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Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

Thanks to everyone for their opinion about baby wipes.

Pandora is right, they said that it is because of all of the chemicals in baby wipes, and that newborn skin is "untouched" and not ready for the chemicals. The thing is, I plan on getting the dye-free scent-free wipes anyway, so I''m just going to stick to that plan. I am allergic to fragrance, so I was planning to keep my kid away from that in the beginnning just in case anyway.
 
MP that is what happened to me too. i was like...oh i am not bad at all at 7 weeks, like this is doable if it''s how bad it gets. then it was just worse and worse. UGH! and you want to hear something really depressing, what made (and still makes me) feel nauseated is the smell of my OWN HAIR! which really sucks because hello it''s on my head. i thought it was my hair products so went slowly and methodically through them all, process of elimination but still it was driving me crazy. so i stopped wearing them and had like RATS NEST for about 2 weeks at the end. talk about depressing. and then i realized it wasn''t just the products, but it was my hair itself...like the smell of drying or burning hair (i flat iron and curl as well). UGH! it''s better now and i got this new product from my stylist that smells like ''earth'' rather than a fruity product but still today i had to tie my hair back because i was like ugh that smell. anyway. i don''t want to depress you. HAHA.

qt...the early screening for GD is because of me checking the ''age'' box. the form said..i f you checked one of these 4 boxes you will be asked to do the 1 hour test in first tri. i guess i have a higher risk with age. but again i went in and they didn''t notice and when i went in again to take it, they said it wasn''t on my chart. so apparently no one noticed it and no one input it. i imagine i will have to take the regular 24 week one, but i was not relishing doing one at 10 weeks and one at 24 as well. i read a little on GD about a week ago and the symptoms aren''t really me so i figure i am fine for now but i will ask my DR next appt. the funny thing is that some of the symptoms are like ''well isn''t that just pregnancy'' aka increased thirst and urination.
 
Quick pop in to say Kelly1975: Congratulations! Micah is adorable and I could just pinch Amanda''s little cheeks! What dolls!!!
 
Mara
Understood. I thought you meant you wanted to forgo the screening period. Yeah I wouldn''t want to do two either.

Monkeypie
You must be anxious for the first appt.

Congrats Kelley. Micah is adorable.
 
Thank you to everyone for your well-wishes! It has been fun to follow other pricescopers in their pregnancies and getting to see their LO''s after they are born! I guess now I''ll have to lurk in the newborn thread =)

Monkeypie I''m glad you like the name Micah...took a little convincing on my hubby''s part to bring him around, but I love it! I work in a birth center/nicu so I get to see a lot of names, and I don''t think I''ve ever seen another Micah. It was the same with my daughter, Amanda....I still haven''t taken care of a baby named Amanda. I like traditional but not overused names. I hope you get to use the name Micah if you have a boy
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Congratulations, kelley! Micah is beautiful.

We haven't heard from China today, have we?
 
Congrats, Kelley! What a beautiful baby!!!

Today is my first appt (6 weeks!) Wish me luck!!
 
Quick pop in to say hi to all those still pregnant!

China, how''s it going?

Pinkflamingo - big congrats! have fun at your apt. today!

Kelly, big congrats to you and welcome adorable Micah! I''ve got Jackson wrapped up in that same blanket right now!

Things are going pretty well for us. We''re still trying to get used to a nighttime routine, and dh goes back to work tomorrow. We also have our first pedi apt. and I get my staples out.

On the feeding front, I think we''ve officially give up on breastfeeding, which still makes me sad, but I''ve accepted that we have to do what works for us. Because he wasn''t feeding when my milk came in, I suffered from SEVERE engorgement, and it was impossible to teach him to feed on breasts that swollen. I''m now realizing just how bad the engorgement was...for 2 days I was saying I felt NO pain from my c-section incision, but my boobs hurt something terrible. Well, my boobs have recovered, and now my incision is sore, so I really think the boob pain was so severe it totally masked the incision pain. The incision pain isn''t too terrible, definitely managable with ibuprofin, but crazy that I went 2 days feeling NONE and now this.

