really need to eat.

I really haven't been enjoying pregnancy this time around. The first was so much more inspiring for me. Part of wanting to do the acupuncture was wanting to access a feeling of inspiration. I hope I can find happiness and enjoyment in this pregnancy and not just endure it all the way through, as I have been so far.

Anyone else? I've heard similar stories from friends on their second pregnancy.

Cindi

wwhippetcrazy

01-25-2003, 09:01 AM

Thanks Cindi,

I feel for you....I hope that you find relief soon from the morning sickness! I wish I could offer some advice....

This is my second as well, and the main difference I feel so far is that I'm tired...m/s left around new years for good...still get the occasional wiff of something that sends my tummy spinning, but other then that, not too bad.
The tiredness gets to me though...and I'll wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to get to sleep for a couple hours, that is weird for me, I can sleep through anything and never have a problem going to sleep.

With my first pg, I was working and that kept me very busy, I don't really remember much of that first pg...seemed like time flew....so with this one, I am trying to enjoy and remember more.

That is sooooo cool you felt the baby! I can't wait for that, I didn't feel Evelyn until later (from the outside)

Best of luck to you and I hope one day you wake up and the m/s is gone!!!!

Jen:)

Kanga

01-27-2003, 12:42 AM

My hips keep going numb when I sleep! I'm showing just a bit, and I can't believe I'm already dealing with circulation issues. I'm very tall and very low BP... any suggestions about what to do? I was thinking to start some yoga/stretching excercises... the poses in the recent mothering looked interesting. I need to start taking some time to pay attention to my body. I think it will be good for DS to start getting used to not having immediate access to me.

Other exciting news is that I met with the NP at my work to talk with her about a workplace pregnancy program she has organized. She was very excited to hear about the midwives and the home birth we're planning. She also told me that I'm entitled to leave with full pay one month prior to my due date! I can work 0-8 hours a day during this time. Also, my job is secure for up to a year after the baby is born. Apparently many managers try to keep all this a secret...

Hope everyone is getting over m/s... I've quit my prenatal vitamins...just cant stomache them any more. I found some liquid calcium and iron supplements that don't bother me at all.

Pynki

01-27-2003, 08:09 AM

HEy Kanga i too am having incredibly low BP here.. And things are falling asleep before me some nights!!! (LOL)

I wish my m/s was way now.. I remain ever hopeful however that it will stop in the next 2 weeks or so.. 1st trimester my @ss... THis has gone on quite long enough...

I too am thinking of some prenatal yoga.. Not that i've ever done yoga before, but with all the other problems i was having before yoga really can't hurt anything...

I still am not really showing and don't expect to for another month or 2.. THats when i've started with the other 2 pg', so i'm betting this one will be the same...

Hope everyone is feeling better than I am...

Warm Squishy Feelings...

Dyan
:D

Kanga

01-27-2003, 08:05 PM

Dyan, Sorry to hear that I'm not the only one whose limbs fall asleep before I do :) I guess it's just the first of the many symptoms to come! I should get serious about that Yoga and see if it helps. I'm starting with continually reminding myself to carry myself properly (good posture) ... especially when sitting. Normally my boobs just about rest in my lap. I feel much better and stronger when I open up my chest and abdominals... I'm sure the baby feels better too!

wwhippetcrazy

01-28-2003, 09:07 AM

Last night was my first night of tingly limbs...I never had that before....I hope it doesn't continue....lol....

Yoga sounds cool...I've never done it before, I've always been a walker....it actually warmed up to -12C today, so I may just venture out for a nice walk...dh is home today too, so he can watch dd, she doesn't like the cold at all.

Yesterday we went to town (dd and I) for some groceries....had to actually plug the car in before we could go it was -40C in the morning....anyways, we ran into a friend of mine that I haven't seen for a month or so (told her over the phone after christmas about #2)...and she was like oh my god you are showing that much already :rolleyes: ...lol....guess it's not just me that thinks my belly has decided to protrude faster! Lol....then she commented that I wouldn't be able to put dd in her sling much longer it wouldn't fit around me...lol....I said the way my belly's growing she can sit on it....:p

I had a bout of nausea last night...dh was watching Fear Factor....I had to leave the room when they were doing the second stunt! Grossss!!!! I won't go into detail, as I know you guys have the quezy stomachs too, but man! :eek

I hope that the weather starts getting nicer, although then the black flies come :crying ....but I want to go outside!!!

Take care ladies,
Talk soon!
Jen:thumb

wwhippetcrazy

02-02-2003, 03:00 PM

Hi everyone...
How are you all doing??? :)

The weather finally warmed up a bit....Evelyn and I took the dogs for a nice walk. It was about -1C the last couple days, looks like today will be the same, so we'll venture out again.
It feels good to be doing something outside!!

I've gotten the cleaning bug! I started ripping apart closets and cleaning them out. We have a second bedroom that I was moving furniture around in. It was suppose to Evelyn's room :rolleyes: , that is now the guest room and where the computer is....even though it's still decorated for kids...
I was cleaning up clutter too, dh helped a bit and we bagged up some stuffed animals (dd has wayyyyy to many :p ) to take to the Salvation Army. And two bags of clothes too.

I feel pretty good....my back is a little sore, but if I remember to stand up straight it seems ok, and not carry Evy around as much, which is hard.

She's really cut down on nursing, I'm wondering if she's going to wean or start up again when baby comes. She even went for a nap the other day without nursing...that's a first!:( ....I'm glad, but sad too....she's down to maybe twice a day...usually once before bed and once before a nap...sometimes once more in the evening. Wow....seems like only last week it was 15 times a day!!

I go to the dr's again on the 10th....my first appt since the u/s...so I hope everything was ok...
How is the morning sickness Pynki?? I hope that it is better!

Talk to you all soon!
Jen:thumb

Pynki

02-02-2003, 07:00 PM

Jen...

The morning sickness is abating.. ( i think.. quick knock on wood!!!!) However i think i have a bladder infection.. I am prone to them when not pg, so i wouldn't be suprised if i was now.. I got some cranberry juice and am trying to drink it to see if it will clear up just with this.. Otherwise my Ob appt is on the 12th, so if not i'll tell her then...

I had some really odd symptoms earlier this week.. Like sharp stabbing pains in my uterus.. Like someone stabbed a very sharp knitting needle up in there and it hurt hurt hurt... dr said it was probably ligaments stretching.. Well that is all well and good, but this is my 3rd pg, and the other 2 did not have stabbing pains like that.. IT woke me from a sound sleep... :eek And i don't think it's because i am older.. I'm not even 29 yet.. I won't be 29 when the baby arrives!!!! SHEESH!!!! IT IS NOT BECAUSE I AM GETTING OLDER!!!! MOst women don't even START having kids until now.. (GRRRR!!!) Sorry.. Just venting about not being old for heaven sake...

I hope everyone else is doing well...

Warm Squishy Feelings...

Dyan...

P.S.

If anyone else needs to repear after me... "i am not old... i am not old... i am not even that much older... " now deep cleansing breath.. See doesn't that feel better!!

Warm Squishies again...

Dyan
:D

Cindi

02-03-2003, 05:51 PM

Whoops I wrote a long post and erased it by mistake.

Take two:

I have been feeling the baby move a lot, and have also started having Braxton-Hicks. Seems really early, and I only feel them when I'm lying on my back--what do you think about this? Maybe one per day.

Tomorrow I have an ultrasound and if babe obliges us, we may learn the sex. I'll let you know.

I've started acupuncture for my nausea and fatigue, and we'll see how that goes. So far I've not felt much of a shift but I'll give it more time. I just wish it wasn't so expensive.

My poor boy (2.5) is really sick right now. He was coughing so hard last night he threw up several times, and has had a fever all this time too. He's in and out of naps this afternoon, between coughing fits and whimpering. I hope he is up for the u/s appt tomorrow because I really want dh there, and I was hoping ds would get something out of it too.

Anyway, I'll let you all know we find out tomorrow.

Cindi

MossbackMeadow

02-04-2003, 04:06 PM

Dyan,
Just wanted to let you know that I"ve had the same sorts of pains, and they have woken me up from a sound sleep as well. I'm chalking it up to all the growing and stretching that's going on in there. It's a busy place.:)

Mossback,
Who isn't old either, and today's my 37th birthday!

bradleybrat

02-06-2003, 06:54 PM

Hi! Our first baby is due July 27. We are planning a home birth with a CPM.

