March 2006 Moms - In like a lion...

[tunibell]

I can definitely set up that list - great idea.

QOTD - Anyone else gaining weight, um, rapidly? I've been trying to follow the guidelines in Eating Well When You Are Expecting, which is waaay more than I'd normally eat, and I've gained 2.5 lbs in one week!

[heidi0622]

We have slowed down with our posting today. Nothing new to report. Still no strong symptoms, but my nips are getting a little more sore. I get this weird quick sharp pain when I cough which makes me nervous, but then again, I think it is just me being paranoid. Still getting up to pee every night!

QOTD working: I unfortunately will have to work. I am the main breadwinner in our family. I'm the corporate gal while DH works in non-profit. I was hoping to cut down to part time and I still may, but our company is not the most supportive when it comes to part time, so we'll see what happens. The nice thing is that my company has a nice on-site daycare that we'll most likely be using, the not-so-nice part is that the subsidized price is still close to $1200/month.

[Elenitsa]

Kalee Welcome!!!

JennW Sorry to hear about your terrible pain. I have experienced some of that sharp stuff before too. Strange -- no

Tuni Many hugs and good thoughts to you! You know we are all in your court and hoping this spotting takes a hike.

Gosh this tread moves sooooo fast...

QOTD Few days behind...

1- Calling the baby -- little bambino... or pinto bean..Aside: DH thinks the sonagram resembles images of Bagdadh
2- Wish I could be SAHM - no such luck, but are fortunate enough that one of the moms will be watching the little one.
3- Dreams -- only in the first few days I think even before I implanted.


Other updates
7/19 - I actually had my first official OB visit. Sonagram and all. I have to scan it and post it later. They have moved my date a little, but not officially because it is within 1 week of original estimate. 3-13-06. This is a good sign. I was charting and knew I didn't O on the 14th day. But the visit was a little lacking and also made me feel like we got slammed by a truck. The Dr. really only went over all the scary test he would be doing in the next 7 1/2 mo and all the blood they would draw. I got 1 sheet of nutrition info. I am glad that I am resourceful enough to have other places to go for information. It also left we wanting to explore alternatives. So, I'm going to also seek out midwife options in my area.

Had little bout of m/s this am, well actually I'm not sure. I was taking out the trash and our tenants must have kept that stuff in their apt for days in this heat. It smelled like something died. I know it wasn't there sunday night... anyway.. the smell sent me off to toss my cookies. So, I don't know what it was, but it left me feeling very uneasy. Sorry if it was TMI...

[Dasha]

I"m back from my first u/s and totally overwhelmed with emotion. :) We saw the heartbeat and now for the first time I can really appreciate that there IS a baby growing inside of me. Both my husband and I were teary as the u/s technician pointed to the blob that is Baby Coco's heart. I've been surprisingly calm this pregnancy, which is uncharacteristic for me, especially since my last pregnancy ended at six weeks.

I became a SAHM to the two children from my husband's first marriage when my position in a non-profit redevelopment agency was eliminated in March '04. I could have taken a different, more challening job that required some overnight travel and more hours, but I decided at that time that I was going to focus my life on being a parent. So. I will continue to be a SAHM to Coco, for at least the first year. I have a small real estate business that doesn't require a tremendous amount of time now, but enough so that I have a focus besides home and children. My husband works a ridiculous amount of hours, so co-parenting is not possible in our lives now, and I really enjoy being able to go on the class trips, work in the school library and be there for them when they come home.

QOTD: Do you already have names selected for your future son or daughter?

[ce_Kathleen]

Welcome Larslobster! I love you kitty picture, what is his/her name? I have 2 at home and my DS loves to chase after them now that he is crawling! He laughs at them all the time, its too cute! :p

Tunibell so sorry to hear about your spotting again! I hope its nothing and that you are lucky enough to get in and have an ultrasound to see what is going on in there! I am sure its nothing but its so nice to have an ultrasound to see for yourself.

MCD that is great about not having to take the prog! Once less thing to worry about right?!

Welcome Kalee! We haven’t told anyone yet either so I know what you mean when you say its killing you! I have been so tempted to call my mom and blab but we really want to tell everyone in person and our family is coming out in August for my DS 1st b-day so we are going to tell them all the day after the party (I don’t want to take my son’s spotlight by telling people the day of his party). I wouldn’t worry about feeling less PG. That happened to me all the time with my DS and I would worry that something was wrong until we went back to the Dr and he confirmed everything was fine. Hey maybe you will be lucky and not have m/s!!

JennW Well I think you rubbed off on me! ;) I woke up last night with the worst gas pains! I was rolling around in bed trying to relieve the pressure, it really hurt! I didn’t have this at all with my DS (or the nausea I am getting now) so I am hoping that means I am having a girl this time!


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Nothing new to report here except that I feel nauseous all the time starting yesterday and today! Nothing sounds appealing to eat but I know that I need to eat something to make my tummy feel a little better.

QOTD: what food(s) are appealing to you?

yesterday I could stomach some french fries w/ ketchup! I thought cheese sounded good until I ate it and then I realized that was a mistake. Today I had a bowl of Golden Grahms cereal with blueberries on top. I made a PB&J for lunch but just the thought of it right now makes me gag. :o

[MarchMoms2006]

A new due date round-up (organized by week) has been added to the roster.

[junkinmytrunk]

Okay...I'm 5W today and still have ZERO symptoms....anyone else in my boat? It's freaking me out a little....

QOTD: I wish I could answer but I have no aversions or cravings yet :( but am waiting patiently.....

QOTD: Names....we've got too many to list! Unfortunately, DH has sworn me to secrecy on them. Maybe I can sneak them out at some point.

QOTD: Scale?? What scale? :) Seriously, with all the fertility meds I've taken in the past year I know I've gained tons -- I am afraid to get on the scale.

[ce_Kathleen]

Wow, in the time it took my to type out my post like 4 people posted!

QOTD re: eating - tunibell I gained like 10 pounds in my first trimester with my DS b/c it seemed like I was constantly hungry! My gain then slowed down considerably before picking up again in the last month.

QOTD re: names - we have some names that we had picked and didn't use with DS. We are re-evaluating them to see if they will stay on the list for this baby.

heidi0622 that is cool that you can have on site daycare! I would love that and I am sure its worth the price to be so close, you can go visit on lunch breaks and such which is such a mental relief to know your child is right there if you need to go to them!

Elenitsa That is awesome that you got to see you baby! I am sorry the Dr was so negative/scary. Maybe things will get better or maybe this is a sign you should look into other options. Its most important that you and DH are comfortable!

Dasha I totally understand what you are saying about being overwhelmed with emotion! It truly is amazing that something is growing inside of you and will be your baby!

[yby1]

Hey -- I'm an LA girl too!!! :) We met at the CCF in MDR a couple of years ago!!

I remember! I met you and Wendy. It was fun! I'm so glad that you're here. :D

QOTD: Cheese! Which means I'll gain a ton of weight. I'm also craving grapes (maybe because I can't have my favorite grape beverage ;)) and lemonade.

[kat]

Just a drive-by, basically. No change for me (except I'm down to one Sea Band, because my skin on one wrist has said, "NO MORE!" Ugh. :rolleyes: )

QOTD re: names: well, I have a running list of potentials, but we're not even going to start to think about naming these kids until we learn the sexes. I think we're going to have a tough time deciding on TWO names we like; couldn't possibly keep four names in play.

Once we decide on the names, we are telling NO ONE until the babies are born.

QOTD re: foods: LOL. Um, my list of acceptable foods gets smaller every day. I'll run through everything I can think of, and things that were acceptable yesterday aren't acceptable today. I know that what I want is SALT and STARCHES, and all sweet stuff makes me sick just thinking about it (and that includes most fruit). My DH is happy cuz now he gets all the chocolate in the house. :)

For the past 1 1/2 weeks, I've pretty much existed on: plain pasta (no butter, just salt); whole wheat toast (sometimes with peanut butter, sometimes with american cheese); triscuits; saltines; white rice with butter & salt; cottage cheese (basically force-feeding myself to get some protein & calcium); raisin bran; and yogurt (ditto re: force-feeding, cuz it IS sweet).

Oh, and pickles!!!! I am a pregnancy cliche! :D


QOTD re: weight gain: Um, I know I had gained about 15-20 lbs through 4 cycles of Clomid, and I'm sure I gained more during my IVF cycle....but I don't weigh myself (don't own a scale at home). All I know is that I am up one size in pants and up SEVERAL bra sizes (in fact, I just had to order some more bras cuz none of mine fit comfortably any more). I've gone from a 34C to a 40D or DD (according to on-line calculators; we'll see how the bras actually fit)!!!

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Welcome to all the newcomers, and those of you who aren't feeling symptoms yet: DON'T WORRY - it's still early!!!

[JennW]

WOW This thread is flying now! We got a slow start today!:)

Work sucks today. Plain and simple. Maybe I am overly emotional or something, but I just want to quit and storm out like they do in the movies!:) Ah, the afternoon is here. At least the day is going quickly. I think I’ll go get myself some frozen yogurt in the cafeteria to make myself feel better. Or I can eat the fruit I brought that is sitting in the fridge.

I am getting paranoid too cause I was much more nauseous for the past week and it suddenly went away. I hope all is well.

heidi – You are probably just paranoid, but welcome to the club! I am too. BTW, I have had that cough pain and also the peeing every night so you’re normal! (Or else we’re both abnormal!:))

elensita – Sorry your doctor was no good. Maybe you should look into midwives in your area. What part of NJ are you in? I only ask b/c some of my friends have obs and midwives they’ve been very happy with.

Dasha – Aw. So happy for you that your u/s was so wonderful. How sweet.

ce_Kathleen – Sorry my pains rub off on you! Isn’t it so painful. I get them almost every night only when I lie down. Sorry about your m/s aversions to food. Find whatever you can eat and enjoy it!

threadmistress – Thanks for adding that list. That’s awesome!

junk – I lost most of my symptoms, so don’t worry. From the sound of it a lot of girls around here have no symptoms yet.

kat – Sorry for your food aversions too. Sounds like your choices are dwindling. Hope that passes soon!

[tunibell]

So the nurse I have been working with is not in on Thursdays or Fridays. I left a message to have someone call me back at work with the results, if at all possible. Can't possibly wait until Monday. Must know now.

[larslobster]

tunibell - the poor kitty had a tooth abscess. I love that photo because the look on his face says to me 'oh, the embarrassment of it all.' It didn't help that one of the dogs kept putting her face inside the cone and he couldn't do much about it.

ce_kathleen - kitty's name is Ravi, which means 'the sun' in sanskrit. I loved the meaning of the name.

QOTD:

Food - no aversions or cravings so far. I don't eat meat and I'm really picky about dairy so I'm hoping the aversions don't further restrict my food choices. DH is hoping I'll start craving chicken. :p

Names - I've always loved the name Emma for a girl but since it's now the #1 or 2 popular name, we won't be using it. I have a name that was one of the most popular when I was born and hated it.

Weight gain - haven't weighed myself recently because my scale has no batteries in it. Perhaps it should stay that way. :D

[tunibell]

13,693!!!

:D :D :D

[kat]

Yay, tunibell! That's a great sign.

[tunibell]

Our "girl name" is Piper Jolie (Jolie was my grandmother's maiden name; it's not a nod to Angelina :) )

Having trouble with boy names. So far our top choice is Dashiell. It's very San Francisco (Dashiell Hammet and all), and I love the nickname Dash (like the kid in the Incredibles).

[tray622]

tunibell I love the name Piper! A friend at work naamed her daughter that and she is so adorable :) AWESOME BETA!! YAY!!

Well, my gender blood test came back and it says GIRL! I thought I would be a tad disappointed but I am glad Zoey will have a sister so close in age. We will get confirmation of course in a couple of months, but for now its a girl :D Between DH and I we are thinking Nikole, Kailey, Kassidy... we really have no idea. I like Bella but Mike doesnt :rolleyes: For a boy it would have been Zakary or Nathan.

[tunibell]

CONGRATULATIONS, little-lady-momma! I must say, I am a tad jealous of Miss Zoey - I would love to have a sister. :)

[junkinmytrunk]

13,693!!!

:D :D :D


WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Fabulous news!!

[tunibell]

junkinmytrunk - :D . Naturally, I had about 2 seconds of relief and then the "but how come they are SO high?" fear set in. I just can't win! And, of course, my preferred method of self-soothing (your Pinot Grigios, your Cabernets, etc) are off limits. Gonna have to find a good yoga class to chill my a$$ out, me thinks!

[ShannonGH]

Afternoon ladies!
No real news to report. My only symptom thus far has been sore and sensitive nips, but it's usually after I take my bra off. Dr's appt to diagnose my "unidentified fluid" is tomorrow afternoon and I'm on pins and needles.

QOTDs:
1. No food aversions or cravings as of yet.
2. We have a few name in mind but we're not telling anyone the names until birth.

tuni, GREAT BETAS!!! Yay!

tray622, how exciting that you already have an indication of the sex. And I must say, sisters are the best! ;)

JennW, sorry work sucks today. Days more than half over now though! :D

junk, I'm pretty much riding the "no symptom" boat with ya. The only thing I've had thus far (and it's really only been in the past 24hrs) is ultra sensitive nips.

red, good idea to have us listed by due dates and
threadmistress, thanks for doing it! :D

[Bernie & Matt]

I guess it's about time I come out of the closet and confess that we're expecting as well :D We weren't exactly trying for a second (DS turned one on Fathers' Day), but obviously we weren't doing a great job of not trying either :rolleyes: So far I've got no symptoms other than getting tired. It's hard not to blame it on the weather though or chasing after DS. Anyway, my betas were 840-something on July 19 (4w2d) so they appear okay. I'm going in tonight for another test just to be sure they're doubling as they should. From what I remember, this is higher than with DS, so I think this one is sticking around :)


Bernie & Matt
Me: Bernadette, 30
DH: Matt, 28
Married: June 15, 2002
DS: Carson, 1
TTC: Weren't really
BFP: July 18 and 20 (is it possible for the test line to be darker than the control :rolleyes: )
EDD: March 26, 2006 (according to FF)

[HSSweethearts]

Once again, a warm WELCOME to our newest March Mommas! H&H 9 months to each of you.

tunibell - I'm so happy to hear your good news. Great betas! And Piper is an adorable little girl's name.

tray622 - That is so cool that you found out the sex this early. Wow! I read the website you posted and it sounded so sci-fi and cool. Almost like something out of Gattaca. Congrats on your girl!

kat - How about trying Cheddar Pepperidge Farm Gold Fish? They have just the right amount of starch and salt. I had some last night and me likey. Hope you feel better soon hun.

elenitsa - I think seeking other options is great if you didn't click with your doctor. I hope you find a midwife or something that makes you more confortable. Can't wait to see the u/s pic.

dasha - How wonderful! You are making me even more impatient for my u/s! Congrats!

kalee - My nips (that I poke often like many of the ladies in this thread) definitely have gone through various up/down degrees of soreness. I've also had very few symptoms. I'm a little further ahead than you but I think what you're feeling is totally normal. What I don't think is normal is the fact that my left breast has grown both in size and soreness, while my right one has stayed the same. :confused: :confused:

Regarding names: We have a girls name picked out, but are still completely undecided on a boys name. We have vowed not to share until he/she is born. We have to keep something a surprise right?

Regarding food: No aversions and no cravings. Just normal. Which is a-ok with me. One thing though is that I'm actually enjoying vegetables much more than I used to. It's amazing what you'll do for your kids huh? ;)

Regarding weight: I haven't gained any weight yet. However, I had unfortunately gained a few pounds just *before* we got pregnant, and I totally intend on blaming it all on the baby.

Anyway, I hope all of you ladies with really bad symptoms feel better soon and all of us ladies with symptoms get some! LOL.

[ShannonGH]

Well I just posted in the KC thread but I just wanted to pop in here and say a BIG CONGRATS to Bernie! :D Glad you're in here with me!

[junkinmytrunk]

if this thread is on page 28 in our first months of pregnancy, imagine how big it will be in March!!! :eek:

[Bernie]

Congratulations to all the new March moms!

Tuni - Congrats on your beta! It must be such a relief to have those results!

Kat - I'm with you on the pickle craving. I've been eating lots of salty, spicy, and sour stuff - pickles, hot peppers, and limes (but not all together :p ) I'm still feeling hungry most of the time - but I think I'm become pickier about what I feel like eating.

Shannon - Good luck with your doctor's appointment tomorrow. I hope you get some satisfying answers.

Dasha - I'm so glad your ultrasound went well -- it really makes it all seem so much more real, doesn't it?

Not much else to report here. I have another ultrasound tomorrow morning, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we get to see and hear both heartbeats again. I have to go to a firm dinner tonight -- I'm hoping that my lack of drink-consumption doesn't seem too suspicious (these events can be pretty alcohol-intensive). I've been avoiding most of these work-related social activities because I don't know how to handle the alcohol issue, and I'm afraid that people are starting to think I am anti-social. :(

QOTD:

re names: We have a few on our list, but we haven't made any final decisions yet.

re weight: I put on a couple of pounds during my IVF cycle, and I think I am still carrying around my IVF-related bloat, but I haven't really put on any pregnancy-weight -- maybe half a pound so far? This seems weird to me, because I feel like I've been eating a lot lately. I'm sure it will catch up to me soon.

[ShannonGH]

Now we have Bernie#1 and Bernie#2! :D

[HSSweethearts]

What are the odds of two Bernies? That's so funny!

Junk - In my "view" this thread is only on Page 7. If you want, you could try to adjust your view settings in your control panel in order to increase the number of posts per page. I have mine on the maximum and it saves me the grief of having to go forward and backwards too much.

[junkinmytrunk]

HSSweethearts: Thank you!!! Muuuuuuuuuch better!

[tray622]

Welcome Bernie&Matt. I think I remember seeing you around in a couple friends journals... you are a teacher too right? Congrats either way :D

weight I am in a really bad place with this topic now... quite a few cry sessions in my journal. I lost a lot of my baby weight after dd but once I went back to work and had no time to breathe, I put some back on. It is really depressing because I just know this isnt me, kwim? It doesnt help that I get HUGE during pregnancy and I get depressed thinking that I wont have the belly like I did with Zoey since I have so much fat already. These are my issues though... Sorry for rambling :)

[IUAlum]

OK, I'm venturing over here because everyone is leaving the "other" site.

IUAlum
Me: 28
DH: 28
Married: June 22, 2003
TTC: 4/05
BFP: 7/11, Beta 7/12
EDD: March 14, 2006 (according to yesterday's ultrasound)

[Koala_Gurl]

From a March 2005 mommy...I can't believe it has been a year since finding out, but enjoy the next 9+ months! It will go by so fast!

[Christy5599]

Hi girls,

Just wanted to check in after being away on business for a couple of days... I'm still feeling pretty good though I was even more exhausted than usual. I tried to get as much sleep as possible but I was working 10 and 12 hour days so even a full 8 hours of sleep didn't help much! And this peeing in the middle of the night stuff isn't working out to well either! (But then again, the alternative of still not being pg is totally worth the blind stagger towards the bathroom at 3:45am.)

We had names a couple of years ago when we started TTC'ing but they all got horribly popular so we're back to the drawing board... we'll see!

Congrats to all the new additions, this thread is growing by the second it seems!

[Tracie]

Hope everyone's having a good day!

QOTD - Gaining Weight I have gained weight in my belly. I tried to blame it on baby, but DH wasn't fooled. He knows it's about the size of an appleseed. I haven't really been eating that much more than normal, so I don't don't know where it came from!

QOTD - Names We have a girl's name picked out, and I have an idea for a boy's name that DH hasn't given his final approval on yet. He's really picky when it comes to boy's names. Most of my ideas were shot down, and there's a bunch I like that are out because they kind of rhyme with our last name. However, we do have a boy's middle name picked out - well, two actually, our boy's middle name will be his two grandfather's first names.

[Nikkid]

<delurking> I just wanted to say congrats to Matt and Bernie! I don't know if you remember me from the July 04 mommies but I wanted to say congrats on expecting again so soon. I'm also expecting again in Jan and it was a BIG surprise to us too. Congrats!

[Bernie]

Good morning ladies!

Just got back from my ultrasound - everything is still looking good. Both babies are measuring on target, and they both had strong heartbeats! As we were listening to Baby B, the heatbeat suddenly got much louder --the doctor explained that the baby had just moved closer to the equipment. I'm not sure if she meant that the baby moved or that somehow I moved and the baby shifted, but it amazes me to think that those little guys are just swimming around in there!

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

[ShannonGH]

That is so exciting Bernie. I'm so glad everything looks great and your two babies are healthy! :D

[ce_Kathleen]

Hello Ladies!

Well I just got off the phone with my Dr. Not so good news. They were reviewing my ultrasound from Tuesday and the hearbeat was too high and they are concerned (it was 228 on Tuesday). They want me to come in for another u/s but I am going out of town all next week and then the u/s tech is on vacation the week after that so I can't get this done until Aug 9! :eek:

I am so worried! I tried to look it up on the web but I couldn't find any info on what might cause the HB to be so high or what that could mean for the baby. :(

I think I am going to call my mom after work and tell her I am PG and see what she knows about this HB being too high (she's an RN in labor/delivery so if she doesn't know she has some connections). I am so sad though b/c I really wanted to tell her in person when she comes to visit in Aug and I feel bad springing this on her and then the bad news too!

[JennW]

Hello everyone. TGIF. Was this the longest week or what? Dr. appt. on Monday. Cannot wait. I woke up to pee in the middle of the night last night TWICE. I am not liking this pee all night thing. Also BBs were very sore in the middle of the night. They don’t normally feel that sore, but last night they did. Also, I am STARVING today. BUT, nothing sounds good. So far I had a banana and an apple. I am tempted to go down to the cafeteria and get some breakfast, but I’m going to try and hold off until I eat lunch. I am having a big aversion to anything having to do with bread/grains. So weird since I usually love that stuff. Okay, back to work for me. Happy Friday Mommies to be!

As far as weight is concerned – Ugh. I am already eating more (trying to stick to a more often/healthier diet to keep nausea at bay, plus just trying to be healthier), so I’m sure I’ve already gained weight. I lost 15 pounds before getting PG. BUT, then I quit smoking and gained most of it back, so I’m pretty much at where I didn’t want to be when getting PG. Ugh. It might end up being a good thing though because I’ll probably be much more careful with what I eat, etc. during this pregnancy than I would have been if I was thinner. Make sense? Probably not. I have such a warped way of seeing things.

larslobster – I love your kitty. So adorable!

tunibell – Yay for the terrific betas!!! And I like the names you’re considering. Very cute.

– Congrats on finding out the sex so soon. That is a really cool test. How accurate is it? I’ve never heard of it before. That is so cool. Sorry you’re upset about your weight. I’m definitely more than I would have liked to be at the beginning of PG, so I understand!

[B]Shannon – Good luck at your dr. appt. today! Can’t wait to hear all about it.

Welcome Bernie and IUAlum!

HSSweethearts – Thanks for the tip on changing the thread options. I was on page 28 as well. What a pain it was! MUCH easier now.:)

Congrats on the u/s Bernie! That’s great news.

ce_Kathleen – I’m so sorry you got that bad news from your dr. Can’t they give you any idea of what the cause can be? I’m sure you could call them back and ask some more questions. It’s not really fair of them to scare you like that without offering some explanation to help you deal with your fears. But, on the bright side, if it was anything that was urgent, they probably wouldn’t allow you to wait 2 weeks to come in, right? Positive thoughts your way, sweetie.:D

[Dasha]

ce_Kathleen,

I'm sorry for the news from your OB and can imagine how anxious you must be. However, don't you think that if it were a true emergency the OB would insist on a u/s a lot sooner than August 9.

I haven't gained any weight yet. I'm relatively slim but had gained a few pounds from the stimulation medication I was taking to conceive, so I did not start out at an ideal weight for me.

The only foods I"m really craving are creamy oatmeal and Whole Foods frozen macaroni and cheese. In fact I could live on nothing but those foods now. My husband and I are going away on a special luxurious weekend getaway to celebrate his 40th birthday and the expected arrival in March. We had a very stressful spring when I was going through fertility treatments which were physically exhausting and emotionally draining, and he was out of town working 16+ hour days for a good part of the time, so our relatonshp was really put to the test. Now it's such a bonus that we have a few days together away from work and the kids, where we can just relax and enjoy each other's company. :o We'll be staying in an area known for wonderful cuisine, but right now I think it will all be wasted on me.

Just wondering, are any of you vegetarians? I"m not a strict vegetarian, in that I eat fish once every week or two. I also eat dairy products, so I'm not vegan. I read the book Vegetarian Pregnancy for any questions I may have on nutrition during this time.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend and is able to find some relief from the heat that is affecting much of the country.

[JennW]

So much for waiting for lunch. I have to go get something to eat now before I throw up! The nausea is getting worse today! It comes in waves.

Dasha – Have a wonderful weekend. Sounds like a wonderful and romantic time. And it sounds like you guys deserve some nice time together. Hope you at least get to enjoy some of the food.:) As for being a vegetarian, many of my friends/family are vegetarians and they have very successful and healthy pregnancies eating an entirely vegetarian diet. My one cousin is even vegan and she was able to get all the nutrition she needed. As for vegetarian eating the only advice I’ve heard is make sure to get your iron from other sources since pg women often get low iron.

[ce_Kathleen]

Thank you Dasha and JennW!!

I was so up-in-arms about this that I didn't even think about the fact that if it truly was a big problem that they would have me in ASAP! :rolleyes: You guys made me realize that if this was urgent I would probably have been sent to the hospital for an u/s rather than waiting 2 weeks. So now I do feel a bit better thanks to you! :)

Of course I am still going to worry until the next ultrasound but as long as nothing else is going on I will try not to dwell on it.

Dasha you weekend away sounds heavenly! Enjoy it! And just think, if the area is knows for its cuisine maybe you'll get lucky and will be able to find something appealing for yourself! Just be careful b/c it could backfire and you could be craving the food you ate on this trip for the rest of your PG! :D I guess you would just have to take another trip then to satisfy your craving.

JennW I too feel like I am always hungry but nothing sounds good! As soon as I take a bite I am like "nope don't want this"!

[heidi0622]

Had my first u/s today! Didn't see much, but everything was on target for how early it is. We saw the amniotic sac and yolk sac. She gave me a picture to take home, but I do not have a scanner, so sorry I can't post them. I'll have to try to find a way to get access to one. So I am breathing a little easier now, but will feel even better next week when I get another u/s to hear the h/b!

Still not really having any symptoms. My bbs are a little sore, but nothing unmanageable. I am still getting up to pee every night though. I keep telling myself to enjoy this time now...I never know when the symptoms may start hitting! I really haven't changed my eating habits at all so far. Still eating as I did before. I haven't noticed any weight gain yet.

ce_kathleen, I'm sorry about the scare from your drs. office. I agree with the others that if it was extremely urgent, they wouldn't wait until 8/9. I would call them back to see if maybe they can recommend you go to another u/s tech to get some answers. I'll think positively for you.

Tray622, congrats on another baby girl. Sisters can be fun too :)

Bernie, congrats on another healthy u/s!

JennW, I agree...TGIF! Looks like symptoms are creeping in more for you :)

Dasha, your getaway sounds very nice. Sorry, I don't have any advice to offer on vegan diets. Could you talk to a nutritionist?

Have a great weekend girls!

[MarchMoms2006]

UPDATED TO HERE

Welcome to the new mommies!

[Alanna]

Just wanted to stop by and say congrats and YAY! to Heidi0622!! I'm so psyched for you!

[JennW]

ce_Kathleen – Glad I could help! Think positive thoughts!

heidi – Yay for a good U/S. That is cool that you get to go back in a week for another one.

How about a QOTD to get this thread moving today? (Since it is Friday and I am very sluggish at getting my work done!)

QOTD: What baby # is this for you and how many do you want to have total? It’s our first and we’d like 2 or 3. Well I'd like 3 and DH would like 2.

[ce_Kathleen]

QOTD: this is baby #2 for us and we are willing to consider 3-4 kids total IF we don't get a girl this time! I really want a girl and we already have DS so if this baby is a girl then its snip snip for DH!

[aprilshowers]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to pop in and say hi and welcome to the newbies.

heidi - do you have a digital camera? I don't have a scanner either so I just took a picture of the u/s.

Dasha - I'm a vegetarian too (no fish though). I'm bummed bcs I used to eat a lot of soy products and eggs and neither is appealing to me right now. Is the book you read the one by Holly Roberts? What did you think of it? I hated it! I thought it came off as a bunch of vegetarian propaganda.

Kathleen - I'm sorry your doctor is concerned. Is it possible you could have eaten something that morning that could have caused a temporary higher bp? Are you drinking caffeine? Hopefully the next u/s shows that everything is normal and healthy!

Shannon - when is your appt today? Thinking happy thoughts for you...

QOTD, nope, no weight gain yet.

QOTD, foods I'm eating to keep the nauseau at bay:
Pep-o-mints
Altoids citrus sours (okay, not really foods, but they do help!)
TLC cheese crackers
Amy's fake chicken soup
Frosted Flakes (yeah, real healthy!)
pizza
plain cheese quesadilla
oyster crackers
whole grain english muffins w/ butter and cinammon sugar
toast w/ apple butter
Fig Newtons
graham crackers
Annie's mac'n'cheese
cheese & peanut butter crackers
Finding Nemo fruit snacks (bcs they make me smile :D)
ice cream
waffles

I started out wanting only salty stuff but now I'm eating more of the sweet foods. And in a major step forward last night, I actually sat down and ate the same thing as DH for dinner for the first time in 3 weeks - woohoo! Pasta w/ spinach, garlic, pine nuts and golden raisins cooked in olive oil. Yum.

Hope ya'll have a great weekend! Good luck to all of you waiting for Monday ultrasounds!

[aprilshowers]

oops, didn't see the new QOTD and I missed another one too!

names - we have middle names picked out (both family names) and have a strong possibility for a girl's but have no idea for a boy's name.

baby # - this is our first. We are planning on 2.

[heidi0622]

Alanna, thanks...you are too sweet!

QOTD, we'd definitely like 2, maybe 3. I guess I'll see how I'm feeling after 2. After all the time it took, I was just happy to get one for now.

ce_kathleen, I've already told my husband too that if I'm going through L&D, he has to get the snip snip down the road. The only way I would do anything is if I had to have a c-section with my final kid and they could tie my tubes easily that way.

[ShannonGH]

QOTD -This is #1 for us. We'd like a total of 3.

Kathleen, I'm sorry the dr. scared you like that. But I agree with everyone else that if it were an emergency, they'd take action much sooner than 2 weeks. I'm just sorry you have to wait that long to get into the dr.

JennW, thanks so much for the well wishes at my appt today! :) So did you find some food in the cafeteria that curbed your appetite?

Dasha, so you're a big fan of Whole Foods mac & cheese, huh? That sounds really yummy right now. I need to go to WF this weekend and stock up on some more "natural" foods. I usually just shop at my regular grocery store near me but I'd like to try to eliminate more of the chemicals and preservatives during pgncy and I usually LOVE everything WF has to offer! Have a wonderful getaway this weekend!

heidi, glad everything looked on target for your u/s this a.m.!:)

[ShannonGH]

Wow in the time I typed my last post 3 people posted!

aprilshowers, appt isn't until this afternoon (2pm) so I'm just sitting around twiddling my thumbs. On a happier note, I'm glad you finally got to enjoy a meal with your Dh! :)

[Bernie & Matt]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcomes! Although surprised, it'll be fun to be part of a preggo group again :D And I'm soooo happy that everyone has such positive news to share, from great beta numbers to on-track u/s to "positive" symptoms (if you know what I mean).

QOTD #1 (weight) No gain that I know of, but I haven't looked either. I'm still wallowing over the fact that I finally got back down to pre-preggo weight from DS :( With him, I never got m/s, but my appetite was ferocious. If it wasn't nailed down, I ate it. Imagine trying to eat 24-7 and teach 6th graders at the same time without them knowing what is going on. Not pretty :rolleyes:

QOTD #2 (names) We didn't find out the sex the first time, so we still have the girl's name (Adrieanna Marie--named after my dad (Adrian) and both moms (Mary) and my sister (Maria)). If it's a boy, we're back to the drawing board, but that's DH's problem, not mine. He gets the boy's name, with my approval. The one stipulation is that it cannot be the name of a student I once taught (limits the possibilities greatly, but increases uniqueness).

QOTD #3 (# of DC) This is our second with the hopes of having three altogether. DH is the oldest of four and I'm the oldest of two, so it seemed like a good compromise.

QOTD #4 (foods) I seem to be heading towards the liquid diets. Honestly, unless I can drink it, I'm not really interested. I've been chugging milk, Sprite, and lemonade endlessly this week. The other problem I run into is having something sound good to eat, but by the time it's made/purchased and ready to eat, it doesn't sound good anymore. I've been trying to force myself to eat, but it hasn't really worked.

[kdotp]

qotd
If this baby sticks, it will be our first.

I say I want 3-4, DH always says let's see how we feel after our first.

[bunny nose]

I am so excited to finally be able to post in this thread. We got the official word yesterday from the doctor. We are as of yesterday 4w5d. That means we conceived on my birthday in Atlantic City. :D Harrah's Casino took our money but gave us something better in return. :D

CC Name bunny nose
Me: Karen 35
DH: Jeff, 39
Married: 7-12-2002
TTC: Started TTC in Oct 2003
BFP: 7-11-2005- day before 3 year anniversary
EDD:3-16-2006

This is the first for both of us. DH was married before but no kids from that marriage. We are really excited. After the doctor said yes we are pg DH said to me, " So what's it going to be like to have a kid?" I told him its the same as having our dogs only the kid will talk back and leave us one day. LOL He had this silly grin on all day yesterday- he is too cute.

We found out while we were on vacation in Florida and had to wait a week and half until we got back to see my doctor. It was hard keeping it a secret but we did it. I'm hoping we deliver on the due date because if you look at the number 3-16-06 it includes my birthday 6-16 and DH's birthday 6-3. I know I'm weird, but I thought that would be great.

Well, congrats to all the other March '06 mommies. I haven't had time to read the whole thread yet- but I will and catch up on all of you.

Here's to us! :D ;) :D
Karen

[JennW]

ce_Kathleen – That’s it for me too. I’d like to have at least 1 of each. If I have 2 of the same sex I may keep on going.

aprilshowers – Sounds like you have a decent amount of food that you can enjoy. Good luck finding more!

Shannon – Can’t wait to hear about your appt. today. And have fun at Whole Foods. I have to make my way back to one too, but the ones we have are nowhere near my house. I actually ate a part of a bagel this morning. As much as bread is grossing my out, the bagel was good. Go figure. Now to decide what to get for lunch. I could go for some soup. Hopefully they’ll have something good. Believe it or not, I’m already ready to eat again. As soon as the nausea pains kick in I need to eat!

Bernie – I love the girl’s name you have. Very pretty! I’m also having the same problem as you. I get something to eat and end up throwing it out after one bite because I don’t like it anymore.

[JennW]

Welcome Karen!:)

[yby1]

QOTD - This will be our first (trying to stay very positive here :)). Our goal right now is to have one. After that, we may consider having another, but no more than 2.

[larslobster]

Dasha - My eating habits are very similar to yours, mostly veggie but I eat fish once a week or so and eat some dairy. DH is worried about the mercury issue though and would prefer I give up fish entirely during the pregnancy. My biggest concern is getting enough protein. I tried doing a high protein diet a few years ago using mainly soy based products and after about 10 weeks, I had to give up because I couldn't take it anymore. :D

QOTD:

We weren't planning on having children at all. But, we both feel that kids should have siblings so if all goes well, we'll probably adopt a second child.

[kat]

Way, way too much to reply to!!! This thread grows like a weed! :D

A big, hearty congratulations to all the new members!!!

QOTD: these are babies #1 & #2 for us, and we're only planning to have two.

******

Feeling unusually better today, even after getting one of my worst nights sleep ever (not really pregnancy related, I don't think -- except one of the many reasons I kept waking up was because I'd roll over onto my sore bbs).

Actually ate somewhat "real" food last night!!! I made steak and managed to eat a few bites of it (tasted like cardboard to me, now that I had to cook it well-done). I still have zero appetite, but at least I can eat real food without gagging.

Oh, how incredibly lucky I would feel if the worst of my m/s was over by 8 weeks!!! Obviously I'm not calling one "better" day as "done with m/s," but it feels so good to be going in the right direction for once!

Part of my "icky" feeling might be my thyroid, too -- my endocrinologist called yesterday and said (not suprisingly) that my thyroid meds need adjusting b/c of the pregnancy. Started the new dose today; it'll probably take a few days or weeks before I start to feel any different.

Hey - does anyone else with any m/s-type symptoms get sick watching certain television programs?? I'm soooooo bummed because I haven't been able to watch the screen during a good portion of the Tour de France (DH and I are huge racing fans; he used to race in high school). I actually feel dizzy and a little sick! And the crazy camera movement/angles on the show "What You Get For The Money" nearly made me throw up; I couldn't watch!

Weird, because I've never had real-life motion sickness in my life, so to get it while watching T.V. is really strange.

[mom2amelia]

OMG, this thread moves WAY too fast for me.

Welcome and Congratulations to all the newcomers!

QOTD - if all goes well, this'll be #2 for us. We want 4, but since it took us 17 months to get pregnant with #2 and I'm already 36, I think we'll stop at 2. I'd like to adopt 2 more, DH is still on the fence about that.

[ce_Kathleen]

Well I told my mom that I am PG! Funny thing is that she already "knew". She had a dream last week (the day I took my PG test at home) that we were at my sister's wedding and there was a little boy and a little girl in the wedding and my sister was hugging the little girl. The little boy was my DS Alex and my mom just knew that I was either PG or soon to be PG when she woke up from that dream!

Weird thing is that when I was PG with Alex I had a dream that I was pushing a little boy on a swing and when I woke up I knew I was having a boy (and obviously we did)...so maybe this means we are getting the little girl we are hoping for?

bad news is that my mom wasn't sure why the HB would be 228. She said it could be as simple as what I ate for breakfast that day or it could be as serious as a heart defect. She said that there isn't much they can do at this point but wait and then do another u/s. She said its better that they are waiting 2 weeks to give the baby a chance to grow and make it easier to see what is going on. She also warned me to be on the lookout for signs of m/c (discharge, cramps, backache, etc).

So please all keep your fingers crossed that nothing is wrong and that this baby sticks! Only 18 more days until I have another u/s!

[JennW]

Friday afternoon is dragging. 1 more hour of work!:D I has a greasy lunch today since that was all that looked good. I had a grilled cheese sandwich and French fries. I never eat greasy like that but let me just say it hit the spot and kept my nauseous at bay! Hope this doesn’t start a tradition! LOL.

kat – Congrats on eating real food! I hope you continue to be able to do that.

ce_Kathleen – Glad you were able to tell your mom. Too bad she didn’t know more about what could cause the high HB. Hopefully your u/s will be here before you know it. Try to think positive thoughts until then if you can! That is so weird about her dream. That reminds me about 2 weeks ago (before I even took the HPT, my best friend calls me and says “Are you pregnant?” and I said NO and she said, “Liar. I had a dream. Yes you are.” And she was right! How weird is that. I still haven’t told her yet but she has asked my mom numerous times. I guess some people just *know*.:)

Happy weekend everyone!:D

[ajb524]

New ultrasound pics from yesterday (7w0d). I got to see the baby's little heart beating. It was such a wonderful experience :D.

http://webpages.charter.net/andreajb/7w0cc

http://webpages.charter.net/andreajb/7w0d-2cc

[ShannonGH]

My doctor's appt this afternoon went really well. Bernie (of Bernie & Matt), you are right, I LOVE Dr. Wootton! I am so excited to have such a personable, caring, patient ob! Of course she wasn't able to diagnose what the 380cc of fluid is inside of my abdomen but she's having me go in next Friday for an u/s. I'll be 5w6d then so we *hope* we'll be able to see the heartbeat, although it still may be a little early for that. I feel so much more at ease after seeing her. Thank all of you who sent positive vibes my way as I've been waiting for this appt! :D

Kathleen, I will definitely be sending positive thoughts your way. I hope the next 18 days fly by and you find that you baby is safe and sound in your tummy. :)

ajb524, how fun! I'm glad you're u/s went well!!!

[Tracie]

QOTD - # of babies We've always said two, but if this one ends up being a girl, I wouldn't mind stopping here! I guess we'll just wait. No more than two.

[MrsCantDecide]

QOTD #1 (weight) - Since it's only been 5 days since I found out I was pregnant, I doubt I've gained any weight. ;) I did check this morning though, and I was the same weight.

QOTD #2 (names) - I've thought of some, but we just don't agree yet. We do know the middle names though. We won't be telling anyone the names until the birth. :)

QOTD #3 (# of children) - We'll start with 2 and see how it goes. DH wants 4, I want 3. :)


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Talked to the nurse today, since I had my repeat beta yesterday.
14 DPO was:
Hcg = 193 prog = 16.8

16 DPO:
Hcg = 390 prog 13.2

Does anything know anything about progesterone levels day to day? The nurse said that progesterone levels change all the time, but 3.6 drop?? That scares the poo out of me! Anyone have any information on this?

