Pregnancy Thread - Thurs., 8/26

[BrattyChelle]

Trishagrrl.........Bradley Eugene..........Born 6/3/04
Tracy2.................Katie Elizabeth........Born 6/11/04
Redjewel……….…Laura and Samuel…………Born 6/25/04
FluffiB......................Kaden……………⠀¦.........Born 7/12/04
AngelHope...............Michael John..........…..Born 7/21/04
Laprettygurl.............Cassidy Paige...........Born 8/19/04

wari.....................….W39.................8/29/04.......Boy
Trolly...............….....W38............…..9/8/04.........Girl
ThininMex................W37...........….9/16/04.......Probably a Girl
Teach2Live..............W36..........….....9/22/04......Boy
little bear……….....….W36………….…9/22/04........Boy
aphexacid................W35..................9/28/04.…..Girl
babyblue26062........W35................10/4/04…….Boy
Bozo.....................….W35.................. 10/06/04
lizzyd.......................W31.............….. 10/21/04….Boy
MelissaBee..............W29...................11/??/04
Shenandoah............W28...............….11/14/04 (TWINS!!)
Mrs. Sarah...............W28...............….11/18/04...Boy
karatejen.................W27...............….11/26/04...Boy

surfdol...............…...W22.................†¦.12/28/04
supportinghubby.....W21....................12/30/04...Girl
DesperateInFL.........W20................….01/7/ 05....Girl?
Idahospud…………...W20………………….0 1/9/05
GumDrop.................W18...................01/??/05
ReinventingMe03.....W18.................01/24/05
Shandril105…………...W18…………….. 01/25/05
Viki..........................W18................. ..01/27/05
Nyanchan………….....W18……………….01/31/05
metroames..............W17..................02/08/05
MadameX.................W16...................02/??/05
LivnLGNOmore.........W?..................02/??/05
Sapphires2000..........W13................. 3/3/05

lctchr........................W12................. 03/10/05
AmyJuli…………....…..…W12..…..……… .…03/10/05
JennPayton……………..W11…………….…. ??/??/05
NaturalMama23………..W?………………..??/??/05
blueyedgrl………………..W8……………… ..3/31/05
Heather123...............W8..................4/??/05
Marthad....................W7?................4/??/05
Dar20.........................W6?................. .4/??/05
Nicole133...................W5?..................? ?/??/??

Green12........................................... Trying!
2BFitHourglass..................................Tr ying!
michigangrad.....................................T rying!
Kidj4............................................. ....Trying!
SmileyAEE......................................... ..Trying!
lil miss.............................................. ...Trying!
AZparalegal....................................... ...Trying!
ChristieJ......................................... .....Trying!
Miss Gigl.............................................. .Trying!
MarriedinSept..................................... ..Trying!

[BrattyChelle]

Mandy

Suzanne....I'd DIE without my AC!!! Enjoy it while ya have it And thanks for the headsup about stomach acid. I am starting to get some during the night. I find myself waking up to force myself to roll onto my other side, and when I do it seems like my stomach gets nauseaus. I think it's because little one had it's back against my stomach at Tuesday's u/s.


heather123....my step brother's bday is Dec. 26 too...and my assisitant's. I really hope the tech was right when she said "70% girl" or my assitant is gonna want this boy named after him!!!

Nicole...let us know how you are doing. I'm with Suzanne, sounds like labor to me! I was in back labor for 2 days with my son and never realized it.

Teach2Live....sry about the hormonal DD. My son however is 8 and tried scammin a phone number from a 7 year old and a water park last weekend

Nicole if I didn't get the chance to say it yesterday and congrats


All is well here...except the amount of Tums I am consuming lately. I have been craving tons of fresh fruit with this pregnancy but it always haunts me an hour later. Everyone at work yesterday accepted the "70% girl" the u/s tech gave us and running around preparing for the baby shower. I reminded them to keep the receipts as there's no guarantee!!! I however had a miserable day in the afternoon heat and could not get comfortable in a chair or standing. Found myself coming home after a trip to the store and napping in bed for 2 hours (I hate sleeping during the day). Only to turn around again and be zonked by 9pm. Anyone else in their 2nd trimester find there's always one day they just can't do anything at night?

[little bear]

Morning.

Rough night. Couldn't sleep, was up 3 hours on the computer in the middle of the night. Feel like crapola today................

I want this baby out, but at the same time am afraid of all the changes that will come when he does come out. Is anyone else feeling nervous?

[SmileyAmy]

Morning guys, oh, sorry - ladies/mommies(to be).

Suzanne ~ there is probably a whole story behind it, but I had been curious as to why you are in a condo right now. I have been hearing you talk about being in AC for the remainder of your pregnancy. Did you move or are you just there for the rest of your pregnancy. I am confused.

Nicole ~ Did you go to the doctors?!?!

[SmileyAmy]

Originally posted by little bear
Morning.

Rough night. Couldn't sleep, was up 3 hours on the computer in the middle of the night. Feel like crapola today................

I want this baby out, but at the same time am afraid of all the changes that will come when he does come out. Is anyone else feeling nervous?

I am still TTC but a lot of the times I get really nervous about how things will change after we have the baby and are we really ready. By the time the baby comes, I will be 28 and DH will be 27 and we will have been married for 5 years and together for 8. In my head we will be ready but I get nervous about sleep, daycare, money, etc. Money scares me the most. DH and I aren't by any means rich. We really do live the american way - paycheck to paycheck - but people have told me all along that you make it work because you have to. I just hope that that is true. That is what makes me nervous the most.

[babyblue26062]

Suzanne- Glad you are in and settled.

DFL- I wish I could take a nap- Normally I do have 1 day a week where I am just so tired I go straight to bed after getting Jessica down for the night.

Amy (littlebear)- Sorry you had a rough night. I got up at 5:00am and couldn't get back to sleep. I am nervous- mainly worried if I can handle two childern.

Smilyee Amy- Childern do cost alot- but they are worth it. It will all work out!!

Well- the doctors office called and my doctor is not going to be in the office tomorrow so I see no need to keep my appoinment. Nothing is going on. I feel good and am not having any problems. I will not go until next Friday- I was looking forward to getting the c-section date, but I quess I can wait another week.

[Dar20]

Morning, ladies, hope you are all well.

little bear, sorry you had a rough night's sleep. I don't think it would be normal if you weren't nervous!

Morning sickness seems to be a little more constant everyday, but at least it isn't getting worse. I just feel queasy, but I don't have to run to the bathroom. It lasted all day yesterday, until the evening when I was ravenous and could have eaten a cow! So, instead, I ate a chicken. This morning I am dragging.. had a good night's sleep, but could not get out of bed and felt like sleeping in. My boobs are really getting painful, and my dogs are used to climbing all over me/laying on me. It was unbearable last night, and I feel so bad for pushing them off. They don't understand.

When did you guys tell your work you were pg? I'm just curious.. no one really minds when we have dr. appointments (I work with alot of older men who have frequent dr. appt.'s)... but while they have no problem with dr. appt.'s, they would be more understanding if they knew the reason. Especially considering I will be going to them alot more frequently (2 in the next 3 weeks plus having to go do my bloodwork). I don't want to tell them until absolutely necessary.. as in, I'm showing. Like I said, I work with mostly men, many who have grandchildren, so a pregnant woman is probably a forgotten concept to them.

[Suzanne]

Desp, during both pregnancies I have consumed 3 times the daily maximum dosage of Tums, so I don't take a calcium suppliment. This time, I also take a Pepcid before bed.

Smiley, we live in a very remote fishing village in southern Mexico. The closest (but not necessarily the best) hospital is 2 1/2 hours from my house. So during the last month of both pregnancies some friends have loaded us their condo in Puerto Aventuras, a luxurious resort community south of Cancun. At home, we supply our own electricity so it is a big luxury to run the window AC unit in my bedroom, and central AC is impossible.

Kristen, glad to hear you are feeling so well. That is the way I felt last time....

Dar, it was kind of hard to hide my pregnancy from my employees--it's kind of strange for me to suddenly stop diving. I didn't officially announce it until 3 months but every probably suspected. I was so sick and miserable that it was hard to hide.

Little Bear, the changes are radical with the first one but so worth it. Just remember, you won't sleep any better then than you do now. Actually, Max slept through the night after 2 weeks but I still woke up to check on him.

We just dropped Max off for his first morning at preschool. DH wants to get check on him. That man is taking it worse than I am!

I'll check in later. Can't wait to hear from Pauline and Wendy.

Saludos,

Suzanne

[GoJackets]

Originally posted by SmileyAEE
I am still TTC but a lot of the times I get really nervous about how things will change after we have the baby and are we really ready. By the time the baby comes, I will be 28 and DH will be 27 and we will have been married for 5 years and together for 8. In my head we will be ready but I get nervous about sleep, daycare, money, etc. Money scares me the most. DH and I aren't by any means rich. We really do live the american way - paycheck to paycheck - but people have told me all along that you make it work because you have to. I just hope that that is true. That is what makes me nervous the most.

It's funny Amy, because we waited to get everything perfect....but guess what.......it's out of your control once you start trying. Hopefully, you will get pregnant right away, but you might not either.

My point is about the money situation......it shouldn't be your biggest concern. I am ready financially, mentally, physically - the only thing missing now is - the baby.

The only reason I am even mentioning any of this is that don't want you to put too much pressure on yourself or DH because it will make the already complicated process even worse......I can understand being nervous, but keep up being excited too! Don't put too much emphasis on planning and enjoy yourself. You have a great attitude anyway, so I have no doubt you will do fine!!

On another note....today is day 31 - no TOM. But I went 32 days last month and my cycle has been off since the miscarriage. i refuse to take a test. It would be more depressing to me to get a negative right now than TOM.....I am going to give it a couple of more days.

[metroames]

Originally posted by Dar20

When did you guys tell your work you were pg? I'm just curious..

Well, I wasn't going to tell anyone at work till after 3 months, but when I called in sick to work 2 days in a row because I couldn't stop vomitting they all suspected as I haven't had a sick day since I started almost 4 years ago. That was when I was only 6 weeks along too!

I didn't throw up anymore since yesterday and don't feel nausious, but now I've got a killer headache. I had one the other day too and took some Tylenol, but that made me nausious, so I think I'll just go to bed and hopefully it will go away. I'm going to try to not take the nausia medicine today, so hopefully that goes well too, but I haven't attempted to brush my teeth yet either. I just can't believe that I'm 17 weeks along and STILL dealing with morning sickness.

I guess that's all for now.

Amy

[MadameX]

Hi Ladies,

I will write personals later; I'm in the midst of a 24 hour stress attack. My morning sickness got so much better all of a sudden that I worried about loss of symptoms. I called our clininc up here in the mountains to see if they could find the baby's HB on doppler but they said someone stole their doppler! So I had to make a real appt with my OB 35 miles away today so she can check. She is so nice, and tried to get me right in just because I'm worrying. that everything is okay and they find the HB. They always ask if I feel movement, but I never really started feeling it for sure...ugh. Will update later.

Kelley

[SmileyAmy]

GoJackets ~ Thanks for the kind words. I know in the long run that DH and I are making the right decision for ourselves. We know it will be tough but we are so ready. I hope it happens right away for us - but I understand that sometimes it doesn't. I am not really stressing. Just more excited than anything.

Oh, and I am crossing my fingers an toes for you.

[Dar20]

Kelley, I hope everything is okay! Please keep us updated and try not to stress yourself.

GoJackets.. keeping my fingers crossed for you!!

Amy, yay on the no ! My doctor suggested Emetrol, but it is made with fructose. Has anyone tried it? I got a bottle just in case I became desperate.

[Miss Gigl]

Hi ladies,

Just checking in. I had my post-m/c follow up appointment on Monday and the good news is my HCG level was down to 5, hopefully it's 0 by now. She said we should try to wait to TTC until 1 cycle has passed. So, that's the plan, however, DH and I got a little *carried away* 2 nights ago. I don't think I will ovulate for a few more days but according to FAM I may have been in the fertile zone. oops... not gonna stress about it though.

The amazing thing is that my cycle appears to have snapped right back. Temps are dropped and CM is building up so I think I may ovulate in the next few days (like just over 2 weeks after the m/c). I'm totally amazed. I really expected that to take much longer. All I can say is thank god for charting. I know I would be going totally nuts if I was totally in the dark about where I was at in my cycle.

On telling your office: I told my boss and colleagues at 6 weeks after I got doctor confirmation. I work with only 18 people and we're all pretty close so they were going to find out pretty quickly anyway. Plus my theory was that I would need them for support if I had a m/c so they might as well know from the beginning. Sure enough, when the worst happened that were all FANTASTIC. They sent me flowers, gave me the week off (paid), and several called me at home to express their sympathies. When I got back many stopped in to give me a hug and tell me how sorry they were. I do not regret telling them for a second.

There were other people that I waited to tell after I saw the heartbeat at 8 weeks, and then when I miscarried I emailed most of them to tell them the bad news so they wouldn't feel bad if they said something to me and hadn't heard. I think they all appreciated that and they have all been very kind and supportive too. More than a few women even told me they had been through it too and were sympathetic.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Meg

[Miss Gigl]

PS: I think going back on LC may have helped my cycle snap back. I've lost 6# since the miscarriage. At least that's 1 bright spot!

[Nicole133]

Good Morning soon to be mommies!!

Desp- Thanks for the Welcome!!

Smiley - Don't worry, I am in the same boat me and bf are going to be buying a house right before the baby is born too soooo talk about stress. Just remember everything always works out in the end how its supposed too!!


I am so glad I haven't had any nausea or morning sickness, just been really really tired. I am only about 5-6 weeks along..approximate due date will be mid April 05. My first dr's appt is Sept 14th! According to what the person in the office said I will be 8 weeks then so my due date would be April 16th..we will see soon huh?

[SmileyAmy]

Know what...everyday I come in here just planning on saying hello and then maybe just lurking around, but I end up talking/typing a whole lot. Funny - I guess there is more to talk about than I though.

Okay, I am done now.

[Dar20]

Meg, I'm so glad to hear it's going well for you. How wonderful that your cycle came right back! Please don't be a stranger. I don't know if I'd have the courage to start right back in, or visit this board, after a m/c.

If ms does get really bad, I may have to tell a few people. I'm going to wait as long as possible, though. I like the folks I work with, we're just not close and I'm a bit of the oddball here. The dynamic at my work is: estimators (older men in their 40's - 60's), interns (3 kids in their 20's), and support staff (women in their late 30's - 60's). Being an estimator and just turned 30, I don't really fit in any of them. I tend to be quite lonely at work.. I'm not often asked to join any of the groups for lunch unless I invite myself along. Now you know why I post in here toooo much!

Okay, enough of the pity party.

Nicole, buying a house.. the MOST stressful thing you can do to yourself. I got sick daily stressing over our house. Just thinking about it makes me shaky.. and we've lived there almost 3 years now!

[AZParalegal]

GoJackets-Good luck to you. My period was three days late this month and I refused to test because it is so depressing seeing that big ugly negative. I hope this your month!

Smiley-Everyone is right. Once you have a baby you make it all work. For us the first few months were an adjustment period financially, but after that it just all fell together nicely. Hopefully it will be the same with the second time around.

To all those mommies-to-be good morning!

[GoJackets]

Originally posted by AZParalegal
GoJackets-Good luck to you. My period was three days late this month and I refused to test because it is so depressing seeing that big ugly negative. I hope this your month!

Thanks!!

How long have you been trying?

My miscarriage was at the end of May. I had two TOM's since then. One at 25 days and one at 32, so there is no way to predict when this one is coming. It is very frustrating because I was always so regular, and my PMS symptoms were very obvious. It's ironic because I never had nausea as a PMS symptom, but since the mc, I was nauseous with both TOM's......feels like total chaos.

We will survive.

[Mrs Sarah]

Hi ladies!

I called my doctor's office yesterday to get the results of my glucose test. I passed! They said they want your blood sugar to be 140 or lower, and mine was 99. She also said I'm not anemic and everything was great! I'm relieved!!!

We had a slow afternoon yesterday at work, so I left 2 hours early. I was so tired I just had to take a nap. I went home and hit the sack for 2 hours. It was so nice! I wish I could do that every day!

I'm sorry I don't have time for personals, we're in the midst of our annual audit in our office today, so I've got lots to do.

[Nicole133]

Dar20, I know girl, I am not looking forward to being 6-7 months prego and then signing papers and trying to get a house in order. On the brightside though, I get to direct where the furniture goes instead of moving it myself...haha!!!! At least it will keep me busy though at the end. I need a house...I want a house...just something small. My BF is really handy, knows all about carpentry, wiring, landscaping, masonry and all that jazz. Plus we know tons of people that do other construction stuff so we are set. Very exciting too!!!


Also for those morning sickness people, I have been reading up on that and I have read over and over, if you eat something very high in protein before you go to bed that helps a lot. I know its gotta be hard to choke that down later at night though.

I still can't believe I am pregnant sometimes though!! My BF family is really really really excited...we have been dating for 10 years so I might as well be a daughter in law. They all want a girl because there are 4 boy grandchildren already and BF of course wants a boy bigtime! I don't care either way as long as he/she is healthy!! My BF's mom came over last night and gave me my first baby something, its a pregnancy calendar...so cute and such a sweet gesture, has stickers and everything...cool huh? Sorry for my rambling..this is all still new!!

Nicole V. (there are two Nicole's it seems, thought I would put my initial)

[aphexacid]

Hi everybody,

Well, I went to the doctors and everything seemed okay, but I was told that if it happens again to go directly to L and D and they'll check me out. The doctor said that something might have irritated my uterus, whatever that means, but I was definitely having contractions, it just wasn't labour. Thankgoodness because I'm really not ready yet.

The baby looks great. She is quite big, they estimate seven pounds!! And she is heads down with her legs stretched out, one on each side of my tummy, which explains why I'm getting kicked on both sides. I am reading 39 weeks, which is still large, but it is slowing down a bit. I gained four pounds this week but it could just be water retention, and I'm still weighing less than I was a few months ago.

Glad you passed the glucose screening Sarah!! That is one less stress for this pregnancy.

Suzanne, I'm jealous that you are living the life of luxury with central airconditioning and you get to "party" near Cancun. How are you feeling? You haven't long to go at all now. Are you still getting the BH contractions? Has your back been sore at all, or is it all tons of acid reflux?

Meg, I'm glad everything is working out for you. You have an amazing attitude and I know you'll be back on the preggers list very soon.

You two Go Jackets! Nice to see you around.

Nicole, we want to buy a new house as well. Actually, I think a lot of us are either moving, just moved or looking for a new place. Lauren moved into a new house when her baby was only a month old. That would be really stressfull!!

Kelley, no stress allowed (like I'm one to talk) I know everything will be okay. I had a few weeks when m/s went away but I couldn't feel the baby move yet. It felt as though I was no longer pregnant. But babies don't just disappear- you are just getting farther along and the second trimester you normally feel really good and energetic, and don't even feel pregnant. Take advantage, wait till trimester number 3!!

Sorry about the heart burn Florida. I've had it too lately. I've tried eliminating fried foods, acidic foods, dairy, vegs, meat... nothing works. Basically if I eat it, it will make a second apearance at some point during the day. I'm now eating blander foods which don't taste as bad during their encore!hehe

Sorry about the m/s and headaches Amy. Soon, I'm sure, soon, you'll feel great!! You have to!!

Kristen, glad you feel well. An exception to the third-trimester misery a bunch of us our experiencing. I'm very happy for you, although jealous as well!!

Amybear, I'm nervous too. When I thought I could be in labour yesterday I just about freaked out, not that I was worried about the baby, just it all seems so soon! I have stuff I need and a room and a bed for baby, but life is going to change so dramatically. It won't be all about me anymore!! On the other hand, how exciting is it? I can't wait to be a new mom!!!

have a great day

Nicole (Z)

[SmileyAmy]

Glad everything turned out well Nicole Z - I was waiting to hear something from you.

Take it easy!!