F.A.I.T.H. (Forsaking all, I trust Him)

[Rmar]

Sidenote: Would you allow your young child ages 0-5 to be in the delivery room with you? Im watching "Birth Day" and this lady has her 3 yr old in there while she is delivering and he is telling her to stop screaming. I think he is scared. What do you think? For me, the answer is no. Even though my daughter will be near 10 yrs old, she will not be in the delivery room with me. As a matter of fact, I only want me and dh in the room. Just a thought.

I would. If I think about it, they would have already seen me first thing in the morning looking all bleary eyed or sweaty and in my daggy clothes. Probably a lot worse moments than that. For me, the fact that my child will be able to witness such a momentous moment that is seeing their sibling enter the world, no matter how gory, would be far more graceful than any other moment that I would be at my worst. That being said, I would definetly leave the option open for them not to be there and just see how I felt.

 

[Rdy2BaMom]

Hello ladies!!!

Sorry I haven't been on much this week, I've just been busy and oh so tired!! I am glad to see that everyone is doing so well!!

Willy-it's looking pretty good for you!!! So exciting!

Dipar-Thanks for asking about me!! I actually get on here everyday at least to read and see how everyone is doing, I just don't always have time to write. Have fun watching the fireworks!! I loooove fireworks too. I think DH and I are just gonna stay in tonight. We went and had dinner with his parents and bough District 9 to watch. Hopefully it is good!!

Mrskcbrown-I think it would be best to have the kiddos come in after the baby is born. I too think it would be pretty traumatic for a kid to witness.

Guppy-sounds like you are doing great hon!! I am sure it's a sticky bean. . .just keep that faith

Aster-sounds like y'all are gonna have some fun!! I'm kinda jealous!!

Im_mi-hope you are doing better dear!!

Well. . since I haven't posted in a little bit. . .here's how my past week has gone. I went back to my endocrinologist just for my annual and spoke with her about (tmi time) my major lack of bowel movements. I have only been having them on average every 4 days. Needless to say. . .that is not the most comfortable!! So.. . . she slightly increased my medication, and it has made a world of difference!! I have had a bm every day now! Sorry!! TMI. . . I know. . . I almost wonder if that has had an effect on my being able to conceive. Hmmmm. . . anyway. . . I have a new boss at work and she is wonderful! I am so excited to see how things get better at work, it really is a blessing. Well, I think we are gonna get into bed early and start our movie. Love you girls!! Have a happy new year!! and blessed baby dust to all!

 

[Dipar_Butt3]

Hello ladies!!!

Sorry I haven't been on much this week, I've just been busy and oh so tired!! I am glad to see that everyone is doing so well!!

Willy-it's looking pretty good for you!!! So exciting!

Dipar-Thanks for asking about me!! I actually get on here everyday at least to read and see how everyone is doing, I just don't always have time to write. Have fun watching the fireworks!! I loooove fireworks too. I think DH and I are just gonna stay in tonight. We went and had dinner with his parents and bough District 9 to watch. Hopefully it is good!!

Mrskcbrown-I think it would be best to have the kiddos come in after the baby is born. I too think it would be pretty traumatic for a kid to witness.

Guppy-sounds like you are doing great hon!! I am sure it's a sticky bean. . .just keep that faith

Aster-sounds like y'all are gonna have some fun!! I'm kinda jealous!!

Im_mi-hope you are doing better dear!!

Well. . since I haven't posted in a little bit. . .here's how my past week has gone. I went back to my endocrinologist just for my annual and spoke with her about (tmi time) my major lack of bowel movements. I have only been having them on average every 4 days. Needless to say. . .that is not the most comfortable!! So.. . . she slightly increased my medication, and it has made a world of difference!! I have had a bm every day now! Sorry!! TMI. . . I know. . . I almost wonder if that has had an effect on my being able to conceive. Hmmmm. . . anyway. . . I have a new boss at work and she is wonderful! I am so excited to see how things get better at work, it really is a blessing. Well, I think we are gonna get into bed early and start our movie. Love you girls!! Have a happy new year!! and blessed baby dust to all!

