Pregnancy – August 2011

My son is going to be starting kindergarten and I will be having my little girl about 2months later. I'm excited but pretty nervous about him going. I can only imagine what it is going to be like when he starts middle school

I remember sending my first to kindergarten. She'd been in preschool, but this was the first time I was not extremely involved, especially on her first day. I made sure she got inside alright, then went back to the car and almost cried because this was something she was doing without me. (Trust me, I don't think I'll feel that way on the first day of Jr High!)

I taught kindergarten for 3 years, so if you want any advice on what to expect or how to help him transition, let me know! I will tell you that, in most cases, mom has more separation anxiety than the child :laugh: I'm sure he's going to love school :happy:

Ronya - The day we were being discharged I had a complete breakdown and asked the nurse why they were letting us leave when I had no clue what I was gonna do with this baby. 4 weeks later, I still have moments where I feel like that. Dont stress about it.

I also just wanted to post because I'm hearing some worries of bonding with baby and what not I had ppd with both of my babies and waited way too long to get help. I would like to encourage any of you ladies who feel sad depressed like you aren't bonding well with your baby after about 6weeks post birth talk to your dr. They can help you and you can still breastfeed even if you have to take medicine. I waited until my 2nd was 1year old to get help and really suffered a lot during that time.

Jalyn- Glad to see you back around again And so happy to hear you and DH are TTC :flowerforyou:

Ron- You aren't alone! Any sane person that is pregnant has thought that! I'm in the phase of; is this real? Are we really pregnant? Am I really giving birth in the matter of weeks? We wanted it for so long that sometimes it doesn't seem possible

Dr. Appt went well on Monday. Everything is fine, expect I need to be drinking more, which I knew that day going in because it was so hot I couldn't get myself to drink a ton without feeling like I was going to hurl. The DR told me I was as high as the machine would read for being dehydrated which meant my number was even worse..... oops! He was fine about it though and understood with the weather and such. One more two week appt. and then I go every week.... CRAZY!

I had ppd after my third baby and I am afraid the same thing will happen after this one. My hubby is trying his hardest to listen to me and my genuine worries and concerns but he's not here because of work so I struggle to find people to talk to about all my worries and not judge me or say "your just pregnant those feelings will go away." Truth is, with my third baby, I thought the feelings would just go away too but they never did I got help and I felt better and was eventually taken off the medicine.

So you know you are having a bad food day when you walk into the bathroom and look into the mirror only to find oreo crumbs on your chin and face lol.

Just got home from taking the GRE (the test you take when you want to go to grad school). It wasn't bad, except that I was there for 4 hours. There was one 10 minute break in that, and we weren't allowed to have so much as a water bottle in the testing room. Maybe that's a good thing, because I would have hated to have to take time out of the test to go to the bathroom. Sitting for that long didn't seem to be a problem until I tried to stand up and walk :laugh: . Anyway, it seemed to go okay. Now I have to wait till November to get the scores.

I got home and treated myself with milk & cookies. I agree, every so often you need to splurge!

Kaymd- I understand how bad the ppd can be and I also was able to get off of medicine after only about a year but I didn't stat taking the medicine until my daughter was more than a year old

Ronya- I have gestational diabetes diagnosed at 9weeks pregnant so even though I'm still a bit confused I think this means I will have type 2 diabetes after baby is born from what my dr was saying sounds like he thinks that if I'm having bh at 25weeks my body is telling me to stop and I should

Julz- yay for having your graduate school test done good for you sitting for all that time with no potty break or water hope that it went well

Danielle- that's too bad that you were so dehydrated at your dr's appt I know how hard it is to get enough in especially when it's super hot

Rachel- it's good that you're making progress and you now have a date to look forward to if the baby doesn't come before then

afm- I have a nasty summer cold I can't breathe and had problems sleeping last night I also had some contrations yesterday but they went away when I rested and drank lots of water hope this cold goes away soon because I am supposed to go camping this weekend with my family and I'm not sure if I'm going to make it

Do any of you ladies get bh contractions when you're working out? I will go for a walk pretty short only 20-25min and start getting the bh I was told by my high risk dr that this means I should stop I always thought it was okay to work through them. What do you ladies do?

I always get this, usually near the end of a cardio workout but sometimes all the way through. I try to continue at a light pace, or I find that changing to a cardio ezxercise/machine where im not standing helps i.e. a stationary bike.

indiankel- welcome!! I had been taking the pill for several years before becoming pregnant. I wouldnt take my experience as being standard, but I became pregnant within a month of not religiously taking the pill. We werent trying, but the point is that it is definitly possible for it to happen quite quickly

rachel- good on you for hanging in there. 12 days! how excitinhg how is your hubby feeling about it all?

julz- congradulation on sitting your examination. regardless of result, that was an amazing effort

elizabeth- love your oreo post, really made me giggle

So its 7am and im about to head to the seattle airport for my flight home. what an amazing few days!! im thoroughly inspired last night was interesting. I realise that I have been on somewhat of a high since ive been in seatlle, between the mental stimulation, change in environment and need to be organized my mind has been on overdrive. Well last night this all seemed to come crashing down in an irrational nsobbing fit around 8pm haha. It was my last night, so i decided to order room service and just relax, which would have been fine had everything not started to go wrong. Between the lady taking my order not understanding, my falling down a hill on the way back from the atm, my internet access crashing, my phone dying and my cutlery being late it was enough at that point to turn me into a bluberring mes. rational? no, expected? looking back on my hectic week I guess so =p

Im excited about my appointment tomorrow! its been 5 weeks since my last one so im looking forward to a baby status update. Unfortunately i have to do the GD test, but i guess i'll also be glad to be told if everythinhg is ok in this area. I will upload new belly photos when i get back to boston because omg my little man has grown!!!

Hope everyones weeks have gone well xxx