So while I dealt with the engorgement, Jackson was getting formula, plus whatever I was able to pump. We''ve tried a whole slew of things to get him to latch on now that I''m less swollen and my milk is in in abundance, but at this point he just isn''t interested. So we are pumping and feeding him that, and supplementing with formula. It works for us, at least for now. We''ll have to see if I''m able to keep up with the pumping once dh goes back to work, and then once my mom leaves.

RE: Wipes...we used the cloth disposable wipes and a little bit of water if needed at the hospital because that was what they had. We switched to regular wipes once we got home just because I find it easier, and he hasn''t had any problem with them.

Okay, time to go pump again...just thinking of all you girls!
 
Date: 8/5/2009 6:10:31 PM
Author: Mara
MP that is what happened to me too. i was like...oh i am not bad at all at 7 weeks, like this is doable if it''s how bad it gets. then it was just worse and worse. UGH! and you want to hear something really depressing, what made (and still makes me) feel nauseated is the smell of my OWN HAIR! which really sucks because hello it''s on my head. i thought it was my hair products so went slowly and methodically through them all, process of elimination but still it was driving me crazy. so i stopped wearing them and had like RATS NEST for about 2 weeks at the end. talk about depressing. and then i realized it wasn''t just the products, but it was my hair itself...like the smell of drying or burning hair (i flat iron and curl as well). UGH! it''s better now and i got this new product from my stylist that smells like ''earth'' rather than a fruity product but still today i had to tie my hair back because i was like ugh that smell. anyway. i don''t want to depress you. HAHA.
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Mara, omgosh! That''s awful! Isn''t it strange what triggers it? So far, I have NO IDEA what''s triggering my nausea, because it is literally all day long. I was telling one of my girlfriends this morning that I officially hate the first trimester - I just feel like crap constantly. Exhausted despite sleeping like a rock, perpetual nausea, and feeling like I am on the verge of fainting all day. It''s funny, because I was able to ignore it for weeks, and then all of a sudden BOOM I feel awful.

I actually plan on telling my parents this weekend. We live with them right now to help out with some bills and such, while my husband looks for a new job. And my dad smokes - A LOT. Every time I go out of our bedroom I just gag and feel worse, so I''m hoping that once we tell them my dad will either cut back on the smoking or take to smoking outside. I feel bad, it''s his house, but it''s killing me.
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Here''s hoping my mom reacts appropriately.
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We''re telling them tomorrow.
 
Date: 8/6/2009 9:29:10 AM
Author: MonkeyPie

Date: 8/5/2009 6:10:31 PM
Author: Mara
MP that is what happened to me too. i was like...oh i am not bad at all at 7 weeks, like this is doable if it''s how bad it gets. then it was just worse and worse. UGH! and you want to hear something really depressing, what made (and still makes me) feel nauseated is the smell of my OWN HAIR! which really sucks because hello it''s on my head. i thought it was my hair products so went slowly and methodically through them all, process of elimination but still it was driving me crazy. so i stopped wearing them and had like RATS NEST for about 2 weeks at the end. talk about depressing. and then i realized it wasn''t just the products, but it was my hair itself...like the smell of drying or burning hair (i flat iron and curl as well). UGH! it''s better now and i got this new product from my stylist that smells like ''earth'' rather than a fruity product but still today i had to tie my hair back because i was like ugh that smell. anyway. i don''t want to depress you. HAHA.
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Mara, omgosh! That''s awful! Isn''t it strange what triggers it? So far, I have NO IDEA what''s triggering my nausea, because it is literally all day long. I was telling one of my girlfriends this morning that I officially hate the first trimester - I just feel like crap constantly. Exhausted despite sleeping like a rock, perpetual nausea, and feeling like I am on the verge of fainting all day. It''s funny, because I was able to ignore it for weeks, and then all of a sudden BOOM I feel awful.

