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yay 10 weeks today :dance:
one fourth of the way there!

also i think we are getting a tempurpedic today!
soooo excited we found a really good deal on one

and my sister had a memory foam mattress with her DS
she bought it when she was pregnant with him
and they co slept and did just fine
 
Swan, definitely talk to your midwife if you are having a hard time keeping any foods down. There are only a few foods I can stomach, and just barely. Smoothies, and very very plain things, but that's it, and usually I still feel like crap. I feel like I've lost weight, too, and my pre-pregnancy weight was only 105 lbs. :(

Though I personally wouldn't want to bedshare on a memory foam mattress (newborns need firmer surfaces), I would be far more worried about all of the toxic chemicals they emit. Toxic chemicals in bedding have been implicated in many SIDS cases, and memory foam mattresses have a HUGE amount of chemicals in them! (I read something like 61!) Maybe you could put a non-toxic mattress topper over it when your newborn arrives? Ikea makes mattresses and toppers without chemicals, and we were sure to get our mattress there since we are a bedsharing family.
 
we are going to be putting a waterproof mattress cover/protector on it
and we are also going to get a co sleeper for baby in the early months like the one in the picture below

and we will put baby in the middle or our bed is always pushed up tightly against a wall on one side so between the wall and me or OH
 

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I've never seen one of those co sleepers before, that's really cool!

Sorry I haven't been on lately. Between being out of town and being sick i haven't been able to get on the computer. I've been reading on my phone, but I have a not so smart, smart phone so writing anything is a pain in the butt.

I, like many of you, have lost my appetite. But unfortunately if I don't eat I start feeling sick. Thankfully haven't puked yet but I have been having an extremely upset stomach, if you know what I mean (sorry tmi :nope: ) Hopefully those of you who have lost weight get that back up quickly and not to stress too much about it. There was a lady on here who is pregnant with triplets and she was so sick that she lost almost 20 lbs. in the first trimester. But now she is a week and a half away from meeting her little ones.

I haven't been able to sleep good either. I toss and turn for most of the night plus having to get up to pee. Then when I finally do fall asleep the sun wakes me up at 5. ( we just moved and we haven't gotten our curtains up yet :dohh: ) But I'm definitely planning on getting a pregnancy pillow or body pillow this time. I didn't with DS and completely regretted it. I ended up having to take DH's pillow to build a wall around every side of myself. So maybe it was more DH who regretted not getting one.

I keep making the mistake of trying to get things done when DS is sleeping (he's almost 11 months old) then finally decide to take a nap and he wakes up within 5 minutes.

Congrats on the other set of twins in the group. That's so exciting!

Still very jealous of those who have seen their little ones. I still have a little over a week before my first appointment and scan. :cry: Thankfully have a ton going on between now and then. I'm sure I will survive.
 
Good idea about the waterproof sheet. I actually wish I did that with our daughter, haha. Instead I just put a few baby blankets beneath her, but it wasn't nearly enough to keep dry from the spit up! I've never used a co-sleeper, but that one looks nice! As long as it's easy enough to lift up the side for boob access. ;)

I really need to start using a body pillow as well... especially because my daughter has been latched ALL night so I've been uncomfortably on my side!
 
i have a euro pillow top mattress and co-slept with both mine. T still sleeps with us. He WILL not sleep on a firm mattress now. Its impossible getting him into the crib :(
 
The waterproof covers for memory foam toppers are so worth it! Ours was $$ but heck, that topper was also $$$$ and it's so far protected our topper from puking incidents from both the kiddo and the dog, as well as a toddler pee accident. :rofl: I am so grateful for that protection.

Bridget we used one of those cosleepers with A in the beginning. Loved it!

Feronia, thanks -- I def will talk to her about it. I'm classified overweight already pre-pregnancy because I've been so dang lazy. Ahem. But I still know I need to be getting some kind of nutrients. Anything salty tends to appeal to me, like fries and chips. Not what I want to be eating! Smoothies do go down. Yogurt sometimes. I have yet to eat something and have it return, I just end up being unable to stomach things. It's so strange. Very different from my first pregnancy!

Man alive I am so tired! I work from home and work's been pretty busy today. I had hoped to catch a quick little nap while my little slept. NO WAY. She played and sang as loudly as humanly possible for two and a half hours while sitting in her crib. So alas, no nap for me. :rofl: Is it bedtime yet? ;)
 
Wish I could keep up with this thread :( hope everyone is doing well.
10 weeks today. Inching that much closer to the second trimester.
 
oh yay! i got my doppler back from a friend today :) not any use to me yet, but nice to have :)
 
with my first i found the HB around 11weeks... but i was 140lbs.... 2 kids later and im 180, i don't expect it to be found as easy. LOL
 
I too feel so sooo tired! I wake up as tired as I was when I went to sleep! At least my two little ones still have a nap in the afternoon!
 
Has anyone tried the sea bands for nausea? I'm desperate so I'm going to get some today. I've had quite a bit of time off work and although they are sympathetic, I feel bad!
 
Slightly jealous of those who get scans before 12 weeks! In my area of the UK, we aren't allowed a scan before 12 weeks unless it's an emergency. I'll be getting extra scans at 24, 28, and 32 weeks due to how my last pregnancy ended, but that's really it. If I want to see mini, I'll have to pay extra for it and go through the hassle of finding somewhere private that can do it.

I'm really looking forward to feeling movement. I felt movement at 14 weeks in our first pregnancy, and the midwife didn't believe me!

As far as foods go, I keep wanting really spicy foods and beef. Both of which lead to really horrid heartburn! I'm not really getting nausea before I eat, but I'll get it after I eat, no matter what or how little/how much I eat. No idea what's up with that, completely opposite from the first pregnancy.

I'm sleeping soooo much this time as well. Usually 15-18 hours per day! I've always had trouble sleeping at night, even when I was little, but naps are a new thing!

I know that every pregnancy is different, and I shouldn't compare the two, but I can't really help it. Our first pregnancy ended abruptly at 20 weeks, and I can't help but worry a bit. This one is already different because I haven't had any bleeds. I'm on aspirin this time to prevent blood clots and hopefully everything will go to plan and we will get a healthy baby this time.

Hope that everyone has a good day!
 
Im jealous of all the scans my booking in isnt till the end of the month so scan won't be till end of the first week of August most likely
 
I'm only getting an early scan because I'm paying for it! :winkwink:

I had early scans with my first pregnancy and my MMC because of brown discharge so I guess I should be thankful I don't HAVE to have one this time! Sad really that we almost hope for problems so that we can have a sneak preview!! x
 
I have been wearing sea bands for the last 4 weeks I sware by them had them my last 4 pregnancies
 
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