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Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers
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Yay Blen!!!
I was right! I knew it was a boy! Can''t wait to hear the story.
Now, question for the preggos:
I''ve had laryngitis for going on a week now. It doesn''t hurt per se, just feels "strained" when I talk. I feel so normal I don''t remember I have no voice until I try to talk and nothing but rasp and squeaks come out. I know certain teas are a no-no in 1st tri, so what can I drink? I''m so annoyed with this!
I was right! I knew it was a boy! Can''t wait to hear the story.
Now, question for the preggos:
I''ve had laryngitis for going on a week now. It doesn''t hurt per se, just feels "strained" when I talk. I feel so normal I don''t remember I have no voice until I try to talk and nothing but rasp and squeaks come out. I know certain teas are a no-no in 1st tri, so what can I drink? I''m so annoyed with this!
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honey and lemon, in boiling water Amber 
You can have herbal teas in moderation. Lemon or Peppermint may be soothing, but I would limit yourself to one a day, as peppermint (and chamomile) have properties that stimulate digestion. They are considered ''safe'' in pregnancy, but you don''t want to mess too much with your nutrient absorption (IMO).
Other people may have different opinions. That is mine
You can have herbal teas in moderation. Lemon or Peppermint may be soothing, but I would limit yourself to one a day, as peppermint (and chamomile) have properties that stimulate digestion. They are considered ''safe'' in pregnancy, but you don''t want to mess too much with your nutrient absorption (IMO).
Other people may have different opinions. That is mine
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Amber You want to stay away from any weird herbal concoctions and green teas. Otherwise go for it, especially if it''s only for a few days while you are sick. Stick with plainish teas and you will be fine. And even caffeinated tea is fine in moderation. If you stick with black tea, jasmine tea, peppermint, lemon, things like that you will be fine.
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Thanks for the advice ladies. I went down to starbucks and got a small peppermint hot tea- I figured that since I have peppermint preggie pops, the plain old peppermint tea should be okay. I''m pretty bad about drinking all my tea anyway- I get bored.
I''m telling you all, I''ve been lucky so far with mid-level nausea, just coming on when I get starving and when I first wake up, and a bit of fatigue in the late afternoon, along with the killer boobs- so nothing is really bad side-effects wise(which, being a paranoid 1st rri-er makes me worry, I know, it''s lame), but one thing I have badly is my attitude. I''m telling you guys, I have NO patience. To steal a phrase some a book I read, I do not suffer fools lightly. I have the tiniest tolerance for idiots and morons lately, and even people I deal with daily I have no patience for. It''s starting to bother me, and I kind of feel bad. I just don''t want to talk to anyone, or deal with anything. It sucks.
I''m telling you all, I''ve been lucky so far with mid-level nausea, just coming on when I get starving and when I first wake up, and a bit of fatigue in the late afternoon, along with the killer boobs- so nothing is really bad side-effects wise(which, being a paranoid 1st rri-er makes me worry, I know, it''s lame), but one thing I have badly is my attitude. I''m telling you guys, I have NO patience. To steal a phrase some a book I read, I do not suffer fools lightly. I have the tiniest tolerance for idiots and morons lately, and even people I deal with daily I have no patience for. It''s starting to bother me, and I kind of feel bad. I just don''t want to talk to anyone, or deal with anything. It sucks.
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Amber- I know exactly how you feel about the lack of patience. I have been the same way. I think it''s wearing off a bit, but because I am a manager that supervises about 30 people very closely, I really have to watch it. I catch myself getting overly frustrated a lot. The problem is that if I try to coach myself out of being frustrated, then I seem to go to the other extreme and just disconnect. Like, "ugh, whatever, I just don''t care!"
POSSIBLY SOMEWHAT RELATED VENT AHEAD. FEEL FREE TO SKIP:
I even feel much different than I thought I would about telling people I''m pregnant. I thought I''d be so excited I''d be shouting it from the tree tops, but that''s not the case at all. I AM excited, very, don''t get me wrong- I was counting the days ''til 12 weeks when DH and I agreed to tell our families, etc. And I am SO glad that they know, and I like it when DH tells his friends, but I personally just don''t look forward to it myself. I feel like the couple people I have told look at me like it''s the craziest thing ever and all of a sudden I''m not ME, I am this pregnant person...Is this making any sense? Like I have morphed into this complete other person that they don''t even know. And maybe it''s just because I''m still early on and don''t have many symptoms, but the ''babying'' and concerns already bug me a bit. The "oh, make sure you''re gettting enough sleep. How are you feeling today? Are you eating well and getting enough exercise? Just take it easy now, you shouldn''t be working so hard..." So frustrating- I am pregnant people! I''m still me! And I''m not even big yet! Wow- reading this back I just thought "Jeez-o, I sound wretched! Nice attitude!" I also want to say that this does not apply HERE at all. I love talking to you guys about all of this. It just seems different to dicuss all these new things and bumps in the road with others that are going through it, too. None of my friends are pregnant or likely to be soon. My friend that already has kids has been nice to talk to about it because she''s very ''real'' and just tells it like it was for her. I love sharing everything with DH, and and kind of miss when it was just our secret. I never thought I''d say that as I couldn''t wait to share it with our friends... Half of me feels like I should delete this whole post b/c I sound like a negative Nancy and I''m really not. I am completely psyched about our baby, anxious about the upcoming months and baby''s development/health, so excited to be decorating a nursery, cannot WAIT to find out if it''s a baby boy or girl in there (seriously bursting with excitement about that), and most of all just anticipating the day I get to look into his/her little face.
