Pregnancy 2011 - March

I have been looking for this post Go for another Ultrasound today! wooohooo super excited! -42 here is good ole Saskatchewan...winter blues sure don't help get past the tired part of this pregnancy!

March already!! I can't believe it how fast time has gone! That means that this is my last month working until next school year. My last day will be March 31st (Spring break holidays, and then baby girl is due on the 10th)...assuming she doesn't come late. Don't know if I'll come back if she decides not to come, or I'll just stay home. Probably stay home and just be done with it. It's getting so close, OMG. :noway: :laugh:

Lots to catch up on before the thread turned over - sorry if I missed anything!

LittleSpy - You definately have a baby bump girl - and a cute one at that! I'm like you, for awhile I questioned whether or not I looked pregnant or like I had put on a few lbs. It sounds like the girl you ran into was hinting around at whether or not you were pregnant, but didn't want to come right out and ask, which is exactly how I am. Even if someone is OBVIOUSLY pregnant, I would never come right out and ask a pregnancy specific question - got in trouble once with that and I'll NEVER do it again!

Amanda - Amen to a month of peace and quiet!!!

Katrina - Love your new pic!

MWilson - I'm envious of your weight gain - you're doing so well staying on track! I haven't weighed myself in awhile, but I'm pretty sure I'll surpass your gain - and then some :noway: :sad:

Sex drive....what sex drive?? :laugh: Before pregnancy, hubby and I were like a couple teenagers, and as soon as we found out we were pregnant, it was like we hit a brick wall..... For me (even though I KNOW it's foolish) I was scared we would "knock something loose", or it would cause a miscarriage. My hubby has the "I'll/it'll hurt the baby complex"...and we're both a little weirded out by the fact that he's in there and would have to put up with our shenanigans with no say in the matter......

We've decided on Joshua as a first name for sure...we haven't 100% decided on a middle name, it'll either be Daniel or Xavier.

I haven't weighed myself in a few weeks, but I feel like it's slowed down a bit. We went to the UP this weekend and after 6 hours in the car, I joined Katrina's kankle & sausage toe club :laugh:

Dr's appointment on Thursday for a monthly check in. Nothing really new going on pregnancy wise - loving the second trimester!

I am new here switching over from the regular weight loss plan. I was on my last 10 pounds and then got pregnant again. I am only 4 weeks with baby number 8. I usually gain between 35 and 70 pounds but am getting too old to be losing all that weight so I am trying to only gain 20 pounds this time. My doctor said that I could gain as little as 15 and still have a healthy pregnancy.

Annabelle – Do you have any natural ways to stave off labor for now? I do not want to be given any of the drugs since they now say that it can be deadly to the mother and even harmful to the baby. I guess the main thing is to reduce/relieve the contractions, I really do not want to have this little girl for the next 3 weeks, a full term baby will mean a healthy baby. I do not want to be forced to have my daughter left in the NICU or anything like that and I would certainly hate to have to go home without my baby.

A few questions? Were your others early, non induced? How often do you get contraxs? Are they painful? Where, cervix, back, just tummy, or tight? You can drink real red raspberry leaf tea, helps a lot! Reduce you activity, don't stay in bed, but do not over do it either. For what it is worth I am usually dilated 4-5 by 27-28 weeks and have lots of prodromal labor from 34 weeks on and all of my babies, singles, have been term.

My babies have all been term, 37 + 1 was the earliest none have been induced. I get contraxs most days and will have them for hours, for example today I have been having them since about 10am. Some are painful but not to the point where I would rush to the hospital screaming that the baby is coming out. I feel them in my tummy and get a feeling in my vagina like it is riping apart. Not sure if that is my cervix or not but not really sure how else to describe it. I usually do not stay in bed unless I have a really bad day, I go about all of my daily activities except I do not work or exercise right now. Where do you find this red raspberry leaf tea? Do you drink it hot or can you have it cold like iced tea?

That sounds like prodromal labor. It is so frustrating! Another thing I thought of is calcium and magnesium supplement. Lack of calcium can cause contraxs like you are experiencing. I like Traditional Medicinals. It can often be found in the tea section of regular groceries or at natural groceries like Whole Foods or others you have in your area or you can order online. You can drink it either way. It might be easiest to do a big pitcher of cold in the fridge once a day and just drink that through the day. Oh the feeling in your vagina is baby pressing and that is normal w/ late term BH contraxs. They are doing work that will help you do less later.

I am new here switching over from the regular weight loss plan. I was on my last 10 pounds and then got pregnant again. I am only 4 weeks with baby number 8. I usually gain between 35 and 70 pounds but am getting too old to be losing all that weight so I am trying to only gain 20 pounds this time. My doctor said that I could gain as little as 15 and still have a healthy pregnancy.

Congratulations! I find I am gaining more now that I am in my late 30's in pregnancy.

I'm sooo not looking forward to morning sickness. When did yours start? I've had a feeling of being a little queezy, but it usually goes away if I eat something.

I woke up last night at about 1:30am having some cramping. It scared me so I got up to use the toilet to make sure there was no spotting. There wasn't and I felt a little better after going pee. I'm feeling better this morning though. Needles to say I think I'm going to need a nap since I was up for hours in the wee morning praying to God to let me keep this baby!

