Pregnancy 2010 - Week 14

Tahmed – I think we will start TTC again in June (I want to double check something with my OB before we decide for sure) maybe we can race :laugh: Congrats on the loss too, awesome!!!

Jalara - As for outdoor activities. I’m a HUGE walking, LOVE to walk. Walked my first half marathon last October and LOVED it. So I will probably be doing some of that this year too. Have you thought about doing the C25K or whatever it’s called?


Erinm – thanks for the kind thoughts :flowerforyou: . I’m actually handling it much better this time then last time. I think knowing that I’m healthier than I’ve ever been (which helps and sucks at the same time, I'm much healthier yet this happens) and will be even healthier in a few months helps. I have somewhere else to direct my obsession to, which helps me too

Pmaria – GREAT work on the 2 bls. Thank you for the well wishes also :flowerforyou: .

Adegonia – That’s so exciting!!! My friend went off the pill and was knocked up like a week or two later (she's the one who can look at her husband and get pregnant :laugh: ). I think it just depends. I know most medications take about 2 weeks to kick in, so maybe two weeks??? I do recommend tracking your cycle. Makes it easier to know what’s going on and the best time to do the baby dance. I track mine on mymonthlycycle.com. It’s free and it’s nice to have that record and it's easy.

Shoppingqueen - 10 lbs for the first half is amazing if you ask me!!! Even my weight watcher leader gained 40 lbs during hers and she has to stay thin to keep her job (of course her kid is 3 months old and she’s lost all but 10 of it). Keep up the good work!!!!

Jen – Have you changed stuff up lately? Drinking all the water you need? I read your pre-e story and we were pretty close on weeks then. You are so lucky you didn’t end up with magnesium, I slept for DAYS on that stuff. Really don’t remember much of the first couple days of my daughter’s life. To top it off I couldn’t stay awake enough after the c-section to get moved out of recovery so I was there for 5 hours, without my daughter!

I have a plan!! Oh wait, my weight this week was 197.5, I think I gained 2 lbs, but not sure. Does anyone track this anywhere or do we just do it to keep ourselves accountable? Back to my plan!!! Tahmed, you might be into doing this. I plan to lose 20 lbs by June 30th. Anyone in for a goal of June 30th? My daughters bday is June 29th and that will be around the time we start TTC again, so it worked out. I like having goals, they keep me going :laugh:

Anyhow, I’m off to veg and then off to bed. Take care!!!

Yeah, I'm pretty lucky I didn't have that. Why did you have to get it? What was your BP at? I think I was 170/100 maybe even higher. But I think once at the hospital it dropped a little. Once I had the epi it was really low. Plus my labor was so fast so maybe that helped to. I'm sorry you slept so much! Did you BP go back down after you had her? Mine did not. I was on BP meds for months. But now its under control and has been since August of 08. We are going to TTC in May. I don't want to be preggo in summer (at least not the end of my pregnancy) cause of the swelling. I was SOOOOO swollen. I gained 50 pounds and lost 23 pounds 2 weeks after he was born from the water weight! CRAZY! Well I hope this next one goes better and that I don't get pre e again. Good luck!

As far as working out I feel like I've done everything. I got a trainer, do the 30 day shed, spinning, running, walking, and biking. I cut carbs, watch salt and increased my water. Increased my cals, decreased my cals. I've been at this since last June. Nothing. I've gone from 138-142. It's really frustrating. I give up. I just keep working out and maybe one day the scale will move!

Question to the ladies who are TTC (or getting ready to).

My doc put me on a prenatal vitamin AND folic acid in December - 1 full year before we are planning to start to try. She said the earlier the better. Is anyone else taking them?

I started taking them the end of February thinking that we would start trying in August. I am glad that I did because we couldn't stand waiting that long and now I will have at least a couple of months worth in my system. Walgreens has a great prenatal vitamin that is about the size of a tylenol and only about $12 for 100. If you have the iphone app that shows you how much of all your vitamins you are getting you may be surprised prepill how low they are. I bought tums today because I can't seem to get my calcium where it should be.

Jalara – I hope the pain goes away quickly and you can get back to things. Thanks for the well wishes. We are planning to start again in June, we think :happy: I have an appointment in a couple of weeks for my annual exam and a check up from the mc and I have a few more questions for her. I’ve been taking prenatals for years before even thinking about TTC. I take calcium, not folic acid (I thought all prenatals had enough in them, but I could be wrong). What kind did your dr recommend? I need to get a new jar and want to get better then I’ve been taking. My dr also did a complete blood work up to make sure my body was ready to get pregnant. I need to call and have that done again. I think it was thyroid, cholesterol, diabetes, etc, but I'm not sure.

Amanda – We both want to be 175 for that challenge, that’s fun! Puerto Morelos sounds like fun too :drinker: . I had a co-worker a few years back who knocked up is girlfriend, married her, went to Mexico for their honeymoon, she turned 21 and THEN she had the baby. Busy year, but I was like…really?? Mexico with your pregnant wife? Poor thing.

Kerilorene – Great attitude on the food :flowerforyou: . I can not even imagine twins (I’m sure I’ve said it before) my daughter was hard enough :laugh: .

Adegonia – apparently December is the time to get off the pill :laugh: My husband and I took the relaxed approach when trying with our daughter but when 6 months had passed I wished I had tracked my period. It took me 3 more months to realize that I didn’t really have a very regular cycle. I think it’s always a great idea to track your period. My SIL said it’s a good idea to track moods, bloating, etc. She had 2 mc before she had my niece and said it all came in handy when she met with a specialist. Are you saying fresh spinach has sodium?

Erinm – My SIL had the same problem with prenatals. She did take them the whole first trimester, but not much after that. My niece is SO smart. I’ve done those quizzes on Babycenter.com and I really think she is close to being “gifted”. I took them every day, plus the DHA pills and my daughter is average. She’s a smart girl, but nothing compared to her cousin who is 4 months younger then her.

Jen – I can’t remember what my BP was, but I kept setting off the machine. Part of my problem was that the hospital I delivered at doesn’t have a NNIC unit so I was an “exciting” case. I think there was a little overreaction on many things because they never have any exciting cases. I couldn’t move off my left side, after a few hours I couldn’t get up to go the bathroom. They tried to give me food, but I had to lay down to eat. I wish I could remember what it was, but I’m a huge flake :happy: I was on BP meds for a few weeks after. That’s when I realized I hated my OB. She went on vacation a couple days after I had my daughter and had no idea what was going on when she got back and didn't seem to care to figure stuff out. My GP ended up taking care of stuff for me. OH, wasn’t the swelling the worst thing ever??? I had marks of my feet for MONTHS from my flip flops. I remember being at work and knowing I couldn’t take my shoes off or I was walking to the car without shoes after work because I couldn't fit them back on. When is your sons bday?
My friend joined MFP last June and is kind of in the same place. It’s tough. I guess the perk of being larger is you don’t run into those problems as much, although I suspect my time is coming. Keep on going, I’m sure you’ll see a budge someday soon. Do you measure yourself? You may be losing inches, just not weight.

Shoppingqueen – That’s exciting about the pants. I LOVED maternity pants, why aren’t all pants elastic???

Oh hey -

Erinm - have you tried taking your prenatals at night??? I always took mine right before bed and didn't seem to have any trouble.

Just a thought!

omg, I've missed so much! That was a lot to read over! haha, before getting pregnant I was following the C2K and LOVED IT! I highly recommend it.

I gained 2 pounds this week and am at 160lbs. :-( I know it's good to gain for the baby but it's hard to see those high numbers again.

Baby doing well ... not to gross anyone out, but this vaginal discharge is soooooo annoying! It's like the discharge you get when you're in your fertile week, but it's non-stop since conception. I'm so self concious of the smell and am kind of getting grossed out by having to clean it up all the time. *sigh that's my one pregnancy complaint (of the week haha) other than that I'm showing more and more, haven't felt the baby since that one time a week ago. I'm excited to start feeling him more often. :-D

omg, I've missed so much! That was a lot to read over! haha, before getting pregnant I was following the C2K and LOVED IT! I highly recommend it.

I gained 2 pounds this week and am at 160lbs. :-( I know it's good to gain for the baby but it's hard to see those high numbers again.

Baby doing well ... not to gross anyone out, but this vaginal discharge is soooooo annoying! It's like the discharge you get when you're in your fertile week, but it's non-stop since conception. I'm so self concious of the smell and am kind of getting grossed out by having to clean it up all the time. *sigh that's my one pregnancy complaint (of the week haha) other than that I'm showing more and more, haven't felt the baby since that one time a week ago. I'm excited to start feeling him more often. :-D

I remember the leaking. I was so mad, I was looking forward to 9 months with no pads and then I ended up needing them.

I didn't feel my daughter (Elizabeth) move until past our ultrasound to find out what if she was a boy or a girl. I remember laying there watching her move and move and was shocked I couldn't feel it. I was 275 when I actually gave birth to her and I'm pretty sure the extra fat makes it hard to feel the movements. You girls will be feeling it soon!!!! Angela, is this your first?

Shopping Queen - I wouldn't worry about it saying your obese, because the extra weight is baby not fat. Most women gain 20-35 pounds which puts lots of people in the obese catagory. Unless they calculate how many weeks you are? I'm 16 1/2 and I've only gained 4, but my morning sickness was icky for quite awhile. I gained 2 pounds this week along so I think I'll start picking up again. haha

Kiffypooh - Yes this is our first. :-)

I agree, I thin if you started off obese that's one thing, but I don't think pregnancy puts you in there. I remember reading that there is 30 lbs of baby and stuff in you. I don't understand how that's true and you don't drop 30 when you have it, but that's what I read. I think the beginning of "what to expect when you're expecting" has a break down in it.

The first one is so exciting and so much fun (not that I know what a second one is yet). I use a question site mamasource.com a lot for questions in the first year. They just changed their name and a few other things, but it's still a great resource.

LOVE the new pic. I'm assuming that is your hubby? I am just getting over a sneezing, coughing, running/leaking nose thing. Still too tired to go to the gym but that is probably a combo of the MC and the cold. I should have my mom watch my daughter for me and go later, but I don't wanna :sad: I hope you feel better soon!!!
PS. I think your puppy is cute :happy: although I do like to see what people look like too.

updated my profile pic, 16 week shot is officially up. :-)

Yessie - what does the fibroid mean for your pregnancy?

Shopping Queen - I wouldn't worry about it saying your obese, because the extra weight is baby not fat. Most women gain 20-35 pounds which puts lots of people in the obese catagory. Unless they calculate how many weeks you are? I'm 16 1/2 and I've only gained 4, but my morning sickness was icky for quite awhile. I gained 2 pounds this week along so I think I'll start picking up again. haha

Kiffypooh - Yes this is our first. :-)

I know. But like you said it's hard to see the number go up. I'm officially 20 weeks and have gained 11 lbs. It's all belly and boobs! :bigsmile: LOL. I guess I'm part of the lucky crowd because I didn't get an ounce of sickness. The only change I've found is that my pants don't fit anymore and I get a bit more tired every so often.

It's our first too - so excited. When is your due date? Mine is August 30th.

Shopping Queen - I wouldn't worry about it saying your obese, because the extra weight is baby not fat. Most women gain 20-35 pounds which puts lots of people in the obese catagory. Unless they calculate how many weeks you are? I'm 16 1/2 and I've only gained 4, but my morning sickness was icky for quite awhile. I gained 2 pounds this week along so I think I'll start picking up again. haha

Kiffypooh - Yes this is our first. :-)

I know. But like you said it's hard to see the number go up. I'm officially 20 weeks and have gained 11 lbs. It's all belly and boobs! :bigsmile: LOL. I guess I'm part of the lucky crowd because I didn't get an ounce of sickness. The only change I've found is that my pants don't fit anymore and I get a bit more tired every so often.

It's our first too - so excited. When is your due date? Mine is August 30th.

We're due September 21st, so you're about a month before us. :-) Are you showing? I'm the same I can still wear my pants they're just much snugger (the pants that we snug before pregnancy I can't wear) but a lot of my shirts don't fit because my boobs are 2 full cup sizes bigger and my big belly. haha

I'm excited to wear dresses too, except I miss my beautiful Soccer legs and am quite ashamed of my flabby knees and legs now. :-( So we'll see, but I think pregnant bellies look beautiful in dresses!

P.s. when are you going to post pregnancy pics?

i'm just taking the folic acid. as yet not been recommended to take anything else. TTC for Dec / Jan

I think it's said that any woman of any child baring (sp?) age should take a prenatal vitamin. My dr said I should at least 2 weeks before hand.

It can take anywhere from 1-6 months to start ovulating normally. It took me around 6 months but I had been on the pill for over 10 years. Did you ovulate normally before you were on the pill? If so, you will probably go back to ovulating normally now that you are off. I recommend taking your Basal Body Temp (BBT) even though it is annoying! It will show you when/if you ovulated and if you're not you can talk to a doc. It also gives you a time-frame for effective "trying." Good Luck!!

Well I got ovulation prediction tests so I figure I'll try that this month. If I don't get pregnant this month I will start charting. I just don't want the pressure of officially trying yet although I really hope it happens soon. I know it's silly! I ovulated regularly off the pill. The only thing is my body followed it's own cycle while on the pill. I had a period a week and a half before I was supposed to, no missed pills or late pills, then two weeks later seemed to ovulate, then 2 weeks later had a period. That is when we decided to stop fussing with the pill since we knew we wanted to start trying in a few months anyways and the doctor thought it was probably too low of a dose to be effective for me. So I guess the first of May if TOM comes then I am back to normal. If not lets hope I'm prego not having issues!

It can take anywhere from 1-6 months to start ovulating normally. It took me around 6 months but I had been on the pill for over 10 years. Did you ovulate normally before you were on the pill? If so, you will probably go back to ovulating normally now that you are off. I recommend taking your Basal Body Temp (BBT) even though it is annoying! It will show you when/if you ovulated and if you're not you can talk to a doc. It also gives you a time-frame for effective "trying." Good Luck!!

Well I got ovulation prediction tests so I figure I'll try that this month. If I don't get pregnant this month I will start charting. I just don't want the pressure of officially trying yet although I really hope it happens soon. I know it's silly! I ovulated regularly off the pill. The only thing is my body followed it's own cycle while on the pill. I had a period a week and a half before I was supposed to, no missed pills or late pills, then two weeks later seemed to ovulate, then 2 weeks later had a period. That is when we decided to stop fussing with the pill since we knew we wanted to start trying in a few months anyways and the doctor thought it was probably too low of a dose to be effective for me. So I guess the first of May if TOM comes then I am back to normal. If not lets hope I'm prego not having issues!

We got pregnant using the rhythm method, and got pregnant the first try. It's works by tracking your ovulation and your fertile period. If you decide to start tracking let me know, cause I can give you the information on how to naturally get pregnant by knowing when you're egg is ready to be fertilized. :-D

Ok I'm in! does it matter when in your cycle that you start tracking? my LMP was April 6th, my last cycle was 25 days so I think I should ovulate on the 17th. I went on mymonthlycycles like kiffypooh suggested and charted my cycle flow, length ect. (OK maybe I am more ready to chart than I realized LOL) I took an ovulation test today that had a faint line which I hear means nothing but I am happy that I at least have something indicating I may ovulate this month since it is the first cycle I have had off the pill. Anyways I'll all ears!

Also we need to start a new thread it's Wendesday. I would but I'm not sure how