I actually plan on telling my parents this weekend. We live with them right now to help out with some bills and such, while my husband looks for a new job. And my dad smokes - A LOT. Every time I go out of our bedroom I just gag and feel worse, so I''m hoping that once we tell them my dad will either cut back on the smoking or take to smoking outside. I feel bad, it''s his house, but it''s killing me.
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Here''s hoping my mom reacts appropriately.
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We''re telling them tomorrow.
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UGH.... I''m gagging just reading that
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I think it''s finally hit me this week. It started off as more of a nagging icky feeling and then last night I couldn''t sleep (despite being totally exhausted) because I felt terrible. I actually got sick that time. This morning I still feel terrible...like a hangover without the fun night before.
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I was sitting in the drive thru line at McD''s this morning (knew I needed to eat something) and I could feel a darkness creeping in from the corners of my eyes.... I felt very faint but luckily I managed to get to work. I have a meeting this morning and I''m really dreading it. Some of my problem with nausea may be related to my allergies/ sinus (drainage) since I''m not taking my allergy medicine at the moment.

I had my first appointment yesterday and I was not pleased AT ALL with my Dr. My husband went with me so we both had to take the afternoon off work for what really was an unimpressive visit. My appointment was at 2:30 and I was called back right at 2:30. They weighed me and took a urine sample and then I went to the exam room and undressed...at this point my husband was with me. We sat in the room for nearly an hour before the Dr. stepped in to say that there was someone in the ultrasound room but they''d be back with it was empty to take me over. We waited 20 more minutes and they took me in and did the ultrasound...which was pretty cool. Everything looked exactly how it should for 6 weeks 1 day and we saw the heartbeat
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. After that we went back accross the hall and I got dressed again and waited 10-15 minutes until the Dr. came back. He was basically there long enough to say he''d see us in 3 weeks....and then he called my husband Robert (which is not his name). We were there for over 2 hours! I''ve always liked my Dr. during my annual visits and he always seemed to take plenty of time to answer questions and such during those visits but not this time. I did have some things I wanted to ask him about but really didnt'' get the chance. I''m hoping the next visit (3 weeks) will be better.

Pinkflamingo...good luck with your visit...I''ll be interested to see how it compares to mine (to see if I''m overreacting).

Here''s a question for all of you.... we saw the heartbeat but I don''t think I had the reaction the Dr. was hoping for. I was pretty calm about it...so he turned up the volume and we heard a heatbeat...which he implied was the baby''s heartbeat.... I thought it was too early to hear it so I''m wondering....Was that just my heartbeat he was trying to pass off as the baby''s? My husband and I are just not sure.
 
MP definitely you should tell your parents this wkd if for no other reason that hopefully your dad cuts back on smoking or smokes outside or something. Secondhand smoke is definitely not desirable... it was one of the questions they kept asking us about smoking or second hand re: a healthy environment for the Mom. And secondhand smoke is insiduous, it can travel through heating ducts etc etc. It might be hard for your dad to break a long-time habit of smoking in the house but maybe he can go outside. How long do you guys have to live with them?

And I hear you re: hating the first tri. I was totally there. I was like this SUCKS, I hate my life, I''m depressed. I am a wuss about discomfort, I admit it. I am not used to feeling odd physically, I am typically very healthy and fit and I was like UGH this is just sooo not me. Thank god now that I am in the 14th week I feel better, not totally myself but more like me, and I hear it gets better, so just hang in there. I know each day seems like FOREVER though.

Apple, how far along are you? We saw heartbeat at 8 weeks but I think it shows up after 6 weeks. We actually have never heard heartbeat, but we have seen it 3 times now I think. Could you see the flutter at all? It''s like a thin white line that jumps up and down horizontally. And originally I did not like my doctor either. She was new to me as my old OB had just left when I got preggo, so I figured lets try her and we just did not click. She was fine and efficient but personality wise she had no real beside manner, was way too matter of fact and not friendly. I don''t need someone gushing over me but I just didn''t feel it with her. I tried someone else for our last appt when she was out and I liked this gal SO much better, she was more friendly, she described and explained things so much more clearly for me, and didn''t act like I was stupid. The other DR...when I asked about sipping wine etc she was like NO. And I said well some Dr''s allow that and she goes ''WELL, at first it will be one or two sips and then before you know it you are drinking 2 glasses a night by 9 months!''. I was like are you serious??? There IS a big diff between 1/4 a glass once a week and 2 a night! I have never in my life even drank one a night so what the heck. So that kind of attitude. Just didn''t love her.

So give your DR one more chance maybe and then if you don''t like him still, maybe see what other options are for switching. I think I prob would have been fine with that other gal as my OB, she wasn''t bad just not my type of person, but why bother if you have other options?
 
