Pregnancy - December 2010

tahmed

I am really nervous about my first dr. apt. tommorow. I am just so worried that something is going to be wrong. It will be such a relief to go tommorow. I don't think I am going to sleep well tonight.

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

AmandaJ

Thinking about you AnnaElise!! :flowerforyou:

ckmama

I'm getting excited about my appt. wed. I am having another u/s before I see the doctor and I am excited to see how much he has grown.

Oh Wednesday can not come soon enough.:happy:

MisdemeanorM

I dreamed I went running. Can I count it? Or maybe tonight I will just hope to dream about eating those calories back in hot fudge sundaes :laugh:

Mamatoabunch

Did 4 1/2 circuits of burn fat, boost metabolism this morning. Burned almost 300 calories. I ate too much yesterday, LOL. I didn't log my calories, ate lunch out, pizza and ate too many cookies last night.

dragonfly74

We are having a snow day here! It has been beautiful, windy, but beautiful. Sometimes think I love it more than the kids do!

I just finished walking 4 miles and burned 480 calories today.

Have a great day everyone!

MisdemeanorM

We are having a snow day here! It has been beautiful, windy, but beautiful. Sometimes think I love it more than the kids do!

I tried to call in snow day to work, but she wasn't buying it... I work from home :laugh:

dragonfly74

We are having a snow day here! It has been beautiful, windy, but beautiful. Sometimes think I love it more than the kids do!

I tried to call in snow day to work, but she wasn't buying it... I work from home :laugh:

:laugh:

My husband works from home too but he is away on business right now. I had him drive our pickup because I was worried about him driving the car in the conditions we had the morning he left. I am fortunate they called a snow day because there was no way I was getting out of our driveway in the car. I am already stressing out about tomorrow morning.

LittleSpy

Question for all you lovely ladies - I have been trying to lose weight for a year and have lost 20 pounds and try to eat healthy most of the time. However, the last couple of days nothing sounds good except crap food. I am worried I will gain back all my weight in the first month. I am really trying hard to make good food choices but none of it sounds good at all. Did any of you feel this way?

Um yeah, I ate mosty crap food for about 3 weeks. I gained 5 pounds which sucks, but it's really no big deal and honestly, I think most of it was water retention. Now that I can stomach veggies & exercise again, it seems to be coming off quickly. I expect to be back to my pre-pregnancy weight in just a few weeks. I was just trying to eat whatever I thought had the best chance of staying down. :laugh: If I had forced myself to eat stuff that sounded gross to me, I'm sure I would've been sick.

MisdemeanorM

So I was watching one of those development stages videos about "what your baby is doing this month" (yep, still avoiding doing any actual work at work...) and it started out "at 10 weeks your baby is barely the size of a kumquat". WTH? Who knows what a flipping kumquat is or how big it is?! Why not - "This week your baby is the size of a piston cap off a 1964 mustang" or something else just as obscure?

Mamatoabunch

So I was watching one of those development stages videos about "what your baby is doing this month" (yep, still avoiding doing any actual work at work...) and it started out "at 10 weeks your baby is barely the size of a kumquat". WTH? Who knows what a flipping kumquat is or how big it is?! Why not - "This week your baby is the size of a piston cap off a 1964 mustang" or something else just as obscure?

I love kumquats!

Here is a link to baby by week w/ fruit, veggies and such. Mine is a peach this week, which is odd b/c 14 week is a lemon. Lemons are smaller than peaches here.

http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/blogs/nb_checklists/pages/how-big-is-baby.aspx?r=0&MsdVisit=1

AnneElise

I had my first apt. today! It was great. We had an US and measured in at 6 weeks and 1 day. My due date is August 5th. We were able to see and hear the heart beat of the baby which was amazing! The only thing that happened was the heart beat was at 108 and they like it to be at 120 usually but the dr. wasn't worried at all since its so early she said its usual that its a little slow. We are going in next week for another US to double check although I am not worried!!!

LynnW52

I had my first apt. today! It was great. We had an US and measured in at 6 weeks and 1 day. My due date is August 5th. We were able to see and hear the heart beat of the baby which was amazing! The only thing that happened was the heart beat was at 108 and they like it to be at 120 usually but the dr. wasn't worried at all since its so early she said its usual that its a little slow. We are going in next week for another US to double check although I am not worried!!!

I'm so happy it went well! Isn't hearing the heartbeat for the first time such a surreal experience?

