Pregnancy 2011 - April
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Everything's fine and nothing has changed - still 3 cm and 50%. Doctor will be out of town tomorrow through Sunday. Of course I'd rather deliver with my doctor, but I know that they need vacations too! Just a waiting game now.
Rachael - I wake up hungry in the middle of the night all the time!
Bethe - I have gotten a few things from Kohls, but of course it was girls things, but I have seen some really cute stuff. I bet that sure was a surprise to not have any boy things! We're close now! Exciting!!
Going to walk a little bit today again :bigsmile:
Hey Megan! It is frustrating when they go out of town! But you are right they need vacations too. My doctor was out of town when I delieved my second.
Do you feel like the baby is dropping at all? Sometimes when I stand up I swear I am feeling him moving down. Sometimes I have to stop and take it really slow.
Our babies will be here before we know it!0 -
Everything's fine and nothing has changed - still 3 cm and 50%. Doctor will be out of town tomorrow through Sunday. Of course I'd rather deliver with my doctor, but I know that they need vacations too! Just a waiting game now.
Rachael - I wake up hungry in the middle of the night all the time!
Bethe - I have gotten a few things from Kohls, but of course it was girls things, but I have seen some really cute stuff. I bet that sure was a surprise to not have any boy things! We're close now! Exciting!!
Going to walk a little bit today again :bigsmile:
Hey Megan! It is frustrating when they go out of town! But you are right they need vacations too. My doctor was out of town when I delieved my second.
Do you feel like the baby is dropping at all? Sometimes when I stand up I swear I am feeling him moving down. Sometimes I have to stop and take it really slow.
Our babies will be here before we know it!
Oh yes! Last night I swore to my husband she was trying to scratch h er way out, lol. Her feet and bottom are way down from where they use to be...sort of middle tummy instead of real high so I know she's come way down. I didn't ask about station while I was there today, but she did say last time that her head was right there (now don't know how close "right there" means lol). I figured the whole time I've been pregnant that she'd be out of town this week...It's Masters week/Spring break here in Augusta, and the majority of the people that live here go out of town this week to get away from all the craziness. I'm just staying positive - everything will be fine! If everything goes according to plan (which I am aware it may not as well) I only need the doctor there to oversee things, as I hopefully will be going totally natural. Just catch the baby - that's all I want! lol0 -
Oh my!! Bethe and Megan you two are getting so close!! How exciting!
It's been a strange day for me i've been feeling like everything is so surreal like i'm in a daze. idk weird hope to feel better tomorrow.0 -
Ron- Sorry about the headaches... I havn't had many :C
Pmaria- Hope you are feeling better soon!
Rachael- Havn't woke up hungry yet... hope that doesn't happen.
AFM: I got the most EXCITING day care tip/found a day care center today. They have three of them around the county and only the teachers in the county can take there kids. They take a max of 12 kids and they have 4 adults. No one knows about them at all! They are secret. They are open from 6:45 to 4:30 which works perfect for us (dh is taking the baby to daycare at 8:30 and I will pick up at 3:00) and they are only open when school is in session which means paying for NO vacations. BEST PART... its 100 dollars A WEEK rather than the 180 we have been finding to help the teachers out. The last piece of the puzzle is going to visit and making sure it is as nice as they say... cross your fingers for me!! The only negative is that we have to drive 20 minutes... worth the almost 400 dollars we will be saving!0 -
Ron - Yes...I had horrible horrible headaches. Tylenol didn't touch them, and the only thing I could do was sleep. My dr. said it had to do with all the adjusting hormones in my body. Luckily they only lasted for about a month and a half, I would say from week 14-20. I hope you find relief soon.
AnneElise - wow, that is an amazing find! $100 a week is such a great deal. We still haven't figure out what we are doing. We do have a nanny for the first month and a half after I go back to work, but after that.....we have no plans. You are very very lucky!!!!!!
I let the dr. check me again today, but may not next time. I haven't changed since last week, and I was pretty disappointed that I hadn't made any progress. I think that it just isn't worth it, because the baby is going to come when he is ready, and knowing how far dilated or effaced I am wont change when the baby is coming. Now I am frustrated that I haven't made any progress.
