~Pregnancy Thread~ - Tuesday 11/4

[LessCarbsMoreMe]

Name....................Week........Due Date

farmgirl_05...........Rebekah Marie born 10/2/03!
Reese...................Ryan James born 9/10/03!
Sylv.......................W40.........11/1/03
nessid...................W37.........11/23/03
Epi_Doc.................W36.........12/2/03
Sjoy76...................W35.........12/7/03
Diane24.................W34.........12/11/03
Misbadu.................W30.........01/08/04
Baraboo.................W27.........1/31/04
Heidi-M...................W26........ 2/9/04
Lowcarbinmama.......W23.........3/1/04
mstigerlily...............W22.........3/8/04
3Diva......................W21.........3/13/04
mary.......................W21.........3/14/04
Aquaria...................W19.........3/24/04
Looper....................W19.........3/28/04
Jefinner...................W17.........4/13/04
ChristieJ..................W17...........4/11/04
Sinnrah...................W16.........4/19/04
LessCarbsMoreMe.....W15.........4/27/04
Sarajewel................W11.........5/25/04
Abbymommy............W11..........5/28/04
cynicalcyn.................W10...........5/29/04
PFgal........................W10...........5/30/04
genifire6..................W9............6/7/04
Tracy2......................W8...........6/13/04


Mrs. Sarah - Trying!

[LessCarbsMoreMe]

Morning ladies

genifire - I have changed your dates as requested in yesterday's thread

Thought I would start off today as I am awake in time this morning. My belly has popped out from NOWHERE and the scales were grinning at me in an evil fashion this morning - ARGHHHH!!!

Sending baby dust & prayers to those who need it,
Energy to those who are tired,
((HUGS)) to those feeling low
And Big SMILES to everyone else!

Have a great day everyone
God Bless

Sheree
15 weeks today

[Sarajewel]

Morning All-

I think I'm popping too - Because I had lost 35# before becomming pregnant, my clothing still fits, but I think that an observant person could tell I'm pregnant. I thought 1st babies were slower to show? Maybe my abs were already shot or better yet I'm short waisted so I have nowhere to go but out?!

Will check in later.

[Heidi-M]

Why is it that people find it necessary to point out to a pregnant woman that she's getting a double chin, has legs like a tree trunk and waddles when she walks?!? Ugh, if you don't have anything nice to say then shut the hell up! Sorry, just had to fume for a minute.

With all that said ... I'm still going to enjoy myself today (and this weekend) because it's my birthday dammit and I want too. I'm the big 3-0 today and a bit bummed about it though but oh well ... 30 happens.

Add me to the popping list. I think if I get any bigger I'm gonna fall over! I need to work on my balance.

Gotta run ... I'll check back in later.

[Sinnrah]

Good Morning,

Well this little baby is being active today. My Dh felt it moving last night. LOL I woke up starving. So I made myself some toast before taking Dh to the boat.

I am popping too. But it is about time. LOL

I am so worried about my test results. But I am going to keep myself busy w/ Christmas shopping. Perfect time to do that since hubby will be gone until Friday.

I am pretty tired today. I think I pushed myself too hard yesterday. I could hardly wake up this morning.

Heidi-people seem to be ignorant at times. Dont worry...my boobs look like Dolly Parton right now. LOL And that is what people point out about me. Oh Happy Birthday. I was bummed when I turned 30 too. But I was bummed cause I had no children and I was away from home....blah blah blah. But now I am 32 and will be 33 when this little one is born. I will be 51 when this child is graduated. No wonder I dont want anymore after this. LOL

Well take care everyone..I will check in later.

[looper2]

Morning everyone!

Welcome CHRISTIE! Those AFP test does have a high false positive rate. I am sure everything will be fine.

SINNRAH: Great job on the weight thing!! Glad your doc visit went well. Christmas shopping? Good for you--I need to get going on all that!

HEIDI: Happy B'day!!! I liked turning 30-- I liked it so much, I am now on my 4th year of being 30
Sorry people can be so rude. People just don't think before they speak!

Hi Sara and Sheree!!!

Laura

[Sinnrah]

I was wondering if any of you had this done? Sorry to keep bringing up my test..but I am really freaked out...

Sheree those scales not being nice? I talk to my scales. I talked to them yesterday while I was at the doctor..and the nurse just thought that was funny. Even funnier when she realized I only gain 1/2 to 1 lb. LOL She told me that the scales must have listened this time.

