On the road again graduates

[Starry Night]

I really hope I only need to be on bed rest for first tri as I had to be for six months with DS. I'm already bored out of my mind. With DS we had cable and I watched all my movies all day. But now we only get 4 channels and the sattelite streams in downstairs and I'm supposed to avoid stairs! And I have to be careful what I watch in front of DS and kiddie shows aren't always entertaining. I also don't want him watching TV all day. In the afternoon I put on one of my movies--a BBC time period drama of some sort---which is kiddie safe but ultra boring for him so he just plays beside me. I need to get some good books for the TV-free time. I don't mind him watching a little extra for now but I do feel guilty. He better not get used to it though.

My ms is still hit and miss but now when it hits I find it's getting stronger and it feels really gaggy. I think I'm throwing up with this pregnancy. I have a barfing phobia (panic-attack inducing) so I'm trying to steel myself for the possibility. I've only ever thrown up in pregnancy when I was actually sick with illness....or the one time my friend and I pigged out on pizza and I had a large diet soda, forgetting that diet sodas still had caffeine and also had yucky aspertame. LOL That one I did to myself.

LEft = how are you doing? Isn't your gender scan coming up soon? One day I feel girl for you and the next I feel boy.

 

[Topanga053]

Starry, I have a total barfing phobia too, but amazingly enough, wasn't that bothered the couple of times I threw up this pregnancy. Not that I would want to repeat it anytime soon (LOL!), but it was surprising easy to deal with, given my phobia. Maybe it was easier to tolerate because I knew it meant baby was probably healthy??

In other news, Lauren has been relatively quiet the last two days, but DH got to feel her kick for the first time last night. He was so excited! It was so adorable!!

 

[RedWylder]

Awe! Topanga that's so sweet. I can't wait till my hubby can feel the same thing. His reaction to the heartbeat was pretty awesome but I'm thinking that this will be better.

 

[Starry Night]

Our dhs can be so sweet in pregnancy. When we found out DS' gender Dh was beside himself. We had already picked out a name so dh was saying 'hi' to him over and over. I found it sweet and cute.

 

[Left wonderin]

Well Topanga my LO is the total opposite of yours today! Yesterday was a little worried as LO didn't do a lot of wiggling , well today they have definatly made up for it ! There is a party going on in there all day !!!!! OH has tried twice to feel the wiggling but has not yet can't wait for him too he will be so excited !

Becks my scan is 3 more sleeps away and I cannot wait

 

[Carybear]

Hi everyone... Left, I still say boy!

 

[skyesmom]

oh Left almost there for the gender scan!! yay!! i think the little wriggler will get u on team blue too

and starry, congrats on your 5th week, it is almost over!! maybe you can try an online language course or sth like that to occupy your mind while on bed rest... it can be quite funny actually

oh and Topanga, how sweet that your OH finally got to feel her kick!! i can't wait to have those moments!

hugs to all of u!

 

[rayraykay]

My vote is for boy left.

Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[Starry Night]

Ugh, I think I am getting to that point where I want to start nibbling just to keep the yuckies at bay. I still don't know if I want salty or sweet though. And constipation kicked in yesterday so in the afternoon I get all bloated and cramped. Last night a cup of coffee got it going so I might try that again this evening.

I'm doing a lot of crossword puzzles these days. I need to find a good book to read though I find it a little tough to concentrate as I get so tired so fast. I sleep a lot.

Left - I guess I have to stop flip-flopping and just take a guess. I think I'll join Team Blue and say boy for you. It is based on nothing though so take that guess for what it's worth. lol

Topanga - glad your dh was able to feel the kicks. That's such a moment for our men, I think. It makes them a part of the process and realize there really is a baby in there. I know dh sometimes envies my connection with our unborn.

 

[Topanga053]

Ok ladies, quick rant time. I am having HORRIBLE heartburn tonight. Like, I can barely breathe some moments the pain is so bad and NOTHING (milk, tums, etc) is helping.

I haven't been sleeping well the past few night for various reasons and was really looking forward to a good night's sleep. I woke up at 2am with this awful heartburn. I was up in pain and trying everything to treat it until a little after 4am. When it finally got better, I tried sleeping in a recliner, but couldn't, so made the mistake of going back to the couch, with my head propped up. An hour later (5am), boom, I'm back up in awful pain. So now I'm back in my recliner after some more milk and Tums at 6am, just wanting to sleep!!!!!

One more night like this and I'm calling the doctor to get heavy duty heartburn meds to have on hand, just in case!

 

[Left wonderin]

Topanga , I've been experiencing a bit of heartburn myself the last week or so but not as bad as your !!! Poor you ! Its so uncomfortable . Only one more sleep eeeeeeeeh

 

[Starry Night]

Topanga - aw, that sounds awful!! I had heart burn pretty bad with ds but it was more in the form of acid reflux than the actual pain. I hope your doctor is able to find a way to help.

My heart burn is already getting on my nerves. It's always one of my first signs. I hate that when I mention it there is always someone who has to say "oh that doesn't happen until later on in pregnancy". Um, I know what heart burn is and it is happening now! Every day! After everything I eat. So I'm pretty sure it's related to my pregnancy. In fact, this time around I got heart burn every single day since ovulation. It's the same with sciatic nerve pain. "oh, that isn't from the pregnancy as it's too early". Yeah....OK....that's why I start to get pain in my butt muscles every single time a bfp appears. Right....

Not everyone fits into the textbook! I mean, bfp means bed rest for me right away. My labour with ds was not textbook. The nurses all gathered outside my door and whispered about me (I heard them). My contractions were never even, my cervix never dropped yet the doctors were always shocked to see that I was dilating so quickly. My body doesn't know how to be pregnant or how to deliver a baby. It is what it is. There is an older woman in my church who went through something similar so she understands. She had 3 kids and had to be on bed rest for all them and they were all c-sections (back in the day when that was still a very big deal) as her body just couldn't labour properly. And she was a tiny lady having 10 pounders.

When I was pregnant last fall my SiL told me I shouldn't have another c-section because they are hard to recover from. Um...I know....I've had one. You have not.

OK, that was bit of a rant. I shouldn't let people's comments get to me especially as I haven't heard too many.

 

[RedWylder]

Hi Ladies! Heartburn is no fun. I've only had it like once or twice my whole llife and I didn't enjoy it. Definitely don't lie down during it, Topanga (which you discovered made it worse). Sitting/Standing will allow gravity to at least help keep the stomach acid where it should be.

Starry- gosh pregnancy sounds awful for you. I'm surprised you're eager to do it again.

afm- all my symptoms seem to be morphing a bit now that I'm nearing 2nd trimester. I don't have constant queasiness but M/S still hits me at weird times. Today I was showering, felt fine, and then all of a sudden I was dry heaving. I hadn't eaten anything so my stomach was empty or it would've been everywhere. I'm tired sometimes, energetic others. Oh and just as I was typing this I started to feel light headed and got a cold sweat, which is now gone. Very weird.

 

[Starry Night]

REd - I hope your symptoms go away soon. They really are unpleasant.

And I hate being pregnant. Mostly for the emotional upheaval and stress due to the problems and history. I only do it because it is necessary to have a biological child and I still have this strange urge to reproduce and dh isn't keen on adoption anyways (I might like to someday). I don't really get sick with m/s that badly (no hypermesis) and there is still hope I won't have complications with this one. FX'd!!!!!!

But I know it is all super worth it. DS is living proof of that every day. He has been such a blessing and I can't wait for you ladies to find that out for yourselves. Am I the only one in the thread who already has a child? I can't remember if anchor is on her first or not....

things I did like about being pregnant: feeling my baby move around inside of me, feeling like I was a 'sacred vessel" carrying another being inside of me, getting boobs....finally!!!! (I used to be an A cup) and maternity clothes can be very cute and comfy. And I totally loved the stares and attention you get in public. I even laughed when a little girl said, "mommy, that lady is very fat". ha ha hahahaahah OH, that was funny because I was!!! My complications healed by the end of second tri so I got to have some normalcy later on. Third tri I had the most energy of the entire pregnancy. It was awesome. I could actually go outside and feel the sunshine.

 

[Topanga053]

Only one more sleep eeeeeeeeh

Eeeekkk it's today!!!! I'm with the others in that I vote boy, but I really don't know why! I can't wait to hear the news!!!

Hi Ladies! Heartburn is no fun. I've only had it like once or twice my whole llife and I didn't enjoy it. Definitely don't lie down during it, Topanga (which you discovered made it worse). Sitting/Standing will allow gravity to at least help keep the stomach acid where it should be.

afm- all my symptoms seem to be morphing a bit now that I'm nearing 2nd trimester. I don't have constant queasiness but M/S still hits me at weird times. Today I was showering, felt fine, and then all of a sudden I was dry heaving. I hadn't eaten anything so my stomach was empty or it would've been everywhere. I'm tired sometimes, energetic others. Oh and just as I was typing this I started to feel light headed and got a cold sweat, which is now gone. Very weird.

Red, I would NEVER lie down when I'm having heartburn, except I'd already been sitting/standing for most of the night waiting for it to subside and I was DYING for some sleep!!! Anyway, I bought a wedge pillow yesterday ($30 for a pillow... crazy!!), but it seemed to work. I had light heartburn all day yesterday, but nothing since I went to sleep on the pillow or so far this morning. If it will help with the heartburn, it's worth every penny!!

As for symptoms, the same thing happened to me! I think between 12-14 weeks it was so sporadic. Some days I could do normal things (like taking out the trash) without being sick, then the next day throwing something out would make me dry heave forever! It was frustrating because I never knew what I could do and what I couldn't. At least for me though, that was the beginning of the end of my first tri symptoms. After a couple of weeks of that, the MS and fatigue just gradually faded away. (To be shortly thereafter replaced by abdominal pains, horrible constipation, and now heartburn! ) I think it's been a relatively easy pregnancy (not that I have much to compare it to), but DH keeps saying, "I don't know how you women do it! There's NO WAY I'd want to go through all of that!!!"

In other news, DH and I were using the doppler the other night and it was AMAZING how much we could hear her moving around!!! She was doing somersaults in there, I swear!! Even more funny because I couldn't feel a thing!

 

[RedWylder]

Left, you must let us know asap! I cant wait to hear. I vote boy as well.

 

[Starry Night]

So excited for you, Left!!!

 

[Left wonderin]

Well ladies , I'm back ! And it was amazing the whole experience from begining to end !
I can't quite believe that a little person is growing inside me !!! Today made it very real ! Our LO was so active , yawning , swallowing , resting its head on its tiny hands , pulling its Knee up to its chests , rolling away from the probe a few times . But the little dear co-operated and we got all our measurements needed . Everything looks great

So do ya want to know what team I'm on ?

 

[Topanga053]

Oh come on Left, now you're just being cruel!!!! Tell us!!!!

 

[Starry Night]

Left - I can't believe you didn't tell us!!!! Oh, how cruel!!! I was checking for updates all day. Let me guess, the baby was crossing its legs....


Oi...my stomach is hurting so badly! I don't know if it's trapped gas, my irritible bowel, stretching pains or how my m/s is expressing itself. If I sit too long I get horrible pains but when I lie down I get horrible heart burn. It's making me feel like a whiney baby.