AnneElise

How do you guys add your pregnancy tickers?

ckmama

So I was watching one of those development stages videos about "what your baby is doing this month" (yep, still avoiding doing any actual work at work...) and it started out "at 10 weeks your baby is barely the size of a kumquat". WTH? Who knows what a flipping kumquat is or how big it is?! Why not - "This week your baby is the size of a piston cap off a 1964 mustang" or something else just as obscure?

kumquats are really tiny too. A neighbor just gave us a huge bowl of them I didn't have the heart to tell her we don't eat them. Too bitter.

And funny peaches here are bigger than lemons too. There fruit sizes seem off. I wonder if watermelon ever shows up, cause we usually get 8-12 lb melons here. LOL

ckmama

How do you guys add your pregnancy tickers?

go to baby gaga .com and then copy the link. Then come back to mfp and click on signature at the top of the forum list and paste it there.

It's funny cause mine says my baby is 13.5 inches but other sites say at 24 weeks it is 8.5 inches? maybe they measure differently.

joonzgurl

I had my first apt. today! It was great. We had an US and measured in at 6 weeks and 1 day. My due date is August 5th. We were able to see and hear the heart beat of the baby which was amazing! The only thing that happened was the heart beat was at 108 and they like it to be at 120 usually but the dr. wasn't worried at all since its so early she said its usual that its a little slow. We are going in next week for another US to double check although I am not worried!!!

Yayyy I am so happy for you! I go to see my actual dr. that will deliver me tomorrow! not sure if they will do an ultrasound or not though.

MisdemeanorM

I had my first apt. today! It was great. We had an US and measured in at 6 weeks and 1 day. My due date is August 5th. We were able to see and hear the heart beat of the baby which was amazing! The only thing that happened was the heart beat was at 108 and they like it to be at 120 usually but the dr. wasn't worried at all since its so early she said its usual that its a little slow. We are going in next week for another US to double check although I am not worried!!!

I'm so happy it went well! Isn't hearing the heartbeat for the first time such a surreal experience?

Glad it went well! Gald you are not worried anymore! I can't wait for my U/S but I have 6+ weeks to wait since I only get 1 the whole time unless they NEED more. I just want to know if it's a G or B though. I don't think I would really care to see one earlier either way.

I think I must be stone cold :laugh: because hearing the heartbeat has never been emotional for me at all. It just sounds like a train. It was good to hear it to know it was healthy, but I'm not an emotional person at all so. It actually took like 2 months after he was born for me to really even like my first. I would say zero bonding before he was born. I'm sure that sounds awful to people who cry at pregnancy tests, sonograms, and heart monitoring :laugh: but I am sure there are plenty of moms who get it too! Most just probably don't actually admit it...

AnneElise

I had my first apt. today! It was great. We had an US and measured in at 6 weeks and 1 day. My due date is August 5th. We were able to see and hear the heart beat of the baby which was amazing! The only thing that happened was the heart beat was at 108 and they like it to be at 120 usually but the dr. wasn't worried at all since its so early she said its usual that its a little slow. We are going in next week for another US to double check although I am not worried!!!

Yayyy I am so happy for you! I go to see my actual dr. that will deliver me tomorrow! not sure if they will do an ultrasound or not though.

I hope that they do. It was amazing!

MisdemeanorM

How do you guys add your pregnancy tickers?

go to baby gaga .com and then copy the link. Then come back to mfp and click on signature at the top of the forum list and paste it there.

It's funny cause mine says my baby is 13.5 inches but other sites say at 24 weeks it is 8.5 inches? maybe they measure differently.

I THINK - but don't quote me to anyone important - that some measure head to rump and some head to toes. The difference between the two sound about accurate if this were the case.

MisdemeanorM

So I was watching one of those development stages videos about "what your baby is doing this month" (yep, still avoiding doing any actual work at work...) and it started out "at 10 weeks your baby is barely the size of a kumquat". WTH? Who knows what a flipping kumquat is or how big it is?! Why not - "This week your baby is the size of a piston cap off a 1964 mustang" or something else just as obscure?

kumquats are really tiny too. A neighbor just gave us a huge bowl of them I didn't have the heart to tell her we don't eat them. Too bitter.

