Weekend Pregnancy Thread ~ April 16th & 17th

chels_hoff · 04-16-2005, 12:36 AM

GetNSlim...............Jonathan Charles..............Born 12/31/04
Kay&Lydi..............."Baby"..................... .......Born 01/06/05
Shandril105............Elizabeth Skye.................Born 01/10/05
Viki......................."Baby Girl".......................Born 01/18/05
Nyanchan...............Audrey Kay.....................Born 02/09/05
MadameX................Madeleine Jane................Born 02/09/05
metroames..............Grant David.....................Born 02/18/05
kimism....................Megan Elizabeth..............Born 02/25/05
shelly.....................Ethan Cole.................... Born 03/05/05
JennPayton.............Natalie Grace..................Born 03/09/05
blueyedgrl...............Reilly Grant ....................Born 3/23/05
Dar20.....................Alison Rozeta .................Born 04/06/05
Heather123..............Chad Avery....................Born 04/09/05

Marthad......................W40..............04/11/05......Boy
Jefinner.......................W39..............04 /16/05......Boy
GoJackets....................W37..............05/03/05
Hooligan......................W37...............05 /04/05
mom2twoboys..............W37...............05/07/05
chels_hoff...................W36...............05/15/05......Boy
Ravenly74...................W36...............05/15/05......Boy
Denise85.....................W35..............05/22/05......Boy
tekla...........................W35..............0 5/23/05......Boy
azktycat.....................W33...............05/30/05.....Girl
Luna...........................W32...............0 6/04/05.....Girl
nbecker.......................W30...............06 /17/05.....Girl
Vixendrop....................W30...............06/18/05.....Girl
naerenaenae................W30...............06/18/05.....Girl
jehcekah.....................W30...............06/22/05.....Boy
gilbabe75....................W29...............06/25/05.....Boy
Miss Gigl......................W29...............06/26/05.....Girl
rooney........................W29...............06 /30/05....Boy

Acutepenguin...............W27...............07/10/05
allibaba.......................W27...............0 7/12/05....Twins (Boy & Girl)
kclynn.........................W26...............0 7/22/05....Boy
Tbugs..........................W25...............0 7/21/05
Mandyhoward...............W24................07/30/05....Boy
melos...........................W24............... 08/01/05
SmileyAmy....................W23...............08/05/05....Girl
Ketosisgirl.....................W17.............. 09/22/05
jeepifer.........................W15.............. 10/04/05
Karingreen.....................W15..............10 /08/05
jojolw...........................W?............... .??/??/05
Tammeli........................W13..............10 /17/05

Karalynne7....................W?................?? /??/05
Jai...............................W7.............. ..11/27/05
saltire884......................W6................ 12/04/05
Kaillean.........................W6............... .12/08/05
cjthedog64 ...................W6................. 12/10/05

Green12........................................... ...Trying!
2BFitHourglass.................................... ..Trying!
lil miss.............................................. ...Trying!
Nicole133......................................... ....Trying!
StrawberryGirl.................................... ...Trying!
AnnieO............................................ .....Trying!
speckle........................................... ......Trying!
Alissaliz......................................... ........Trying!
AZParalegal....................................... ....Trying!
DasiyNYC.......................................... ....Trying!
Louise............................................ ......Trying!

BrattyChelle · 04-16-2005, 05:48 AM

Sending positive labor vibes and aroma's of baby smells to Martha and Jefinner!!!!

vixendrop · 04-16-2005, 09:11 AM

We have our childbirth class today from 9-5 so I won't be around much... I'm crossing my fingers that my DH likes it!

gilbabe75 · 04-16-2005, 10:55 AM

Hey everyone.

Darlene, hang in there...try what you can but don't be miserable over it. Some women cannot BF. Give it your best... Whatever you end up doing, BF, formula, both...we are here to support you.

Chrissy!--Wooo hooo, take it easy though. I spotted my entire 1st and 2nd tri, but not heavy spotting.

I'm grumpy and really tired...sorry I've been lurking more than posting.

Hey everyone!

Jefinner · 04-16-2005, 11:29 AM

I hear ya Becca... I'm gripey too!

No baby yet. UGH.

Marthad · 04-16-2005, 12:22 PM

Nothing happening here yet either...My Mom thought Baby was waiting so we could share a birthday (today) but it looks like he's going to wait longer...sigh. I have felt a few more cervical twinges tonight though--maybe I'm dialiting too? I'm debating wether or not I want to get an internal exam. I mean they really don't tell you anything, and I could get all excited or let down for noting. Baby seems a lot quiter lately too...

Chels, the tactile stimulation was like a light touching massage, it's supposed to release oxytocin and endorphins. It was somewhat enjoyable, but she wanted me on my back !!! for the first half, and I just could NOT get comfortable that way, so I had to keep interrupting her. If labor had started, it would have been worth the $70...but I won't be doing it again.

Shelly, great pictures of Ethan and you look awesome! Great job on the weight loss!

Chelle, Elana is still a little doll!

Dar, I hope the BF gets easier for you. It must be frustrating

Vixen, sorry about the stroller. That sucks.

Jeffiner, here's labor vibes to you, but I WANNA BE FIRST!

Becca, hope you're feeling better.

Hi to everyone else I missed...I can't remember yesterdays thread.

Hope everyone has a continued good weekend--my Dad is arriving tomorrow.

chels_hoff · 04-16-2005, 01:41 PM

Sorry everyone is having such a poopy weekend... you can throw me into the group too!!

I need your help/feedback. Most of you know about the issues this i have with my monster-in-law. I have not spoke to her, answered or returned her calls since Feb. Well way back in 96 when we got married at the last min her uncle bought her airline ticket so that she could come out for the wedding. I am so afraid that she may just "show up" given the e-mail she sent me and the messages she keeps leaving. I know i have been putting this off but i really didn't want to deal with any of it until after Payton was born. So i figured the least stressful way to deal with it is to send her an e-mail. I want to get my point across to her, and am not sure given all my PG hormones that i am doing this effectively. I am not sure how I should end it....wrapping it all up with a nice bow basically telling her to bite me & not even think about flying her dumb ass out here, without actually coming out and saying just that. Here is what I have got so far........

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beth,

I didn’t really want to deal with this because I don’t think the stress would be good for myself or Payton. You may or may not have figured out that we have not been returning your calls. I will explain why and for now leave it at that.

When we refinanced our house in February, we found out that our credit report score was not as high as we were expecting. There are two collection accounts in David's name from 2002, bills that you left and chose not to pay when you moved to Texas. These were the only bad marks on what should have been a perfect credit report that we have worked hard to attain. David was very angry to say the least and he commented that at least you were making payments to us on the state capital gains taxes that you owed and we had paid on your house. He could tell by the expression on my face that you had not been fulfilling your promise, a promise that you made to your son the day you came to the house and begged us to cover the taxes. He asked how much you and Rebecca had paid on the money you owed us. He could not believe that in almost three years you have made no attempt to repay any of it and never bothered to mention it in any communications that we've had.

These two collection accounts that you have burdened us with caused our loan to go up 1/4 of a percent. That may not seem like much to you, but over the life of the loan it will cost us almost $9000. These are the reasons you have not heard from us, and should not expect to hear from us in the near future.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks guys for any and all feeback, as you already know you are the best!!

xoxo Chels

BrattyChelle · 04-16-2005, 01:49 PM

Chels....sounds fair and to the point.

sorry you are dealing with this

Snapdragon · 04-16-2005, 03:00 PM

Hi mommies!

Woke up at 6 am this morning with the strangest craving for buttermilk. No idea what that's about. I don't even LIKE the stuff.

I'm taking my little monkey to a birthday party, so I'll check in when I'm back!

Sending labor vibes!

Mrs Sarah · 04-16-2005, 05:20 PM

Martha: Major labor vibes to you!!

Jenn: You too!!

Chels: Ugh, I'm so sorry you are dealing with all of that. I am so glad that you told her exactly how you felt. She needs to hear it. I think you letter is perfect and you don't need to change or add a thing! Do you think she'll respond?

Dar20 · 04-17-2005, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marthad

Nothing happening here yet either...My Mom thought Baby was waiting so we could share a birthday (today)

how did we miss this???? hope you had a very

martha!!!! how exciting dad will be there soon!

vixendrop · 04-17-2005, 01:09 PM

Oh! I missed it too! Hope you had a GREAT birthday Martha!!!

Today is in the mid/upper 90s!!! It's too hot to breath!!! I think I'm going to melt.

Yesterday DH and I went to the childbirth class... it was amazing! I got more out of it than I did in the whole series of Bradley classes I took with DD#1. My midwife's assistant taught the class... she's so amazing! I felt a connection with her from the beginning... she's a doula, childbirth educator, and also testing for her midwife's license in August. She's been doing all this for 15 years and has 8 kids of her own! 8! Did I mention 8 kids??? I can't imagine that many! ~laughs~ Anyway... I think DH feel more comfortable with the whole process now... the class really focused on teaching the men how to support their wives during labor... I loved that ~smiles~ It was the best $50 spent ever.

kimism · 04-17-2005, 10:13 PM

Just another quickie as it is almost midnight here.

Had to take Megan back to the doctor yesterday (Saturday). She is now on liquid zantac twice a day and another medicine 4 times a day (every 6 hours around the clock!!) and they changed her formula yet again. Now she is on Enfamil Nutramagen Lipil. So...we're crossing our fingers that this is it and things will get better from here.

Friday night she started severly regurgitating her formula. It was the worst it's ever been. That happened all night long. Called the on call doctor and she told me she'd meet me at the office at 10 am. She actually fed Megan a bottle and watched how her tummy and all did while she ate it. The good news was she was up another 3 ounces. She she has gone from 6.6 3/4 to 9.3 and is now 7 weeks old. So, she's gaining weight...it's just that things with the regurg are getting worse as time goes on instead of better.

If she doesn't do better on these medicines and new formula by her appointment on the 27th they're going to start running test.

Please keep us in your thoughts as we go through this...it's very frustrating seeing your little baby hurting and not be able to do anything about it.

I saw we had another little one born!!! Congrats Heather 123!!!

On a personal front. I started low carb again this past Monday and I believe I lost 10.5 lbs this week!!! I "officially" weigh in tomorrow. And my 12 year old daughter is starting it tomorrow after seeing my success this week. I've already got her lunch packed for tomorrow. We took Megan for a walk around the neighborhood this after noon for our excersice.

Kim

04-16-2005, 01:41 PM	#7
chels_hoff Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 850 Gallery: chels_hoff Stats: Just had a Baby !! WOE: My own thing..... Start Date: 3/1/03	Sorry everyone is having such a poopy weekend... you can throw me into the group too!! I need your help/feedback. Most of you know about the issues this i have with my monster-in-law. I have not spoke to her, answered or returned her calls since Feb. Well way back in 96 when we got married at the last min her uncle bought her airline ticket so that she could come out for the wedding. I am so afraid that she may just "show up" given the e-mail she sent me and the messages she keeps leaving. I know i have been putting this off but i really didn't want to deal with any of it until after Payton was born. So i figured the least stressful way to deal with it is to send her an e-mail. I want to get my point across to her, and am not sure given all my PG hormones that i am doing this effectively. I am not sure how I should end it....wrapping it all up with a nice bow basically telling her to bite me & not even think about flying her dumb ass out here, without actually coming out and saying just that. Here is what I have got so far........ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beth, I didn’t really want to deal with this because I don’t think the stress would be good for myself or Payton. You may or may not have figured out that we have not been returning your calls. I will explain why and for now leave it at that. When we refinanced our house in February, we found out that our credit report score was not as high as we were expecting. There are two collection accounts in David's name from 2002, bills that you left and chose not to pay when you moved to Texas. These were the only bad marks on what should have been a perfect credit report that we have worked hard to attain. David was very angry to say the least and he commented that at least you were making payments to us on the state capital gains taxes that you owed and we had paid on your house. He could tell by the expression on my face that you had not been fulfilling your promise, a promise that you made to your son the day you came to the house and begged us to cover the taxes. He asked how much you and Rebecca had paid on the money you owed us. He could not believe that in almost three years you have made no attempt to repay any of it and never bothered to mention it in any communications that we've had. These two collection accounts that you have burdened us with caused our loan to go up 1/4 of a percent. That may not seem like much to you, but over the life of the loan it will cost us almost $9000. These are the reasons you have not heard from us, and should not expect to hear from us in the near future. --------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks guys for any and all feeback, as you already know you are the best!! xoxo Chels Last edited by chels_hoff : 04-16-2005 at 01:42 PM.

04-17-2005, 01:09 PM	#12
vixendrop MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pueblo, CO Posts: 2,570 Gallery: vixendrop Stats: +128/-10.5/-128 WOE: Atkins	Oh! I missed it too! Hope you had a GREAT birthday Martha!!! Today is in the mid/upper 90s!!! It's too hot to breath!!! I think I'm going to melt. Yesterday DH and I went to the childbirth class... it was amazing! I got more out of it than I did in the whole series of Bradley classes I took with DD#1. My midwife's assistant taught the class... she's so amazing! I felt a connection with her from the beginning... she's a doula, childbirth educator, and also testing for her midwife's license in August. She's been doing all this for 15 years and has 8 kids of her own! 8! Did I mention 8 kids??? I can't imagine that many! ~laughs~ Anyway... I think DH feel more comfortable with the whole process now... the class really focused on teaching the men how to support their wives during labor... I loved that ~smiles~ It was the best $50 spent ever. __________________ '~Amy~'

04-17-2005, 10:13 PM	#13
kimism MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,260 Gallery: kimism Stats: 190.4/190.4/135 WOE: Low Carb Start Date: Aug 11, 2008	Just another quickie as it is almost midnight here. Had to take Megan back to the doctor yesterday (Saturday). She is now on liquid zantac twice a day and another medicine 4 times a day (every 6 hours around the clock!!) and they changed her formula yet again. Now she is on Enfamil Nutramagen Lipil. So...we're crossing our fingers that this is it and things will get better from here. Friday night she started severly regurgitating her formula. It was the worst it's ever been. That happened all night long. Called the on call doctor and she told me she'd meet me at the office at 10 am. She actually fed Megan a bottle and watched how her tummy and all did while she ate it. The good news was she was up another 3 ounces. She she has gone from 6.6 3/4 to 9.3 and is now 7 weeks old. So, she's gaining weight...it's just that things with the regurg are getting worse as time goes on instead of better. If she doesn't do better on these medicines and new formula by her appointment on the 27th they're going to start running test. Please keep us in your thoughts as we go through this...it's very frustrating seeing your little baby hurting and not be able to do anything about it. I saw we had another little one born!!! Congrats Heather 123!!! On a personal front. I started low carb again this past Monday and I believe I lost 10.5 lbs this week!!! I "officially" weigh in tomorrow. And my 12 year old daughter is starting it tomorrow after seeing my success this week. I've already got her lunch packed for tomorrow. We took Megan for a walk around the neighborhood this after noon for our excersice. Kim __________________ Kim I will do it, because I'm worth it! 6/26/26/08 185.5 lbs Last edited by kimism : 04-17-2005 at 10:15 PM.

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04-16-2005, 12:36 AM	#1
chels_hoff Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 850 Gallery: chels_hoff Stats: Just had a Baby !! WOE: My own thing..... Start Date: 3/1/03	Weekend Pregnancy Thread ~ April 16th & 17th GetNSlim...............Jonathan Charles..............Born 12/31/04 Kay&Lydi..............."Baby"..................... .......Born 01/06/05 Shandril105............Elizabeth Skye.................Born 01/10/05 Viki......................."Baby Girl".......................Born 01/18/05 Nyanchan...............Audrey Kay.....................Born 02/09/05 MadameX................Madeleine Jane................Born 02/09/05 metroames..............Grant David.....................Born 02/18/05 kimism....................Megan Elizabeth..............Born 02/25/05 shelly.....................Ethan Cole.................... Born 03/05/05 JennPayton.............Natalie Grace..................Born 03/09/05 blueyedgrl...............Reilly Grant ....................Born 3/23/05 Dar20.....................Alison Rozeta .................Born 04/06/05 Heather123..............Chad Avery....................Born 04/09/05 Marthad......................W40..............04/11/05......Boy Jefinner.......................W39..............04 /16/05......Boy GoJackets....................W37..............05/03/05 Hooligan......................W37...............05 /04/05 mom2twoboys..............W37...............05/07/05 chels_hoff...................W36...............05/15/05......Boy Ravenly74...................W36...............05/15/05......Boy Denise85.....................W35..............05/22/05......Boy tekla...........................W35..............0 5/23/05......Boy azktycat.....................W33...............05/30/05.....Girl Luna...........................W32...............0 6/04/05.....Girl nbecker.......................W30...............06 /17/05.....Girl Vixendrop....................W30...............06/18/05.....Girl naerenaenae................W30...............06/18/05.....Girl jehcekah.....................W30...............06/22/05.....Boy gilbabe75....................W29...............06/25/05.....Boy Miss Gigl......................W29...............06/26/05.....Girl rooney........................W29...............06 /30/05....Boy Acutepenguin...............W27...............07/10/05 allibaba.......................W27...............0 7/12/05....Twins (Boy & Girl) kclynn.........................W26...............0 7/22/05....Boy Tbugs..........................W25...............0 7/21/05 Mandyhoward...............W24................07/30/05....Boy melos...........................W24............... 08/01/05 SmileyAmy....................W23...............08/05/05....Girl Ketosisgirl.....................W17.............. 09/22/05 jeepifer.........................W15.............. 10/04/05 Karingreen.....................W15..............10 /08/05 jojolw...........................W?............... .??/??/05 Tammeli........................W13..............10 /17/05 Karalynne7....................W?................?? /??/05 Jai...............................W7.............. ..11/27/05 saltire884......................W6................ 12/04/05 Kaillean.........................W6............... .12/08/05 cjthedog64 ...................W6................. 12/10/05 Green12........................................... ...Trying! 2BFitHourglass.................................... ..Trying! lil miss.............................................. ...Trying! Nicole133......................................... ....Trying! StrawberryGirl.................................... ...Trying! AnnieO............................................ .....Trying! speckle........................................... ......Trying! Alissaliz......................................... ........Trying! AZParalegal....................................... ....Trying! DasiyNYC.......................................... ....Trying! Louise............................................ ......Trying!

04-16-2005, 05:48 AM	#2
BrattyChelle Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,504 Gallery: BrattyChelle Stats: 340/271/175 Start Date: Originally 01/04 - PostPartum Restart 02/05	Sending positive labor vibes and aroma's of baby smells to Martha and Jefinner!!!!

04-16-2005, 09:11 AM	#3
vixendrop MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pueblo, CO Posts: 2,570 Gallery: vixendrop Stats: +128/-10.5/-128 WOE: Atkins	We have our childbirth class today from 9-5 so I won't be around much... I'm crossing my fingers that my DH likes it!

04-16-2005, 10:55 AM	#4
gilbabe75 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Eastern PA Posts: 4,590 Gallery: gilbabe75 WOE: the lower carb anti-diet	Hey everyone. Darlene, hang in there...try what you can but don't be miserable over it. Some women cannot BF. Give it your best... Whatever you end up doing, BF, formula, both...we are here to support you. Chrissy!--Wooo hooo, take it easy though. I spotted my entire 1st and 2nd tri, but not heavy spotting. I'm grumpy and really tired...sorry I've been lurking more than posting. Hey everyone!

04-16-2005, 11:29 AM	#5
Jefinner Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The land of sleepless nights Posts: 7,066 Gallery: Jefinner Stats: PREGNANT/238/214.5/165 WOE: Whatever gets this baby weight off! Start Date: Who the heck knows...	I hear ya Becca... I'm gripey too! No baby yet. UGH.

04-16-2005, 12:22 PM	#6
Marthad MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,235 Gallery: Marthad	Nothing happening here yet either...My Mom thought Baby was waiting so we could share a birthday (today) but it looks like he's going to wait longer...sigh. I have felt a few more cervical twinges tonight though--maybe I'm dialiting too? I'm debating wether or not I want to get an internal exam. I mean they really don't tell you anything, and I could get all excited or let down for noting. Baby seems a lot quiter lately too... Chels, the tactile stimulation was like a light touching massage, it's supposed to release oxytocin and endorphins. It was somewhat enjoyable, but she wanted me on my back !!! for the first half, and I just could NOT get comfortable that way, so I had to keep interrupting her. If labor had started, it would have been worth the $70...but I won't be doing it again. Shelly, great pictures of Ethan and you look awesome! Great job on the weight loss! Chelle, Elana is still a little doll! Dar, I hope the BF gets easier for you. It must be frustrating Vixen, sorry about the stroller. That sucks. Jeffiner, here's labor vibes to you, but I WANNA BE FIRST! Becca, hope you're feeling better. Hi to everyone else I missed...I can't remember yesterdays thread. Hope everyone has a continued good weekend--my Dad is arriving tomorrow.

04-16-2005, 01:49 PM	#8
BrattyChelle Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,504 Gallery: BrattyChelle Stats: 340/271/175 Start Date: Originally 01/04 - PostPartum Restart 02/05	Chels....sounds fair and to the point. sorry you are dealing with this

04-16-2005, 03:00 PM	#9
Snapdragon Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: OVER THE RAINBOW Posts: 799 Gallery: Snapdragon Stats: 225/180/140 WOE: ATKINS '72 - Couch to 5k	Hi mommies! Woke up at 6 am this morning with the strangest craving for buttermilk. No idea what that's about. I don't even LIKE the stuff. I'm taking my little monkey to a birthday party, so I'll check in when I'm back! Sending labor vibes!

04-16-2005, 05:20 PM	#10
Mrs Sarah Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 9,303 Gallery: Mrs Sarah Stats: 282/272/170 WOE: Atkins Start Date: June 2006	Martha: Major labor vibes to you!! Jenn: You too!! Chels: Ugh, I'm so sorry you are dealing with all of that. I am so glad that you told her exactly how you felt. She needs to hear it. I think you letter is perfect and you don't need to change or add a thing! Do you think she'll respond?