You may not get morning sickness, I never did. I was like you, I would get a little queezy feeling, but if I ate something it went away.

I also had cramping in the first trimester, probably til about 10 weeks. It was mild cramping, and from what I've read online and what others have said on this board, that is pretty common. Try not to worry about it unless it is really painful or you have bright red spotting.

I needed a nap in the first trimester even if I finished all of my prayers before I went to sleep! That was my biggest "side effect", fatigue....I could have slept 20 hours a day if I wouldn't have had to go to work...

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I woke up last night at about 1:30am having some cramping. It scared me so I got up to use the toilet to make sure there was no spotting. There wasn't and I felt a little better after going pee. I'm feeling better this morning though. Needles to say I think I'm going to need a nap since I was up for hours in the wee morning praying to God to let me keep this baby!

No worries -- I had pretty rough cramping (just like AF was on the way) from a few days before when I expected AF until I was probably 9-10 weeks. It was a lot worse in the beginning than toward the end of that time period, though. In addition to AF type cramps, I had occasional shooting pains in my lower abdomen that would stop me in my tracks for a few seconds. It can make you so paranoid and anxious but it's all normal. :flowerforyou:

And I always feel the same way you do about names (or anything). I named my 12 year old dog Emma and like 2 years later the name was at the top of baby name charts. :laugh: I still LOVE the name but between the dog and the popularity we could never do it. I've tried for Emmaline but hubby isn't buying it since the dog comes to that name, too. :laugh:

I have never met someone named Charlotte (though I did have Kristen Davis's father as a professor in college :laugh:) and as soon as hubby suggested it along with the nickname Charlie I loved it. Maybe it's all subliminal and I just don't consciously realize I've heard the names on a more regular basis. My husband also LOVES the name Isabel (and so do I) and that was his grandmother's name but I refuse to even consider it since Isabella has been in the top 5 names for a few years now. Lame people naming their babies all the good names.

Maisie isn't anywhere to be found on any of the popularity charts for the US and I swear I'll have a nervous breakdown if I see it projected to be popular this year. :laugh: I don't really have anything against popular names, I just always felt so bad for all the Jessicas and Jennifers and Ashleys in school when I was growing up. I have a pretty popular name but there were still only 2 Julies in my gradulating class of over 600 and the other girl's name was actually Julia so I was technically the only Julie.

Littlespy you crack me up! lol! Maisie is super cute and original for sure (but that's what I had thought a couple years ago about Charlee! lol! and when I was trying with my first husband our name was Zoe and now there are a billion of those too!). Lame people... I also had shooting pains that kinda felt like it was shooting up my (oh I don't wanna sound lame but saying "vagina" sounds too weird typing it out on this board! lol!) lady parts. Glad to know that it is normal though. I've lost 2 babies in the past 4 months so I'm a little paranoid....

Lynn I thought the same thing about 11/11/11. It would be pretty cool (and easy to remember). I know that it isn't very likely I will deliver on 11/8/11 anyways so it is always a possibility! And I truly hope I don't get the bad morning sickness. I'm not a puker (haven't thrown up since I can't remember when...most likely alcohol induced years and years ago). I can deal with the queezy feeling as long as I don't get knock down, drag out sick....but then again, I've been waiting for this to come for 7 years so I guess a little puking is all worth it if at the end we get our rainbow baby!

Yay, Rachael! Enjoy it! I have my anatomy ultrasound tomorrow so we'll definitely be confirming she's still a girl (she better hope she is).

Heather, I was like Lynn & never puked (I was a lot more than a little "queasy" though!). I was nauseous pretty much 24/7 from 5+2 until the beginning of 15 weeks. I had a little reprieve around week 8/9 but it came back. I'm also not a puker and my vomit streak is sitll in tact. I haven't puked since 5/5/05 (though it was probably technically 5/6/05 by the time I puked). Damn friends with Cinco de Mayo 21st birthday parties & people convincing already drunk me to take a shot of tequila. Bleeeeeccccchhhhh.

Yeah, you guys are making me nervous because it really doesn't seem like long ago when you were where I am now. :noway:

I was thinking the same thing!!

Between them being so close and Heather being due in NOVEMBER I'm kind of having a bit of a freak-out moment.

Wow, I've been here most of the morning. I should probably go do some actual work now... :embarassed:

Heather – my morning sickness started at about 6 weeks. But I’ve talked to plenty of people who never had any morning sickness at all. I still have cramping, it was the worst from 4 to 7 week; it’s pretty mild now and there’s no spotting so my doctor said not to worry. I did spot for two days right around my 4 week mark, I was terrified. I stayed in all bed all weekend with my legs in the air. :laugh:

Rachel – that’s so exciting!

I’m not sure if I’m going to make it today without going to the store up the street for more food! I can't stop thinking about eating.....I just ate my lunch an hour early. There’s no way I’m going to make it until 5 o’clock with only an apple and a yogurt left.

Pregnancy brain has hit me full force: it took me about 15 minutes to get this typed without spelling mistakes. :ohwell: