Pregnancy Thread.....Thursday, 11/11

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Laprettygurl..........Cassidy Paige.................Born 8/19/04
wari.......................Cameron Raed Ari..........Born 8/25/04
Trolly.....................Sophie Sky......................Born 8/31/04
Teach2Live............David Morton..................Born 9/10/04
Shenandoah..........Surrogate Twins.............Born 9/20/04
babyblue26062.....Alexander Jude...............Born 9/29/04
Bozo......................Helen................... ...........Born 9/30/04
ThininMex..............Brianna Irish...................Born 10/05/04
little bear...............Aiden Xavier.................. Born 10/06/04
aphexacid..............Bethany Erin...................Born 10/08/04
lizzyd.....................Henry Stewart................Born 10/15/04

Mrs. Sarah...............W39................11/18/04......Boy
karatejen.................W38...............11/26/04.......Boy
ChristinaK................W37...............12/02/04.......Boy
GetNSlim..................W34................12/24/04......Boy
supportinghubby.....W33................12/30/04......Girl
DesperateInFL.........W32................01/07/05......Girl
Kay&Lydia................W30................01/18/05
Viki...........................W29................ 01/22/05......Girl
Shandril105..............W29............... 01/23/05......Girl
Nyanchan.................W29...............01/31/05......Girl
metroames...............W28................02/08/05......Boy
MadameX..................W28................02/09/05......Girl

AmyJuli.......................W23................0 3/10/05
JennPayton................W22................03/13/05......Girl
blueyedgrl..................W21................03/26/05
kimism........................W21................0 3/26/05......Girl
Heather123................W20................03/30/05
shelly..........................W20............... .04/02/05
Marthad......................W18................04/11/05
Dar20..........................W17................ 04/16/05
Jefinner.......................W17................ 04/16/05
GoJackets...................W15................05/03/05
mom2twoboys............W15................05/07/05
chels_hoff...................W14................05/15/05
Denise85...................W13.................05/22/05

azktycat.....................W11................05/30/05
michigangrad.............W11.................06/01/05
Vixendrop..................W8...................06/18/05
ChristieJ.....................W8.................. 06/19/05
jehcekah....................W8..................06/22/05
gilbabe75...................W7..................06/25/05
Miss Gigl.....................W7..................06/26/05
rooney.......................W7................... 06/30/05
AZparalegal...............W5...................07/12/05
allibaba......................W5.................. 07/12/05

Green12........................................... ...Trying!
2BFitHourglass.................................... Trying!
SmileyAmy......................................... ..Trying!
lil miss.............................................. ...Trying!
MarriedinSept..................................... .Trying!
Nicole133......................................... ....Trying!
jeepifer.......................................... ......Trying!
StrawberryGirl.................................... ..Trying!
AnnieO............................................ .....Trying!
speckle........................................... ......Trying!
Alissaliz......................................... .......Trying!

[metroames]

Good morning ladies!

Good luck ChristinaK! It sounds like you are just about there. Hope everything goes well!

Boy, this baby sure has been moving around a lot the last few days. The other day me and my sweetie just sat on the couch and watched my belly for a good hour or so. I was amazed at how much more movement I saw than what I actually felt or put off as gas. His movements are becoming much stronger this week, it seems. I just hope those long legs don't take the wind out of me in a month or two with all the kicking!

Everyone have a great day!

Ames

[Marthad]

Hi everyone,

Christine, Good Luck!!!

Vikki, here in Sweden women get 11 months, paid at 80% salary, and men get 3 or 4 months at 80%. This doesn’t come without a cost though. Women’s salaries are much lower, and companies are less likely to hire a woman of childbearing years because it is so costly for them. Same goes for vacation time. Six weeks is standard here, but that eats into your salary significantly. After taxes, here you make probably 30% of what you’d make in the US. Personally, I’d rather make higher salary, be able to save and retire earlier…

Hi Ames, thanks for posting some great looking recipes, I’m going to try them soon!

Chels, glad to hear your m/s is getting a little better. Hope it goes away soon. Funny you mentioned espresso…I have been really longing for a big steaming mocha with espresso around the edges of your first sip…mmmm…

Hi Michelle, glad the work situation is a little better.

Dar, your nursery colors sound great. Our house came with a nicely done nursery, but it is EXTREMELY pink! Pink wallpaper all over with Easter eggs and baskets on it. Hubby doesn’t want to change it…even if we have a boy. I’ve accented the room with chocolate brown to tone it down a bit, but it will always be very pink. Not sure if I should push it if we find out we’re having a boy.

Kelley, sorry your little girl seems to be a morning person. I wonder if you’ll be able to change that with some scheduling after she’s born?

Jeffiner, good going on the no cheats! I was good most of yesterday. But I had a friend over and didn’t really eat lunch. By 4pm I was starving and had to go to the grocery store—I know, bad combo. Anyhow, I ended up eating lemon cookies on the way home…sigh. One of these days I will have a completely good eating day! And I would have freaked if someone touched my baby! Unreal!

GoJackets, exciting to get your first gift. My brother and sister in law gave us a baby book a couple of weeks ago. But I know what you mean about being nervous…I still worry that something will go wrong.

Sarah, how did your appointment go? I’m getting excited/anxious for you!

Heather, I just bought some Turkish yogurt. A friend told me it was really yummy with a little coconut milk and Splenda mixed in. My favorite yogurt in the US was Dannon fit and light coconut cream pie. (they don’t have that here) Hopefully, I’ll be able to duplicate that. I don’t worry too much about a little Splenda, but don’t eat as much as before being pregnant…

I am having a depressed morning. I woke up being upset about our car tires of all things! We need new ones, and The Swedish Government *said with high amounts of disdain* says we are required to have snow tires between December 1st and the end of March. So, that means we will have to buy two new sets at roughly $800 a set, and then pay over $200 a year to have them swapped out! There is no more snow here than the US, except maybe the mountains, I just don’t understand it! What’s wrong with bloody all seasons!? I really hate this place. I always feel like the Government is trying to control everything you do, and the Swedes don’t question anything, they just blindly obey. My husband tries to understand, but he really doesn’t…he just can’t, because this is his home country. He often thinks I am overreacting or being unreasonable. Argh! Thanks for letting me rant!

[BrattyChelle]

Good Morning Ladies!!

Ames....isn't that the wildest thing to watch?? I swore I wouldn't see much with being as overweight as I am, but this baby is sticking straight out and at times you can see little bubbles moving over my entire belly.

MarthaD......man that sucks about the tires and makes NO sense. It sounds like the citizens there have simply accepted that they must do certain things without questioning an alternative.

ChristinaK....good luck....sounds like progress is being made!!

Hi to everyone else who pops in


Well I'm doing better here today. Had hubby rub me down with some IcyHot...man did I smell sexay!!!! Shoulders and arms feel better today so maybe that'll be the trick. I was taking regular Tylenol yesterday to deal with the soreness but I'd really rather not if I can avoid it.

Food wise...it's insane how little I'm eating. I'm lucky if I can eat a sandwich at lunch with a piece of fruit. Dinner's about the same. Trying desperately to stay hydrated throughout the day as to avoid preterm labor again.

Getting excited as our shower is Sunday. Even the guys my hubby works for are coming. He has one coworker that I find to be really interested. He calls 30 mins. after every appointment to make sure we're all doing fine. My hubby's got some great friends and I'm glad they support him in this new adventure of his life!

[little bear]

Ames - enjoy all those wonderful little movements and even when they get more powerful you will still love it!

MarthaD - Wow it sounds like living in Sweden is very different. Yes I imagine women can be treated unfairly because of the maternity thing.... The tires issue isn't very fair....

Desperate - Just keep eating what you can, it will work itself out eventually... Enjoy your shower!!!!!!! Hope you get all the stuff you want - I am still a bit sore over my 2 showers - i got nothing i wanted - and some of my hubbies family gave me used stuff - yes used........ Now i grew up on 2nd hand stuff and i love yard sales - but would i give someone used clothing or a used bottle at a shower - no - but i got them - yes a used bottle!!!!!!!! And my mother in law gave me a 30 year old childs rocking chair with no arms for me "to nurse in" I sear i though the thing was gonna break when i sat in it - and it was so ugly!!!!!!!Ah ok i vented

ChristinaK - Let us know how you are doing

SmileyAmy - Hi

Suzanne - let's lose the fat

Jeffiner - How's your morning?

Everyone else - hello!!!!!!!!!!

[ChristinaK]

well the diagnosis was latent labor. My contractions got more regular yesterday afternoon so I called the dr and they had me come in. My cervix was 1 cm and still fairly long. They put me on the monitor for about an hour and I was having regular contractions. The dr said that there was really no way to tell if I was going to go on into full labor or not at that point. She gave me the option of going to the hospital for more monitoring. Since we live pretty far from the hospital I decided to do that. I had regular contractions the whole time I was there but when they checked me 2 hours later, I was still 1 cm. If I had been full term or close to it they probably would have kept me and done something to encourage my contractions but since I'm only 37 weeks they gave me some Ambien and sent me home. I slept good last night and am really tired this am. I am going back to bed as soon as I get DS off to school. No contractions this am and I am glad since they obviously weren't doing much of anything but make me uncomfortable.

[little bear]

Christina - glad you are ok - Ambien is a godsend - i love that stuff!!!!!!!!!!!! Take it easy and call your doc if it starts up again.

[Dar20]

Christina, glad to hear you are okay, but I hope you have that bag packed just in case!

Doing okay here, just I always seem to be hungry. The opposite of Michelle, I guess. That is just not cool.. I've gained too much weight so far, IMHO, and I'd love to curb it. I tried to get the Halloween candy out of the house, but DH wants to save it for our Halo 2 party.

Speaking of which, our house is a disaster and is going to be more of one this weekend after I start sorting through the closets. With no basement and barely any attic space it's hard to store stuff.. and I'm a "recovering pack-rat"! LOL... I'm glad our friends don't care if our house is a mess!

Martha, bummer about the tires! That really does seem silly. They don't require snow tires in MI, from what I recall! How much longer are you going to be in Sweden?

Oh, speaking of Sweden, there was a lady on my plane from Houston to Tampa from Sweden. She had just flown from Amsterdam to Houston.. not sure why she didn't fly into New York. Anyways, she started having this sneezing fit.. and being as tired as I was I started having these bad visions of me getting some European flu from her! Seems silly, but you never know!

[Marthad]

I really don't know of anyplace, outside mountianous (sp?) areas, that require snow tires. We are here for at least another 18 months...it will all depend on pregnancy status (we're going to try to have two close together) and hubby finding a new job or getting a transfer. The shorter, the better as far as I am concerned. Sorry to be a downer...

[Dar20]

That must be so stressful. How does hubby feel about leaving Sweden?

[Marthad]

Well, he knows it will be easier for him to live in the US, that we can make more money and have a better lifestyle. But, it is his home, and he'll miss his friends and parents...not that we ever see them anyhow. He's fairly Americanized, but we will always have cultural differences to work through, I'm sure...Maybe we just moved here too late in life...you know? It's one thing to go through such change at 20 something, but at 36, I'm fairly set in who I am, what I like, etc.

[MadameX]

Hi All,

Well, I have my GD test today. Wish me luck! I have a lunch to go to and my appointment isn't until after that, so I will try to just eat protein based stuff. I'm most worried about what the scale will say, because usually I go in the morning and can eat light. We are trying to get out of town for our last vacation as a couple...maybe this weekend. If so I'll probably miss Sarah's baby being born. The tropics are calling. I'm a little worried about the longer flights at this stage though.

Christina~I really thought this was "it" for you yesterday! So latent labor just doesn't progress enough to be the real deal? I have heard that you really feel like AF is coming when labor is imminent. Is Ambien to calm your nerves? How does it work to stop labor?

Sarah~Waiting to see how your appointment went!

Martha~Mandatory snow tires?! Eek. I know that all the car lights come on automatically there, but snow tires are expensive. How about driving with chains? We get snow tires on our cars, but we get lots of snow and it is mountainous here. There is only one canyon you can't even drive up without snow tires or chains, but they don't have a "guard" to check on that! Other than that, you can drive all winter on whatever tires you want at your own risk. Lots of people get SUV's and think that 4WD trumps snow tires, but they are usually the ones in accidents. I wanted to say that if you do have a boy, I think the room should NOT be pink. Sorry to your DH.

Dar~Halloween candy would be my downfall!

Michelle~Just eat what you can, I'm sure the baby is getting enough. I have been hungry, but I can tell my stomach is so squished I can't eat much, and am now getting heartburn. I remember when Suzanne and Lizzie were reporting on this...I must be to that stage. I'm glad you are feeling better. Have fun at your shower!

Amy~ I cannot BELIEVE people gave you USED stuff at your shower! And a baby bottle especially! That is terrible.

Ames~I had to laugh~ i'm getting lots of movement from this baby too, but whenever I tell my DH to hurry over because she's kicking, she suddenly stops as soon as he puts his hand on my belly! Happens every time. She wakes me up by kicking so hard, so I know she's just teasing him already.

Later,
Kelley

[Dar20]

Good luck on your test, Kelley. I have a dr's appt. today at 1:30. I don't have any questions prepared for him except when my next u/s might be!

[Mrs Sarah]

Hi guys!!

I'm being induced TOMORROW morning at 5:00am!!! I don't even know how I feel... I'm so freakin' excited I can hardly see straight... but I'm so freakin' scared at the same time!!

The doctor checked me yesterday and said that I am a good 1 cm dialated and 60 to 75% effaced. Then he kept checking me and it seriously hurt... thinking on it now, I'm wondering if he stripped my membranes. (That's where they run their finger between your cervix and your bag of water to separate them. It does't rupture anything, but it does cause a release of hormones that can cause labor within a few days.) It will probably get me dialating even more because I've been having pain ever since. The pain isn't bad, but it's definitely there.

He said when I go in tomorrow that they will put a prostoglandin gel in to get contractions started. He said that might be enough and they may not have to use pitocin, but we'll see how things go. His head is really big (measuring 3 weeks ahead) and I asked the doc to see if he thought I could get him out. He said he didn't know, we'd have to do "trial by labor"... He said he wouldn't let me sit in labor two days trying though and by the afternoon we should be able to tell if he can come out on his own or not. He said either way, I will have a baby by tomorrow night. OMG!

So, today we are getting everything together and tying up loose ends. Plus, I really want to rest. Sleeping last night was near impossible due to my nerves, so I'm hoping to get a nap or two in today. The doc said I would be in the hospital until Sunday probably, so I will do my best to get back on here quickly to give you guys an update!

Thank you all so much for all of your support, it has meant the world to me!

[bakergirl74]

YAY SARAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited for you!!!!!!!!!

Cari

[little bear]

Mrs Sarah - Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get those things done you need to get done and go out to dinner and a movie - you won't get the chance again for a while - celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy for ya!

[GoJackets]

Sarah - I'm in tears! How exciting. I will be thinking of you tomorrow when you and DH look at your baby together for the first time. I pray everything goes well and you feel well soon!!!!! We will all be waiting to hear from you. Give DH a hug from us!! We love you girl!

I'll be back for personals, just wanted to catch Sarah before she signs off!

[heather123]

Good morning-
I woke up very early with a horrible headache, I still have it, 4 hours later. It's raining and we have a cold front moving in, so that's probably the culpit.

I'm so excited for you Sarah!!! I pray you won't have to go through the labor just to have a c-cection, I came very close to that with dd, I was induced at 6am and didn't end up delivering until 4:40 the next morning, I was about to the point of begging for a c-section.

Ames-I can't wait until I can start to "see" the movements. I just got this really cool email of a ladies belly with the babies foot print tring to push out, it looks so freaky, I wish I knew how to post the picture on here so everyone can see. If anyone knows how to do that I could forward it to your email.

Martha-OMGoodness, those tires are pricey I'm sure to the Swedens, they're Gov't is all they know, so they don't realise how upsetting it really is compared to the US.

Amy-My Grandma redid my moms baby quilt, used the same fabric, just replaced all the batting. That was the best "used" gift I recieved.

MademeX-Good luck on the test-I know what you mean about weighing in the middle of the day, I always feel like the nurse is thinking what a fat cow I am, but I'm very self conscious. Ambiem is a sleeping pill.

Dar-I'm hungry all the time too.

Hello to everyone else!

[Dar20]

YAYYYYY, Sarah! How exciting!!!!! Best of luck to you guys! I hope it all goes smoothly, and get back to us when you can!

[allibaba]

Hi everybody,
Yesterday was a little rough for me. I was SOOOO tired, I could've slept all day. Of course once dh and ds were in bed for the night I was wide awake. I also had some pretty good bouts of morning sickness yesterday too. Graham crackers seem to be the trick in that department right now.

**Sarah - yippee for you! I hope all goes well .
**Shelly - the Wheat Thins are GONE and I will NEVER buy another box .

Alli

[MadameX]

Good Luck Sarah!!!!

*~*~easy labor vibes~*~*easy labor vibes~*~*easy labor vibes~*~*

[SmileyAmy]

OMG, Sarah...I am so excited for you and DH. Your little boy will be here tomorrow!!

I hope you get everything done and are able to rest up a little before your big day.

You have waited so long...I can't believe it is already here.

I am going to miss you around here. You were the one who invited me over here. It is weird to think that you won't be around as much.

I will be looking forward to hearing all about it.

Good luck and HUGE hugs to you and DH - and little baby too.

[GoJackets]

Ames - How exciting watching the baby move......I CANNOT wait for DH to see ours....we have a ways to go before that. When did you say DH saw/felt him for the first time?

Marthad - How will the weather be when your baby is due? Will all of your last trimester be when it is coldest?

DesperateInFl - Have you had much of an appetite, or just too busy to eat? Maybe all of this working out with the laundry will condition you for delievery. But like you said, stay hydrated!!! Can't wait to hear about your shower.

Littlebear - What's going on in Aiden's world these days?

ChristinaK - Hard to believe you could be next!!! Keep resting. Has this pregnancy been similar to the last one or have you noticed big differences?

Kelley - Don't you sometimes feel like saying "screw the scale"? Good luck with GD test!!!

Darlene - check in with us if you can and let us know how your appointment goes....is this the one where they start measuring?

Heather123 - Hope you feel better......I've only dealt with one headache so far and it was a ******!

I'm feeling fine. Feel like I am kind of on auto pilot. Not showing, not feeling anything, don't have much of an appetite, but time does seem to be going by much quicker now. I have my 18 week ultrasound at the end of the month. Looking forward to that.

[GoJackets]

Originally posted by allibaba
Graham crackers seem to be the trick in that department right now.

Go carbs!!!

[chels_hoff]

Good luck to you and Mason, Sarah !!! I will be thinking about all three of you..... wooohoooo, this board needs a new baby!! Cant wait to read your birth story!!

xoxo Chelsea
*Pregnant with Our First*
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