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Talk about nightmares, I keep having them where my husband has another girl. Funny I know but last night we were talking about it and I think I found the source. So silly but I told him that maybe subconsciously I worry that if we have a girl I wont be his princess any more. He told me that my reign as princess will be up…

What a strange day, I came home early from work with such a terrible migraine too. Maybe it is all pregnancy related! I thought it was stress. I got really bad leg cramps with my other lil ones and my mom always said it was because I needed potassium (spelling?) anyways..... try a banana and see if it helps. It worked for…

I have Kaiser and they require that you go to a prenatal class before your first appointment. This is when they have you fill out all of your paperwork and pre-register for the hospital. They also take urine and blood so that when you go to your first appointment your doctor has all of the information available already. I…

Wow, I know I'm overweight but my tummy is growing quick. Any of you showing this early on? Maybe because I showed early with the other 2

Feel so uggh today, already lost the liter of water I drank. :sick: Eating some dry cereal hoping to get it under control. If not soon I want to head home for the day and crawl in bed. Hopefully just 3 more weeks of this to go! I hate food, I haven't exercised, gosh I just want to feel good again. :cry:

First of all... Welcome! I don't think that breast augmentation will affect your ability to nurse. My coworker had the surgery in 2004 or 2005 and she had a baby and nursed in 2007. She too was worried that she would not be able to but there were no problems at all. I think you will be fine, just give it a shot as that is…

I am loosing as well, the first 5 weeks I was trying to loose weight then I found out I was pregnant and stopped the 1200 cal a day diet. I bumped it up to 1700 for a week then my doc said I needed 2000 - 2500, I bumped it up to 2000 but can rarely eat it. I am still loosing, down 14 lbs from pre pregnancy weight. Some…

What kind of pump is that? I will definately need a quick but good one. I lack in the milk producing department, I quit because I would nurse my last baby for an hour and he would still be crying for food. I had to give formula to suppliment, so if I have something that I can pump quickly I could do it more often and…

I would love to take the paid family leave but I work for such a small company and I am the back bone so 10 weeks off alone is a life time to them. I am fortunate though because I work fromn 4a-12p so I get lots of time in with my family. Hubby is a stay at home dad. We are very fortunate to have one of us home with the…

I am going to pass, I suffered from preterm labor with both of my babies, the first one was worse because they put me on steroids and complete bedrest at 7 months. They thought I had pre-eclampsia as well because I was super swollen and had really high blood pressure. My second I just had the preterm labor and only needed…

Who is planning on nursing? Do you have a back to work and nursing plan? I failed the last time after returning to work but really want to go as close to 1 yr as possible this time around.

How funny MWilson, that is my due date as well! That really sucks that you don't get 4 weeks before, even that seems too far along to be working. I have a 20 min commute and am so not looking forward to it later on. We pay for our own disability through payroll deduction so I do not understand why they do not allow you the…

Is that safe for us to do? I stopped once I found out I was preggo at 5 weeks

When does your maternity leave start? I know here in California we get 4 weeks before and 6 weeks after (8 if c-section). Be careful! Hopefully you'll be resting soon before your little one gets here.

Tahmed - yeah morning sickness or as I like to call it all day sickness is probably kicking in. Mine started around 5 weeks and is still in full swing. It would be nice if it were only in the morning but I have it pretty much from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed, sometimes it even wakes me up. Small frequent…

Wow Angela love the pics! They are so adorable :smile:

Ross and Burlington Coat Factory are very inexpensive for maternity clothes. It is hard to find XL but if you are smaller than you can find lots of goodies. Ross especially has nicer work clothes and usually no more than $12 per piece. Motherhood Maternity has lots of nice things but they are a lot more pricey. Old Navy…

Not eating lunch meat was something I just learned in this pregnancy, I ate it throughout my other 2. I had 2 perfectly healthy babies. As far as showing goes... I show early. I was 8-10 weeks with my first, 6-8 weeks with my second and needing to give up my regular clothes already now. The only reason I didn't need to…

Did any of you ladies join this site right about the time that you conceived? I am not sure if I should consider my prepregnancy weight when I started MFP or once I lost my weight? I started 5 weeks before I found out I was 5 weeks pregnant. So my whole weight loss was while I didn't know I was expecting

I agree with what the others have said but in addition to that.... what does your sodium intake look like? I weigh in every night eventhough I only count one weigh in a week. I just like to see where I am at. Days that I go over my sodium I seem up on the scale vs days that I do not. I drink about 14-18 glasses of water a…

I always feared my water breaking somewhere other than home. With my first I was being transferred from one bed to the other at the hospital after having a bad reaction to iv pain medication and the second time around the doctor broke it. I always thought your water breaks than youre in labor however it has not been the…

I would suggest trying new spices and marinades. Homemade ones are probably best but even if you do get some store bought one just watch cals and sodium.

Thanks for the suggestions, I had some ginger ale and rice but just not with it. I had only had nausea up until this point and started getting "sick" yesterday. My baby must definatly hate chinese food because nothing has stayed down since I ate that. I went from 1200 to 1700 cals my doc said 2000-2500 some I am aiming for…

Baby doesn't like anything! I feel sick all of the time and nothing seems to help. I am either at work or at home laying on the couch or in bed. I want this part to be over already. Sorry for venting but all of my fav foods make me super sick, even just the thought of them. Anyone have any ideas in controlling this nausea?…

Yay a girl! I am hoping for one but will probably have another boy. As long as the babies are healthy thats all any of us mommies can ask for :flowerforyou:

I'm sorry Angela, it can be really hard those last few weeks. The weight gain is probably mostly because of the swelling and the heat does not help. I gained about 7 lbs a week with my first son all because of the swelling, it goes away, it is just super uncomfortable. Keep your head high, you are almost there! The pain in…

Wow Shopping Queen love the story! It is that story you will tell your daughter when she gets older, lol. I drove myself to the hospital with my last labor and the parked and walked up, seemed calming to me. Your daughter is absolutely precious, enjoy every moment you get with her, even when youre dead tired and she is…

Thank you Cali, I hope you get to find out your baby's gender.

Angela, hopefully your swelling will go down on its own, with my first son the swelling got so bad I didn't have ankles and could barely walk. Unfortunately for me the swelling didn't go away until my son was 2 weeks old, I hope your doctors has some advice for you and I know it can be super painful

I found some gummy prenatals today at Target the are made by VitaFusion and are very easy to get down. Just like candy :smile: