Pregnant or TTC for April 25th - April 30th

[LunaAshling]

welcome: Welcome to the ~*~Pregnant or TTC~*~ thread (formerly Pregnant or Trying)! This is a group of ladies who are trying their darndest to have a lowcarb or lower/better carb pregnancy, and for those trying to get pregnant on a lowcarb plan. We hope to encourage each other to have a healthier pregnancy!


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2006 Pregnant Moms:
We bump moms up weekly on Monday's (or Sunday night).
If you are in the wrong month or need to update your due date, please post so we can fix you for the next week's list!



Moms Due in January 2006:

Trailboss.................Megan Taylor ~ Born 1/24/05
Louise.....................Mary Elizabeth ~ Born 1/25/05
randtbrown..............Kyle Lewis ~ Born 1/26/06


Moms Due in February 2006:

AZParalegal.............Blake Renn ~ Born 2/05/06
umayya...................BOY ~ Born 2/14/06


Moms Due in March 2006 (1):

Meltza Due date: 03/21/06 (Did you have your baby yet?)

shelly.....................Aubrey Jane ~ Born 3/01/06
boodsadel..............Jack Abram ~ Born 3/10/06
Daisy73.................Lila Jayne ~ Born 3/14/06
littlegunshots..........Ella James ~ Born 3/16/06



Moms Due in April 2006 (3):

mommiematters Due date: 04/??/06 w/Girl *SENDING POPPING VIBES!**

saltire....................Joseph James -aka- Wonton ~ Born 4/03/06
LunaAshling...........BOY ~ Born 4/03/06



Moms Due in May 2006 (8) :

lil miss Due date: 05/05/06... w/#3 It's a Boy
aphexacid Due date: 05/07/06... w/#2 It's a Boy
I_Write Due date: 05/??/06
Timmy's Wife Due date: 05/10/06... w/Girl
johnandchicken Due date: 05/12/06
cenicienta Due date: 05/14/06
kbeth Due date: 05/14/06
kasia15 Due date: 05/24/06

Apparently August 2005 was a good month...



Moms Due in June 2006 (0):
None right now on the list.



Moms Due in July 2006 (3):

ljh150 Due date: 7/11/06... w/Boy and baby #3
Orphalie Due date: 07/17/06
Shancopp Due date: 07/15/06... w/#2 It's a boy!



Moms Due in August 2006 (4):
Starfire Due date: 08/05/06
mtsofmercy Due date: 08/12/06... It's a boy!
Jozoco Due date: ??/??/06
alessandra Due date: ??/??/06... w/#2



Moms Due in September 2006 (2):

carissa_konrad Due date: 09/05/06... w/#1 It's a boy!
Ashlee143 Due date: 09/07/06



Moms Due in October 2006 (1):

Hazelsmrf Due date: 10/24/06



Moms Due in November 2006 (4):

Burien Buttercup Due date: ??/??/06
metroames Due date: 11/16/06
TaiwanTeacher Due date: 11/17/06 w/#4
jennifer-in-wv Due date: 11/30/06... w/ baby #3



Moms Due in December 2006 (0):
averyjenn Due 12/21/06 *Best thoughts hun!!!*



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*~*TTC Baby Dust Club*~*

Afwife............................................ .........TTC for #3
Maja.............................................. .........TTC
godsbeloved79..................................... ...TTC
PrincessAmeenah.......................... ....... .TTC
salamanda......................................... .....TTC
colleen44......................................... .......TTC soon
Jody100467........................................ ....TTC soon
Angel373.......................................... ......Letting nature take it's course
Hazelsmrf......................................... .......TTC
averyjenn......................................... ......TTC for #1
KatEyez44......................................... .....TTC for #1
klickitat......................................... ... ......TTC
4cats1house....................................... .....TTC
Jill-O................................................. .......TTC soon
angieg............................................ ..........TTC
megz.............................................. ..........TTC
angtonio1......................................... .........TTC
Epi_Doc........................................... ..........TTC #2


Hey ladies... don't forget there is a seperate thread for those TTC but not pregnant yet if you feel more comfy there...all are always welcome here!

[LunaAshling]

Sorry this is late.... personals later!!!

[carissa_konrad]

Good afternoon everyone!

In our ultrasound, the tech asked if I was feeling comfortable. I laughed and said, NO! My back hurts all the time. She said that was very understandable because the placenta is in front and the baby is sitting in the back. Does anyone know if this is common? Will it cause any problems during delivery? Can the baby be moved up somehow?

[randtbrown]

Carissa- the baby will move around a lot and so will your placenta- it doesn't actually move because it is attached to the wall, but as you grow it will reposition. I had placenta previa (plancenta partially covering my cervix) until my last trimester then it moved up and all was well. Everything will be fine. Lots of hot baths and good rubs by the stupid man who got you into this! lol!

Luna- hope everything is going smooth for you and your new little one! I have survived to the third month! Feeling blessed to have such a good baby that makes it easy. My wish for all of you expecting that you get as lucky as I have been! (my little man sleeps 11 hours at night!!!!)

[carissa_konrad]

WOW! 11 hours. GOOD FOR YOU! THAT IS FANTASTIC. Did you use any certain scheduling methods?!

[carissa_konrad]

This is SO EARLY! BUT I was curious if anyone has any good ideas for Father's Day for a dh who has a baby on the way????????

[randtbrown]

Carissa- I'm getting DH a small camo diaper bag and having "daddy's bag" stiched on it. My diaper bag is big and a little girly (even though i have a boy). So, this bag will be just for daddy!

Read the book "The Happiest Baby On The Block". Great read. I read it when Kyle was 8 weeks old and the same night i did what they said was when he started sleeping through the night. I also cluster feed in the evenings. I read about this before he came, but didn't want to really force it- but he kinda took to it on his own. He eats about 32 oz of fluid a day, and almost half of it is between 6-10 at night before bed. It stores up for a long night! My doctor said it was just fine.

THe trade off of having a baby sleep all night is that he doesn't really nap much during the day. A couple hours total, so I don't get much done! But at least I'm getting a good night's sleep. I try to get up at 6am (he gets up between 8-9) and get stuff done before he gets up.

[randtbrown]

BTW- is there an ongoing thread for moms who have HAD their baby that I'm missing? I just keep hanging out here with you guys!

I'm posting pics everywhere today so I thought I'd share them here too!

[carissa_konrad]

HOW BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[averyjenn]

Six weeks today and all is well so far! Majorly tired, sore boobs, saying/doing stupid things - can't concentrate, indigestion blah blah blah. My u/s is Monday and I cannot wait! Praying for a h/b and then I can breathe (somewhat).

[Hazelsmrf]

Originally Posted by averyjenn

saying/doing stupid things

I have made a fool of myself so often since I got pregnant. I will start bawling at anything, and I can't take criticism at all. My manager came over to my desk and saw me reading CNN.com and said something to the effect of "shouldn't you be doing that on your break or lunch hour?". I stammered something to the effect of not having had a break yet (it was 1pm, I started at 8am, had been working for 5 hours straight with no break). He basically called me a liar because I had not put my phone on busy. I was only reading one article for 2 minutes, and I didn't want to put myself off the phone because I didn't mind picking up a call if it came in, but anyways. I just sat there for 10 minutes afterwards with my back to everyone with huge tears coming down my cheeks, and no matter what I did I couldn't get them to stop. I felt like such a huge baby.

Oh, and Easter. Background, I'm 28, almost 29. I've been married for 7 years. I live in a different city than my parents/grandmother/extended family so I tend to see them only at some special occasions, and I hadn't been to an easter celebration since I'd been married. (The family is catholic, so Easter is pretty much a big thing for them). Anyways, I left my husband at home (my family is french, he only speaks english, so it's less awkward this way) and decided to actually go to the easter celebrations. First stop was lunch at my grandmothers. I hadn't seen her nor my aunts/uncles/cousins in a long time. My cousins are all much younger than me and my brother (8 year old to high school age). So comes the time to eat. There is a kids sitting and an adults sitting, nothing new here. So they announce kids to go eat. I stay put where I am talking to my uncle about something, when my aunt calls out "Julie, aren't you going to come eat?". When I realized that they were putting me at the kids table, I just lost it. Again, huge huge tears brimmed in my eyes and I stammered that I wasn't hungry (I was starving). I sat there for 2 hours while they all ate and kept asking me what was wrong, and I kept inventing excuses (allergies, sinus troubles, whatever). Yes, I cried the whole 2 hours. UGH.