[kat]

Just a drive-by to tell ce_Kathleen that we'll all be thinking of you and pulling for your little one to be just fine!!! (And while we're at it, pulling for her to be a girl, too! :D).

Nice ultrasound, ajb! I'm already feeling like a derelict momma-to-be; too lazy to scan the ultrasound pics. :D

[dec27bride]

Hi Ladies! I went out today and bought some Sea Bands. I'm flying tomorrow, and I figured they couldn't hurt...W/in the last year or so, I've started getting motion sickness on planes, it's very odd. I asked my Dr about Dramamine, and she said it was fine, but I'm going to try these first. Anyway, I have a 6 am flight, so I have to go to bed shortly, but I'm so excited, b/c I'm going to see my parents! :D

QOTD1-Weight. I've gained 3 lbs so far. The problem is, that before I got pregnant, I never snacked, I just ate my 3 meals a day. My workouts were also a lot tougher. So now that I have to keep munching on things to keep from being queasy, in addition to the toned down workouts, I have a feeling I might start putting on the pounds quickly. I'm trying to stay healthy with the snacks, although that isn't always the case.

QOTD2- Number of children. This will be our first, and may be our only, so I'm reallly trying to enjoy it as much as I can, in case this is the only time I do it. I always figured I'd have two, and dh always figured he'd have one. The more I think about it, one sounds okay. I guess we'll have a better idea later on. :)

kathleen- I'll be thinking of you, hope the 18 days until your next u/s flies by!

I'll be back on Wednesday, enjoy your weekends!

[red_canuck]

Hi ladies :D You'll have to excuse my not posting, I've had a friend in from otu of town, and when i wasn't with her, i've been sleeping! I tell you, I'm not awake long enough to have m/s, i'm either in bed sleeping, passed out int he car or napping on the couch! For example, tonight I just laugh at my self...

Had a snooze on the couch from 2-4:30...went pee, got up for dinner, then took a nap on the couch at 6...slept till 7:30 then had to go pee. went back to sleep on the couch, got up at 9:16 to go pee, having a quick boo at my emails, and then i'm going to bed. What a sad sad friday night! lol ;)

MCD those betas look really really good. I'm sorry I have no answers for the progest, but I wouldn't be concerned about 13.6. Don't forget you don't have a history of problems, so the best, and hardest! thing to do is try to relax and not think of the numbers so much. I know it's hard, especially for us charters who thrive on information. I'm tryign to relax, much easier said than done though. Can you call your dr. and talk to them instead of the nurse if it would make you feel better?

beautiful u/s ajb!

I have everythign crossed for you Kathleen! i think your mom gave some great advice :D

welcome to all the new mommas! We have a freaking AWESOME group of people here, i cannot tell you how excited I am to be going through pregnancy with you all :D

[lovin'it]

CC Name: Lovin'it
Me: Emma, 25
DH: Stace, 31
Married: Nov 16, 2001
TTC: April 2005
BFP: June 29, 2005
EDD: Mar 12, 2006

[ShannonGH]

Good morning ladies! Not much to report here....other than I'm 5wks today. :) Well I'm off to the farmers market.

Welcome lovin'it!!! Congratulations to you!!!

red, my goodness woman...you are a sleeping machine! :D

[pixiecat]

Just a quick post to say congrats!! to some of my TTC w/ charting gals from old... Christy, Red & Heidi - I couldn't be happier for you!

Wishing all the March Mommies the best & thinking happy, sticky thoughts for you!!!

[Tracie]

Wow, where is everybody? Hope everyone's off having a great weekend and that's why it's so slow in here!

We told MIL yesterday. She was absolutely thrilled! It will be her first grandchild. (As well as on my side, since I'm an only child.) I'm hoping to be able to go down to Massachusetts and tell my dad next weekend.

[red_canuck]

quiet around here!! I agree tracie, everyone must be having a fabulous weekend!

My weekend was pretty fun. we went home to tell the IL's, everything went swimmingly, they were pretty excited (first grandchild all around). Rob's bro was really excited too, which was very cute. You don't expect 22 year old guys to be, but he was. he's gonna be an unkie! (his words ). Rob's parents are big wine buffs, which I miss terribly, so his mom made me my own special virgin fruit drink. She is just too cute for words :D

Still so incredibly tired, but now it's coupled with peeing every two minutes :p Gets a little tiring going to the bathroom so much! Other than that, no other symptoms.

Hi pc!

welcome lovin' it :D

[tunibell]

I spent most of the weekend lying in bed with seabands digging into my wrists.

I also appear to have packed on 3.2 lbs in two weeks. I'm totally stumped as to how one is supposed to manage one's weight when an empty stomach is such an angry stomach, though.

[Elenitsa]

JennW Would love some referrals for MW.. That would be great if I could trouble you for that info. I'm in Hudson Co, NJ. Close to Essex and Bergen and Passaic Counties.
Tracy622 - that is wonderful news that your DD is getting a baby sister.
ce_kathleen - Thinking positive thoughts for you. Do hope it is nothing.
Dasha - a getaway is heavenly. DH and I took one this weekend. It wasn't alone but with friends, but still was just was we needed
BunnyNose & Lovin it - Congratulations & Welcome!

QOTD - (names) I think we have names picked out for a boy and girl. We'll be very traditional and go for family names, but not going to share them yet

QOTD (cravings) I'm craving salty - DH is trying to watch me like a hawk so that I make good food decisions. He wants me to avoid all saturated pre-processed stuff and anything hydrogenated. I know his intend it good, but sometimes a pg girl just wants what she wants...

I'm still not experiencing symptons beyond fatigue and that is OK by me.

Oh.. I just wanted to share something that my SIL told me this weekend that I had no idea about and I did read a small blurb on on it in one of my pg books and wanted to share. That women with excema or asthma who eat peanuts (peanut butter included) are at risk for passing along peanut allergies to their baby. I don't know what the ratio or numbers assoc are, but I just wanted to share that info. My feeling is that it is better to be safe than sorry.

well, after that note.. I just want to wish a Happy Monday to all!

[amychris03]

Well, Im entirely too far behind to catch up!

Welcome lovin'it! and Bunnynose!

QOTD:names We have a boy name picked out, but can't agree
on a girl name thus far!

QOTD: Weight Well, I had gained about 5 pounds between the
start of the IVF cycle and retrieval, and that certainly hasnt gone
anywhere. I read that the bloating caused by the IVF stays around
if you do get PG because the HCG hormone makes it worse so I suppose
it wont be going anywhere. What are your experiences with this,
Bernie and Kat ?

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DH and I went out of town for a mini-vacation to the Outer Banks, NC
this weekend! You wouldnt think that going to a beach would be that
exciting, since I live at the beach, but we never seem to tire of it.
I am feeling on and off queasy the whole time, but then Saturday
I realized that I hadnt felt queasy all day. This freaked me out!
But Sunday I was back to the queasy, which oddly made me feel
better! My ultrasound is at 3:40 today! Im excited and nervous.
I just hope everything is ok in there and cant wait to see if we
are having one or two! DH thinks two because they put two in and
there is no reason theoretically that they shouldnt have worked, but
I think one! We'll see soon!

[JennW]

Happy Monday everyone! I’ll be taking a half day today to go to the doctor this afternoon. I am so nervous and scared. I have a HUGE list of questions. Did anyone else do this on their first visit? I feel like such a geek, but I can’t help it, I have lots of questions! Hopefully I’ll get a due date that is more accurate than those online calculators. I am also nervous b/c I am seeing a new dr. Hope he’s good! I just can’t wait to get out of here and get this over with. So nervous for some reason. Thankfully DH took the afternoon off too and he’ll be coming with me. YAY!

ajb524 – Beautiful U/S pics!

Shannon – Glad your appt. went well and you have a great doctor. That is good news!

MCD – I don’t know anything about progesterone levels, but try not to worry too much. Call your doctor if you’re really worried. Better that they can reassure you!

dec27bride – Hope your flight went well and not a lot of sickness!

Red – I am so tired too! I fell asleep on and off all weekend. It’s nice to nap, isn’t it? Glad telling the parents went well. How sweet your MIL is to make you a special drink.

Welcome lovin’it!!

tunibell – Sorry you have bad m/s. Don’t worry about gaining the weight. If your stomach needs food, then you gotta listen!

elenitsa – I will call on a few of my friends and see what recommendations they have for MWs in the area.

amychris03 – Good luck at your appt. today. Post here as soon as you can! Your get away sounds wonderful!

[JennW]

Just wanted to post to Junk – Good luck at your appt. today, too!:)

[HSSweethearts]

QOTD regarding Children - This is our first baby. It will be the first grandchild on my husband's side, and one of the last on my side of the family. It's a nice balance. If all goes as planned, we hope to have 3 children someday.

My bb's are so so sore, and I've been so tired as well all weekend. I took naps both Saturday and Sunday and I've felt like such a lazy girl. I hate not being able to motivate.

I saw both sets of parents this weekend and had to use all of my will power not to tell them the big news. Our first appt is a week from today so not much longer to wait. That's pretty much it for me!

Wishing you all the best and welcome to the new March Moms!

[heidi0622]

PC, thanks for posting here...you are too sweet!

Red, damn...you are a sleeping queen!

Tuni, sorry about the onset of m/s! Don't worry about the weight gain at this point...do what you need to do to keep yourself feeling okay.

Elenitsa, cute that your husband is keeping a close eye on what you're eating.

Amychris, yay...keep us posted on your u/s today. Glad to hear you had a nice weekend away, but sorry you had to deal with nausea.

Jenn, good luck at your drs. appt today. I think it is normal to be nervous about it all.

I was in Pittsburgh this weekend visiting a friend from college. Of course, she was ready for us to share some drinks, so I had to let the cat out of the bag a little earlier than I thought. It ended up being okay though.

I just wish I could settle down and be comfortable with this whole pregnancy. It has taken so long for this to happen, I am so scared of losing it. I still really have very few symptoms. My nips hurt, but only really when I squeeze them. I was peeing a ton this weekend, but also drinking a lot of water. I feel a little tired, but not any extreme exhaustion. In fact, I've only been getting 5-6 hours of sleep a night, so I feel like the tiredness is just from the lack of sleep. My appetite is totally normal...no nausea, no food aversions, nothing. I've also had lots of cramping this morning, I can't tell if it is bad-AF type cramps or gas cramps. This is waayyy TMI, but I have been constipated, so I'm hoping the cramps are because of that, but I wish I had some better way of knowing...these cramps just make me nervous.

I am going to see my acupuncturist tonight and I hoping his treatments will help me settle down a little bit more. I thought the u/s last week would settle me down, but I still am so nervous.

Anyway...everyone probably thinks I'm nuts and I know as time goes on, my chances are better. Thanks for letting me vent a little bit.

[yby1]

I'm totally stumped as to how one is supposed to manage one's weight when an empty stomach is such an angry stomach, though.

Tell me about it! I'm constantly snacking. :rolleyes: Ginger helps a little bit, but not for long. Are the seabands helping you? I couldn't find them at my local drugstore, so I ordered two online. I hope they arrive soon. The nausea is affecting my sleep too. I think I'm going to have to go to the doctor and get a prescription. :(

[tunibell]

heidi0622 - I just wanted to chime in to say that cramping is super common in early pregnancy. Most likely it's just your uterus stretching a bit. I don't think I've had one single day without some degree of cramping. Hope that helps but your mind (a little bit) at ease! :)

[red_canuck]

thanks for posting that tuni, I've had some cramping, and everytime it sends me to the bathroom on panty patrol. I try to lie down and relax when it happens, it just freaks me right out!

*waves* to everyone! Happy Monday!

[ShannonGH]

I called the dr's office this a.m. and was able to get my u/s moved from Fri to Weds of this week. I also went into the lab this morning to get blood drawn and PIAC since they didn't do that at last week's appt.

JennW hope your appt goes well! I was so nervous for my first appt too. I told the nurse that I was nervous and after she took my bloodpressure she said, "You ARE nervous!" :rolleyes:

HSSweethearts I know what you mean about feeling so lazy! All I did this weekend was lay around...of course, it was so freaking HOT here this weekend I probably would've still been laying onthe couch even if I weren't pg. :rolleyes:

Heidi , glad you had a good trip to visit your friend! Post how your visit was with your acupuncturist...I'll be interested to hear what you think.

[Bernie]

Good luck to those of you with doctor's appointments and ultrasounds this afternoon!

I think I am starting to feel a little queasy - although it hasn't been too awful yet. I've found that if I keep eating, I'm able to avoid feeling too horrible. I've also been hungry and nauseous at the same time - which is a weird feeling. Also -food is starting to become less appealing - I'm becoming a big fan of the Kat plain-pasta and rice diet. I've also been eating a lot of cheese.

As far as cramping goes - I've been having menstrual-like cramps on and off since the beginning. I was alarmed at first, but since I've been able to see that the babies are okay at my weekly ultrasounds, I've decided to try not to worry too much about it. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm still not running to check for bleeding at least 4 times a day. :rolleyes:

AmyChris - in answer to your question - I definitely put on a few pounds of IVF-related bloat, and I don't think that has gone away yet. In fact, at my ultrasound last week, the RE said that my ovaries were still a bit enlarged - one month past transfer! Good luck with the ultrasound today!

Hope everyone is having a good Monday!

[HSSweethearts]

OK, out comes the worry wart in me... should I be concerned that I have had zero cramping/uterus pulling and I'm 7 weeks? It's so weird how each of us is different.

Good luck to everyone today!

[tunibell]

HSSweethearts - No need to worry at all...my best friend didn't have any uterine cramping whatsoever until at least 9 weeks, and now she has a chunky 9 lb. daughter.

AmyChris - Can't wait to hear all about your u/s!! And JennW's and junkinmytrunk's dr.'s appts!

[ce_Kathleen]

Drive by posting...

Hello Ladies, thanks for everyone's good thoughts for me! I am in Denver this week for work so I don't know how often I will be able to get online btw work during the day (mostly meetings) and visiting some not-often-seen friends at night. I am trying not to tell people but when they want to go out to the bars and I just feel like crap I can't think of any good excuses. I know my girlfriends will totally understand but we didn't want to tell people so early just in case.

Good luck to all of you with your Dr appts today!

[amychris03]

Well, I'm back!!! We have ONE little baby in there! :) They
dated me as being 5 weeks, 1 day, so I guess I figured out
my EDD incorrectly :confused:. I'm due 3/26/06.
So anyways, all they were able to see today was the
gestational sac and yolk sac, but it was SO nice to actually
see something in the uterus! It makes me feel much better!
I go back next Monday, 8/1for another ultrasound
and hopefully we will see more then! In the mean time I will
try to scan my Ultrasound picture, I think it looks so pretty! :D

[ShannonGH]

Yay Amy! I'm so glad everything looks healthy! BTW, my EDD is 3/26 too! :)

[MrsCantDecide]

Hey Red ~ I just noticed that on the roster, your date for your BFP is June 13, instead of July 13. :)

Amychris ~ Glad to hear that you got to see little baby and that you'll get to see it again soon!

[red_canuck]

hmmm, i couldn't keep it a secret for 5 minutes, let alone a month! oupsies! thanks for pointing that out MCD

Threadmistress, i hate to be a PITA, but could you please change my BFP date to July instead of June? thank you so much, I'm obviously suffering preggo brain already ;)

[akwifeandmomma]

Got room for one more?

I'm: Shanna, 24
DH: Nathan, 35
DS: Noah, 2, July 2, 2003
Married: April 27, 2002
TTC Date: January 2005
M/C: 05/12/05, 11 weeks, natural.
BFP: *faint* July 16, 2005, darker in the next few days. Confirmed with HCG of 8 on 07/19, more than tripled to 34 on 7/21.
EDD: 03/31/05 (According to my doc--I know I'm due a little later than that going by my O date, more like April 2...but figure I'll likely be a March momma!)

I'm praying this baby sticks!

[JennW]

Quick drive by post.

Dr. appt went well. My due date is actually 3/25/06 Threadmistress, please change my due date to 3/25/06. The doctor was great. He was much younger than I expected and I’ve never had a young doctor before. He was really nice though. I go in for a u/s on 8/13 (my birthday!) at 8 weeks. My next appt. in the office isn’t until September! They took all the blood to do more prenatal blood work. I hate that stuff. It always makes me nervous waiting for the results.

I called my dad in Georgia and told him last night. He cried.:) Every time I tell someone it feels more weird. We need to figure out when/how to tell other people.

I’ll be back for SO’s later. Since I took the afternoon off yesterday I am super busy today. Ugh. I hate working right now. I so have no concentration.

[JennW]

P.S. I got stung by a bee yesterday. There is no danger in this for PG, right?

[MrsCantDecide]

Welcome akwifeandmomma! Finally! Someone with a due date later than me!! :D

[honey_bee]

Good Morning Ladies! I'm so far behind, please forgive me if I don't do individual SO's. I hope you are all doing well and all of our little babies are growing big and strong.

I've been MIA mostly because m/s has hit full force in the past couple days. I've also been exhausted, last night I crashed on the couch at 7 when I got home from work. Felt great!

JennW-I looked quickly into bee stings, but couldn't find anything about it being dangerous for pg women. You could always call your dr, though, if you're concerned.

Welcome to all the new March Mommies! What a large group we're becomming. :D

[junkinmytrunk]

Hey Guys! Hope everyone is doing GREAT. I took the day off yesterday and was too tired to log onto my home computer. Well, I had my ultrasound yesterday and guess what? We've got a little bean in there. She says we look about 6 weeks-ish and wants me to come in once more in 2 weeks. Sorry it's such a short post -- I'm feeling a bit queasy and I've got lots to catch up on!

Ohh----one more thing -- WE HAD A HEARTBEAT!!! Yipee!!

[heidi0622]

Hi March Mommies...hope everyone is doing well today! Thanks for your words of support yesterday. I am feeling better today. Went to see my acupuncturist last night and he helped to put my mind at ease. He did mention that women receiving acupuncture have a lower chance of m/c. I don't really know how or why, but I decided not to question it too much since I need all of the positive thinking I can get right now. He also gave me positive affirmations to read every night and every morning before I go to bed. It seems cheesy at first, but I need to do a better job of believing in the power of positive thinking. Still feel pretty much the same, although while I am not queasy, I am not eating as much in a single sitting now. I am finding myself starved today then full after eating a few bites.

Junk, (I have to look up your real name again, I always feel silly calling you this)...congrats on your healthy u/s.

Amy , yay for your good u/s too.

Red, I hear ya on the panty patrol...I'm always running to the bathroom and checking.

Shannon, good luck with your u/s this week!

Welcome Akwifeandmomma!

honeybee, sorry about the m/s coming on full force!

How about a QOTD for today.

Have any of you thought about your birth plan? home? hospital? drugs? no drugs? etc.

Right now, I am thinking about trying a natural birth. To be honest though, I don't know my tolerance for pain as I have never experienced such severe pain in my life. Right now, my plan is to go in there and try as much as I can for a natural birth, but I won't beat myself up if I end up wanting or needing drugs. I really want to keep an open mind about it all. I think I will be seeing a midwife, so hopefully they will help guide me through a natural birthing plan.

[ellybella]

CC Name: ellybella
Me: 30
DH: 31
Married: 9/1/02
TTC: 1/04 winging it until mc 9/04, more focused thereafter
BFP: 7/14/05
EDD: 3/25/06

i am so excited to be here and to have the support of others along my pregnancy journey. this is baby #1 for us and we are so excited, relieved, and a little paranoid! looking forward to getting through these early weeks!

prenatal appt. 7/21 with np
ultrasound 8/4
appt. w/ ob 8/23

[MrsCantDecide]

Has anyone had any spotting or colored discharge when going poo?? Why does this have to be so nervewracking?! I had some brown spotting on the toilet paper after a BM today, and of course, it freaks me out. Contemplating calling the Drs. office again for another blood draw (yes I am STILL worried about the progesterone). Thursday cannot come fast enough!

Red & Heidi ~ I'm definitely on Pantry and TP Patrol!

QOTD ~ I'll be at a regular hospital, with regular nurses, and with drugs, I'm sure!

[JennW]

QOTD – I will be in a hospital with doctors, nurses and drugs.:p

Welcome akwifeandmomma and ellybella!

honey_bee – Thanks. I looked it up too and couldn’t find anything. I don’t want to call my dr. because someone at my office may hear me on with them! UGH! This is so frustrating. It’s not swollen or anything anyway, just a red mark. Thanks for trying!:D

Yay Junk! Congrats!

heidi – Glad you’re feeling better. Keep those positive thoughts coming.

MCD – I’m sure it’s normal, but call your doc if it’ll make you feel better! That’s what they’re there for.:)

[ellybella]

hi stephanie! i'm so bored at work today! i'm glad someone's around to chat. i'm 5w3d today. i had some brown spotting 7/17-7/21. the np did a pap on 7/21 and did notice blood on my cervix, but not coming from inside. she thought it may have been irritated from sex on 7/17 and told us to hold off for awhile.

i too am so paranoid! i miscarried before so w/ every little trickle i run to the bathroom to check it out. i've had a lot of clear and drying a hint yellowish discharge since last week.

when is your ultrasound? mine's 8/4, but i'm tempted to see if i can move it up to 8/1 since my slip is for the range of 8/1 - 8/8.

qotd i will be in a regular hospital

jill

[ShannonGH]

Not much to report, other than I have my first formal u/s tomorrow to try to determine what this fluid is in my abdomen. I'm anxious to get some answers.

QOTD:I'll be at a regular hospital with an ob. I am not sure yet about meds or not...I'll probably do the same as heidi- go as long as I can without meds but be open to them if I feel I need them.

Sorry about the m/s honey_bee. :(

Welcome akwifeandmomma and ellybella! So glad you joined us!

Lisa, yay for a little bean and a little bean's heartbeat!!! :D

heidi, I know what you mean about not believing enough in the power of positive thinking. I could probably learn a lesson or two from your acupuncturist.

MCD, I haven't had any spotting after a poo but I can't help but think it would probably be very normal. If it would make you feel better to call your dr, I say go for it. It will only put your mind at ease.

[MrsCantDecide]

Thanks for responding, girls! I did call my doctor and I'm going in for another blood draw. She told me to abstain from sex, and stop doing vigorous activities. Darn! I don't think this could be from sex, we had sex Sunday night, but who knows!

I know that if someone were telling me they were spotting, I'd probably tell them this is normal too.... but easier said than done when it's yourself!

:rolleyes: Silly me!

[yby1]

Yay Lisa! I'm so glad your u/s went great!

MrsCantDecide - Sorry you had to go through that scare. I'm sure that the doctor will tell you that everything is fine. :)

Welcome akwifeandmomma and ellybella!

I'm m/s is still bad, but tolerable for the moment. I'm finding that homemade lemonade helps me. I use just a little bit of splenda (Doc said it was a-ok) to sweeten it. I'm hypoglycemic, so I have to really monitor my sugar intake. Hopefully my seabas will arive tomorrow.

QOTD - I'm going to give birth in a hospital w/ an OB. I'm undecided on the meds, but I'm sure I'll want them when I go into labor. :)

[mom2amelia]

This thread is out of control. I cannot keep up. I'm sorry I can't do personal SO's right now.

Welcome ellybella.

Welcome akwifeandmomma. Glad to see you over here.

QOTD I'll deliver at the same hospital as I did with DD with the same OB. I will try, as I did the first time, to go med-free. I didn't go med-free with DD, but that's a long boring story. I would deliver at a FSBC with a mid-wife, if I could find one in Ohio. As far as I can tell, there are no FSBCs in Ohio.

[Dasha]

Welcome newbies, and best wishes for a happy and healthy pregnancy.

I am planning to deliver in a hospital with a midwife and probably a doula. I always imagined having an unmedicated birth with as little medical interference as possible. I don't know if that will be possible, though, when the time comes in March.

[aprilshowers]

Hi everyone. We had a bit of a scare last night when I noticed red bleeding. Woke up this morning and the bleeding had stopped but I thought I might have cramps (couldn't tell if it was cramps, gas or just my silly preggo brain imagining things). Luckily I had an appt today anyway and the doctor couldn't find any blood in the u/s so it looks like we are in the clear. The heartbeat was going nice and strong and the baby was even measuring a couple of days ahead of last time. So we are officially farther along than my previous pregnancies! Wahoo!

junk, congrats on your ultrasound! Isn't it amazing to see that little flickering heart? :D

QOTD, regular hospital, OB and most likely drugs. I still have a very clear picture of when I went to visit one of my friends right after she gave birth. She opened the door and before even saying hi just said "Take the epidural!" Besides, I am a wimp when it comes to pain :(


Welcome to all the newbies!

ETA: just wanted to clarify so I don't freak anyone out. Cramps are perfectly normal and don't mean anything bad is happening but when they accompany red bleeding, they can be a cause for concern.

[tray622]

qotd I will be delivering in the same hospital with my same ob from Zoey. I thought about trying another hospital, but the peri I love is only at this one and she is great at monitoring me, etc. (I had PIH and late set pre-e with #1).

[ajb524]

JennW- I got stung by a jellow jacket on my ring finger on Sunday and was a bit worried, but I think as long as you aren't allergic you should be fine. My finger has swelled pretty bad though. I can't even get my wedding band or e-ring on :(

I'm so excited. Me and DH are leaving to go to Florida for our vacation on Friday! I'm going to really try to enjoy every bit of the trip b/c I know it will be a while before we are able to go again.

I've still been blessed with no morning sickness. My big fear is that it's going to hit full force while I'm at the beach next week. Hopefully it won't though.

QOTD- I'll deliver at a regular hospital and definitely have an epidural. I don't do pain ;)

[amychris03]

Welcome akwifeandmomma and ellybella!

Jenn W
I don't think the bee sting would be a big deal (unless you are
allergic). I got eaten alive by some mosquitos the other night
and am of course convinced that the baby and I are going to
come down with West Nile Virus :rolleyes: That's so sweet that
your dad cried!

honey bee
Sorry about the m/s! Hope you are feeling better soon!

Junk
YAY for the great ultrasound! Everything sounds good!

Heidi
I agree, the positive thinking towards the accupuncture certainly
can't hurt anything! Glad the appointment went well!

Miss Cant Decide
Yep- I'd say that the spotting is definitely either due to the poo
or the sex, but i'd be freaking out too. Glad your dr got you in
there for another blood draw.

ShannonGH
Good luck with your ultrasound tomorrow! Im hoping you
get some answers to what that fluid is!

yby1
Ive heard that lemonade helped. Actually someone recommended
to me those lemonade flavored italian ices.

aprilshowers
How scary! Glad everything looked good in there today. Did
your dr have any clue as to what may have caused it?

ajb524
Have fun in Florida!

---
QOTD
We will deliver at the regular hospital, though I have to say I have
NO clue what dr to use (my dr stopped accepting my insurance while
I was under the RE's care). Gotta figure that out by next week's
appointment, and it's kinda hard to fish around for a good OB without
spilling that you are PG. I would like to say I want to do a natural
birth, but given my low pain tolerance, I doubt seriously that will
happen!

[yby1]

yby1
Ive heard that lemonade helped. Actually someone recommended
to me those lemonade flavored italian ices.


Italian ice sounds yummy! I'll have to buy some. :)

My boobs are absolutely killing me right now. :(

[kat]

Wow. I think I just had to read through five pages to catch up! Sorry, gotta run some errands soon so I don't have time for individual shout-outs.

Hope those of you with m/s or other issues are feeling better soon!

Welcome to all the newbies (this thread is gonna be huge!). Congratulations!

QOTD: if we were having a singleton, I would say that I would try my hardest for a med-free delivery. It'd be in a hospital, because there are no FSBCs in Illinois (and I wouldn't feel comfortable doing a home birth with a first baby). I'd consider moving to a midwife, but my OB is pretty low-intervention, so I might've stuck with her. I'd definitely consider hiring a doula.

Now that we're having twins, I have to be more flexible about the birth plan. I don't know yet how our hospital treats vaginal twin births, but I've watched enough of them on T.V. (for two years!) to know that many hospitals have the mother labor in the operating room in case they need to do a c-section on twin #2. That would restrict movement somewhat, which would make a drug-free delivery more difficult. It also means that if I go drug free and they need to do an emergency c-section for the second twin, there may not be time for an epidural and I'd have to be put under completely. So, there are pros and cons to trying to do it drug-free from the beginning.

The bottom line is that I don't know anymore. I'll talk to my doctor about it a lot over the next few months, I'm sure. :)

***********

Had our FINAL FINAL FINAL appointment with the RE yesterday. Saw the twins' heartbeats (not very clearly -- he really whipped through the u/s). He says they look great. They're measuring right on target at 17mm each. (Which is funny, b/c that's exactly the size one of my pregnancy books says the embryo should be at 8 weeks!).

He released me to my OB, and I have an appointment with that office tomorrow. My regular OB (well, she has been my gyno for the past 10 years, so you know what I mean) isn't available until later in August, so I'm seeing one of the new guys in the practice.

I want to talk to them about CVS, since I think we're leaning in that direction. But I definitely don't want the new guy performing it, so I have to come up with a way to delicately ask if I could go to a maternal fetal medicine specialist (I know there's one at our hospital who also specializes in multiple births). If my regular OB were available, I'd probably trust her to do it, but not the new guy. :) From everything I've read, the m/c rate after C/S depends a lot on the experience of the person performing it, so I don't want a just-graduated-from-med-school-in-2000 guy doing it.

Feeling generally much better (at least my stomach is). I've had a couple of bad days, but at least a few good days mixed in there too, so I feel much more optimistic now. Still having issues with certain foods, but I've been able to expand my diet a bit, which helps. Now I need to find more things I can drink (for some reason, sweet beverages and water make me feel kinda sick.....and I'm getting really sick of V8). I know I'm not getting enough fluids, so I've been trying to eat soup once a day to help. I may have to do some searching at the grocery store to try to find some other beverage that wouldn't make me sick.

But I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the worst of the m/s is gone for me. I would be so lucky if it was!!!

[Tracie]

Hi everybody! No time to do individual shout-outs (I never really do, but I always read everyone's post!)

QOTD I will be delivering at the hospital with either one of the OBs or one of the midwives in the practice. It depends on who is on call the day I go into labor. Oh, and I'm all about the drugs. I'm a big baby.

[red_canuck]

QOTD, hospital, but I'm gonna try with all my might to go unmedicated. Kinda hard to know what it's really gonna be liek though, so I won't deny myself meds if I really want/need them. Decide what you want, but prepare for what you don't, ya know?


So I am having MAD MAD cravings. I always had PMS cravings, so pregnancy cravings were always a posibility. And right now, Lucky is demanding Mint Chocolate chip ice cream. Mmmm. Thank god my husband is a great guy and went out and bought me some :D Of course, i already have the phrase "I'm carrying your child!" firmly enscounced in my vocabulary ;)

So...anybody else having cravings? and if so, what?

[lovin'it]

[Hello Girls...

I have finally managed to stop by and say hello. For those that have never heard of me, my name is Emma. I am a Brazilian chick married to a handsome American boy. My husband and I have been married for almost 4 years now and have finally decided to have a baby.

We found out we were pregnant on the first day of our trip to Brazil. I had a clue about it as I had been charting...so, the surprise was not that huge. We are still all smiles, though.

Our parents were not as excited as we thought they would...at least, they didn't demonstrate it....but, it's okay. We have friends that have more than made up for them!

I was lucky enough to enjoy my whole month in Brazil without one hint of m/s. But, the moment we landed in the US....my m/s came full power.

I feel great during the day, but terrible as night falls... The horror even wakes me up....but, I figure, it's a small price to get my precious little piggy.

Funny or not, my husband has been having sympathy pains. I think he gets sicker than I do....I love it.

Anyways...

Congrats to us all...may we all...ALL...stick together through these upcoming months...

Hugs...Emma

[Bernie]

Good morning!

Welcome and congratulations to all of the newbies!

I think I am starting to feel queasy - but I am also fighting off a cold or virus or something - so I'm not sure if my general icky-feelings are pg related or not. But not feeling great has left me with even less motivation at work (and I didn't have a lot to begin with).

I've also heard that lemons are good for m/s - lemon ices, lemonade, even sucking on lemons.

QOTD re: birth plan -- Definitely planning on a hospital, with drugs. If possible, I would like to have a vaginal birth, but I am preparing myself for the possibility that with twins, I will need to have a c-section.

QOTD re: cravings -- I had been craving anything that was spicy, sour, or salty, but those cravings have passed. I don't know if they can really be considered cravings - but now I just want to eat carbs -- bagels, pasta, etc. But nothing sweet - I've had no real interest in cookies, candy, ice cream, etc.

[Christy5599]

Hi girls!

I'm so far behind it's not even funny! Just wanted to check in though... I'm thrilled to hit the 8 week mark! I have my intake appt today so hopefully I'll come home with a ton of information. After that, my sister and I are going shopping for bigger sized jeans for me to wear before transitioning into maternity stuff. Though we'll probably brouse the maternity stuff too! I do need a new bra already so we'll have to search out that also.

We told MIL and FIL last night and I thought MIL would boo hoo a lot more than she did! They were both very excited but I guess I was just expecting more of a reaction out of them. Oh well, ITA with lovin'it... our friends reactions (those we've told so far anyway) totally made up for it!

We bought our family vehicle on Saturday! Got a Chevy Equinox (mid size SUV), can't wait to pick it up.

QOTH: We're hoping to have two children... with it taking so long to conceive this baby we'll see how long we use bc after the baby is born!

QOTH: We're planning a hospital birth with my current OB's office. I considered going with a midwife but having such a good experience with this office going through IF I want to stick it out. All of the smiles and hugs after our 6.5 wk u/s confirmed that for me. I think I do want to look into having a water birth, hopefully unmedicated though. We'll see!

Have a great day and stay cool everyone, it's going to be a HOT one here today!

[honey_bee]

Morning, Ladies, and happy Wednesday to you all. Hope everyone is feeling well today.

I'm still battling m/s, but it seems to be a little more tolerable today so far.

Junk- Yay for a heartbeat!!! :D Wonderful news.
heidi0622- Many positive thoughts your way, hope the acupuncture and affirmations help, too.
ellybella- Welcome and congrats to you!!!
MrsCantDecide- Sorry about the spotting. Hopefully you'll get reassuring news at your apt. tomorrow. I'll be thinking of you.
ShannonGH - Good luck at your ultrasound today, I hope they can determine what's going on with that fluid.
yby1 - Sorry about the m/s. :( I've found that lemon ice and lemonade are my new best friends, too. Did your seabands arrive yet?
mom2amelia & Dasha & Tracie - Hope you are doing well today! :)
aprilshowers - Sorry about your scare the other night, but I'm so happy that you got to see your little one's heartbeat. That has to be reassuring.
kat - Glad you're feeling better and congrats on seeing the heartbeats and being released to the OB. Hope your apt. goes well today.
red - Ha ha, I've used that line on my DH once or twice already, too! Hey, the least they can do is accommodate our every request, huh. ;)
lovin'it - Your DH's sympothy sickness is too cute. Glad you got to enjoy your time in Brazil before m/s set in.
Bernie - Sorry you're not feeling well, but the lemon-anything trick sure helps me. I totally hear you on the no motivation at work issue. :rolleyes:
Christy5599-Congrats on the 8 wk mark!!!! And good luck at your apt. today. Have fun shopping and YAY for the new family vehicle!
posting...

[honey_bee]

Whew! What a long list of SO's, but it is so wonderful to be sharing these amazing changes with all of you. So, onto the last order of business...

QOTD(birth)- Regular hospital, regular OB, and more than likely good drugs. ;)

QOTD(cravings)- I've developed a LOVE for lemonade and lemon Italian Ice. So far, I've just been wanting carbs like bagles and pasta. Last night I really wanted mashed potatoes and gravey!!!! :D But other than my lemon love afair, nothing too noticable in the cravings dept.

[trm98]

Wow! THis thread moves fast!!! I have not been on in a week either!!

My parents had a great visit and are very excited about the new grandbaby. They think we are having a boy. THis will be their 9th grandchild, and they have been right about all the others thus far. We will see! My dad is having a little bit of a tough time since we will be living so far away (they are in TX, we are in Canada). I think the hardest part for him is imagining having a grandson (if we have a boy) that will not have a chance to play football! I have assured him that there are leagues around and that if our boy (should we have one) wants to play, we will find a way to make it happen. But, being in Canada, there is no doubt that the kid will play hockey as well. Crazy how that is a worry of his?

QOTD (birth): It will be a hospital birth with an OB. I am thinking about hypnobirthing however. DH went to a great hypnotist to stop smoking. I think I will at least try to make that work. If not, I will have some drugs (an epidural as a last choice).

QOTD (cravings): Not really anything other than pickles and salty things. I find that I have NO appetite. I try to eat, but just can't. I do LOVE fast food and chocolate, but the thought of it lately makes me nauseous. I also used to drink a lot of Dr. Pepper (1-2 a day). Now, I have maybe one a week. I guess it is my body's way of saying it isn't good for me!

QOTD (# of kids): If we have a boy and a girl right away, that is it. If not, we will go for 3. That is where we will stop!!

Welcome to all the newbies. There are way too many if y'all for me to name!! This group is huge!! I look forward to going through it all with each of you!!

[junkinmytrunk]

QOTD(birth)- Regular hospital, regular OB, and more than likely good drugs. ;)

QOTD(cravings)- So far, I've just been wanting carbs like bagles and pasta. Last night I really wanted mashed potatoes and gravey!!!! :D But other than my lemon love afair, nothing too noticable in the cravings dept.[/QUOTE]

Both of these are ditto for me!! :)

Sorry for the lack of personals - it seems I'm so busy at work I don't have time to post and when I get home I fall asleep on the couch by 8pm most nights.

Otherwise, no real m/s yet, and the bb's are not sore at all. My major complaint is EXTREME CONSTIPATION. Anyone else suffering from this? It *sucks* a lot!! :) That, and vivid dreams. Very thirsty, too.

Hope everyone is well.

Good luck to all with DR's appointments - and I can't wait till I have more post time.

Kisses to all,
Lisa

[ellybella]

hello ladies! there certainly are a lot of mommy to bes on here. so great to have a lot of people to bounce things off of.

qtod: (cravings) none. just hungry all of the time.

qtod: (# of kids) i orginally wanted 4! (i'm an only child) what was i thinking? since it's taken us so long to conceive #1 i'm happy w/ any! but i'd love to have 3.

no m/s yet. sore bbs. regular bowel movements (that's so weird to write). i do have horrible breath though and i've been eating better than i've ever eaten in my life!

[Dasha]

Since I'm 38 now, we have 2 children from my husband's first marriage and since it took 19 months, 3 rounds of IUI with injectibles and one m/c to achieve this pregnancy, this is it for us in terms of having children.

I can't exactly say crave, but I have been drinking lemonade (makes me long for my college days in Rhode Island and Del's frozen lemonade) and lemon ices.

Fortunately I did not have any bouts of gagging this weekend when we were away on a romantic birthday getaway and I was able to enjoy some fabulous California cuisine.

Hope everyone is well.

[aprilshowers]

ajb, have a great vacation! I think Florida is cooler than where I am right now :rolleyes:

amy, nope the doctor has no idea what it was. It hasn't been back so hopefully all is well. Good luck finding a new doc!

yby, I'll second the rec for lemon ice - I've been eating those soft lemonade push-up pops - yum! Citrus sour Altoids have been a lifesaver as well.

kat, yeah on the double heartbeats! How exciting! As for bevs, I've been downing Gatorade (original flavor) and seltzer mixed with oj. DH read that apricot nectar was supposed to help w/ m/s as well and I really enjoyed it but got sick of it kind of quickly. I don't know anything about CVS - what is the test like and where does the danger of m/c come in?

red, mmm, mint chocolate chip is my favorite! I've been stuck on vanilla lately though. No other cravings - just trying to eat whatever I can manage to keep down.

emma, welcome! That is funny about your DH having sympathy sickness. My DH has developed a strange aversion to the smell of butter but is otherwise fine!

Bernie, hope you are feeling better soon and the queasiness just ends up being something you can get over!

Christy5599, that is great you got such wonderful support at your OB's office. I can definitely understand why you would want to stay with them! Good luck w/ the bra shopping - are you going to just get a larger size or are you going to get one specifically for pregnancy? I need to deal with that someday soon - for now I'm living in sports bras.

honey_bee, thanks for the well-wishes! Glad to hear that your m/s is getting better.

trm, that is so cute that your dad was worrying about whether his grandson could play football :) I guess that is a big deal in TX!

Lisa, I totally hear you on the constipation! When DH comes home I report to him whether I puked and pooped that day :rolleyes: My doctor told me yesterday that it is safe to take Metamucil and up to 200 mg/day of Colace. There is also a prenatal (maybe prescription?) that has Colace in it but I can't remember the name - sorry!

ellybella, hope you continue to keep the m/s and constipation at bay! I'm so jealous!

Forgot to mention that we also got to hear the heartbeat yesterday which was pretty amazing. DH couldn't get over it - he was so cute! He kept squeezing my hand and looking at me with this goofy grin on his face.

[ShannonGH]

I'm leaving for my u/s in an hour. Dh is going with me. I'm glad I prepared him that it was going to be a transvag because he just thought he'd be just waiting out in the waiting room for me the whole time. :rolleyes:

Cravings: absolutely none. I actually haven't had much of an appetite and have lost about 3 lbs in the last two weeks. But what I do eat, I try to eat healthy though. I'm trying to eat at least one fruit or veggie w/ every meal. Like Lisa though, I've been extremely thirsty. I always drink a ton of water but I'm still thirsty!

Other than that I'm feeling great. Just a little bit of tender nips.

Sorry ladies, no time for SO's right now. Although can someone please tell me what CVS is? I'm sure it's something obvious but I can't figure it out.

[kdotp]

I'm telling y'all now, I'm horrible at shout outs.

I've been quiet. There was a time last week when all my symptoms disappeared and I thought for sure I was going to lose another one, but after a while they came back, though a bit subtler. I don't have morning sickness, I have early evening nausea. But it's not that bad and usually goes away after about an hour.

qotd 1I'll see how things go, but the plan is a regular OB birth in the hospital. I'm on the fence on drugs. I won't rule them out.

Qotd 2Not so much cravings as there will be things I know I definitely don't want. Last night, though, I really really wanted Fazoli's spaghetti and breadsticks. I'd planned on meeting DH there only to find out that section of town had a power outage and they wouldn't be serving for another hour. Bummer. :(

[MrsCantDecide]

Okay, I feel kind of silly now.... but my doctors office came back with my 21 DPO betas and 5,405!! Here I was expecting it to be 1,300! Sheesh!!

Sorry for no SO's right now, I'm just thrilled, and had to share! Can't wait for my appt tomorrow! :D :D

[HSSweethearts]

Hello everyone, welcome to the newest ladies and I hope everyone is doing well!

Regarding hospitals - All I know is that it will be in a hospital and with an epidural. I haven't really thought about much else. My HMO practice has rotating OB's and CNM's so I'm not sure how it works yet. I'll know more on Monday after my first appointment with the CNM.

Regarding cravings - Haven't really had any, although I'm extremely fond of watermelon these days. It's probably more due to the heat than the pregnancy.

I think a while back we talked about what we are calling our babies in utero... I don't have a name for the baby, but I did want to share that I have named myself instead. I've officially been referring to myself in third person as "The Vessel"... which kind of reminds me of the movie Being John Malkovich. I feel like a giant incubator that's being taken over by a little person who can see out of me. :) Kinda freaks me out when I think about it too much.

My symptoms also get very strong, and then they get very weak. Right now they are on the low side which worries me a bit as well. I'll feel so much better when I can finally just go to the doctor and see this pregnancy on the u/s.

Here's one more QOTD - Has anyone bought anything for yourself or baby yet? Do post and share if you wish.

[ellybella]

mrscantdecide that's great!! :D you must be so relieved!

jeeze, mine was only 2200 something at 23 dpo.

hssweethearts i've been buying for my baby stash for quite some time now, i have a whole drawer full! too many to post. maybe if i start my journal. today i bought some long sleeve onsies since baby will be arriving in march and a white fleece blanket w/ paw prints in different shades of blue (i go for anything doggie related). i'd like to buy some maternity, but i feel like i need to get there size wise to be sure it fits right.

[tunibell]

Anyone else fantasizing about quitting their jobs, crawling into bed, curling up in a ball and just whimpering until the second trimester? I feel like I have the worst hangover ever that just won't go away. I make this face: :(

[yby1]

Anyone else fantasizing about quitting their jobs, crawling into bed, curling up in a ball and just whimpering until the second trimester? I feel like I have the worst hangover ever that just won't go away. I make this face: :(

YES!!! That is exactly how I feel. I also feel like could puke at any given moment. :(

My prenatal vitamins are making me sick. I called the Dr's office and they told me to start taking 2 Flinstones vitamins a day in lieu on the pre-natals. I hope that helps.

[larslobster]

Welcome to all the new ladies!

QOTD 1: Planning on a hospital birth with drugs if necessary. I normally avoid taking drugs at all costs but for this event, I think I'm gonna need 'em.

QOTD 2: No cravings thus far. I'm actually eating far healthier than I normally do and have no interest in junk food which is very strange for me. I really hope this continues.

QOTD 3: I haven't bought anything yet but I just got the Boden kids catalog yesterday and they have the cutest boys t-shirt with a VW bus on it. I'm a big VW fan so I may have to buy it even though we don't even know if we've having a boy. :p

I don't have a lot of symptoms so far - a little nausea but I'm so worried about throwing up (a big phobia of mine) that I'm living on mint iced tea which seems to settle my stomach nicely. This is probably TMI but the iron in the pre-natals is actually making my bowel movements more normal - my IBS seems to have disappeared!!! :D

[Bernie & Matt]

Quick drive by post while DS is napping :D

QOTD (cravings) None so far except for liquids. Lots of milk and lemonade and Sprite, but that's probably due to the 100+ temps we've had lately.

QOTD (birth) I'll be happy simply to give birth in my own town. For those who may not know, I went into labor going down the aisle in my sisters wedding in Omaha and gave birth to DS 6 hours later. I had an epi then, but am going to try for not this time around. Honestly, I'll be happy for a less than eventful birth this time around.

QOTD (purchases) I think we'll wait until we find out the sex. If it's a girl, I'm going all out :D

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Got my betas back the other day from Friday. The first time they were 848 and the second time they were 2855. Definitely something growing in there! :D

[tray622]

Anyone else fantasizing about quitting their jobs, crawling into bed, curling up in a ball and just whimpering until the second trimester? I feel like I have the worst hangover ever that just won't go away. I make this face

That is exactly what I am doing today! Well I havent quit my job, but I am on summer break and refusing to work on planning today! I feel like absolute crap. I am remembering my last pregnancy so vividly now. Zoey is hanging out with Grandma, leaving me to my toilet today :rolleyes: Not one of my good days for sure...

number of kids We are done after this one! DH will hopefully be heading toward permanently doing something. ALthough, I sometimes wonder if we should wait until we are a bit older. I am 24 and sometimes think I may have that baby bug hit a bit later.

purchases I bought a bib :) It says "I am the little sister." Thats about it! I dont have the urge to shop like I did with #1. I was buying things right away :)

YAY FOR ALL THE GREAT BETA NUMBERS!! I havent gone to the doctors yet. I am a teacher and dont qualify for state disability. I had applied for private disability insurance through our union a weeek before I found out I was pg. I had been waiting for it to go through to make an official appt. I had gone in for my annual and explained it to my OB and she diidnt put it in the records yet. I am all set for next Tuesday though :D

[yby1]

I don't have a lot of symptoms so far - a little nausea but I'm so worried about throwing up (a big phobia of mine) that I'm living on mint iced tea which seems to settle my stomach nicely.


Throwing up is a major phobia of mine too. I have nightmares right now that involve vomiting...not good! I hope that your nausea symptoms don't get worse. :)

[larslobster]

Throwing up is a major phobia of mine too. I have nightmares right now that involve vomiting...not good! I hope that your nausea symptoms don't get worse. :)

I hope you feel better too. If the current crop on our lemon tree would hurry up and ripen, I could give you a ton of lemons. :)

Part of me thinks I need to relax a little. I wonder if the excessive worry about vomiting is making me feel worse. Stress tends to go to my stomach which I'm sure isn't helping.

[lovin'it]

I was searching the net last Saturday and found a site that recommended SEA BAND wrist bands as a way to keep the nausea away. I ran to Rite Aid, actually DH did, and have been wearing them ever since. I love it. It has helped a ton.

http://www.sea-band.com/images/buy_open-plastic-box.jpg

Just a little tip for ya! ;)

[lovin'it]

Thanks for the warm welcome, girls...

As I said, my DH is having sympathy pains badly. I love it...just because it is a way to distract me and make me laugh. Today, he woke up and ran to the bathroom....all the sudden, I heard him puking.

Right now, he has cravings...strange ones....and he also asked me if I wouldn't mind folding the laundry since he didn't feel well.

He is your big, cuddly, teddy-bear type...

As for the REAL pg person at the house...I slept beautifully. I took a full pill of Dramamin, since the nurse at my Dr.'s office said was fine, right before bed and I slept better than ever.

Is it me...or does anyone else keep checking their undies with fear of finding spotting? I am so scared of miscarring this child....that it is all I can think now.

Because I didn't grow up in the U.S. ... I don't believe in waiting the 3 months to tell people I am pregnant.... So, if you can imagine, I have told the world that I am gonna have a baby. Today, I started wondering if I didn't jinx myself by doing so.

I need something else to worry about....any suggestions?! :)

[dec27bride]

Okay, I have had a day! First of all though, my trip was wonderful! I so enjoyed being able to see my family! The actual trip however (the flying part), was not so great! On the way there, it was okay, I think being so excited made it somehow easier. Yesterday though, was a nightmare. My flights were supposed to be 1hr15min, and 2hr15min, and they turned into 2hr45min, and 3hr30 min, due to weather, and circling around the airports like a thousand times! By the end of the second one, I was pressing the seabands into my wrists even harder than they already were, trying to make myself feel better! By this morning, I felt a lot better. But then after lunch, I noticed some spotting! I haven't had any so far, but I really wasn't too concerned, since I hear all the time how common it is. Well, I call my Dr.'s office just to let them know, and the Doctor gets on the phone, asks me some questions, and tells me I'd better come in, so then I freak out! I have to go back upstairs, and tell my boss that I have to leave immediately. I know that if I was thinking rationally, I would have just said that I had a family emergency, but I wasn't, so I ended up telling her I was pregnant, and then burst into tears about how I had to leave. She was VERY understanding, but that definitely wasn't the way I had planned on telling her. Anyway, I get to the Dr. office, and she checks out my cervix, says everything looks good, and does a trans-vag u/s, but can't see much b/c the placenta was in the way. So she then does the belly one, and we see the heartbeat, and the baby was moving all around! And I got to hear the heartbeat! I didn't think you could hear it this early! So she said that everything looked okay, but she was glad I came in. I feel much better now, I was really a nervous wreck on the way in! Whew, a long day...

QOTD1- Birth will be in a hospital, with my OB.

QOTD2- Cravings-I really haven't had any. I definitely like sweets a lot less, but I wouldn't say it's an aversion.

QOTD3- Purchases-I haven't personally bought anything, but my Mom and Sister bought the baby a few outfits, they are just so darn cute!

Anyway, I'm going to go put my pajamas on, and my feet up!

Talk to you all tomorrow!

[Bernie]

Good morning ladies-

symptom report -- still feeling a bit queasy - but it usually goes away once I nibble on something bland - like crackers. Hopefully it doesn't get worse than this. Other than that - not too many symptoms. My bbs are getting sore, and I think they are starting to grow, which I didn't expect to happen this early. And I still have the occasional cramp - but they haven't increased in intensity and they haven't been accompanied by spotting, so I'm not too worried. But I will feel much much better when I get to see and hear the little guys at tomorrow's ultrasound.

dec27bride -- Glad to hear that everything was okay! And while it may not be the way you wanted to announce to your boss, I am sure it must be a relief to have it out there. I can't wait until I can tell people at work - I hate feeling like I am hiding something.

lovin'it - I am with you on the spot-checking. Everytime I am in the bathroom I expect to see something.

larslobster and yby1 - Hope you are both feeling better soon! I also hate hate hate to throw up - and am now thankful that I haven't been dreaming about it!

I hope all of the other ladies who are suffering through m/s are able to find some relief through lemons, or sea bands, or something!

Bernie & Matt & MCD- congratulations on your betas!

Sorry if I have missed anyone -- this thread just grows way too fast!

QOTD - We haven't bought anything for the babies yet. We're jewish, and jewish tradition/superstition dictates that you don't buy anything or bring anything into the house before the baby is born. But I'm also afraid to do anything that positive until I am more confident that these babies aren't going anywhere. I wonder when that happens?

[ShannonGH]

Good morning ladies. Had my first formal u/s yesterday and good news is pregnancy seems to be progressing as it should, although it was still about 3 days too early to see a "fetal pole" (as she called it). Bad news is that the fluid in my abdomen is still in there and the tech was unable to tell what it was or where it was coming from. She said my dr will definitely want to have me back in soon to follow up but she (the tech) said she honestly didn't know what else they could do at this point to diagnose the fluid since a CAT scan would be too much radiation for the baby. :confused: So now I'm just waiting for my dr's phone call to see what direction she wants to take.

QOTD- only thing I've purchased for baby is a pop up nursery rhyme book.

Bernie , sorry about the m/s sickness. Sounds like you have it fairly under control though with the crackers. I know what you mean about feeling better once you see the heartbeat. I am so anxious for next week to see a h/b too!

dec27 , I'm so glad it was a false scare. Yay for a healthy heartbeat!

lovin'it, that is too funny that your Dh is having such strong sympathy pains!!! Poor guy!

tunibell, I am SO sorry you feel so poopy. {{{{{Hugs}}}}}

Congrats to all of those that have gotten great betas!

[ellybella]

shannongh how did you first recognize the fluid in your abdomen?

hope all of you w/ m/s are hanging in there! i'm sure it'll hit me eventually, but i'm hoping not. did your mothers have m/s w/ you? my mom did and even had to take medication for it.

i'm pretty tired today and just want to go to bed. i had some dull cramping last night that scared me, so i didn't sleep very well, but (knock on wood) no spotting. just hoping it's all those muscles stretching out. i sneezed this morning and really felt the soreness in those muscles down there. don't know how i'm going to make it a week until we see the hb!

how early did you see your little ones hb?

[ShannonGH]

ellybella, my best friend is an u/s tech so she scanned me at 4wks and found the fluid. Otherwise, I wouldn't have any idea it was there.

[amychris03]

Hi all! Not much new with me. Still off and on queasy, but nothing
unbearable. BB's have been really sore and growing. This is good!
I actually dont need to get my bridesmaids dress altered anymore
because the only place it was big was in the chest area!

QOTD- cravings: None really, though I have been eating
a lot of carbs as well.

QOTD- children: Well, when we started this process we really wanted
three, but I dont know if we will achieve that at this point. We do have
6 frozen embies so hopefully we will have at least one more, if not 2.

QOTD- Purchases: Nope, none yet...
---
Kat
Congrats on being released from the RE! Hopefully this is the end
of your m/s (or at least it will be the end before you have to go back
to work)!

lovin' it
Well, at least your m/s stayed away while you were on your trip! I
don't think you would "jinx" yourself by telling. I personally am just
more guarded, because ive had one miscarriage, and I really really
wouldn't want to have to explain that to everyone and deal with
their reactions if it were to happen again. I think we'll probably
tell once we hear the heartbeat.

Bernie
I 'm the same way, a little queasy but if I eat a little something, I
usually feel better. Hopefully that is all that we will have to deal
with!

Christy5599
Yay for a new vehicle! I want to get one, and DH wants to wait,
spoiled sport!

Honey bee
Glad you are starting to feel a little better!

trm98
That's funny that your dad was immediately worried about football
for his grandson!

junk
Nope, no constipation for me, though I did have some at the
begining so I can sympathize.

Dasha
Glad the gagging is getting a little better. Ive had it a couple of
times, usually when I am eating a particular texture, and it is NOT
fun!

april showers
Yay for hearing the heartbeat! I'm sure that makes things more
real, especially for DH.

ShannonGH
Glad the ultrasound went well. Hopefully your dr will get back
to you soon about his thoughts regarding the fluid.

kdotp
My symptoms come and go to, it's so nerve wracking! I'd honestly
rather have them so I know that everything is ok!

MCD
Great Beta's!

HSSweathearts
My symptoms come and go too. That's too funny about Being John
Malkovich, I had totally forgotten about that, but it is kinda how you
feel, huh?

tunibell
Sorry you're feeling yucky. I work in the school systems so I have the
summer off, but I KNOW that once I start up again at the end of August
I'll be feeling the exact same way!

larslobster
The thought of vomiting makes me feel yucky too. So far Ive just
felt "gaggy" when eating certain foods, but I get terrified that it's
going to turn into more. Ick.

Bernie & Matt
Those are some pretty betas!

tray622
Sorry you are feeling so yucky! I'm on summer break and the idea
of going back to working isn't appealing in the least!

dec27bride
Whew, you did have one heck of a day! Glad it turned out well in
the end and you were able to see and hear the heart beat and
see the baby moving around! How cool!

ellybella
Ive had off and on cramping like that, and that's what Im assuming
it is due to, strectching out!

[ce_Kathleen]

hello ladies another quick post from here in Denver, I am flying home today so hopefully I won't get too sick. ON the way here I was sucking altoids the entire time which helped me a lot!

Nothing new to report with me...same slight nausea but nothing else really. I have been having really bad dreams though, dreams where I am abandoning my DS. I think its me trying to deal with the fact that I will have to love 2 babies soon and I am not sure I will give them both enough! :( I know in my head that I will love both babies but there are doubts sometimes that I just can't fathom how I will be able to love another child as much as I love DS and I don't want my relationship with my DS to be hindered by baby#2.

Oh well, funny story though, I was talking to my sister (who does NOT know I am PG) and she was telling me about the strange dream she had where I was PG and we were watcing TV together when my water broke! How bizzare that now both my mom and my sister have had dreams about me being PG when I haven't told them (my mom knows now but she had the dream before I told her).

Its good to hear/see that everyone is doing so well!!! Soon we will be sailing into the 2nd trimester!

QOTD: re:hospital - more than likely I will be having a repeat c-section. My DS was breech and we couldn't attempt to turn him b/c of my placenta so he was a scheduled c-section. I think I would like to try VBAC but I have to talk to my OB to see if that is even an option.

QOTD: re:cravings - none really which is strange, with DS I was craving protein (meat, eggs, cheese).

Have a good day ladies and I will be back home tomorrow!

[karilynne_97]

Hi Mommies-to-be!

I'm a March 2005 Mommy and just wanted to say how excited I am for ALL OF YOU! Mommyhood is everything, and more, that I thought it would be. It's so strange to read about things that you all are going through, remembering what I was going through just a year ago. Have a wonderful time being pregnant and enjoy every minute of it. And remember, you'll be nice and preggo during the holidays! Free pass to eat all you want cause next year, you'll all be on a diet! :D

Email me if you have any questions!

Kari

[ellybella]

since my slip had a date range on it i called this morning to see if they had any earlier openings than 8/4. we're going 8/2 at 11:00!!! :D :D i'll be 6w 3d. at least it's 2 less days of waiting!

[mom2amelia]

Hi all. I'm sorry I'm so bad at SO's but this thread moves at lightening speed.

I had an ultrasound this morning. I had gone in last Thursday for an unscheduled scan because I was having chills and feeling lousy and the doc wanted to make sure everything was ok. I was about 5w4d. The scan last week was fine, but they couldn't find a heartbeat, so they wanted me to come back today. I've been a nervous wreck all week. Here's my post about this morning from my LJ.


I just got back from my ultrasound. Everything is perfect. We saw the little beating heart and he/she is measuring exactly right - 6w4d. I thought I was 6w5d, so that's pretty damn close. They are giving me an EDD of 3/18. I was a nervous wreck last night and this morning. I was mentally preparing myself for how I'd handle it if there was no heartbeat. I'm so glad I didn't have to go there.

He did find something else interesting in there while he was poking around. Another yolk sac. Apparently I was pregnant with identical twins, but one of them didn't develop. The doc said it would likely just be reabsorbed. Crazy, huh? He also said it was entirely possible that the other embryo would continue to develop and we'd later find out I am pregnant with twins, but it's highly unlikely. I had a second of disappointment over sort of losing a baby, but really, I'm just so damn thrilled to have seen the heartbeat that I'm not dwelling on what might have been. Plus, I really only want one baby at a time.


I hope everyone who's suffering from MS is starting to feel better. I'm lucky in that I just get mild nausea and it kind of comes and goes. Last pregnancy it was over by 13 weeks.

QOTD We haven't purchased anything yet. We don't really need anything since we didn't get rid of anything of DDs. Plus, we're also Jewish and wouldn't bring anything new into the house until after the baby arrived.

QOTD Cravings, aversions: I was majorly averse to chicken and salmon last time, and I'm not wild about them this time either. Bland, white food - bagel with cream cheese, cottage cheese, rice, cereal etc all appeal to me mroe than anything right now. I can eat just about anything, but I don't really *want* anyting. I could go all day without eating. I'm just not hungry.

