March 2007 Mommies: First Trimester Fun!!

[shimmerstar]

I have been scoping the maternity clothes, and I got the most comfy pair of capris at target. Our target has about 6 shirts and two pants. Our Old Navy has the best selection, but it's still not much. I got a skirt and two tops on clearance there. I didn't want to wake up one day needing maternity clothes and not have any. JC Penney had about a ten-foot section with some tops. Our gap doesn't carry maternity. And from what I've heard about Motherhood, I don't really want to go there.

So when I finally need them, I'm in BIG trouble. :)

[kindermom]

I bought alot online from Target. Liz Lange runs pretty true to size. I am a small/size 4 and our one Target with a decent selection would sell out of the smalls within a few days of shipments. So I ended up buying most online instead of in person. Our ON's do not carry maternity so I may end up shopping online there as well.

[MrsKinnison]

Speaking of maternity clothes, I have a question for all the RO's... We are going on vacation at the end of November, so I need to buy some maternity summer stuff now while it is still out in stores... how do I know what size to buy???

[Kanga]

Mrskinnison - You're supposed to buy the size that you wear in regular clothes. So if you usually wear a medium top, a medium maternity top should fit. By November you'll probably be obviously pregnant, but not huge. Also, if you plan on swimming, you'll most likely need a new swimsuit, even if it's a bikini. My boobs and butt grew out of my regular swimsuits by around 4 months I think:rolleyes: There were times I swore my uterus was in my ass. I just bought one size up and it was fine, but with swimsuits, especially one pieces it's best to wait if it all possible. (We have a year-round swimsuit store here, otherwise you might be able to wait until you get to your destination)

[ladybug0525]

Maternity Clothes - I bought so much last time I am hoping I don't have to buy too much this time around because I am off just 2 months from my due date. I was still working in an office and now that I work in a home office I am hoping I can get buy on what I have. I shopped everywhere with Baby #1 but my Favorite is Japanese Weekend. We have a store close by but there stores are some what limited. It is a little pricey but totally worth it IMO but my Mom did help by giving me a pretty big gc from there when I got pregnant.

Mrskinnison - I would just buy your normal size but they will be maternity, I am sure you could find some good deals. I bought a maternity swimsuit with #1 but ended up just wearing my normal 2 piece since my boobs didn't get big until I started nursing and my behind is already big :)!

[dollface]

Maternity clothes...I started buying them as soon as I found out! I started out with a couple cute basic stretchy skirts from Babystyle & GAP. They were on sale so that was my excuse for buying them right away. Since then I have bought a couple stretchy dresses, tanks & skirts from Old Navy - all on sale. I live in So Cal so it's pretty warm year round and I can get away with wearing summer stuff for awhile. Also, I am going on vacation 3 times between Sept. and December, all to hot locations so I grab any sale summery type stuff when I can.

[Janey]

I bought a few maternity clothes as soon as I found out, too. Most of my summer pants are size 8... I was squeezing into them last summer, but this summer... no way. I bought a pair of jeans at Old Navy and then found out 5 days later that I was pregnant, so I returned 'em. :p So far I have bought:

JC Penney: 3 T-shirts & a pair of Jeans Capris (though these are long enough or I am short enough that they are ankle pants unless I cuff them)
Old Navy: A pair of tan capris. I hate these. They are low rise, and I have no hips, so they always inch their way down my body. I walk around with a hand stuffed in the pocket so I don't become indecent.
Target: A pair of Jeans Shorts, Two t-shirts, a 3/4 sleeve light blue blouse.
Motherhood: A red knit wrap-neck shirt at Motherhood outlet. Note: I'm pretty sure this shrunk in the wash.
Gap: An orange & pink striped shirt (here's a photo of me (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seahills/185513015/in/set-72157594167250593/) trying it on with the prosthetic belly. I think the fake belly is soooo funny. :p )

I also was in dire need of a few new nightshirts, and didn't want to buy any that I couldn't wear for the next 9 months so I bought some maternity/nursing ones. One came from Motherhood, and the other two came from the Lane Bryant Catalog.

[happy1nuv]

I've found some good stuff at consignment type stores...

[miaclear]

I just got back from my first appointment and it went wonderful. My Dr was really nice and I really liked the staff that I met. We went over a bunch of stuff and she gave me some paperwork to read. They did some bloodwork and then I had my exam. The baby is measuring 7 weeks (I'm technically 7 weeks 5 days) and we saw the hearbeat, I believe it was 157 beats per minute. My Dr said she highly expected me to have a healthy pregnancy and was not concerned with the Lyme Disease or my three weeks of antibiotics. She also noted that I had great nipples for breastfeeding (nice!). She did find a small fibroid on my uterus but she wasn't concerned cause it obviously wasn't causing me problems before and it's really small. She was unable to find my right ovary but she said my uterus was tilted some so she'll try next time. They have their own medical spa up there with facials and massagas... it was a lot more trendy of an office than I was expecting. And great that it's all of a parking lot and driveway away from my work!

Threatdmistress....I have a phone appt with the nurse on August 16th and then my next appt with the Dr is August 30th. Now that I'm confirmed pregnant ;) I'll gladly help with the duties if you want to PM me.

Tonight we'll be calling the parents!!!

Now that I saw it, it's a lot easier to get excited about it :)

[ieducate]

Ladies, I am a mess. I find myself getting so anxious about once every other day or so. It usually happens right as I am about to go to sleep and then I start feeling like I am losing the baby...again. Every time I have the slightest pain or discomfort I think "this is it". I try to talk myself through the anxiety and tell myself that this pregnancy is different than the last and that there is no reason to believe that I am losing this baby, but it doesn't seem to help. I wish my appt. to see the heartbeat were sooner than two and half weeks from now. AGH. I check to see if my bbs hurt every two minutes it seems. If I am not nauseous I start to worry. What do you do to calm yourself and not panic about having a m/c? I can't go on like this for another 8 months...it will kill me. I feel like a basket case and I just want to enjoy this and not freak out. My numbers were good last week and I should take solice in that, but for some reason I am just nervous...Perhaps because I started losing my baby at 5 weeks 5 days, which is where I am tomorrow. I think it is mind over matter and I know my mind is playing tricks on me for sure, but whatever it is sure freaks me out. Any advice?

[danalou]

Ladies - you rock thanks for all the tips on places to pick up maternity clothes!! I will have to just start looking around at the local Targets as I have several to pick from in my area.

[Janey]

ieducate - If you are that nervous, I think you should calll your doctor's office and speak to one of the nurses - Today. Maybe even a therapist wouldn't be a bad idea -- someone to be your sounding board. It sounds like you go through this very often. All of this stress & worrying cannot be good for your body.

Danalou - Around here at least, Targets are hit-and-miss for maternity. Some have a big full section, others are skimpy and picked over. So if one doesn't have much, try another.

[Kanga]

ieducate - Do you have somebody IRL who was been through a m/c and then a successful pregnancy? If not, I'm sure they're plenty of women on these boards that have and I think it would help to talk to somebody who has BTDT.

I had my first dr.'s appt today and it went well. First they did a pregnancy test which looked exactly like the one I got my BFP(s) with and the nurse says "Congratulations, you're pregnant!":rolleyes: Uh, yeah, I guess that's why I've been sick every day for weeks now. I also had 4 vials of blood drawn and I didn't even pass out this time:D I got a pap smear and have my ultrasound appointment on August 8 to date the pregnancy. I have another one in about a month, but I need to reschedule.

The dr. seemed very nice and I didn't feel rushed at all (I always felt rushed at my old obgyn). His nurse was a little out there, but what do you do.

[betsyboop]

I just wanted to come in and post that I had my first ultrasound yesterday. It was pretty fun, but I had no idea that they would have to insert a dildo-like thing to do it! Everytime you see it done on tv, it's just on the belly, but I guess that's just later on in the pregnancy. Anyway, that took me by surprise:p Everything looked great with the baby and I saw it wiggling around and it's heartbeat. The tech gave me a print out of one of the pictures too. It was pretty cool and this pregnancy feels A LOT more real now!

I also just wanted to post an update- I had my bandages and stitches removed from my thumb today. I have a tiny bit of feeling back and the doctor said that it should improve over the next 6 months to a year. The gross thing is that, since I had a bandage on for so long, the natural process of dead skin cells sloghing off didn't happen. So now I have thick sheets of dead skin falling off my thumb:eek: Barf!

[ieducate]

Kanga and Mrs. Hill, you are absolutely right. I actually did talk to somebody today, that just celebrated her son's first birthday and had a m/c before him. We talked a long time and afterward I felt a lot more relaxed. I go through some days where I am not sure I feel pregnant, but then there are days like today when I feel nauseous all day long. I need to just chill out and relax...what will happen will happen. Thanks for your thoughts.

Today my dh and I celebrate our second anniversary and we are heading out for dinner in a few minutes. I am praying that I do not get sick at the restaurant and can enjoy the meal. :)

betsyboop, you should post your u/s. It is always very cool to see them especially when it is the first one ever. I can't wait until I have mine on August 17th. Doesn't it just make you feel a world better after you have seen the heartbeat? I really can't wait to see mine.

[happy1nuv]

ieducate ~ For my first pregnancy, I did a hypnobabies home study course (www.hypnobabies.com - loved it). Anyway, it came with a set of cds, and we were supposed to listen to the pregnancy affirmations every day. It was just a woman's voice saying things like "Pregnancy is natural, normal, healthy and safe ...for me and my baby" "My baby is growing perfectly inside of me" {This is me quoting from memory so I might be off a bit...I knew them all by the time Nic was born).... Anyway, maybe make yourself a cd/tape saying stuff like that and then listen to it EVERY DAY to remind yourself that your baby is growing just fine... I honestly believe that whatever is meant to be will happen, no matter what you do (hence why crack whores can have healthy babies and the most anal careful person can have a m/c)... So try and relax, remind yourself that your body can handle it and have faith that it will do what it needs...

[LLB0526]

Hey everyone! We're just back from a trip to visit the in-laws. We didn't tell them yet; as of now, my husband and I are the only ones in the know. Although, like others, it's going to get hard to hide it at work given the weight gain. :)

As for maternity clothes, I'm short, so I was always looking for maternity clothes that came in petites. For petites, I had the best luck at mimi maternity and gap. I also bought stuff at Target and Old Navy, but mostly shirts, or pants that dragged on the floor. Fortunately, this pregnancy is almost exactly the same time as my last pregnancy, so I don't have the problem that I need clothes for different seasons this time. My husband is happy about that, though I'm sure I'll supplement with some new things when I'm feeling big and unhappy and need a pick-me-up.

I've been having my neurotic "maybe I'm not really pregnant" moments. I go in for my first appointment Thursday morning and I have these ridiculous moments when I think I'm going to go in to confirm my pregnancy and they're going to tell me I'm not actually pregnant. My husband tells me he knows that I am "based on my moods." :)

Anyway, that's it over here. I'm way behind on the thread so I'm going to go back and read to see what's going on with everyone else.

[betsyboop]

ieducate- I wish I could post my ultrasound picture, but I don't have a scanner or anything. Oh well.

I forgot to mention earlier that I stopped at the mall today and saw that Baby Style was having a sale, so I got this short sleeved sweater/shirt thing that has some Swarovski crystals sewn into it. It'll be good for a warm fall day (it's chocolate brown) or I could put a long sleeved t-shirt under it for a colder day. It was kind of different plus it was originally $120 and I got it for like $45 or something, so that was cool:D That was my first ever maternity wear purchase! The same mall has a Mimi Maternity and a Motherhood, so I check them out as well. I don't know what other people think, but the stuff at those stores seemed pretty low quality to me- like crappy materials and odd patterns and colors, etc. I'll have to check out the Gap and Old Navy since those seemed to get high marks from some of you.

[Janey]

I've been having my neurotic "maybe I'm not really pregnant" moments. I go in for my first appointment Thursday morning and I have these ridiculous moments when I think I'm going to go in to confirm my pregnancy and they're going to tell me I'm not actually pregnant. My husband tells me he knows that I am "based on my moods." :)

LLB - I could have written this exact post. In fact, I blogged (http://stfunfw.wordpress.com/2006/06/26/itotd/) about that a few weeks back.

I am short too. Maybe you are my long lost twin?


ETA - Betsy, I'm glad to hear that you're healing! And awesome about the maternity wear purchase! The sweater sounds great. :)

[Tandis]

I've been having my neurotic "maybe I'm not really pregnant" moments. I go in for my first appointment Thursday morning and I have these ridiculous moments when I think I'm going to go in to confirm my pregnancy and they're going to tell me I'm not actually pregnant. My husband tells me he knows that I am "based on my moods."

I could have written this exact post. In fact, I blogged about that a few weeks back.

LOL, me too!!! :D I was just telling DH the other day that maybe the doctor made a huge mistake, and even though I've had two blood tests, maybe they were both wrong. He said that he could maybe see one test being wrong, but not two. Plus, I'm way too hormonal *not* to pregnant! :D

Glad to see I'm a totally normal pregnant woman ;)

ETA: Has anyone else started any sort of prenatal workout? I don't regularly exercise, but I got the "Fit Mama prenatal workout" from the library and thought I would try it. My dr. says not to start any new exercise program at this time, but I'm assuming he's talking about taking up running or something really physical.

[MrsKinnison]

I don't have the energy to do my normal workouts, forget starting something new! It has been so hot that I have only been to yoga twice since finding out (it's warm in there on a cool day) & as well intentioned as I am to walk at night, I've only had the energy for that once too. I do waitress nights 2-3 nights a week, so I am getting something in at least. I'm hoping that once the heat lets up and I'm out of the 1st trimester I will be back on track!

Does anyone else do yoga? My studio offers a pre-natal class once a week, and I'm wondering if I should add that in sooner, or is that a better fit for later when my belly is too much in the way for my regular class?

[Brink]

Hello ladies - sorry I haven't been around lately. We moved over the weekend and I have been up past midnight every night and getting up at 5 a.m. to make a 2 1/2 hour commute into work. I am so exhausted I can barely function. I am not going to drive home tonight and I'm checking into a hotel and hopefully will be dead to the world by 8:00.

We have our first appt. tomorrow morning. I can't wait to see the h/b so I can know this pg is real. I still have cramps now and again (I'm having some now), but no spotting or anything. I think I'm just pushing myself way too hard - I hope I don't lose this baby from it.

I've gone back and read through the last few days - you guys have been busy. I'll try for a few s/o's but don't have much time.

Congrats to those of you who have had your u/s. Can't wait to be there with you.

betsy - so glad you have a little feeling back. Hopefully that's a good sign.

Kanga/Orion - I'm right there with you on timing. My DD is 10 months old, so we will have two little ones too.

[happy1nuv]

I have a prenatal yoga dvd - bought it last time and never used it. I REALLY want to start using it this time (last time I was at least doing yoga out once a week in the beginning anyway) ... but, I have to get Nic to nap regularly first... ;)

[pewee9196]

I have tried to maintain doing at least 30 min of cardio. I am still running but not like i used to. I would normally do at least an hour of cardio if not more. I plan to lift and swim as well. Right now I am so blah feeling I am not doing much.

I think a prenatal workout is a wonderful idea!

Brink
Hope you catch up on some sleep!!

[Orion]

Hi Ladies:

I have my first appointment with my family doctor for the confirmation of the pregnancy tomorrow. I'm hoping that she will be able to tell me how far along I am because I have no idea and once we find out a due date we are planning on telling our parents. Kind of exciting since both grandma's have a birthday in March.

Symptoms: I'm not doing to bad to tell the truth. I am super tired but pretty lucky since I am still on mat leave and DD has naps at 9 am and 1pm for at least an hour and is in bed for the night by 6 pm (yes, I do know how lucky I have it!) so I do have the chance to catch a few naps during the day if needed. As far as MS, I do get a bit gaggy now and than but have only thrown up three times. This is totally different from when I was pregnant with DD because I used to throw up about five times a day, so this little bit isn't so bad.

Working out: Kind of tough to do with a 7 1/2 month old baby but DH and I do get to the gym about three times a week for cardio. I am hoping to find a pre-natel yoga class around here because I hear that it helps with all the aches and pains that will plague us later.

Brink: I hope that you get a wonderful rest tonight. It sounds like you need and deserve it!

ieducate: I hope things are going better for you now. Glad to hear that talking to someone helped and you know that we are always here to listen as well!

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Cheers,
Jess

[tipsy]

Is anyone else feeling more out of breath than usual when working out? I've had to lower the intensity of my cardio because of it. No more situps either (although according to everything I've read you can do them up to 12 weeks). It feels like I can't crunch as high as before, and its just plain uncomfortable, so I stopped.

As far as workouts go, I'm hoping to keep doing classes, kickboxing, body sculpting etc. until my body tells me not to. Then I plan to take up water aerobics and still do the treadmill.

Mimi Maternity was having a sale, so I checked it out! They had lots of winter stuff for sale. I only bought one thing though. A coral colored shrug for $10 down from $50.

Looks similar to this, but the color was coral...

http://www.mimimaternity.com//Images/swatches/4804376swd.Jpg

[shimmerstar]

Good luck to all those with dr. appts!

Exercise: I did not work out before. I was bad about working out for 2-3 months and then quitting. I was in a lull when I got pg. I have been trying to walk for about 20 minutes at night, but haven't been very good about it, because even at 9:30 pm it's 98 degrees out most nights. Hopefully it will cool off soon.

