ok so who wants to get pregnant in 2011? (closed group)

[babyhopes2323]

thanks for looking into it sheryl, i basically eat only chicken and vegetarian, no seafood except for shrimp dimsums, i dont eat red meat and never have, but yes i dont have immunity towards toxo because i remember getting gastrointestinal issues and food poisoning last year and this year and both times from eating fast food etc.
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i guess i just have to make an effort to eat healthier and not eat all these mc'donalds and kfc's !

hope your dh gets a job soon, and dont feel guilty about indulging in some pleasurable ice cream if it makes you happy during your pregnancy, its not like youre doing it everyday anyway ! x

 

[flyingduster]

haha Preethi, I only eat chicken too! Well, and the occasional bit of fish that my boss cooks (she's such a good cook, I like it! lol) but no seafood or red meat or pork or anything... Just don't like the taste or the texture, and never really have! I literally gag it back up if I try to eat it...

omg you guys, this whole movement thing is AMAZING! You're all gonna love it when you get here! lol! I'm not getting loads of movement, but it's enough to make me aware it's there when I'm sitting still! Hubby is wanting to feel something now, but we haven't managed to catch a kick yet! haha. I'm sure it'll only be a few weeks and it'll be kicking up a storm in there.

 

[sherylb]

hope your dh gets a job soon, and dont feel guilty about indulging in some pleasurable ice cream if it makes you happy during your pregnancy, its not like youre doing it everyday anyway ! x

You are going to laugh at me but since I have it at home now I have a little every day. I did find a recipe for making it at home now. I tried making birthday cake ice cream a year or so ago and could never figure out what I did wrong until now (burnt the crap out of it twice). I don't know why I thought I needed to boil the mix for several minutes but the new recipe says to bring the mix to bubbling and remove it immediately. Hopefully this will work out 10x better.

 

[Dew]

Hey all

Hope you all had great weekend it is a long weekend for us in the US so today is holiday too. We did lots of grilling along with friends, ate first watermelon for this season, did some yard work and laundry. DH went with his friend to watch new 'pirates' movie. I am not a big fan so wasn't interested. But I had faint headache too last 2 days and watching movie in theater almost always aggravates it so missed watching 'hangover 2'....will try to see next week/weekend. I also have to see 'the bridesmaid'....they say it is female version of hangover

Sarah, I reset my ticker today....I am on CD4. No special plan for this cycle except BD more, track ovulation with CB digital as well as BBT charting. Are you feeling any unusual symptoms yet? Keeping FXed for you...you may have a good PMA but I know how much you desire to be pregnant so wishing the best for you with all my heart

Preethi, it's great that you don't have GD, no real restrictions on diet is a good thing when dealing with pregnancy cravings

Huggles, good to know that you are off those nasty AB and everything else is progressing well too...yay!

Flying, your bump is definitely real now, it seems harder (if that's the correct way to describe it) and rounder enjoy baby kicks and hope your DH can feel them too very soon

Sheryl, you are making me crave for snickerdoodles and ice- cream too glad you are enjoying your pregnancy Good wishes for your DH's degree and job hunt. Hope things work out the way you expect them to be.

NDH, Mummy, NY, hope you all are doing great too

Oh yes, I joined YMCA yesterday for Summer so will be swimming and exercising regularly now. Last year around this time I weighed about 115 lbs and now I am close to 130 lbs...went into depression phase after MC and ate very unhealthy food with no exercise at all. Hope to get back in shape this summer

Take care!

 

[sarahincanada]

Sarah, I reset my ticker today....I am on CD4. No special plan for this cycle except BD more, track ovulation with CB digital as well as BBT charting. Are you feeling any unusual symptoms yet? Keeping FXed for you...you may have a good PMA but I know how much you desire to be pregnant so wishing the best for you with all my heart

no not feeling anything that I havent felt before! Im really tired but I think thats the weather, its realllllyyy hot here today. but I know this week will go fast and I will either have my period, or not, and you get another try again

 

[NDH]

Flying and Sheryl, I'm loving your bumps!