Don''t even really know how to wrap this up. I guess just VENT OVER!
I guess I should add that having read through all of the posts here about unsolicited advice and coments from strangers, I do realize it''s only going to get worse. Yippee skippee!
POSSIBLY SOMEWHAT RELATED VENT AHEAD. FEEL FREE TO SKIP:
I even feel much different than I thought I would about telling people I''m pregnant. I thought I''d be so excited I''d be shouting it from the tree tops, but that''s not the case at all. I AM excited, very, don''t get me wrong- I was counting the days ''til 12 weeks when DH and I agreed to tell our families, etc. And I am SO glad that they know, and I like it when DH tells his friends, but I personally just don''t look forward to it myself. I feel like the couple people I have told look at me like it''s the craziest thing ever and all of a sudden I''m not ME, I am this pregnant person...Is this making any sense? Like I have morphed into this complete other person that they don''t even know. And maybe it''s just because I''m still early on and don''t have many symptoms, but the ''babying'' and concerns already bug me a bit. The "oh, make sure you''re gettting enough sleep. How are you feeling today? Are you eating well and getting enough exercise? Just take it easy now, you shouldn''t be working so hard..." So frustrating- I am pregnant people! I''m still me! And I''m not even big yet! Wow- reading this back I just thought "Jeez-o, I sound wretched! Nice attitude!" I also want to say that this does not apply HERE at all. I love talking to you guys about all of this. It just seems different to dicuss all these new things and bumps in the road with others that are going through it, too. None of my friends are pregnant or likely to be soon. My friend that already has kids has been nice to talk to about it because she''s very ''real'' and just tells it like it was for her. I love sharing everything with DH, and and kind of miss when it was just our secret. I never thought I''d say that as I couldn''t wait to share it with our friends... Half of me feels like I should delete this whole post b/c I sound like a negative Nancy and I''m really not. I am completely psyched about our baby, anxious about the upcoming months and baby''s development/health, so excited to be decorating a nursery, cannot WAIT to find out if it''s a baby boy or girl in there (seriously bursting with excitement about that), and most of all just anticipating the day I get to look into his/her little face.
Don''t even really know how to wrap this up. I guess just VENT OVER!
I guess I should add that having read through all of the posts here about unsolicited advice and coments from strangers, I do realize it''s only going to get worse. Yippee skippee!
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Natalina-I completely understand where you are coming from. I was really sad the other day at work over it. We have a little Cuban coffee moment every day at 3 where we chat about random stuff. I was really excited to go in and share what I had learned from my training and how its going to benefit the team. Before I could get one word out, someone asked me how I was feeling and then they all started asking baby related stuff. Then they moved on to someone else and talked about their recent business trip. I felt completely useless and insignificant but the important thing to remember is that it isn''t intentional. The people in your life are really just interested in you and what''s going on with the baby.
Robbie-You were paged over yonder.
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Congrats Mr. and Mrs. BLEN!!! WELCOME GEORGE!!! I really can''t wait to hear your story! Hope all is well!
Natalie and Amber, I wish I could say the bad attitude towards others goes away, but for me it definitely hasn''t yet.
So I almost passed out today. I was just sitting at my desk during my plan period, talking to my service learning student (the only one in the classroom), and all of a sudden I felt like I was falling and the world was tilting, and things went black for a moment. I know this is pretty common during pregnancy, but it still definitely freaked me out. My head is still pounding a bit, so I''m a bit nervous to be up and teaching during last period, but hopefully it will be okay.
Natalie and Amber, I wish I could say the bad attitude towards others goes away, but for me it definitely hasn''t yet.
