The Preggo Platform

I'm feeling pretty good. I still don't have quite the energy I had before pregnancy.. but of course that's to be expected.

Yep... as long as I wasn't on B/C, my doc wanted me on prenatals, whether we were actively trying or not. Best to be on the safe side.

:drinker: All in good time! :drinker:

You're in the 2nd trimester now, though, right? Should be better than the 1st :flowerforyou:

Ok........I'm going to do nothing now. I'll see you over there soon, doing nothing, as well. :bigsmile:

Good luck to all of you!! Hope to join ya soon :flowerforyou:

OH yes.. the tiredness has gotten much MUCH better... or should I say less ... lol :laugh: I'm a lot LESS tired now. Just waiting for a little more energy. Pretty sure it's different this time having a 4 year old ... that boy wears me out when I'm not pregnant! :ohwell:

I'm feeling pretty good. I still don't have quite the energy I had before pregnancy.. but of course that's to be expected.

Yep... as long as I wasn't on B/C, my doc wanted me on prenatals, whether we were actively trying or not. Best to be on the safe side.

:drinker: All in good time! :drinker:

You're in the 2nd trimester now, though, right? Should be better than the 1st :flowerforyou:

Ok........I'm going to do nothing now. I'll see you over there soon, doing nothing, as well. :bigsmile:

Good luck to all of you!! Hope to join ya soon :flowerforyou:

OH yes.. the tiredness has gotten much MUCH better... or should I say less ... lol :laugh: I'm a lot LESS tired now. Just waiting for a little more energy. Pretty sure it's different this time having a 4 year old ... that boy wears me out when I'm not pregnant! :ohwell:

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The things I've got to look forward to!! :drinker:

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My pregnancy has been really difficult too and I also experience horrible food aversions and still have weird craving that change daily. There was a 4 week stretch in the 1st trimester were just thinking about most foods made me ill and of course what ever I had bought at the grocery store for the week wasn't anything I could even imagine eating by the time I unloaded the bags! I also had smell issues and I swear if there was anything stinky within 5 miles of me I would hone in on it and get sick. I also had an aversion to cleaning products and anything dirty so my house became a disaster area. Ugh... The food aversions should subside by the second trimester but the cravings seem to last. I find when I need chocolate really bad that it helps to eat something really sour but that is only some of the time. The other times I just eat the darn chocolate. Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches are the bomb and so are carob covered peanut and raisins.

As far as the NOT being constipated; I would call your OB to see what you could take. You could also look into foods that are binding like dairy products. My guess is it is just hormones and the changes taking place and it will not last. Make sure you are drinking extra fluids to compensate for the loss.

Check out this link: http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/symptoms-and-solutions/pregnancy-diarrhea.aspx

Hope that helps!!!

I'm with you! Well maybe not as soon as 8 weeks for me. With my son I was sure I felt him around 14 weeks and this one at 10 weeks!!! I think you know best. I mean, you can have gas any day... LOL Mom's know the difference!

Hey everyone!

Just checking in.

Kellch, BEST OF LUCK woman!!! :flowerforyou:

Femmerides, I felt movement early on too. Some doubted me but when you are in tune with your body, you know when a feeling is "alien" or whatever you want to call it. And you know when it's not gas! :laugh:

Tiff, hope you're enjoying the 2nd tri! I know I did!! :bigsmile:

Cris, hope you get a break from everything! Wow, I either don't have much appetite lately or just eat peanut butter and jelly a lot :laugh:


As for me, there is a lot going on. To put a long story short, about 3 1/2 weeks ago, I asked my husband for a divorce/separation. I know a pregnancy isn't the ideal time to go that route, so I was willing to put off talking "divorce" specifically until after the pregnancy and through the recovery. However, living separately under the same roof was providing even more of a toxic environment than it had already been through the past few years (and which had caused me to ask for the divorce in the first place).

On Tuesday, I moved out of my home and in with a friend. We are sort of figuring out the temporary custody as we go. And of course will get all that set in stone in the coming months. BUT, I am very pregnant, work one day a week and my family lives in Oregon/Washington while I am in Connecticut. So, sort of in a vulnerable state. I do have a great network of friends around here and once through this pregnancy and recovery from the surgery will get on with my life. I'm scared to death but I awaken each day feeling stronger and more confident with my decision.