Robin

wwhippetcrazy

02-07-2003, 07:28 AM

Welcome Bradleybrat!

How did your appt go Cindi?? Hope that baby was able to show all so you could find out what you are having :wink
How are you doing Dyan?? Still having the pains??

I go to the dr's on Monday...I actually can't wait to go again....Still feeling good, except I almost passed out the other morning. I think I was just doing too much....
After dd and I got out of bed, we had a bath, then we got dressed et al, then I started to do the dishes....it was when I was 1/2 way through the dishes that I just felt like I had to sit or I was going to pass out. I felt 100% better after I sat for a bit. I figure I must have raised my blood pressure in the hot water..I'm not sure though, so I 'm going to ask my dr about it.

I haven't had too many pains yet...just lig. stretching at night...but alot more disch. then last preg :rolleyes:

DD is completely weaned at night now....it's been 2 weeks and she hasn't asked for nums at night, and she's teething right now, so I know she is done at night! Yeah...it's kind of bittersweet, but it was too uncomfortable to continue at night.

I was thinking of going to the pool with dd a couple times a week. Town is 45 min away, so that sucks, but since it is still pretty cold out, I thought it would be good exercise until it gets warmer. Don't know though. I need to find a bathing suit first...lol...

Talk to you later,
Jen
:thumb

maudlin

02-07-2003, 08:42 PM

Hello July Mamas!

I have been lurking here for a few months, and now I want to join in the fun.

My name is Jen too. (There seem to be tons of Jens around here!) I am 26, married to my high school sweetheart for 3 years, and expecting our first baby on July 23. I have been feeling great lately - was sick for the first three months and now trying to make up for lost time!

I am going to be giving birth at a freestanding birth center. It is a fabulous place; the only downside is that it is 45 mins. away. I have my first appointment with one of the midwives there tomorrow! My mom gave birth to me and my three younger siblings at home. I got to see both of my sisters being born! It was a beautiful experience and what I have always imagined for myself, but my husband feels much more comfortable with the birth center for our first baby. (And I guess actually I do too! I like to use him as an excuse!)

Jen - I have been experiencing bouts of dizziness too, usually when I have been standing for a while, like in line or in the shower. My nurse practitioner said that it is normal throughout pregnancy and especially so if you have low blood pressure.

Well, thanks for letting me join in. I am excited to share about my pregnancy with a group of women going through the same things!

Pynki

02-07-2003, 10:25 PM

Welcome to our thread Jen....

That does seem to be a popular name in these here parts!!:wink

For me.. I think my morning sickness is finally gone.. HURRAY!!!! about time too.. Especially considering i am 16 weeks now!!:jaw

However, now i have a cold.. I never leave the house it seems, and somehow i managed to pick up a cold.. So, i'm not throwing up anymore, but now i am sneezy, and can't breathe.. (sigh:( ) It never rains, but it pours it would seem...

Hope everyone is feeling better than me.. I go to the OB again on Wednesday... I think i had a bladder infection, but got rid of it with cranberry juice.. (HURRAY FOR THE CRANBERRY!!! ) But i'll tell her about it anyway... Other than that, and the cold.. THe pains HAVE stopped, but i had a BUNCH of contractions today... Pretty sure they are B/H, but I was counting how many there were in an hour because we did have pre-term labor with our 1st ds starting at about this time.. (sigh) I am a tremendous worrier it seems when i am pg.. I'm not much of a worrier any other time, and i'm way more worried with this one, because i KNOW this is our last pg... Period.. END OF STORY!!! they are WAY too hard on my poor over worked system...

SO it would appear i am full of the ramble tonite on the key board, so i will stop.. Just thought i would keep everyone abreast of my pg situation.. I know you were all waiting with bated breath.. :LOL

Warm Squishies...