So I almost passed out today. I was just sitting at my desk during my plan period, talking to my service learning student (the only one in the classroom), and all of a sudden I felt like I was falling and the world was tilting, and things went black for a moment. I know this is pretty common during pregnancy, but it still definitely freaked me out. My head is still pounding a bit, so I''m a bit nervous to be up and teaching during last period, but hopefully it will be okay.
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oh Sabine - take care! Is your BP low? Salty foods may help, or a spike of sugar from some OJ just to get you through the day. Be careful though...especially driving!
Natalina, and all. I wish I could tell you it will get better...but it won''t. a) you''ll only get more irritated in general as your hormones keep changing and you get bigger, and b) until you give birth, everyone will only see you as a vessel in which holds a child. I swear. No one talks to me about anything else. I know it''s short lived, so I''m tolerating it. I wish I could offer you coping tips; but I''m no expert myself.
NYC - just want to shout out to you girl. I know you''re having a boring time over there... It''ll soon be over, and you''ll have your beautiful babies
. Hang in there!
Speaking of ''soon it will be over'', I babysat my SILs 3 kids on the weekend. We went out to the park, with my dog, and the stoller. I have to say - it was a handful. It made me take pause and appreciate these relatively quiet days of pregnancy.
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Natalina, and all. I wish I could tell you it will get better...but it won''t. a) you''ll only get more irritated in general as your hormones keep changing and you get bigger, and b) until you give birth, everyone will only see you as a vessel in which holds a child. I swear. No one talks to me about anything else. I know it''s short lived, so I''m tolerating it. I wish I could offer you coping tips; but I''m no expert myself.
NYC - just want to shout out to you girl. I know you''re having a boring time over there... It''ll soon be over, and you''ll have your beautiful babies
Speaking of ''soon it will be over'', I babysat my SILs 3 kids on the weekend. We went out to the park, with my dog, and the stoller. I have to say - it was a handful. It made me take pause and appreciate these relatively quiet days of pregnancy.
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big huge gigantic congratulation blen! i can not wait to hear your labor story. you are an inspiration for a level head and being cool as a cucumber. i am so excited to learn from your experience.
and p.s. i luuuuuvvv the name george! love!
and i just had to respond to natalina! i feel like i could have written that post. i totally and completely agree with you. my biggest fear is that people won''t see me as ''me'' anymore.. they would see me as #1 preggo #2 a mom and then if i''m lucky they would remember who i was before getting p.g. i''m personally having a huge time adjusting to people saying things like "hey mamma" or "let me get that for you".. ugh i''m p.g. not an invalid. i guess i don''t ever want to just be a mom... i want my children to enrich my life, but not *be* my life. anyhoo, i get it and agree and i don''t think it sounds like you aren''t excited to have children.. it''s a huge adjustment.. a lot harder than i thought it was going to be... which is why i lurk more than i speak up.. sometimes i feel like i''m not ''there yet''. although i''m giving robbie a run for her money in the 11 week bloat category... even my midwife was like "whoa, yeah you''ve got a belly". great! i''m going to be a monster!
and i just had to respond to natalina! i feel like i could have written that post. i totally and completely agree with you. my biggest fear is that people won''t see me as ''me'' anymore.. they would see me as #1 preggo #2 a mom and then if i''m lucky they would remember who i was before getting p.g. i''m personally having a huge time adjusting to people saying things like "hey mamma" or "let me get that for you".. ugh i''m p.g. not an invalid. i guess i don''t ever want to just be a mom... i want my children to enrich my life, but not *be* my life. anyhoo, i get it and agree and i don''t think it sounds like you aren''t excited to have children.. it''s a huge adjustment.. a lot harder than i thought it was going to be... which is why i lurk more than i speak up.. sometimes i feel like i''m not ''there yet''. although i''m giving robbie a run for her money in the 11 week bloat category... even my midwife was like "whoa, yeah you''ve got a belly". great! i''m going to be a monster!
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Natalina, we''re not even going to tell for about 6 more weeks or so, but I already fear losing part of me to the person carrying the new baby.It''s bad enough that my mom calls all the time to see how I''m doing, and my dad already sends emails over detailing healthy foods and things like that, how bad is it going to be when they actually know? I''m a little worried about how everyone in our families will turn the dragon into THEIR baby- this is how I should have it, this is WHERE I should have it... I''m SO thankful to be pregnant, after how long it took, and I''m not complaining at ALL, at most times it just feels unreal to me. I worry about my BIL, he and his wife are very judgmental naturally, I wonder if they''ll think we''re making a mistake. And honestly, since I''m kind of a grudge holder, I don''t know if I could get over that. I don''t know, I think it''s just hit me that after November, I''ll never ever had just Amber and Paul time. And that''s kind of scary.
Sabine, I hope you feel better soon!!
Sabine, I hope you feel better soon!!
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