~Pregnancy Thread~Thursday, July 28th~

[SmileyAmy]

Jefinner...................Ezra Franklin .................Born 05/05/05
GoJackets................Hamilton Wood...............Born 05/05/05
mom2twoboys...........Melissa..................... ....Born 05/06/05
chels_hoff................Payton Wayne................Born 05/08/05
Mandyhoward..........Spencer Cole...................Born 05/23/05 @ 30 weeks
Denise85.................Paige Loralei...................Born 05/19/05
tekla.......................Zachary Alexander..........Born 05/26/05
azktycat..................Aeryn Rylee...................Born 05/30/05
kclynn.....................Reyli Donovan................Born 06/03/05
Miss Gigl...............Charlotte Muriel Elizabeth....Born 06/09/05
Luna.......................Abigail Rose...................Born 06/10/05
nbecker..................MacKenzie Grace.............Born 06/11/05
Vixendrop...............Kayden Ardria Kathryn.......Born 06/12/05
gilbabe75.................Luke Gregory.................Born 06/15/05
naerenaenae............Mackenzie Abigail............Born 06/17/05
allibaba.......Corrinn Helene & Griffin Edward......Born 06/24/05
jehcekah.................Benjamin Thomas............Born 06/27/05
Acutepenguin.............Daniel Zachary.............Born 07/03/05
thopki00......................Baby Boy...................Born 07/08/05
rooney.........................???????............ .........????

Tbugs..........................W40...............0 7/21/05
melos...........................W39............... 08/01/05
SmileyAmy....................W38...............08/05/05....Girl
meme123......................W36...............08/22/05....Girl
StarFire........................W34............... 09/05/05....Triplets !!!
jojolw...........................W33.............. .09/14/05
Ketosisgirl.....................W32............... 09/22/05.....Boy
vjfreddi.........................W31.............. 10/01/05
jeepifer.........................W30.............. 10/04/05....Girl
Karingreen.....................W30...............1 0/08/05
Tammeli........................W28...............1 0/17/05....Girl

Karalynne7....................W?.................? ?/??/05
Jai...............................W22............. .11/27/05...Girl
Kaillean.........................W21.............. 12/06/05
cjthedog64 ...................W21...............12/10/05
Diabolique......................W18............... 12/24/05
jadefox26......................W?................. 12/??/05
Trailboss.......................W15............... 01/20/06
Louise...........................W13.............. 01/27/06
Portia...........................W13.............. .02/05/06

abvidrine.......................W12............... 02/12/06
littlegunshots.................W9................. .03/07/06
brandyxoxo25.................W?..................? ?/??/06
Texoma.........................W9................. ..??/??/06
Daisy73.........................W7................ ...03/17/06
boodsadel......................W7................. ..03/16/06
t3uf3l............................W7.............. .....03/14/06
lowcarbinmama................W?................... .04/4/06

lil miss.............................................. .....Trying!
StrawberryGirl.................................... .....Trying!
AnnieO............................................ .......Trying!
speckle........................................... .......Trying!
AZParalegal....................................... ......Trying!
DasiyNYC.......................................... ......Trying!
Nikole............................................ .........Trying!
LunaAshling....................................... ......Trying!
jennifer-in-wv...........................................Tryin g!
saltire........................................... ...........Trying!

[SmileyAmy]

Okay...I am hoping I got the updates from yesterday right.

Lowcarbinmama ~ Congrats!! I couldn't figure out what week you were in off the top of my head. Let me know and I will either update it today or it will be done tomorrow.

t3uf3l ~ Congrats!! Did I get your week right?? I just did the list really quick and I am sorry if I screwed anything up.

Anastasia ~ *faint* I bow down to you!! Sheesh, I feel so silly for complaining about my back. You are carrying 3x's what I am. Forgive me! I envy you!

Hope I didn't miss anything major from yesterday...busy, busy, busy today! Not any time for personals right now.

I am leaving at 2:30 for my second to last doctors appt...and another therapist appt.

I hope I have made SOME progress since last week. Everyone keeps telling me it looks like I have dropped...and I have been peeing a ton at night - more than usual, so I am hoping that means something.

Well, I should get to work. BBL

[Snapdragon]

Morning Mommies!

Amy- if you find it easier to breathe, but you spend more time in the bathroom, you've probably dropped. Have a great appointment and remember to tell us all about it!

Couldn't sleep last night. Seriously up every half hour. Got into a huge fight with 'daddy'.... My mother decided that she wanted to come over and then wouldn't leave. She was trying to be helpful, I think, but just got in the way. About the only thing that went right was Tae Kwon Do. I'm not allowed to do some of the activities, but I broke 2 boards last night, and that was great. Then I took a bubble bath. Oh yeah, and you ladies all gave me warm fuzzies by saying such nice things. Thank you!

[SmileyAmy]

Anastasia ~ On top of carrying triplets, you do Tae Kwon Do?!?! I second the "You are THE woman" quote from last night.

Regarding the dropping...I am peeing more, but I never had the hard time breathing so I can't go by that. And the other thing that makes me think I haven't dropped is that I have been getting major heartburn lately. I wake up 3+ times a night to take Tums and I get it during the day too.

[Trailboss]

Originally Posted by StarFire

About the only thing that went right was Tae Kwon Do. I'm not allowed to do some of the activities, but I broke 2 boards last night, and that was great.

Carrying triplets at 34 weeks and Tae Kwon Do! You are amazing!

Amy-Hope your appointments go well.

Just plugging along here. I have an OB appointment tomorrow morning. This one I am actually looking forward to! According to my scale I have not gained any weight since my last appointment and the heartbeat should be easier to find this time. He had to search for it last time at 10 weeks.

Have a great day everyone!

[SmileyAmy]

Jackie ~ Good luck at your appt! on the scale!!

Anastasia ~ CLOSE YOUR EYES/EARS...Do not read the following.

I really think I need to go on maternity early. I am so miserable at work and my back hurts so bad, I can't sit in this chair anymore. Really...I don't know what to do. I have the lumbar support, it is a new chair...I just hurt so bad and everyday it seems a bit worse. I really wanted to stick it out until I went into labor, but I don't know if I can do this everyday.

How many other mommies left work early when they still probably could have just agonized their way through the rest of their pregnancy?

[Mrs Sarah]

Anastasia: Your pictures are amazing!!! You rock!!!!

[Trailboss]

Amy-Sorry you are still miserable. I won't be much help to you. My water broke at 37.5 weeks, so you have made it farther than I did. Also, I did not have any back pain with that pregnancy (my hips hurt like HE!! at night). If I remember your posts, if you leave early you would not get any pay right? Can your HR or benefits department help you out in any way? Can you work part time?

[SmileyAmy]

No, if I leave early that is fine...I get my 8 weeks 100% pay maternity and I planned on taking 4 weeks paid vacation AND by the end of my maternity, I will have accrued another 8 days of vacation time. They just don't have a seperate Short Term Disability here - so if I leave early, it is taking away from my maternity leave.

I am just afraid that, with my luck, I will go two weeks late and will have waisted 3 weeks of time off with no baby.

I am crossing my fingers that maybe some progress has been made this week and I will have some dialation at my appt today.

I don't even know if half days would do it. My back hurts from the moment I sit down in my car to go to work.

THIS SUCKS!!

[Louise]

Good morning!

Starfire--DH thinks doctors are wonderful. His Dad is a doctor. He thinks they are all knowing. He doesn't think that doctors ever do things for their convenience (like anything that would speed up labor even if the baby and the mother were doing fine). This is one of the things I wanted to discuss before I got pregnant, but he was just like "we'll figure it out when the time comes." So, I'll do this one his way, but the rest will be my way!

Kaci--Thank goodness that I am not the only one that doesn't like the new Target commercial. DH was singing the lyrics to Baby Got Back and I was like STOP IT!!! those are 7 year olds on that commercial.

Jackie--Good luck with your appointment! And congrats on not gaining since your last. I am actually hoping to be down a couple pounds at my next one since the doctor made such a big deal about it. I should be if I keep drinking my water and exercising.

Amy--Sorry you are miserable. I don't know what you should do. I plan on working up until my due date or I go into labor. But I also know that if I am miserable, I am out of here. I am a worrier like you and am stressed out by almost everything. Honestly, if I am so stressed out about just the thought of being uncomfortable at work, I'll probably quit early (sometimes I wish I could just quit now ).

Well, another day. I did so much last night. And the weather was great so we slept with the windows open. It was so hard to get up with morning. But it is almost the weekend!! Woohoo!

Sigh. I really want to go to Wendy's for lunch. I really want a hamburger. And fries........is it really any wonder I gained 12 pounds in 6 weeks .

Louise

[SmileyAmy]

Louise ~ All I can think about with the "Baby Got Back" song is that Friends episode where Ross was singing it to Emma because it made her giggle and Rachel got all mad at him because the song was inapropriate and when he left the room, she started doing it too. LOL

[Trailboss]

Louise-Thats not fair talking about Wendy's fries. Drooling! The closest one to us is 80 miles away! Enjoy your lunch.

Amy-Ok, since you didn't like any of my suggestions , heres to hoping you are dialated!

[ketosisgirl]

Good morning, Ladies!

All I have to say is, "Wah!" I am so hot already and it is only 8:45am. I am done with being pregnant. I'm sick of heartburn and gaining weight and hip pain. I want this baby now!!!

Okay, rant over, back to your regularly scheduled posting.

[Trailboss]

Grace- Just think, you have a wonderful vacation coming up!

[ketosisgirl]

Thanks, Jackie. I know that I'm being lame. It just felt good to type that "out loud". I can't believe that I am going to be 9 months pregnant in August, with no a/c.

You are lucky that your closest Wendy's is 80 miles away. Fast food is definitely my weakness. I have it for lunch probably every other day. Jack in the Box, Wendy's, BK, sometimes McD's. The really sad thing is that I don't even really like McD's food very much. I just let myself get so hungry, running around doing errands and real estate stuff, etc. and fast food is the easiest solution. I gained about 15 pounds in the year before I got pregnant because of this. I need to plan my meals better, bring snacks, etc. I am SO SICK of gaining weight. I am going to be very motivated after I have this little guy. (I hope!) I have now gained 24 pounds since getting pregnant. Lately, I have been on a steady pound a week plan.

[Trailboss]

It is hard to plan healthy snacks to go. I am so sick of peanuts. Girl, you are 32 weeks-gaining 24 pounds is great and that pound a week now is just your little man fattening up and water weight.

Since you mentioned real estate: I was watching House Hunters on HGTV (I am such a goober) and they had an episode on a couple trying to find a houseboat in the Seattle area and said how limited (only 400 something houseboats?) the market is and how expensive it was. I immediatly thought of you since that is your stomping ground.

[ketosisgirl]

Thanks, again. I guess 24 pounds isn't too bad. It is so hard to be "okay" with gaining weight, especially when I started out at an all-time high. I am so programmed. Don't you wish that we didn't have to ever think about it? I mean, I wish that I could just eat when I was hungry and not worry about what I was eating or how much. Sometimes I think all this dieting stuff is just madness, but, unfortunately, I don't have a choice. I am not one of the fortunate naturally thin people.

I didn't see that episode of House Hunters. Seattle is one of the favorite locations of those kind of shows. Probably because it is a quick plane ride from L.A. and has different scenery. We (as real estate agents) are asked about once a month if we have any listings that would be good material for shows like "Sell this House" and others. DH and I like to watch "House Doctor" on BBC America and "Designed to Sell". We also like "Generation Renovation" and a most recent favorite is "Property Ladder". As I mentioned, we are very interested in remodeling projects. I sometimes do a lot of the work myself, like tiling and painting, but, not while I'm pregnant. I've been banned from remodeling for now.

[jojolw]

I can't believe I was ashamed to come back because I wasn't following a strict "maintenance" diet! Think of all I've missed because I was a big chicken butt, and here you all are talking about fast food! I feel sooooo much better lol!

Anastasia, what kind of vitamins are you taking?! I get tired just SAYING Tae-Qwon-Do, let along doing anything that physical! Good Lord you are an inspiration to us all

Amy - Good luck at your appointment. Don't hate me for telling you this, but I can't offer any good advice to you about taking time off. I could take the whole month before off and still have 11 months of parental leave left. Where I live, I get I think 12 weeks of Maternity leave and 38 weeks of parental leave, which pays me 55% of my regular wage. I can't imagine having to make a decision like yours. I also have to sit all day, some shifts are 8 hours and some are 12, but so far my back is okay most of the time. I really hope you are dialating so you can make your decision easier!

Jackie - congrats on the scale not moving! Good luck at your appointment as well!

Louise - I haven't had Wendy's in ages! Now i'm craving a burger and I can't leave work till 7pm!!

