On the road again graduates

[skyesmom]

omg so much joy here!!!

and starry i am so so proud of you!! you are doing such an amazing job and you are such a strong woman!!!

sending kisses to all your beautiful rainbows baking in there ))))) and welcome mini-anchor!!!

 

[Topanga053]

Yay Anchor!!!! I can't wait to see pictures!!!

Afm- Starry, I feel you. DH and I traveled last week, so I'm still tired from that. Now I'm back to work and we're painting our new house every night after work. The 12 hour days are really wearing on me and I need a break. We're almost at the finish line, but I'm just a walking zombie right now. The mornings are incredibly painful... I would give ANYTHING to just relax and sleep all day.

 

[Left wonderin]

OMG Topanga I can't imagine having to paint all night after a full days work ! Every day now im feeling a little tireder !!! I'm not sleeping great either and I wake with a really stiff , painful sore upper back !! All part n parcel of the wonderfulness of this journey and I still feel so blessed and privileged to experience it ))) even the not so nice bits !!

I'm getting BH tightenings every couple of days , they are weird !!!! Bump nice a big now so can only imagine what size it will be with another 3 months of growing ahead lol......

Hope everyone is well xxxxx

 

[ilovemyhubby]

starry: yes. frustrating... people can be rediculous..
im glad you are excited =) i am trying to get there.. i am hoping it will be easier after my first ultrasound.. once i KNOW there is a heartbeat... we decided that if the U/S goes well we will buy something for the baby that day..

topanga: you do need a break! that sounds like crazyness!! hope you get some time to pamper yourself soon... at least take a nap =/


so for now, im gunna keep breathing in and out and praying that dec 9th comes soon and everything turns out lovely..

have a great day girlies!

 

[Starry Night]

ilovemyhusband - these early days just drag, don't they they? I'm not sure what ideas will make the time pass quicker other than finding other things to look forward to. I only have to wait for Monday to see the doctor again and this week has been just going on and on and on...lol

Urgh! More annoying people rant! On Sunday, I finally felt up to going to church again and in the women's class I am in, I was asked what I needed prayer for. So I mentioned the appointment and how I would like to hear the heart beat. Well...one lady immediate says all know-it-all-like, "I didn't hear my daughter's heart beat until I was 6 months so don't expect anything". Um, that's not what I was asking for. I just replied, "Well, let's pray that if there is a heart beat that the doctor will be able to find it. Besides, my doctor found my son's heart beat at 14 weeks and it took him 5 seconds to do that. he said it was easy."

Yeesh. I know that this woman has had a loss so you'd think she'd be more sympathetic especially since she knows I have to multiply that by 3. I just don't get why she felt the need to say that. I mean, I know it happens. My SiL had her placenta all in the front with my nephew so she wasn't able to heart beat until that point either. But still. Grrrrrr.

 

[Starry Night]

And yay!!! 12 weeks! I can't believe it that I'm here. I am really freaking out though. Last night I was getting tightenings that really felt like really mild contractions. Oh, I was petrified! But then I had a bm and I realized it was trapped gas. Stupid body!!! Scaring me for no reason. This morning I thought I saw blood specks but I think it was just dirt or something. I"m losing my marbles.

 

[RedWylder]

Wow Starry! Congrats on making it to 12 weeks!

 

[skyesmom]

...and starry is at 12 weeks!!! congrats!!!! and only 4 days until the scan!! great!!!!

 

[Left wonderin]

12 weeks Starry where did that go ??????? I bet you felt every second ....... Here is to Monday xxxxxx

 

[ilovemyhubby]

starry: people can be really insensitive...sorry she was being so thoughtless.... 6months? really?.. her doctor must have been pretty dumb....i heard ligias heartbeat at 11 or 12 weeks with a doppler... im praying you will hear that happy swoosh swoosh sound at your next appointment. before too long you will be feeling babies little butterfly kicks in there! =)

about the gas... i have had the worst gas too, and it feels exactly like contractions... so im hoping i figure my diet out or im gunna drive myself nuts thinking im in labor for 9months!... so silly...
and my toilet paper has little fibers that turn colors when wet.. so ive been freaking out over "specks" too...

so i made pot roast in the crock pot yesterday and it was so yum...i love my crockpot...i have been so rediculously hungry.... i literally chewed ALL day yesterday.... my cheeks hurt....you gals been cooking anything extra delicious??

hope you are all doing well today! =D

 

[Starry Night]

No cooking here. I literally have no energy. It sucks so bad. But a few friends are bringing me meals. Yesterday, a friend brought homemade chicken parmesan and tomorrow another friend is bringing another meal. Earlier in the week I tried to make my own meal but I couldn't stand for more than a few minutes and the very thought of mixing and frying and boiling and dicing made me want to cry. I don't understand why pregnancy makes me such a weakling. Every other woman seems to continue on with life as normal. And whenever I do push myself I get massive cramps and brown spotting all the next day. (by 'pushing myself' I mean doing a load of laundry and changing out the dishwasher. I can only choose to do one or the other per day).

I miss cooking. I miss feeling like my house is mine.

I am hoping to make pulled pork this weekend. All you have to do is stick the roast in the crockpot for the day and then shred it up with a fork afterwards.

 

[ilovemyhubby]

oh starry, crock pot is your new best friend... i have ONLY been cooking things that i can cut up a potato and a couple carrots and add some stock and lay back down... lol... i am also not very good at being all superwoman during pregnancy...
the other day i put a whole chicken in the crockpot and cut up a sweet potato for underneath.. quartered an apple put it inside the bird, sprinkled some rosemary seasoning on top... and let me tell you! it was soooo tender and moist.... and than i made chicken salad sammiches =)

i cant stand over the stove and cook.. it makes me want to puke smelling things... and i get all upset when the kitchen is dirty...

 

[Starry Night]

I have a recipe for crockpot lasagna. I've made it once or twice before and it's really good. I just need to fry up the ground beef and boil the noodles ahead of time. I might get dh to do it.

 

[Left wonderin]

I hear ya ladies my cooking went from every day to zero and is still there !! I can't face it !! I STILL feel uck cooking meat or any thing that smells strongly !

 

[Starry Night]

I don't know how other ladies push through it. I'm so glad I'm a SAHM because if I had to go to work feeling like this then I don't know what I'd do. I remember reading tips such as "bring a bucket with you in the car" or "keep a bucket at your desk". Lovely! I can't imagine your coworkers being too thrilled with that....

And other girls seem able to keep to their diets while pregnant while I'm a carb and junkie hound. Eating makes me feel better so I do lots of it. I've actually gained several pounds already. It's embarassing. Especially when in other threads I see girls moaning "I ate a second bagel today". Yeah? I ate 1/2 a pizza AND 3 plates of pasta. AND 4 pieces of brownies AND half a bowl of jello that I bregrudingly shared with my son. Yikes. Every day I tell myself I'll be good. I'll pick up fruit and veggies from the store only to have them wither in the fridge. Veggies still gross me out but fruit I can handle so no real excuses there.

 

[Topanga053]

I don't know how other ladies push through it. I'm so glad I'm a SAHM because if I had to go to work feeling like this then I don't know what I'd do. I remember reading tips such as "bring a bucket with you in the car" or "keep a bucket at your desk". Lovely! I can't imagine your coworkers being too thrilled with that....

And other girls seem able to keep to their diets while pregnant while I'm a carb and junkie hound. Eating makes me feel better so I do lots of it. I've actually gained several pounds already. It's embarassing. Especially when in other threads I see girls moaning "I ate a second bagel today". Yeah? I ate 1/2 a pizza AND 3 plates of pasta. AND 4 pieces of brownies AND half a bowl of jello that I bregrudingly shared with my son. Yikes. Every day I tell myself I'll be good. I'll pick up fruit and veggies from the store only to have them wither in the fridge. Veggies still gross me out but fruit I can handle so no real excuses there.

Ha! Well, thankfully I wasn't actually vomitting much at all (only one night), the rest of the time it was only dry heaving. Although I'm sure the people on my hallway enjoyed the sound of me dry heaving in my office several times a day! And the fatigue was fun. I remember one day in first tri I was meeting one of my investigators at a courthouse that's a long way from my office (I travel all over the state for my job). I had some extra time and I was SOOO exhausted, so I pulled over and took a nap in a Hannaford parking lot halfway to the courthouse! I called my investigator afterwards and told her that I would be there shortly, but had pulled over to take a nap. She asked if I wanted to tell her about my pregnancy yet! (This was before I had announced at work)

And as for junk food, I hear you!!!!! EVERY DAY I tell myself I will be better, but it's so hard. I've been eating way more fast food and chocolate than I should be. Even DH is starting to get on my case, which makes me feel guilty. I always make sure to work in some healthy foods throughout the day, but I've been so busy with work and painting the new house that I don't always have time to do anything other than grab fast food on my way to court.

 

[RedWylder]

Bwhahaha Topanga- sleeping in my car became a regular habit for me in first tri. So did sleeping behind my desk in my classroom. I'd lock my door and go hide behind my desk for 15-30 minutes just to help me get through my day. It's funny what pregnancy makes acceptable. I still take the occasional nap at work when I'm feeling especially exhausted. But Starry- I could never be a stay at home mom. I'd go nuts being in the house too much.

 

[ilovemyhubby]

starry: HAHAHAHAHAHA that is so funny... i know what you mean... i am an eating fool too!!!! =) went to IHOP this morning... 3 eggs 4 strips of bacon 3 pancakes and a side of toast... yup... it was amazing by the way... =) ive been eating so much my face hurts from chewing.. no joke
and i am also so grateful to be able to stay home... there is no way i could be around people right now, much less focus on working with how exausted ive been...plus my cat would miss me far too much =D

 

[Starry Night]

I was dumb yesterday and pushed myself a bit. I cleaned up some laundry (not lots) did a few loads of the dishwasher and tidied around the house and we had company for supper that I had completely forgotten about so there was that last minute rush to wipe down the table and hide the worst of the mess. They had brought supper with them at least so I didn't have to prepare anything but I decided I had to help set up the table and retrieve things even though they kept telling me to sit down. Sure enough, in the evening I got a little bit of faint brown spotting. Why????? I just want to be normal and take care of my own house!!! I didn't even do a lot. It really seems I'm limited to one chore a day. I no longer have guilt about the clutter of DS' toys but I do hate letting the laundry pile up or having dirty dishes on the counter.

Tomorrow marks my final loss milestone. I'm almost there. I was spotting red the day before so if I get through today with nothing then it will help me get through tomorrow, I think.

 

[anchor08]

Oh no! Just wrote a long update and then accidentally clicked the browser back a page and lost it. I need to get to sleep so this is going to be bare-bones.

Evelyn is here! 8 lb 1.5 oz, and just short of 21 inches. She is strong and beautiful. Feeding started out okay and was going well when we left the hospital but now I'm engorged, nipples are sore, incision hurts, etc. and she's having more trouble latching on to the full breasts, so we're having some ups and downs. It's very emotional and tiring, wonderful and occasionally excruciating. I wouldn't trade it, but I hope it gets easier soon.

Glad you're all doing well and congrats on the milestones!

Here we are on Wednesday (with my friend Leanne), 1 day old.