And funny peaches here are bigger than lemons too. There fruit sizes seem off. I wonder if watermelon ever shows up, cause we usually get 8-12 lb melons here. LOL

You weird people and your kumquats... I don't think we have them here! I have never seen one. Peaches here are definitely bigger than lemons, but in AZ the lemons are HUGE! Much bigger than peaches!

mariagrant

Help

My name is maria I have have to kids a 2 year old and a 4 months old. I need help losing the baby weight. I excerise everyday for 20 min and I have been eat about 1200 calories per day. I watch want I eat. I need ideas about losing the weight faster I didnt any weight in 2 weeks.

MisdemeanorM

Help

My name is maria I have have to kids a 2 year old and a 4 months old. I need help losing the baby weight. I excerise everyday for 20 min and I have been eat about 1200 calories per day. I watch want I eat. I need ideas about losing the weight faster I didnt any weight in 2 weeks.

Are you breastfeeding? If so, you need to eat a lot more than 1200 cals. If not, you still might need to eat more. I could not lose weight at all eating 1200 and jumped to 1500 and started losing.

Mamatoabunch

How do you guys add your pregnancy tickers?

go to baby gaga .com and then copy the link. Then come back to mfp and click on signature at the top of the forum list and paste it there.

It's funny cause mine says my baby is 13.5 inches but other sites say at 24 weeks it is 8.5 inches? maybe they measure differently.

Fetus are commonly measured head to rump until 20 weeks and after 20 weeks head to heel.

I THINK - but don't quote me to anyone important - that some measure head to rump and some head to toes. The difference between the two sound about accurate if this were the case.

Mamatoabunch

I had my first apt. today! It was great. We had an US and measured in at 6 weeks and 1 day. My due date is August 5th. We were able to see and hear the heart beat of the baby which was amazing! The only thing that happened was the heart beat was at 108 and they like it to be at 120 usually but the dr. wasn't worried at all since its so early she said its usual that its a little slow. We are going in next week for another US to double check although I am not worried!!!

I'm so happy it went well! Isn't hearing the heartbeat for the first time such a surreal experience?

Glad it went well! Gald you are not worried anymore! I can't wait for my U/S but I have 6+ weeks to wait since I only get 1 the whole time unless they NEED more. I just want to know if it's a G or B though. I don't think I would really care to see one earlier either way.

I think I must be stone cold :laugh: because hearing the heartbeat has never been emotional for me at all. It just sounds like a train. It was good to hear it to know it was healthy, but I'm not an emotional person at all so. It actually took like 2 months after he was born for me to really even like my first. I would say zero bonding before he was born. I'm sure that sounds awful to people who cry at pregnancy tests, sonograms, and heart monitoring :laugh: but I am sure there are plenty of moms who get it too! Most just probably don't actually admit it...

I get no feeling from U/S, don't even do them since my first pregnancy. I only get good baby is a live from hearing the HB before movement is consistent, otherwise, ehhh whatever. I don't always bond right away either.

ckmama

I love hearing the heart beat, its like "SURPRISE" I'm in here, I wouldn't say it was a bonding experience, more like me thinking

oh cool there is a baby in there. You would think by now it wouldn't shock me, but it still does.:laugh: After an 8 year hiatus it still seems weird when you see the baby and hear the heart beat.

I have to admit I didn't bond much with my first son the first 2 weeks as well, but i had severe post partum. I tried, but it was just awkward. Hoping this time I don't have to deal with the same.

AnneElise

so the morning sickness started today. I am at work and about to throw up.... How do you guys deal with this?

LittleSpy

AnneElise -- hard sour candy seems to have helped mine the most. Lemon drops, for example. I don't know how I would've made it through teaching -- I work in HR and at the peak of my m/s it was pretty difficult to function when I was helping employees face-to-face. I don't feel like my morning sickness has been very bad, though. Nausea but no vomiting. I'm still nauseous most days, especially in the mornings now. But not nearly as much or as often as I was during weeks 6 and 7. Then I was the most sick in the late afternoon/evening.

I had a dream last night that I had a baby girl & named her Anna Elise. I was wondering where in the world that name came from until I came to this thread this morning. :laugh: Funny brain.

MisdemeanorM

so the morning sickness started today. I am at work and about to throw up.... How do you guys deal with this?

Saltines. And fried rice for me. Also my friend SWORE by those sea sickness wrist bands and the Prego Pop candy drops. I didn't try any because I got through this round with minimal M/S as opposed to on the verge of puking nearly 24/7 for 2 months last time. But I would have tried anything last time!

Mamatoabunch

so the morning sickness started today. I am at work and about to throw up.... How do you guys deal with this?

I took b-6 and unisom this time. I am so thankful for it.