I feel sooooo fat. My jeans keep falling down, and my stomach is just out there. I'm thinking about getting a bella band to hold me in a little bit. I think my endo is going to give me crap about gaining weight already, but seriously. Here's what I ate yesterday:

bowl of cereal
string cheese
5 chicken nuggets
a wrap made with soy chicken
an apple
a single serving bag of mini oreos
string cheese
10 saltines
I also drank about 10 cups of water.

That can't be why I've already gained about 7 pounds, according to my scale!

[dollface]

I was doing Hip Hop and Pilates classes regularly but stoppd when we got our BFP. I want to continue pilates but I have been too exhausted. I have looked into prenatal yoga and there is a studio near my house that offers it so I may start doing it 2x a week when I am feeling better.

[MrsKinnison]

LOL ~ Shimmerstar! I have an appetite that won't quite either! So far today I have had

a REALLY BIG bowl of cereal
fruit & yogurt parfait from McDonalds
2 munchkins
2 pieces of Pizza

I'm sure I will have at least one more snack plus dinner too!
I have now had pizza for lunch 3 days in a row, I just can't seem to get enough of it. Why can't I just crave salad or something???

I told my Broker today and she literally screamed with joy and got all teary ~ I am very lucky to work with someone who cares so much about me :D She see's me every day, and could tell something was up but thought it was that I wasn't happy at work so I had to fess up! I feel kind of bad that I told her before my parents, but I really want to tell them in person and my step mother (who I am VERY close with) is in California till next weekend.

[Janey]

There's a pretty good thread in the Pregnancy section about Exercise... it's a bunch of pregnant exercisers keeping each other motivated. Check it out if you're interested.

I've been so freaking tired that I haven't done much exercise at all lately. My goal is to go to water aerobics 3x/week and power walk 3x/week. Those are two things I feel like I can do all the way through the pregnancy. I'm pretty far from my goal right now :o , but people keep telling me that my energy level will come back someday... I sure as heck hope they're right!

There is a yoga studio in walking distance from my house that has prenatal classes on Saturday AM. It's expensive, so I think I'll wait to sign up for it until month 5 or so, but I am planning on signing up.

[ShannonGH]

A March 2006 mama here wishing you all a big congratulations!!! Oh how time flies!!! :)

[Janey]

I forgot to say this earlier. We had a hot dog discussion in here a while back, and thought I'd let you know of a find... If anyone has a hankering for a hotdog, you might try Sausages By Amy (http://www.sausagesbyamy.com/home.asp). I picked some of the Apple & Gouda ones up at Costco yesterday, and they are oh so good, and nitrate free.


ShannonGH - Thanks for dropping by! I often think about dropping by the March 06 Moms thread to see what life is going to be like for me in another year. :)

[lady1297]

Hi all! I made my appointment for my first ultrasound. It will be Aug 14th. DH is really excited. I made if for the week he's taking off. I'm a bit nervous. I just want to hear the heartbeat and i'll be happy. Question for our RO"s, will your little ones go to your ultrasounds with you?? I didn't think my son would be, but it seems as though we aren't going to have a choice since my mom isn't able to watch him. How inconvient do you think that will be?? His birthday is this weekend, so I'm thinking i'll hold a few new toys for inside the US room so maybe he'll behave. I'm just worried that DH will miss too much of it.

I told the last of my friends today adn they were both so excited. I love that they are like that. We all went swimming (three adults and four kids) and had such a blast. It was a nice change of pace and a nice way to beat this heat. Then we got ice cream. Yum!!

We think we've picked our names: John Albert or Mary Agnes. All are family names of people we are very close to. I'm hoping that I'll stop flip flopping with the girls name. I like Lily Ann as well. So we'll see. But the boy's name is pretty much a guarentee even though John is my sil's son's name. I just always wanted to use John. Do you think that's awful? To 'steal' her son's name??

[LLB0526]

exercise--other than chasing my 2-year around, not so much. Like others, I am just exhausted.

I have my first doctor's appt. tomorrow. I'm both nervous and excited. My husband can't come, so I'm seriously hoping there's no bad news. Personally speaking, I would not bring my 2-year old to the ultrasound, especially if it's an internal. But that's just me. I can understand that others might feel differently.

Also, I'm glad to hear others are experiencing the same neuroses that I am. I'm sorry to hear you're going through it, but relieved I'm not alone.

[Kanga]

ultrasound - I haven't decided yet if dd is coming. I guess it depends on if we tell MIL why we are down there this week. If we do tell, then she or SIL can babysit for us otherwise we'll be "running errands and meeting up with friends".

[kindermom]

Does chasing a walking 11 month old count as exercise? No? Well then I don't exercise. I know I should but gosh darnit I go from 5:30 am to 8 pm nonstop during the work week. I am not quite sure when I could fit it in. I would like to get into prenatal yoga though. Last year I was in a car accident while pregnant and my lower back got jacked up. It has not been the same since.

Lady - I took my DD with us for the US as no one was available to watch her. For the most part she sat on her dad's lap while I got an internal. Then he held her while we both watched the US. She was fairly good, including when she sat on my lap for the blood work. My OB said that many mom's come in with young children and will frequently have them sit on their stomach during the exam period.

Weight and Food - I was down about 15 pounds from my pre-first pregnancy weight (yay breastfeeding). I have gained back about 10 pounds already. Now most of my diet is healthy but I go through massive junk food cravings.

Today:
1 1/2 cups of coffee
98 oz water
B: Handful of oyster crackers
S: 5 gummy worms
L: 1 1/2 c pasta with sauce and 2 small turkey meatballs
S: 3 mini bagels with about 1 oz cream cheese
S: 5 gummy worms
D: 1 small bean and cheese quesadilla and an ear of corn

I am jonesing for some ice cream so I may have some of that as well. I love marsha marsha marshamallow by ben & jerry's!

[mochi]

Good idea keeping track of food. I've been soooo bad. Craving more junk food than usual. Let's see, yesterday I had:

Brkfst: Scrambled eggs with rice
Snack (@ noon) on the way to the zoo: Cheddar Kettle Chips
Another snack at the zoo (I was about to pass out): Nachos
Lunch: Pasta with butter, salt and pepper
Snack: chocolate chip cookie
Dinner: Chicken, corn and rice
Dessert: mangoes
Late night snack: Bowl of cheerios, toast, some chocolate ice cream until it made me feel yucky.

and I didn't drink much water! I've never eaten pasta with just butter before, but it was the only thing that I could eat at that time! Man, I obviously need to eat better. I'm starving all the time, but I'm running out of things that I'm *able* to eat!

I still have three weeks to go until my first appointment. haven't thought about what we'll do with our two-year old DS. I know I'll be very irritable that day since my bladder will be on the verge of exploding :mad: (my clinic requires that I drink a certain amount of water before the appointment to keep my bladder full. SO PAINFUL), so maybe he should stay with my mom.

I've been so tired and lazy the past couple weeks with constant (but mild) M/S, I've neglected housecleaning and have just been hanging out at home with DS. I just watched the show on Discovery about the family of Twins & Sextuplets, and the show at least made it appear that they're very organized...it definitely inspired me to believe that I can do a better job with my one child and keep it together when #2 arrives!

[danalou]

Yesterday was a bit of a shocker for me as I got a call from my doctors office. You know that is never a good thing as they only call to review test results. Well my doctor gives you the option to test for cystic fibrosis and I did as it seemed worth it if the doctor recommended it. It turns out that I am a carrier for the disease and now my DH has to get tested. I know I shouldn't worry about it until it is a problem, but how can't you. I have my 10 week appointment next week, but DH is going to get the blood drawn today as it takes 14 days for the results. DH did a great job trying to calm me down yesterday as he was giving me the odds of two positive carriers (1-800) which is much less than the odds of one positive (1-29). Again I just keep telling myself to relax and worry about it if and when it becomes a problem.

I am curious has anyone else been tested as a carrier??

I hope everyone is doing well and as always be safe!!

[MrsKinnison]

Danalou, not only do you both have to be carriers, but then they can run the odds of you having a child with cf. Just because you are both carriers does not mean that you will have a child with cf. I have not idea how they figure it out, but you would speak with a genetic counselor that would be able to help you. I hope this gives you a little piece of mind while you are waiting for your dh's results. I will be hoping and praying for you!!

[Kanga]

Danalou I haven't been tested (well, they took 4 vials of blood, so maybe they did?), and I forgot to ask my dr. what tests if any he suggests for me. Glad to hear that it's unlikely you'll both be carriers, but still scary nonetheless! And 14 days?! Nothing like making a pregnant woman on edge.

Exercise Ha! I've never been one to exercise, especially on a regular basis. And Kindermom, if I have anything to say about it, chasing after little ones does count as exercise;) That's my excuse anyways.

My bf is coming to town next week (that's, best friend, not boyfriend!) I hardly ever get to see her since she moved a few states away so I'm way over excited. I'm not sure what we'll be doing, but I'm sure we'll find something - we always do.

[pewee9196]

Good Morning! I am so jealous of everyones health care!! I had my first appt earlier this week. The Army only allows one ultrasound and they are less than joyous in the office. I got lectured by an obese nurse for drinking empty calories of a sprite...Made me chuckle. Keep all the wonderful stories coming!

[happy1nuv]

dana ~ Yeah, I agree with MrsKinnison. you both have to be carriers before it becomes a concern. My cousin in law's husband has cf. She was tested and proved to be a carrier -- they had such a hard time (wanted kids, didn't wanna risk having one - tried to adopt, but they wouldn't let them since he's considered terminal (ummm, sure. cause ya can't just die w/o cause ever, right?)... anyway... they went ahead and got pg anyway...they now have beautiful, cf-free twins who are going to be 3 in the next few months... hopefully your dh is NOT a carrier... (we never had my dh tested because I am not a carrier, but its likely that he is a carrier, since his cousin that is a carrier is his dad's twin sister's daughter - if that was too confusing..).

lady ~ How often do you see your sil? If you see her every week, I'd say plan on giving your son a non-John nickname cause it would be way too confusing... but if you see her once or twice a year...go for it. And, really...would be no more confusing than a jr... ;)

Ladies...what do you think of the name Salvatore (nickname sal) for a boy... I am really kinda LOVING that name right now (is a family name)... but, will he be picked on on the playground??? (would also go well with dominic (nic) ...)

Eating: Last pg, I used to eat pasta with butter, garlic salt, and dried basil ALL THE TIME...

Yesterday my sister and I went to go see An Evening with Harry, Carrie, and Garp at Radio City (awesome!!) so I ate like crap... but man, did I eat... I can't seem to shove enough food down my throat these days...
B: oatmeal and blueberries
L: whole wheat toast with spinach/artichoke/mushroom spread
1/2 mango
S's(spread throughout the day): handful strawberries
strawberry/banana/kiwi smoothie
choc chip cookie
decaf caramel frappucino (have huge cravings for these ALL the time)
peppermint patty
few choc covered apricots
Dinner: spinach and artichoke dip with bread
chicken club sandwich with fried sweet potato chunks
Wow, I ate more junk yesterday than I thought I did...whoops...

:)

[Nanner]

Ladies...what do you think of the name Salvatore (nickname sal) for a boy...

I love that name! He may get made fun of, but you know what? Every kid is made fun of for something, be it his name, hair, weight, clothes...kids will be kids. And Sal, I think, is a great name.

Yesterday my sister and I went to go see An Evening with Harry, Carrie, and Garp at Radio City (awesome!!) so I ate like crap.

SO jealous! I read an article about it--I would have loved to have been there!

As for me, I have felt so sick, my eating has been pretty simple. The nausea has just been out of control. I'm sure my calories are way down, because of the small portions I've been eating. Yesterday:

B: cereal w/ milk
L: pbj sandwich
S: brownie
D: chicken w/ rice

[whitlockan]

Exercise oh ladies, I'm starting to feel really guilty about this exercise thing! I used to do step every other night at my gym but the last time I went which was the day before I got my BFP, I was so tired I had to stop 30 min in and my stomach hurt so bad, so I havent returned since, I think its just a bit too intensive and also on a hot summer day its not nearly cool enough in there for me to be working out that hard! Once my hubby gets back next weekend, I'm gonna go on long walks with him and on cool days take the dogs along as well. If I dont I'm just going to get way out of control!!

Food Junk food, oh baby, thats my first name these days!! Thats all that seems to taste good but I'm trying so hard to eat healthier but its so hard, I just need to make more weekly trips to the grocery store so I can eat fresh!!

I hope you all are doing well and hanging in their if you are suffering from the lovely arrival of m/s!! I feel your pain ladies but I just think it will soon be over *hopefully*

[Janey]

We think we've picked our names: John Albert or Mary Agnes. All are family names of people we are very close to. I'm hoping that I'll stop flip flopping with the girls name. I like Lily Ann as well. So we'll see. But the boy's name is pretty much a guarentee even though John is my sil's son's name. I just always wanted to use John. Do you think that's awful? To 'steal' her son's name??
John is #1 on the SSA list for popularity (if you add in all the variants). So it's reasonable that two kids would be named John. If the kids name was, say, Phoenix, or something less common, it might be more than a little weird. That said, it might be a little irritating for the extended family -- grandmas, etc. We have a ton of Johns in our family as well, and they're all distinguished somehow. We have "John Lastname" and "JP" and "Rocker Jon" and such.

Some questions you might consider: How much time are the kids going to spend together? How close in age are they? How might your family differenitate your John (via a nickname) from the others, so that when they're having a conversation, they don't have to constantly say, "No, not that John, Lady1297's son, John!"


Ladies...what do you think of the name Salvatore (nickname sal) for a boy... I am really kinda LOVING that name right now (is a family name)... but, will he be picked on on the playground??? (would also go well with dominic (nic) ...)
I like Salvatore. :) I agree with Nanner -- kids will find something to pick on if they really want to. You could also give him the nickname of "Torrey" if you wanted.


I didn't do well on food yesterday.
B: Cup of fresh blueberries; Fat Free Yogurt, Piece of Hardtack with Butter (300 cal)
S: Oatmeal Choc Chip Cookie (I made them the day before for the block party). (150 cal)
L: 2 apple & gouda sausages on whole wheat toast (400 cal)
S: 2 cookies (300 cal)
D: 3 pieces of pizza (900 cal).
Total: 2,050 calories, and only 1 serving of fruits/veggies. Ouch. The cookies are gone now though, thank goodness!

[shimmerstar]

There was a boy in kindergarten named Salvador, and as far as I know, no one picked on him. The only time someone picked on someone's name in my class was when a kid had the last name Butler. Apparently that is high comedy for 5 year olds.

[MarriedaGoalie]

Ladies, I just wanted to stop in and make a suggestion. I highly recommend Babyfit.com for tracking your food intake. It's a great website!! If you want to give me your e-mail address (via PM), then I can refer you to the website and I will receive BabyPoints for it. They track BabyPoints and for each point you get, money is donated to the March of Dimes. I've donated 27 cents now! haha I know it doesn't seem like a lot, but it's better than nothing! :)

[Tandis]

MarriedaGoalie - I've been using that website sporadically to keep track of my foods. It's a great site, but I guess I'm not using it enough because I've only contributed like $.05 :o

Salvatore: I went to school with a Sal. Don't remember him being picked on because of his name. At one point I ran across a website that gave possible nicknames for a name. I'll have to see if I can locate it again. ETA: Here it is: http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/babyblurbs.cfm

Foods: I haven't been doing too bad with foods, except for this past weekend when we had a party, and therefore lots of leftover party food! Oh, and today I gave in to my craving for Chicken McNuggets (they were so good!), but otherwise, I'm trying to eat many light meals with lots of fruit, yogurt, granola, and nuts. For some reason, I haven't had any desire for sweets for a while, and in fact, my birthday cake last Saturday didn't agree with me at all! Considering that the fertility meds gave me a horrible sweet tooth, causing me to gain four pounds, I really don't mind at all that I can't eat sweets!

Threadmistress: Could you please add my u/s date of August 14th? Thanks!

[zhannushka]

danalou - I tested to be a carrier of another genetic disease (Fanconi Anemia) and my DH had to get tested as well. The likelyhood of both you and DH being carriers is really very slim, but I know how crazy the 14 day wait is - I went through this just about a month ago. My DH ended up not being a carrier, so - I basically worried myself crazy for no reason. It can't be good for your baby, so - try to stay calm until you get your DH's results. (I know it's easier said then done!)

P.S. If you were both carriers - the likelyhood of your baby having CF would be 25%.

[goldengbridge]

Room for one more????

Me: Jen
DH: Miguel
Married:9/6/04
BFP:7/3/06
EDD:3/12/06
Other children: Andrew-8/28/04 23 months!! ^Jacob^ born sleeping on 4/3/06 at 18w 4d.
Gender Prediction: A healthy baby!!!
I lost my little boy in April and it was a devestating loss so I'm hoping for a healthy pg and baby this time around! I had my u/s yesterday and saw the hb and have an apt with the Perinatologist on 8/18! I'll be followed closely by them due to Jacob's passing and Andrew's heart defect. Looking forward to meeting you all!

[March2007Mommies]

Updated to Here!

Welcome Goldengbridge! :D It's great to have you with us.

[happy1nuv]

Welcome goldengbridge!!

That oxygen link is great... so, he could possibly be called Saliva, Sally, Salamander, Salvation, or Salmonella ... I think I can live with that...now to get dh to agree...