Sarah, my next scan is on the 15th; it's my NT scan (not really interested in a NT scan but as my antenatal appointment isn't until the end of June it was my next opportunity to see baby. Though for $120 I don't think I should have booked it).

I've had a miserable cold for about a week. I don't usually take anyhing for colds anyway bit it's somehow worse knowing I can't... And it's also hanging around a lot longer than usual. Blah.

We didn't see any roaches yesterday though so FXd they're a thing of the past.

DH is on the job hunt again though. He still has a job but there's no work right now. It's been slowing down the past few weeks and last week there was nothing at all and so far this week there's nothing either... And DH doesn't get unemployment benefits here for another year and a half so I'm hoping he either finds something his week or he gets flooded with work at his current job.

 

[sherylb]

NDH job for both of us!!

DH and I had a fantastic dinner and then walked around the mall for a bit for exercise. We stopped at Radio Shack and found a clearance deal on a controllable dead bolt that we wanted anyway so we got that for his birthday. Then the first stranger noticed that I was pregnant so I am at the moment.

(Our lights, fans, a/c and now front door lock are controllable by our laptops and cell phones and the normal ways.)

 

[babyhopes2323]

flying ! wow nice to know im not the only fussy eater.. just never liked the taste of red meat .. and wow youre feelin the kicks, must be amazing, cant wait for my turn ! hope your dh feels it soon !

sheryl, omg here we have marble slab's birthday cake icecream, its gorgeous ! wow making ice cream at home must be tough, i dont have an icecream maker so you must have one to make it i guess|? oh enjoy your tub for me, and yes your bump looks gorgeous now !!! must be such an exciting feeling when people figure out youre prego and not just fat ! i went through the fat looking phase and hated it !

dew, hope your headaches get better. xx and enjoy swimming !!

NDH, fx'd your cold gets better, i hate it when i have the bug !

sarah, totally hope you dont get your period, especially as you and DH have been quite busy lately !! xxx

 

[sherylb]

I don't think I had a fat stage. It really seems like yesterday I had a flat tummy. I had better go. I need to leave in 5 to go to doctor appointment and am sitting here in a towel.

 

[babyhopes2323]

haha ok ! let us know how the doctors appointment goes !

whats everyone having for dinner tonight?

im making spaghetti with a mushroom bolognese sauce with onion, garlic, fresh mushrooms, etc and lots of shredded cheese !

and ive also got the frozen thai shrimp dimsums, that i just have to steam up and serve with soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce.. mmm totally looking forward to dinner tonight !

i cant help wondering about NYpage and mummy and where they are.. ny has been missing all weekend . hope everything is ok with her

 

[sarahincanada]

hi everyone!

I was wondering where NY was too, they were doing the renovation so she is probably very busy or doesnt have internet.

mmmm having fajitas todays.... hubby and I recently managed to copy a fajita sauce from a restaurant that I love that shut down a while ago. you use bullseye bbq sauce and lots of ketchup. we mix with chicken, yellow peppers and onion and put on a wholewheat wrap with sour cream. hubby also has cheese. the bullseye bbq sauce has a tang and the ketchup brings a sweetness, its so damn good! I will be eating it all week. Its not tooooo high in cals...just the sauce and sour cream but the rest is good for you. Im also trying to eat out less to save money and calories!

nothing new from me, just trying not to think about the 2ww but its hard not to think oooh I could be pregnant. my temps are good with not so many dips as last month but I know they dont mean much until nearer your period. I think Im going to test on thursday as I have a bunch of cheapies to use up.

hope everyone is doing well

 

[babyhopes2323]

sound yummy sarah, i love home made fajitas, we use the tortilla wraps and the marination powder that comes with the packet of salsa and wraps, we marinate the chicken breast in that powder, fry it in a bit of olive oil, do different coloured peppers in another pan, then mix the peppers and marinated chicken, buy sour cream and lots of kraft cracker barrell good cheddar cheese.. love it and love to add a bit of tabasco for the kick !

 

[sherylb]

Spaghetti sounds good for dinner.

I had my triple screening today. That is covered by Medicaid but a scan is not considered medically necessary and will not be unless my tests come back abnormal. Bummer. My results will be in by the end of the week and if they are normal I will schedule a private scan for $100.

 

[nypage1981]

Hello everyone! Sorry been so long. Not only is my house STILL torn apart, we took a break from it this weekend and started landscaping projects instead that were totally back breaking. I couldn't move for a few mornings.....THEN we had a big storm here and didn't have internet for 2 days until this morning when they came. Lol.

Still have no walls in my bathroom and bedroom. I've learned to cope, they are going to work more today. The contractors didn't want to do anything over the holiday weekend....which i actually expected that they WOULD be using the long weekend to finish the bathroom...but no. So, hope they get going this week and finish it all. I am not one for leaving unfinished projects for too long. Especially one so large. Oh, and soooo annoying. Sean talked to this guy this morning at like 10 am and he said he was coming here in 30 minutes. SO now over 2 hours later he isn't here and sean has left work early to come work with him...but he's NOT answering the calls. So we are either worried, or annoyed. I can't help but be more annoyed since he seems the flakey type who may have went home to sleep or something. He better fricken get here, i am flipping if he doesn't.

About the mold- turned out the problem wasn't as large or spread as we thought, and since it was damp and black mold, not the worst kind. I guess colorful is worse and goes airborn into your lungs and stuff. So, im back to hoping my baby is fine, I was convinced becasue of this i'd have major birth defects or something. but think its unlikely. Hopefully.

Talking about the GD testing....they don't do that here until 28 weeks for some reason.....we do the first one is an hour...then if we fail that one, we have to come back for a 3 hour test. So i've got a while before I do that yet.

have my scan tomorrow morning. I know its a boy so no excitement there. Im just more scared for bad news...soemthing to be wrong with baby, or placenta, or fluid, or just anything. I feel huge so think it must be growing...but still scared.

Sarah-your fajita marinade recipe seriously made me feel so hungry for that. I love fajitas but dont think that we found a perfect recipe yet so i'd like to maybe try yours. I like making fajita burritos, with corn and rice mixed put in a wrap, and the chicken, peppers, onions, tomato, lettuce, sr cream, cheese.....sometiems black beans too. Do you think your sauce would still taste good with all of that?

I have just sent OH out for tuna sandwhich and soup from Panera bread. I still hate most foods....this pregnancy is so weird. I want to pig out and love food but only loving junk food which is horrible!

Sarah- another thing- yes caffeiene is bad, and really bad for the men TTC also. It kills swimmers or makes them slwoer. Can't remember. I know yours has super sperm though, but the combo of you and him not drinking caffeiene while TTC may help a lot. I made mine go to one serving a day since he was like constantly with a Monster energy drink or ice tea or stuff like that.

Dew- sorry AF came but now on to the next. I have never asked you or seen yoiu say, how old are you and OH? I know sometimes age comes into consideration with TTC....but you've not really been TTC too long though, have you? I tried for a super super long time and seems that baby apirin and vit B complex with my prenatals was the winning combo for me....the aspirin i had JUST started that cycle and vit B was on my 3rd cycle. Im not swearing by them, but think they may have helped? Every thought of taking anything naturally to help? I have read abouut Maca and such things.....

NDH- cockroaches terrify me! But so do spiders and here in MN, near the river, we've got a TON of them in the house and im constantly cussing about them! Hope you've gotten this issue fixed!

Sheryl- snickerdoodles are my fave cookies! My mommy makes them for me often yumm

Sarah hope you get bfp on thursday its not far out now..2 days!

I KNOW there are things I didn't respond about on here and im sorry, but I am already rambling!

Flying- glad you are onto the kicks now! I have tons of flutteries going on in there lately so loving that now.

 

[flyingduster]

Yay! Welcome back NY! Wow, sounds like you've had heaps going on though!!!! Glad it's getting sorted (hopefully!) and you can be back to normal (hah! what is 'normal'??) soon!!! And yay for the scan tomorrow too!!!!!

 

[nypage1981]

Well the renovating is up and down...today we are talking about tile colors, the vanity/sink/counter top colors and thats the fun parts! But when I shower and look up and there is no ceiling....then its a down time. Lol.

