Pregnancy 2010 - October

00Angela00

Hello everyone!

For those of you just finding us, this is a group that is trying to be healthier and/or lose weight while:

a) wanting to drop some weight before trying to conceive (TTC)
b) (Trying to conceive) TTC
c) Pregnant

Most people weigh in on Wednesdays, however you can weigh in on whichever day works best for you!

Welcome all!

00Angela00

Hi everyone!

i'm sorry I've been gone for soooo long! Yes, Ayden Baptiste Thorassie was indeed born ... He came on September 19th, 2010 2 days early after 3 days of early labor and officially 22 hours of labor! Whew! He weighed in at a whopping 8lbs 7.5oz and was 21 inches long. Below is a link to the story of my labor as well as a link to photos of the little man. :-) Hope everyone is doing well!

Story:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=71387&id=1062205157&saved#!/note.php?note_id=461427842144

Photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=71387&id=1062205157&l=9aeb4b8b28

annie008

such a cutie pie of a baby!...congratulations!

emgi

Angela- I'd love to read your story... the link isn't working. Could you post again?

AlisaToth

i agree, the story link isn't working for me either...but holy moly is he just SO precious!!!

jalara

I love love LOVE the photos Angela! The story doesn't work for me either though. Perhaps it's the privacy setting?

Amanda - it sounds like you hit the a great place the other day, even if you did get tuckered out. That's wonderful!

KatalynasMommy

Wow that was a long time but I'm sure he was worth it. He is a cutie. Congrats on the little one.

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

Congrats on your little guy, I will have to look at the pics later on today when I get home from work

ron2282

I can't read the story either, but he is so cute! Congratulations!!!!!

mwilson1018

Congratulations, Angela! Can't wait to hear the story and look at pics later!

debnu1

Angela, Congratulations! You have a beautiful family!!

So I just found out that in 3 weeks I have a formal party to go to. I have to go dress shopping. I am slightly excited but also dreading the trying on of clothes. I figure I will go a basic black and dress it up with accessories. But now to find the right one. One of the guys in charge of it said it was just like going to prom. I never thought I would go to prom pregnant!

kcurtis05

Congrats Angela! He is beautiful!

debnu1- Good luck dress shopping. I hope you find something!

pmaria10

Congrats Angela! You're son is so precious! May god bless your family.

paldal

congratulations Angela, what a babe! I'm sure he was worth the wait.

countrygirl75

I would like to join in the group. My name is Jennifer, and I was diagnosed this past May with PCOS ( Polycystic ovarian syndrome) this causes a lot of problems with infertility, and other health issues. Anyways I was told that by losing weight that it would help to conceive someday. I have been try with my BF for two years now. So I have to live by a low GI and low carb diet to keep my insulin resistance down. So I am here to start a program to lose weight, to have a baby someday and I would love the support.

Caliwaters25

Congratulations Angela the baby pictures are so cute your little man is adorable. I also could not get the link to work. Maybe we will hear about it from you later.

Okay I know its manic Monday I am posting early because I will be going out of town Wednesday.
So far CW 183 lbs and SW is 164. I am kind of sad that I have gained 19 lbs but I know that my second trimester is almost over and I only just started showing so not terribly sad. I am just happy that I can feel the baby everyday.

ckmama

Congratulations Angela the baby pictures are so cute your little man is adorable. I also could not get the link to work. Maybe we will hear about it from you later.

Okay I know its manic Monday I am posting early because I will be going out of town Wednesday.
So far CW 183 lbs and SW is 164. I am kind of sad that I have gained 19 lbs but I know that my second trimester is almost over and I only just started showing so not terribly sad. I am just happy that I can feel the baby everyday.

That is awesome. I've almost gained that much and just starting my second trimester. I am sure you look great.

Deb, good luck dress shopping I went myself the other day just looking for a casual dress for my husbands birthday dinner. I would love to go to prom prenant, then you don't have to worry about getting pregnant afterwards..lol

Julielynn83

Hi! I just found out on Sunday that I am pregnant! I am not sure exactly how far along I am but will find out in a few weeks I am guessing around 6 weeks! I am very nervous about the weight gain and am scared I will gain too much! I just started loosing weight and now I have to gain! I know its sounds bad to be depressed about but I cant help it!

ckmama

Just wait a couple of weeks, your nausea or MS may not have set in yet. Some women don't gain weight,

I met a girl that was 19 weeks the other day and she hadn't gained 1 lb.

My neighbor is prenant 16 weeks with twins and has lost 14 lbs from being so sick, which I wish on noone. LOL

I have gained 14 lbs because I eat too much and don't worry about it. LOL

tahmed

I missed my weigh in day yesterday, so I am logging it today. I am down 2lbs this week. I am not going to worry too much, and will wait to see what the doctor says in a few weeks. Overall I am down 3 lbs from the time I found out I was pregnant.

deshaine

Hi! I just found out on Sunday that I am pregnant! I am not sure exactly how far along I am but will find out in a few weeks I am guessing around 6 weeks! I am very nervous about the weight gain and am scared I will gain too much! I just started loosing weight and now I have to gain! I know its sounds bad to be depressed about but I cant help it!

When I got PG with my LO i weight 112. I had just lost 50+ pounds and feel good... obviously, or I wouldn't have gotten PG, right?? lol...

I gained a WHOPPING 80 POUNDS!! I was GROSS and I felt gross...

Now, I am trying to lose the last 50...

Your baby has to gaine weight, but you don't! Keep monitoring your food intake because you only need 300 cals/day to grow a baby! Good luck!!

00Angela00

I don't know why the link isn't working ... here's the story:

Symptoms started pretty early for me, bloody show for over a week, painful contractions on and off for about a week. On Thursday September 16th The contractions were finally consistantly painful, however too spread out ... and so we continued waiting. Friday the contractions greaw closer together but were not painful enough. With my doctors blessing I had acupuncture done to induce labor which resulted in INTENSE contractions during the session ... but still nothing regular and bad enough to be getting close to active labor.



Finally, after 2 days of early labor and hardly any sleep, on Saturday, September 18th at 5am I was awaken with a cluster of BAD contractions. After the cluster finally stopped the contractions continued about every 10 minutes, then 8 minutes, and by the time my doula came around 9am the contractions were about every 7 minutes. We stayed at the apartment walking stairs, bouncing on birth ball, and was on the toilet A LOT haha. Standing made for the worse contractions! I had so much fake labor during the pregnancy though that it still felt surreal, i honestly didn't completely feel like this was it, even though I knew it was.



Finally, around noon we headed to Swedish since I was afraid that if we waited much longer the ride was going to suck even more. When we got there the triage nurse checked me and I was 100% effaced and 2cm dialated. My contractions were about every 4 minutes by this point so they went ahead and admitted me. I walked a little and tried the jet tub, but was suffering from back labor which was HORRIBLE! i was also dealing with cluster contractions where the contractions would come back to back or on top of each other. Finally, after assuring my doula and husband that I REALLY did want an epidural (I was previously hoping for a natural birth), I recieved an epidural around 2pm-ish. The break was much appreciated after 3 days of early labor and 2 nights of limited sleep, however after the epidural was given the contractions slowed down a bit and continued to come in clusters with big breaks inbetween.



After several hours and only slightly more dialation, the doctor requested to put a internal contraction monitor in to see how strong the contractions were. The fear being that the contractions weren't strong enough to make progress. In order to put the monitor in the doctor had to break my water. After monitoring me for awhile they determined they did need to give me pitocin to make the contractions stronger ... after a few more doses of that I was finally fully dialated and feeling the urge to push around 11pm on Saturday September 18th ... BUT ayden was on his side so they weren't able to deliver him in that position. We decided to try and turn him naturally so I got into a side prone position for about 3 hours. At 2pm the doctor checked me again and Ayden was face down (Finally!) and i was given the ok to start pushing. Delivery went well, he crowned very quickly and was out in only an hour although it felt like it only took 10 minutes!



Ayden was placed on my belly, however he was very pale and not crying as much as they would like so they had to take him from me to check his oxygen level. His breathing sounded like there was fluid in his lungs and since he wasn't crying enough they called in a specialist. It was so hard to have Ayden across the room with my husband and mom being with him and not be able to see him or touch him. Soon enough they determined that he was fine and my baby boy was given back to me.



Ayden was born at 3:03am on Sunday September 19th, 2010 weighing in at 8lbs 7.5oz and was 21 inches long. He is a super happy baby and is a wonderful snuggle bug! We couldn't be more happy!

pmaria10

Angela: Thank you for sharing your story and congrats again on the lil bundle of joy!

Caliwaters25

Angela Congrats and thanks for sharing your story you are one tough momma for enduring labor for so many days. Congrats again and he is so adorable. : )

paldal

awww such a sweet story, congratulations again Angela.

jalara

Thanks Angela!!!!! Hope the family is doing well!

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

What a great story Angela, I hope that your recovery has been doing well. When do you have to return to work? Are you nursing and will you be pumping? I think that is what I worry about most is that I am able to nurse this time and with work I worry about pumping.

KatalynasMommy

Great story Angela, enjoy you new family.

sjmay

Hi everyone! I'd love to join your group!

After way too long of an absence from MFP, I am back. I want to try and stay as healthy as I can during my pregnancy.. I am now at 17 weeks. (and have been on a fast weight gain :embarassed: )

I am having trouble setting up a good nutrition/eating goals for pregnancy and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for how to do that on here? Thanks!

P.S. Congrats Angela!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :drinker:

debnu1

I understand the fast weight gain, I gained 10 lbs in my first 2 months...:embarassed: :sick: :grumble: I have leveled off and my home scale has stayed steady since, but nothing like weight gain! I am the type that eats when I am tired and don't feel good so that really makes a difference too.

enjoy Sjmay! I've decided it all goes too fast.

Angela I enjoyed your story. I am glad all went well--although maybe not as you planned. The one thing I have learned about L&D is that you can have great plans, but it never happens like you want it to.

tahmed

I have a question for you ladies:

I am almost 11 weeks, and I feel like I could possibly start wearing maternity pants soon. I mentioned this to my mom, and she was in shock. She said I shouldn't start showing and needing maternity pants until at least Christmas (that would put me at 22 weeks). I feel like she thinks I am doing something wrong for wearing them so soon. It isn't that my pants are that tight, it just feels restricting, and I think I might be more comfortable in something a little looser/streatchier. Keep in mind that I am in business suits every day, so in general...they aren't too comfy!

When did you all switch to maternity pants? Does anyone have recommendations as to where I should shop to find business professional clothes??