[genifire6]

Hello ladies,

Sinnrah: Sorry for your boobs...lol

Heidi: It is true that people can be stupid in their comments... While pregnant with Anthony, i was very but very swollen... (Toxemia) it all started on the 5th month... I couldn't wear my shoes, my jewels, my face was horrible... But my NOSE was extremely big... (go figure) i had a red nose, huge and shiny...lol People kept telling me how bad i looked. And they were right, i am the ugliest pregnant womant ever...lol. But i was so traumatised by those comments, when i found out i was pregnant again, i couldn't be happy because i kept thinking about the pregnancy and the way i looked just 1 year ago.... And i had comment like: You don't even look the same anymore, or when you were pregnant, i coudn't stop looking at your nose... Damn it! I am pregnant and huge and feel like **** but please, dont let me know how ugly i became... i still have 7 months to go URGHHH
Hang in there dear, just reply to them, yeah it is true, at least i am pregnant, some people are ugly like that every day!!


Lesscarbs: Thanks for the change.... i am closer to due date yahoo!!

Morning all, hope you all feel good today. Here, it is snowing, and we are expecting freezing rain... I hate winter!!

Gen

[genifire6]

oops... and Happy Birthday Heidi!!! Hope you have a wonderful day and lots of presents and a few kicks!!

Christie: Welcome... i dont know about the test, i chose not to take it with Anthony.... Maybe this time though...

[lowcarbinmama]

Morning MOMMIES to be!!

I'm in a crabby mood, I feel like a fat a$$ and just blah.

HEIDI: HAPPY 30th!!! Enjoy your day! Are you gonna have some cake? I've been craving good cake, I have a baby shower to go to this coming weekend and all and I can think about is eating cake. And I wonder why I feel so fat?

Morning LAURA!! Less than a month till you find out what your little bean is? Do you have any feelings? Boy or girl? Of course I thought boy all along for myself and was wrong.

TIGERLILY: I forgot to tell you over the weekend, your pic is adorable! Your belly looks great!

SARAH: ((((((((hugs))))))))))) Sorry TOM showed up.

Hello to everyone else, I must get some work done.

[looper2]

STACY: I am having boy vibes--I dunno. My mom "just knows" it will be a girl though.

[TRACY2]

Good morning mommies-

hope everyone is doing well today-

Gen- the remarks people made about you were horrible! How insensitive. Pg woman already feel big most of the time and not always happy with their "glow". I would be soo mad!

Sinnrah- good for you. How many lbs total have you gained now?

Is anyone really sticking to 60-75 grams of carbs a day? I think I am around 150 a day. Uggghhh.

Slyv- no baby yet?

Sarah- how are you today?

I went for OB orientation yesterday. Got a tour of the military facility. Got a goody bag of coupons and sample things. The teacher told everyone that spotting at any time was not normal, no matter what the books said. I told her I had been spotting a litte and she sent me straight to the ER. 3 hours later, they took tons of blood, urine, did a pelvic exam, pap smear, took BP and temperature and sent me to radiology for an ultrasound. I am exactly 8 weeks. The baby looked like a little bean with a flickering heart. HIS heart rate was 120 BPM and everything was normal. Cervix was tight and closed, HCG was 44,000.00. BP was normal, etc, etc. So far, so good. They want me to follow up in a couple of days. I got to bring the pic with me. And- it was all free. Thank you Tricare. I cancelled the $140 ultrasound I was having today. Guess it all worked out.

K- back in a bit

[mstigerlily]

Well, I had a weird feeling of wetness "down there" and cervical pressure yesterday kind of like the baby was falling out or something. It came in class around 3pm, went away but appeared again last night so I panicked and went to L&D just to late last night to get checked out. I was so excited - and upset - about the custody case I have going on I have a court date today.

So, I had two contractions in the hour I was there but the nurse said four in one hour is normal for Braxton Hicks (I never felt them) and most importantly the doctor said the cervix was high and tight. They tested my urine with one of those humongous sticks that give you all sorts of info and the only thing that came back off was ketones. I had moderate ketones. She said this is usually because you're not drinking enough water but now I'm worried I'm burning ketones because of carbs. I seem to eat plenty of carbs, yesterday I ate over 100 so I don't think that could be eat. I guess I need to drink more water?

Anyway, the doctor said that if this continued I should "think about not continuing the nursing program" if it's too stressful for me. He doesn't want me to have a preterm baby. I'm only 22W now. I had K at 34 and C at 37 weeks. Anyway, that upset me a LOT - I have six weeks left of THIS semester and I MUST FINISH. I might consider taking the last semester off after Christmas but I must finish this third semester or my whole semester must be redone.

So I got home at midnight and was supposed to get up at 4:30 for clinical at the hospital today. I called in sick of course but I had to get UP at 5:30 anyway just to page my instructor and let her know. I don't think I fell asleep until after 2pm, I just kept thinking about court, money, losing the baby, quitting school, etc. I am going to try to relax this morning but I need to put in that appearance in court this afternoon. Wish me luck.

Tigerlily

[Mrs Sarah]

Tracy: I'm good! Thanks for asking! Just hanging out...waiting for TOM to go away so we can get busy!!

[Sarajewel]

Heidi - How awful! I would've decked 'em. Happy Birthday!

Sinnrah - I decided against the test b/c I knew I would be a total basket case about it and even if it came back with bad results I wouln't act on the information except to be more sad. I can relate to just hoe scarey the waiting can be. But how cool for you that you have lots of movement. That must feel reassuring.

Welcome Christie!

Gen - Yikes! I hate how when I'm sick everyone tells me how awful I look. I cant even imagine going throught that for months. Fingers crossed that this time your "glow" will be more like rosey and less like Rudolph!

Stacy - Sorry you are crabby today.

Tracy - My carbs are more like 200! But going down as MS eases. I'm glad that all of your testing was nowmal. I would have about died if they rushed me off like that! I loved seeing the ultrasound.

I keep reading about stress and pregnancy. My job is the pits for stress. I really want to go look for soemthing else but I cant imagine someone hiring me at this point...

[Sarajewel]

Sarah - Hi!

Tigerlilly - That is a lot for one woman's plate. Take it easy today - a mini vacation from stress, work, worry, etc. Sounds like you may need to take off next semester, maybe talk to your advisor on how to make the last 6 weeks of this semester more managable. People get sich when they are in school and I'm sure they have some way of making this more reasonable for you.
(((hugs))))

Sara

[looper2]

TIGERLILLY: I agree with Sara..talk to your teachers. I am sure they can help you find a way to finish up these last 6 weeks without too much stress/worry. But it does sound like you should take off the next semester just to be on the safe side.....Get some rest today...

[Epi_Doc]

Good morning ladies!

I had the worst night of sleep ever last night! The baby was up all night moving around and kicking and I just could not get to sleep. It seemed that jumping on my bladder was the thing to do so I had to get up about 15 times during the night to use the bathroom. Overall about 3 hours sleep total. Hopefully tonight will be better.

My next appointment is on Thursday and they are going to do the Group B strep culture thing and give me my first internal exam, the "baseline" cervical check if you will. Really not looking forward to that...not that those exams would ever be fun! Besides, I now start rotating through the other doctors in the group practice because one of them will be delivering my baby. My ob was induced last Friday with her second child! What a way to meet a new doctor...an internal exam right off the bat!

Sylv- Hope things are going well and that you are getting some rest in anticipation of the big day! Hopefully tomorrow your midwife will give you some good news regarding progress towards labor!

Christie- Welcome to the group! I applaud your will power in not looking at the scales ever and just letting the weight come on without panicking over it! I myself don't have the will for that...but I have learned not to beat myself up about the weight gain or get depressed over it. It's all for a healthy baby. And I've found that the less I worry about it, the less of an issue it is. I've managed to keep my weight in check that way.

I know you are worried about the abnormal AFP/triple screen test results. Probably can't wait for that ultrasound on Friday?? Those tests do have a lot of false positives...it could be due to an error in dating the pregnancy or twins, as you mentioned. Do you have a family history of twins?

Heidi-M- Happy Birthday! Enjoy yourself today and this weekend because you deserve it! Isn't it annoying when people feel the need to point out changes that a pregnant woman's body is going through...as if you can't tell for yourself? Especially if it is done rudely or without consideration. I tell you, most people don't comment if you put on some weight without being pregnant, but if you are pregnant they just feel the need to point out every single pound. What's up with that??? Just don't let them get to you...especially since it's your birthday!

Sinnrah- Good luck with the Christmas shopping. I'm about half way done with my holiday shopping....I really want to get done in the next week or so since I am due after Thanksgiving. I really don't want to have to worry about it after the baby comes. But I guess that's the beauty of online shopping...I can finish up any last minute gifts without leaving the house.

It sounds like you had the AFP/Triple screen test also? I would try not to worry. I know that sounds easy for me to say. I had that test done and everything turned out fine. But I do understand how hard the waiting can be.