 

[Dew]

Dew- sorry AF came but now on to the next. I have never asked you or seen yoiu say, how old are you and OH? I know sometimes age comes into consideration with TTC....but you've not really been TTC too long though, have you? I tried for a super super long time and seems that baby apirin and vit B complex with my prenatals was the winning combo for me....the aspirin i had JUST started that cycle and vit B was on my 3rd cycle. Im not swearing by them, but think they may have helped? Every thought of taking anything naturally to help? I have read abouut Maca and such things.....

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NY, good to hear from you...hope contractor has showed up by now and he finishes the job soon.

Thanks for all the advise/suggestions I turned 35 this year (on day of MC), DH is a month younger. Age could be playing a deterrent but I am more relaxed this year TTC compared to last year where I dreaded hitting big 35. My hormone levels are fine, cycles are pretty regular and LP averages at 14 days so I see little reason to try new things as I fear messing with hormones. If this cycle also doesn't work, I will meet with my gynec and see if she has any advise for us. This is 4th cycle trying after MMC, first time we got pregnant in 6 cycles. I am taking prenatals too. God knows what's missing

 

[sarahincanada]

I love fajitas but dont think that we found a perfect recipe yet so i'd like to maybe try yours. I like making fajita burritos, with corn and rice mixed put in a wrap, and the chicken, peppers, onions, tomato, lettuce, sr cream, cheese.....sometiems black beans too. Do you think your sauce would still taste good with all of that?
for me often yumm

YES! or try it first without the corn and rice, as I guarantee you will love it. we use this sauce in bold original
https://www.kraftcanada.com/en/products/a-c/bullseyebarbecuesauce.aspx
and lots of ketchup....like 1 tablespoon of bulleye to 6 ketchup.

I dont like real mexican tasting food, more the tex-mex type. I never order fajitas in restaurants as they never put a yummy sauce with it and it tastes plain. this one tex-mex grill did one like this so Im so happy to have copied it.

good luck with your scan and you will be fine Im sure. you wont stop worrying until you have your little boy in your arms

hey remind me what baby aspirin does...I may try it next cycle.

 

[sarahincanada]

Dew- sorry AF came but now on to the next. I have never asked you or seen yoiu say, how old are you and OH? I know sometimes age comes into consideration with TTC....but you've not really been TTC too long though, have you? I tried for a super super long time and seems that baby apirin and vit B complex with my prenatals was the winning combo for me....the aspirin i had JUST started that cycle and vit B was on my 3rd cycle. Im not swearing by them, but think they may have helped? Every thought of taking anything naturally to help? I have read abouut Maca and such things.....

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NY, good to hear from you...hope contractor has showed up by now and he finishes the job soon.

Thanks for all the advise/suggestions I turned 35 this year (on day of MC), DH is a month younger. Age could be playing a deterrent but I am more relaxed this year TTC compared to last year where I dreaded hitting big 35. My hormone levels are fine, cycles are pretty regular and LP averages at 14 days so I see little reason to try new things as I fear messing with hormones. If this cycle also doesn't work, I will meet with my gynec and see if she has any advise for us. This is 4th cycle trying after MMC, first time we got pregnant in 6 cycles. I am taking prenatals too. God knows what's missing

i agree, you are young and have plenty of time. Even though Im 39 in oct compared with other ladies in the over 35 folder Im doing great....my fsh is 5 so perfect, my cycles are regular with a 14 day LP. Even though I sometimes have a little panic I do feel it will happen. Im not too keen on trying lots of remedies...I take my multi (but I may try baby aspirin). You havent been trying for long so Im sure you just need time. I really feel this is only my 2nd month trying, the others didnt count when there was something in the way

 

[nypage1981]

baby aspirin helps to build uterin lining, make implantation easier, and prevent possible blood clotting in the placenta that forms once pregnant, which is a common cause of early MC. I quit it the other week just, since placenta shoulda been done forming.

I had such light, short periods that were NEVER red, that I read about it being a uterin lining issue. Then bam bfp. IDK...maybe, maybe not, but i'd like to think it helped me!

Dew= you are sounding all healthy and perfect...how bouut DH? Had him checked out also?