April '07 Mamas!

[kimthebride]

Potato Lovers (ahem...happy1)
Go out and buy some Alexia Oven Reds. They come in a few different kinds, and are sooooo gooooood. Even when I am pretty sick, I can get these down when theya re nice and hot.
http://www.alexiafoods.com/products/images/OvenFries_OORG.jpg

Showing
Today a guy in my building said I shouldn't be taking out the trash (I had 4 bags!) since I was expecting. Ummm...I didn't think it was that obvious!

Skin
My face is so embarassing. With DS I had bacne that was horrible, but at least no one but me & DH saw it. My face is like nothing I have ever experienced - ewwww! Zit city.

[diedra1027]

Potatos/Fries - One of the carbs that doesn't make me feel terrible, but not something I've been craving either.

Skin - I also have terrible skin right now. Blech!
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I finally saw my OB yesterday and had that first ultrasound (just looking at the heartbeat and some quick measurements). Everything looks great - she said that the baby is measuring a little big, but since I have an appoinment with the perinatologist (including a more detailed u/s) on Friday she said she'll let them get a better reading on the size. Assuming that everything goes well on Friday, we'll finally be telling our families about the baby this weekend!!

[Tonysweetie]

I finally saw my OB yesterday and had that first ultrasound (just looking at the heartbeat and some quick measurements). Everything looks great - she said that the baby is measuring a little big, but since I have an appoinment with the perinatologist (including a more detailed u/s) on Friday she said she'll let them get a better reading on the size. Assuming that everything goes well on Friday, we'll finally be telling our families about the baby this weekend!!

Good luck with the u/s on Friday! I bet everything will be great! Good luck telling your families. How fun!!! :)

[jeggink]

9w5d

diedra1027 Yeah for a HB and a good u/s!

Potatoes/fries Yeah fries do settle my stomach a bit...hmmm maybe the thing for tonight. I may need to make a stop at Burger King. I mean I have only gained 5 lbs so far :rolleyes: .

Skin Mine has been OK, I am breaking out but not more than normal really. I have noticed my hair becomming more coarse. I have very fine baby hair normally so this is strange for me. I didn't have it with DS.

OK, the nauseau is at an all time peak now. I was having it all day long, but now get some relief in the early mornings. BUt it builds during the day and by evening, I am ready to barf all night long, yuk. Then add on allergies and constant itchiness. It is so hard watching DS at night since DH works till 7 or 8 because of this. I try to sit on the sofa and just hope that he can play with himself. I am sure he is getting bored. Bedtimes are wonderful!!! Man, I have full respect for SAHM. I did before but even more now. Nothing helps anymore :(. Sigh, I need this part to be over with.

[lauren f s]

jeggink: Stock up on PlayDoh and crayons & coloring books. These have been a lifesaver for me when DH is working late. I lie on the couch while DD plays. And they're easy activities that I can do with her while lying down, if she insists I play. I hope you start to feel better :). FWIW, I'm right at 12 weeks and *knocking on TONS of wood* m/s seems to be fading.

[michael'sbride]

Skin My skin is just horrible, its SO dry. Nothing seems to help and the more I moisturize the more I break out.

[jeggink]

lauren f s Yeah we already do the crayons thing, but we don't do play-do much, so that is a good idea. The problem I have is my DH is very active. He still won't watch TV, go figure, just doesn't have the attention span. The last few days he has been playing wtih wooden puzzles he just got for his b-day so that helps. Then he also wants to jump on me and be on me and that makes things worse. With DS I think I was also 12 weeks before it went away, yuk!

[juliemag]

Skin - My skin is pretty bad too. I haven't had this many zits since high school. :o

[lil_nance]

Ugh, wk 9 was not good. I've been nauseous off and on all wk. I'm so tired. I don't sleep well at night. My best sleep is my nap while DS naps in the morning. Usually that's only an hour. Today my stomach has felt kind of crampy. It was so bad this morning that at one point I was doubled over (I think it was just gas but OUCH). The bb's are starting to hurt too. I really hope this week will be better. We're traveling AGAIN this weekend which I'm not looking forward to.

Skin My skin is ok. Some breakouts but not any more than normal. My hair however is horrible. It's dry and frizzy. I just had a trim a few weeks ago and even that didn't help.

Cravings All this potato/fry talk is making me hungry. I'm still on a spicy food kick. Had Thai for dinner last night and leftovers tonight. Yum.

[pg_jess]

herewego - thanks for the info! I need to get a better pg book. I picked up What to Expect but haven't been reading it because it's so negative about everything. I really want something that describes what's happening with my body and the baby each step of the way. Then again, I don't really have time to read, so I guess that's okay! :)

food in general - I have had the luxury of almost no nausea or food aversions (unfortunately for my weight). But I have noticed lately that I fill up very quickly when I eat (I'm 12 wks today).

ROs - I'm terribly impressed with all of you. It's all I can do to take care of my husband. I can't imagine having another DC to take care of! :) My hat is off to all of you!

[myshel]

Hi, ladies. Just checking in. Last night was a horrible night for me emotionally. I reached my breaking limit and completely broke down. I felt awful all day yesterday, and DH decided that dinner out would be good because I wouldn't have to cook, and he wouldn't have to do dishes. We went to a fairly nice little bar and grill, had a nice meal, and enjoyed a little conversation. On the way home, I felt really sick. I made DH drop me off at home while he took DS to the store to get more milk and food for DS. I ended up getting sick and just collapsed on the floor, crying. I was mad that I threw up a nice meal. I was mad that I can barely care for DS these days. I was mad that our poor dog is neglected. I was mad that I neglect DH. I felt sick, tired, emotionally useless, and like my job has suffered as well.

DH came home and found me, talking me through the crying until I was sort of okay. After a night of rest, I feel better. I'm still a little sad about how hard this pg has been on me emotionally compared to my first. Anyone else feel that way?

Showing: I have a more pronounced poof. I think I look pg these days.

Skin and Hair: My skin has been wacky. I normally have very oily skin, but my face is really dry. My shoulders, however, are a flashback to my junior high years. Talk about zit city! My hair, on the other hand, looks great. It always seems to when I'm pg.

Food in general: I am so damn hungry all of the time, yet everytime I eat, I either feel sick of get sick. I have lost a little weight, but when I think about you ladies on prescription meds, I realize that what I have going on isn't so bad. I really like bagels right now. I eat those a lot.

[jeggink]

myshel :(. I hope you are feeling better today!!

So, my weird dream for the night, I was part of Americas next top model, pg and all :).

So I had my large fries and small chocolate milkshake from Burger King on the way home yesterday. It did help with the nauseau. it was also nice that DH was already home and said he came home early to help me out, awwww. But I wasn't horribly nauseated, so watch tonight be really bad. Hmmm, maybe I need more fries & a milkshake!

[happy1nuv]

So, wanna know my dream meal? Sicilian fries and caesar salad. Lately, I cant get enough caesar salad with bottled dressing (but only during the afternoon - if I eat it after 4, well... thats REALLY.BAD.NEWS. although, I still want it after 4...) Oh well...

I had my second drs appt yesterday. We heard the baby's heartbeat :) Whined to my mw about the m/s -- and shared that I had stopped taking my prenatal and felt a bit better. She suggested that I just stop taking it for a week and concentrate on eating what sounded good...then to gradually re-introduce it. (She wanted me back on them by my next appt). While there, I also asked about when the ultrasound was (meaning the level 2, find out gender one) and she gave me a prescription for a dating ultrasound. On one hand, I really wanna go, but on the other... i DO NOT want them changing my dates. I know when I conceived...and having a c-section for #1, if I go too late, its an automatic second c (can't induce for a vbac)... and I really wanna avoid that...argh!!! I found out I gained 1 pound... I was actually pretty impressed about that what with dinner being a wash every night...

Kim ~ I forgot to mention... last week I was at Houlie's across the street from you (it was a kind of reunion from when I worked there...which is where I met DH -- so we kinda HAD to go...it was in honor of them no longer being there) I can't believe you deal with that kind of traffic ALL.THE.TIME... it was nowhere near that bad in my memory... (of course, it was a rainy friday night)... I wish you even more speed and good luck in house hunting than I did before...

myshel ~ I hope you start feeling better soon!!!

Showing ~ None of my pre-pg pants fit, but I don't think I look pg yet. Just housewife-y dumpy...

Skin ~ Oh yea. Gotta love the zits...and when does your hair stop falling out and start looking good??? I remember that clearly from having Nic, but haven't gotten there yet this time around... (ugh)

[MommyinPA]

Hi MommyinPA! I'm glad there is someone who understands the "joy" of perfecting the penis! I'm still trying to digest but I'm excited!!!

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You are hilarious!!!! I tell everyone "I am the maker of chubby cheeked boys". I really don't think I am capable of anything but :)

[lauren f s]

I should *never* have mentioned how good I was feeling - I'm miserable today!

My eyes are itchy & watery, my head is killing me, and my stomach is a big mess. I feel awful.

[herewego]

Hi Ladies-

Just wanted to share that I got the results back from my Nuchal Translucency U/S today and the odds of Bean have Down Syndrome is 1:10,000. GOOD NEWS! I'm so relieved!

Is anyone else having this test? I can't recall other April mommies mentioning getting it done for this pregnancy.
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Besides that, I am feeling pretty good today. My spotting has pretty much stopped...just a little random tanish CM here and there but for the most part I think I can put the massive bleeding scare of last week behind me.

I also think I'm starting to show. I had a women in the elevator today ask me when I was expecting. (I think it was pretty obvious by the way I was standing and I was rubbing my stomach, so that caught her attention)-but still, it was weird to have a perfect stranger notice my mini-baby belly!

myshel-I hope you are having a better day today!

[basketcase]

Well my appointment yesterday sucked. Actually, no, it didn’t. I saw the baby, the heartbeat, even arms and legs; s/he was moving around like crazy. So in that sense, the appt. was great. I really shouldn’t complain. But I’m just so effin’ tired of feeling subhuman everyday all.day.long. And my OB won’t prescribe me different meds because I’m only throwing up once or twice a day, not 5-6 times a day. Apparently the fact that I feel like complete crap and on the verge of throwing up every freakin’ hour of the day isn’t enough for him to think I need different meds. Oh, and because I’m keeping one or two meals down he only classified me as “mild hyperemesis”, not enough to warrant new meds. I could’ve strangled him. I know he’s a “tough love” kind of OB, but I just can’t put up with feeling like this anymore. He said there aren’t any anti-nausea meds that won’t make me sleepy, which just isn’t feasible when I’m in charge of my two-year old all day. He said to stop the Reglan, take a folic acid pill and a B6 in the morning and again at night, plus my antihistamine to help me sleep and I’ll feel better. I tried that for the past 24 hours and I just can’t make it through the mornings without my Reglan – I was bedridden all morning and threw up three times – so I guess I’ll just take the Reglan and put up with my jitteriness in the meantime. The good news is that I’m actually starting to feel okay in the afternoons now. And my OB said (after measuring the baby) he only expects the nausea to last another two weeks.

In other news, I was all excited because all the nurses were telling me how my OB really encourages VBACs. Well I discussed that with him, and he doesn’t recommend a VBAC for me because of the type of delivery I had last time. (I got to 10 cms, pushed for 2.5 hours, they used a vacuum as a last ditch effort, but my little 6 lb. baby just couldn’t get through my pelvis.) So apparently my unusually small pelvis makes me a bad candidate for a VBAC. My OB said 80-90% of women who had the type of delivery I had and attempt a VBAC, fail at it. That was NOT encouraging news. So it looks like I’ll be a scheduled repeat c-section, which I’m slowing becoming okay with. I would hate to go through another 20 hours of labor and pushing only to end up with another c/s, so I guess I’m okay with scheduling one. The good news is that my OB said that the c/s and recovery the second time around is much easier than the first time.

And the last piece of crap news is that my OB said the earliest date he would schedule the c/s is one week before my due date, not a day sooner. I was thinking that, if I had to schedule a c/s anyway, maybe I could have a late-March baby, which is what I’d been hoping for (I’ll explain why in a minute). But no, OB won’t budge on this issue. Which I know, I KNOW is better in the long run. But I was bummed hearing it because the fact that this baby will be born in April is now the running joke in my family, because *everyone* in my family is born in April (dad, two brothers, grandma, three cousins, brother-in-law). Not only is my family making fun of it, but some people actually seem a little put out and saying things like, “Maybe we should just have one big party for everyone instead of a bunch of parties all in one month.” Um, what?? All the other little kids get their own birthday parties, but my kids have to share a party with 8 adults?? I know this seems really petty, and I know I shouldn’t let it get to me, but it does. Having another April baby didn’t even bother me before I got pregnant, it was only after I started sharing the news with family that it started to bug me. And I was hoping to just avoid it by scheduling a c/s for March 31. But no, that’s not happening now.

So that was my crappy appointment, which actually was great because the baby is healthy and that is the important thing. The little things are just getting to me because I’ve been feeling like utter sh!t for 10 straight weeks and I really think it’s making me mental. I’m a SAHM and doing a really poor job of it right now and I just don’t know how much more of it I can take. We’re supposed to start a Mommy&Me class tomorrow morning at the same place where he’s going to preschool next year, and I don’t even know how I’m going to get through the morning.

[MarriedaGoalie]

Femmie: So sorry about your crappy doctor's appointment. :(

[April07Mamas]

Updated to here!

[lil_nance]

myshel I'm right there with you & the emotions. Sometimes I just want to cry and cry and cry. Usually I don't even have a real reason. Damn hormones.

herewego My nuchal test is scheduled for Oct. 6. I had the test last time too. I told my OB I want all the same tests with this pregnancy. Anything they can detect with bloodwork or u/s. I've opted out of the amnio the chance of miscarriage is too high for my comfort level.

[juliemag]

myshel - I'm so sorry you are feeling this way.

lauren - I could've written your exact post. Yesterday and today I've felt so "ugh". I even threw up again this morning before work. :( I hope you feel better soon!

femmie - I'm so sorry about your crappy appt. I'm really mad at your doctor for not taking your m/s more seriously!

herewego - Yay for your great results!

jeggink - LOL at your dream. :)

happy1 - mmm now you have me wanting a caesar salad! Also, good luck figuring out what to do about your ultrasound appt --- I totally understand why you wouldn't want to go!

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So yea, seems like everytime I think I'm "in the clear" I have some sort of relapse. Yesterday I didn't feel right all day. Then this morning I started coughing again, and wham... puking.

But on a happier note - today is 12 weeks for me! I really enjoy reaching these little mini-milestones.

[lauren f s]

Femmie: I'm so sorry you had such a disappointing appointment! As far as the scheduled c-section, try to remember that your doctor is doing what's best for your baby and that's most important. My DD was 10 pounds, born vaginally, and I'm terrified of having another huge baby. But my dr doesn't want to do a c-section and will only induce at 38 weeks if it's a girl, 39 for a boy. I think it's just what they (dr's) do to be safe. On a plus side, I'm glad the baby is doing well!

Julie: Let's hope we can both have better feeling days today :).

[jeggink]

10weeks

Femmie Sorry for the sucky appointment :(.

herewego My Nuchal is schedule on the 5th. Yeah for good news!!

So, had another dream last night.So I had just had the baby. I woke up from a long sleep, a day or so, weird to begin with. I ask where is my baby cause my boobs are about ready to explode. DH tells me that his mom took the baby to show him off and would be back eventually. I yell, what? You let your mom take my newborn? And when I mean took, I mean for a day at least. I couldn't be without my baby. So I break down and start freaking out & crying hysterically. DH calls his mom and asks her to bring the baby back. I pump in the meantime. Anyway, fastforward, I am in my grandparents house (they died 10 yrs ago) with my parents and his parents. I was sitting in a chair with the baby trying to breastfeed. The baby latches on and then pops right back off. Now in my dream I remember the relief when he latched on as I was so engorged. So we try again, same result. I ask MIL if she had just fed the baby some formula and she had. I was furious! I went off on her and then stormed into the living room. I sat down in the chair. It seemed like the baby wanted down so I put him down and he walked a few steps. I was just amazed. I asked my mother if this was even possible, and she didn't know. Then my dad asked to hold the baby and I remember that I put the baby in my dads arms and I woke up.

And oh, by the way, it was a BOY in the dream. Sigh, the possibility of 2 boys.

In other news, my baby turns 2 tomorrow, it went soooo fast!

Anyway, have a great weekend!

[michael'sbride]

Is anyone else having this test? I can't recall other April mommies mentioning getting it done for this pregnancy.

My Nuchal is scheduled for 9/25 (this Monday).

I'm doing better these days. I seem to have one or two waves of the nausea during the day but for the most part I think I'm in the clear. We've slowly begun to tell our friends and family. DH wants to make a big announcement next week when our friends and family are together for my birthday (30 ugh).

[happy1nuv]

femmie ~ So sorry your dr wasnt more forthcoming with something to help... I SO understand your pain (I'm ONLY puking 1-2 times a day too)... Days are ok, but nights just suck!

[kimthebride]

Nuchal Translucency
I'm getting one done, the date should be on the 1st page. if its not, I'll find the date and re-post it in red again.

happy1
You made me laugh out loud! Yeah, the traffic here basically makes me go postal at times. I try to be in my home by 4pm the LATEST if driving, because otherwise I might hurt someone. ;) I appreciate your understanding of how ready we are to move to the 'burbs!

Dreams
Okay, I had a doosey the other night.

So I am holding my belly with my left hand (and in the dream it is the size it is really) and I can feel my baby in the palm of my hand all normal-baby-shaped.

Well suddenly it hardens and feels like a cube, so I start screaming "someone get me an u/s!!!!" then I see I am standing on sand, like a beach. A tiny circle opens in the sand, and I see clear as day my baby girl's sweet face and she is wearing a little pink sunhat. The circle is opening and closing, while she lays there (all clean, not sandy) smiling and cooing but about the size of a preemie, yet 'looking' full term. It brought me such peace.

In the meantime, my OB shows up and I look up and am in a clinic...and my OB is my high school history teacher :confused: . He tells me my insurance won't cover another u/s, but his nurse (actress Zoey Deschanel (sp?)) convinces him to do one.

He gives me an u/s and I look down to see the sand again, and my baby girl smiles at me and I get all calm again...and I end up waking up with the image of her face and the OB's voice saying "everything looks perfect".

Yeah. Wierd.

But I also dreamt about my son when I was in my 1st trimester and saw him, saw he was a boy. Who knows, maybe my gut feeling this one is a girl is right? :D

jeggink
Crazy dream!
And Happy 2nd bday to your big boy! :)

femmie
Ugh what a frustrating appointment!
I have to disagree with your OB...you NEED TO FUNCTION. If you're not functioning, then its bad enough. Hell, I am not even puking but my OB realizes there is a functional-living standard we need to have and if we can't meet it on our own with eating or not barfing, then we need help. Sorry the Reglan isn't the best. FTR, the Zofran doesn't make me tired at all....and I pass out at the sight of a box of Benedryl! ;)

I will say though, it sounds like your family is being more annoying than your OB. ;) I find they get me more frustrated with silly, unimportant obsessions than anything remotely important. If I hear one more time about how all boys are naughty and all girls make their mothers ugly I may slap someone...

myshel
It is really, really hard to balance everything in life even when you're not preggo and not feeling great. I hope you are doing better. We can't help what our bodies do...sorry you tossed the actual food, but the time with DH was more important, right?

[April07Mamas]

Well ladies... it is that time. The first of our group should be graduating to the second trimester this week, so let's go ahead and lock this one up and head on over to the new thread!!

April 2007 Mamas: Graduating to Trimester Number Two! (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25203)