:)

[Orion]

Hi Ladies:

I had my first doctor's appointment this morning with my family doctor and guess what...I'm pregnant! Kind of funny since I've know for weeks and I have morning sickness, etc! I have my first OB/Gyn appointment for August 25 and they are scheduling me for a 'dating' ultrasound since it is hard to know how far along I am. They should call me tomorrow to let me know when that is scheduled for. After my appointment I called my Mom to let her know the news. It was so funny. I asked her what her plans were tonight and she said that she was going to to dinner with the family and I said "Oh, so you are celebrating?". She was perplexed and asked what she had to celebrate and I told her to celebrate becoming a grandmother for the second time. At first she screamed, then she kept saying 'but it's not possible. You're only seven month pp and you are still breast-feeding". I just laughed and told her that it is very much so possible since I got the confirmation for the doctor today. She is so excited. I am know heading to the gym to meet DH where we will call his family, hopefully before my Mom spreads the news around the whole town and his family hears from someone else!

[lady1297]

Mrs. Hill and happy1nuv- thanks for the questions. They have me thinking. We see this sister and her kids about four times a year. The boys would be about 4 years apart. They call him John-John, but family calls him John. Our son could be Jay (J.A. are first/middle initials) or Johnie, whatever. That wouldn't bother me. We're still scouring the family tree for ideas of boys names. It'll irritate SIL, but honestly, I don't care much for her or the fact that after 8 kids, she shouldn't expect everyone else to care if they use a simlilar name. I mean, she stole my other SIL's favorite names for her 7th child. She gave her 4 names, yes, that's right she has 3 middle names. Three of which were on her own sister's short list for names for her daughter. Yeah, i don't care so much what she thinks I guess.

[kindermom]

Welcome goldengbridge. Congratulations and HTH 9 months.

[ladybug0525]

Welcome Goldenbridge!

I had my first doctor's appt today where we had an ultrasound and looks to be a healthy baby growing! Made things a little more real because I had been in denial a little bit! My due date is March 20th, I will have a repeat c-section 7-9 before that, kind of nice I can plan for family to be in town.

We talked a little about me continue to compete in tri's in which she doesn't want my heartbeat to be over 140, which is practically impossible. So I probably won't be doing another one but would REALLY like to do one more in September. I might do a relay with some friends instead.

Hope everyone is feeling good!

[dollface]

Welcome goldenbridge :)

yesterday's eats:

B: Frosted Mini wheats (in an effort to make myself regular)
Snack: a small Coke Slurpee
Lunch: a bowl of organic baked beans (also in an effort to get regular again)
Dinner: 2 mini cheeseburgers, about 1/2cup of fries, 4 bites of cheesecake (cheesecake factory for dinner)


BTW, nothing I ate yesterday worked to make me more regular :(

[ieducate]

Welcome Goldengbridge. So glad you are joining us.

I can't believe that I am still here on this thread and it is officially 6 weeks. It is the longest I have been pregnant so far. I am so overjoyed. Nauseous mind you, but still overjoyed. :)

As for my eating...well, I don't think I am eating enough...and certainly not eating healthy enough. I crave different things. For the last two weeks I was craving nothing but grilled cheese, but now the thought of it makes me gag. (Unfortunately I had just bought a huge thing of cheese slices...dh will kill me for not using it). Now I crave nothing but red meat...any kind...steak, hamburgers, philly steak sandwiches, anything. Today I ate:

breakfast:a bowl of cereal (cheerios)
lunch: english muffin with low fat margerine
snack: cheetos (my craving at the time)
snack: Jimmy Dean egg and cheese sandwich
dinner: the other egg and cheese sandwich
snack: fat free Italian ice.

I would say that except for the extra egg and cheese sandwich and the cheetos it isn't so bad, but I worry that I am not eating enough. It is so hard because I don't want to overeat and gain too much weight, but I don't want to hurt my baby because of it. Also, I am not very hungry most of the time...most of the time I eat only because I know I have to. It is a catch 22. :(

Anyway, have to run because all of a sudden I am feeling quite dizzy. This hasn't happened in a long time. :( Talk to you all tomorrow.

[pewee9196]

Welcome goldenbridge!

Lady
I have heard differing things on the heart beat. My nurse tried to tell me it is easy to run and keep your heart rate below that. HA HA HA. I have been running for 22 years and unless I shuffle It is going to raise! Good Luck a relay could be a lot of fun!

I am so inpsired by everyone tracking food. I am having a horrible time eating anything because of M/S. I eat cereal, bread, chicken noodle soup and nectarines. Each night I go to bed hoping that it will be the last day!

[kindermom]

This is cross posted from my Aug moms group...We finally started telling family about the new baby.

Here is how we told our family about our new addition. Each of my sisters has looked at it and said "What does 'i'm a big sister' mean?" Hmmm. What do you think it means.

[shimmerstar]

Noel, that's so funny! Duh! My parents had kind of the same reaction- they thought I was joking, I guess. :p

[goldengbridge]

Kindermom- What a great idea! That shirt is SO cute!

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome:)

[Kanga]

I have heard differing things on the heart beat. My nurse tried to tell me it is easy to run and keep your heart rate below that. HA HA HA. I have been running for 22 years and unless I shuffle It is going to raise! Good Luck a relay could be a lot of fun!


Lol, I ran track in cross country... one lap around the track and it was over 140.

Lady I know you've pretty much already decided, but I say go ahead and use John. It's not like they picked an ultra unique name no one has ever heard of before. They had to expect there would be another John born somewhere in the world after theirs. We also have a repeat of the name John. My aunt married a John, and her sister named her son John. I don't believe there was ever a problem with it. I have a large extended Catholic family so there's bound to be repeats somewhere along the line.

Kindermom My dh's reaction was the same as your sister's. "What does big sister mean?" Um, I didn't think I used words beyond your vocabulary.

Welcome goldengbridge, H&H 9 months to you!

Food intake - I've never been one to watch what I eat:o I guess I have good genetics because it's never been a problem despite a less than stellar diet. Let's see if I can remember what I ate yesterday though.

Breakfast - 1 packet peaches and cream oatmeal
snack - yogurt and some strawberry jello
lunch - ham and cheese hot pocket, and something else I think but I forget
Dinner - Soft pretzel and pasta with butter. After you ladies talking about it, it sounded so good.

ieducate With my last pregnancy I craved tuna sandwiches before I realized you were only supposed to have so much per week and kept buying a can or two here and there thinking it'd finally go away. I broke down and bought SEVEN cans and I think I ate maybe a can of it before I didn't crave it anymore. We ended up feeding it to the cats, and of course being cats, they only ate a very little bit each time. It took over a year to get rid of it all:o

Tomorrow I'm heading down to my parents' house to celebrate my sister's birthday. Still trying to decide if I should tell them the news yet. I like keeping it a secret and not getting constantly asked how I'm feeling, when my next dr. appt is, how did hte last one go, etc. But I can't exactly wait til I'm 30 weeks either:cool: I'll be staying the night saturday night, then heading to dh's parent's either sunday or monday and staying htere for a couple nights because it's the Knoxville Nationals (basically the superbowl of sprint cars) and it doesn't make sense to drive back and forth when it's a 2hr round trip every day. I'm bringing my computer, but I also have a new book I started and really need to start reading more of it before I forget what happens and have to start back at the beginning so I may not be around a whole lot.

[dollface]

Didn't put my next appointments in red so I don't think they got updated:

Next OB appt. - August 15th (10 weeks)
First Trimester combined screening - August 24th (11 weeks)

First appt. was July 25th with first u/s :)

I am wondering what they will do at the 10 wk?

[March2007Mommies]

Updated to here!

Dollface - sorry about the miss!

Since we're into August now, and we'll soon be making appointments for September (!) how do you all feel about getting rid of July? Do you prefer it to stay there to see where we've been, or get rid of it to make things a little more compact?

[miaclear]

August 16- phone appt with Nurse
August 30- 12 week appt

I'm still volunteering to help...think you may have missed my last post saying that ;)

Gone with the July Appts is fine with me

[Janey]

Kindermom - Cute T-shirt! Madelyn looks so happy to be a big sister. :D

Miaclear - I thought lady was going to send you the info; I will send it here in a minute -- then you can add your appts. in to get your feet wet. ;) A tip that might help - I use Firefox for my personal browsing and MSIE for updating the thread, that way I'm not logging in and out all the time.


So I had a bit of drama yesterday afternoon. I had some cramping and brown spotting. I called the Dr's office, and they said they'd have the nurse call me back. I didn't get too worked up over it thanks to CC, because I'd read some stories where it turned out to be nothing... but the cramping with the spotting made me go "Hmm." When the nurse called back she asked if I wanted to come down for an ultrasound to make sure everything was OK. I took her up on the offer.

Everything looks great, the spotting is a mystery. I saw the baby move around in there, which was a truly amazing experience. I had no idea it would hit me the way it did to see it move. Here is the upside-down baby... you can see his vertibrae on the right-hand side.

http://static.flickr.com/92/206076868_b27c1554e0.jpg?v=0

The doctor also made a big point of telling me that it was Absolutely Okay to come in because of the spotting (she said, "You just never know what we're going to find in there!"), and that coming in and making sure everything is fine is a much better option than waiting & worrying until my next appointment.

[March2007Mommies]

Updated to here!


Thanks Mrs Hill :D

[Tandis]

MrsHill - Wow! Your baby's huge! :D Guess I'm just used to seeing u/s where there is only a speck and you have to assume you see something - with yours, I really do! Sorry to hear about the spotting, but glad it turned out to be nothing.

*********

Obviously, I spoke too soon with saying that I basically had no symptoms. Yesterday was 6 weeks and I've been feeling icky since then. Not nausea, not vomiting, just icky, like maybe my stomach *might* rebel at some point, but it's really not sure. I'm also suddenly exhausted, but I'm chalking that up to DH flipping around in bed last night and waking me up because he was hot :rolleyes: So I didn't really sleep too well.

Hope everyone else is doing great!

[ladybug0525]

Mrs Hill - Glad everything is OK! I had quite a bit of spotting with my first and everything turned out Ok, now this one I habve had none!

I am listed for due dates 2X, March 20th is the official and correct date
- Next Appt is August 30th
- I agree in getting rid of July

[shimmerstar]

Mrs. Hill, how scary! Your baby is so cute. :)

I have been having a horrible time sleeping. Right now, during summer, I can sleep as much as I want, but I'm worried because next week school starts again and I won't be able to nap during the day. I was falling-down exhausted last night and when we went to bed I couldn't sleep. Every night I take forever to fall asleep, then I wake up every single hour to pee. I have nightmares when I am sleeping, and I don't feel rested at all. Last night my nightmare was that I was bleeding! I was so relieved when I woke up.

The only time I can sleep well is when I'm napping on the downstairs couch. But I refuse to spend the night there!

People at work keep asking me if we are trying to have a baby. I just say "yes" and laugh to myself. I even had one lady trying to console me by saying that "sometimes it takes awhile". I can't wait to tell them. Only two more weeks if everything goes well!

[MrsKinnison]

MrsHill, I'm glad everything is okay and you got to have an u/s!!

Shimmerstar, I am right there with you! I am so tired, but havent' been able to fall asleep when I try to nap these past 2 days. It makes working at night very long and tiring. I probably won't get home until close to 1am tonight :mad:

I had my first apt at my new Dr.'s office today. I met with the midwife and I really liked her! They sent me for b/w and took 6 vials!! I couldn't watch!

They are saying my due date is March 13 ~ only one day different based on lmp, but I guess thats what the u/s said so that is what they are using. My next apt is on August 31 and we will hear the heartbeat then.

[kindermom]

Mrs.Hill - Your baby is getting so big!

Thanks everyone for the comments on our DD. We are quite fond of her! ;) She is a most excellent little girl.

[mochi]

MrsHill - what a great u/s! i'm so glad everything is okay! It made me realize, wow, I have one of those in my tummy, too! Just two weeks younger than yours :)

Tandis - My m/s started at 6 wks, too.

I'm 8 weeks today, 2 whole months, now it's starting seem a little more "real". Still, 3 weeks left 'til my first doctor's appointment (August 22nd).

I have a confession. I just got back from Target. I saw they had a pg test for under $4, so i bought it. Now I know why it's worth it to spend a little more on tests, this one was a little hard to read. The line was faint, but still positive.I just need constant validation that this is all real, at least until my first appt! i think someone said this before, but I'm afraid the 3 (now 4) tests I took were wrong and I'm really not pg, then I would have to tell everyone "oops". But, I guess the fact that I have m/s, I'm starving every 1/2 hour, I gag when I brush my teeth (as in my 1st pg), and I look 4 mos pg by the end of the day is proof that this is real. :D

[miaclear]

Got a call from the nurse today with my test results back and everything they tested for was negative or normal or positive in the direction it needed. Everything but I have a slight vaginal infection, however I've been on antibiotics for the last two weeks for the Lyme Disease so I'm pretty sure it's related to that. They were going to Rx me another antibiotic for the infection till I reminded them about the amoxicillion so she's going to call me back on Monday. I have no symptoms of an infection so I'm not concerned about it. I'm sure when I'm done with my last week of amox. it will clear up on it's own.

[dollface]

MrsHill - glad all is well...your baby is so big!

miaclear - glad to hear everything is good!

[happy1nuv]

miaclear ~ glad all checked out ok... :)

MrsHill ~ scary, but at least ya got to see your baby :) and that all is fine..

mochi ~ I actually had a nightmare about that last night... that I had to call everyone and tell them ooops, not really pg... and it didn't help that when I talked to my dad this morning that his first question was "are you still pg?" .... talk about making a girl paranoid... ugh. (I have faith though...i am NOT taking another test... the last one was so quick/dark...i have a few more, but I refuse to waste them needlessly...)

:)

[ieducate]

Mrs. Hill, what a great picture. I can't believe how visible the baby is. That is just so cool.

Well, it's 3am and like clockwork I am up again. I seem to be waking up every night around 2 or 2:30 in the morning sick to my stomach and spend a huge chunk of time in the bathroom. My stomach usually hurts so much afterwards that I can't go back to sleep right away. (Sorry if TMI). Because of my stomach disease I think that my m/s is coming in a different form than most people. I am not throwing up, but I am nauseous ALL the time and I seem to be going to the bathroom a lot. :( It's draining. I don't know what I will do once I am back at work and can't go to the bathroom during the day and can't afford to be awake at 3am every night. AGH. I love being pregnant, but boy oh boy is this hard.

Meanwhile, I have been using the babyfit.com to track all my food for the last few days and I am not (according to the site) getting enough calories in each day. That scares me because I know how important it is for the baby to get food/nutrients. The problem is, I am nauseous so often that eating is the last thing I want to do. Anyone have advice on that? Should I just force myself to eat during the day, even though it makes me sick to my stomach to even think about it? My biggest fear is that if I eat when I am nauseous that I will soon lose it, if you get my drift. What should I do?

Well, I am going to try and get some sleep again...my dh and I are still sleeping in the guest room because of the paint fumes and though I love him with all my heart, he is a huge bed hog. I can't wait until we are back in our bedroom with the king sized bed where he doesn't bump into me every two seconds. I keep elbowing him to get him to roll over to his side, but he doesn't seem to notice. Oh well, good thing I am not the size of a whale yet. :) Speaking of being a whale, I am excited because my older sister is coming to town next week and is bringing me all her maternity clothes. She just had her second baby last March so all her clothes are the same seasons I need. It saves me some money and time. She has good taste in clothes too. :) I think once I start wearing maternity clothes it will feel more real to me too. Even though I have all these symptoms, it sometimes doesn't feel real to me. I can't wait until that first u/s. Hope everyone is off sleeping well right now. Talk to you later today. :)

[MrsKinnison]

ieducate ~ don't worry too much about not eating right now. My Dr. told me that if I don't feel like eating right now, that is fine because the baby isn't getting what it needs from me right now. In the 2nd and 3rd trimesters my eating is very important, but by then she said I will be feeling fine. She told me to try to eat carbs and vegetable protiens because they are easier and give me exactly what I need. She also suggested energy bars like Kashi (Nothing atkins/zone/diet) and gatorade to help keep from getting dehydrated and keep electrolytes in you.

For the nausea, my Dr also recommended vitamin B6 & ginger. She said eating 2 gingersnaps before getting out of bed, then resting for 20mins more before getting up would really help. She says there are also ginger candies that you can suck on.

[ieducate]

Just wanted to say hello to everyone and see how everyone is feeling. Was the last post on this page really yesterday? I am having some computer issues so it appears that way on my computer and I just thought I would check.

All is well with me, except that I am still nauseous. Oh well. :( All for the good of the baby. :)

[MrsKinnison]

DH just told me that he can see it in my face and that it is "puffing out" :( :eek: :( How can this be possible??? I have only gained 2lbs, and to be completely honest, I had only just lost these 2lbs right before my BFP, so I really am exactly where I started the summer out at. He doesn't understand why I am so upset because in his words "it is going to happen." And the worst part is that he means this all nice and sincerely as if it isn't a bad thing at all!

Perhaps this is my punishment for feeling overall pretty good for the entire last week.

[March2007Mommies]

Updated To Here!

[happy1nuv]

I'm not sure if I posted about my vitamins here, but I use the Rainbow Light complete prenatal - they have ginger in them. Not sure if that's what helped last time around, but I didn't really get m/s. (I used them my whole pg, even though they are over the counter. My midwives were ok with that). Of course, I've always had it in my head that I would make a good pg woman... and, I'm talking like back when I was 10 I used to say that...

