*~* May 2013 - Spring Babies*~* 117 Jelly Babies - 22 Boy's & 19 Girl's - 5 Babies :D

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sass, i doubt you have GD. every woman is different - seriously. i've gained like 23 pounds, and i have been eating healthy and working out. my doctor told me that some people just gain more. period. we had friends from out of town visiting this weekend, and they couldn't believe i'd gained so much - my legs, arms, face, everything, looks the same, but i just have this ginormous belly. my mom gained 75 pounds with me, and lost it all within 3 months.

after people started telling me i looked huge, i felt bad about myself for awhile. even my husband's pep talks couldn't help me feel better. and then i just had to get right in my own head, and started thinking, "screw them. screw the skinny model pregnant girls (lol). i'm growing a HUMAN - a living, breathing human being. all that matters is that he is healthy." after he is born, i'm going to kick my ass and get back in shape.

i waited a LONG time to get pregnant and have a baby - i'll be damned if i don't enjoy my pregnancy. i don't want to spend any more of this special, amazing time feeling sorry for myself or comparing myself to other women. i'm going to enjoy pregnancy to the fullest!!! :)
 
I gained 50 with my first and only about 14 so far with this one but i am alot more cautious because im already overweight from my first. Remember alot of it is baby and water weight and placenta all that good stuff I lost 30 right after Carter came out and i didn't even breastfeed.
 
i've heard some women lose like 20 right after the baby is out. it's gross, but imagine how much the placenta (eww), amniotic fluid, uterus, etc. weighs!!!!

we're all going to be skinny again in no time. :)
 
I wasn't skinny before :haha: Actually this is the first time in a long long time that i'm feeling good about how I look, I feel like all of my pre existing fat is being stretched so I feel much sleeker than usual :haha: Most of my bump since the beginning has been fat, but now it's so lovely and round and firm that i'm letting it hang out on show as much as possible, obviously covered by a t-shirt, but i'm not hiding my body away like I usually do under a baggy jumper :D I'm sorry some of you are struggling with your appearances :hugs: it's only 4 months till May so not much longer to go and like the others say, i'm sure it'll drop off of you almost straight away :hugs:
 
Im a size 14 pre-pregnancy, and I love my body a lot more too! I seem to have gained curves and my belly is more smoothed out, not roly poly! I will definitely be making a massive effort to tone up/lose weight after little one is here though! I'd love to get down to size 10, which is what I was when I met hubby!

Eeek, baby is kicking my bladder tonight...for sure, no doubt about it! I keep feeling a kick deep inside, followed by a sinking feeling, followed by a feeling that pee wants to escape!lol It's a little uncomfortable to say the least, but funny!
 
I'm another one loving my pregnant body. I was a 16/18 before hand and had a flabby belly. So I'm loving my firm tummy.

Also I've not put anything on from the back. People say I actually look slimmer except for the big bump. So that's nice. :)
 
We were just looking at a picture of me at 7 weeks and i've lost weight in my face for sure, it's crazy, I think I lost some weight when I had that bad diarrhea virus a few months ago and just haven't put it back on. I was a 14 pre pregnancy, I wonder if being a slightly bigger person pre pregnancy has something to do with pregnancy weight gain? I'll see Wednesday when I go to the MW how much i've put on so far, but I don't feel like it'll be much :)
 
I've only put on 11lb so far, but with this appetite,I can see it shooting up by the time bubs is here!lol x
 
I was a 6 when I got pregnant with my first and a 10 when i got pregnant with this one I am not to concerned right now but im sure i will be after haha. I too have lost weight in my face and arms etc its really strange.
 
Cupcake.Star - hello and welcome hunnie ive added you to the front page x
 
Ive been pretty good at buying cloth nappies, ive just waited and pounched on ebay bargains! hahaha

im gutted though as those Nappies i bought off ebay 19 of them with 38 liners for 99p, got collected by the courier and the courier has declared them "Missing" i knew something like that would happen... im gutted :( i know they didnt cost me alot, but i dont have alot to spend and obviously 19 of them would of suited our needs ALOT :( There searching the depots but i very much doubt there will be found :cry:

Ive got some patterns printed out and using up any bits of fleece blankets etc i can get my hands on to make some (well about 20 lol) this is going to be a mammoth task lol and will probs be a mismatch of colours :haha:


Ooooo found a bargain the other day for the UK ladies... Morrisons have a baby event on right now and are selling 6x Tommee Tippee, Clear, Pink and blue 260ml bottles for £10.00 a Pack! which is a pretty good saving :)
 
I don't know if my Grandma is silly and doesn't know stuff or what, but she was asking me about weight gain so far and I said I am 127lbs now, a total of 14lb weight gain and started freaking out telling me I am going to be huge... WTH. My midwife said I should aim to gain 25 lbs. I don't think she realises it's not all "fat", but baby, placenta, extra blood, fluid, etc. Makes me feel weird, I feel great where my weight gain is so far... she kept saying "well I was only 120lbs when I gave birth"... I cannot see that being the actual number. Ugh, family!
 
I know some old people are funny... she probably forgets the real details of her pregnancies...
 
my grandmother was also like that (she passed away a few years ago). i loved her to death. but remember, she had babies in a time when they PUT THE WOMEN TO SLEEP, and the women woke up, magically having had their baby. they also smoked cigarettes and drank martinis while pregnant.
medical science was NOT what it is today - doctors didn't really understand why women needed to gain weight. do you realize how few WOMEN DOCTORS there were in our grandmother's day and age?

science has caught up to your grandma, and she doesn't get it! ttcbean, i can't believe how tiny you are. i'm a whale compared to you. you are just fine and healthy. ignore that old lady!!! :) :)
 
You are totally right jtink... my Grandma smoked like a chimney (so did Grandpa) and from what I can tell she didn't eat very much. I am glad medical science has improved greatly, I feel super healthy and happy knowing I am doing my best for my baby. She REALLY doesn't get it, I had to explain to her where the weight is going, she said "I can't believe your baby is 14 pounds already! Your Mom was only 6 pounds when she was born!" and kept going "omg"! When I got off the phone with her I had a good laugh with DH!
 
Ttc my mum did that in my first pregnancy she went on about how she only put on 24 pounds with us and that women these days get carried away putting on weight and that's why they have huge babies these days! Lovely to hear from your own mum lol. I put on 26 with DD and aiming for similar this time although have out on 6.5kg so far.

Thanks for all your lovely comments on my stupid SIL, still aggravating me so trying not to think about it!!

Babee - how can a courier lose it? Surely couriers pick it up and take it straight to you? What do you think has happened really? I'm sorry it's happened :(
 
Hann i wouldnt be surprised if one of the workers have swiped it for themselves :( i mean to me there werent expensive, but if some worker at the depot seen them or if the bag split etc, there would of been like Woahhhh there cost a Bomb!

It wouldnt be the 1st time thats happened, but ive used this courier for about 2-3 years now, on first name terms with the courier man lol and this is the 1st encounter ive had with this courier company where something has gone wrong :(


Regarding weight, with DS1 i put on 4 stone! i was a real skinny mini to begin with, i was 8stone when i fell pregnant! i even had abit of a six pack!, then i just went HUGE but my eating habits were very bad!, i was constantly hungry 24/7 i ate fast food, takeaways, chocolate, sweets etc you name it anything that you should eat in HUGE quantities, i did... Which at the time didnt concern me, because well i was pregnant and i had to eat for 2 lol (young and dumb! lol) I then started eating lots of sugary chew bars inbetween meals which in turn helped me to fail my GTT at 30 odd weeks... so ended up with GD

with DS2 i put on 2 stone in total... I was abit more wiser to the whole, you dont need to eat the amount i was! I did eat what i wanted etc, but i approached food with a more, ive had too many sweety things today etc... I didnt eat my greens or anything YUK YUK lol.. i still ate fast food and takeaways... and He weighed more born than my 1st!

This time ive hardly gained much to be honest, and its certainly not through limiting stuff, but my diet has Changed alot, since i had DS2... We plan meals on the weekend for the next week and we homecook everything, apart from 1 night a week we have a takeaway or a fast food... We eat alot more healthier etc... Ive still got a very sweet tooth though! Red Bull is the devil at the minute, its as if it calls my name! haha, im a sucker for sweets though oh and salt and vinegar crisps YUM...
So far ive put on 5-6lbs... But i reckon ill double that by the time Shes born :) Alot of people have said to me, that im sooo small and neat compared to when i was pregnant with my boys... so i dont know if i carry girls differently or what, but i feel HUGE haha and i love my belly now as it feels sooo smooth to touch whereas before it was all wrinkly and stretched lol
 
Oww :( Ladies, can I ask a question for those of you that have had babies before?

I've woken up this morning, and my "down there" (I think my cervix) is so unbelievably sore...I haven't strained or had sex or done anything strenuous, so it worries me slightly...it's like an ache that's there constantly, and it's a little painful when I'm walking too. I just don't know if this is a normal thing during pregnancy, but it hurts! I've got no pain/bleeding, just that soreness!x
 
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