September Preggos
 

Just getting this thread started. How's everyone doing?

35 weeks today. So much pressure I can barely walk! I gotta go grocery shopping so my son can have lunch for his first day of school tomorrow!!!

Washed all the baby clothes and trying to have DH finalize his projects so I can get the nursery ready!!

I am soo excited to have this child. My closet is filled with pink!!

Wow. All I hear his crickets!!! :) Hope all is well!

Good morning ladies! So my vacation was great, and I took the plunge and rode on the rides since my OB/GYN told me that was OK. It was fun, and a great break that I REALLY needed. I feel nice and refreshed!

I did get to talk to the doctor, who said that coming in 2 weeks later than she originally asked was OK. I have my first ultrasound on the 23rd and the appointment with the doc on the 25th. I really hope this isn't going to happen the whole way through the pregnancy, the appointments on different days. DH really wants to come with me, but he won't be able to make them all if they are on different days. He will be coming to both of these, though.

I also have an appointment with my hematologist/oncologist next week and he will order a remission test. I know I said I had some other medical issues, but I don't think I ever specified what they were. I have chronic myelegenous leukemia (CML) which is kept in remission with targeted chemotherapy (a pill I take every day, and since its targeted I don't lose my hair or anything). Of course, the reason I had to find out so early when we were trying to get pregnant was so that I could go off of that medication immediately. So I've been off for 3 weeks now. They will do a remission test every month to see how I am, but my doc thinks that I will stay in remission for most or all of the pregnancy. After the birth, I have to go back on the meds, which means no breastfeeding :( If for some reason I need to, I can go back on them in the third trimester, but I'm going to avoid that until the last possible moment.

Anyway, so far so good. The only symptoms I've been having are bloating, lots of burping, and feeling slightly nauseous (not to the point where I feel sick). I actually thought since I had SO much problems (as far as feeling nauseous) from BC (had to switch to an estrogen free BC) that pregnancy was going to be horrible, but I've been lucky so far :)

I'm still here, hangin' out. I have my 28 week appointment on Thursday and I'm NOT looking forward to getting on that scale. I've gained nearly 10 lbs this month! :o Mostly because I've eaten a trainload of chocolate. :( I know that some of it is water, since I can barely get my rings on, but some of it is chocolate too. I can't believe how easily I can gain weight while pg. I gained about 6 or 7 lbs in 2 weeks, realized what I was doing, and have only gained 2 lbs in the last 2 weeks. I'm feeling a little discouraged today about my weight, if you couldn't tell. :(

Other than that, everything seems to be going well. I am experiencing some pretty intense hip and pelvic pain, mostly after I play volleyball. I'm pretty sure this is a sign that it's time to pack in the volleyball until after baby makes his appearance. It's just getting too uncomfortable and, like I said, causes some joint pain and pelvic pressure that's most unpleasant.

Baby seems very happy and cozy in there, and that makes me happy. He kicks me a lot, especially right when I wake up. It's really nice, like he's saying good morning. I've been transitioning myself from a graveyard schedule (which I've been on for 4 years) to a day schedule to make ready for "real life" when baby comes. He doesn't seem like he's transitioning with me (and why should he, really?), he's still up a lot during the night. I'll wake up several times during the night to his kicks or him sitting on my bladder. I'm sure we'll be just fine when he gets here, I'm not worried.

I hope everyone else is doing well! It's been pretty quiet on this forum lately.

Hi ladies...I am here, but busy as well. I have two older kids ( son 10 / daughter 8) so we are busy this time of year with football/outdoor soccer and dance. I had my 20 week appt on Monday and was not happy with a 6 lb weight gain I had that month. My Midwife did not seem concerned since I have really only gained 4 lbs - 8wk lost 2, 12wk gained 1, 16wk lost 2 - so I was negative 2 lbs up until this month. She said not to be too discouraged since they usually see the biggest gain in women between 18 and 25 weeks and that I will probably have a considerable gain next time too. I haven't had many cravings at all and mostly just fruity stuff like popsicles and frozen pineapple.

We also had an ultraound, but we have decided to wait and find out what we are having until the birth. We figured this baby kind of surprised us so why not go all out with the surpises. Doesn't really matter to me since I have one of each.

almsthere - 35 weeks, oh lucky mamma - you are almost done. I know I love pink - the clothes for girls are so much fun to buy. I do have a girl feeling this time, but I could have swore my son was gonna be a girl too so I am not really going off of that.

modkitten - wow...sounds like you have been through alot, but you seem to be right on top of things - what a good mamma. :) Enjoy not having the mornign sickness while it lasts. It seemed like once mine hit it was terrible from about 8-14 weeks it was icky!

gale02 - don't feel bad, my weight was up 6lbs too. My little one has really started to kick alot more this last week. Even though I have had two kids it still is such an amazing feeling.

Well, I hope everyone has a great week - ttfn!

Wowee!
 

A whopping 9 pound gain this month, bringing the total to 21 lbs in 28 weeks. I gained almost as much this month as I had the entire pregnancy up to now.

Time to get back on track with my healthy eating. Not too much sugar, STOP DRINKING SODA(!!), and more fruit and veggies. I don't want another month like this, it was disheartening. I just kind of lost it and went nuts eating whatever and whenever I wanted... reminds me of how I gained 100 lbs in the first place. Sheesh, you'd think I'd know better. :dizzy: :?:

Now I'm going to eat my yogurt and granola snack... MUCH better than the chocolate and chips snacks I've been having all too frequently lately. No more. Hey, I'm a momma now... I've got to learn to draw the line and stick to it. Right now that applies to me!

lovinlife - I want to wait to find out the sex, and DH wants to find out as soon as we can. As much as I do want to wait, its not something thats SUPER important to me, so we are going to find out.

gale - At least you recognize what is going on and are going to stop it! I have gained 2 pounds so far, and it was all from when I was on vacation. I know what you mean, though. As a maintainer for the past year, it was hard to not go back to my old ways. I think maintaining is harder than losing, actually.

Ok so here's a good bit of gossip for you that I bet is going to float around my workplace today. So there was a happy hour after work on Friday. I didn't want to go, because I thought someone might buy me a drink and I'd have to refuse and people would get suspicious. But then my friend Kim said "Just tell them that I plan on getting really drunk and you might have to drive me home too!" So I went and DH ended up going too since we commute together. Well guess what my boss said after he had about 6 drinks in him? "Hey Lori, do you want some of my appetizer? I know you're eating for two now." I could have reached across the table and punched him right in the face!!!!! I think Kim kicked him under the table or something because this other guy Dann asked if "there was something we didn't know" and my boss said "Oh no, just because Jay (my husband) said he's only having beer tonight and no food". I would think that, as my supervisor, he would be extra careful about NOT SPILLING THE BEANS especially since we had a long conversation about how I didn't want anyone to know until I was past the first trimester and that wouldn't be until November. And also how I only told him because I'm going to have quite a few medical appointments coming up and I didn't want him to think anything was wrong (with the leukemia and all). What a jerk! I hope he doesn't try to come up to my cube and talk to me today or apologize. I don't want to see him at all and I'm so mad that the "surprise!" I would have gotten to unload on some of my friends at work won't necessarily be a surprise anymore.

Long day yesterday...
 

I had a really long day yesterday, but it did make me remember why I am driving 45 mins each way to see my OB and giving birth in another city.

I realized about 9pm last night that I had only felt the baby move once in the last 12 hours. This is REALLY unusual, I can normally feel him at least once per hour. So, I drank a sugary drink and waited about 30 minutes... nothing. When I've done that in the past I can normally time fetal movements at about 20 in 30 minutes. By now I'm a little freaked out, so I called my OB. She said that if I'd had something sugary to drink and still didn't feel anything it was probably a good idea to head into the ER to get checked. She said "Everything is probably fine, but go in just to be safe."

So, I call DH at work and let him know what's going on and head to the ER (he met me there). They send us up to maternity and I tell them what's going on and their first response is "This is your first baby, isn't it?" Uh, yeah. So the OB on staff (the only one we have here) gives a big, dramatic sigh and says that everything is fine. I told her that I want to make sure, and that my OB told me to come in and get things checked. She heaves another sigh and says "Fine, we'll do a NST (non-stress test)." So, they hook me up to the fetal monitor, find his heartbeat, etc. And, as it turns out, everything was just fine. I am dehydrated so I had some unusual uterine activity and she ordered me to drink 150oz of water per day (holy cow!)

Over the hour and a half I was there I was told over and over again "You're just paranoid, this is clearly your first baby, etc." I went in there with the full knowledge that I was probably just paranoid and I was completely ok with being thought a fool. I would rather go in and have everything be fine then NOT go in and NOT have everything be fine. The nurse was also sweet enough to tell me that this wasn't a true emergency, that "if the pregnancy had terminated it was already too late." Gee, thanks lady. I didn't think the baby was gone, but I wanted to make sure he wasn't in distress. I'd never be able to forgive myself if I didn't go in for fear of being thought paranoid or foolish. And, I called my OB first, I didn't just head in there on a panic high.

