Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

[Hudson_Hawk]

Date: 7/2/2010 12:41:05 PM
Author: noelwr
yummm.... dark moist chocolate cake... or what about chocolate volcano cake...


HH - how in the world do you still fit in a t-shirt you wore at 10 weeks???


cdt - I was checking out your belly pic on the previous page. 1. you are already 13 weeks (and you''re already like you were at 20 weeks with the 1st pregnancy)? and 2. you''ve already had a baby??? you look great! thanks for sharing the u/s pics. they are adorable. the hand is so detailed!


puppmom - please enlighten this rookie... what are the tennis balls for? I love your pointy belly at 17 weeks.

LOL, um...carefully? It''s getting shorter and shorter as days go by. I have to make sure I pull it down to cover the band on my pants every time I stand up. I need to go shopping again, I''m very quickly running out of stuff that fits and is comfortable.

 

[Laila619]

split shank, yay, how exciting!!

 

[cdt1101]

Date: 7/2/2010 12:41:05 PM
Author: noelwr
yummm.... dark moist chocolate cake... or what about chocolate volcano cake...

HH - how in the world do you still fit in a t-shirt you wore at 10 weeks???

cdt - I was checking out your belly pic on the previous page. 1. you are already 13 weeks (and you're already like you were at 20 weeks with the 1st pregnancy)? and 2. you've already had a baby??? you look great! thanks for sharing the u/s pics. they are adorable. the hand is so detailed!

puppmom - please enlighten this rookie... what are the tennis balls for? I love your pointy belly at 17 weeks.

aw..thanks! My little guy is 13 months now, it goes soooooo fast! Maybe it's more like week 18 from last time, but I carried very compact for most of my pregnancy the 1st time around (actually very similar to HH is carrying now). Eventhough my stomach did go flat again after my last pregnancy my waist remained thicker than it used to be before baby so I'm guessing that's why I look bigger this time (that and I started 5 lbs heavier this time). I can't wait to see if I carry the same way, I'm so curious about that...lol. How's your nausea?

Laila and Split - 1st flutters are sooooooo exciting!!! What until it feels like a snake is moving around in there

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

So you mean there''s hope for me??? I might have a flat tummy again at some point in my life??? YAY!!!!

I refuse to mention the "s m" phrase for fear of jinxing myself. I have none at this point and my fingers and toes are crossed in hopes that I avoid them all together!

 

[cdt1101]

Date: 7/2/2010 2:02:21 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
So you mean there's hope for me??? I might have a flat tummy again at some point in my life??? YAY!!!!

I refuse to mention the 's m' phrase for fear of jinxing myself. I have none at this point and my fingers and toes are crossed in hopes that I avoid them all together!

how many weeks are you now?

I actually have a funny story (now) about "s m." I can't remember how far along I was, but 1 day I noticed what looked like stretchies on my lower tummy. I lost it, seriously started crying hysterically. My DH was so concerned, thought something was seriously wrong. So I tell him "I got my 1st stretch mark, this will never go away, I'm stuck w/ these forever" Full on dramatic sobs. Well an hour later I go to the bathroom to have another pity party only to find the mark was gone! hehehee...it was an identation/mark from the band of my pants!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! I then had to tell DH that I was wrong and he seriously thought I had lost my freakin mind! Completely vain, I know, to have reacted like that over stretch marks, but the hormones got the best of me

I never did get them last time.

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

I''m almost 29 weeks.

 

[cdt1101]

Date: 7/2/2010 2:27:40 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
I''m almost 29 weeks.

Wow! Yeah you are carrying super compact!!! You had me curious so I looked back at my pic from 29 weeks, I wasn''t quite as compact as you.

Here''s my shot from 29 weeks, sadly a week later I was in hospital w/ kidney stones

How''s your back pain, do you still suspect stones?

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

You looked great at 29 weeks! The back pain has resolved itself (luckily), but I still get twinges every now and again. I''m so glad it wasn''t kidney stones.

 

[Puppmom]

Noel, the tennis balls are for DH to roll on my back for a *massage* - it feels so good!

HH and CDT, it''s too late for me as I already have stretch marks from my previous pregnancy

. They''re not on my belly surprising - I only have them on my hips. I on''t *think* I got any new ones this time but I haven''t been able to see under my belly in months and I''m afraid to look!

Laila, definitely possible to feel flutters at that stage!

So glad to hear your sequential screen results are great!

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Oh, I don''t count stretch marks anywhere other than my tummy. I''ve had them on my boobs and hips since I was in puberty.

 

[Puppmom]

Dang! How did I forget the boob stretch marks!?!? I have those too.

God, I''m hot.

 

[somethingshiny]

lol, pupp about Dh and "god I''m hot!"

HH~ you definitely look preggo in this week''s shot!

first movements: YAY!!! I think I was right at 13 weeks when I felt this one, I thought I was the same with JT too, but just the other day I found a calendar that had it marked at 11 weeks. Within a week of "flutters" there were definite rolls.

I''m flat out miserable at 38 weeks. We took JT to build a bear today and he built himself a pup and made Lily a bear. He was so sweet.

That''s all for now, bye!

 

[noelwr]

poo, we lost the posts for the past 3 days.

so what were we talking about?

I had to reschedule my next midwife appointment and anatomy scan due to a business trip coming up.

 

[somethingshiny]

Sorry you had to reschedule, noel. I know you were looking forward to the scan!

I noticed we lost quite a few posts, so if anyone had a major update, PLEASE make sure to repost!!


Hope you all had a good weekend!

 

[Lanie]

Hi ladies! My post was eaten up by the new forum. If you have already read my update...skip on ahead to the next post!

First of all, thanks SO much ladies for all of your support. I read people asking where I was, and I am so beyond thankful for all of you. Seriously. I don't even know you girls and you have been so sweet. Sooooo, I am back to report after my awful CVS that the baby is 100% normal and healthy! I am so relieved. I didn't want to post my results from my NT scan bc I hadn't seen anything as low as mine, but now I'm okay with seeing them out in public. They were a 1 in 90 chance of having a baby with downs syndrome. So many other girls had gotten 1 in 10,000 or 1 in 500 and when the OB called to give me my numbers, she suggested that I get the CVS done. It was a bad experience, not so much the physical part (although it did hurt), but more the emotional side. The doctor that performed it was the top perinatologist in Houston, but he had the worst bedside manner. I cried through the whole car trip home. My DH held my hand and watched the procedure from start to finish, and I couldn't have done it without him.

So it was an agonizing 2 weeks of crying, praying, and kind of a mini depression while I was waiting for the results. I didn't want to come on PS to see girls talking about strollers or nurseries or any of that while I was just focusing on the health of my baby. So I stayed away.

When the genetic counselor called me, she also told me the sex, and it's a boy! I got my wish!!! The NT scan people were supposed to tell me, but for some reason they never did. So that is very exciting, and DH and I are thrilled!!! As of today I'm 15w6d, but the baby is measuring 16w exactly. I feel much better. I pulled back on my dosage of Zofran, but I'm still taking it because I'm too nervous I'll get sick again.

Anyway, thanks for reading this, and again, THANK YOU for being so sweet and thinking of me these last 2 weeks!!! My next post I'll be less self-centered, I promise!

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Lanie,
I'm so glad things turned out well for you guys!!! And welcome to team blue!

I can't see any other updates from this weekend, so please repost if your disappeared!

I'm doing well at the moment. The heat is taking a major toll on me, but Aidan has fully made up for his lazy last few weeks. He was moving nonstop all weekend. It was DH and my anniversary yesterday, we didn't do anything really special, just spent time together. My mom came for a visit on Sunday night and we had a great time with her. I wish she lived closer to us, she's about 2 hours away and only gets down to see us about every other month.

I found out some other family secrets this weekend. I knew my mom had fertility issues and problems with recurrent miscarriages (diagnosed with an inhospitable uterus), but I didn't think she had the fert problems with me. Turns out I'm a Clomid baby and my older brother was conceived with both Clomid and hcg treatments. I was the result of pregnancy #9 and my little brother was #11. Thankfully none of her issues appear to be hereditary.

Also, SIL and brother weren't supposed to be actively TTC, but apparently they are. She's been off the pill for 3-4 months and it looks like her cycle is about 36 days with her ovulating on day 34. This, coupled with my brother's cycling addiction and subsequent crotch abuse means they could have serious problems conceiving. I felt so bad because she and I talked at length about TTC and she never mentioned their issues both her other SIL and I are pregnant this year. I hope she doesn't feel like a failure I would talk with her about it but I don't know if my mom spilled the beans or if Penny just never brought it up...

Oh, and mom is buying my breast pump! WOOT! $300 I won't have to spend!!!

 

[cara]

Hi ladies! First post on the new PS.

CDT, what a cute scan!

Lanie, I am so glad everything turned out okay. Congrats on your boy!

HH, heat is getting to me too. Yesterday merely standing up at a BBQ was *so exhausting*. Sigh... I have gotten nauseous a few times just by going out into the heat, I am entering the seriously wimpy stage of pregnancy.

BUT we ordered a crib and dresser yesterday! I had been stalking this set forever but it was constantly out of stock, they wouldn't even put our name on a waiting list, but finally yesterday they let us order it. Well, the changing table/low dresser is still out of stock, but I'll take 2 out of 3. And they gave us a discount from a sale they had back in May when we first tried to order it. Also trying to finish up our registry, what a task! How do I know when bottles we want to use?

We are still way stuck on names. Looking for something not super popular, that doesn't end in an 'er' sound (b/c of the last name), and of course that meets our not-describable aesthetic preferences. I have reached the nothing-sounds-good stage, makes things harder! Any of you boy-mamas want to share your rejects? Haha.

 

[ChinaCat]

Lanie- Been following from afar and just wanted to pop in and say how relieved I am for you that all is okay! And welcome to TEAM BLUE!

 

[blushingbride]

YAY Lanie - I'm so happy to hear your good news! You must be so relieved - now you can sit back and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy and start all the fun planning for your baby boy! Congrats!

 

[icekid]

well, just a quick post from me I suppose. So annoyed that the long one I wrote over the weekend vanished into PS oblivion!

We have an exciting week coming up... Anatomy ultrasound is on Friday, and maybe then I can stop obsessing about names (probably not.) We are pretty set on a girl name, but the boy names are tough. Choosing a name that someone is going to keep forever feels like a ton of pressure!

And then we're getting the nursery furniture over the weekend. Office/nursery-to-be is nearly completely clean and ready to go. We are in an apartment and will move when the baby is about 20? months; paint?? Is it worth it?? I believe they would require us to paint it back to its original off-white when we leave.

And now I am going to the gym, despite my exhaustion after ICU call last night. I really, really wish I were a better sleeper. I still wonder (often!!) what possessed me to go into medicine.

Oh, and I just want to say that I am 18+3 and STILL nauseous. It's much, much better than it was at its worst but STILL..... argh.

eta- Forgot to mention, I can feel baby Jumper now It's a little weird, though. I was ignoring it/somewhat oblivious for a week or two, though, or otherwise figured it was a hallucination. It's often enough now that there is no more doubt!

 

[Lynnie]

Noel: YAY for being my anatomy scan twin!! (((ETA: Just saw you had to reschedule!! When are you getting it done?))). Our original plan was to have them write the sex down and stick it in an envelope, and then we would have the bakery make the inside of the cake either pink or blue, and reveal the sex to everyone (including ourselves) at the baby shower. BUT now I'm worried that I'll NEED to know... it's just so tempting. I don't know how I'll be able to have an envelope around. I may have to give it to my mom for safekeeping. You're finding out, right?

Cdt: Aw, that hand is soo cute!! hehe... I just had a good giggle at your s m story. I've got a few on my hips, and I don't think they were there before

HH: you look great!! Isn't it amazing how family secrets come out?? Maybe being pregnant makes people wanna trust you more?? My older bro is 8 years older than me... I JUST found out that my mom had a bunch of miscarriages between us... turns out they thought the reason was scar tissue from my brother! Like, they didn't get everything out when he was born? Crazy... then I think, if my mom didn't have any problems, I may not have been born at all. Too weird to think about! Ugh, we're in the midst of a heat wave here too. 95+ for 5+ days... yuk!

Lanie... I am SO glad that you guys are okay!!! I can't imagine what you must have gone through... and I'm so happy that everything turned out allright!!! YAY for team Blue!!!! So exciting!!

Split: YAY for movement!!! I'm anxiously awaiting my first little kick (or punch). I'm 16w2d, and I definitely felt flutters, just the other day... but it was so fleeting and hard to tell!

Something Shiny: 38 weeks!!! It's almost baby time!!!

Icekid!! Glad you and Jumper are doing well... although I want to kick the nausea fairie's butt for you!! Hmmm... I don't know if I would paint if I just had to repaint in 20 months. How about some big artwork, or you could hang a big quilt? So excited to hear what you're having!! I say GIRL

Sorry if I missed anyone... I'm still trying to figure out PS2.0... It looks like you can't page through the thread anymore to reply? Or maybe I'm missing something?

So I'm just chugging along. I really don't have much of a bump at all yet!!! I'll have to take a pic. My mom told me that she didn't show until almost 7 months with her first! The neighbors thought she was lying about being pregnant!
I went bathing suit shopping last week, and was really disappointed. I'm just so not used to this body... BBs are huge, but with the maternity swimsuits, the bellies are too big for me. With the reg swimsuits, the bellies are TIGHT but the BBs fit... but I don't wanna grow out of it in a few weeks! Ugh... DH and I are planning a beach vacay in mid July.

Hope all is well with everyone!! I'm off to explore the new PS now!

 

[Blackpaw]

Lanie, im so glad everything is ok now and congrats on having a boy

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

I swear, some days I'm so crazy I should/could be committed!

My shower is on the 17th and lately I've been really anxious about it. Not about being the center of attention, but anxious about no one showing up and I know this sounds greedy, but no one giving me the stuff I need. I'm afraid the few people who come will bring one binkie or one pack of onesies-valid and generous gifts, but like I said, this is an irrational fear. I'm totally freaked out by the thought of having to go to the store and spend a sh*t ton on the basics we need like bottles.

I think a lot of this gift fear actually stems from guilt. I feel so bad about some of the stuff I registered for and I hate subjecting people to buying expensive things. It drives me nuts to think that $20 will only get you as far as one crib sheet and all of the "fun" stuff is over $50. I also understand that really all we need at first is two boobs, a car seat and a pack of diapers, but still...

Anyone else trying to cope with being a whack job???

 

[cdt1101]

HH - I had the same fear w/ my 1st. Not sure why I had that fear because everyone was SO SO generous. Seriously we got everything we needed plus more! Pregnancy definitely makes us wacky


I'm mostly lurking these days since PS 2.0 sucks big time if you have IE. I have firefox at home, but this pregnancy is seriously kicking my a** and I've been going to bed by like 7:00-8:00 every night. So no PS time once I get home. I just feel very "off" lately. Don't feel well at all, horrible migraines everyday and so tired I feel like I have mono And my hormones have me feeling down a lot. I definitely wasn't like this last time. And I'm having anxiety lately too! Never had that before, but I have these horrible thoughts of something happening to my son and I just start crying. I just don't feel like myself at all It's such a crazy thing what hormones can do to your mind!

Hope everyone is feeling better than I am

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Yea it's crazy how laid back a person you can be and then when you get pregnant you turn into an insane person.

Cdt, I'm coming off a few weeks with the same exact feeling, no energy, just want to sleep all the time, can barely walk to the bathroom I'm so tired, hormonal mood swings. It was a big flashback to the first trimester. I think I'm slowly starting to come out of it, but it's been a battle and I've pretty much had to force myself to do it, but I'm feeling a little more with it and thus productive. But I do miss the busy energy of the second trimester. I expect I'll continue to have these ebbs and flows over the next 11 weeks. Wow, 11 weeks to go.....so close, yet so far away....

ETA: And yes, PS 2.0 is giving me a really hard time, even on FireFox. I'll go to respond to something and it just opens up my profile. I'm replying through Google Chrome at the moment.

 

[noelwr]

16w4d

do you all see how we can give our replies a Subject heading? I was thinking maybe we could use it to post how far along we are that day. as you see, mine says 16w4d. just a suggestion.

for those of you who talk to your bellies... what do you say? I want to bond with my baby, but I don't know what to say and don't want it to be a like a narrative, either: "Now Mommy is going to eat lunch. Yum, soup is good today. Now Mommy is going to pee..." so far DH has tried to speak Whale to the baby (like Dory does in Finding Nemo), and also tried: "Why are you making Mommy's belly so fat? Cut it out!"

good news is I'm going for my first pregnancy massage tomorrow evening. and our new mattress is arriving tomorrow afternoon. it's memory foam and we've been waiting 7 or 8 weeks for it. so I should be super relaxed tomorrow night.

Lynnie - I had to reschedule my anatomy scan to the 10th of Aug. but I'm going for the sex scan this Saturday. sex scan... that sounds weird. sorry you are "in between sizes". I am so huge I already feel like a hippo, and I'm sure I look like one, too. I can just imagine all my colleagues whispering around the coffee machine: "Have you seen how HUGE she is for 16 weeks???" by the way, I love the cake idea. if you can keep yourself from being too curious, I would definitely go for it. I just hope they don't make the cake yellow or green inside!

icekid - I wouldn't bother to paint. I agree: girls' names are way easier than boys'. do you have a feeling either way? I don't. don't know what it's supposed to feel like.

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

29w1d

I talk to Aidan all the time but it's more to complain or just make conversation, like "Well Aidan, what kind of blizzard should mommy have today," or "Aidan, please remove your forehead from mommy's bladder." I also sing to him in the car and I always make a point to put my hand on my belly and be still for a minute when I feel him moving. I love that feeling.

 

[Jas12]

Hi Mommies-to-be

i am finally getting around to posting on here. I * did* eventually have a baby--LOL.
SHE was a good two weeks late, just like my son, but she was perfectly baked. My midwife says some women just gestate longer and i'll probably go to 42 weeks again if i have another kid. Apparently she has a mom who's gone 43 weeks with all 3 of her kids, with no problems and has a bunch of us that do the 42 week thing too...weird

Katrine Adelyn (kate for short) was born on June 24th, weighing 8.3 lbs. She was pretty big and long -proving that those belly measurements don't always mean much. At 42 weeks i was still measuring barely 35 weeks...guess she was tucked in there nicely, baking away.

I was really hoping baby number 2 would mean an easier delivery. Everyone seems to say their second was quicker and easier, but it was NOT the case for me. My middie did a membrane sweep on me the day i went into labor. That happened at 1pm and at 10 pm that night the cramping turned to contractions. I labored on my own in bed with DH sleeping till 4:30 am when they were getting hard to breathe thru and i was breathing heavily enough to wake up DH. At 5am i called my midwife and she was at the hospital with another birth so she headed over to my place and checked me at home. I was still only about 2-3 cms but she predicted that i would move fast. By the the time i got to the hospital at 6, i was working hard to get thru the contractions and was in major pain. I was really hoping i would go quick, but the contractions remained low in my abdomen (like terrible period cramps ) and felt so different than with my son. They also wouldn't come closer than 5 mins apart so my hunch was i was in for the long haul. After hours of these contrax and vomiting from the pain, my middie checked me and i was finally around 7-8. At this point she realized Kate was posterior (the reason my pain felt so different from last time) and i had a cervical lip, so the next hour or so was spent trying out different positions in order to turn her and get rid of the lip so i could get to 10 and push. This was transition combined with back labor and it was so utterly painful i remember thinking sometimes that this birth was going to kill me-lol. I was very quiet and focused during the birth of my son, but this time, i felt like my body was possessed or something. It took all my strength to stay in control and not let the pain get away from me. After 2 hours of transition, the only time i could get an urge to bear down a little was on the toilet. We tried all fours, side lying, sitting up and leaning on a birthing ball--but nothing would give me a strong enough urge to push. I was so frustrated b/c i was dilated, but b/c of her position, i couldn't push properly. Finally my midwife asked me to try something she said oddly works for some women. She suggested i lay completely flat on my back and bring my legs up to my shoulders and pretend i was doing a lying squat...sure enough with the next contraction i could push and with just one contraction and 2 huge pushes her head and then her body were delivered!!!
This labor was so intense the entire room was in tears. I'd never been so happy to have something over with and overjoyed at getting a daughter at the end of it.

I needed 2 doses of antibiotics for strep B, but other than that, i was able to have a natural delivery with not a single intervention so although we didn't get our home birth, my midwife did a great job of keeping things zen & natural at the hospital and it was wonderful to have their support this time.

Kate's beautiful, and although we have a series of tests coming up to check on all the strange ultrasound findings, she seems to be good and healthy. She's nursing like a champ and gaining well.

I'l try to post a pic soon.....life with two is nutty, but i feel blessed.

i hope to catch up soon, but it looks like everyone is doing well, the bumps are growing nicely!!!

 

[cdt1101]

13w6d

CONGRATS Jas!!! Can't wait to see a pic of your beautiful baby girl

 

[cara]

CONGRATS Jas on your girl and your successful birth! can I ask if Katrine is said something like Kat-reen? Either way it is a lovely name with Adelyn! How is Co hanging in there with the new baby?