Mid June and July Firecrackers Group Due June/July 2017!

[Gagrlinpitt]

Catalyst, I'm glad your scan went well and you've got that confirmation that they're both girls.

Pretty, that is so sweet he's coming up with so many changes off his own back. I can understand your apprehension though as he has only just found out and he doesn't need to rush anything.

Gagr, I had to have an ECG when I was pregnant with DD because of palpitations. Turns out it's just an ectopic heartbeat. I hope yours is a simple explanation too!

😀 hoping so. The echo was actually very cool to watch and the tech was amazing and showed me everything. I didn't see anything that looked way off to me so that's great news. I am charging my event monitor now and I will start wearing it tonight. Thankfully I got a month's supply of electrodes so I can shower and everything and then re attach it.

 

[TTCfirstovr30]

Garg - that is great news and you must be feeling a little relief about having the wear the monitor and getting some answers.

Pretty - It sounds like he really wants to be involved. And although it is hard to hide your guilt, I would try to. I would offer him encouraging comments like. "That is a great idea" or "I appreciate all your brainstorming you are doing." All men needs sometimes is a little reassurance they are doing the right thing and usually they do it.

AFM - I had my tarot card reading at the bridal shower over the weekend and I can't seem to get it out of my mind. First of all everything she told me was 100% true, which was so weird even before I asked her any questions. 2nd, she said I am having a girl. But I am actually having a boy. When I told her I was having a boy she said well the boy is going to be late and the girl is ready to come and is waiting. Meanwhile, I don't know if I will have another baby, this may be my only one so I don't really know how to process the information. Of course, I have been having horrible thoughts like, my baby boy wont make it full term and I will have a girl if we try again.

 

[DobbyForever]

Pretty we are peas in a pod. I shot down SO all the time out of guilt. But I agree let him just go on and on and tell him you appreciate him and his ideas. Love that's really embracing it!

Catalyst yay for confirmation of girls and good weights.

Ttc honestly... I'd ignore it. Tarot is designed like horoscopes: they're generic so anybody can connect to them. I have family in Thailand who are mystics and trust me I firmly subscribe to supernatural beliefs, but a- we don't mess with tarot as it invites spirits we don't want around and b-it's a sham 90% of the time like a magic show

Gag glad it looked good and gl with the monitor

 

[second.time]

Catalyst, good to hear you got confirmation on your twins being girls! I know you must be excited.

TTC ... I don't think you need to give the tarot reading much weight. It's totally possible that the person reading the cards just messed up and said 'girl' and then felt embarrassed when you said it was a boy, so she had to cover it up with a different story. It sounds like she meant you'd have a second baby, a girl, one day. And who knows, maybe you will! But she should have been more tactful and made sure not to cause you stress.

I'm stressing out over the weirdest thing right now. It's a canker sore, but it's bigger and more painful than the usual ones I'll get, and it's been hurting for over a week now. My dentist called in a prescription for Magic Mouthwash but I wish he'd take a look at it. The funny thing is that I had a cleaning just a couple of weeks ago and they did the usual check, feeling my tongue, etc., and said everything looked perfect ... and then a few days later I develop the worst canker sore of my life. Weird timing. It's not so bad except that it's painful to eat, so I've struggled with that, and my imagination is running wild and Google is making me think it's worse than just a normal mouth ulcer.

 

[808malia]

So, I have been stressing out too... I was still really sick over the weekend (just starting to feel a little better now) and I lost about 4-5lbs over the weekend! I was still eating, just not as much... So now I am worried that it might affect the baby in some way... I am overweight to begin with, but now I am under my pre-pregnancy weight again and it has stayed there for a few days now even though I am eating almost normal again...Ugh

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Quick update ladies! Echo results are already back 😲. Structurally my heart is wonderful and it's working great so my results were normal.

I started wearing the monitor yesterday. It's kind of a pain as you have to get dressed around it, but I know it's the last step in making sure I'm good for my baby. I still get to shower and have to take it off daily for an hour to charge it. Only six more days to wear this!

 

[second.time]

That's great news, gagrlin! I hope the next six days of the monitor aren't too inconvenient or annoying.

Malia, I wouldn't worry too much about that. Just focus on feeling better. My MIL and SIL both had such terrible HG during pregnancy that they lost significant amounts of weight, but they gave birth to totally healthy, fat babies. The baby takes what she needs from your body -- it's you who might feel the negative effects of losing some nutrients, but hopefully as you recover you'll have more of an appetite!

 

[TTCfirstovr30]

Second.time - I completely understand the canker sour feeling. I got one too and went to the dentist and he started to laugh at me when I told him I was worried. He told me to gargle warm water with salt. But those little things hurt but do go away so don't worry.

garg - That is great news, one less thing to worry about. I am sure everything will be great with the monitor.

Malia - I am sorry you are feeling like crap, I hope you feel better soon.

I know I was over reacting to the stupid tarot reader, just had to vent a little yesterday. I feel better today. Baby boy is kicking on a schedule daily so I feel comfort in that.

My DH has been in NY for the week on business and I hate being alone. Ugh. He gets back on Friday sooo looking forward to that!

 

[PrettyInInk42]

Omg, I'm so worn out.

We have a bunch of rush orders at work that need to be finished by Thursday afternoon, so we needed people to work longer than our usual 8am-5pm hours. We worked til 7pm on Monday and until 10pm last night and tonight. My feet are killing me. Thank God we're going back to normal hours tomorrow. I have errands I need to run and I haven't seen DB since Sunday. Mama needs snuggles. -.-

 

[Mummafrog]

TTC if you're going to read anything into the tarot card message then maybe it could be that the lady picked up a feminine energy from your little one a very gentle boy I'm sure he is as strong as ever in there.

Malia a few days of eating less than normal won't harm your baby at all, people who are overweight to begin with (like me!) lose weight much more easily in pregnancy because we have extra but baby will take everything it needs from your body, it's only you who might feel more tired and stuff if you can't eat well. Hope you feel better soon x

Pretty I'm so happy you have support around you now and that daddy is getting the pregnancy love bug sorry you've been working so hard, that sounds exhasuting, spend the extra pennies on something nice.

AFM well 25 weeks today which feels mad, mostly managing to feel relaxed about movements at the moment, this is quite a wriggly baby compared to my daughter who NEVER bloody moved We had our repeat scan and they saw everything they needed to see so baby is healthy but still couldn't be sure on the gender for us, they THINK it's a girl so that's what we're going with for now and thinking about girl names etc. Honestly I've reached a place where I'm so excited about either, there is something so lovely and familiar about having the gender I already have, it makes it very easy to imagine her tiny, beautiful self so we'll see!

Work has been good but it's getting hard constantly having to tell my mentors and explain myself about getting pregnant while studying (in my last year) etc, they're all 'interested' but it feels like I have to defend my choices with every new person I work with.. and I wish they could just be happy for me achieving both my family and my career and only being 22! I've got time to do both and take a bit longer to study, you know? So what's the big deal? Just because they would do it differently, but we're so happy doing it like this and our daughter is such a happy child.
*rant over*

I've had a horrid cough and cold while going to work and when I cough too much it makes me gag and feel sick eugh! Oh well, it has nearly passed, my poor pelvic floor

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

TTC if you're going to read anything into the tarot card message then maybe it could be that the lady picked up a feminine energy from your little one a very gentle boy I'm sure he is as strong as ever in there.

Malia a few days of eating less than normal won't harm your baby at all, people who are overweight to begin with (like me!) lose weight much more easily in pregnancy because we have extra but baby will take everything it needs from your body, it's only you who might feel more tired and stuff if you can't eat well. Hope you feel better soon x

Pretty I'm so happy you have support around you now and that daddy is getting the pregnancy love bug sorry you've been working so hard, that sounds exhasuting, spend the extra pennies on something nice.

AFM well 25 weeks today which feels mad, mostly managing to feel relaxed about movements at the moment, this is quite a wriggly baby compared to my daughter who NEVER bloody moved We had our repeat scan and they saw everything they needed to see so baby is healthy but still couldn't be sure on the gender for us, they THINK it's a girl so that's what we're going with for now and thinking about girl names etc. Honestly I've reached a place where I'm so excited about either, there is something so lovely and familiar about having the gender I already have, it makes it very easy to imagine her tiny, beautiful self so we'll see!

Work has been good but it's getting hard constantly having to tell my mentors and explain myself about getting pregnant while studying (in my last year) etc, they're all 'interested' but it feels like I have to defend my choices with every new person I work with.. and I wish they could just be happy for me achieving both my family and my career and only being 22! I've got time to do both and take a bit longer to study, you know? So what's the big deal? Just because they would do it differently, but we're so happy doing it like this and our daughter is such a happy child.
*rant over*

I've had a horrid cough and cold while going to work and when I cough too much it makes me gag and feel sick eugh! Oh well, it has nearly passed, my poor pelvic floor

Mumma I'm glad you're feeling better.. I'm 32 and just now having my first baby... So what you've accomplished is very impressive!!!