Anyway, that is it in a nutshell! Just wish me luck and if you're praying kind of person, I sure could use them. But, women have started over with far less than what I have....I'll be OK.

Take it easy everyone!! :flowerforyou:

Wow you two!! You are going to have babies soon!! Sept 4 is right around the corner!!! How exciting! Seems like it was just a couple weeks ago I even joined this group and you were only like 18 weeks. Sure does fly by!!

Glad to hear you had really low kicks too K. It is always reassuring to know that someone else experienced the same thing. Rolling sounds wild! Cannot wait to feel that feeling! Too bad they seem to party all night long while we are trying to sleep! If only they could adhere to our schedules inside and outside of the womb!! Yeah right!:laugh:

Thank you for your condolences. I think it actually helped that I was pregnant; gave everyone something happy to think and talk about during a very unhappy time.

Hugs!

-C

Hi all you pregger ladies!

A close friend of mine gave birth yesterday (2 days past due date) to a beautiful 9lbs baby boy named Jackson. I went to visit last night and was able to hold him and rock him for over an hour. Sweet little guy... would have totally given me the "I want another baby" bug except I'm hating men right now :laugh: so that's a no go!!

I hope you all are doing well! Pregnancies are such wonderful, beautiful times!!

xo,
Lauryn

Okay...so here's some weirdness. So I've TOTALLY slacked off. I haven't worked out in 2 weeks (except for a 30 minute run on Tuesday) and I've been totally eating like a pig. It's mostly healthy of course but I've been giving in to some of my cravings too. I'm not doing as well as I wanted to. HOWEVER, I still have not gained ANY weight. It's absolutely AMAZING to me. Seriously. I started out at 192.2lbs and I'm 189.2lbs at 9 weeks. HELLA WEIRD! I'm not complaining though. :bigsmile:

Early pregnancy hormones promote weight loss, or so I've been told by my master degree holding science teaching friend.

How awesome to have a positive support group!

Have any of you taken prenatal yoga? I am thinking about trying it out but just cannot imagine the yoga poses I am used to being at all comfortable in this state. I am at the point where if I have to bend over to pick something up it is uncomfortable so cannot imagine doing like a down ward facing dog pose or similar.

I'm so not preggo but keep sticking my nose in here :laugh:

My yoga instructor is waaaaay pregnant and still is teaching, and appearing to be comfortable in the poses.

Good Morning girls!!

My little one has started kicking me morning and night and I feel raw inside; hope that is normal. The feet are down by my pubic line and it is just non-stop especially in the late morning and of course while I am trying to sleep . I have a feeling I will not get a good nights sleep until my child is in its 20's at this point!

Hope you are all doing well!

-C

Sorry for your loss. I am not pregnant I am just following everyone's progress because I wish I would have had support like this during each pregnancy! Anyway, you will not get a good nights sleep until they are 20 :laugh: Maybe one here and there but life has a way of keeping us mommies from resting peacefully once babies are here, especially once #2 or more come.

Tam, glad you are taking your time to go through with the divorce until you are recovered and hopefully pregnancy hormones and emotions won't cloud your judgement. It isn't good for anyone, especially your babies, to try and make a relationship work that maybe just can't. Some people find that they make great friends after a divorce in the interest of the kids. Hopefully your path won't be too hard on you or the babies.

for everyone else with second pregnancy issues. The second one is always a little harder on you. One reason is you are older this time and you aren't able to rest as easily or as often as baby #1 because now baby #1 is probably an energetic exploring toddler. My advice is to listen to your body and make sure anything really unusual gets discussed with your doc. Also, prepare a few days worth of dinners, snacks and lunches for baby #1 for after having baby #2. This way you don't have as much work to do for a few days and you can get a little more rest in. The post partum after baby #2 packs a bigger punch simply because you are not going to get as much sleep as you did or needed with baby one.

Other than that, keep going strong ladies! You are all doing great and I am so very impressed with your determination to keep healthy and strong

22,23 and 26..........still waiting for that good nights sleep:laugh: