Pregnancy – August 2011
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anya- congrats on the pregnancy! how are you feeling?
L4SnJ- welcome
Rachel- we havnt heard from you in a little bit, any news????
Elizabeth- im sorry about the morning sickness, is anything helping much? i would be sick from the time i got out of bed until midnight ): only dry crackers seemed to help
Anne- thanks for the advice and support
Caperfae- wow what an exciting U/S!! I cant wait to get another one
Julz- I hope everything went well over your busy weekend. sounds busy but fun
Yay so i finally got to catch up on this thread properly!!! Sounds like evryones doing pretty well which is great To make myself feel better after my average doctors appointment yesterday I had a super relaxing bath by candlelight last night b4 bed, incorporating a bath bomb and coal soap that i got given for my birthday. todays been a good mix of relaxing, work and catching up with family.
In terms of buying second-hand, we have done the same. we found packs of 5 onsies for something like $5, a packand play for $10, a $40 bassinet from walmart (with great reviews). i am also going to buy a second-hand breast pump (i dont feel strange about this) and also hope to breastfeed to decrease costs.
I'm finding that i have less cravings for sweet things of late which is great, i hope this lasts, especially now that im peeling back the exercise.0 -
I agree, scorpionmom is right that the younger you are, the easier it is. My first was born a month before I turned 21 and my third came when I was 25. I'm 33 this time (almost 34) and it's definitely a lot harder, just dealing with my pregnancy. Honestly it was easier to be preg at 25 with a 4-year-old and 2-year-old to take care of than it is at 33 with kids who actually do a lot to take care of me!
Today was pretty hectic. Orchestra was fun. Funny thing happened there: we're playing the music from LOTR and we got to a part with heavy drum beat. Baby was moving a bit, and when the drum started (it's pretty close behind me) I think baby jumped and then stopped moving for a minute, like he was startled and then trying to figure out what it was. But he started moving again pretty soon. I think he likes music :laugh:
At the birthday party I was given a big piece of cake because "I'm eating for two." And silly me, I ate it :grumble: Oh well, I've been under my calories pretty much all week. Less than 8 weeks to go, so if I end up gaining a pound a week the rest of the time, I'll still be at only 20 total. I need to stop obsessing so much about it, I think.0 -
Rachel- we havnt heard from you in a little bit, any news????
I'm here, just lurking. I really thought labour had started today, but turned out to be a ton of strong braxton hicks.I tried to get things going tonight by taking a brisk walk on my treadmill, took a warm bath, and tried some nipple stimulation exercises to get the oxytocin flowing. Nothing. Nada. I really think soon though. Been feeling... laboury. If that is even a word!0 -
Rachel- we havnt heard from you in a little bit, any news????
I'm here, just lurking. I really thought labour had started today, but turned out to be a ton of strong braxton hicks.I tried to get things going tonight by taking a brisk walk on my treadmill, took a warm bath, and tried some nipple stimulation exercises to get the oxytocin flowing. Nothing. Nada. I really think soon though. Been feeling... laboury. If that is even a word!
I hope so! Will be thinking of you!0 -
Rachel- we havnt heard from you in a little bit, any news????
I'm here, just lurking. I really thought labour had started today, but turned out to be a ton of strong braxton hicks.I tried to get things going tonight by taking a brisk walk on my treadmill, took a warm bath, and tried some nipple stimulation exercises to get the oxytocin flowing. Nothing. Nada. I really think soon though. Been feeling... laboury. If that is even a word!
Thinking of you! Hope it's soon 0 -
Haven't even felt one braxton hicks today... sad face! (my add smiley button is not working).
Maybe the baby will come on the 16th. Every person in my husband's family has their birthday on the 16th (his sister, him, his mom, and his dad. All different months though).0 -
Haven't even felt one braxton hicks today... sad face! (my add smiley button is not working).
Maybe the baby will come on the 16th. Every person in my husband's family has their birthday on the 16th (his sister, him, his mom, and his dad. All different months though).
Maybe your body is taking a quick breather before baby day. Hope it happens soon, anyway.
My smiley button hasn't been working either. I've just been typing them in, lol0 -
Quick question.. did any of you get dry mouth/sore throat/dry throat during your 2WW or any time before you found out you were PG? I am 8 or 9 DPO today and have been SO crazy thirsty. Woke up with a sore throat and I have almost had 10 glasses of water, its only 5 PM right now.0
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Quick question.. did any of you get dry mouth/sore throat/dry throat during your 2WW or any time before you found out you were PG? I am 8 or 9 DPO today and have been SO crazy thirsty. Woke up with a sore throat and I have almost had 10 glasses of water, its only 5 PM right now.
Thirsty for sure. That's a fairly common symptom as far as I know. It kept up throughout my pregnancy too so it's easy to get your water intake, which is good 0 -
Kind of like god's or whoever's way of telling you to drink more water, lol. Thanks for the reply!0
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Sending labor wishes your way Rachel!!0
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Had a couple of mildly painful BH today in church (I figure they were BH because they went away and because it was mostly on one side). It's funny, this is the first pregnancy I've even noticed them at all, and I am having a ton!0
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I had a dream last night of the most perfect home water birth ever. I wasn't planning on buying a birth pool or even one of those small kiddie pools to birth in, but last night I had a dream that I'd been in labor for 4 hours, with great support from hubby, the kids were calm in the background. All their needs were taken care of, and the birth pool was ready and warm. I climb in, and the contractions change and I know it's transition and can feel his head slipping further down the canal. Some other woman was there; I'm assuming she was a doula, and she was talking to my husband when I started feeling pushy. I pushed through one long contraction and he came right out and floated to the top with my hand right underneath him, guiding him up. He immediately coughs and wails and cuddles his face into my neck and we go to bed. And then I woke up. It was the best dream I've ever had. The most peaceful, beautiful thing ever. I thought for a second that it was real and had to check that I was still pregnant. lol I hope I keep having dreams like this.0
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I had a dream that I received a bunch of baby shower gift Hope its a good sign, if not for this cycle.. one to come! 0
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ElizabethRN – sorry about the m/s, but at least it doesn’t last all day for you. Hope it goes away soon.
Melissa – Sorry you’re on bed rest, but you can’t worry about anything that you’ve already done. Just take it easy from here on out.
ElizabethNJ – We all were in the “I just look fat” stage for a while. I didn’t start to look pregnant until about 22 or 23 weeks. I promise it will happen. I say all time that I went to bed looking fat and woke up pregnant. I agree with buying the full panel pants, they form to your belly and give you a much more rounded pregnant look.
Caperfae – yea for a good u/s! Glad everything looks great!
Indiankel – hubby and decided together when we were going to start TTC, but when it came time for me to go off the pill he freaked out. There will never be the “right” to do anything. My husband still freaks out about money at least once a week but there are millions of people (my parents included) who raised kids on a much smaller income than we have and everything was fine.
Julz – I’ve been “eating for two” all weekend. I need to snap out of it. Glad you had a good weekend!
Rachel – thinking of you!! :flowerforyou:
So “lunch” with my mom yesterday was my shower. It was amazing! :bigsmile: I’m so overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity. I forget how creative my cousins and mom are when it comes to decorating, they had a cute “clothes line” hung up along the wall behind my presents with so many onseies pinned up. My favorite thing was the diaper cake my cousins made for me, if photobucket cooperates I’ll post a picture of it. They used size 2 diapers so I’m just going to keep it in her room until she’s big enough before I take them apart. Pretty much everything $30 and up was purchased off our registry. We were also given TONS of really cute clothes, lots of diapers/wipes and my favorite…gift cards/money. We got some doubles of the big stuff so we’re going to take them back this week for store credit. I’m excited because that combined with the gift cards and we have enough money for the super expensive (but still cheapest I could find) dresser that matches the crib. I still can’t get over how expensive baby furniture is.
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Welcom L4SnJ!
Congrats Anya1982!
Rachel, Good luck. I hope it happens soon!
Indiankel- both my husband and I have those moments of indecision and cold feet. Husband just lost his job so we thought we should stop trying, but we decided that we don't have to spend a lot of money on a baby. We've been buying things second-hand and saving them in the attic for when we finally do have a baby. That way it won't be a big cost all at once.
Maybe this is TMI, but I'm ovulating tomorrow, so wish us luck!0 -
Welcome to all the new ladies!
Things have been good. Nothing much to report. The diabetes thing is a challenge but I'm getting used to it. The last 3 weeks I haven't gained anything. Then from last thursday to today I'm up like 3 pounds! Ouch!:frown: So that's 23 pounds at 31 weeks. Not to bad I guess. It's hard to imagine that the baby will be here in about 2 months! :noway:0 -
Yay for the shower! That diaper cake is amazing.0
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Tomorrow is finally the big day. We find out if baby has the same brain abnormalities that my daughter has and also if it is a boy or girl. Hopefully baby wont be shy tomorrow and I am hoping to get some sleep tonight. I am sure it will be hard to fall asleep daddy and I are so excited to see the little one again.0
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Tomorrow is finally the big day. We find out if baby has the same brain abnormalities that my daughter has and also if it is a boy or girl. Hopefully baby wont be shy tomorrow and I am hoping to get some sleep tonight. I am sure it will be hard to fall asleep daddy and I are so excited to see the little one again.
Elizabeth,
Good luck tomorrow and hope its a great day for you and hubby!!0 -
elizabeth- I hope all is well! your in my thoughts
ronya- the shower sounds amazing!!! glad you got what you needed and more
I'm also sending you labour vibes rach, infact you can take all of my braxton hicks too if you like! lol
off home yay! Just wanted to drop in and say that I tested negative for gestational diabetes hope everyones week started great! 0 -
Been trying to keep emotions from getting the best of me this weekend, and feeling quite worn out today, emotionally and physically.