[phart]

CC: phart
Me: Shannon, 30
DH: Alex, 29
Married: 05.25.02
DS: Aiden, 11.10.03
TTC: Eh, beginning of this year...on and off. 2 chemical pregnancies (unconfirmed by a MW/OB visit)
BFP: 7/11~~light line confirmed by MW/OB urine test and betas
EDD: end of March sometime

I hadn't thought much about joining this thread because this is my second pregnancy but I see a couple of repeat offenders and figured why not. Things are just a bit different the second time around. I made some good friends from the group thread when I was pregnant with Aiden:)

The nausea is starting later this time, thankfully. It started right after 4 weeks with Aiden and lasted until about 11. I threw up after every meal. It's only been a few times so far this time around.

The crampys have gone away for now.

I'll have an u/s 8.4 and I'll be a little over 7 weeks but it's more to make sure all is progressing well due to chem pregnancies. I didn't have one this early with Aiden so it's new and exciting:)

QOTDs

I'll be trying for an unmedicated VBAC in a hospital with an OB/MW practice known for the OB's VBACs:)

No cravings. Didn't really have any with first pregnancy but avoided salmon (normally one of my favorite foods). Seems to be simliar this time.

I did buy a stuffed peacock at the zoo last week.

[tray622]

Welcome Phart! I am glad we have another repeat offender in here :)

Today is a very lazy mall day. Unfortunately, darling daughter of mine will not go down for her nap! I swear I have been counting on my naps to get me through my day!

[MarchMoms2006]

Updated to here... We have a lot of mommies in here :D

[kat]

Another day, another four or five pages to catch up on.... :D I'm going to Ireland next week for about 10 days; I don't know how I'll catch up with this thread after we get back! (Especially since I head back to work a day or two after we return).

Just wanted to welcome all the newcomers -- congratulations!

Also wanted to report that I had my first OB appointment yesterday. Went well, he did an internal exam and said, "yep, pregnant. " :) I liked him a lot, which is good because there's a 1/5 chance that he'll be the one delivering the twins.

He told me to call the genetic services department of the hospital to set up an appointment re: CVS. So, I called them and now am just waiting for a call back. Anxiously waiting, cuz I'd like to see them (and get the CVS scheduled) before we leave for our trip next Thursday.

Food aversions still pretty strong (managed to force myself to eat some carrots this afternoon, but strangely enough -- for me -- I had to have them with dip. I *never* eat veggie dips; we actually ate quite a lot of veggies before I got pg and I normally don't like them with any sort of sauce or dip or anything. But now the carrots tasted weird, so I started eating them with dip (we had some left over from having company last week). Weird.

DH and I have both been having really, really stressful dreams. The other night I dreamed that I had taken a job at Express (now this cracked me up when I woke up, since I'm 36 and have set foot in an Express store about three times in 10 years). Anyway, they just put me out there without ANY training, so I did the only part I could do without training -- helping people with dressing rooms, etc.....and then they yelled at me for doing that (in my dream, it's because I was hogging the commissions of other, more experienced salespeople). :rolleyes: So they told me to work the register, which of course I had no idea how to operate....

Then last night I dreamed that I was forced to wait in this old abandoned house, where I knew that some bad people were coming to get me. Actually, the dream was much more complex than that, but I only remember bits and pieces now and I'm sure no one cares about the details. But I *do* remember thinking when I woke up that it would've been a great Hollywood movie. Maybe from now on I should sleep with a notepad next to my bed. :)

So, anxiety dreams and food aversion. General nausea has subsided somewhat; I'm no longer wearing the Sea Bands (they started to irritate the skin on my wrists after a while). I'll definitely bring them on the plane to Ireland, though!

Next doctor appointment (with ultrasound, which I'll get plenty of because of the twin factor) is 8/24. I'll probably have the CVS before that, though (maybe shortly after our return from Ireland), so I don't have to wait that long to see them on ultrasound again. I know; I'm spoiled. :)

Last progesterone shot is tomorrow! DH is out of town so I have to give myself the last two shots. Blech.

Happy Thursday, everyone!!!

[dec27bride]

Hi ladies-Today was a better day! :D

Phart- I'm so glad to see you here! I was a big time lurker in your WC Family Planning Journal, and I really enjoyed following your journey!

kat- That Express dream is too funny!

Not much else new to report here, had a teeny tiny bit of spotting today, but it was much less than yesterdays, so I'll try to not stress out about it...

Hope everyone has a good night!

[Bernie]

Good morning ladies!

I just officially graduated from my RE. We had our last weekly ultrasound and everyone looks good. Those little guys are actually starting to look human - they both had little arm buds and leg buds. One had a little something hanging out between its legs. The doctor thought it was more likely the umbilical cord and not his "pee-pee" (his words), but that's kind of what it looked like. It's just amazing -- last week they looked like little blobs, and today they look like babies.

And even better - the doctor said that because everything is looking good and measuring on target, there is a less than 5% chance that things won't progress smoothly. Just hearing that made me feel so much better and more confident about this pregnancy -- although I'm sure that will wear off in about an hour and I'll be worrying again. ;)

Kat - congrats on the last pio shot! I've been progesterone-free for a couple of days and it is very, very nice!

Hope everyone is feeling good. Happy Friday!!

[ShannonGH]

Nothing to report...

That is SO EXCITING Bernie!!!! How cool it must be to actually see something that resembles a baby! I am so happy for you!

kat, what's a CVS? I'm sure it's something VERY obvious but it escapes me at thet moment. Yay for your last shot!

mom2amelia Sounds like you had a pretty amazing u/s experience. I'm so happy that your baby appeared healthy. I'm sorry about the possible lose of a twin.

Welcome phart! So glad you joined us!

Does anyone else other than me enjoy March 2005 moms dropping in wishing us well and telling us what a wonderful experience pregnancy is. Gives me a warm fuzzy everytime I read one. :D

[trm98]

junk - I haven't really had constipation all that bad, but I have read that it is VERY common. I hope you are doing better with that!!

elly- I love your icon. Is that your Boxer? We have one and I will forever have a Boxer after her.

Dasha- Lemonade huh? Actually I had some on Tuesday, and it was really, really good. Do they serve that on planes?

aprilshowers- Yes, football is almost a religion in TX. It doesn't help that my dad played it in college and was a football coach for many years. I must admit, I find it sad too. Things up here are just so different than where I grew up. I really wish that our kids would have the high school experience that I had. How knows? Maybe by then we will be back in TX? Congrats on hearing the heartbeat. Your Dh's reaction is too cute. I am dying to finally have mine!

kdotp- I had evening nausea too. It would start around 3 until I went to bed. Lately though, it comes and goes all day. I hope you fell better soon.

MCD- Great betas!!! It must be a huge relief!!

yby1- My best friend had a baby this past Feb. She had to take Flinstones throughout her pregnancy as well. They were great for her. I hope they do the trick for you!

larslobster & yby1- I hope that y'all are m/s free, especially with your aversion to throwing up.

bernie&matt- Great betas!!

tray622- Sorry m/s has found you and is sticking around. Congrats on the little girl!!

lovin'it- Glad to hear that the sea bands are helping you. Dh's sympathy pains are too funny!

dec27bride- Your trip sounds like it was miserable. Now I am scared for my trip next week. I have 2 seperate flights that are 2.5 hours long. Did anything help you? Are you usually sick on airplanes? Sorry that you had a scare and that you had to spill the beans to your boss like that. But, thank goodness everything is good with the baby, and at least now you have the weight of telling your boss off your shoulders.

Bernie-Good luck at today's u/s!

Shannon- It is great things are progressing as they should. It must be frustrating not knowing what the fluid is. Has the Dr. called you yet? It doesn't seem like they are too worried about it. Hopefully you will find your answer soon.

elly- My mom never had m/s, and she had 4 kids (2 boys, 2 girls). My sister on the other hand had m/s so bad that she had to be medicated almost her whole pregnancy (with both her kids). I think I am somewhere in between.

amychris03- I guess that there is an upside to the weight gain n the bbs. Yep, my dad is having issues with the lack of football programs up here. I guess he is still a football coach through and through even though he has been out of it for years!!

Ce Kathleen-Altoids huh? I will have to try that next week. I am so scared now that I will be sick after reading yours and dec27bride's posts. That is too weird that both your sister and mom had dreams of you being pregnant before they even knew. Y'all must really be closely connected!

elly- That is great that you got in for a u/s earlier. I can't wait for mine!

mom2amelia- Glad that you saw the heartbeat this time. It must be such a relief.

phart- Welcome and Congrats!!

katI'm glad that the u/s went well and that you liked the Dr. You have had some crazy dreams! Woohoo for the last progest. shots!!

dec27bride- I'm glad you had a better day. Now if that spotting would just completely disappear!!

Bernie- That is great news from your Dr.

Not much going on here. Just impatiently waiting for my first u/s and OB appt. next week. DH doesn't think that he will be able to go with me. Things are work are crazy right now. To add to his stress, we have made an offer on some land and should be building soon. He will be doing it all himself on nights and weekends. Poor guy has set a deadline of February. I have a feeling that I am going to be seeing very little of my sweet DH over the next 9 months. Poor guy will be exhausted before the bebe even gets here.

Does anyone else have problems brushing their teeth? I find that is the time that I gag/ throw up the most. And, I am not even hitting my gag reflex.

QOTD: Someone asked what we call the little one. We call it by my DH's old hockey nickname. It is our last name with an "sy" on the end. So it is our "Little M...sy". He loves it!!

QOTD: We haven't bought anything, but my mom bought us a blanket and crib sheet when she was here. She also gave us some Clifford books. She is a librarian, so Little M...sy is going to have plenty. Now I just have to remind her to get French books as well, since Little M...sy will be bilingual. That reminds me that I need to really hit the French lessons myself.

I hope everyone has a great Friday and an even better weekend. And to those in Canada...Have a great long holiday weekend!!!

[MrsCantDecide]

ellybella ~ I'm even more relieved now that I've had my appointment! :D I don't think the numbers really mean anything.

Good luck waiting the week to see your little one's h/b.... I'm right there with ya!

tunibell ~ I'm sorry the 1st trimester isn't enjoyable for you now. :( HUGS!

yby1 ~ Do you take your pre-nats at any specific time? My doctor wants me to do prescription pre-nats, but I have NO idea why! Mine now aren't making me sick, why rock the boat??

Bernie & Matt ~ Isn't it great to see those numbers going up?

lovin'it ~ Too funny about your DH and his sympathy pains!

I am definitely on constant panty patrol AND TP patrol. I check way too much!

dec27bride ~ Sorry the dr.s office scared you! Glad you got to hear the h/b though! :D

Bernie ~ How exciting that you got to see and hear your little ones today! Yeay for arm and leg buds!

Shannon ~ Don't you just love seeing your baby this early though? I think it's cool, but I would have loved to have seen the h/b too!

amychris ~ Too funny on the BM dress! I hope you don't have to get it altered at all!

ce Kathleen ~ Too funny about your mom and sister and the PG dreams!!

mom2amelia ~ I'm so happy for you that you got to see the h/b and that the measurements are right on.

Welcome phart!

kat ~ Yeay for the last PIO shots, and sorry to hear about the food aversions, and stressful dreams! Hopefully that will end soon. :)

trm ~ The even bigger relief is seeing the little one!




QOTD (cravings) ~ none really. I just find that if I don't eat WHEN I get hungry, I get lightheaded and sick.

QOTD (buying stuff) ~ I have bought absolutely nothing. No books, no onsies, nothing.



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My DH has decided our baby's name for now is: Spunky. :rolleyes:

So I had my appointment yesterday. I LOVE my doctor. She was just as excited for me as I think I am! She did the pap smear, got my medical history, and did an ultrasound! It is so true what they say... it really is a "dildo-cam"!!

Here's my u/s picture... not that there's much to see yet.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/stef842/5w6dus.jpg

She thought she could see the h/b, but wasn't sure, so I get to get a 4D u/s next Friday. I am SOOOO excited! This time at least my DH will get to go!

She also moved me up to 6w today, and the u/s dated me as EDD of 3/24, she said 3/25.... so I'll go with 3/24... I'm sure it'll move again soon anyway!

Also told my ILs on Wednesday, they are SOOOOOO thrilled. FIL was telling random people he didn't know, and MIL called anyone and everyone that would listen. Was supposed to tell my parents this weekend, but that got pushed back another week, because my Dad doesn't get to come home from his business trip until next weekend now.

Here's my stat changes:
EDD: 3/24/05
Next U/S: 8/5
Next appt: 8/25

[IUAlum]

Wow this thread moves really fast! How fun that there are so many March Mommas!

A couple of the more recent QOTDs

Buying stuff: I haven't bought a thing, and like mom2amelia, I don't really plan to because of that Jewish superstition/tradition. Won't even have a baby shower.

What we're calling the bebe: We've been calling it "the critter". Don't really know how or why that happened, but it's sticking!

My first doctor's appointment is Wednesday. I was able to have an ultrasound last week because of my chemical PG, and got to see the heartbeat! YAY!

[heidi0622]

So...everything looked good on today's u/s. There is 1 little baby there with a h/b of 120. I am measuring right on target 6w2d. It's amazing that the baby was the size of a grain of rice with a little heart beating away. I feel a lot more relieved seeing today's u/s, but still am fighting those nerves. I have been reading my positive affirmations every night and they are starting to become more real to me rather than just words.

I officially graduated from my RE's office today too and will start seeing my midwife next week. I'm already building my list of questions! :rolleyes:

So as much as I wanted to keep the cat in the bag, I have blabbed to a few people about my pregnancy. I was on the phone with one of my best friends a few nights ago and she knows about all of our struggles, so I couldn't keep it from her. I then had dinnner with another friend last night who is due in September and we kept talking about babies, so I of course then spilled the beans to her. DH was out with one of his good friends last night and after he heard that I spilled the beans to another friend, he told his friend. I guess I can't be too annoyed. This is a hard secret to keep in. I definitely will not be telling my work until after Labor Day though...that is about the end of the first trimester.

Still feel pretty good. I don't feel queasy at all, but my stomach reacts strongly to everything I eat...either get horrible gas pains or it rumbles all over the place. I feel lightheaded whenever I bend over, but other than that, I feel pretty normal. No external changes in my body. I'm a little tired, but nothing too extreme.

I am way too behind to do all SOs, but I will attempt a few. I am so happy to see all going well for the March mommies...

TRM, wow...a new house. Very exciting, but also very hectic. How much will your husband be doing himself? I'm impressed! Good luck with your u/s next week.

Shannon, glad your appt. went well and that everything seems to be progressing normally. I hope you get answers on that fluid soon though.

Bernie, congrats on graduating from your REs. I hear you on the worrying, but I'm glad all looks so good so far!

kat, definitely some interesting dreams. Your mind is running right now, so its probably making your dreams crazy. Wow, a trip to Ireland...that sounds heavenly.

Welcome phart! Am I the only immature geek that is going to giggle every time I type your name? :)

mom2amelia, glad everything looked good on your u/s!

amychris, glad you're still feeling well.

thanks Karilynne for your good wishes. I appreciate it!

ce_kathleen, too funny about your family dreaming about you being pg. I love the sixth sense!

Dec27, sorry about your flight and your abrupt telling of your boss. It will be so much nicer to have that out in the open with them though. I don't know how I will last another month...I am determined to though!

Lovin' It, too cute about your hubby having sympathy pains. I agree too that I am definitely on "panty patrol" right now! I hope it gets easier with time.

QOTD, I haven't bought anything for the baby yet. I bought myself "Girlfriends Guide to PG" and my hubby a dad's book, but that is it. I probably won't start buying things until after the first trimester...we'll see though.

Happy Friday all!

[ce_Kathleen]

Happy Friday Ladies!

Well I made it home safe from Denver! Although the plane did make me nauseus but sucking on the Altoids did help.

Nothing much new going on here, still feeling ill at times but luckily no actual vomiting! :) I have found that I really love pickles too! They seem to settle my stomach and I don't feel too full when I eat them.

QOTD (buying stuff) we have everything from DS so I don't see a need to really buy anything. Although if we do find out its a girl, I may go a little nuts!

heidi0622 That is great that you saw the HB! Its such a relief to see that someone is really growing in there!

IUAlum Congrats on your u/s and seeing the HB too!

MrsCantDecide So what is the difference b/w a regular u/s and a 4D? That is awesome that you get to have another u/s though and I am sure you will see the HB then!

trm98 That is awesome about building a house! I also have issues brushing my teeth...I find that if I wait until the last possible moment before I leave the house its much better than doing it first thing when I get up!

Bernie That is amazing that they are looking more like babies! Isn't it exciting!

kat Have fun in Ireland! I too have been having really anxious dreams, I haven't shared them b/c I don't want to worry anyone or make myself worry more about them. I just try to put them out of my mind!

Welcome phart ! Its nice to have a few repeat offenders in here! That is really awesome that you are trying for a VBAC. When I see my Dr for my first appt I am going to bring up the possibility but my area is so small and there are only 4 OB's here and no midwifes so I don't know what my chances are. My neighbor is having her baby at home b/c she doesn't like any of our OB's (she is due in 3 weeks) but I don't think I want to try that after having my section last August.

dec27bride Here's hoping your spotting is even less (or non-existent) today!

ellybella that is great that you will have your u/s at 6w3d. You should be able to see the HB!

Well, sorry I didn't get to everyone, I have to get back to work!

[kat]

Folks, just FYI, I’m going to be laying low in this (and all CC) threads for a while. I’ve been having some (continued) mental and emotional difficulties re: this pregnancy (ones that I hope are purely hormonal, but not fun to deal with nevertheless), and at the suggestion of some of the people I love most, I am trying to stop thinking about All Things Baby for a while. That means giving up posting & reading the boards here. :(

I’ll probably lurk every now & then, but am going to try to keep my access to a minimum for a few weeks. When I get through this period, I’ll probably do a better job of explaining how I feel – and I’d like to do that for any other moms-to-be out there who might be reading this and who are dealing with similar feelings (cuz one of the things I'm fighting most is trying not to feel like I'm the only one who feels this way, and maybe it would help some other mom-to-be if I fessed up. I'll do that when I'm "past" all of this).

Anyway, I wish you all the best for the next few weeks. Take care!

[aprilshowers]

kat, I'm sorry you're having a difficult time but I understand the need to take a break. I really hope you have a wonderful time on your trip and that helps you to break out of whatever you're feeling. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help and feel free to email me if you have any questions or just want to chat. Obviously I don't know exactly what you're going through but I know we have gone through similar things in the past so if there is anything I can do to help, definitely let me know.

Good luck and again, have a wonderful trip! :D

[yby1]

trm98 - My nausea hasn't been as bad the last couple of days, so I think the Flintstones are helping. :)

MrsCantDecide - I take my pre-natals after dinner. Taking them at any other time would be brutal, especailly when I'm at work.


QOTD I haven't bought anything for the baby yet. I'm too paranoid right now. I'll probably wait until the 2nd trimester, then I'll go crazy. :)

[ShannonGH]

I have a headache right now and, therefore, don't feel like doing individual SO's but I do want to say {{{{{Hugs}}}}} to kat. I'm so sorry you're feeling this way sweetie and I'm sure it is hormonal.

My ob called me this morning with info on what she *thinks* my softball-sized fluid is. Either I had a defect in my bladder at some point and it's fluid from that that's formed its own "2nd bladder" so to speak, or it's an old hernia sack (I had 2 hernia repairs as an infant). So I have an appt with a urologist (sp?) for them to scope my bladder (doesn't that sound like fun :rolleyes: ) on Aug 9 to see if my bladder is the issue. Good news is if it's either of those possibilities, that they *shouldn't* harm my pregnancy and my dr said we'd wait to treat them after delivery. If it's not either of those, well, I guess we'll just have to cross that bridge later...
Can't I just have a normal pregnancy?!?! Sheesh!

[junkinmytrunk]

Hi Guys ~ One of these days I swear I'm gonna do some shout outs! Just know I think of all of you and hope everything is progressing perfectly in your pregnancies!

I too, am having some weird psychological dealings with this pregnancy. DH and I have wanted it SOOOOOOOOOOO BAD and it (looks like) it's finally here (fingers crossed) BUT.....I just feel so....ambivalent about it all. For the past two years I've bought books, magazines, baby clothes (guess that answers the QOTD from yesterday) but right now I'm so blah I don't even care. I am definitely chalking it up to being hormonal. I'm also not very excited about telling people we are PG. In fact, I'm kind of dreading it and the "ick" factor (people getting all excited and stuff) is really getting to me. Hmph. I don't know. I feel so freaking ungrateful. It took us YEARS of struggle to get here and now I feel like this????

Today is 6w1d so I'm thinking maybe the hormones are really kicking in full force. What really scares me is that maybe I'm going to have wicked post partum depression -- do you think there is a correlation between what I am feeling now and the potential for PPD in the future?

Anyone else feeling like this?

[mom2amelia]

I am running out the door, but I wanted to respond to junk. I was ambivalent about my first pregnancy - not really about being pregnant, I wanted that desperately, but I had that same feelings as you about telling people - I just didn't want to talk about it much. I felt really private about it and just less excited than I thought I'd be. Once the news was out though I started to feel much more excited about being pregnant. I really wanted a baby, and I was excited about that, and about being pregnant, but I wasn't giddy with excitement, you know? Anyway, I did not have any PPD with my DD. I had some baby blues, but that's what you get for not sleeping for 2 days prior to a 15 hour overnight labor. I wouldn't worry about PPD right now, and I don't think there's any correlation. I also think that you are coming down off of the high of finding out that you are actually pregnant and you're hormonal. That's just a lot of "stuff" to deal with.

[junkinmytrunk]

Mom2: Thanks so much. It helps to hear that I'm not the only one who has ever felt this way. So helpful to hear. x o x o to you ~Lisa

[tunibell]

I'm also not very excited about telling people we are PG. In fact, I'm kind of dreading it and the "ick" factor (people getting all excited and stuff)

I totally feel the same way. My mom copied me in on an e-mail to one of my cousins that was titled "Jess is going to be a Mommy!" and I seriously wanted to crawl under the bed and die. Also, whenever DH tells someone about the pregnancy, despite the fact that he clearly has excitement in voice, I always find the words "Jess is pregnant" sound vaguely accusatory. :rolleyes:

And I wouldn't worry that you're not doing cartwheels every second, no matter how long it took you to get here. The bottom line, imho, is that children are great but gestating them kind of sucks so far. Between the sore boobs, the nausea, the inability to eat more than five different foods, the lack of booze at a time when we could really use a glass of wine to calm our stressed-out a$$es out...shall I go on?

I think we're all entitled to howl at the moon a little bit.

[junkinmytrunk]

the lack of booze at a time when we could really use a glass of wine to calm our stressed-out a$$es

.......AMEN sista~ :)

I'm feeling slightly better already. No one knows about me except for you guys, my doc, and 2 friends. That's it. We're waiting till the last possible second to tell so maybe when the time comes I'll be less creeped out.

[yby1]

Lisa - I think it's hard to be excited when your hormonal and sick all the time. At least, It's hard to be super excited right now. I'm still super nervous because of my prior m/c's and my energy level is very low, so all I want to do is be alone. I agree with tunibell, the lack of booze hurts, I need my wine. ;)

[dec27bride]

Hi Ladies-So glad the weekend is here! And I only worked 3 days this week, how sad is that? :rolleyes:

trm- I would definitely say that the Seabands helped. It seems like I've never really felt great when flying, but w/in the last year or two it has gotten much worse. What also helped, is that my carry-on bag was stuffed with snacks. Seriously, nothing else but my wallet fit in there. I had all kinds of things, crackers, pretzels, gummy bears, granola bars, water, gum, trying to cover all bases. :D I also drank a ginger ale when they came around, and I sat right next to the bathrooms, which helped, b/c I got up like three times on each flight. I hear that sitting over the wing has the least amount of turbulence though. Oh, and I always made sure there was a barf bag in my seat pocket, just in case I couldn't make it to the bathroom! I'm really hoping that your flight is uneventful, but it helps to be prepared!

MCD- Pretty u/s pic! That is too funny about your FIL telling random strangers!

IUAlum- Yeah for seeing the heartbeat, isn't it awesome?

ce_Kathleen- The spotting was non-existent today! Thanks for the well wishes!

kat- I completely understand your need for a break, take care of yourself, and we'll see you when you're ready to come back.

ShannonGH- Congrats on getting at least a better idea of what the fluid is, even though it's not yet a concrete answer. I'm crossing my fingers that it is one of the two possibilities that can wait until post pregnancy to address.

Junk and Tuni- I too, was not thrilled with the idea of people getting overly excited when we told them! I didn't even want to be there when Jay told his parents for that exact reason.

Hope you all have enjoyable weekends! We don't have too many plans. Well, we are going to dinner tomorrow, with our best couple friends, who also just found out they are pregnant, so that should be a lot of fun!

Talk to you all later!

[samijo]

and now i know!!!!!!

i was feeling all sad that the other thread on the other site was barely moving at all.... but now i have found out where all the other march mommas are hangin' and i'm happy again!

it is going to take me a while to read through this whole thing, so for now... if there is room for one more... i'd love to join you all here.

samijo
Me: samijo, 29
DH: 31
Married: May 18, 2002
TTC: May 2005
BFP: June 28, 2005
EDD: March 6, 2006

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

[lovin'it]

Girls...

I am sorry. I will keep you in my prayers.... I can somewhat relate to your feelings.... I feel very hormonal too....I just wanna cry all the time. With anything, about anything...just tears! I cried today because the lettuce at a restaurant we went to looked so beautiful. Pathetic, I know....

I don't think you are ungrateful at all, Junk...and I don't think you should feel like that either... I think because it took you so long, you may just not know how to deal with it all....

I must say, knock on wood, that I have felt totally normal these past 3 days. Therefore, it's really easy to feel overjoyed about it. I even told my mail man yesterday (he's become a good friend of ours over the years...) and he gave me a huge grin.

I deal with a very serious type of depression. I am in so many strong drugs...just to keep me normal...so, I can somehow understand why it may all be so hard for you to face.

I don't even know if any of this will help ya...or make it worse. Just wanna make you smile...!

I will keep ya in my prayers and hope that all this "ick" may soon pass!

HUUUUGS!

[MarchMoms2006]

WELCOME SAMIJO :D

[HSSweethearts]

Wow! We are still getting new March Moms... Welcome! Lots and lots of babies in here if you count all the twins. :)

Just wanted to share that I also have been having roller coaster emotions about this pregnancy. I suspect (and hope) they are just hormonal. One day I will be happy and excited, and the next I will be crying or just really scared and depressed about the whole thing. It is very disconcerting. I hit an all time low a week ago, but I feel like maybe I've finally turned a corner. I'm thinking this is such a monumental change for us, on so many levels, how can we not have these feeling from time to time. I'll be so happy when we are all out of the first trimester, or better yet, holding our babies. I kinda wish I could fast forward through this whole pregnancy part sometimes.

kat - I completely understand and hope you feel better soon. Have a well deserved blast in Ireland!

I've really enjoyed reading everyone's updates and posts. I have my first appointment and ultrasound on Monday morning (YEAH!) and DH & I can't wait. I'll probably post my update that evening.

ShannonGH - I'm sending good thoughts that your fluid is nothing to worry about for your baby. I'm so glad you got some hopeful news.

And mom2amelia - I'm also sorry about the twin, but am so happy for you that you got a heartbeat.

In other news, we broke down and told my immediate family on Thursday night because we ended up getting together for something else. We jumped on the opportunity of telling them all at once. They were all super surprised, and so excited for us. I'm glad we did because now I can finally talk to my mother and sister about all of this.

Now we want to tell DH's family, so we are going to surprise them and show up at their house this morning. For both reveals I wore this in white (it said "march" of course):

http://www.buyathletic.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000002/dueinlongt.jpg

In order to get my money's worth, I'm also going to wear it to a dinner I have set up with my best girl friends on Wednesday. So our immediate family and closest friends will know by the end of this coming week. Everyone else can find out next month. It has made me feel so much better to tell people. It has made the pregnancy feel more real and in some way, their love and support has also helped ease my anxiety a bit.

Thinking of all of you and wishing you a great week. :)

[aprilshowers]

Lisa, thank you, thank you, thank you for posting that. I have been feeling the same way but everyone else seemed so excited I have been feeling guilty about it. I have been blaming my ambivalence on the fact that I've been so sick but it really feels like more than that. I just keep telling myself that I will get more excited after I feel better and after we tell people but I'm also not excited to tell people. I've been promising my mom for a week that I'd call my grandfather and tell him. I know he will be absolutely thrilled (first great grandchild) but I feel like I won't be able to properly share in his excitement. Same with all my close friends - they all know what we've gone through to get here so I know they will be especially excited for us but I feel like I won't be able to hide my ambivalence. I kinda want to just have DH tell everyone when the time comes because he is really excited. It is so sweet. And it does make me feel a lot better to see him that way.

As for the issue about PPD, I have no idea whether there is a connection but I'm a little nervous about that too. From what I have read, the most important thing is to make sure your DH and other family and friends who you are especially close to know to keep an eye on your mood after you give birth and give you any support you need. We will all be here for you as well! :D

Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

[mom2amelia]

HSSweethearts - where did you get that shirt? It's so cute.

[HSSweethearts]

mom2amelia - I got it online at www.littleshowoffs.com. I really wanted a long sleeve tee to take me through the Fall. They also sell similar things at www.dueduds.com and on Cafe Press if you do a search.

I really like it. Here I am modeling it the day of our reveal...

http://www.allaboutvincent.com/livejournal/DueInMarch.JPG

(that's my sister's finger pointing out the words to the rest of the family)

[ce_Kathleen]

happy monday ladies!

Not too much to report on here, still feeling queasy at times. I can't wait to see the nurse tomorrow and then have my u/s next week! It feels like time is going so slow but I have another business trip this week so hopefully it will keep me busy and then this week will be over before I know it and I will be in for my u/s!

HSSweethearts You look so cute in your shirt! What a cute way to share the news!

Since I feel like I don't really know much about everyone I thought I would start an OT QOTD: what do you do in "real" life?

OT QOTD: I am a chemical engineer where I am in charge of the quality assurance aspects for 7 of my companies plants. My DH is a SAHD to my DS Alex (who turns 1 on the 17th!!). I am 26 and DH will be 26 in November. I travel a fair amount for my job (hence the reason DH is a SAHD) and all our family is in the Cleveland area (6 hours away).

[IUAlum]

Happy Monday!

QOTD: I am in finance/accounting. I work in the planning group at my company. We do the budgets and forecasts for the company. This is a pretty funny QOTD to me. My girlfriends and I (who have known eachother since elementary school) just had a night where we explained to each other what we do because even though we see each other all the time, none of us really understood what the others do!

Feeling pretty decent. I was wiped out and asleep on the couch at about 8:45 last night. I had such a great night's sleep!! Weds is my first doctor's appointment. YAY!

[red_canuck]

Hss, I adore that shirt!! I bookedmarked the webpage, there are some super cute shirts there for us and for baby!! Now for the shopping spree... :D


QOTD, I'm a SATW and full-time University student. baby pushes back my graduation date by only a semester, so i should be done dec. 06. I'm majoring in Political Science and Environmental Science. Before returning to school (i took 2 years off after my third year) i was a manager for a long term living facility for people with Acquired Brain injuries. I knew I didn't want to do that for very long, and had only a few semesters left for my degree, so last jan we decided I'd quit and go back to school to finish. I love being a student, it offers me the flexibility to stay home with the baby when it comes, and by the time I'm reay to start looking for a job (*ahem* career) then baby will be around a year and old enough for some sort of day care, although my mom is talking about retiring so she can be home for the baby. we'll see about that ;) lol :D sorry, got really long winded there!

[mom2amelia]

QOTD - I'm an attorney. I do transactional work - mostly trusts and estates, but some tax and corporate work too. I've been doing this for 8 years, and I think I've had my fill. I'm hoping to be a SAHM in the near future (like the end of the month!).

HSS - I bookmarked those sites too. Thanks.

[amychris03]

QOTD: I'm an Occupational Therapist, and I work for the school
systems, so I basically work with kids preschool-high school who have various
disabilities.

---
Not much to report here, I have my ultrasound today at 2:45 :) !
Hopefully I will get to go see more this time. So far my most
annoying pregnancy symptom is that I am breaking out like a teenager!
I don't even think it was this bad when I was a teenager. oK, be back
later with shout outs!

[phart]

QOTD ~~I'm a SAHM. Before that I was a server and really enjoyed it.

I feel like poo and have since Thursday. I was hoping to skip all this since I had it fairly bad with my first pregnancy ;) I just tried Seabands and they worked for a little bit then made me dizzy. Weird.

The sickness and the already protruding bulge in my lower belly (when I suck it in ;) ) are my two main symptoms. I don't think I've actually put on any weight yet but what I did have seems to be shifting.

[honey_bee]

Morning Ladies, hope everyone had a great weekend!

QOTD- I'm a chemical engineer and enforce federal and state environmental regulations for various facilities in my area. It's interesting sometimes, but more often than not, I feel like I'm just a paper pusher. :rolleyes: I would love to be a SAHM when the little one arrives, but just don't see that in our financial cards.

Well I really don't have anything exciting going on with me to report. We had a busy weekend and I'd love nothing more than to still be snuggled in my bed right now. M/S is still lurking around every corner, but I'm haning in there.

Oh, I had my first wave of paralizing fear at a baby shower this weekend when I witnessed my 1.5 year old cousin completely destroy a beautiful home, wack me in the knee cap with a wooden spoon, and slam his own head on the floor in a tantrum. His mother looked exhausted and aloof. She didn't even try to control him and it wasn't even her house! I was embarrassed for her and scared to death that my child will one day act like that. It was a lot to take in. :eek:

Other than that episode, the baby shower was adorable and my other cousin got some wonderful gifts. It was hard for me to not blurt out the big surprise to my family. I just quietly enjoyed the party in a very different and secret way. ;)

[tray622]

QOTD: I am a middle school English teacher. I am also a student as I am finishing up my MA, hopefully before baby #2 gets here :) I have only been teaching for 2 years and was actually out 1/2 the year last year on maternity leave.

[Elenitsa]

Welcome to our new momma!

Sorry gals, little time for shout outs.

Tuni I couldn't have said it better...
I think we're all entitled to howl at the moon a little bit.

Thank you to all the other girls who expressed their ambivalence at all these hormonal, body stressing, and mental changes we are going through. Funny, I have been feeling fairly well re: m/s, majorly fatigued mostly. People ask aren't you so excited, I have responded honestly, that I'm not excited yet. There aren't really apparent changes to get excited about. I don't know if that makes much sense or not, but I'm hoping someone will understand. I'm super hormal too. DH is always making jokes about "he had nothing to do with me being pregnant"... or the "..if its my kid" jokes and I just break down and I am so sensitive and I have asked him to stop it.

chatching up on QOTD:
I won't be a SAHM, although I think I'd like to, but then again maybe not. We are fortunate to have family who is retired so something will be worked out with child care, although our primary target for child care, my MIL will also have another baby in the family that she may be on the hook for... thus I'm really on edge about the whole matter. DH and I were planning on adding an addition to our IL's home (slated to be his) - A major addition and mortgage on the home. We would have to move 30 mi to them. Additionally, they will be priced out of their home by all the house expenses, so in some ways it was going to be a symbiotic relationship. But, if we go through with the addition, there will be no way to afford the mortage on dh's salary alone. Living in the home with no addition mean no privacy and less comfort. So, needless to say I need to howl at that moon. Sorry for being long winded... i guess i struck a nerve...


QOTD... IRL... I'm a datawarehouse engineer. That is what my title says... mostly data management of a datawarehouse for educational purposes. In my former lives I worked for Telecom doing different database work on Geographic Information Systems, but have a degree in Environmental Science.


QOTD purchases? Haven't bought a thing

QOTD labor ? looking into Midwife... undecided about meds or much else...

[tunibell]

QOTD - I'm a nonprofit fundraiser, currently working for a private elementary school. I'm hoping to eventually transition to the business administration side. I was halfway through my master's in public administration when we moved to CA, but unfortunately, graduate schools are not so nice about transferring credits, so if I want the degree it looks like I'll have to start from scratch.

I had a major weepy breakdown last night. Just sat on the floor and bawled my eyes out on DH's shoulder. It's just that nausea is really my achilles heel - I mean, you're talking to a girl who usually takes pepto pills at the slightest sign of tummy trouble. So this m/s, which starts about 10 minutes after I get up in the morning and lasts until about 2:30 a.m., is really bringing me down. I spent most of the weekend in the bed and still felt dreary. The work week fills me with terror. The only good part about all of this is I'm too ill to worry properly. :(

[yby1]

Happy Monday! :rolleyes: ;)

I just wanted to say that the seabands are working for me. Between wearing the bands and taking the Flintstones vitamins (and drinking lemonade and eating crackers :p ), I actually feel like a semi-normal person again. :)

QOTD - I'm a project manager for a cable company. My job is cool.

[kdotp]

qotd I'm a Production Assistant for a small publishing company. We publish trade (PR) magazines for heavy duty construction equipment distributors. It's okay, I like the people I work with but the job itself sometimes leaves much to be desired.

Man, after reading about everyone's symptoms, I'm kind of nervous. I still don't really have much of anything. My BBs are somewhat sore but nothing horrible. I've had the occasional bouts of nausea (mostly in the afternoon/early evening) but I don't think they're that bad. I still keep my normal bedtime of about midnight and just feel "normal" tiredness through the day. Feeling something would put my mind at ease, especially since I still have to wait 23 more days until my first appt (and I don't even know if I'll have an u/s then).

[heidi0622]

QOTD: I'm in a marketing position for a large corporation. I collect customer requirements and then work with our engineers to help turn those requirements into a real product. I also do all sorts of other activities required to get a product to market. Some days I like it, other days I can't stand it.

kdotp, I could have written your post exactly. My bbs are sore occasionally, the worst was when I was swimming with my neighbor's kids yesterday. I kept having to get in and out of the pool and the temp change I think was causing my nips to be on fire. Other than that, they really haven't bothered me.

I've had a few bouts of extreme tiredness, but I've only been getting about 5-6 hours of sleep and have cut caffeine out of my diet, so I can't say it has been completely pregnancy related. Most days I feel fine though.

Occasionally I feel a little off, but I have not changed my appetite at all and have eaten pretty normally since I've found out I was pg.

If I hadn't seen the h/b last week, I would still have a hard time believing I was really pg.

I have a feeling this week will CRAWL by. I have my first m/w's appt on Thursday. Then on Friday, we leave for vacation. We're heading to New England for a week to visit lots of family. It will be A LOT of family time, but it will be nice to have a week off of work!

[mom2amelia]

kdotp :

Man, after reading about everyone's symptoms, I'm kind of nervous. I still don't really have much of anything. My BBs are somewhat sore but nothing horrible. I've had the occasional bouts of nausea (mostly in the afternoon/early evening) but I don't think they're that bad. I still keep my normal bedtime of about midnight and just feel "normal" tiredness through the day.

This describes my first pregnancy to a T, and that ended with a bouncing baby girl, so I don't think you have to worry about your lack of symptoms. Really.

[ShannonGH]

Like heidi and kdotp, I've felt pretty good lately. Although I did just get up from an anfternoon nap. :rolleyes:

QOTD: I am a speech-language pathologist for a school district, working with K-5 students. Having "teachers' hours" is WONDERFUL! :D

Hope everyone is having a great day! Good luck at your u/s amychris03 !

[ellybella]

QTOD: i'm an associate wholesale sales rep for a clothing/housewares company for the New England territory.

i too have had few symptoms other than low energy and fatigue. although i have noticed some changes in the last 5 days or so. when i first found out i was pg i couldn't eat enough and i was always hungry. i only wanted to eat fruits, veggies and anything healthy. now nothing is really appealing and i almost feel like i'm forcing myself to injest the "good stuff". i drool over the kfc chicken snackers commercials and just ate a woopie pie. i was working w/ a customer before i ate my lunch today and thought i was going to lose it, had to sit down and have some water. i feel much better after eating. hopefully not a preview of what's to come because keeping our secret won't be so easy.

we are looking forward to our ultrasound tomorrow! dh keeps saying that tomorrow is christmas morning :) what bpms are you looking for in early pregnancy?

trm98 yes, that's our boxer. she's a year and a half now. we want to get another one when she's older.

[larslobster]

QOTD: I'm a software engineer in the IT department for a movie studio. I work on financial applications for our international television group.

Not much new to report here either. I have my first doctor's appointment on Wednesday and can't wait. I actually felt pretty good this weekend, other than being tired (but that could have been the extreme heat). And like a lot you, I was a little worried that I wasn't having any tummy trouble like I had last week or other symptoms.

[IUAlum]

elly~ How cute is your hubby? Mine was not that excited about the u/s, he thought it was cool once we actually got to see stuff, but otherwise he was very much a guy about it. I think the NP told us the hb was 122bpm which was good. That was at 6w2d which is what you'll be right?