MrsKinnison ~ I wouldn't worry about it. With the heat and stuff...could just be water retention...
:)

[Tandis]

Happy1nuv - Where do you get your prenatals from? Too funny about thinking you'd make a great pregnant woman when you were 10 :) I always thought I'd have a breeze with labor, since I have good childbearing hips ;)

*******

I still don't have full blown m/s yet, but the ickies just aren't stopping. Ginger was helping me yesterday - not so much today - but I don't think I've had enough to eat. The food aversions have definitely started, along with the super sensitve nose. Poor DH, he walked in to the computer room earlier eating a microwavable corn dog and I banned him from the house (and from eating corn dogs!). I then had to open all the windows and sit outside for a while just to get away from the smell!

[goldengbridge]

I forgot to add my appointments coming up!

Appointment with the the Perinatologist on August 18th and my 2nd OB apt is August 31st!

My m/s has been pretty good. I've had a few rough days but nothing to complain about. With my first DS I had such bad hyermesis that I ended up in the hospital with and IV. The second time I was pg I got sick in the morning religiously for 5 weeks and then was fine. So I'm not complaining this time! I hoping it stays away:rolleyes:

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

[dollface]

Hello all. I feel like my symptoms are disappearing somewhat. I no longer am feeling permantely hung over. I am still in the mode of only eating what 'sounds' good though and I am noty eating a lot. I didn't take my prenatals for the past 3 days and sure enough, my bowels returned to normal. So normal that I lost a pound! I am going to have my doc prescrib me a different prenatal, maybe one with slow releasing iron or less iron all together.

[happy1nuv]

Tandis ~ I get my prenatals from vitacost.com (cheapest place I could find them... I don't know WHY they are so cheap compared to the others, but the vitamins LOOK the same, and the bottles come with their seal, so....) http://www.vitacost.com/RainbowLightCompletePrenatalSystem-360Tabs

[betsyboop]

Just in case anyone is interested, babystyle.com is having a 30% off all sale items incuding Citizens of Humanity jeans. I just ordered a pair! I figure, I'm going to start feeling fat and bloated soon, so I might as well have some nice jeans to make me feel better:D

Last night, my Dad's side of the family all got together for a wedding shower for the woman my uncle is marrying next month. When we got there, one of my aunts asked my mom what she'd like to drink and she asked for some juice or something. My uncle noticed that she wasn't having wine and jokingly asked if she was "with child." My mom said something like, "I'm not, but someone here is" and the whole room went silent and DH and I started laughing a little and then the whole room erupted with screams. It was fun:) This will be the first baby from my generation in the whole family, so everyone is thrilled.

[shimmerstar]

Today was my roughest day so far.

I felt really sick today and soooo tired. I just laid around, slept until 1030, then took a nap at 2. I thought MS would taper off during this time, not get worse! I also cried a lot today because my FSIL is leaving for college, and felt just nasty. But dh made me feel better with an unprompted "you look hot".

[MarriedaGoalie]

betsyboop: WOW, that sounds like fun! What a great way for your whole family to find out?! That's so much fun!!! I hope we can come up with something good like that... :)

[ieducate]

Well, my dh and I had our bedroom painted last Tuesday...5 days ago because of leaking from the roof. Instead of just one wall being painted where the damage was, our contractor painted the whole darn room. It looks great, except my dh and I have been sleeping the guest room since then and it is driving me crazy. It is not nearly as comfortable and I miss my own bed. Anyone else had their own bedroom painted while pregnant? If so, when did you finally move back into the room? We have had the windows open all week and done whatever possible to get the fumes out, but I still smell paint (slight as it may be, it's still there). How long do I need to stay out of that room to feel safe? I will do anything and everything to keep this baby out of harm and avoid a m/c, but gosh, how long can I stay away from my own bedroom? I REALLY miss my bed. Anyone have any suggestions and/or experience with this? The contractor said at least 24 hours and it has been way more than that. My dh has been so supportive that he continues to sleep in the guest room with me, even though he is not worried about the paint fumes anymore. I am just so paranoid. I had intended to sleep in there tonight and at the last minute couldn't do it. I got so angry that I had to be put out of my own room again. :( AGH. It is just so frustrating.

On a different note: My poor dh is about to kill me as my cravings for food change on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis. Today all I could think about having was Chinese food. I had been craving red meat for the last few weeks and now all of a sudden all I wanted was Chinese food. Nothing else would do. It was good too...once I baggered my dh into ordering it. Tomorrow...well, that could be something different alltogether. Who knows. It remains a mystery...and a very hard thing to deal with when trying to plan meals for the week. :(

[kindermom]

betsyboop - How fun. That must have been a really excited day.

ieducate - We painted our entire house when I was 7 months pg last year. (We had just moved in). I was not there for the first few days of major painting. The bedroom was one of the first rooms painted so it had a few days for the smell to dissipate. I was back in the house (still being painted) after the first few days. If they were painting, I had to leave the house. The windows were kept open and the ceiling fans on. My ob had no problems with this. She just said do not be the one painting. If I had waited until the smell was gone, I would have had to wait several weeks to move in.

[happy1nuv]

ieducate ~ I think you're fine to move back in. (It was latex paint, right? Not oil based? I don't think they use oil based paint for much anymore on the inside, but you have to be much more careful if it was) ...

betsyboop ~ That's a great way to share. I remember telling friends at a party about my first...one of the women looked at me (she just finished getting her son to do something he didnt want to do) and told me, don't ever have kids. I said too late -- from that she picked up that I was pg and started shouting... those kind of spontaneous tellings are just wonderful!!!

[Brink]

We have moved into our new house but we are still unpacking boxes and we don't have a computer yet. My CC time is limited to the office, bummer.

Well, ms hit me hard this weekend. I wasn't sick at all with my 1st and now I've had nausea all day everyday for the last 4 days. This stinks!

danalou - I had the same thing with the CF. I had no idea that I was a carrier and was freaked out when we found out. My DH had to get his blood drawn too, but I don't remember waiting that long - it was just a couple of days. Anyway - turned out to be negative, so all ok for us, but I know how difficult the wait is. Just remember how low the odds of him having it are, then look how low the odds of your baby getting it are if he happens to be a carrier. Then look at how many kids with CF live totally normal lives. Hugs to you for the next 10 days or so.

ieducate - not only was I in a house that had been painted, but I did the painting! I painted our entire house (with latex paint) when I was 6-8 months pg with DD and she is perfectly healthy. I wouldn't worry about it at all.

Well, back to work - catch up later.

[Nanner]

ieducate: I agree that you should go ahead and move back to your bedroom. My OB told me that painting is fine, as long as you use latex paint and keep the room well ventilated. DH and I painted the nursery when I was 7 mo. pregnant, and DS is healthy as a horse. If it makes you more comfortable, perhaps open a window and put a box fan pointing outward to blow the fumes outside?

Ladies, this m/s is killing me! It's so unpredictable. One day, I'll wake up feeling good and eating breakfast makes me sick. The next day, I'll wake up feeling sick, and eating breakfast makes me feel better immediately. Only a few more weeks, and I should be in the clear.

[miaclear]

I never knew headaches could be a pg symptom. They are driving me crazy. I used to get a headache once or twice a month. Now it's daily! Not to mention that nothing sounds good...but the only thing that makes me feel better is eating.

To make matters worse my gag antibiotics will be done this Thursday! Woo Hoo. Not....they caused that slight vaginal/UTI infection and now I'm on another week of antibiotics for that. So this Tues, Wed, Thurs I will be taking six antibiotics, two vitamins and likely two tylenol. I feel like an old sickie with all my drugs :(

[MarriedaGoalie]

My sister-in-law didn't really have any pregnancy symptoms with my niece, but she did have a TON of headaches!!! They were bad, too and the only thing that could get rid of them was .... believe it or not, caffeine. She would have to drink a soda to get rid of them. Now I know that's not the best thing in the world to do, but hey, whatever works, right? :)

[happy1nuv]

Anyone else getting a TON of CM? I feel like I should be really fertile, not pg...:)

[dollface]

Anyone else getting a TON of CM? I feel like I should be really fertile, not pg...:)

Glad I'm not the only one. I am ASTONISHED by the amount of CM I have!

[Nanner]

Forgot to add that my next OB appt. is August 23rd.

[miaclear]

Married.... I used to drink a lot of caffine. Three to four sodas a day. When we started TTC I got it down to 1/2 to one can. My Dr said I'm fine with the 1/2 can and thinking back today I didn't have any caffine. I think I may start tomorrow off with a coke. Ugh...it just won't go away.

[danalou]

Brink - Thanks I am trying to deal with the unknowns and I have been pretty successfull to date. I have a doctors appointment today and that should help as we should get to hear the heart beat!!

Overall I am going to hang low until I hear the results as I don't want to stress myself out more!!

I hope everyone is doing well and not too much longer before the MS should be gone!! :) :) :)

[Tandis]

Danalou - Good luck with your u/s today!

Happy1nuv - Thanks for that link :)

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I know with being due at the end of the month, I'm way behind the majority of you - but has anyone moved on to maternity or larger clothing yet? I wore my "fat" pants to work yesterday (they have elastic along the sides and used to be really comfy!), and they were tight when I put them on. After lunch, I had to sit at my desk with them unbuttoned and unzipped! Thank goodness for long shirts. My SIL bought me a Bella Band for my birthday, but I haven't tried wearing it out of the house yet.

So, what's everyone doing for clothing?

[MarriedaGoalie]

miaclear: Well there's your problem. I know I used to drink coffee everyday and then I stopped and wouldn't drink it for a week or so and I would have HORRIBLE headaches EVERYDAY! It was bad. I think they were caffeine withdrawal headaches or something like that. Just stay off the caffeine or start drinking it again and they will probably go away. Good luck! :)

[Nanner]

Tandis: maternity clothes--too funny about your pants at work! I'm still in my regular clothes, although they're getting uncomfortable. Not really tight or anything, but they just fit differently. I actually had two different friends at two different times tell me this past weekend that I look like I've LOST weight. :confused: I certainly don't feel that way! Perhaps everything's just shifted around or something. I'm going to have to get a bunch of new stuff for the late months. My first baby was born in the summertime. Being in Houston, I'll be able to wear a few things, since it doesn't get super cold here. But I definitely won't be able to wear everything I've already got. Which bites!

[shimmerstar]

Tandis, I have some maternity clothes, but I don't wear them a lot yet. I am not teaching right now, so I'm sure that will change next week when all of my dress pants are too small. I just wear my two pairs of pants that fit comfortably. I have worn a pair of maternity capris a couple of times when I wanted something nicer than jeans, but I feel like everyone knows they're maternity!

I'm really going to be in trouble with shirts, as I feel like I will need those pretty soon, and you can't really hide them like pants. I know I will be the talk of the school "she already needs maternity clothes at 11 weeks!" A lot of my school shirts are tight and show my roll. I am going to get a bella band as soon as I have my doctor visit, and hopefully that will hold me in a little bit.

It's hard because I know since I was fat I will just look fat a lot longer than a regular pregnant person. :(

Okay ladies, the exhaustion has hit with full force! I'm not sure why it's happening so late in my first tri, but it's totally coinciding with the start of school and I'm freaking! Yesterday I slept about 14 hours and today it's 1030 and I just woke up! I can just see myself sleeping in the book center while the kids run rampant around me!

[dollface]

Dana - best of luck with your u/s today. We got the call this morning that I am a CF carrier as well. DH is going for his blood test today. Appearently the mutation I tested positive is incredibly rare so my doc doesn't seem too worried about it - but the wait sucks!

[Orion]

Morning Ladies:

Still no word on when my 'dating' u/s is going to be. I just want to know how far along I am because a lot of plans depend on it. I need to go back to work before this next baby comes in order to get another mat leave and since I am on mat leave right now timing is everything.

Tandis: I haven't really been wearing my mat clothes yet but as soon as my clothes are not comfy I am putting them on. I made that mistake when I was pregnant with my DD; worrying that, even though my clothes were so uncomfy, it was too early to put on mat clothes. I don't know why we do that to ourselves. If it is more comfortable to wear bigger/mat clothes than go for it. Some people just have more sensitive stomaches than others and need the loose clothes.

Hope all that are experiencing m/s are doing well today!

Cheers,
Jess

[miaclear]

Married....after your post last night I was laying in bed with that awful headache and just gave up and went and drank some coke, only about a 1/4 of a can but it was enough to dull the headache :) I had completly forgot I hadn't had any caffine yesterday. Weird. I am armed with my 1/2 can of Coke at lunch for my afternoon treat now.

Maternity clothes. I've been eyeing them but haven't bought any. I think I'm going to have to cave soon though cause my 2 elastic skirts and 3 drawstring pants are getting really worn out.

[Rancid13]

Hello March Mommies To Be! From a Nov/Dec Mommy To Be and friend of dollface...just popping in to say hi and reply to a few posts that caught my attention. :)

Hello all. I feel like my symptoms are disappearing somewhat. I no longer am feeling permantely hung over. I am still in the mode of only eating what 'sounds' good though and I am noty eating a lot. I didn't take my prenatals for the past 3 days and sure enough, my bowels returned to normal. So normal that I lost a pound! I am going to have my doc prescrib me a different prenatal, maybe one with slow releasing iron or less iron all together.

The prenatals I was initially prescribed by my original gyno were just awful! A few weeks into it, I tried the Target brand prenatals that I'd heard such good things about from other pg gals here on CC and LOVE them! You can find them in the vitamin/health aisle at Target~the bottles are pink/purple. I've had no problems being regular with this brand. Also be sure to eat plenty of fruit/veggies and drink lots of water! That can really help make a difference.

My sister-in-law didn't really have any pregnancy symptoms with my niece, but she did have a TON of headaches!!! They were bad, too and the only thing that could get rid of them was .... believe it or not, caffeine. She would have to drink a soda to get rid of them. Now I know that's not the best thing in the world to do, but hey, whatever works, right? :)

I'm a big-time soda drinker as well...that's where I get my caffeine fix. Luckily I got the ok from my dr to consume up to 300mg of caffeine a day (I'm not a diet soda person, it's regular full-sugar soda for me!). :) I found this website that lists the approx. caffeine content in most beverages:
http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm
I was happy to learn that I can get away with drinking up to 5 or 6 12-oz cans of my fave soda a day if need be...usually I only get up to 2 though. There's FAR less caffeine in sodas than in coffee drinks, FWIW. :)

[mochi]

re: Mat Clothes - after mention of them here, I started to shop around online. I was all excited to check out the selection of roll-panel pants at GapMaternity, because I remember when they first came out, the roll-panel came in very cute patterns/colors. Now, it appears that the panel is just plain old blue. I'm so bummed! They were soo cute.

Still feeling blah over here, but maybe my M/S is getting better, or I'm getting used to it, but I'm finally doing a little more around the house, and trying to do more with my DS (2yrs old) outside. He's been good keeping himself entertained while I've been laying on the couch nauseated most of the time. I'm also very, very tired, like many of you have mentioned...

dyeing hair: I cannot wait 'til the 1st tri is over. I'm only 34 but have lots (prob 90%) of gray hair. So I not only feel icky, I look incredibly icky, too!! My ob clinic says it's okay to dye hair as long as it's after the 1st tri. Thank goodness I'm not working this time around, being a SAHM, it's easier to hide it under a hat or just not go out.

[happy1nuv]

Yeah, exhaustion has kicked in over here too....ugh! I USED to be able to stay up with dh and have some non-kid time...Now, even if I don't go to bed with Nic, all I do is come downstairs and sleep on the couch... :)

And, mochi... I never heard of anything but basic blue panels. If you find anything out, post it??

[dollface]

Rancid - the Target prenatals are the ones that are causing me probs! I was okay with them when we were TTCing but now actually being pregnant they are giving me issues. My doc suggested Citracal Prenatals w/DHA so I am going to try those now.

[mochi]

this blog entry (http://www.mommieswithstyle.com/2005/10/really-comfy-maternity-jeans.html) on mommieswithstyle has some pics of the patterned panel, they had even cuter patterns than shown here. (click on photos to view larger).

[shimmerstar]

Umm, I just colored my hair yesterday. I thought I read on babycenter that it was okay as long as it was a ventilated area. Crap!

ETA- I just saw that it said it's probably fine, but they recommend waiting until after the first tri. What have I done?!! When does the second tri start?

[Rancid13]

Rancid - the Target prenatals are the ones that are causing me probs! I was okay with them when we were TTCing but now actually being pregnant they are giving me issues. My doc suggested Citracal Prenatals w/DHA so I am going to try those now.

Oh no! Hopefully the Citracals will help...are those the ones with fiber?? My doc suggested Metamucil if I had any regularity issues. There were a few fiber supplements on her 'ok' list and that was one of them.

[mochi]

Umm, I just colored my hair yesterday. I thought I read on babycenter that it was okay as long as it was a ventilated area. Crap!

ETA- I just saw that it said it's probably fine, but they recommend waiting until after the first tri. What have I done?!! When does the second tri start?

Shimmer: I'm sure you're fine, you're only two weeks shy of completing your first trimester :) I'm so tempted to color my hair now! I don't think I can wait 3.5 more weeks!!

[shimmerstar]

Thanks, Mochi. I just googled it like crazy and I feel a little better. The reason I couldn't wait is because school starts next week, and I'd rather not meet all the parents with two inch roots! :eek:
But I would have waited if I'd known. And my doctor didn't specifically tell me not to do it, so hopefully I can stop feeling guilty.

