pregnancy & text buddy- aug 2010

[QueSeraSera]

oh wow, that sounds insane! im such a fresh food freak i would literally die there. if something is a single day past its "fresh until" date...i get nervous and throw it out. maybe a little overboard, but its just safer! you never know what expired food could do to you. especially when youre pregnant and have the little one to think about too!

and the cat thing is just mean. that cat is too young to be outside anyway, even if it were an outside cat. but to put it out when he was asked not to is just being a jerk.

i dont blame you one bit for considering going back to your folks place. seems like it would be very difficult to relax in that sort of an environment!

 

[dizzy65]

Yeah i know i cant wait to be rid of this place for good ..

Soo i was doing research today as something the doc had said on my last appointment had me kind of puzzled to why he said it and dismissed the subject so fast. and it was my hormone levels where higher than what they were supposed to be so i was doing my research and it said higher hormone levels could mean twins. I was like OMG twins that would be totally crazy. and i was thinking back to that day with the doctor to what we talked about and i asked him about my hormone levels and he said they were very high and i asked him is that good or bad and he said good depends on... then he asked how far along i thought i was and when i said 8 weeks he smiled and changed the subject. so now i really cant wait for my first ultra sound too see whats going on. Its going to be weird if i am having twins on my first baby.

 

[QueSeraSera]

twins would be awesome! i actually sorta thought that when you said the high hormones thing but i was mostly focused on the fact that you could be further along than you thought! that could definitely explain why he was kind of secretive about the whole thing...i mean, he cant really tell you about that until they listen for the heart or do an ultrasound. would you be excited for twins? i think i would be super excited, but im pretty sure my OH would freak. hes already worried about money as it is. lol

now i cant wait for you to go to your ultrasound!! haha. you better start thinking about what other middle names you can use if you need to use more than one of the first names you guys have picked out!

 

[dizzy65]

haha yeah i dont know what i would do if i was having twins it would be exciting but i would be nervous about having them especially if they were identical that would be crazy haha. and twins run in our family too. like every generation in my OH's family has a set of twins, so it wouldnt surprise me, and there are lots of sets of twins on my side too.. i did research last night because i was wondering what it could mean about having really high hormones and when i found out i told OH and he was like haha nice.. so i think he will be okay with it

Yes i suppose we will have to get more names and middle names if im having more than one, i guess i have both first names but would need to do the middle names it will be fun coming up with new names thou

 

[QueSeraSera]

thats pretty good odds then that you could be having twins, i mean with it being that common on both sides of your families! and its good that your OH didnt freak out at the mention of it either. lol. man thats big news i wouldnt be able to wait until the next appointment!

if you are having twins itll definitely be good that youre going to be closer to family when the time comes. im sure youll be wanting all the help you can get from your family.

i went to my appointment today, but it was more like a registration. got lots of packets of information and everything. and they did labs to run a bunch of tests. the lab was horrible. i had to drink some gross drink and then wait an hour without being able to eat anything, drink anything, or go to the bathroom before i got my samples taken. ugh...totally made my tummy upset. but i got another appointment for february 24th. we get to do the heart monitor thing then. so thats something exciting to look forward too

 

[dizzy65]

ooh thats exciting. what kind of tests did you have done just the regular ones? when i went to the lab i just got my bloods and my urine done. i never had to drink any thing. thats sounds awful but at least you only have to do it once right, hopefully any way ha ha . i didnt know you had to do registraition, is that a military thing or a hospital thing? i didnt have to register here we just went to the clinic and got refered to the hospital then got a ultra sound appointment booked. that wil be really cool to hear the babies heart beat defantly something to look forward to and its closer than your ultra sound

 

[QueSeraSera]

oh my gosh they do a load of tests! they took 8 different vials of blood to run different tests. i think they took glucose test, an rh test, an HIV test, a rubatella, and i cant even remember the others! basically they test you for everything they could possibly test you for all at once.

i think the registration thing is just a military thing. its the fastest, most efficient way to get out all of the information to everyone quickly. the military is crazy and there are so many pregnant women around here. so you do a registration and they tell you all of the information about the pregnancy process, they give you the "what to expect when youre expecting book," tell you about all of the services and classes the military offers, and all that fun stuff. and then they make you an appointment for the full physical and fetal heart tones.

cant wait for the heart tones though!

 

[dizzy65]

8 viles?? wholy thats a lot i thought 2 was a lot haha i had to get 2 done when i went in for a couple differant tests, one was a blood pregnancy test i dont mind the niddles so much as i dont look at it when they are doing it. did uget all 8 done at once? that would make me soo light headed :S

I think registration is a good idea to keep every one on track and to know whats happening. it would be a good idea to have registration here because there is so few doctors and so many pregnant women here .. it makes since that the millitary do it as they like to keep order and stuff

ya that must be exciting to be able to hear your babies heart beat i cant wait tell i get to hear mine but that wont be until the day i go in for ultra sound

by the way i forgot to say congrats on hitting 8 weeks thats exciting

 

[QueSeraSera]

yea all 8 at once! i kept thinking to myself, i wonder if this is safe!? lol. its funny how now that im pregnant i think that about everything. the needles dont bother me too much except the military nurses are not delicate at all when drawing blood theyre machines, and they dont really care if they hurt you. i actually have a bruise from where they drew blood on wednesday!

i agree that the registration is a good idea, it think its a very efficient way to communicate all of the information. i just wish i didnt have to wait another month to actually get into see a doctor! lol

youre gonna have an amazing day! ultrasound and heartbeat all at once!

thanks! 8 weeks is exciting...only 42 more to go! its so funny that i look forward to every week because i get a newsletter that tells me how big the baby is compared to fruits. this week the baby is the size of a rasberry. last week it was a blueberry...its crazy, totally makes me stop and look at the fruits in the grocery with more awe!

 

[dizzy65]

wow thats a lot of blood 8 would make me feel so light headed. u must be really strong to go threw that i dont know if it would be safe for baby but the doctors should no best and seens how they know your pregnant they wouldnt do it if it were unsafe. Thats still a lot of blood thou. it musta taken a while.

Lol yeah i know how u feel, i wish i didnt have to wait another month to get to go in and see how my baby is doing but so far so good nothing that would give me the idea somethings going wrong so thats a plus

your welcome i remember when i hit 8 weeks i was so excited it felt really good. i have one of those emails too that tells me what the baby looks like each week and everything and it always makes me really excited i cant wait tell i get to the third trimester when it will be an actually baby

 

[QueSeraSera]

im the same way! i keep thinking that it seems so far away and i cant wait, but i guess there arent any signs that anything is wrong. so that is comforting. but ill still feel so much better once i get to see the signs that everything is okay.

the weekly email is so crazy because it makes you realize just how quickly the baby is growing and developing. it seems like the baby has developed so much by 8 weeks, but it is still just an embryo. i think its not even considered a fetus until 9 or 10 weeks! so crazy. im looking forward to the later weeks too when you can feel the baby move and kick and its like a major part of you. right now, besides some symptoms, i can sometimes almost forget theres anything there!

 

[dizzy65]

yes it will feel so much better once i know everything is okay

I dont know at what week it is supposed to start kicking around but i so cant wait for that, its goina be great i think ive started getting a little bump already its good.

When i was at the book store the other day i was looking at pregnancy books and the people that were also there looking at books where giving me bad looks like youdont look pregnant and your to young to be pregnant (most people think im only like any where from 14-16) i dont look very old, and its really annoying for them to make assumptions like that. but i got my books any way

 

[QueSeraSera]

im pretty sure i read somewhere on one of these threads that you can usually start feeling the kicks in the middle of the ssecond trimester...like around week 18ish. apparently the little beans are going crazy kicking even right now, but theyre just too small for us to really feel it.

thats awesome that youre getting a bump already! i can definitely tell that abs are a little bit more padded than they normally are. i think its mostly from water retention though...totally got some bloating going on for the past week or so.

i dont understand why people are so judgemental about things. they really should mind their own business. even if you were as young as you look, it still is not their concern and they have no idea your situation. and its pretty sad, but if you look young youll probably have to deal with that throughout your whole pregnancy, especially from the older generations...they seem to be the worst about it! best method is probably just to ignore them

 

[dizzy65]

I read as well that they are moving around and everything now, and mothers of 2 or more can actaully feel them some times earlier on around 12 weeks, that is totally crazy if you could feel the baby moving that early on. but iguess maybe u need to know what it feels like to determine if thats what is happening right now Mothers of 2 or more, are just more experianced with that sorta thing i guess.

Yes it is pretty cool but its probably just bloat i keep telling my self its baby hehe but most of it is just bloat i read that there is alot of just bloat that happens in first tri and then you start getting a more defind bump going into second tri which is cool anyway, i cant wait tell theres actaully something to see but im afraid of getting bigger like that.

I know some ppl can be so ignorant about that sort of thing. giving bad looks and everything and its really none of there concern. I think a lot of the bad look comes from people who waited tell they were just about 30 before they had a baby, or even over 30 too. and religious people too. because they believe on not having sex tell marriage. but i do just ignore them, they can stare all they want its not goina bother me any really its my choice and my body, it has nothing to do with them. im not hurting any one.

 

[QueSeraSera]

yea i would agree that women who have already been pregnant a couple of time probably have a better idea of what theyre feeling and what kicking that early is like. those women are pros at the pregnancy thing and just know exactly what happens to your body and everything. its us first timers that are more nervous and unsure about things we experience.

i guess that makes sense. you kinda get a bloat that just sort of turns into a baby bump. so, in that sense, its really like a bump already! but i tend to agree that itll be much cooler when its an actual distinguishable bump. like the point where you go to the store and everyone knows without a doubt that theres a baby in there

oh religious people are the worst! i mean, im sure there are some that are just fine about things. but some of them judge people on EVERYTHING and its like, really they arent that great themselves. but for some reason they feel the right to be judgemental. meh, who needs em!

 

[dizzy65]

yes, one day when i get up there with having more than 2 babies as i plan to i will know what to look for. but for a first baby we are all new to it and dont no whats going on with our babies and bodies quite yet and havent experianced it even if we have read it in a book but once this is over and we have our babies we will defantly have a better understanding its all just new now

Yep it will be totally awesome when people can actaully tell that your pregnant and not just putting on some weight thats what i was afraid of that people are goina think that im just putting on some weight, before they know theres actaully a baby in there, but oh well soon enough i guess they will all know that im pregnant

I know what you mean, its like they critique you on every little thing but they do "sins" them self. I dont think they are as perfect as they seem to think that they are. It gets really tiresome having to hear it from them all the time, but ohwell just have to ignore them i guess

 

[QueSeraSera]

so how many babies do you plan to have exactly? as for us, we arent too sure. we already have my stepson. and then the baby on the way. i think we might have two more after that, but that will be the maximum. if we do have more, i want them to be pretty close in age...like no more than 2-3 years apart. so mostly it will come down to finances and if we can afford it! unless of course we get taken by surprise!

for a little bit people might just think were putting on weight, but probably not too long. for me at least we have pretty much told everyone that were expecting, so the only people who might think that would be strangers...and they dont really matter anyway! the ones im kinda worried about is work, but i think ive decided to tell them at 12 weeks. so thats coming up pretty soon and i shouldnt have gained too much by then anyway. but i definitely dont want them thinking "oh shes let herself go" haha

 

[dizzy65]

We plan to have 6 babies. I know thats a lot but OH came from a big family he has 4 whole siblings a half sibling and a step sibling and he loved growing up with all of them. as for me i grew up with just me and my sister and i always wanted a big family so thats why we decided on 6 we also want them to be fairly close in age but i guess not all of them because that would be a little bit much. But it would be good to have them 2-3 years apart as well

12 weeks is a good idea. thats a little before you go into third tri so before you start showing so you can just give people a heads up on whats happening and they should all be understanding andthey wont think ur "letting your self go" haha. I dont have a job. and OH said now that im not aloud to get one but its okay i need all the rest i can get right now.

just 2 and a half weeks now tell im in second tri and i cant wait, when u get to second tri apparently you chances of miss carriages go down some percent so thats really exciting.. but so far so good

I was talking to my mom on the phone the other night and she said that when i come home in the summer that she is goina go threw all my old babies clothes and baby blankets and give me what she can i am so happy, i was like oh great your goina make me help look for them when i can barely walk haha and she said it wont be that bad.

 

[QueSeraSera]

wow 6 is a lot! my DH tried to convince me to agree to having 6. he comes from a family of just him and his mom and brother. the rest of his family (aunts and uncles and such) have sort of been written off by his mom because of past arguements and issues. so hes never had the big family thing. i am the same with just one sibling, but i grew up being really close to the rest of my huge extended family so we always had the huge holiday dinners and everything. thats what my DH wants, but i just dont think we could ever afford 6 kids. so we finally came to an agreement at 4, but im not sure if thats 4 ourselves or 3 ourselves plus my stepson. but we have awhile to figure it out! lol.

yea the 12 week mark seems like a good idea because i wont be showing too much. plus i will have just gone in for the heartbeat and will be reassured that everything is okay. and, like you said, i heard that the chances of m/c are much less after 12 weeks...so ill feel safer telling people that arent close friends and family by then.

thats so cute that youll be able to dig out all of your old baby clothes! that will be a fun bonding thing for you and your mom to do together for sure. all of my stuff is in storage in wyoming! bleh. plus i was tiny and premature, so im pretty sure any infant stuff my mom has would probably be too small for my baby anyway, as im hoping that i have a normal, healthy 8-ish lb baby!

 

[dizzy65]

really? thats cool. idont know if we will be able to aford 6 but OH has a really good paying job and once i get done my university job i will be getting paid lots too, of course i wont be working for a while, I asked OH if i could work now and he said no, but its okay i need all the rest i could possibly get right now. OH in a few years after all of his tickets are all done he will be making like $40-50 dollers an hour canadian so it is pretty good money

i have one more week tell im over 12 weeks but i think that everyone knows pretty much now so its good. OH's "second mother" as he used to call her just told me she is 11 weeks pregnant too and she is due the day after i am, and now she wants to do lots of baby stuff with me. which is good i like her and she is fun to be around

i know it will be fun to do the baby clothes thing with my mom. they are all in storage too, so thats why we have to dig for them hehe but it will be lotsa fun