FEBRUARY HEARTS Due in February 2015 , open group all welcome!

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Congrats JM and PinkHippo, welcome!

Bridget-Go to the store and get some Colace. It will soften your stool and help you poop. Also try to eat fiber or even get some Citrucel for a nice tasting orange fiber drink to take daily. I used to suffer from constipation a lot and these things help. Edit: Fiber is safe, but whatever you do, do NOT take laxatives while pregnant. Very unsafe from what I hear.

Is anyone here drinking coffee? I normally drink about a half to 2/3 cup per day. Which, incidentally, makes me go #2- but being pregnant I have been going upon waking without the coffee- weird! Yesterday I didn't have any but it was an odd day with my schedule. I might try to wean myself off, but I love the taste of coffee in the morning and I read that it's still safe to have a cup per day.
 
Hun it's safe to have about 300mg of caffeine a day. A couple of cups of coffee are fine. I'm still having my daily Starbucks, but not having any other caffeine
 
Bridget I was also wondering, are you on Prenatals? Sometimes the ones with iron can cause constipation... maybe try switching up the brand of prenatals you take.
 
Prenatals often cause constipation. Definitely common in pregnancy. :) I am currently having the reverse issue.

Welcome new ladies! Congratulations!

I gained 50 pounds with my daughter. She was born a month early. Mortifying! So I need to not gain so much this time! Lol.
 
Welcome new friends!
I still really got have any symptoms other than a gassy bloated stomach and frequent urination. No sore BBs, no nausea, no emotional swings, no back pain, nothing! I'm constantly trying to reassure myself that this is ok. I am 7 weeks today. Shouldn't I feel something by now?
 
You can drink about a cup of coffee per day if you're up for it, but I'm certainly not right now! My first sign of being pregnant with DD was a lack of interest in coffee -- I'm a huge coffee drinker -- but I started wanting it again in the second trimester after the morning sickness subsided. I even read that if you drink some during pregnancy, your baby is less sensitive to caffeine when you're breastfeeding. That was true for me, and I had a cup a day while breastfeeding and it didn't affect her at all.

Just make sure to drink swiss water decaf (water processed) if you're going to drink decaf, otherwise the chemicals in the decaf have a chance in contributing to miscarriage.

imphope, some people just don't get symptoms, or they get them a bit later. You might just be one of the lucky ones! :D
 
Oh no :( I had some decaf yesterday and I'm not sure how it was processed :(
 
Well ladies I can't quite believe it yet but I am back with you :happydance:

After the heavy bleed on Weds I was convinced I had lost my baby. But then on Thursday I was only getting brown spotting. I discussed this with my daughter's nurse Thursday evening and she thought I should go to the Dr just to ensure everything had come out as it should. Then yesterday morning I woke with horrible morning sickness again. I got really upset thinking my body was playing a horrible trick on me so went to a&e. They took blood and examined me. Couldn't find any bleeding just the brown discharge and my hcg levels were over 1000 (they didn't say by how much). I had to wait overnight for a scan but was trying really hard not to hope as I was still convinced I was either miscarrying or having an ectopic.

We went for the scan this lunchtime. It took a little while and I had to have a transvaginal scan but there was our tiny bean all safe and snug with a lovely fast fluttering heartbeat. I was so shocked I burst in to tears and Oh was just beaming.

So yeah I'm back. Still nervous but so incredibly happy :)

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And here is our little bean <3
 
OMG maisie that is fantastic news!!! I am so happy for you hon !!
 
maisie78 said:
Well ladies I can't quite believe it yet but I am back with you :happydance:

After the heavy bleed on Weds I was convinced I had lost my baby. But then on Thursday I was only getting brown spotting. I discussed this with my daughter's nurse Thursday evening and she thought I should go to the Dr just to ensure everything had come out as it should. Then yesterday morning I woke with horrible morning sickness again. I got really upset thinking my body was playing a horrible trick on me so went to a&e. They took blood and examined me. Couldn't find any bleeding just the brown discharge and my hcg levels were over 1000 (they didn't say by how much). I had to wait overnight for a scan but was trying really hard not to hope as I was still convinced I was either miscarrying or having an ectopic.

We went for the scan this lunchtime. It took a little while and I had to have a transvaginal scan but there was our tiny bean all safe and snug with a lovely fast fluttering heartbeat. I was so shocked I burst in to tears and Oh was just beaming.

So yeah I'm back. Still nervous but so incredibly happy :)

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And here is our little bean <3
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aww that nearly made me cry too soooo happy for you. How far are you? Lots of hugs xx
 
Will put my ticker back on but sonographer thinks roughly 6+2 so not quite as far as I had guessed :)
 
That is amazing news, maisie!! I'm so happy for you!!! Gosh, I just started crying!! LOL
 
maisie, congrats! great pic!

megamegan- I'm still drinking coffee. I usually have a HUGE cup though, the "3 cup" marker on my coffeemaker fills my giant mug. so I've definitely cut down from that lol, I just have a little now.

pinkhippo- hi ashley, welcome! definitely post your healthy recipes if you find anything delicious :) or at least send them to me haha. I recently lost some weight and I was pretty proud of it but obviously it will be gained back and more pretty soon. really frustrating but all we can do is keep exercising lightly and eating well.
 
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