Wow, there's a lot going on in this thread. Nice! (Except for the part where all the activity happens on days when I'm stuck working, haha.)
I have to admit I've been feeling pretty damn good from the beginning. No nausea, or at least no vomiting, which is, to me, one of the most important thing. I guess I have some sort of a phobia. Mental case, when it comes to puking, that's what I am.
I did get some m/s in the evenings early on, but I managed without actual puking. So all's good.
There are some aches and pains, but nothing really major. I wish I could sleep better, but I'm somehow dealing with it. What I really dislike is work, but part of that, I believe, is the fact I never really liked my job in the first place. At this point, I wish I didn't have to sit at a desk for this many hours a day. :/
I lost about way over 100 lbs during the past years (I think it took about 4) leading to this pregnancy, with the last 33 lbs coming off over the course of three months right before my BFP. I probably lost something like 50cm around my waist... so now I'm a bit miffed when it comes to pregnancy weight gain, I have to admit. I still eat healthy and exercise (although not as much), but I've put on something like 11 lbs so far. I hope I won't gain more than 20 total. Luckily, all of it has gone into my belly and boobs, so I feel slightly better about it (I tried on my smallest pre-pregnancy pants yesterday and they fit perfectly, except in the front where I couldn't button them up. But the butt, thighs and everything else still looked perfect, woohoo!). I do prenatal yoga twice a week and I walk as much as I can - it's hard here in our little Midwestern town; everything's suited for drivers.
As for the pain relief, I plan to go in all natural and ask for nothing. Of course I can predict if I'll really be able to do so, but I try to think positive. We'll see. They talked about all the posibilities in our last birthing class and those options just sound too scary to me. They include nausea and I am so not voluntarily signing up for that. We'll bring in a doula and, even though I don't think homeopathic remedies do much of anything, hell, I'd probably give even fairy dust a shot or two.
I just don't want the real things that'll make me sick (yup, I'm aware of the fact that I might vomit in labour and I'm trying to figure that out...).
On another note, there's a chance our nursery could be done by the end of, hopefully, next week. Once all that work is completed and the kiddo's furniture assembled, I'll probably start sorting his clothes and other things. Amongst other things, I want to find out what we still don't have (and what I have millions of
). Tomorrow is a huge second hand sale at a local church and I can't wait. The previous one, a few months back, was a huge success: I scored a ton of maternity clothes and some cool things for the baby for like
no money. Woohoo!
(I bet this is a long post, huh?
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said I was not a canidate, whatever that means. Def pro's and con's to both. The recovery from VBAC would be much easier than that of a section, but with section there is no labor and you pretty much know when babe is coming, no guessing.