AFM, we found our pediatrician. We had an interview last night and both DH and I were very comfortable with them. They are totally ok with a modified vaccine schedule ( I'm not anti vaccine but I don't like the idea of giving more than two at a time) and they have the same ideals that we do about raising our kids. That is such a relief to have that lined up.

 

[TTCfirstovr30]

Mumma - I honestly think it was because the reader was having a girl and due in like 3 weeks so maybe she was picking up on that. Anyway, look at you 22 with all those achievements under your belt. You are killing it mama! And who cares what other people think, you are doing what is right for you and your family. But i totally get having to defend yourself about being pregnant.

Pretty - That sounds like such a hard schedule, but the weekend is almost here and you can relax. Maybe BD will rub your feet!

Garg - I am 33 and having my first! That's great about the pediatrician. What did you have to do to interview? Was it like a phone call or do you actually go to their office? Aren't they busy seeing patients and all?

 

[Maries_s]

Dobby: i might be using the wrong word, always thought that my final paper in the masters was thesis.. but is in in doctor study? Haha English is not my native language like probably most of you can tell from my writing
I am finishing my masters, finally finishing 5 years in University! Just have tofinish this last semester, big paper and has not been going well so I am so so afraid I wont be able to finish! We will see how it goes i go from optimistic and thinking i can do it (I know i would have chance if not pregnant) and thinking that i wont be able to but oh so close!

I never would have guessed. What is your mother language? English is not my mother language either.

Im from Iceland never lived anywhere else. So my mother language is icelandic. What is yours?

My mother language is Spanish, I'm from Puerto Rico but currently living in United States.

 

[lesondemavie]

I will be 35 this month and this is my first. I took my time in undergrad soaking up the experience and studying abroad, I worked after undergrad to be sure of what I wanted to do before heading off to grad school, grad school took much longer than expected bc of a disorganized thesis process but I learned a great deal more than my "peers" who finished in 1-2 years and my career is better for it, DH and I have been happily together for a decade this year and we have lived together for 7 years, but we wanted to spend our 20s and early 30s traveling the world sans kids and building our careers. We started trying in my 33rd year, but as you all know that process was longer and rockier than we had hoped. I still wouldn't change a thing. We started trying when we were ready and not a moment sooner or later. Save for the limits of biology, age doesn't matter when it comes to having a family. You can definitely do things your own way and that's the beautiful thing about life. Whatever your journeys have been or will be, I fully appreciate and admire staying true to yourself and finding fulfillment in your own way

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

TTC they actually offer a monthly "class" for expectant mom's after their office hours. They talked about their philosophy and what their protocol is then opened the floor for questions. After the 20 minutes of taking we got to talk with her one on one and im so happy we did...

 

[808malia]

I am 34 and this will be my first, we started trying when I was 32 but it took a little longer than expected to get a viable pregnancy. I was definitely not ready for kids in my twenties, I was kind of a partier... So I put it off and didn't even think about kids til I hit my thirties.

 

[second.time]

Everyone has timelines that work for them! On my side of the family, most of us have kids in our 30s or even 40s. I was 28 with my first, which happened to work out for me. On my DH's side, though, all of his close relatives had kids at much younger ages. They started at 19/20 and were done by the time they hit 30. I think it's kind of nice for my in-laws that we're having kids later because it means they get some new babies spread out a little longer. But I do wish my baby would have more cousins his own age! Hopefully my siblings pull through (at their own pace).

 

[PrettyInInk42]

Pretty - That sounds like such a hard schedule, but the weekend is almost here and you can relax. Maybe BD will rub your feet!

I doubt that. DB has the opposite of a foot fetish. lol

If we're discussing ages during pregnancy, I'll be 29 on Saturday and this is my first. DB is 31. I think most of my much older cousins already had kids when they were my age. My mom had a couple miscarriages in her mid-30's and went on to have me at 37 and my sister at 42.

 

[DobbyForever]

I hit 150 today and I can't even look at myself I miss my old body.

 

[PrettyInInk42]

I hit 150 today and I can't even look at myself I miss my old body.

Bitch! 150 would be my dream weight. lol