I hope it stops soon, or I'll really make a fool of myself

[smiley]

Hi Ladies,

I think I'm here to join your group! I've been on LCF for over 6 years but I haven't posted in a long time. I really just don't have the time to commit to the board and I don't always have a lot new info to bring to the boards. But pregnancy and low carbing, however, is something I know about! I was successful with both of my previous pregnancies to remain low carb, but I've fallen off the wagon in the last year. I've been in a bit of denial and have gained about 15-20#'s. I'm just looking to control my weight gain and finally return to my goal weight after having this baby.

More about me:
I'm due 12-31-06. I'm a SAHM. I already have 2 beautiful girls and my husband is hoping for his boy this time. We usually wait until delivery to find out the sex, but it sure is going to be hard this time. My kids are pretty much my life.

Looking forward to getting to know you ladies more.
Kim

[randtbrown]

SOOOO, last night DH and I had a wonderful, romantic, sexy evening. Just kinda happened. And I wake up this AM to realize I'm full on ovulating! (my body is pretty obvious when it is ripe, lol) Obviously, with a three month old baby I am not sure I'm ready for another. I feel pretty stupid. I always know my cycle, but I guess I'm out of practice of thinking about it after years of battling infertility and nine months of pregnancy. My OB wanted me to get pregnant right away (since I wasn't ready to give up on another baby and he wants to take out my system due to bad case of endo), but I'm thinking this is WAY too soon. Apparently, from what I read, even if you had fertility problems before, the 12 months after being pregnant it is very easy to conceive. SOOOO, I'm FREAKING OUT!

My first positive PG test came 12 days after I conceived Kyle, so 12 days of waiting.

AND to top it off my DH just got a new job and we have to wait 60 days until that insurance starts. I have a bridge policy, so I'll never NOT have coverage, but I'm a little afraid that if I am pregnant the new company won't cover the bills, does anyone know how this works????

I'm torn with emotion- freaking out because I'm not physically (still have 30lbs to lose) or emotionally ready. Guilty of those feelings because if it were to happen we'd be thrilled to have another baby (since we were starting to think we would never have one at all). And no reason to freak out over something that I don't even know yet! Although I'm sure I'll start seeing the symptoms any time now- whether I'm pregnant or not! lol

Thanks for the shoulder to lean/cry on.

[mommiematters]

Addison Noelle

Born At Home
April 22, 2006 (11 days overdue, btw)
1:58 p. m.
9 lbs. 10 ozs.
21 in. long

Head full of dark hair and she is absolutely beautiful!!!!!

[LuckyKitty]

Originally Posted by mommiematters

Addison Noelle

Born At Home

9 lbs. 10 ozs.

My hero

Beautiful avi, BTW

[smiley]

Congrats mommie matters!!

Tarrah, it is going to be a long 12 days, so try and relax. I could relate a few similar stories from friends who easily got pregnant after suffering through infertility, but I won't scare you just yet Also, another tidbit.... I tested positive with both of my other children before my period was due (about 12-13 DPO) and this third time I didn't test positive until 18 days DPO. (I peed on so many sticks it's embarrasing!!!) So, you might need to keep testing. Are you getting a regular period? are you Breast feeding? These are all things that may affect whether you truely did or will ovulate. Hugs to you while you wait. The waiting is horrible.

[randtbrown]

Smiley- my first very faint postive test was 12 days post-ovulation with kyle. So that is what I'm counting, 11 days to go and even if it is negative I'll keep peeing for a while just to be sure. I have pretty regular periods normally- heavy and long- but regualr, and this was my second full cycle since birth. Not breast feeding anymore (stoped at 5 weeks). I'm really sure I ovulated, my body is very obvious when it does.

Thanks for the support! I don't really want to tell anyone about it, and my DH is exceited about the possibility of another baby- but he doesn't really quite understand that my physical and mental state isn't great after 9 months of a horrible, complicated pregnancy!

[TaiwanTeacher]

Congratulations Luna and Mommiematters on babies born! Mommiematter, that's one little angel you have! Luna, do you have a picture on another thread that I missed?

Averyjenn, contrats on a baby concieved. I know exactly how you are feeling right now. (My first was IVF).