[dollface]

My doc said it was completely fine to color my hair whenever I wanted. Just make sure you are in a well ventilated are. Most worries are due to the fact that you are usually getting it done in a hair salon where many others are also getting chemical treatments done at the same time. I get my done at my salon on Tuesdays when I know only my stylist and one other are working at the same time.

[Janey]

Re: Maternity Clothes - I was in them since almost the beginning -- I gained too much weight since 2 summers ago when I bought all my summer clothes. :o I keep picking things up here and there that I find on sale/clearance racks. I can't wait for fall so I can buy more fall clothes and actually look pregnant in them instead of just fat. :p

I saw some cute paisley panel jeans on a sale rack at one of the stores... I'm pretty sure it was Gap, but it could've been the Motherhood outlet. Next time I go down there, I'll check it out again... I'd be willing to buy-n-ship them to someone if they still have them on the rack.

Re: Fatigue - I'm in with the rest of you who can hardly hold their heads up. Holy crap has fatigue ever bit a big chunk out of me. Night before last, I slept from 11 - 4am, then I took a Unisom and slept from 6:30 - 10:15 AM, and then I was tired so I slept from 1:30 - 3:30PM... and had no trouble getting to bed last night, and I think I might be headed for a nap right now. :eek: Can't wait to get my energy back.


Had my Dr's appointment today. Everything looks great. They did an U/S because he thought that at 11w2d we might not be able to hear the HB via Doppler. The picture doesn't look much different than it did last week. Although if you compare the 10w4d ultrasound (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seahills/206076868/) with the 11w2d ultrasound, it's amazing how much bigger the baby is in the second one! Who knows if that is because the wand was closer or if s/he's actually bigger. Maybe a bit of both. Here's the one from today:

http://static.flickr.com/73/210359755_39302251bc.jpg?v=0

[miaclear]

Rancid....thanks for posting that link! I feel a lot better about drinking my 1/2 can a coke a day and if I splurge and get a medium coke at McDonalds I'm not going to freak about it :D I'm glad I never got to be a coffee drinker.

[March2007Mommies]

Updated to Here!

[MarriedaGoalie]

Aww.... MrsHill!!!! How exciting that you've gotten to see your little one twice already!!! I am so excited to see ours!!! :) We still have a while, though, I'm sure. How far along are you usually when they do an u/s?

[Janey]

MAG - It is definitely exciting! :D The first ultrasound I had was at 7w4d (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seahills/188512976/in/set-72157594167250593/) to date the pregnancy & check for the heartbeat. Then I had one at 10w4d (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seahills/206076868/in/set-72157594167250593/) because I had some spotting and they wanted to make sure everything was OK (it was). That was an unusual ultrasound. The third one was today at 11w2d (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seahills/210359755/in/set-72157594167250593/) at my regular OB appointment. If you choose to have a nuchal translucency screening, you may have one at around 13w. I decided against doing that test so I won't have one then. I expect to have my next ultrasound at about 18w.

I hope that makes sense & answers your questions! :)

[MrsKinnison]

MrsHill, I'm so jelous you got to see your babe again!!!

Ugh, I wish I could get the energy to exercise. I feel like I am just making donations to my yoga studio! Other than being tired (and hungry) I am still feeling pretty good overall. Knock on wood that the m/s is pretty much passed the bad stuff!! I'm wondering if it has anything to do with taking my PN's at night instead now?

[happy1nuv]

I think I remember some people in my last thread switching to taking their prenatals at night and that made things better...didn't remember that til you posted though...

Hmm...hair dying. I'm dying (har, har) to get my hair dyed again. My mom does it for me, so its not like its at a salon... I'm only at 7 weeks...I don't think there is any way I'm waiting (we are going to a party with dh's family this Sat, and I am NOT showing up with the roots I have now...)

[tipsy]

I just had my first appointment and ultrasound today! Wow! I figured it would be pretty neat, but I would just see a little blob. DH came with me and we had no idea the baby would actually be moving around like a little person. We saw it's little hand moving up and down, almost like it was waving at us. The little legs were kicking too!

It was a high point in a crappy week. I was hospitalized this weekend with a kidney infection which resulted in horrible body aches and a high fever. Luckily the baby is fine. The doc says she sees them in pregnant women quite a bit, so they're going to keep an eye on me throughout the pregnancy.

So far in this pregnancy, I've been in the ER for gastritis, had a car accident which wrecked my car and now hospitalized with a kidney infection. Can't wait to see what's next...

[danalou]

Well my 10 week appointment was boring to say the least bit!! My doctor only does one u/s at 20 weeks as she doesn't feel the rest are necessary. I am a bit bummed as several other moms here have had a few and I am still on a big fat zero!! Oh well I can't complain too much as things seem to be going well and that is all that is important at this time. My doctor did make me feel better about the CF as she explained it a bit more and DH has to have the same mutated gene number for the baby to get it. That is very rare and she even said unless you are related the odds are even smaller!! I am just waiting as we should get the results back in about a week!!

Well girls be safe as I am off for a work trip to the Big Easy!!

[Kanga]

I had my first ultrasound yesterday to date the pregnancy. I am about 5 days behind what I thought I was, so not bad considering I had no idea when I ovulated. My due date is now March 8 which is my birthday! We'll see if this one comes on his/her due date like dd did. As neat as that would be, I'm a little selfish and would rather have the day to myself:o but obviously it's no big deal if he does decide to show up on my birthday.

I left for my parents on sat, stayed at MIL's monday night and just got home yesterday. I'm worn out. As I said earlier in the thread, it's a major race competition right now, and we always throw a party in the infield on Monday's race. We have to get there around noon in order to get a good spot even though the race doesn't start until 7:30 and goes on til about 11. That is way too long for a pregnant lady to go without a nap! I thought everyone would ask why I wasn't drinking, but I got roped into organizing a bean bag game with money involved so I had a pretty good reason after all.

Sorry, no SO's, you ladies are just waaaay to chatty for me.

[Brink]

Good morning everyone - still feeling pretty icky over here. I just wish this m/s would actually only last the morning and not all day long!

Weight - has anyone NOT gained any weight? I haven't gained a pound yet and I'm about 8+ wks. I think in my last pg, I had already gained like 5-7lbs. I have m/s this time, and I don't have as much of an appetite, but I'm still eating........

Tipsy - bummer about the kidney infection. I had one with my last pg and ended up in the ER one night. Sorry you have had so many issues so far - I hope the rest of your pg is very boring!

Mat. Clothes - Since I haven't gained any weight, I don't need to change clothes yet. I had loaned all of my mat. clothes to a friend that is due in September, so I'm going to be getting those back in the next month or so. Hopefully I can stay in reg. clothes and not have to ask for them back early.

[MrsKinnison]

Tipsy - I am so sorry you have been having a rough time. Hopefully you are just getting all the bad stuff out of the way early so it will be an easy pg after this!

Weight - Mine has been fluxuating a bit, so I think it is just bloat. I was up 2, but now I'm back down to where I started. I'm still in all my regular clothes, but I can tell my body is changing a bit. Mostly I can see it in my waistline. At night I seem to have a little bit of baby belly that DH has even begun to notice, but only at night. DH claims he can feel it too ~ that is probably just bloat too, but I'm not going to admit that. I think I will just let him think it is the baby :D

[dollface]

Oh no! Hopefully the Citracals will help...are those the ones with fiber?? My doc suggested Metamucil if I had any regularity issues. There were a few fiber supplements on her 'ok' list and that was one of them.


I don't know if they have fiber or not. They are Citracal w/DHA and they are 2 seperate pills. I think they be a slow-release iron since the iron is what seems to prevent normal 'movements'.

Mat. clothes - I was just at Target this morning and found 2 super cute Liz Lange dresses for only $22.99 each! They are black and brown, one is tank style with a wrap around belt and one is cap sleeved, faux wrap style.

[Orion]

Just a quick update. My ultrasound appointment is on August 22 so I will finally be able to post in the title how far along I am. Things are pretty busy right now due to the fact that I have to find a job before I start showing too much in order to get another mat leave...oh the stress!

[MarriedaGoalie]

Meant to ask... is it okay if DH goes with me to the first appointment? Like, will they let him come in with me and everything? I really want him there with me.

[goldengbridge]

MarriedGoalie- Absolutely, your DH can go with you! It will be awesome for him to see the u/s!

[happy1nuv]

Weight ~ I'm actually down a few pounds, but I'm still nursing so I think that has something to do with it....

There was something else I wanted to say, but its gone...oh well, theres pg brain for ya. Speaking of which, is anyone else experiencing pg brain to the extreme? It's my worst symptom... I swear, I can write it all down and still forget stuff...

[shimmerstar]

Happy 1- I have noticed that I am really scattered lately. Mostly I notice it shopping- I go into a store and can't remember what I came for. Today I knew I had four errands to run but could only remember two at a time. I finally wrote them down and got them all! I have the best memory of anyone I know, so it's scary that I might lose it.

[ieducate]

Wow, you ladies have been chatting up a storm. I have been away from CC for a few days so I apologize that I haven't joined you in conversation. I just read the last four pages to try and catch myself up.

Today: I am 7 weeks today and with each new day comes some more relief from me that I have way passed where I was in the last pg. I will not feel true relief until I deliver of course, but next week at my u/s should give me some ease. :)

M/S: Still here and still kicking my a&*^. :( I am nauseous 24 hours a day pretty much. There are a few minutes here and there when I don't feel sick to my stomach, but that usually fades pretty fast. I am looking forward to just feeling pregnant, but not nauseous.

Exhaustion: This too is kicking my butt. I sleep so much that it is amazing I have any life at all. I am tired ALL the time. I go back to work in a few weeks and that is making me worried to death. How on Earth will I stand in front of 26 kids for 7.5 hours a day when I feel this tired and nauseous all the time. I am hoping that the m/s and the exhaustion will soon disappear since I will be 10+ weeks when the kids arrive on the first day.

Maternity Clothes: I have been avoiding it because I have been told it is too early, but like a few of you, I am not that skinny to begin with. My jeans are completely uncomfortable now and so I have to go and buy something so I have clothes to wear to work each day. AGH. My sister just gave me TONS of maternity clothes, but they are for late fall and winter (when I should need them). I think I will go and buy some pants with elastic waists so that at least they don't push on my stomach...which seems to hurt a lot lately. :( I don't step on a scale, so I have no idea if I have gained and/or lost weight. I do know that even though I have not gotten physically sick from m/s that I don't have an appetite for much at all, so I barely eat. Plus, I am asleep so much that I don't eat then either. Most of my summer stuff seems to still fit me. I am going to go by Gap Maternity today so I will check out some of the stuff. I almost feel like an impostor going in there at just 7 weeks. :(

MarriedaGoalie: I would ABSOLUTELY bring your dh. I am bringing mine and he is more excited than anything. This will be the first chance to really make this whole pg. real for both of us. I am excited that he will be there with me.

Question: Is anyone having weird dreams since they got pregnant? I have totally off the wall dreams every night since I got pg. I had totally normal dreams until I got pg.

Sorry for the long post...has been a while since I was here. :(

[betsyboop]

I don't think this has been brought up yet, but is anyone else burping at an astonishing rate? I literally burp ALL DAY LONG. Actually, all night long too- if I wake up to use the bathroom or something, I always have to get a few burps out while I'm up. And I'm not talking about a dainty little burp or anything- I'm belching constantly! It's actually pretty uncomfortable because I feel the gas in my stomach all the time too. Ugh.

Maternity clothes- Well, I've bought some stuff. A pair of jeans, a pair of black pants and a few shirts and light sweaters. I'm nowhere close to wearing any of it though. I'm pretty much still in all my normal clothes although they are starting to get a bit tight. I think I'll have to move to maternity pants way before I use the shirts. I think I've gained about 5lb or so, but I'm not sure since I don't know my "before" weight.

I almost feel like an impostor going in there at just 7 weeks.


I feel the same way shopping for maternity clothes! I'm wondering the whole time if the saleslady and the other obviously pregnant shoppers are wondering why I'm there. Oh well.

[dollface]

9 wks 3 days

dreams - it seems like every night I am having the most vivid, strange dreams!

[Kanga]

Hair dyeing - I don't believe that it's harmful, even in the first tri. I worked as a hairstylist during my last pregnancy smelling chemicals all day 5-6 days a week and am obviously just fine. I find it odd they tell pregnant women to avoid it all together or at least after the first tri, but the don't tell hair stylists that they can't work:confused: Obviously if it was that harmful, there'd be a lot of babies of hairstylists with medical problems, and I have yet to know one. Also, the worst of the smell is while it is being mixed up, and stylists almost always do that in the back room.

maternity clothes - my regular clothes still fit just fine. I expected to be in maternity pants at least by now, but am enjoying it while I can. I hate maternity clothes.

[miaclear]

Burping!!!! ALL THE TIME! DH laughs at me when I do it too. Usually it's at night when we're just trying to go to sleep...not sure if it's the "going horizontal" that does it or what but it's been noticed ;)

DH didn't come to my first appt which I was fine with. It would have been cool for him to see the baby on the screen but I really didn't need him there for the majority of the time when I was getting my pap and being felt up by my Dr. DH cried when he saw the ultrasound pics and that was really sweet. He's coming to the 12 week appt to hear the heartbeat which will be cool.

My mom sent me the sweetest book today called "Eat your Peas...for new moms" She is so ecstatic about this baby. I can't wait till I see her in Novemeber and she babys me :D

Maternity clothes....still not in them even though I think I really need some pants. I don't think I'll buy any till we make our big announcment. So I have another 3 weeks to wear these drawstring linen pants (thank god I have 'em in three different colors)!

[shimmerstar]

Dreams: Mostly my dreams are always crazy. Recently they've been losing-the-baby dreams. But last night I had a really fun dream that I had twins- a boy and a girl. I was not stressed at all. I was really happy and they were really quiet. I kept trying to breastfeed them, but only a little would come out at a time. Very weird. But at least it wasn't a nightmare!

School started for me today. The kids come back on Wednesday, but I might not be around as much because I will be in meetings all day!

[happy1nuv]

Dreams ~ Yeah, having wacky ones here too...

Burps ~ Oh YEA... and, I'm so not an out loud belcher that whenever anyone hears me, I get a second look and then a laugh.

M/S: So, I don't know if this is m/s, but I was so queasy tonight that dh is getting us takeout. I just could NOT cook... couldn't even THINK of what to cook. Ugh. I don't remember feeling ANYTHING even CLOSE to this last time around...argh... the worst part is, I'll probably feel worse after eating since we're eating junk... but, he is bringing home a caesar salad (if no raw eggs in dressing) with it, so I feel a bit better about that (we're eating cheesesteaks, yum)

:)

[MrsKinnison]

Dreams ~ I've always had crazy dreams, so its not that different, but I have been having some bizzaro ones lately.

I am hungry ALL THE TIME!! Seriously, I eat atleast every two hours (if not more often)! Other than that, my symptoms seem to be going away? I only get nausious when I'm hungry, and I'm not as exhausted as I have been. Still tired, but definately better. I hope this is okay??? I do think that my boobs are finally getting a little bigger though :D

[mochi]

dreams: YES! Every night I"ve been having very clear, vivid dreams. They're long ones, too. Maybe because we're all so tired that we're sleeping so deeply? None of them have been about pregnancy, though. Last night I dreamt about tornadoes. :confused:

M/S: Oh, I felt horrible last night. Even food wasn't making me feel better so I just went to sleep. Sometimes, I feel like I'm getting sick of eating, and/or figuring out what I can eat!

I'm 9 weeks today. About coloring hair, I think I may give in sooner than I planned. My roots are getting really bad, just looking at them makes me nauseous :p

[red_canuck]

I'm really late to the party, but just had to come in and congratulate you all on your babies!! March babies rock the house :D Enjoy your pregnancy - this time next year you'll be worrying about sleep, solids and the ever elusive babyproofing! lol

I cannot believe there's anothe rmarch group. Wow.


Congratulations again!

[shimmerstar]

I had my prenatal interview today. It was a little bit bogus, because mostly it was just getting a health history and stuff. I did mention that I was having a ton of anxiety and she just told me some stories about when she was pregnant. Then she said I wouldn't have another U/S until 20 weeks, "unless you're really anxious". Umm, hello? I just said that I was! It took forever and I have a whole bag full of pamphlets to read. I got my lovely 5 vials of blood drawn, and I have to pee in a cup tomorrow morning and bring it to the office.

She looked at her little wheel and said "you're due March 3rd". (I know). Then she said "we'll see if you don't go a little later than that". I asked her what my u/s showed for measurement, thinking I must have measured small or something, and she said exactly how far along I was when I got it. I'm not sure why she thinks I'll go longer- from what I can tell, diabetic mommies are induced or given c sections at 37-38 weeks most of the time. Oh well.

Hopefully tuesday will be a lot better.

[pewee9196]

Good Morning! Wow so much has gone on this week! I Tried to catch up but got a little overwelmed!

Dreams- Definately crazy. I have werid dreams when I am stressed plus the PG part so I wake up feeling like I did not sleep. ARG. Makes for a long day.

I do feel significantly better than past weeks.

maternity clothes. My BDUs hurt but I am not ready to be in the Maternity ones yet. Kind of stinks! I am not forking out $200 for a new set for now.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Shimmerstar
Your appt sounded a little like mine. Sorry I know I was dissapointed too.

[MrsKinnison]

Speaking of crazy dreams....

I am hosting my girlfriends bridal shower at my house tomorrow. Last night I had a dream that I didn't remember the shower at all! I remember getting ready, but the next thing I knew everyone was leaving and I had no recollection of anything. I knew I hadn't had any mimosa's, because I am pg (even in the dream) but I was worried maybe I had by accident even though I didn't feel like I had had anything to drink. I was completely freaked out by it and didn't know what to do. Must be a combo hormone/party stress dream.

Which reminds me of another dream... A couple of nights after my bfp I had a dream that I did a whole bunch of lines of coke. In the dream I had forgotten I was pg, and didn't remember until after I had done them all and then was all stressed out. **IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT THIS DREAM** I have NEVER done coke in my ENTIRE life!! Not that I care if you do (well actually I care if you do now, but I dont care if you have) its just not for me. {though I should add I'm no saint either, I'm somewhere in between} So, no idea what brought that dream on!

I guess I am having a few more bizzarro dreams than the norm...

[miaclear]

MrsKinnison....I had a dream the other night that I was drinking a beer. At first accidently, just grabbed the wrong can. Then after that first taste I just chugged it! However this would be something I might do before pg :o Did you get high in your dream? I remember a dream I had a long time ago where I was high in it (having never been high other than for medicinal purposes)...it was a pretty darn cool dream :D


Is anyone's sciatic (sp) nerve bothering them. I thought it was way to early but my book says it can happen early with the growing uterus. I don't get the pain all the way down my leg but it's pretty bad in my butt. I've been having problems with it for a couple weeks now. Sometimes almost feels like my hip is going to give out if I turn funny.

[happy1nuv]

For my first pg, my boobs never grew at all...not til after I gave birth and my milk came in (and even then, not by much)... I worried about it, during pg so finally asked my m/w's and they said not to worry...some women just don't grow, it has no implications for future b/f or anything (and they must have been right, since we exclusively b/f for 6 months and we're still going strong at 14 1/2...

The other night, I dreamt that Julia Robert's husband in Sleeping with the Enemy was trying to kill me... it was REALLY involved. 911 was called like 3 times... we were all over town... it finally ended when I threw him off a roof or a ladder or something...I woke up in a cold sweat with my heart racing...

:)
:)

[mochi]

These belly bands (http://www.babybeminematernity.com/) are really cute. I like the patterns, except I can't decide on which one. I'm leaning towards the black and white pattern, although I do wear a lot of brown, too. Hmm...

ETA: shipping is only $1.95 in US/Canada, but there's a promo code for free shipping from mommieswithstyle.com:
Enter "freeship" for free shipping in the promotion code section when you go to check out.

[shimmerstar]

I ordered a bella band, but I haven't gotten it yet. I got a tummy something from motherhood maternity, but it is really loose. I wanted it to hold my stomach in a little bit, but I was disappointed.

[MrsKinnison]

Miaclear ~ I don't actually remember if I did or not. I was so stressed out about it, the rest of the dream was just filled with anxiety. Kind of a rip of I think :D

Anyone else's contacts bothering them way more than normal? I have always worn mine with ease, but now I can't wait to take them out & they seem to be getting dirty much faster than ever before! Seems like they are always driving me crazy.

[miaclear]

I had the stupidest breakdown at Kohls yesterday. We were heading to a bday party for a friend and DH wanted to bring a gift. I thought the gift he picked out was kinda stupid and expensive (I'm of the camp that at our age gifts are NOT neccissary). Anyhow after we had this talk right there in the store I walked away and realized how stupid I was....if he wanted to get it just let him. So I walk back over and apologize (he had since picked out a less expensive gift). He doesn't say much about my apology and we're looking at cards....I had to walk away cause I started crying. I felt like an idiot.....all because I felt bad about what I said. He came over, assured me he loved me, gave me a squeeze and called me weird which made me laugh. He did great for my mini breakdown...I was so proud of him :D

[dollface]

These belly bands (http://www.babybeminematernity.com/) are really cute. I like the patterns, except I can't decide on which one. I'm leaning towards the black and white pattern, although I do wear a lot of brown, too. Hmm...

ETA: shipping is only $1.95 in US/Canada, but there's a promo code for free shipping from mommieswithstyle.com:
Enter "freeship" for free shipping in the promotion code section when you go to check out.

Those printed belly bands are so cute! The only thing is - I have heard they don't work as well as the Bella Bands. Appearently they aren't as snug so they don't fit/hold as well :(

[happy1nuv]

Anyone wearing those bellly bands at all? I dont understand them... isn't it uncomfortable to wear unbuttoned pants?? (You're talking to the girl that owns a few pairs of pants in 3 sizes from her last pg, cause my jeans got tight, but I didn't think I qualified for maternity clothes til I looked truly pg, not just gaining a few... this time around, I'm just getting out my maternity clothes as soon as they fit (of course, I don't have a job right now, so I don't have to worry about the whole telling coworkers thing/looking nice for work)... Comfort is all!!

[shimmerstar]

I have been wearing the band over maternity pants so they don't fall down. I will say that I just spent two hours picking an outfit for meet the teacher night tomorrow night, and I tried the pants undone with the band thing. I didn't really like it- I thought I could see the button under my shirt.

I am not pleased with any of the three outfits I narrowed it down too. I am okay with pants, but my shirts all show a belly roll. And I'm not wearing maternity shirts yet cause I'm still keeping it secret at work. It just sucks wanting to look nice and not being able to. I'm going to end up wearing a spanx type girdle tomorrow and be really uncomfortable.

I'm confused because it seems like the baby belly is coming out from above my belly button. I KNOW the baby is down below, but why the crazy top tummy roll? I'm not really bloated.

[Nanner]

I'm confused because it seems like the baby belly is coming out from above my belly button. I KNOW the baby is down below, but why the crazy top tummy roll? I'm not really bloated.

I don't know, but that's where I am showing, too. Did last time, as well. Is it too early for the uterus to be expanding, and moving the other organs upward? I mean, does it only expand enough to allow room for the baby, or does it expand earlier, to make room for the baby to grow into? I don't know. Whatever it is, I couldn't button my favorite pants yesterday!

I've felt a lot better the last few days. Could it be that the m/s is finally subsiding? Knock on wood. I sure hope so.

[MrsKinnison]

My pants are all getting tighter at the waist too....even my loose pair that used to hang so nicely on my hips. I've just been feeling "fat" but DH says that he can see my belly now too, so that makes me feel a little better. And it has taken some shape because you can see the bulge start right at my pubic bone right up to about my belly button. However, with clothes on, everything is just tight at the waist and I still just feel "fat."

DH doesn't think we will be able to hide it much longer, partly my belly but also my boobs are suddenly getting bigger. My FSIL was actually just about to comment on how nice they looked yesterday when I ordered a virging drink at my favorite chinese restaurant last night and "are your pg" popped out of her mouth instead. Her and BIL both got all teary ~ he has been waiting to be an Uncle for a LONG time (since about when DH and I got together LOL). I also told my BF after her wedding shower yesterday. I wanted to wait until after the wedding, but when I tried the dress on for DH yesterday the belly was definately there (its got a high waist so it makes it look bigger than it probably is). She was so happy, and says it explains A LOT ~ apparently I have been more cranky than I thought ~ LOL. It is so great telling the people closest to us, but we are still waiting until after hearing the h/b for the rest of our friends. We'd like to tell the parents this week too, if we can all find a time that one of us isn't busy...Summers are way too booked!

I definately think I must be over the m/s because it's been over two weeks now ~ YAY!! I'm also getting some energy back. I was up at 7am yesterday and made it until after 10pm w/o a nap or feeling bla.

Boy, I sure am long winded this morning....

[betsyboop]

You know, I think my morning sickness has subsided too. I used to HAVE to eat before 9am or else the whole day was ruined, but I slept until 10:30 both days over the weekend and felt fine. Yay!

I don't think I have a baby belly yet, but I'm definitely chubbier around the middle:(

[happy1nuv]

So, is it too early to have severe food aversions/cravings? I've been queasy quite a bit lately, but a few things stand out...like saturday, i HAD to have an egg salad sandwich. The world was going to end if I didn't...I managed to wait until 11:30, but I would have happily eaten it at 8:30 in the morning. Then, Sunday, I NEEDED nachos. They upset my tummy afterwards, but i HAD to eat them... I don't remember feeling like that last time... and, they are getting weirder. Like, yesterday, I would have been sick on site of pasta sauce (a staple of sunday dinner), but I HAD to have raw tomatoes with a bit of salt,pepper, and basil. SOOO strange....

[Brink]

Happy Monday everyone! Glad to hear everyone is doing well and many of the m/s mommies are getting better. I still feel it from time to time, but not as bad as last week. Hopefully mine is getting better too.

RO's - have you noticed many differences in your pg's? This one is so different. I don't have sore bb's and did last time. My bb's haven't grown at all and last time they did right away. I didn't have m/s last time and do this time. I know they say every pg is different, I guess I'm just surprised at how different I already feel.

happy1nuv - I think you are right on track with food. I haven't had any SEVERE cravings yet, but I can say there are days when the only thing I want is a chocolate milkshake.

So, I'm trying to decide when to switch doctor's. We recently moved, so I need to switch before this baby is born (I had my first visit with my prior OB). I probably shouldn't wait too long, but I hate having to go through the process. Just going through the whole history and becoming comfortable with someone new stinks. Guess I better just do it with my next appt.......

[dollface]

10 WEEKS

RO's - did you tend to show faster with the first or second?

I don't think I am showing yet - but definitely feeling bloated. My boobs have gone up a cup size but my pants aren't feeling tight or anything. Tomorrow is my 2nd OB appt. I have no idea what she'll be doing - maybe another U/S?

[miaclear]

Well I had my first true textbook morning sickness experience this morning, hugging the toilet and all :( NOT FUN...so I'm jealous to hear those of you who are saying your's has passed.

This afternoon I went to a maternity store with the intent of buying a bellaband. I wanted to try before I buy and the lady there was SO nice. It was a classier maternity store (Pickles and Ice Cream if anyone has one nearby) with a lot more high priced maternity clothes. I swore I would walk in and get my $25 bellaband. Instead I walked out $200 lighter, but I got the MOST AMAZING PAIR of maternity pants ever. I SWEAR to GOD!!!! They were $90 but I didn't hesitate at all. I also got a pair of jeans that might only be good through the rest of the year, don't think they'll be good for when I HUGE but they were $60, marked 1/2 off and then an additional 20% off. I couldn't resist....to have a pair that fit now is just plain relief. I also got a new bra that was super comfortable and at $40 I didn't think any more expensive than any other nice bra. I think eventually I'm going back to get the kahki version of this AMAZING pant though.

Noppies Maternity Pant (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GIROO6/sr=8-2/qid=1155599193/ref=sr_1_2/002-4146585-6620046?ie=UTF8)
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GIZ1UA.01-ADLDRRIK3VZNS._SS400_SCLZZZZZZZ_V62167188_.jpg

[Tandis]

happy1nuv - I've been having really bad food aversions for about the past two weeks - pretty much since the queasiness came and never left. Some things sound really good, but if I think about it too long, the thought makes me sick. Haven't had any really bad food cravings yet. I *really* wanted some Fish & Chips last night, but I think it was due to watching a program on the Food Channel, and since it was after 10 pm, with nowhere to get it, I settled for some oranges. :)

********************

Went a little early for my u/s because I was battling a fever last week and my RE wanted to make sure everything was okay with the little ones.

Saw two sacs, two babies and two heartbeats - we're having twins! :D

DH and I are going back on Thursday for another u/s because unfortunately, he couldn't be there with me due to work. So my RE told us to come back, just so DH could see them. So, yay! I get to see them again! :D

[shimmerstar]

Tandis, that's so exciting!!

Well, we are supposed to get to hear the heartbeat today, and I hope we do because I'll be a mess otherwise. :)

[Nanner]

Tandis: Congratulations!! How exciting for you! I'm glad your DH will be able to go back with you to see them.

shimmerstar: Finally the day of the hb is here! Let us know how it goes.

[betsyboop]

Wow, Tandis, twins!! That's so exciting!

Miaclear- I bought those same pants last week. They really are the best pants ever- so comfy. I got them on 20% off sale though:p Oh wait, I got the under belly version- I think that's the over belly. But anyway, they're pretty much the same.

Shimmerstar- Good luck with the heartbeat today!

[MarriedaGoalie]

OH WOW, Twins!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!! :)

[Janey]

I had fish-n-chips for lunch yesterday. They weren't that great... so Tandis, be glad you just settled for oranges. ;) And CONGRATS on your twins! How exciting!


I've been reading along but just haven't had much to say for some reason. I'll be AFK most of the week. The siders are removing the siding on our house. Some moron put a band of roman brick fascia on the house at some point, probably to "update" it. Anyway - it is mind-blowingly noisy and so I just have to get out of here during the day. Can't wait till the new windows get put in and we can start working on The Baby's Room. :) I set up a Remodel Phase II set in Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seahills/sets/72157594236731394/) in case anybody wanted to check out the pictures.

[MrsKinnison]

Tandis ~ OMG, Twins!!! How exciting!! I forget, did you know this might be possible or is this a complete surprise???

[Brink]

Tandis - congrats on the Twins. That is really exciting for you.

I just noticed the thread for the February moms has changed to "2nd Trimester". We are almost there ladies!!!!!!!

Well, I still haven't gained ANY weight and I still can wear almost all of my normal clothes. I shouldn't be complaining, but it is just so different from last time. I'm letting myself get my hopes up that this means I'm having a boy. I shouldn't do that, because I would be happy with a girl too, but a boy would be terrific.

[miaclear]

Betsyboop....I did get the over the belly pant but they fold down real nice right now so they don't come up to my boobs. And I figure later with a BIG belly it'll be nice to have the over the belly. I hope anyway...having never been pg I'm not sure what the most comfortable is for me.

Tandis...congratulations!!!!!

Myself....puked the bottom of my stomach out this morning. Ugh...it has gotten pretty bad for me ladies. I read that it often gets better after the tenth week and I start week ten tomorrow so fingers crossed for me. Although food never really sounds good it makes me feel better and once I start eating it it's all good :D 3 days till I tell the world!!!! I'm having a happy hour on Friday at my house and I'm telling all my friends and coworkers who show up. It'll be nice to let everyone know.

[miaclear]

Forgot that I wanted to bring this up. HOW in the world do people afford to have babies without health insurance? My first visit was $500 and just yesterday I got the EOB for the labwork. JUST the labwork alone was $1100!!!! After my network discount it was only $220 and my insurance covered it all but seriously....if you didn't have health insurance how are you supposed to afford to have a kid?

[dollface]

Congrats Tandis!!

Went for my second OB appt. this morning. I am 10 wks. 1 day but measuring 10 wks. 3 days. All is good! My first trimester combined is next week and my OB says that the peri doc whould be able to give me an idea of the sex - woohoo!

[Orion]

Hi Ladies:

Had a chance to pop onto a computer and wanted to say hello.

Tandis: Twins! That is awsome!

Miaclear: Can I just say thank goodness I'm Canadian and don't have to worry about health insurance!

Difference in Pregnancies for RO's: I am so glad that someone mentioned this. This pregnancy is so different than when I was pregnant with DD. With Sophie I was throwing up about five times a day, I was so sick and tired all the time and felt just awful. With this one, I get a little quesy now and than and have a little less energy than normal but feel pretty good. Also, with DD I didn't have to run to the bathroom in the night until the thrid trimester. I already get up to pee three times in the night right now! I have been so worried this time because I just don't feel pregnant. With Sophie I felt pregnant right from the beginning. I told DH last night that I wouldn't be surprised if when I go for my u/s next week they told me that something happened to the baby because as I said I just don't feel pregnant. I pray that I am wrong but we will see. Someone please tell me that I am just thinking stupid!

[Tandis]

Thanks ladies! :D

MrsKinnison - We did IVF so there was always the possibility. My first beta was 1827 at 18dpo, and by 20dpo it was 3978. So we kind of had the idea there was more than one. Still, the idea that there might be multiples, and the actuality of it? Two *totally* different things! :D

MrsHill - Well that sucks that the Fish & Chips weren't any good. Oranges are better anyways, but man, they still sound yummy! :D

[Kanga]

Congrats on the twins Tandis! Any idea if they are identical or um, um, uh, whatever that other word is for non-identical?:o I bet you and your dh are so excited.

difference in pregnancies - definately feel different. I already feel and look pregnant (to me and dh anyways, I don't think anyone else can tell)..so much so that I wouldn't have been surprised in the least if it was twins in there (i already had my u/s, just one baby) or if I was really farther along than I thought I was. When i feel nauseated, I feel it pretty much all day no matter what I eat. With the last one it was only if I was starving or if I ate something anyways after it didn't sound too good. Then I'd get sick and feel better. With this one I haven't thrown up at all yet.

BTW, here is my ultrasound I had last week at 9wks 5d
http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m135/Liz_Adams/th_newbabyultrasound.jpg

[mochi]

Tandis: how exciting, twins!!!

Miaclear: I know, so far I've only had bloodwork done, but we received a statement for $200. Then, we called our insurance company and got it all straightened out. But still, medical bills in general are just so confusing, and expensive.

Difference in pregnancies: I'm feeling about the same as I did with my DS. I think my tummy is popping out a little sooner, but that's to be expected since my body probably still "remembers" being pregnant. The only difference now is that I was working with my DS, but now I'm SAHM so I have a little more time to kick back, and don't have to worry so much about hiding anything.