Date: 8/5/2009 6:10:31 PM
Author: Mara
MP that is what happened to me too. i was like...oh i am not bad at all at 7 weeks, like this is doable if it''s how bad it gets. then it was just worse and worse. UGH! and you want to hear something really depressing, what made (and still makes me) feel nauseated is the smell of my OWN HAIR! which really sucks because hello it''s on my head. i thought it was my hair products so went slowly and methodically through them all, process of elimination but still it was driving me crazy. so i stopped wearing them and had like RATS NEST for about 2 weeks at the end. talk about depressing. and then i realized it wasn''t just the products, but it was my hair itself...like the smell of drying or burning hair (i flat iron and curl as well). UGH! it''s better now and i got this new product from my stylist that smells like ''earth'' rather than a fruity product but still today i had to tie my hair back because i was like ugh that smell. anyway. i don''t want to depress you. HAHA.

qt...the early screening for GD is because of me checking the ''age'' box. the form said..i f you checked one of these 4 boxes you will be asked to do the 1 hour test in first tri. i guess i have a higher risk with age. but again i went in and they didn''t notice and when i went in again to take it, they said it wasn''t on my chart. so apparently no one noticed it and no one input it. i imagine i will have to take the regular 24 week one, but i was not relishing doing one at 10 weeks and one at 24 as well. i read a little on GD about a week ago and the symptoms aren''t really me so i figure i am fine for now but i will ask my DR next appt. the funny thing is that some of the symptoms are like ''well isn''t that just pregnancy'' aka increased thirst and urination.
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Hi everyone-hope you all are doing well! Sorry to disappear, I''m finally feeling a little more like myself.

Congrats Mara and Monkey Pie! Mara, I think you, me, and Steph are right around the same point. During my ultrascreen, they dated me a little further along, which puts me at 14w3d today. MP, I''m so sorry to hear you''re sick. It''s awful, isn''t it? I have never felt so bad in my life. It does get better, though. Bad days still come and go, but I think the absolute worst for me was over around 8w3d. Maybe someone mentioned this, but have you tried the sea-sick bands? I don''t know if it''s psychological, but I thought they helped a little. That and ice pops and lemonade! I personally found that ginger ale sometimes made things worse. Maybe it''s the association between that beverage and being sick?

OK, thank you to the highlighted above. I have been more sickened by the smell of my own skin than anything else during ms and I think my husband thinks I''m crazy.
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I have to keep washing my face. I did have to change shampoos, shower gel, move to unscented face and body cream, etc... MonkeyP, that actually really helped if you haven''t tried it.
Congrats Kelley and Sabine!!!! Jackson and Micah are beautiful!
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Sabine, I''m sorry you''ve had a tough time breast feeding, but kudos to you for trying! Here''s to a speedy and painless recovery.
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Hey Ebree- I'm still here. My mom is visiting, so haven't had as much time to post, but have been reading. No real signs yet that I can tell.

Sabine- Welcome home from the hospital! Sorry to hear you are having difficulties with the BF, try to hang in there. You gotta do what works for you and your little one. Hope you do well on your first day with DH at work. Keep us posted!

Re: Morning/sickness and 1st trimester- It sucks. I didn't even have bad m/s, never threw up, but had that constant hung over feeling and it's miserable. The worst part for me was just not feeling like myself in any capacity. For me, it took awhile to adjust mentally to the whole change of identity thing- becoming a mom, a grown-up, not being a kid anymore, sort of "replacing" myself generation-wise, not being the fun, spontaneous girl I was used to being. So at the same time I was struggling with the identity thing, I just felt like crap physically. NOTHING really made me feel "better"- if I ate constantly and small, plain meals I didn't feel terrible, but I never felt great. I was just exhausted, nothing interested me- not going out to dinner, not friends, not TV, nothing. It was too early to really get excited about baby, as I wanted to be cautious. At about 10 weeks, all of that disappeared gradually and I realized- I had been a tiny bit depressed. Once the slight m/s passed and my energy returned, I was like a new person and I felt great. Then the fun part of pregnancy starts kicking in- the 12 week u/s, finding out the sex, starting to tell people, getting to enjoy the food part of pregnancy- like eating ice cream and feeling NO guilt.
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Then you start feeling kicks and it becomes more real. Ever since then, I've actually really enjoyed being pregnant, which surprised me. So just know that the first trimester is really an overwhelming time, both physically and mentally and it should get better. Just try to hang on till then. Now, some people obviously have m/s longer, or get other terrible aches and pains, so no promise of smooth sailing, but at least what bothers you changes!