Rdy2

I'm glad to see you on tonight. I like hearing from you. I'm glad everything is going good down there. I'm off to the fireworks loool. I've been eating like a horse loool. I'm glad you going to the bathroom more often. Have fun with your movie.

Ohh my goodness!! I forgot to sign out earlier from bnb. Tonight was great!! Cold but great! Now i'm off to bed. Good night ladies and it's embrace 2010

 

[Willynilly]

Happy New Year!

My temp dropped a little today but still high...was looking forward to another rise. ah well...it's the waiting game now.

 

[Sayuri]

Happy New year Ladies! hope you all had a good night?!!!!!

Just want to wish you all a wonderful 2010 with lots of beanies and babies!!!!!


@willy nilly I didnt realise that the nosebleed was a symtom! well your symtoms are sounding really good! This morning I was making the bed and I noticed the pillow case had a long blood stain and I thought hmmm I have had a nosebleed. So must be a good sign for you!

@guppy im sure beenie will be fine!

@mrskcbrown,@aster@dipar how are you doing?

 

[Sayuri]

@Readytobamom I hope you are well I am glad you are getting better

@im-mi Hope that you are ok!!

 

[somedaymama]

Willynilly, it's still looking good! How was your NYE "party" last night?

 

[Willynilly]

HI Someday!
Yeah - it was a lot of fun...watched "Wall Street" (dh's favorite movie) and ate like piglets. didn't make it to the choc lava cakes, though - too full. whilst playing scrabble I was making the worst words ever with point values of 5 and such...perhaps that is a new sign of being pregnant? not able to form good scrabble words? hahah.

this AM when we woke up I felt like we had gone to an all-nighter drinking party or something (not that I ever do stuff like that so what would I know)...anyway, I said to DH - do you feel hungover? I think it was from all the food cuz I only had a half glass of champagne! funny though. good times.

how did your smart dogs in a healthy blanket turn out? wait - you are vegan or just vegetarian? how long have you been and what was your reason to do so? If you don't mind sharing...this stuff always interesets me. hope you two had a fun time!

And Aster - my nurse TMI friend. I love that we can get all TMI with each other...oh and speaking of bm's, Rdy...
Today I was able to do my third bm of the week. wow, I hope none of you are eating right now. it's gonna get worse. so, normally, I never have a prob and I am daily with it. The past three have been HORRIBLE and far apart (2-3 days apart, I get really uncomfortable)...anyway, they almost bring me to tears. I have NEVER felt anything like this. If I ever have a prob with that stuff it is the other way - certainly not constipation.

So today I had hoped the worst was over but no - just as painful. Like, I am afraid there might be bleeding but there never is. Anyway, this is the one thing that is really making me think I might be pregnant. Yeah! Baby! Bring on the painful bm's....keep 'em coming if it means that's the reason!

enough about me and my bathroom behavior. let's talk about Rdy's bathroom antics. Rdy -wow, I'm so glad you got relief from not going too often - that is the worst feeling. your pants start to get tight and you get all bloated. yick. hope the regularity keeps up with ya!

 

[Willynilly]

Someday - thx for saying my chart still looks good. I am all paranoid about the lower temp today - but you made me feel better. also, it is either there or it's not...I gotta relax. bah.

 

[Dipar_Butt3]

Happy New year Ladies! hope you all had a good night?!!!!!

Just want to wish you all a wonderful 2010 with lots of beanies and babies!!!!!


@willy nilly I didnt realise that the nosebleed was a symtom! well your symtoms are sounding really good! This morning I was making the bed and I noticed the pillow case had a long blood stain and I thought hmmm I have had a nosebleed. So must be a good sign for you!

@guppy im sure beenie will be fine!

@mrskcbrown,@aster@dipar how are you doing?