M/S: Starting yesterday, my nausea has gotten a little better, but I'm still STARVING all the time! About half an hour after I eat, my stomach will feel completely empty and I'm totally hungry again. I'm seriously running out of things to eat! I'm trying to eat more protein to feel more full, but it's just not working. Oh well, it's not so bad really, just amazing how quickly hunger sets in!

Finally, my first appt is in exactly one week. I can't wait!!!

[goldengbridge]

Tandis- TWINS! WOW! Congrats!

dollface- I'm just curious how they would be able to give you an idea of the sex at 11 weeks? Curious minds want to know:)

[dollface]

dollface- I'm just curious how they would be able to give you an idea of the sex at 11 weeks? Curious minds want to know:)

I have no idea! I guess it's a really good u/s machine? lol. Everyone I've talked to who has had the 1st trimester combined says it was the coolest u/s they had. They have you bring a videotape so you can watch it at home too. My OB says that they give you a high percentage of the sex (like 80%). When they did hers they told her 80% chance it was a girl and she had a girl! Of course the purpose of it is not to determine sex but measure the nucheal trans. and check facial features for early signs of DS.

[goldengbridge]

Dollface- Thanks for info. I'll have to ask about that. I saw a peri with my last son and I had the nuchal test and all those tests at the same time and nothing was ever mentioned to me regarding sex. In fact I had another u/s at 14 weeks and I asked if they could see anything and they told me it was still too early at the point. Should be interesting what they tell you! I go this week so I'll see what they say!

[shimmerstar]

Yay, we have a heartbeat! My husband was so excited. At the U/S I was apparently even measuring one day ahead, so that's great. They are going to try to get me in for a nuchal in a few weeks, and I'm excited because everyone says they are so cool!

[kindermom]

Tandis - Congratulations on the twins.
Miaclear - Those pants are awesome.

RO - Pregnancy Differences - HUGE difference. But I also knew that the first was too easy to repeat.
The last one...Almost no m/s. I had few cravings and even fewer aversions. I had huge BBs that were incredibly sore. And the siatica did not appear until the third trimester.
This one...I have been nauseous about 80% of my waking hours. I have had so many aversions to food. I will cook but then not be able to eat it bc it makes me sick. Despite breastfeeding (although I am weaning) my BBs are normal sized and not at all sore. And siatica has already started to rear it's ugly head.

RO - Showing - I think I am huge. By 8 weeks my pants were tight. Right now I am about 11 weeks and I am finding less and less I can wear. While I have gained 5 pounds, it is mostly in my waist which has completely disappeared.

[lady1297]

hi all! Sorry I haven't been around. I'll try and update everyone's info tomorrow when Ds is napping.

I had my ultrasound yesterday! It was amazing, just like with DS. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/lady1297/sonagram2.jpg

The baby was great, kept doing sommersaults while the tech was trying to get the heartrate. After some pleading, the baby let us hear the heartbeat, it was 158. It was so sweet to hear. I am so excited that in 10 days i get to hear it again..sweet music!! The tech dated me at 11 weeks 2 or 3 days, so 2 or 3 days later than my lmp. And that would make my edd March 3 not March 5 or 6. Whatever, early March it is!!

I'm doing well overall. Not as tired, but not energetic either. I have so much to do and no desire to do it.

Tandis-CONGRATS on the twins! That is amazing and wonderful!!

RO: Not showing yet, but I feel like a blimp yet haven't gained a pound. And this pregnancy is very similar to the last one so far. I'm thinking that we are having another boy based off that. We'll see in 30 weeks!!

[happy1nuv]

Tandis ~ Congrats!!! That's wonderful! So, two sacs...does that mean they are fraternal? Or does it not mean anything? Wow...

RO: This pg is soo different than last time. My last pg was sooo easy... but this one... food cravings, aversions, queasiness... haven't actually thrown up yet, but am anticipating it this time around. I'm not showing yet, but my waist is starting to disappear...

[ieducate]

Ladies, sorry I have not been around. Feeling crappy all around the last few days. :( I LOVE being pregnant more than anything, but this nausea thing is killing me. :( Sometimes eating something small like chips or grapes will make the nausea go away and sometimes it makes it worse. AGH. What a pain.

Tandis, congrats. That is just so awesome. I remember you saying from the beginning that you thought you were having twins and based on your numbers from the beginning it sure seemed that way. That is just great.

As for me...well, two more days and my dh and I get to see the baby for the first time. I can't believe it. We are so excited I can hardly wait. I just hope they see the h/b and that everything is fine. This is the furthest we have gotten in a pregnancy so we are just delighted. I am praying every day that all is well with the baby. I will post pictures of the u/s as soon as I get them on Thursday.

Hope everyone is well. I go back to work in a week and a half so I am going to try to stay up-to-date on the site as much as possible once that happens.

[shimmerstar]

ieducate- good luck!

My lab came back and I'm no longer immune to rubella. I teach germy kindergarteners- should I be worried? Is there anything I can do to avoid getting this? The MW didn't seem too concerned about it, but I am!

[Nanner]

ieducate- good luck!

My lab came back and I'm no longer immune to rubella. I teach germy kindergarteners- should I be worried? Is there anything I can do to avoid getting this? The MW didn't seem too concerned about it, but I am!

Do you teach in public school? If so, the kids are required to get their own vaccinations against rubella (unless they get their doctor's approval). Not to mention that with as long as the rubella vaccine has been around, I think it's pretty rare for someone to develop it. So I think your chance of contracting anything is going to be pretty miniscule.

[miaclear]

Well I finally took my last antibiotic yesterday for the Lyme disease. I go in later this week to get another test done and hopefully it comes back negative! If so I'm in the clear, if not I have to have another test in a month.

Yesterday at lunch I threw my back out :( I'm walking like an 80 year old woman now. I went home early from work and decided to take the morning off today.

Woke up today, first time in a long time that (so far fingers crossed) I haven't been sick! Of course I haven't brushed my teeth yet and that's when it seems to really get me.

[betsyboop]

Ok, I have a dilema I'd like to ask you guys about.

I was laid off from my old job on the last day of March. I seriously looked for a job for a while, but since I changed careers recently, it wasn't going well. We decided to ttc at the beginning of May and I found out I was pregnant at the end of June. I had been on a few interviews by that point, but nothing too promising. Anyway, I have to keep applying to at least 3 jobs per week to continue collecting unemployment even though, at this point, it would be kind of silly to start a new job just to leave in about 6 months (I don't plan to work after the baby is born). I just got a call from a company that got my resume recently and we set up an interview for tomorrow afternoon. Do you think I should mention to them that I'm just about 3 months pregnant? I also have 2 vacations planned for before the baby comes. Usually I wouldn't mention vacations up front, but in this case it seems like I'd be a pretty undesirable employee based on those 2 factors, so maybe I should mention them?

I mean, the money would be nice for building up some savings and buying stuff for the baby, but I feel SO tired that I can't imagine working full time plus commuting everyday- ugh. Also, would my situation cause bad feelings with my potential employers? I'd hate to form a bad impression with someone and then meet them at some point when I go back to work after the baby is a little older- they always say it's a small world, you know?

Maybe I should also post this in the pregnancy forum to see if this has happened to anyone else here...

[Janey]

Betsy - I always think, "Honesty is the best policy." Legally they can not hire you because you are pregnant, but have the company train you an invest time/energy/money into you and then leave having known all along that was the plan... well, it's probably not very nice. Especially if it's a small business.

I don't know what your job is, but could you do temporary or contract work?

For a while last year, I was considering getting a job at Pottery Barn just for the 40% discount at PB, PBKids, Williams Sonoma, etc. ;)

[happy1nuv]

betsy ~ I would at least mention the vacations... I don't know if I'd mention the pg thing... at least, not until there was a firm offer in place. It's just kind of awkward. They can't ask those kinds of questions, so what would you say? Hi, Im your preggo applicant? (They are not supposed to be able to discriminate against you because of pg anyway, so really... its not like it SHOULD factor into their decision, yaknow?) And, you never know... I was going back to work after Nic arrived. I DID go back to work ...and HATED it. I'm now a sahm, and LOVE IT. BUT, if you had asked me before Nic was born, I was going to be a working mom. And, things may change and you might NEED to go back to work for a time after the baby gets here...

I really don't think its any of their business. Not yet anyway. (That might be an unpopular point of view, but really...you sign on with the knowlege that either party can terminate the relationship at any time... and you can bet they won't hesitate to use that to their advantage. Now, if you intended to be a lax employee on purpose and just collect a check since you'll only be there for a short time...then I'd have another opinion...

:)

[Brink]

Good morning everyone! I get a massage tonight, I can't wait. The only bummer is my person says there are certain areas she can't work on too hard (tops of shoulders and tops of feet) and that is where I need the most work. I hope I don't leave feeling dissapointed tonight.

Kindermom - I feel the exact same way you do with this pg. I can't believe that I only stopped BFing a couple of months ago and yet I have absolutely no growth or soreness in them. The differences in your symptoms are exactly like mine.

Miaclear - ouch - sorry to hear about you throwing out your back. I've never done that, but I imagine it is painful.

betsyboop - I would agree with Mrshill on the "honesty is the best policy". I wouldn't walk into the interview and say - I'm pg and taking vacation. I would probably wait until a second interview and make sure they are even interested in you before going down that road, but I wouldn't let the process get too far or accept the job without informing them. Especially since you are not planning to go back to work after the baby is born. Just doesn't seem fair.

Nuchal - I wasn't planning to have this done. I'm 36, so I certainly could have that and the amnio, but I just don't think I want to. I was 35 when I delivered by DD and had the options then too, and didn't do it. I guess I just wonder, if you have the NT done and something negative comes back, what do you do with that information? Am I wrong for not getting it done and being "prepared" if something isn't right?

[miaclear]

Bestyboop....if I were in your position I don't think I could honestly look for a job knowing that at most they'd get a good 4 months work out of me. I personally wouldn't even want to put the energy into learning all the new things. But that's me. I would look into Temp work if you really want the extra money. Then you don't have to worry about the vacations and you could be up front with a Temp agency and tell them you want to work as much as possible for the next six months but you are not looking for anything temp to perm. That's only my suggestion though :D Good luck.

Brink....yea for the massage! I'm probably going to wait till after the first trimester is over to get one...but it is on my list of things to do!

Myself...not trying to jinx myself but I've gotten to noon without any morning sickness!!! WOO HOO! I have a hair appt tonight so it'll be nice to get pampered a little bit, even if it's just someone washing my hair ;)

[March2007Mommies]

Updated to here.
Please make sure we didn't miss anything.
We're getting close to our second trimester ladies!! Do we want to start our new thread the 1st of September? Let us know!

[miaclear]

The first of Sept works for me. I will be 12 weeks 2 days!

[lady1297]

ACK!!! I'll be 12 weeks on Monday, or Friday, depending on whether you figure the ultrasound or LMP....

Wow, to be out of the first trimester...lovely! No wonder I'm getting my energy back slowly!

[happy1nuv]

Wow, you guys are a lot nicer than I am when it comes to job stuff... Do ya hate me? :D

[miaclear]

Happy....if she were planning on working after the job I would highly suggest not mentioning anything. However since she doesn't it just seems like a lot of wasted time for all parties involved. Temp work just seems the way to go, especially with those multiple vacations planned.

[ieducate]

September 1 works for me, though I won't be at 12 weeks until September 14th. (Which also happens to coincide with my bday...what a great day for me. :)

[Janey]

Unfortunately it's 13 weeks when you start your 2nd trimester. I was so excited last week to make it to 12 weeks... but now everything I'm reading is saying it's the end of the 12th week. :rolleyes: What a letdown! I was so excited, too. :p Whatever the case -- the September 1st sounds great to me!

Re: 2nd Trimester Thread - I've been thinking about the 2nd trimester thread and wondered -- Do you all want to have a "Team [Color]" section, where we tell what gender we're having? Is there anything else you all want to include? I was thinking of just copying the format/front-end stuff of the other 2nd trimester threads, so if you all want to poke around in other threads and see if there's a group or feature you all like, please say so!


Nuchal Translucency - Brink, I don't think there's anything wrong with your decision. I also opted not to have the nuchal traslucency. I kind of figured that it wouldn't change the outcome -- we're keeping the baby regardless. The part that really made me think twice about doing it is that I worried that if I found out that I had a high chance of having a downs baby, I might enjoy the pregnancy less, and I want to enjoy this time. I know the risks, and I figure I'll just deal with whatever comes when it comes.


We ran into an old family friend today at Ethan Allen who squealed when she saw us, said Congrats and then quickly added, "I want to do the baby shower!!" It was so sweet. :)

[danalou]

September 1st works for me, but I won't be able to visit much in the beginning as I will be on a nice and well deserved VACATION in the CARRIBEAN!!

Overall Lab Update - I got a call from the doctor's office yesterday and they wanted to let me know that my DH's test results came back negative for the cystic fibrious gene!! Can I just tell you how relieved I felt when I heard that message. I knew the odds were really low, but for it to be confirmed took a huge weight of my shoulders!!

MrsHill - I think that is a great idea to do the team colors starting the 2nd trimester thread!!

QOTD: When does everyone plan on spreading the news to the rest of your family and friends?? We are thinking we will wait until my after my next appointment (15 weeks) as we should get to hear the heartbeat!! Plus with the vacation and all it just works out to be a couple weeks past the 12 week mark.

[betsyboop]

So, I'm still undecided on what to do about the interview. I have gotten mixed results from my informal poll of CCers, friends, and family. It's such an odd position to be in with the unemployment and everything... I'm thinking of telling them if they call me for a 2nd interview and I won't say anything today. I mean, there's a pretty good chance that they won't like me and will decide not to hire me anyway (my work history is really bizarre and I left my last job in the same field under strange circumstances).

Starting the new thread on Sept 1 sounds good to me- I'll be 13w, 2d at that point.

[happy1nuv]

I won't actually hit the second tri til Sep 17 (that's what i get for being due the last day of march...:rolleyes: ) but I'm cool with a Sep 1st second tri thread :) AND love the team colors...

So, I think in May 2005 moms, we all either craved egg salad or mexican. And, most egg salad cravers had girls, most mexican cravers had boys (i remember that was the theory... not sure if it turned out to be true or not) For the past three days, i have NEEDED hard boiled eggs or egg salad. and pizza (icky elios even, not the real stuff). can't even look at salsa. Last time, it didnt work for me, cause I craved both equally. :)

[Tandis]

2nd trimester thread - I agree, Sept 1st is fine for me, though I won't hit 12 weeks until September 14th. No sense in waiting until everyone over 12/13 weeks to start a new thread. Team colors is a great idea :)

Telling people - We've told some people (mainly immediately family members and my boss), but we're holding off on telling everyone until after I'm in my 2nd trimester.

Danalou - Congrats on the good results from the blood work!

*************************

Saw the babies today! Both are doing wonderfully, and have almost doubled in size since last week. My RE joked that I must be feeding them superfood, DH said "nope, just fried chicken!" :D

Baby A is now 15.1mm, up from 9.4 last week, while Baby B is 14.1mm, up from 8.0 last week. I'm now released to my OB/GYN, and I already have an appt. for Monday.

Here are the babies - sorry the pictures aren't the greatest, but I had to take a picture of the picture.

Baby A:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/tandis1/BabyA8weeks.jpg

Baby B:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/tandis1/BabyB8weeks.jpg


And here is me at 8 weeks. I'm down to five pounds gained overall since the ER at the beginning of July (even though it looks and feels like more than that!). It was eight, but a lot of that was water retention. Heck, I think a lot of *this* is water as well!
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m21/tandis1/IM000634.jpg

For those who asked, they're fraternal twins since they're in separate sacs.

[dollface]

2nd trimester thread - Spet. 1 st is cool with me - I'll be just a few days shy of 13 weeks :)

danalou - so glad to hear it came back negative! We are still waiting to hear.

[lady1297]

Tandis, that is the coolest picture I have ever seen (Including my own!!). So which is baby A and which is baby B? How do they tell?? And what a GREAT excuse to gain weight! hee!!

[ieducate]

Well ladies, today was not as easy and joyous as I had hoped, but all turned out fine. Here's the scoop:

My dh and I had an appt. at my ob's office at noon for our first u/s. We went in and to begin the troubled appt. they were struggling with my tiny veins to get many a vials of blood taken. So they stopped and said they would try after the u/s. So, I go in for the u/s and after 10 minutes of probing (internal u/s) the doctor said she could not find a h/b. My dh and I just froze. We knew it was a possibility but my doctor's look was worse than anything. She said she was concerned because based on the size of the fetus that she was seeing (or thought she saw) she should have been able to detect a h/b. She was uncertain if what she was seeing move was a h/b or not. Sooo...they try four more times to get blood drawn and send me across town for another u/s at a radiology center, stating that their own machines are mediocre at best.

So, we had an appt. for 1.5 hours from the time we left the office and my bladder was already full (as it was supposed to be for the second u/s of the day). We got the to center early and in some tears my dh pleaded with them to take me as early as they could...they did. They took me back in another 15 minutes (thank goodness because my bladder was going to explode) and did an external u/s. They again could not find the h/b. :( At this point I was feeling hopeless. They let me empty my bladder and come back in the room for internal u/s. BAM...there it was...the h/b. My dh and I just held hands and cried of happiness. We got to see the h/b and hear it too. I have never been more relieved in all my life. The only thing the tech said was that he was putting my due date at April 2nd now, instead of March 29th. :( I could still go early, as my sister's baby measured small the whole time and she had the baby around the time she predicted (earlier than the docs predicted).