Mara- Ok, you win with your own hair making you sick!! That would be really funny if it wasn't so terrible!!! Poor thing, hope that passes SOON.

Monkeypie- Ok, the smoke thing would do me in. I don't really mind smoking usually, but while preggo I could NOT handle even being near someone who smoked while they weren't smoking. If I got onto an elevator with someone who smoked, I could tell and would have to get off instantly. No way. And I'm not trying to scare you or make you feel guilty, but I would most definitely NOT want to live in a house where someone was smoking inside the house while I was preggo. I know you are living there, so it is "their" house, but I really hope for your and your baby's sake that your dad will respect your pregnancy and at least take it outside. That cannot be helping your m/s!!!

Applequeen- Yay on seeing the HB!!!! That's when it became "real" to me. Surreal, huh????? Sorry your first appt wasn't great, but the first ones are usually pretty anti-climatic anyways. I know my OB is crazy busy right now, seems like so many people are having babies in August, maybe it will get better. I'd give him one more shot. But if you aren't feeling it and it doesn't get better, my advice is to consider another dr if you're able. You really need to feel comfortable and like you are getting your questions answered down the line. Also, I could be totally wrong, but I don't think you can hear the HB on an u/s??? At least I never have. Either I see it on the u/s, or you hear it with the doppler thing, but there's nothing visual with that one. But perhaps my tech just never turned up the volume?

Fisher- Thanks! I know, crazy how fast this whole thing seems, how am I at almost 40 weeks??? It weirdly goes so fast, and yet I feel like I've been preggo forever. Applequeen and I started "lurking" on the TTC thread at the same time, and both of us were feeling especially apprehensive about the whole TTC thing. It's crazy to me that I am about to give birth and here she is at the beginning! Apple, I totally would look for you on the TTC thread, wondered where you went off to! Fish, I cannot WAIT for the day that you officially jump on the preggo thread. It will be soon, I can feel it. Also, was looking at a name book, and trying to find some long names for you that you could use your nn "Callie". These are kind of out there, but you never know:

CAELA/CAILA- (Hebrew)- a form of Kayla
CAELEY
CATHLEEN (Irish)
CAILIDA- (Spanish)- Adoring
CAITLIN
CALLA- (Arabic)- castle, fortress (love this one!)
CALANDRA- (Greek)- lark
CALANTHA- (Greek)- beautiful blossom
CALEDONIA- (Latin)- from Scotland
CALIDA- (Spanish)- warm, ardent
CALIRROE- (Greek)- walks with beauty
CALISTA- (Greek)- most beautiful
CALISTENA-(Greek)- beautiful strength
CALLAN- (German)- likes to talk, chatter
CALLIDORA- (Greek)- gift of beauty
CALLULA- (Latin)- beauty; light
CALUMINA- (Irish)- dove
CAMELIA, CAMELLIA, CAMILLE- LOVE these!
 
Thanks for the support ladies re: m/s and the smoking. I''m REALLY hoping my dad will do something for me - he did when my mom was pregnant and for the first year of my life as well as my brothers. He just quit smoking altogether except at work. But he plays Mr. Mom now and is home all day, so I feel bad asking him not to smoke at all. I think it would do him good to quit, but one step at a time...I''m hoping we won''t be living there much longer. The litter box is in my bathroom I use, too, and that is just KILLING me since we have three cats. I feel like such a drama queen with this m/s lol.
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I hadn''t thought about the sea-sick bands though. I am SO getting some this weekend.
 