HSS~ Like everyone else, loved the site and t-shirts. I am thinking I may get one and wear it to dinner with my girlfriends at the end of the month and see how long it takes them to get it.

kdotp, heidi0622, and shannonGH~ I'm with you on the very few symptoms. I have mainly had sore BBs and fatigue. But I'm always tired so it's hard to know. :) And like elly, I'm having a hard time forcing myself to eat. I will make (or even order at a restaurant) food-usually dinner- and then I just don't want it anymore. But no m/s~ thank goodness.

tunibell~ I think I would cry too if I had m/s like you have. I HATE throwing up, and it ALWAYS makes me cry when I do. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it stays away!!

[tunibell]

HSS~ Like everyone else, loved the site and t-shirts. I am thinking I may get one and wear it to dinner with my girlfriends at the end of the month and see how long it takes them to get it.

This made me giggle. :) If all goes well at my appointment tomorrow I am so going shopping on that site!

[amychris03]

Awww, I just love our baby! We went to the drs appointment today
and everything went great. :D Baby is measuring 5mm, which is right
where it should be for 6w1d. And, we got to see and hear the heartbeat!!!
It was really amazing to watch, which made me get all teary-eyed. I know
you read in all of the books that the heartbeet starts in the fifth week, but
to see that little heart beating is just the coolest thing. Heartbeat was
130bpm, which the dr also said was good. We go back Monday, 8/8 for our final
ultrasound with the RE and get released to a regular OB. :) :) :)

[IUAlum]

Awww.... congrats amychris03!!!! :D

[Bernie]

AmyChris - congrats on the u/s! It is just so amazing to hear and see that little heartbeat!

Tuni - sorry to hear that the m/s is bringing you down. Hopefully you're in the middle of the worst of it now, and it starts getting better. In addition to lemons, I've also heard/read that ginger is really soothing.

QOTD - I'm an attorney - I work as a litigator in a large firm. I love the people I work with (usually), and occassionally find my work interesting.

[ShannonGH]

ellybella, here's an interesting article that has a graph of fetal heartrates, based on the gestational age.
Fetal heartrate article (http://pregnancy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.obgyn.net/english/pubs/features/dubose/ehr%2Dage.htm)

amychris, I'm SO happy for you!!!! :D

[MrsCantDecide]

QOTD ~ Technical Title: Senior Analyst. Real job, Application support in the IT department of a large company.

I'm with a couple of the other ladies, here, I don't have a whole lot of symptoms, every once in awhile my stomach will cramp, but that's it. :)

[lovin'it]

Well, so much for being so cheerful about this pregnancy!

I spent my Saturday night at the hospital, after a long day of
puking/diahrea....I was so dehydrated that it scared the ER doctor.

On Sunday, I entered my 8th week, so I went to church, but not long
after being there, I started getting little cramps. :eek: So, I spent the
rest of the day at home in bed rest. I am so scared about miscarring
this little individual that I already love....

Today isn't much different. I woke up feeling crappy, then felt well
after I ate....cleaned the house, did some laundry....and the cramp
came again....So, I am at work taking it as easy as possible!

QOTD~ I am a student & work full-time for the university managing a few student-workers! I am an Interior Design major!

[dec27bride]

Hi ladies! I've been feeling icky today too...Someone at work said to me, "Are you alright? You don't look too good!" THANKS :rolleyes: Haha, guess I'm not hiding this very well!

QOTD- I am a mortgage underwriter for one of the big mortgage companies.

Tuni- I'm sorry that you're feeling so bad, I would be crying too! Hope it starts getting better real soon!

AmyChris- Glad your appt went so well!

ShannonGH- Thanks for posting that website. I started to get nervous reading everyone elses posts about the heart rates, b/c ours was 182 when I went last week. But it was right on target with how far along I am!

Not too much else going on here, talk to you all tomorrow!

[samijo]

Hey everyone - thanks for the welcome! glad to be here - even if i'm joining a little late in the game. :)

QOTD - I am a graphic designer/illustrator. I work all freelance which is great since I can be really flexible about working once the little one arrives - working from home, part time, etc. Plus, I love what I do!

I am just hitting 9 weeks. We had an appt at 7 weeks where we saw the heartbeat flashing and it was really amazing. Though we were not told the heart rate like a lot of you... hmmm... Anyway, there is a little tiny screen for me to look at when I am lying on the table - while the doc and DH look at the main screen. So it is cool that I get to see everything they are seeing. Next appt is Aug 17 at 11 weeks which we are very excited about.

I have been really lucky and feeling good (knock on wood). No M/S at all which I feel so fortunate about. Just heavy sore bbs, fatigue, and moodiness. Nothing much to complain about.

Like a lot of you here - I am so happy - but at the same time it is still so... abstract. That is the best way for me to describe it. I guess mainly because I don't really *feel* anything yet. So I am not beating myself up over not being "excited" all the time - I know that I am happy and that it will all become much more real in the coming weeks/months. It still needs time to really sink in.

ps...
lovin'it scary!!!! please take it easy.

[Tracie]

Hi, all! Not much to report here. Still feeling good. Not even exhausted today, which is odd.

QOTD I work in medical records at a doctor's office.

[HSSweethearts]

I had my appointment and ultrasound this morning. We have one baby and a good little heartbeat. Everything is a-OK with the baby, thank goodness, although I'm measuring just 6w5d with an EDD (for now) of March 23. I know I'm not really 8 weeks pregnant, since I tend to ovulate so late due to my long cycles, but I kinda felt like 6w5d is still a little low. The CNM didn't seem too concerned. She did however order another ultrasound in two weeks to date my pregnancy and see the baby better.

I didn't enjoy the ultrasound as much as I thought I would, I thought I would have this big emotional moment and finally feel like a mother-to-be, but I didn't. I don't think DH had "a moment" either. I think I was too distracted by the vaginal ultrasound (ie. dildo cam), as was he. :rolleyes:

Over the course of the day the enormity of it all did begin to sink-in and I caught myself reaching into my bag in between meetings to sneak peeks at the picture of the baby blob.

So here's Baby M as photographed by DH. There really is a baby in there... Wow!

http://www.allaboutvincent.com/livejournal/BabyM1.JPG

For the record, I'm also off the healthy train and craving only things that are bad for me like Dunkin Donuts Munchkin Hole Treats.

QOTD - I work in the travel industry doing International Strategy and Planning.

[trm98]

Amy&Chris and HSSweethearts- Congrats on the u/s! It must be such a relief to finally see that little one. I can hardly wait until Thusday for mine.

Lovin' It- Take it easy. That is scary that you got that dehydrated. Take care!

Ellybella- What a cutie your Boxer is. Ours is a fawn with a black mask. She is 6 years old. We also have a doberman and they are great together. We will definitely always own a boxer.


QOTD (IRL): I am a teacher. I have taught everything from Government and Economics to Phys. Ed. to Special Ed (grades 6-12). I prefer high school age kids. I am currently still trying to make my way into the system here in Canada with a FT position. I was a sub all last year and looks like I will be again this year. After graduate school, I breifly worked in the front office of a minor league pro hockey team (hence how I met DH). That is the only time that I have used my masters degree. I think I will stick with teaching. I can handle kids better than a bunch of spoiled hockey players!

I had a nice long holiday weekend (in Canada) with DH. We have bought some land and will be building a house soon. So, we spent a lot of time going to the land and staking out the driveway, where the house will start, and at home stores. I have my first OB appt. on THursday and then I leave EARLY Friday morning back home to TX for two weeks. I will be telling all my siblings and grandparents then. I am so excited.

I hope that everyone is feeling better. Mine is starting to get better. I actually only threw up three times this past week!!!! I am also starting to feel much better in general for the most part. Of course, the heat plays a huge role in my nausea and I am about to go to 100+ degree heat for two weeks. We will see!

[Elenitsa]

Amy&Chris and HSSweethearts I second the congratulations on the u/s.

Shannon Thanks for the fetal hb article. When I had my u/s a few weeks back it was only 120bpm, but the dr told me anything over 100 is good and typically there is threat of miscarriage when it is below 100.

Last night I went home and started bawling in my husbands arms for a few mintues. I had been feeling anxious all day and just needed some outlet. Felt much better after that, but these hormones have me in a tailspin. I have never been like this. I guess the point is that is has never been like this.

I hope everyone has a lovely day. Mine has started out with major traffic getting to work, but I'm here now! Can't wait to go home already! Have a great one, everyone!

[MarchMoms2006]

Updated to here. :)

[mom2amelia]

Just got back from my first official OB visit. Everything went fine. Saw the HB again. The second yolk sac is collapsing, so we are definitely only having one. It was a pretty uneventful visit, except for seeing the HB, of course. I go back for my next appointment on August 30..

The one cool/surprising thing was that my OB said that it was totally ok to eat sushi (except tuna). I was quite surprised - I wouldn't have even thought to ask since everything I've read said it was a no-go - but my husband asked and my doc said that his wife lived on sushi during both of her pregnancies, and she and the babies were fine (not that that was his only basis for saying it was ok, but this was his anecdotal evidence that it's fine). I decided with my first pregnancy that I would follow whatever guidelines my OB set, and that was that. There is WAY too much information out there and I was going nuts second guessing every decision. I decided that if I determined ahead of time that my OB had the last word then I'd save myself a lot of worry. I trust him (or else he wouldn't be my OB) and I know he stays very current. Anyway, go figure about the sushi. I wish I'd asked during my first pregnancy - it killed me to give it up last time.

[tunibell]

Loved seeing that beautiful bebe, HSSweethearts!

Found a neat tip online for all you SeaBand wearers...I've got a set made by another company (Travelease, I think?), and the instructions said to place the dot thingamajig three finger widths down. I just assumed I centered the thingamajig. But according what I read (http://www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph/refs/naus.html), it also needs to be between two tendons on your wrist (make a fist, and you'll see them). Also, the writer of the article doesn't like the SeaBand design, and thinks a button works better than that round ball. So I just decided to flip mine around, and they've been much more comfortable. Hope that helps!

ETA: mom2amelia - I've actually heard the same thing about sushi. Any risk of getting sick - which is very low to begin with - is only to the mother, not the baby. Apparently, there is a much lower risk of bacteria with raw fish (treated properly, of course) than with a whole host of other foods. Plus, pregnant women in Japan eat it all the time!

[ellybella]

hi everyone! i just got back from our first ultrasound and everything went great! i thought, and the ob thought, i was 6w3d, but the tech says i'm measuring closer to 6w1d, but that the ob won't change my due date because it's close enough. everything looked great and our little baby's heart was fluttering away at 136bpm which was great to watch! dh was pretty intrigued w/ the whole process, but a little weary when i warned him about the dildo cam, but wasn't as bad as he envisioned. such a relief to see our baby! i also had her check around to see if she saw anything that was causing my occasional discolored discharge, but she didn't see anything. so guess it's just a normal part of the process for me.

dh wants to start sharing the news, but i'm still a little apprehensive. maybe this weekend when i'm closer to 7 weeks? i don't know...

trm98 how exciting that you've purchased land and will start building soon. have you been there in the morning to see where the sun will come up? we bought our house when it was just framed and w/ windows so we were able to do a lot of the work ourselves. had the bathrooms not been in we would have flipped flopped our bedroom w/ the bath because of the fabulous morning sun. good luck! it's such a fun process i can't wait to build our next house!

amychris congrats on your us! looks like we're the same now. very cool that you got to listen to the hb! i think i'll hear mine at my next appt. 8/23.

shannongh thanks for posting the article. although i didn't look at it until just now. :)

hssweethearts did you find that your t-shirt ran pretty true to size? i'm not sure what to order.

[JennW]

Hello March Mommas! I haven’t posted in here in ages, but I promise I’ve been lurking. Work has me constantly minimizing the screen in dear of someone seeing the boards, so I don’t get on too often. All is well here. Feeling the same. Tired and nauseous. Mostly food aversions. I am hungry but nothing sounds good. I am especially anti fruit and veggies (normally my favorites) so that is no good. We told the rest of our family this weekend. It was really fun. I was so nervous to tell them for some reason though. I’m not sure why. Now all that is left to tell are our friends. I am dying to tell my BF but we keep playing phone tag. She is going to be so excited.

No time for SOs now. I’ll be back hopefully sooner rather than later! Hope everyone is doing great!!!

[junkinmytrunk]

Quick drive by post - hope everyone is well. I've got the WORST gas ever :eek: and at work, it is not pretty.

Feeling slightly better emotionally; have my next DA on Monday of next week.

That's about it. Gotta get back to work which is REALLY annoying -- I've been super busy at a time when I'm too tired to do ANYTHING!!

take care all and one day, I'll do a shout out list, I swear!

xo xo,
~Lisa

[mom2amelia]

ETA: mom2amelia - I've actually heard the same thing about sushi. Any risk of getting sick - which is very low to begin with - is only to the mother, not the baby. Apparently, there is a much lower risk of bacteria with raw fish (treated properly, of course) than with a whole host of other foods. Plus, pregnant women in Japan eat it all the time!

Tuni, thanks. That makes me feel better that I'm not the only one who's heard it's ok. I just did some searching, and I read that more women get sick from eating fish in their own house than in a Japanese restaurant. Makes sense. It also said that if the fish is frozen first then the risk is almost nothing - freezing kills any potential parasites, which is what the concern is with pregnant women and sushi. Although, I'd think parasites would be a concern, pregnant or not. ICK!

[tunibell]

45 minutes until my first appt and things have taken a bad turn - I'm bleeding bright red blood.

[mom2amelia]

tunibell I am sure you are totally freaked out. I know we'd all be. But it could very well be nothing at all. Do you have unusual cramps or anything like that? Call your OB and tell them you are coming in early and go now. The one good thing is that at least you know you'll get in to see your OB today. I'll keep good thoughts for you. Good luck.

[phart]

tunibell~~I hope everything is alright with you and baby.

[ellybella]

thinking of you tunibell and hoping everything is ok.

[JennW]

tuni – Positive thoughts and vibes with you and baby. I hope your doctor relieves your fears.

[Bernie & Matt]

Tuni Sending lots of hugs and positive vibes your way!!!

QOTD I'm a fifth grade teacher, although taught 4th and 6th also, and I'm two classes away from completing my administration degree. In fact, that was the plan (going into administration) for this spring, but so much for that :rolleyes:

Shannon
Having "teachers' hours" is WONDERFUL! Couldn't agree more :D

[aprilshowers]

Oh tuni, I hope everything is alright. Good luck at the doctor's and let us know what s/he says. I'll be thinking of you.

[red_canuck]

tuni, my best wishes that everythign is ok. Update us when you're able, ok?

nothing much happeneing with me, i've been craving fruits soemthing fierce, which is good. I've already had a handful of grapes, 2 peaches, a banana, an apple and a plum today! crazy :D No more fruit today, i'll have some veggies with dinner and i'll be set. I have had some cramping, but a glass of water and a lie down helps. I'm still feeling extremely bloated, to the point doing up my pants makes me miserable. I keep them undone unless I'm outside or answering the door ;) Anybody else really bloated?

[honey_bee]

Tuni-Praying for you that everything is okay.

[Dasha]

Tuni,

Keeping my fingers crossed and saying a prayer that everything is OK with you and the little bean.

[ShannonGH]

tuni, I just said a little prayer for you and baby that everything will be okay.

red, I'm so glad to know that I'm not the only one who is already needing to unbutton my pants! When I'm around the house I either have elastic-waist pants on or they're unbuttoned. Although I partially attribute that to this unknown fluid in my abdomen. It sits right on top of my uterus and it about the size of a softball so I know it ain't helpin any!

[junkinmytrunk]

Tuni: Thinking of you -- saying prayer for you and the little one that all is well.

My pants aren't buttoning, either. Ugh. Totally bloated, gassy and just feeling gross. Thank g-d no nausea today -- a little yesterday but ok today.

[IUAlum]

Tuni~ please keep us posted. I hope everything is ok. Fingers crossed.

[yby1]

tunibell - I hope everythig is ok. Thinking good, positive thoughts for you!

[dec27bride]

Tuni- Thinking of you, hope everything is okay.

[lovin'it]

~ Tuni ~ Thinking and praying for you!

[HSSweethearts]

Oh no tunibell! - I'm praying that everything is OK. Please update us when you can.

[MrsCantDecide]

Tunibell ~ Hoping and praying that everything is okay with you and baby.

[tunibell]

1. All 309 passengers survived a plane crash in Toronto.
2. My baby is fine. :D

(Thank God.)

Today was one wild mf-ing ride.

First things first. Here is a picture of my little person, beating heart and all:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d623b3127cce936020aed18900000016108EctG7Fq2Z-

And here's what happened...

For the last 24 hours or so, I'd been feeling some abdominal "activity" - not cramps, more like the odd pulling sensation and the occassional fleeting pain. It was a new kind of feeling, but I wasn't too worried, since I've been cramping on and off since before my HPT+.

Still, every time I went to the bathroom I repeated my silent mantra of "no blood, no blood." Everything was fine until about 15 minutes before DH picked me up at work for our first doctor's appointment - I went to pee one last time and there it was...a bright red, quarter-sized splotch of blood on my underwear.

And then I start to bawl. I proceed to bawl approximately every 15 minutes for the next three hours.

When we get to the doctor's office (inside a hospital complex), I tell them about the bleeding, and they have me lie down while we wait for the midwife. Once she arrives, she takes down some preliminary information and asks about the bleeding...cramps, clots? I answer no to both between sobs. She then asks if I'd like to just cut to the chase and have an ultrasound, which is very much appreciated.

Down in the ultrasound office, I wait for two hours for them to fit me in to their unbelievably busy day. At one point, I go to the bathroom again, and that's when I see a clot. At this point, I am pretty positive the game is up. I even step outside to call my parents (no one answered) to tell them this.

Finally, we go in. I was expecting the t/v, but it was the abdominal u/s. So the tech starts poking around, and he turns the screen towards us. And then he points and says "There is the heartbeat."

I turn to DH and he looks just as surprised. At this point, I am totally dumbstruck, but I am pretty sure that a fetus in the process of miscarrying does not have a quickly flickering heart beat like this little fella on the screen does. So, after the tech pokes around for awhile, and then the doctor pokes around for awhile, I decide to just blurt out the question of the hour. And I am told that the baby is alive, is measuring right on target, and looks great.

We were then dispatched back to the midwife. By then, the u/s office was closed for the night, so I'm not sure if the tech or the radiologist saw anything on the screen that indicated what might have caused the bleeding.
If they did, they weren't sharing. The midwife suggested a burst cyst or the always popular "we have no idea - some women just bleed."

They drew blood, but we skipped the pelvic exam for obvious reasons. I'm supposed to go back in two weeks and just keep praying that nothing happens in the meantime.

Now I'm exhausted, and have a major headache from all the crying, but I'm happy. And I am pleased to say I have discovered the cure for morning sickness - pure, unadulterated fear. I wasn't nauseated once today. :rolleyes:

Thank you all so very, very much for your kind words and thoughts today. I showed them to DH, and he thanks you too. Kisses to all of you.

[tray622]

Oh Tunibell, that is one of the most beauiful babies I have ever seen :D I am so happy to hear that the day ended so well!

[red_canuck]

oh tuni, I couldn't be happier for you!!! major hugs to you and the bambino!!! that is one super pretty baby picture :D:D:D

The Plane crash was scary, my husband drives right by there 3 days a week, thank god today was not one of them. I am very happy everyone survived.

[lovin'it]

~ Tuni ~ You brought tears to my eyes! I am so happy for you and your little family! :D

[Dasha]

Tuni,

I'm so happy that things are looking good with your pregnancy. I was concerned about you all day, especially since had a m/c last November and it was the most devastating, painful experience I ever have and, hopefully, ever will experience. Thank goodness someone above was watching out for you and the little bean.

[kdotp]

Oh Tuni, I'm so glad things turned out okay. They're right, it could be anything. You saw the h/b, that's always a good sign!

[dec27bride]

Yay Tuni! I'm so happy that everything looks okay, beautiful baby picture!

[JennW]

Tuni – I am SO happy for you! I was thinking of you all night and wondering how the appt. went! Yay for seeing the hearbeat!:)

[samijo]

Tuni - SO relieved and thrilled for you!

[MrsCantDecide]

Tunibell ~ So glad to hear things are okay. I think you and I are going to be the "bleeders" of this group, because I keep having random spotting too! For me, it seems to be about every 3rd day. I'm hoping that this weekend's bleeding was from the Pap smear from Thursday. :confused:

Anyway, glad everything is looking good for you and that you were able to see the heartbeat!

[Elenitsa]

Tuni like lovin'it I got all weepy too. I am so glad that things are A-okay!

[amychris03]

Wow, Tuni, I'm a little late getting to all of this information but
I am so glad that things worked out ok and that you got to see that
your little baby is just fine in there! I just can't even imagine the relief
that you must feel!