Dyan
:Kiss

Cindi

02-12-2003, 06:05 AM

It looks like I am having a girl! I am so excited. The ultrasound was fun, ds really watching, and the baby was sucking her toes. We rescheduled it for this week (from last) because of ds' illness. It really gave me a boost of excitement about this pregnancy, which had been lacking earlier. I feel so much amazement.

One neat surprise at the ultrasound, was that the technician shared with me that she had a homebirth, before I even mentioned my plan for one. This was at Kaiser (my HMO), and I often feel wary of sharing my homebirth plans--for fear of judgement. The next day I had another Kaiser appointment, with my nurse-midwife there, and she's been supportive all along of me planning a homebirth...and when I told her how happy I was to learn about the u/s tech's homebirth, and my wariness, she said the hospoital staff seems pretty neutral to her, about homebirth and she doesn't worry about me getting disrespectful treatment from them, should I end up at the hospital afterall. And actually, my (homebirth) midwife said she thinks Kaiser is a good backup. Now if only the insurance covered homebirth!

Welcome Jen (maudlin)! Where in the Bay Area are you? I'm glad you decided to join in.

Dyan, as my nausea lessens, I've come down with a cold too, and as several of you have mentioned, I have low blood pressure and a lot of faintness, all the time. It's so hard for me to give ds what he needs. I swear I've missed brushing his teeth a few nights last week, and I just need so much time lying down. My uterus has been aching with stretching (I don't remember this from last time) and then ds jumps all over me and has a knack for elbows and feet digging into my belly. Hmmm, maybe that's why the ache? I know he needs moreinteraction than he's getting. I'll turn on PBS cartoons and take the chance to rest and nap while he watches from our bed, but he gets bored and when he sees I'm drifting off he starts jumping by my face on the bed and startles me. But it was actually so nice when he was sick because he wanted to sleep a lot and curl up much more gently with me and we could rest together. I think I need to start making a bigger effort to find playmates for him, since I am so lacking in energy.

My birthday is coming up this month, and all I want is a date with dh. I really would love an overnight getaway but think I'll probably settle for an evening out. I am so lucky to have my parents nearby.

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Cindi

maudlin

02-12-2003, 11:52 AM

Thanks for the welcome!

Pynki - So glad that your morning sickness is finally gone.

Cindi - I live in San Rafael. I lived in Petaluma for two years, and I was just there yesterday visiting a friend! Small world. One of my favorite comfort food restaurants is in Petaluma (La Famiglia), and when I was suffering from morning sickness, my sweet husband drove me up there once a week so I could have their chicken picatta (the only protein I could keep down). Also, I am delivering my baby at the birth center in Santa Rosa. (It's going to be a long drive!) That's great that you are having a home birth and that Kaiser is being so supportive. Oh, and congratulations on your baby girl!

I am dying to find out what sex our baby is, but we decided not to have any more ultrasounds (we had one in the first trimester), unless it is medically necessary. I feel good about this decision, but it is such a long wait.

Did any of you experienced mamas just "know" what sex your baby was? I think that we are having a boy, but several of my friends told me that they were "postitive" about the sex only to find out later that they were wrong.

Also, when did you start showing with your first pregnancy? I am "barely" starting to show. I can still fit into all of my clothes fine. I am getting so impatient to have a lovely pregnant belly, but I'm sure it will come soon enough.

I hope everyone stays healthy!

maudlin

Pynki

02-13-2003, 07:21 AM

Hi Maudlin..

I am still in my "regular" clothes, and this is my 3RD pg!!!:D IT takes me forever to show though..

We are cancelling our u/s appointment for next month becuase we are insurance free, and cannot afford the added expense... I am a bit worried.. We had 3 u/s after my 2nd trimester with ds2.. His kidneys were enlarged 1st (well he was a big baby- at least for my body anyway) and then my anmio fluid levels were low, and they wanted to keep an eye on them.. They eventually went up on their own, but now i am worried because we AREN"T going to have one..

I know that u/s are sort of a bone of contention on this board, so i don't want an arguement arre to why they are bad, but will someone PLEASE!!!! reassure me that everything will be ok.. I am not usually a worrier, but pg makes me NUTS!!! i am usually (when not pg) one of the most laid back people ever seen, but those hormones really whip me into a frenzy!!!!:bang

OK.. Enough about that..

I too am SOOOO glad the m/s is done!!! UNfortunately my cold turned into a sinus infection, and i am now on antibio's.. Which is fine with me.. I am prone to sinus problems anyway.. Well those mucus membranes, and add a cold on top of it, and you are just BEGGING for a sinus infections.. (sigh) At least it will go away now.. (for awhile anyway!! :wink )

Anyway.. this is enough of a book.. So i'll be off..

Hope everyone has a super day, and a super V day..

Warm Squishies...

Dyan
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wwhippetcrazy

02-13-2003, 09:31 AM

Hi all....
I feel like it's been forever since I've been on....:D

Went for my 2nd appt on the 10th...dh didnt' come as he just got off nights that morning, so just me and dd....it went good though.
Evy was good and cute....we had a med student working with our dr, so they asked if we would mind if she came in too....I said sure...well she came in only....lol...I was like ok...my dr came in later to go over anything, but it was still kind of weird.:confused:
She took a LONG time to find the heartbeat, but did eventually, it was 144 this time...I gained 9 lbs....not too bad considering it's the only weight gain so far!!

I've got a cold right now too....dd had it a couple days ago, now it's my turn...I hate colds....my head is stuffed and if I don't blow my nose then I gag....yuck! All I want to do is sleep, but of course dd is feeling better...and dh is working nights so he's sleeping....:( ...poor me...lol...

Maudlin....I started showing a couple months ago, and have been in prego clothes since after new years....seems my belly is popping out this time! I wasn't sure what we were having when pg with #1...and this time either...although it does look like there is a penis in the u/s pic....they won't tell you here, even if you want to know so that sucks cause I would like to know this time...
My sil is a labour/delivery nurse in Mich, so I'm going to get her to take the u/s pic to the hospital and ask the dr's if they can tell....we did that last time, but they couldn't tell for sure...I know cheating and we could be wrong :p

Congrats on the girl Cindi!!! I hope you get to go out for dinner with dh...I've been thinking that dh and I should go out too one of these days....we haven't been out just the two of us since I was pg with dd! We have no family nearby, and my girlfriend was weary of watching Evy when she was still nursing so much...now that she is down to two times (if that)...she said she'd be more than happy to watch her for a couple hours. The other down fall for us, is we are atleast 30-45 min from any town with a restaurant...an hour if you want to go someplace good...lol...so that sucks! Next time we go home to visit we'll hopefully be able to go out and leave Evy with Grandma....we were suppose to go out when home for Christmas, but Evy and I got the stomach flu, so that killed that plan!:crying

Dyan...Everything will be great!!! :thumb ...I don't have any stats, but so many people don't have any u/s and have no problems...
Like you, I will end my book :D ...and wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow!

Talk soon!
Jen

madison

02-13-2003, 04:05 PM

Hey everyone, long time no talk!

I've just been swamped and tired lately, and therefor not here.

I'm 20 weeks pregnant as of yesterday and the morning sickness finally started to go away 2 weeks ago! So, for the last 2 weeks I've finally felt human again, LOL. What a great feeling to go a whole day without being ill! Whew! I was beginning to be afraid I'd be one of those poor women who are ill their entire pregnancy <knocks on wood>.

I've started to feel the baby move now :) On occassion! I'm so busy at work (and I work between 50 and 60 hours per week) that I drop into bed at night and hardly have time to notice whether or not the baby is wiggling around or not throughout the day :( I only notice if I wake up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and it's quiet. And sometimes right before I go home at 6:30pm, I notice s/he is more active ~ s/he seems to like the motion of the car and my loudish classical music ~ or maybe it is annoying, who knows?

I'm completely in maternity clothes now and I don't care what they look like as long as they fit comfortably and are cool. I'm so hot already! Ugh.

I just bought 2 dozen regular 4x6x4 chinese prefolds, so now I think my diaper package is complete ~ until I find some adorable fitted somewhere, LOL. But I have 2 dozen infant 4x8x4, 2 dozen regular 4x6x4 and 2 dozen premium 4x8x4 and 28 Mother-Ease fitteds and appropriate wraps. I can't wait to use them on a little bum! :D

Anyway, just wanted to check in with you all.