Mara.... I was 6 weeks 1 day at the appointment yesterday. I''ve always liked this Dr. in the past so I was very surprised with his lack of attention yesterday. He didn''t ask a single question about how I was feeling or any problems I might be having. He is very laid back...which is something I''ve liked about him in the past and I do feel comfortable around him so I''m going to give him another chance and I made my next appoinment for early in the day and hopefully that''ll help. As for your wine story... I''ve wondered the same thing. I''m really not a huge drinker and I''m sure I can go 34 more weeks without drinking but I think it''s surprising the reactions some Dr''s have to those questions. I guess it''s a liability thing...most of us could keep it to a few sips but there are those who wouldn''t be able to. I''ve looked into nonalcoholic wines and beers (of course they do contain a very small amount of alcohol) and if I get a craving later in my pregnancy I might try a glass of one of those options.

China... Thanks :) I really appreciated the paragraph about your experience during the first trimester...I think I''m going through a bit of that myself. I am excited about the baby but I''m really struggling with the identity thing...I honestly have moments where I wonder what the heck we''ve done. I talked to my husband about it (he was concerned that I didn''t seem excited enough) and I''ve assured him that it will get better. I think I just need to get past this trimester to the point where I know this is actually going to happen to start feeling true excitment. Right now I just feel hungover.... not pregnant
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Monkeypie.... Ugh... I hear you on the litterbox. We only have 1 cat but I can''t stand to go in our laundry room... we (well my husband at this point) cleans the box daily but it''s the smell of the litter that gets to me. Good luck with the smoking thing...my mom smokes so I understand what you''re dealing with. I used seabands on a cruise and they did work.... I might have to dig my set back out. I''m going to try ginger too.

So my biggest issue about the heartbeat thing from yesterday is this.... I knew we would probably be able to see it at 6 weeks but I was pretty certain it would be several more weeks before we could hear it. If he did try to pass my heartbeat off as the baby''s then basically he LIED to me to get a reaction....what kind of Dr. does that? I know I probably didn''t have the OMG moment that a lot of women do but I did enjoy seeing it... I love knowing that things are right on track... so there was no reason to try to impress me. I tried to see if there was a correlation between the movement I was seeing on the screen and the heartbeats I was hearing but couldn''t tell if they were in sync or not.
 
Applequeen, your heartbeat and the baby''s should be at different rates. Yours under 100 typically if you had been sitting around for awhile and the baby''s in the 150 vicinity. Don''t know if you''ve ever counted your heart rate for exercise purposes, but over 150 is when I start to have difficulty keeping up with counting the beats and have to concentrate really hard. (After a hard stretch in a group workout when we are asked to count our heartrate, I''m always the loser who can''t tell the instructor what my heartrate was cause I lost count!) Heartrate of 70 (resting heart rate for an adult) is much easier. Maybe hard to go back and remember how fast the beats were that the doctor let you listen to, but if you get a feel for how fast 70 bpm is, that should help you recognize the baby''s heartrate as faster next time.

Mara, for alcohol if you are interested you should probably do your own research and make a decision. US doctors are trained conservatively on this front though your doctor was kind of rude insinuating that 1/2 sip would automatically lead to two glasses! (What, pregnant women can''t possibly restrict themselves so best treat them like alcoholics?) Alcohol is a solvent, it crosses membranes and is NOT restricted to the bloodstream, it interferes with cell division, and causes problems at all stages of development. No studies have demonstrated a "safe dose" of alcohol, partly because such studies are unethical. US doctors tend to use this information to recommend no alcohol (because they can''t say for sure any bit is safe) while other places the doctors are more likely to recommend moderation in the absense of a "safe dose" study. Me personally, I can''t see how the risk isn''t dose related making small amounts safer than larger amounts; the question is how dangerous are small amounts. Millions of women have drunk in early pregnancy prior to knowing they were pregnant, or throughout pregnancy in other countries, cultures, or eras with different standards. But then see part about alcohol causing problems with cell division and at all stages of pregnancy. Then its for you to decide, really. Or maybe your nice doc gave you a better answer already, anyway, good luck! Enjoy the honeymoon trimester.

Good luck preggos!
 
Thanks for the info Cara....yeah I have done some research on my own for all of the items that they tell you about. American doctors are very conservative about everything and my new DR even said that. She is like there is all this data but no real study results on any of this stuff so we just tell you to avoid everything. The Dr thing was hilarious though because on the other hand I have a friend whose Dr told her she could have a beer a night in 2nd and 3rd tri if she wanted! I was like wow from one extreme to another!

On the alcohol thing... I went wine tasting at 11 weeks and drank about 1/2 a glass total all day (just sweet wine sips here and there). I am not a drinker in general so it is not hard at all for me to forgo alcohol. I have friends who are having a very hard time giving it up...! But we are going to Spain so I intend to sip the wines there as they are supposed to be amazing.

re: nausea, not a lot 'worked' for me... I just kind of tried diff things and suffered. And I felt the same way someone else said they did which was 'not great, but not horrible' all the time. And definitely NOT like myself which was one of the hardest things for me actually. I didn't want to be social, didn't want to even talk to anyone, see anyone... I wanted to sleep all the time and just hide out. I only felt good laying down or sleeping. Now thank god it's much better, but that first tri is tough. Hang in there ladies!! Things that DID help me...drinking a pepsi or coke once a day (the sugars and syrups and caffeine settled my stomach); eating regularly and sometimes all day long in small meals; trying to stay active (aka walking when you feel sick actually did make me feel better even though it was hard to get motivated); and lastly just remembering 'it's a finite time period'...that helped the most!
 
Thanks Cara..... I''m just not sure...I do remember thinking that it just didn''t seem to be as fast as I thought it would be. My gut feeling is that it was my own heartbeat I heard...and that makes me angry. At the same time, I just can''t understand what would motivate the Dr. to try to trick me.

As I was leaving he did say something along the lines of "maybe next time you''ll be able to hear it" and (after I got to the car and I had a chance to process it) I asked my husband what his impression was and it was the same as mine.

I think I''m just going to ask the Dr. about it during my next ultrasound (which will be at 9 weeks)... if my suspicions are confirmed I''ll be switching Dr.''s. It''s just a trust issue for me.
 
I had my ultrasound this morning!!! It went really well. The tech said everything that''s supposed to be there was there, everything looks textbook normal, and dated us at 19w1d, which is exactly on the spot. She said I have an anterior placenta and she was a bit worried that it was a bit close to my cervix, but she''d ask the doctor to check it out. Then she turned the screen towards me and showed me everything... S/he just looks perfect! Ten fingers and ten toes and everything. S/he was sleeping with his/her little hands on either side of the head and sitting on his/her crossed feet. Then a bored-looking doctor walked in, stared at the screen for 5 minutes while poking me with the wand thingy, declared that everything was good and normal, and walked out. Not too friendly, but at least my baby''s perfect!

DH was so cute, it was hilarious. He could see the screening the whole time, and he kept gushing and cooing and literally turning to mush. He''s so in love with his baby!
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He''s pretty sure he saw a little boy''s kit there a couple of times, but we''re keeping it quiet in case he''s wrong. We asked the tech not to tell us. Anyone wants to take a vote? I''ve been having a hunch for boy since the beginning, my grandma predicts boy too. DH used to say girl before today.

I have 4 pictures I scanned... I hope they show up well.

First up: profile shot 1

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Profile shot 2

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Front shot 1

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Front shot 2

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Nice pics, anchor! Very clear. I''m glad everything look okay!

It''s difficult to tell the sex from the angle of the photos....at least to my untrained eye. So you and DH have decided not to find out, then? Do you or your DH have a preference?
 
Cello - Sorry things are so hard for you lately. I can''t imagine how they can turn away a pregnant woman who is fainting!
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Sometimes I just feel like doctors just see the baby and not the mom, and it doesn''t matter if the mom''s feeling crappy as long as the baby is fine.

Visla and Mandy - Congrats on passing the glucose test!

Tao - Sorry to hear things are so rough at home. I hope your sister pays the darn bill soon!

Phoenix - I''m not having any bleeding after intimacy, but my doc said it would be normal if I had any, because a pregnant woman''s cervix is a bit more delicate. And I hear you on daycare... The waiting lists are horrible over here.

Kelley - CONGRATS! Micah is gorgeous!!! Congrats on the natural birth.

Sabine - Sorry to hear the BFing is not working well and that you''re in pain.
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Prayers outgoing!

MP - I hope your dad cuts back on the smoking soon!

Mara - I was visiting family last weekend and the women were all gushing about how wonderful pregnancy is, and all I could think was ''Ugh, do they even remember being pregnant?''
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19 weeks here and still not loving it... Like you I''m a fairly healthy person, I barely ever get sick, so I hate feeling out of sorts and not in control.

Applequeen - I just hate it when doctors don''t seem to care about you. They just go ''as long as the baby''s fine, everything''s fine'' and I understand that, but sometimes I want to say ''What about ME?'' Sorry about that. If you can switch doctors, maybe you should?
 
lol anchor I know right?? and people are like IT''S SO GREAT...I am like does time dull your memory that much??? I have a VERY long memory hahaa. Actually I am glad no one told me before that it was that sucky or else I might have taken even longer or just forwent completely! I''m a wuss.

I love your photos! They are so great. I honestly think BOY.... in that last frontal image you can kind of see three little white vertical/angled lines under what I think is the belly button, and when they were showing us our ''potential sex'' they pointed out a white line and said that might be it...but it was hard to tell. From what I read the testes drop from the scrotum around 17 weeks or so.... so yours should be down if that is it...and maybe those are the 3 white solid lines I am seeing?
 
Date: 8/6/2009 2:29:37 PM
Author: Mara

I love your photos! They are so great. I honestly think BOY.... in that last frontal image you can kind of see three little white vertical/angled lines under what I think is the belly button, and when they were showing us our ''potential sex'' they pointed out a white line and said that might be it...but it was hard to tell.
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I''m not seeing what you''re seeing but three parallel white lines usually means a girl actually!
 
Date: 8/6/2009 11:51:22 AM
Author: applequeen

So my biggest issue about the heartbeat thing from yesterday is this.... I knew we would probably be able to see it at 6 weeks but I was pretty certain it would be several more weeks before we could hear it. If he did try to pass my heartbeat off as the baby''s then basically he LIED to me to get a reaction....what kind of Dr. does that? I know I probably didn''t have the OMG moment that a lot of women do but I did enjoy seeing it... I love knowing that things are right on track... so there was no reason to try to impress me. I tried to see if there was a correlation between the movement I was seeing on the screen and the heartbeats I was hearing but couldn''t tell if they were in sync or not.
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AQ- It WILL be a few more weeks before you can hear the heartbeat externally with the doppler. But we also listened to the HB fairly early on during an u/s...I feel like it might be a different thing through the u/s machine? Not sure...but I would ask about it before writing off your doc.
 
this is what i was seeing, love my MS Paint jagged line but you get the picture.

really three means girl? why though? i figured three would be like twig and giggleberries?

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Date: 8/6/2009 2:50:08 PM
Author: Mara
this is what i was seeing, love my MS Paint jagged line but you get the picture.

really three means girl? why though? i figured three would be like twig and giggleberries?
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Mouahaha, you ladies are hilarious, analysing my u/s pics. Mara, I can''t see a thing, so I think you have a good imagination!
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I have no prefrence either way, but I know DH would looove a little girl... We''ll see!
 
Date: 8/6/2009 2:40:20 PM
Author: neatfreak

Date: 8/6/2009 11:51:22 AM
Author: applequeen

So my biggest issue about the heartbeat thing from yesterday is this.... I knew we would probably be able to see it at 6 weeks but I was pretty certain it would be several more weeks before we could hear it. If he did try to pass my heartbeat off as the baby''s then basically he LIED to me to get a reaction....what kind of Dr. does that? I know I probably didn''t have the OMG moment that a lot of women do but I did enjoy seeing it... I love knowing that things are right on track... so there was no reason to try to impress me. I tried to see if there was a correlation between the movement I was seeing on the screen and the heartbeats I was hearing but couldn''t tell if they were in sync or not.
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AQ- It WILL be a few more weeks before you can hear the heartbeat externally with the doppler. But we also listened to the HB fairly early on during an u/s...I feel like it might be a different thing through the u/s machine? Not sure...but I would ask about it before writing off your doc.
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I''ve considered that... and I''m just going to ask him next time I''m there (3 weeks...Aug 26). My insurance also provides access to an assigned RN through their Future Moms program and I''m thinking I might call her and see what she says.

Overall I''m just thrilled we SAW the heartbeat... I didn''t expect to hear anything and would not have been dissapointed had we not. I guess time will tell...the important thing is that everything looked just as it should.
 
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