Tracy2- Glad to hear that your spotting turned out to be nothing. Sounds like everything is progressing normally. And how great that you got to have the ultrasound (free no less) and see for yourself that all looks good! I see "he" had a heartbeat of 120...I'm hoping for a girl and the heart beat is always in the 150s (which based on old wives tales indicates a girl). Maybe we'll see if this whole heart beat thing pans out.

Tiger- I'm glad all checked out at the doctor, but how scary for you to go through that! I would definitely try to drink more water, especially if you are eating over a 100 grams of carbs yesterday. That might get rid of the ketones. I hope you are able to get some rest and relaxation in today...sort of de-stress a bit. Sounds like you have a lot on your plate right now with school and court and all else. Hopefully your court appearance will go well and help alleviate some of the stress. I know how the school thing goes...I finished up my degree program earlier this year but it was nerve-wracking. Maybe just take a little time each day to relax...to not think about other things except yourself and the baby. Sort of meditation. Even if it's just 15 minutes it may help.

To all others, hope all is well and have a good day!

Niccole

[ChristieJ]

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone!

Sinnrah - don't freak yourself out. That's all I can tell you. I had the test and the results came back elevated and now I'm in waiting mode till Friday.

Instead of stressing too much about it though, I'm more excited than anything at the thought of not only an early ultrasound, but a level 2 one. I'm convinced that we're going to find out on Friday that it's twins. In response to Epi_Docs question, yes, there's a history of twins.... my grandfather was a twin, and one of his brothers had twins. In addition, my boyfriend has two sets of twin cousins as well, but I keep hearing that his history doesn't really apply.

Thanks again for all the hellos.

Christie

P.S. Happy Birthday, Heidi!

[Epi_Doc]

Christie- Wow...there's a lot of twins running around between your family and your boyfriends! This is to be your first baby, if I remember correctly? Are you excited at even the possibility of twins? That would be overwhelming for a new mom, but at the same time really great too. I'm anxious to hear how your US turns out!!!


My sister in law just stopped by to visit. She's a nurse practitioner and told me a story about one of her patients. She said today a girl came in for her 6 week postpartum check up and that this girl had hidden her pregnancy the entire time. Not only did she hide the pregnancy from her family and friends but also from her doctor and nurse practitioner (my SIL). Jill said that she had given this girl a work physical during her pregnancy and never picked up that the girl was pregnant. Granted the work physical was just very basic and not a complete physical, but still. And apparently the doctor at the office had seen the girl several times during her pregnancy for other concerns and didn't pick up on her pregnancy either! She didn't tell her mother about being pregnant until it was time to deliver the baby essentially. They got to the hospital 1 hour before she delivered.

This was just amazing to me! I know that people hide their pregnancies, but I just cannot even imagine hiding it. First because I'm too excited to keep it to myself, second because I look pregnant and can't imagine covering it up well enough that no one would notice, and third because of the need for prenatal care. I'm not passing judgment on anyone because I realize everyone has different circumstances and I don't know the whole story behind this girl's situation....I am more just amazed I guess. Just thought I'd share the story...I'm sure you've all heard similar stories.

Niccole

[Sarajewel]

Niccole - I have heard those stories where no one knew. I have a hard time imagining it, but I know it happens. I have so much more empathy now for just how alone and frightening that must be. I am pretty much obsessed with this pregnancy. Keeping it to myself, pretending I wasnt, dealing with the insecurity alone must have been increadibly difficult.

Tigerlilly - (((hugs))) how court goes your way.

Sylv - Hoping that today is the day!

[TRACY2]

Tigerlily- (((Hugs))) sounds like you need more massages from hubby and warm bubble baths. I hope everything works out.

Where is Lauren today?

Epidoc- maybe you will get your girl and I will get my boy. Wouldn't that be great? I am sure I can WILL this baby into being a boy if I try hard enough eh?

So- what tests do you ladies recommend having and not having? I have also heard of alot of high false negative results on some and they are horrifying to parents. I almost prefer to have nothing but the ultrasounds done and let God decide the outcome

Mrs. Sarah- are you still using the OPK's? Almost ready to start the baby dance again?

Christy- welcome!

Heidi- Happy birthday!

Looper- my mom keeps telling me this is a girl too Not that I wouldn't be happy with that- but I really want a boy! Moms have that intuition huh?

Anyone find any relief from the first trimester fatigue when working all day? I feel like I could sleep for a week. I take my lunch hours a couple of times a week and tan just to sleep

[Mrs Sarah]

I haven't been using OPK's. I tried the ones that STACY sent me ( ), but haven't tried them since. I have read that they aren't very predictable. But, who knows. I hate to spend money month after month on stuff like that...