Rachel- Hoping for no rain for you guys!!!0 -
Ron - I had headaches during my first trimester going into my second. I k now you can take Tylenol, but I never took anything and just tried to rest. They definitely were aggravating!! I've had a few recently, but I think that's due to sinuses/allergies and not the hormones. Hope they stop for you soon!
AnneElise - that sounds like an awesome deal! I know there's a woman that does that for the teachers at our school, but I haven't checked into it yet. We still haven't figured out what we're doing. DH's mother and step mom both don't work, but we've already agreed that Annabelle WILL NOT be staying with them. His mom smokes terribly and reeks of smoke all the time, and his step mother just has too much drama that comes a long with her. We don't want our daughter involved in either every day.0 -
I let the dr. check me again today, but may not next time. I haven't changed since last week, and I was pretty disappointed that I hadn't made any progress. I think that it just isn't worth it, because the baby is going to come when he is ready, and knowing how far dilated or effaced I am wont change when the baby is coming. Now I am frustrated that I haven't made any progress.
Your body is not expected to make any "progress" at this point in your pregnancy, especially a first pregnancy. Progress is each day that passes you get closer to baby deciding to come, increasing braxton hicks contractions is progress, more baby hiccups is progress, time is progress.0 -
I think this might have been brought up already, but I can’t remember. Did anyone have bad headaches during their pregnancy? I used to take migraine medication, but they stopped a few years ago.
Also dehydration in pregnancy can cause headaches. A very cold coke can also help a headache.0 -
Ron, your new picture is super cute.
So has anyone ever woke up in the middle of the night starving? I have never done that until last night. I woke up at 3:30 and I could not go back to sleep because my stomach was growling so ferociously . I finally got up and ate a Luna protein bar. I guess the cereal for dinner wasn't adequate. :laugh:
Yeah. on and off. About 2 months ago I woke up and made myself a sandwich at like 2am. Hubby was at a friends so I called to see when he thought he would be home (you know, the it's 2am, checking that you're not dead call...) and he was like - why are you up? And I said "oh, I'm just eating a sandwich"...
I always get hungry if I stay up too late though - preg or not i get hungry around 2a. Now i feel bad or nauseated if I don't eat though so sometimes I do snack. Hubby goes to sleep WAY later than I do and wakes me up without fail every time between midnight and 3am. Just about every day I mumble "I'm hungry!" but vote for going back to sleep instead. I eat dinner really late too - 8 or 9 or sometimes later.0 -
Everything's fine and nothing has changed - still 3 cm and 50%. Doctor will be out of town tomorrow through Sunday. Of course I'd rather deliver with my doctor, but I know that they need vacations too! Just a waiting game now.
Hey Megan! It is frustrating when they go out of town! But you are right they need vacations too. My doctor was out of town when I delieved my second.
Mine was on vacation with my first. I was really annoyed though because I was in his office less than a week earlier. He knew I was due the next week (I delivered the day before my DD) and that he was going to be out of town and there was no mention of it. I learned in the hospital when the other Dr in the practice (whom i had never met before) came in and said "I'm Dr Beatty - Dr Hamilton is on vacation".... um?! .... shouldn't you tell your ready to pop patients?!0 -
I let the dr. check me again today, but may not next time. I haven't changed since last week, and I was pretty disappointed that I hadn't made any progress. I think that it just isn't worth it, because the baby is going to come when he is ready, and knowing how far dilated or effaced I am wont change when the baby is coming. Now I am frustrated that I haven't made any progress.
Your body is not expected to make any "progress" at this point in your pregnancy, especially a first pregnancy. Progress is each day that passes you get closer to baby deciding to come, increasing braxton hicks contractions is progress, more baby hiccups is progress, time is progress.
I'm glad that you say hiccups are progress because this LO seems to have them ALL THE TIME now!!!0 -
Ron- I have been in the horrible headache stage since week 10 so going on a month and a half now. I talked to my dr. about it and they said (2) tylenol was okay, instead of the typical (1), and the occasional soda like Annabelle said. They said if they were bad enough that you felt like you were popping tylenol all the time and not getting any relief that they were probably migraines. I too already suffered with them prior to and that's what they are starting to feel like to me. I'm going to see what happens in the next week and hope it gets better, if not I'll bring it up at my appointment next week. They said they may have to prescribe something. Also- The soda helps a lot, though I wish it didn't! and napping too.
I'm so excited for you ladies that are just waiting for little one's to finally arrive. Can't wait to hear/see all about it :flowerforyou:0 -
I let the dr. check me again today, but may not next time. I haven't changed since last week, and I was pretty disappointed that I hadn't made any progress. I think that it just isn't worth it, because the baby is going to come when he is ready, and knowing how far dilated or effaced I am wont change when the baby is coming. Now I am frustrated that I haven't made any progress.
Your body is not expected to make any "progress" at this point in your pregnancy, especially a first pregnancy. Progress is each day that passes you get closer to baby deciding to come, increasing braxton hicks contractions is progress, more baby hiccups is progress, time is progress.
I'm glad that you say hiccups are progress because this LO seems to have them ALL THE TIME now!!!
And oddly enough my guy had them all the time for a LONG TIME but the past 6 or 7 days he really hasn't had them much at all.0 -
I'm glad that you say hiccups are progress because this LO seems to have them ALL THE TIME now!!!
My baby just started hiccuping today. I have been patiently waiting.0 -
Hi everybody! I've been reading everything in bits and pieces at work, but I haven't had much of a chance to post. I work in inventory control at a huge food production factory, and we take a comprehensive inventory the first week of every month and it's exhausing. Not helpful when I'm totally exhaused at 3 every day.
Anyway, update...I told the BF on Sunday and he took it very well. He's excited, but he's so nervous and scared that he's making me crazy. I don't want to worry. He's exhausting me. I know this wasn't planned, but geez, what is obsessing going to do about it now???
I'm so sleepy, so I'm going to make this a short post. Bedtime! Grow babies grow!0 -
@ Lynn - thanks for thinking of me. Yup, Nasty visitor showed up last night @ 11pm! the NERVE! I wish I could have SLAMMED the door in Aunt Flow's FACE! (jk) :laugh:
so, another month with no success. :brokenheart:
at least I used my H. Ov. K. properly this time. :ohwell:0 -
@ Lynn - thanks for thinking of me. Yup, Nasty visitor showed up last night @ 11pm! the NERVE! I wish I could have SLAMMED the door in Aunt Flow's FACE! (jk) :laugh:
so, another month with no success. :brokenheart:
at least I used my H. Ov. K. properly this time. :ohwell:
Sending baby vibes and keeping you in my prayers0 -
thanks Sheri. *hugs*
Hope things are going well for you.0 -
Carina - I'm sorry that it didn't happen for you this time but there's always next month so keep trying. I was lucky it never took me that long to conceive but I'm sure it would be very frustrating if it was more difficult. With No 3 are you hoping for a boy or girl?
Ron - Headaches are tough, try and rest and lie down when you can but taking tylenol (what we call paracetamol in the uk) 1g (2x 500mg tablets) every 4 hours 4 times a day is perfectly safe for you and baby. You can also take ibuprofen right up to the end of the 2nd trimester quite safely. No-one likes taking medications while pregnant however these drugs have been extensively tested and are safe if you take them at the correct dosage and if it relieves your discomfort and allows you to function then I'm sure its better than suffering. Be sure to mention the headaches at your next appointment to your doctor, as rarely they could be signs of complications.0 -
Carina- Baby dust your way!!!0
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Thanks Sthorp1179 and AnneElise.
@ Sthorp1179 - I'm hoping for a girl. We already have a girl and a boy, and I'd LOVE for Emma to have a sister. actually, I'd love to have 2 girls, 2 boys, but DH has cut me off at 3. :grumble: 
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Rachael - Hope the rain held off for you guys yesterday, and that everything went smoothly with the move.
Ron - I've always gotten frequent headaches and occasional migraines. I did notice an increase in headaches during the first trimester and the thing that worked best for me was what Annabelle (I think) suggested, a very cold Coke, or something with a little caffeine in it. Tylenol didn't work for my headaches pre-pregnancy, so I didn't even bother trying it for them now.
AnneElise - What an awesome deal on daycare! Hopefully when you go to look at the place it meets your expectations.
Kacy - I'm glad that your boyfriend is excited, he'll get over being nervous, I think that's pretty common.
Carina - Sending prayers and "positive" vibes your way. Did it take you long to conceive in the past? It took my husband and I over a year.