Sayuri,

How are YOU? I hope you are doing good over in UK. The weather is kicking my behind, but other then that. I'm ok. I can't wait until spring and summer when everything is warming up and looking good!!. I'm sorry if you said this before, but when is your EDD(due date)

 

[somedaymama]

HI Someday!
Yeah - it was a lot of fun...watched "Wall Street" (dh's favorite movie) and ate like piglets. didn't make it to the choc lava cakes, though - too full. whilst playing scrabble I was making the worst words ever with point values of 5 and such...perhaps that is a new sign of being pregnant? not able to form good scrabble words? hahah.

this AM when we woke up I felt like we had gone to an all-nighter drinking party or something (not that I ever do stuff like that so what would I know)...anyway, I said to DH - do you feel hungover? I think it was from all the food cuz I only had a half glass of champagne! funny though. good times.

how did your smart dogs in a healthy blanket turn out? wait - you are vegan or just vegetarian? how long have you been and what was your reason to do so? If you don't mind sharing...this stuff always interesets me. hope you two had a fun time!

I'm glad you had fun! We did too. We ate good food and watched the movie Food Matters. My sparkling grape juice made me a little sick...I should have known not to drink it. Drinks with added sugar always make me feel really gross and tired. Ah well. It was fun to have some time alone with my husband after all of the family festivities we've had recently. Oh, and my smart dogs "pigs in a blanket" were delicious. Thanks for the idea.

I am just vegetarian, not vegan, but we eat vegan most of the time. My DH and I have been veg for a little over a year. Actually, we became vegetarians right after we started TTC. hmm...not really any correlation I don't think, but interesting. We first started to eat veg on a whim, we were grocery shopping and one of us said "hey, let's eat vegetarian this week!" It took a while to completely give up meat--DH mostly--but the more research and reading we did, the more we knew it was the best thing for us. I was always a "humans are more important than animals" person and thought vegetarians were pretty silly, but when I started learning about the operations of factory farming, there was no way I could go back to supporting that.

As you know, I was on the evil Depo for one year winkwink, and since learning of its effect on my body, we have become very natural, anti-chemical people. We now eat mostly organic, whole foods, and our newest goal is to eat a diet that is at least 50% raw to try to maximize the health benefits of the food we eat.

I have never been one to say that everyone should be vegetarian or that everyone should obsess over what they eat. I grew up eating a lot of processed foods, I barely knew lettuce came any other way than iceburg and I thought dinner always came out of a box. It's been quite an experience figuring out how to eat FOOD...you know, the stuff God made to nourish us--fruits, vegetables, and if you prefer, meat that has been able to graze freely and eat the food God made their systems to eat (i.e., grass for cows, not corn). I say FOOD as a comparison to what a book I read calls "edible food-like substance." ..the processed junk that lets us keep going but barely resembles any real food.

I hope no one thinks I'm being preachy. just sharing my opinion.

 

[somedaymama]

Someday - thx for saying my chart still looks good. I am all paranoid about the lower temp today - but you made me feel better. also, it is either there or it's not...I gotta relax. bah.

Yeah, I think it still looks good for you, but in any case, there is nothing you can do now. Try not to stress abou it.

 

[Aster]

Wow someday, that is so interesting! I was brought up on all good healthy foods and mostly soya and veggies. I do eat meat now but eat local butchers meat where I know that the farm is free range (chicken) and I eat a lot of game, as it is lean and wild! My mum is very keen on the raw food idea and has got me hooked on cacao nibs which are scrummy! (And supposed to boost libido!!) I read a book once called 'skinny bitch' and it was written by a vegan and was very shocking. I had no idea about the level of hormones that get used and although the book is an american book, I know some parts were somilar in the UK.
So thanks for sharing. Xxx

I am good today, no more or different symptoms so am thinking that this isn't my month. ah well, I tried my best so will just have to wait and see.

How you all doing? Nice to see you rdy2besmom, how you doing?

Well, I am off to bed for another early night, I am so tired.
Lol xxx

 

[somedaymama]

My husband read the Skinny Bitch book recently and it has certaintly motivated him to be more careful about what we eat. He actually bought it for me, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

It's still early for symptoms Aster, so don't give up yet!

 

[Aster]

Thanks honey, fingers crossed xxx

 

[J_K_L]

Happy new year ladies!

I've been catching up on the thread. DH and I had a low key NYE with a couple friends. Why is it that pigs in a blanket is a celebration necesity? They are a party favorite. My hubby had a little too much to drink (hehehe) and kept shouting at midnight that we were going to make babies in 2010. Oh dear. Thankfully the other couples thought it was cute.

You ladies were discussing prenatals. I have a sensetive stomach....pathetic really. I vomit after taking a normal one-a-day. I found Finest Prenatal Complete at Walgreens. Basically it's a prenatal in two doses. So I take one right before lunch and one right before dinner. I sometimes feel a little queasy, but nothing close to vomiting.

So Im am thinking there is something strange about this cycle. I usually vary b/t 28-30 day cycles. I always have a day or two of light spotting before. So I started spotting on day 28-30 now I am on day 31...nothing but a thick mucas white/light pink discharge (ew, sorry). I told myself I would not POAS until I was a week late. Does spotting count?
It is too late for implantaion.

 

[J_K_L]

I'll have to check this book out. I don't think I could go completely vegetarian. But we try to eat natural, organic, and free range. Trader joes really helps!

My husband read the Skinny Bitch book recently and it has certaintly motivated him to be more careful about what we eat. He actually bought it for me, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

It's still early for symptoms Aster, so don't give up yet!

 

[somedaymama]

I'll have to check this book out. I don't think I could go completely vegetarian. But we try to eat natural, organic, and free range. Trader joes really helps!

Just be warned that it has a lot of language and is VERY anti-meat. There is a chapter called "The Dead, Rotting, Decomposing Flesh Diet." It's not really my kind of book but some people like it. I would recommend Michael Pollan's book In Defense of Food instead. He is a big advocate of a whole food diet, like the stuff Trader Joe's sells. My sister loves that store! We don't have one here, but we do have a great little health food store.

 

[Aster]

Yes it is very anti meat, you are spot on someday but it was an interesting read even if it didn't make me veggie! If anyone would like to read it I will happily send you my copy now I have read it. Just PM me your address. Lol xxx

 

[im_mi]

Sidenote: Would you allow your young child ages 0-5 to be in the delivery room with you? Im watching "Birth Day" and this lady has her 3 yr old in there while she is delivering and he is telling her to stop screaming. I think he is scared. What do you think? For me, the answer is no. Even though my daughter will be near 10 yrs old, she will not be in the delivery room with me. As a matter of fact, I only want me and dh in the room. Just a thought.

Yes, i would. But only if i thought my son could handle it, and if i was comfortable having him there. there are lots of fab books aimed at toddlers explaining birth. you can tell them what noises you'll make, set the birth pool up at home a few weeks early so they get used to seeing it, explain all about it. Its certainly not right for everyone, but i am planning a very natural, non-interfered-with home birth and i will be preparing my son for it so if he happens to be there, he will know what is going on. we will also have grandad on standby to take him if needs be each to their own! i think its irresponsible to have a child present at a birth without having prepared them well for it first. But birth is natural, its not a medical emergency and in more tribal communities it is something the whole tribe are involved with. i think its wonderful.

Anyway, i have VERY high hopes for you girls this month! i hope the new year brings us lots of sticky beans

My husband and i are having some very serious problems at the moment. it is make or break at the moment, but i am confident that we can work through it. definitely needing your prayers at the moment though, girls.

So... sending you all lots of love and prayers, as always. Steph, i just know that this bean is a sticky one! God is good and he wants you to be a mummy xxxxxx