Anyway, that's my story for the day. Whoo...what a day. What an emotional rollercoaster. My dh and I both were devastated at the thought of going through another m/c. AGH. I am so happy that I am still posting to a mommies to be site. :) I will scan the u/s pics, but really you can't see anything. I will scan that later tonight. Hope everyone is doing well.

Oh...and I need to go back two more times...once on Monday for the rest of the blood work they didn't get today and then again next Friday for the meeting with the ob that I didn't get today. They gave me a huge packet of stuff to read over and then ask any further questions next week. No idea when my next u/s will be, but I am in no hurry as long as everything is fine. :)

[shimmerstar]

Wow, ieducate, how scary! I'm glad they were able to find it though.

Today I let my friend at school start telling people. The first person we told is my friend and was really happy. Then we told the princpal, who didn't seem that happy, but already knew because her sister works at my MIL's school. News travels fast, I guess.

Then we told one of my team members who was really icy about it. Whatever. She's not my favorite person either. I'm going to tell the other team member as soon as she calls me. I like her. I know she will be happy. It just kind of took the wind out of my sails to have two people who were not that thrilled.

So everyone at Dh's work knows, a few people at my work, and everyone at my MIL's school. I have a feeling my mom is going to start telling people soontoo.

[mochi]

ieducate: OMG! How scary!!! I teared up reading about everything that you had to go through :( Did they explain why they couldn't see the h/b at first, like was the baby in a weird position? I'm just glad everything is okay *hug*

[lady1297]

ieducate OMG! I was crying reading that so I can only imagine how you were feeling. I'm SSOOOOOO glad things turned out okay. HUGS to you and DH. And please stay here throughout, regardless of your due date. We love you anyway!!

[goldengbridge]

ieducate- WOW what a story. Thank God they ended up finding the hb! I was told at my 9 week apt that they can rarely see a hb from an external u/s so they usually do internal ones. But they could see my little ones hb from the outside which is rare. Continued sucess with your pg!

I had my Peri apt today and all went well. The baby is starting to look so big. I'm measuring right on target. The Peri and I talked for a long time about the loss of Jacob and all the details and he assured me that he will be keeping a very close eye on me. So I do feel a little better. I go back on 8/30 for the nuchal test and then 9/14 for another u/s although I dont think I'll be back in town at that point. My DS is having heart surgery in Phila in 3 more weeks so he told me if I cant make it to reschedule when I get back. And my level II is scheduled for Oct 19th at 8 am! Only 9 more weeks!

Does anyone have LJ? I have the same username over there if anyone is over there!

[shimmerstar]

goldengbridge, I'm shimmerstar80 over there. I'll try to remember to look you up.

My next appt. is Sept. 1st, and I have some kind of really good U/S on 9/27. I don't think it's a nuchal, because I'll be 17 weeks, but she said it was a really cool sonogram.

[dollface]

ieducate - so sorry for your scare!!

[ieducate]

Thanks for everyone's thoughts on my day. The ob actually did do an internal u/s today, but she and the nurses afterward claimed that their equipment is not up-to-date and the best. That is why they sent me for another u/s at a radiology center. They just said that they could see the fetus on the u/s, but could not tell if the bleep on the screen was the h/b or something else. The radiologist showed us the h/b and the blood moving in the baby's body. That was cool. We got to hear the h/b too, which I liked the best. My next u/s, which is sometime around week 18 will be at another radiology center (closer to home) and I am relieved that I don't have to deal with my doctor's office equipment again. I had the external and internal today at the radiology office and they even commented that it is extremely rare to see the h/b this early on an external. I was confused as to why they did it then, but I wasn't going to argue seeing as they finally saw the h/b.

[March2007Mommies]

Updated to here!

[Janey]

ieducate - I'm sorry to hear about your scare, and I'm very glad that everything turned out alright!

[ieducate]

trying to attach the altrasound pics from today. Let's see if this works. It is difficult to really see anything on it and I have to say I was hoping for more of an actual body to be visible, but hey, the h/b was there and that is all that matters.

HMMM...can't seem to figure this out...I am clueless on this site sometimes. HOw do I insert the pics in the posting? Do I have to have it on a website to post as a url?

[Janey]

ieducate - Upload them to a site like Flickr (http://www.flickr.com). Shutterfly does not work.

Once you have the photo uploaded, right-click on it and get the photo's properties. Highlight the URL of the photo, and clikd the "Mountains and Sun" icon in the icon bar above the post window, and paste your URL in that line. Alternatively you can just paste the URL into the post window, and type {img} {/img} (except using square brackets) around the URL.

[ieducate]

http://preg.fertilityfriend.com/ug/gallery/9f57a462554ef7f6359ce3b4d5a7eb58/image_6790.jpg

Here we go...here are the two pics from today's u/s...now putting my EDD at April 2nd.

[MrsKinnison]

ieducate, I am so happy everything turned out okay today!!!

My parents are coming to dinner on Saturday night ~ they think they are coming to see what we've done to the house, which we have done a lot, but they have no clue that they we are having a baby. We never told them we were ttc & they gave up asking us about it long, long ago!

[danalou]

Thanks girls for all the support!! I know I have been hanging low well awaiting the results, but I did make it a point to check in and see what everyone else was up to.

Tandis - CONGRATS on the twins!!

Ieducate - What a scary afternoon, but I am glad to hear that things worked out in the end!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend as I don't think I will be able to drop in as the in-laws are making a visit!!

[MrsKinnison]

On b/w, how long does/did it take to get results and is no news good news or do they call no matter what?

[betsyboop]

Ieducate- Wow, that must have been scary, but at least it turned out ok in the end!

So I had something really weird happen this morning. DH wakes me up each morning with a cup of tea in bed (yeah, I know I'm lucky:D ). I always have the same type of chinese tea, but this morning he gave me some weird flavored tea- I think it was orange ginger from Republic of Tea. Anyway, I thought it tasted odd, but it wasn't the end of the world. I got out of bed and felt totally fine, went to the bathroom and suddenly felt the urge to throw up:confused: I burped instead (ha ha), so I thought that was the end of it. Then I started to brush my teeth and got the urge again and I ended up throwing up the entire cup of tea. But I never really felt sick or anything. I ate breakfast immediately afterwards and everything. Isn't that so strange? I guess I won't be having that kind of tea again though!

[happy1nuv]

ieducate ~ Wow...so glad things turned out ok!! Tough morning though... Granted this was 30 years ago, but my mom was told my sister (her first) was going to be still born a few weeks before she was supposed to be due, and did she want to surgically get rid of the fetus or continue to carry to term and deliver a still born? Well, mom said she'd carry to term, and thank goodness she did since my sister is alive and well today! (She was like 6 weeks late though... I'm sure the stupid doctor got the dates wrong)

bestsy ~ Yeah, I'd stay away from that kind of tea...and man...Can your dh talk to my dh?? Please??? :)

[betsyboop]

happy1- Wow, you sister was 6 weeks late? :eek: Your poor mother! You know, I think doctors were wrong about stuff a lot back then because my mom was told by her ob that she was definitely going to miscarry me so she shouldn't get too excited/attached to the pregnancy. Well, I'm here today, so obviously she didn't miscarry!

[ieducate]

Hey, anyone know why the u/s pics I put up here yesterday aren't showing anymore? Was I supposed to send them to the threadmistress directly? I am so confused. :( If I need to post them again, let me know. Thanks.

[Kanga]

My lab came back and I'm no longer immune to rubella. I teach germy kindergarteners- should I be worried? Is there anything I can do to avoid getting this? The MW didn't seem too concerned about it, but I am!

I wouldn't be afraid of it all. Actually, it's not directly the rubella that causes problems, it's a vit A deficiency that most if not all people with rubella get. So if you do happen to catch, just take lots and lots of Vit A (i'm sure the actual amount is posted somewhere on the net or MDC should you need it). Also, if you do plan to get the vaccine again, I would wait at least until your dc is a year, especially if you plan to bf because the rubella vaccine and the MMR are both live vaccines - meaning you (or anyone you are around) can catch the virus from the vaccine.

Do you teach in public school? If so, the kids are required to get their own vaccinations against rubella (unless they get their doctor's approval).

Actually this isn't true. 48 states (Mississippi and W. Virginia are the exceptions) have religious exemptions and 17 of those 48 have philisophical exemptions. We are not giving dd or any future children any vaccines that are currently on the market whatsoever and in all likeliness they will attend public school. From what I've read, (although each state is different) all I'll need to do is write "Religious Exemption" where I'd normally write in the vax and the dates.\

betsy - I think temp work is your best bet. If you do go to the interview, I'd tell them about vacation time and the pregnancy, but not that you aren't planning on returning. If you don't tell them about the vacation time, when it comes up, they can decide not to give the time off to you (unless their benefit pkg states something else.)

[Janey]

ieducate, I don't think fertilityfriend is a photo hosting site. Try uploading your photo to Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/).

[ieducate]

does this work????

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[Brink]

Happy Friday - I'm so glad it is finally here. I have been commuting my 2 hours each way all week and just can't wait to be home for the weekend.

danalou - So happy to hear about your DH's test results.

ieducate - I see your pics - very cute little one you have there. So scary about your story, glad everything worked out.

goldengbride - I hope your DH is ok. I know there can't be anything "routine" about heart surgery - but I hope this is just something simple.

Well, better get to work.

[goldengbridge]

Brink- Thanks for your well wishes- I really appreciate them! Its my son, not my DH. My son Andrew will be 2 in 10 days and he was born with severe heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome HLHS- He literally has half a heart. There is a three staged surgery to reroute everything so the right side of his heart can do all the work. The oldest person with his defect is only 21 so there isnt any research after that age. some kids go onto need transplants. Any prayers you can send our way would be very appreciated! Thanks again!

[Kanga]

Thanks for your well wishes- I really appreciate them! Its my son, not my DH. My son Andrew will be 2 in 10 days and he was born with severe heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome HLHS- He literally has half a heart. There is a three staged surgery to reroute everything so the right side of his heart can do all the work. The oldest person with his defect is only 21 so there isnt any research after that age. some kids go onto need transplants. Any prayers you can send our way would be very appreciated! Thanks again!


Oh my goodness! When you posted before I didn't realize his condition was so serious. I will be thinking of you and your family. Do they know if this sort of thing is genetic, and can they detect it before birth? Either way, I hope your #2 will be lucky enough to skip out on any health problems!

[Adam's Pi]

I hope you ladies don't mind the intrusion, but I noticed goldengbridge posting here and got nosey! Congrats to you on your third baby, losing you from our thread was awful. I'll be praying for a really, really boring pregnancy for you and for your son's upcoming surgery(ies)!

[miaclear]

Wow....what a busy couple of days!!! I don't have time for indivdual posts but hoping everyone is feeling good! (or at least better than me).

This last week has been the toughest on my by far. Just pure exhaustion and physically getting sick, not just queasy. I hope it doesn't last much longer.

Yesterday DH and I got a package in the mail from my aunt. She sent us a stuffed elephant (with pink ears so I guess she wants a girl grand neice) and a cute little duckie sleeper. You know I've looked at baby clothes in the store and ooo and ahhh over them but now that I have an actual piece of clothing that is meant for my baby to wear it's like a whole other story. I'm constantly holding it up and imagining my baby in it all soft and cuddly (and quiet..hehe).

Tonight I am having a happy hour at my house after work where some of my coworkers and friends are coming. I am making the big announcment!!!! Just a handful of them know already so I'm pretty excited to share the news.

[goldengbridge]

Kanga- Thank you very much. Yes, Andrew's heart defect should have been detected before birth. They can *usually* detect it at the 20 week u/s but the tech doing mine missed it. It was very scary when he was born not breathing. Thankfully he was life flighted to Childrens Hospital in Philly which is the #1 congenital Heart defect hospital in the world! His Doctors are wonderful! With my second pg the Peri followed me very closely until I lost Jacob at almost 19 weeks and they were able to clear his heart at 14 weeks for the most part. At 20 weeks in addition to my level II u/s I'll also be having a fetal echo to check the babies heart in detail. And no, most heart defects are NOT genetic. We have no history of heart problems on either side. They dont know what causes them. But the number of babies born with heart defects are alot- 1 in 100!

Adam's Pi- Thank you so much for the well wishes!

[MrsKinnison]

goldenbridge, I will be keeping your entire family in my thoughts and prayers!!!

[Chris'slady]

ieducate- I'm glad everything is awesome with you and that baby. Great u/s pics....:)

[Brink]

goldengbridge - I don't know how I missed that it was your DS instead of your DH with the surgery. While I know having a husband in surgery would be tough, I can't imagine how much harder it would be with your child. Your story made me tear up about life flighting him to safety. I can't imagine if we all were having these babies 50 years ago. Imagine how many of us would never have the joy of seeing our little ones grow up. I hope the advances continue and your little one will do very well with the surgery and live a long and healthly life. Huge hugs to you and yours.

Miaclear - have fun tonight!

[Tandis]

ieducate - Sorry to hear you had such a rough day with the heartbeat. Glad everything turned out okay!

lady1297 - Thanks :D During my first u/s my RE just randomly chose one baby to be Baby A and the other to be Baby B. At that point A was larger than B, so I'm just assuming that that is still the case. They're in different spots than they were last time, so really there's no way to tell.

miaclear - Have fun announcing it tonight. That's too cute about the baby outfit. I've been looking, but can't bring myself to buy anything yet.

[March2007Mommies]

Updated to here!

ETA - Tandis was the only one to post a belly shot so far as I can tell.... anybody else? She looks so lonely in the belly shots post all by herself!

[Tandis]

Yeah, somebody come join me in the belly shots so I'm not the only pudgy belly being stared at! :p

[dollface]

goldenbridge - I am keeping you in my thoughts.

belly pics - the only ones I have are from 4 wks and 8 wks and their is nothing there yet! I will take some this weekend because there is definitley something there now :)

U/S pics....

7 wks, 1 day (measuring 6 w, 6 d)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/makeupwhore/Baby/stacyspeanut-1.jpg

10 w, 1 day (measuring 10 w, 3 d)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/makeupwhore/Baby/stacyspeanut10weeks.jpg

[happy1nuv]

goldengbridge ~ You and your son are in my thougts and prayers... Hoping for a smooth operation and a speedy recovery!

M/S has kicked in here big time, which is strange since I didn't have any with Nic... different pgs, different babies. Let's just say baby #2 is NOT a veggie fan...

:)

[lady1297]

goldenbridge-Lots of prayers coming your way. How awful to be going through this in general. I hope you son beats every odd and lives to be a ripe old 99!!

Tandis- Interesting!! Thanks!

Bellyshots- I'll be taking another one on Monday, I'll hopefully be able to post it. I was weighed and measured at Curves for grins and giggles and have gained 2 inches in my abdomen and 1 inch in my waist, so something is going on there (I lost 3/4 of a pound so I shouldn't have seen much if any increase in sizes). And my body fat and BMI have gone down as well, so I"m excited. Now to see what a resurgence of energy can do to keep my weight down....

DH and I have been doing a lot of discussion about if we are going to find out this babies gender or not. We didn't with DS and I'm leaning that way now. But there is a part of me that would like to know if this is another boy or not. DH is leaning towards finding out. I don't know if we could keep it a secret for a long time or not if we did find out. Still debating...

I keep thinking I've feel the baby moving. I'm not sure if it is just gas or not, but there is somthing going on in my gut after meals, like bubbles. Anyone else?? It may be too early, I know. But they do say you feel it sooner with the second child...I hope so, because it is cool to be the only one able to feel it right now. DH and I both felt DS move at 18 weeks, same night. I like that I may be bonding to this baby first...Selfish me...

[shimmerstar]

I kept feeling a flutter too, but I'm pretty sure I'm not feeling the baby yet. But I haven't felt that before.

[lady1297]

Yeah, but fluttering is the baby...so I think we are feeling them moving. It doesn't happen anytime other than about 20 minutes after I eat. Which was when DS was the most active. Sigh. I'm saying it's the babies!!!

I can also feel something different inside my abdomen when I carry DS. He'll move a certain way and all of a sudden what I would guess is my uterus is pushing on my bladder. It's not a bad feeling, but during Mass this morning, DS almost made me pee myself because he kicked that spot. I guess my uterus is getting big enough to make it's prescence known!

DS is having a blast looking at the ultrasound pics. He keeps pointing to them and saying "Baby". It's adorable!!! I love DS!! I think he's going to love being a big brother even though he has no idea what that means just yet. During Mass, there was a 2month old in front of us and DS couldn't get enough of him! I thought for sure he was going to scale the pew and steal the baby!! He's started trying to pick up my girlfriends baby, NOT a good thing, but sweat nontheless! I'm so excited about him becoming a big brother! We have him potty trained and in a toddler bed. Now we have to transition him out of the toddler bed (it's the crib, too) and into a twin. And of course, I would like to have him weaned. I'm hoping my milk dries up soon. I really am not enjoying nursing him anymore. He's really getting agressive (I think because my supply is decreasing) and this morning he bit me!! Not good at all. I've loved our nursing relationship and it will be sad to see it go, but I'm done. We are down to night time wake ups and naptimes, but I'd like to start working on cutting out the night time ones next. I'm hoping to start that in the next weeks, once I get my energy back. Then I'll tackle the sleeping thing. Say a prayer for that one. That's sacred around here...Crossing my fingers that it goes quickly!