Grace - want to pass some of that weather over, please? It's so miserable here, and we have a holiday weekend coming up, and I'd rather spend it on the beach than in the cabin!!

Everyone have a great day, I'm working again, and it looks like it will be another loong boring day!

Dal

[SmileyAmy]

Dal ~ Seeeee...I told you that you shouldn't have been embarassed to come in here because you weren't LCing! Also, I know about the whole Canada thing. It's funny...my mother lives on PEI and at the beginning of my pregnancy and even a couple of weeks ago, she was trying to convince me to come up to Canada and have the baby, that way the baby would be a dual citizen, I would get the allowances and if I wanted to, I could move to Canada and leave all my debt behind her in the US. It was starting to sound good for a while.

[ketosisgirl]

Originally Posted by jojolw

I can't believe I was ashamed to come back because I wasn't following a strict "maintenance" diet! Think of all I've missed because I was a big chicken butt, and here you all are talking about fast food! I feel sooooo much better lol!

Dal, I would never judge you on your diet anyway! And I don't think anyone else here would either. I gave up on trying to eat perfectly while pregnant because at first I was losing weight and then, for a long time had trouble gaining, in the first & second trimesters. I had a lot of nausea though. Guess that's gone now, maybe I should try to start eating better! I do make sure to get my milk, veggies, protein & prenatal vitamin every day.

[jojolw]

I should have known nobody would judge me, or even care, but I think a lot of it was that I felt guilty for going so far off plan. Lately i've been trying a bit harder, cooking LC meals, since dh still tries to follow, but Dairy Queen still calls me!

Amy, I still can't believe the difference between Canada and the US when it comes to maternity leave! When I had Jordan 7 years ago, it was 6 months leave, and people say to me now "I can't imagine ONLY staying home 6 months!" I think we were darn lucky to get 6 motnhs, let alone a year!

Dal

[t3uf3l]

Amy, I hope your're progressing and that you and Sara are very close to meeting each other. About maternity leave - I am a total wuss, as soon as the all day feeling like crap/puking stuff started I told my boss (and everyone else friends, relatives etc..) see ya! Give me a call in the 2nd Tri. I just feel like it's important to at least TRY to enjoy this pregnancy so I'm doing what I can to feel comfy.
I had totally forgotten about that friends episode. That was funny! I don't think it will be as funny when the kids are singing it back (esp. in public as they are known to do) "My anaconda don't want none..." Oh yeah junior make mama proud!
Weeks look fine to me!
Anastasia you are a pregnancy Goddess!
Oh fast food! It's my biggest weakness. We live directly across the street from a BK. I'm currently in corn dog mode, though. Can't get enough of 'em. Since nothings staying down very long, I don't even feel THAT bad about...
Good luck at all of the OB appts! Hope they tell ya what ya wanna hear.
Kaci

[SmileyAmy]

Dal ~ Yeah...Canada is good to families. If I am not mistaken, you get allowances for all sorts of things from the government. Kinda sad...I dont' know how it is where you are...but on PEI, there are a lot of girls who get pregnant on purpose, just to go on the welfare, because they treat you good. They want to get out of their home, and having a baby gets you housing, and money and other things. I know their medical insurance is good compared to the US - everyone gets it - but I know people in Nova Scotia also, and they and my mother/people on PEI complain that although they all get insurance, the medical care is bad. How is it where you are?

[SmileyAmy]

Kaci ~ Glad you can enjoy your pregnancy how you want to. I have been fine up until just a few weeks ago. I have had it pretty easy actually. No weight gain, no morning sickness, no tiredness...even now, I still am at a lower weight than I was prepregnancy and I have no swelling. The extent of my uncomfy feeling is I am constipated due to having to take iron pills twice a day and now my back - and I have had some anxiety that I am seeing a therapist for. Other than that, I have been fine - so work hasn't really been an issue. I wish I had the money to take off whatever time I wanted/needed or to be a SAHM, but that isn't going to happen.

[t3uf3l]

I'm sorry Amy, I hope you find a happy medium for yourself.
Kaci

[t3uf3l]

Oh it just makes my heart ache to look at all of the beautiful babies on the LTBF thread. I have so long to go....but I want this kid RIGHT NOW!
Kaci

[SmileyAmy]

Originally Posted by t3uf3l

Oh it just makes my heart ache to look at