February 2018 - Valentines Babies!

[xkirstyx]

lol I've had loads a really vivid dreams!!!

 

[Hopeful.89]

lol swampmaiden - aren't dreams strange, sometimes I google their meanings, but usually the meanings don't make sense to me.
xkristyx - I actually enjoy being able to recall my dreams, but most of them are steamy dreams haha not ones this terrifying!

 

[Feronia]

The nausea and vomiting... it's so bad. Every week it's getting worse and worse. I just got back from a 4-day conference and I could hardly function. There are very few things I can eat. Diclectin isn't cutting it, I've upped my dose to 4x a day. Anyone else?

 

[xkirstyx]

Oh no I just get very bad all day nausea but I can cope with it. I've never been properly sick and fingers crossed I won't be this time!

 

[Hopeful.89]

Feronia, I haven't been vomiting sick yet, just mild all day nausea. I hope that eases up for you soon.

 

[Bittersweet]

Whooo 12 week scan date is here! Makes it more exciting for me now! My pregnancy symptoms have calmed down annoyingly just small waves of nausea. More hungry though but that's it. And still achy boobs. But nothing new or no actual lengthy nausea or sickness

 

[nordicpixie83]

Hey ladies baby brain invited me over , I'm due Feb 27th but Will have an elective at 38 wks . So baby on Feb 13th .

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

So far my symptoms are easing up. I still have the extremely sore boob's but the nausea isn't as bad anymore. Now I get headaches and I can finally eat but still only certain things appease me. I had a lot of cramping today that scared me but it's just about gone now so I'm putting it up to my stretching uterus. I hope those with nausea feel better soon

 

[Stormynights]

Vivid dreams.... ugh! I had a dream/nightmare the other night that I let my mom in through my back door, but she was a demon. I woke up shaking and woke DH up. I finally have an appointment Monday, but it's just paperwork.

 

[BabyBrain80]

Nordic so happy to see you here

Im getting REALLY weird dreams too, last night it was the skin on my thumb fell off and I kept trying to bandage it up! Whats that all about??!

I'm soooooooo tired

Hope everyone is feeling ok and your nausea eases up soon xx

 

[Gemini19156]

Question, ladies - the caffeine thing...I've read in some places that you should avoid caffeine completely because of the risk for miscarriage and in other places that less than 200mg/day is safe. What do you guys think/have been told my your DRs?

I had planned to just cut out caffeine all together (I'm not a big coffee drinker anyways, and have never drunk soda) - but twice this week I've just been so exhausted that I felt like I couldn't get through the work day without something, and had a blended coffee drink with about 90mg of caffeine in it I feel so guilty, but I don't know if I'm worrying over nothing...

 

[krissie328]

My friend drank one cup of coffee every day of her 3 pregnancies. Her doctor said it was fine and her 3 kids are fine.

I drink one tall glass of tea every once in awhile. No idea how much caffeine it is.

I think like most things it's about moderation.

 

[Hopeful.89]

Welcome nordic! I will add you to the front page under your C-section date.

Thankfully the night before last I slept amazing and woke up almost symptom free, it was a nice break from the nausea and I am hoping I get a bit more of a break before it gets bad again. I have also had a lot of the stretching feeling, I have gained 20lbs in 8 weeks!!! I am not sure what that is about but I hope it levels off a bit and doesn't continue to pack on like this. With DS I actually lost weight through my pregnancy, but only because TTC for 15 months piled on the weight with a lot of stress eating, so after we conceived the stress of that was gone and I lost weight. I was also probably eating much healthier throughout the pregnancy, DS was 8lbs 4 oz so definitely no harm to him there.

 

[Feronia]

I did a research paper on caffeine in pregnancy for midwifery school. Long story short, up to 300 mg is safe per day and not associated with any adverse effects.

Too bad my sickness is so bad that I can't stomach almost anything, let alone anything with caffeine.

 

[BabyBrain80]

Ive never cut it out completely in previous pregnancies, I remember that 200mg/day guide though. I do switch to decaf tea but always end up with a normal cup at work, maybe have a can of coke. Thats about it, I never drink coffee yuk!!

Im preferring milk over everything else at the mo, just like with my boys!

 

[Gemini19156]

Thanks for all the advice! It definitely helps getting perspective from y'all who have had previous pregnancies since this is my first.

Deciding to not feel guilty about it - pretty sure losing my job over not getting my work done would be waaaaay worse for baby than a little coffee.

 

[xkirstyx]

What is everyone's go to food just now! My nausea is so bad I don't want to get anything. All I'm having is crackers, toast and soup! I've lost 3lbs since Monday!

 

[Gemini19156]

Sorry to hear that, kirsty! Hope you feel better soon! I've been eating a lot of dried fruit, can't get enough dried mango specifically.

Also craving cheese like crazy! But I'm slightly lactose intolerant so trying to be moderate with that one lol

 

[xkirstyx]

Dried fruit sounds good! I'll need to give that a try!

 

[xkirstyx]

I'm trying to cut caffeine all together. I'm not a coffee drinker so it's just fizzy drinks im cutting my down x