Had a nesting surge this morning. We've been doing dishes by hand all week (and will until we can get more dishwasher detergent) and noticed, as I was finishing, that the microwave and cabinets were dirty. So here I am, sitting on the floor, scrubbing the cabinet and drawer fronts :laugh: . I notice how badly the floor needs a mopping. Here's the point where I am so glad I have kids old enough and disciplined enough that I can assign one to take out the garbage (overflowing...) and another to sweep and mop, and it gets done without too much complaint. So my kitchen (and the bathroom, had her sweep and mop there too while she had the mop water) look decent again :happy:
Ronya, yay for baby shower. The "cake" looks really cute.
Elizabeth - hope the u/s shows everything is fine.0 -
Elizabeth, its a girl! (the first thing that popped into my head)0
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I really have a hard time keeping up with everyone so I am really sorry.
My husband will be gone for two weeks and next weekend I am having a birthday party for my now 6yo and I get to host it myself and have never done that before so I am stressing a little about it. I'm usually okay when he leaves for the week but lately I have been an emotional mess. I don't remember being this emotional with the other three.
I also don't remember having this many problems with my lower back/sciatic nerve. It hurts to bend, walk or even sit for a long period of time. I hope it goes away because it is VERY painful! My house is a disaster :grumble: because if something drops to the floor it hurts to pick it up so 8 times out of 10 it just stays there until I can pick it up.0 -
Hi Ladies. How was your weekend?
It was fairly low key here. I was babysitting my cousins little boy while my husband and daughter went to a family gathering. I fwlt bad for missing it but money is money at this point.
I mowed the lawn yesterday. Good calorie burn. I should have worn my HRM just for the fun of it.
Diabetic Clinic appointment later this morning. I wonder what they're going to say when they see I haven't been testing my sugar levels because I ran out of strips last week!!0 -
Hello to all; I'm totally new to My Fitness Pal (just joined today) and I'm trying to lose about 9lb before I fall pregnant. It's a silly little amount of weight, I know, but it's just not wanting to shift no matter how hard I try ... but to be honest I'm probably not trying hard enough and that's why I've joined! I already have one gorgeous little boy (Arran, 2yr old) and am desperate to give him a little brother or sister. When I was pregnant with Arran I fell hook-line-and-sinker for the "eating for two" mindset and went from a pre-pregnancy weight of 139lb to 169lb at 36wks gestation when Arran came into the world, yip, he was 6wks early! Ideally I'd have liked to weigh about 130lb before the next pregnancy and also eat sensibly throughout so as not to gain so much weight. We've been TTC for two months now and it's consuming me (charting my fertility) and I can't wait for another 10 days so I can take a test to see if we've been successful this month (fingers-crossed). So in the long-term I'm hoping to get lots of support and motivation from you all here and of course give you my support too 0
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Didn't do much this weekend. Just chilled with the hubs for a while. Here's a preggo pic I took this morning (26 weeks 1 day)
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Tomorrow is finally the big day. We find out if baby has the same brain abnormalities that my daughter has and also if it is a boy or girl. Hopefully baby wont be shy tomorrow and I am hoping to get some sleep tonight. I am sure it will be hard to fall asleep daddy and I are so excited to see the little one again.
Good luck! I'll be thinking and praying for you!0 -
:Hello to all; I'm totally new to My Fitness Pal (just joined today) and I'm trying to lose about 9lb before I fall pregnant. It's a silly little amount of weight, I know, but it's just not wanting to shift no matter how hard I try ... but to be honest I'm probably not trying hard enough and that's why I've joined! I already have one gorgeous little boy (Arran, 2yr old) and am desperate to give him a little brother or sister. When I was pregnant with Arran I fell hook-line-and-sinker for the "eating for two" mindset and went from a pre-pregnancy weight of 139lb to 169lb at 36wks gestation when Arran came into the world, yip, he was 6wks early! Ideally I'd have liked to weigh about 130lb before the next pregnancy and also eat sensibly throughout so as not to gain so much weight. We've been TTC for two months now and it's consuming me (charting my fertility) and I can't wait for another 10 days so I can take a test to see if we've been successful this month (fingers-crossed). So in the long-term I'm hoping to get lots of support and motivation from you all here and of course give you my support too
Welcome! Good luck to you, sending you baby dust! :flowerforyou: So you had your first at 36 weeks? Isn't that 4 weeks early? I had DS at 36 weeks to and I gained 50 pounds at that point, 4 weeks early yikes! :noway: I'm not doing that again! This time I've gained 20 pounds and I'm 31 weeks. This site has helped so much. I think being preganant in summer has helped me to. This is a great board, you are going to love these ladies!0 -
Hope there's good news from Rachel soon with a new baby in her arms! She never said if she was in labor or not.0
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