Randtbrown, I know how you are feeling also! My second was concieved too soon after my first (as I felt at the beginning). But now my two boys are the best of friends, the brothers inseparable, and it is so cute to watch them together. This is actually a win win situation. If you're not, then . . whew!, and if you are, then . . . hooray!

Anyway, I've been cowering in my prison of nausea for the past 3 weeks or so and haven't come around, but I'm finally beginning to see the end. I was acutally able to enter the kitchen a few days ago (to get something, not to cook!) and that was a big step for me! I'm 11 weeks now and in my journal entries of previous pregnancies I reported feeling almost all better at around 13 weeks.

It's been raining in Taiwan for the past 5 days, I hope you have some sun where you are!

[TaiwanTeacher]

Averyjenn, I just read your post where you said you didn't want congratulations Sorry that I said the C word! I also wanted to add, that when I said I know exactly how you feel, I didn't mean to be presumptious about your past miscarriages, I meant that I know exactly how nervewracking it is to wait for that 6 week u/s where you may see the heart beating. Sending your mantra and some !

[smiley]

Tarrah, I'm thinking of you. Hoping things work out the way you want them to. I had my first 2 kids close together (although not quite that close) and I must admit that it was very hard, but now it is really nice. They are the bestest of friends. It is also the reason why I've waited 3 years to have another. I also totally understand that your husband doesn't really get it if you do get pregnant again. Being pregnant is a lot of work, having an infant is a lot of work and doing both at the same time is a ton of work! My husband has been begging me from the day that I delivered my second child to get pregnant with the third. I kept telling him I needed a nap first. Hugs to you!

[averyjenn]

Congrats Mommiematters Addison is gorgeous!!!

Just wondering if eating LC has lessened or eliminated morning sickness? As many of you know - this is not my first pg and I have a history of miscarriages. This is the only one where I've not been sick. I'm wondering if it's not eating lots of carbs? My carbs these days are apples, bananas and some whole wheat low carb bread.

[Hazelsmrf]

Originally Posted by averyjenn

Congrats Mommiematters Addison is gorgeous!!!

Just wondering if eating LC has lessened or eliminated morning sickness? As many of you know - this is not my first pg and I have a history of miscarriages. This is the only one where I've not been sick. I'm wondering if it's not eating lots of carbs? My carbs these days are apples, bananas and some whole wheat low carb bread.

I think it's completely random. My mother didn't have morning sickness at all with me or my brother, and she wasn't eating low carb. I definitely have not been following the plan very well, and I've not had any morning sickness.

[johnandchicken]

Hey everyone sorry i havent been around lately..im finally in early labor i woke up this morning..lost my mucus plug contractions have been all day..but not consistent and im super tired...i had my membranes stripped 3 days ago..hurt like hell..i dont remember it hurting that bad with my first...but i also think my old doctor was more gentle...i have a feeling i will be in active labor tonight..the contractions are coming more stronger..ill keep yous updated!@

[kbeth]

Hazelsmrf...yep I hear you with the wacky hormones. I actually thought I was getting off easy...for the first 6 months I was more calm and easy-going than normal. Then WHAMMO!! For the last 3 months I have been a crying/anxious mess. I can't wait to feel as tho I'm finally out of this bad PMS trip!! If it helps at all...you are SO not alone.

On that note...I responded to a post about anxiety during pregnancy. I wrote my true feelings...but when I go back and read my post, I feel like such a jerk. True...it's not a terribly comfortable state to be in, but at the same time, I truly am awed and humbled by the experience. I am so GRATEFUL to be THIS CLOSE to a miracle! A co-worker of mine just miscarried for the third time...and I know there are those here that have also had some tough times. I just didn't want to come off sounding like someone that is taking this for granted. Perhaps I came off sounding callous...because I'm actually pretty frightened! In the end....I am so excited to meet this little person...and I'm thrilled that he is almost here!

Thanks for listening!

[smiley]

I believe that morning sickness is pretty random too. Honestly, I don't think it relates to how you eat, whether you're having a boy or girl, or how viable your pregnancy is. Eigther you get it or you don't, that's about all the correlation I've ever seen from many different parenting boards.

Good luck johnandchicken. We look forward to hearing a birth story!

[averyjenn]

Good luck johnandchicken!!

Kbeth - as a girl who's had 4 miscarriages and is praying this one is the keeper - I completely understand feeling mise