Hope everyone has a great day!0 -
Is it wrong of me to feel kind of insulted that a complete stranger privately messages me to give me advice on TTC?
"they" noticed my ticker and liked it and suggested DTD 2 weeks after the start of LMC. and to do it the day before, the day of and the day after... so it just basic info, nothing "uncommon"ly known.
"they" did apologize for being nosy and offering advice, but still... I would never, unless someone was asking for advice or support.
would you?0 -
Lastnight was our first childbirth class at the hospital and it went really well!
Big initial shock though - my husband and I were the only participants! I thought this was kind of strange considering that we live in a fairly large city. I wasn't expecting it to be packed, but I thought there would be a few other people. Apparently there were 2 other couples signed up and one called that night and cancelled, and the other had signed up several months ago and the instructor hasn't been able to reach her since.
It was kind of nice being the only ones I guess, because I don't really like talking in front of a group so I felt a little more comfortable to ask/answer questions.
The instructor was AWESOME! She has been an OB nurse for over 20 years and has been teaching the childbirth classes for 5. I really like that she keeps up with current research on everything. For instance, they used to recommend getting baby to breast within an hour of birth, now they are recommending that the baby be lightly washed off, and then placed on Mom's bare chest (I'm picturing Mel cringing right now :laugh: ) to form the immediate bond and begin feeding. She said they can do all other checks they need to do on baby right on Mom's chest, and that baby should only be in the warmer if it is absolutely medically necessary.
I love that she was aware of some of my Dr's preferences as far as not requiring constant monitoring, allowing movement, allowing popsicles, not requiring IV, etc. And she engaged my husband in the conversation, which was important to us.
We pretty much went over hospital policies, my body and how it's changing in the 3 tri, pre-term labor signs, some options and procedures during labor & delivery, dilation and effacing, and well....lots of stuff! :laugh: I'm really looking forward to next week's class.0 -
@ Lynn
Glad you liked your class. Hope every class is as comfortable as your first. *hugs*
I have always had an irregular cycle, so when DH and I decided to TTC, I only waited 6 months then asked my Dr for a referral to an OB/GYN. I was put on Clomid and it took 3 months to conceive. Then, 1 month after I stopped breastfeeding I was able to conceive unaided. (breastfeed DD for 22 months)
I've been TTC since Aug 2008, had 1 yr wait list for OB/GYN, started Metformin in Sept 2009, to treat PCOS. Finally conceived in Oct 2010, but as everyone knows, lost the baby in Jan 2011. :frown:
I wanted to TTC right away, so this month is technically the 4th time TTC, but only the 3rd cycle after my m/c.
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Hi everyone!
My name is Lindsey and I am a new member..I just signed up on Monday! I am recently married (2-20-10) and I have a daughter, Kendall Michelle who will be 11 in July! I am currently 18 weeks pregnant and really want to watch my weight-gain as I was overweight before pregnancy this time. I'm so happy to find this website and this thread! I wasn't sure if there would be public pregnancy support on here! I am very excited to track my weekly weight to stay on track, so I can be better prepared to lose after this sweet little baby! Thanks for having me...0 -
Hmm..looks like I need help already! Anyone know why my pregnancy ticker isn't working?0
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Carina - If I were you, I would be insulted by a stranger sending me a private message trying to "educate" me on how to make a baby, which is pretty much all they did. It was wrong of them to assume that you aren't educated on conception. Just because you are open with the fact that you are trying to conceive doesn't insinuate that you aren't aware of what you're doing. I think the word "trying" sometimes leaves people with the thought that you don't know what you're doing, because they don't realise that conception isn't always easy. How ignorant of them to approach you like that.
It took my husband and I a year of trying to conceive before we were successful. We were getting to the point of considering seeing our Dr. for more information, testing, etc., when we conceived. I remember when I told a friend it took us a year of trying before we got pregnant and the "trying" part left her dumbfounded. "What do you mean trying, like you didn't know how to do it?" Ah....some people.
I'll keep you and your hubby in my prayers :flowerforyou:0 -
Looks like I figured it out..thanks anyway! 0
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Welcome Lindsey and congratulations on baby #2 :flowerforyou: You will love MFP and this group!0
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