I guess, to be fair, there's some bad blood between the OB here and the one I go to... mostly because the one I go to takes a HUGE number of patients from the one here. Hmmm, I wonder why? BUT, even if there is bad blood it is absolutely no reason to be so unprofessional toward people that come into the maternity ward. Rational or not, paranoid or not, loony-bin crazy or not, I was scared... and it's their job to make sure everything is ok. What's so hard about being professional and kind? Instead, I just got treated like some big pain in their a**. But, everything is ok... the baby is fine, I'm fine and I'm so, so grateful that I'm not giving birth with this Dr in this hospital.

Rant over. :)

modkitten - I'm sorry your boss is such a clod. Some people can't hold their alcohol, that's for sure. I hope that there's not any gossip going around and that you still get to tell your friends when the time comes!

Gale - Wow that whole experience sounds horrible! I would have done exactly what you did. I'm glad that the baby is OK. I bet you feel really good now for picking the other OB over your local one!

Not much new here. Even though I'm not showing, I do have some days when I'm super bloated and my pants are SUPER tight. So I went out and bought a Bella Band. I've also gained 4 pounds. Two of them were from when I was on vacation. I don't want to gain any more until the 2nd trimester now, so really have to start watching what I'm eating! Of course, DH and I are going to Vermont this weekend with my brother and SIL so that is going to be a bit hard to do!

Gale02 - I am glad that you decided to go in and get checked out...you would have worried yourself silly had you not of. I am sorry that they treated you so badly. You would think that they teach people to be professional in nursing school, but she must have missed that class. ;)

First baby or not who cares - this is my 3rd baby and if I had not felt this little one for 12 hours I would have been there too. You did the right thing and I am glad that everything turned out ok.

modkitten - my clothes are way past tight at this point, but I love my belly band. I bought a 2 pack from Amazon.com a while back and I can say they are one of the best inventions ever. I know the gaining part is not fun, but your having a baby. I don't use it as an excuse to go crazy, but honey you can bet your butt that if I am craving french fries with brown gravy or a carmel sundae I am gonna have them. :D Have fun on your trip to Vermont.

I have had the worst back ache the last week. We got new carpet put in on Monday and so I think helping move stuff is what did it. They wouldn't let me lift anything real heavy, but the repative movement of up and down was not good. Other than that things are pretty good.

I hope that everyone has a good weekend!

Good morning ladies! I have my first ultrasound tomorrow and am very excited :)

I went to Vermont this past weekend with DH, my brother, and my SIL and had a great time. We went hiking, shopped, and ate some good food.

I'm really tired this morning. I slept yesterday afternoon, and so had a hard time falling asleep last night and went to bed late. I didn't get to sleep late though! :( What do you ladies do when you are absolutely exhausted at work?

Hi gals! Been a while since I've been on. My fatigue passed a few weeks ago and the nausea finally subsided a couple weeks ago (phew! I was wondering when it would;)). So it's good to finally get some energy back!

Gale- That woman's attitude was totally uncalled for. I would have done the same thing.. it's always better to be cautious.

modkitten- I'm sorry about your boss, but yay for a good trip! Hiking sounds pretty fun.. I haven't done that in a long time :)

When did you girls first start feeling nauseous? I hit 8 weeks today, and still have barely felt nauseous at all. I'm wondering if I'm going to be one of the lucky ones!

modkittn - aren't you a lucky gal with out any morning sickness yet. Mine hit me at about 8wks and stayed until about 14wks. It hit me morning, noon and night - not fun. But with my first two pregnancies I had none, a little nauseous here and there, but never got sick once. I felt pretty lucky and was hopeful this time, but no such luck. They do have me on blood pressure medicine already this time so maybe that has something to do with it to.

As for being so tired at work...I feel ya. There were times I was so tired I wanted to lock myself in the bathroom and take a nap in there so that I could have some peace. I know so icky...but I was that tired. :dizzy: Luckily it never got to that point. I think it is something that you may just have to ride out. Try maybe walking around or taking a nap at lunch time???

Let us know how your scan goes...how exciting.

The ultrasound, after being an hour late, went great! The tech said the baby looked good, and the heartbeat was normal. I got to see and hear the heartbeat - amazing! :)

Apparently I have a tilted uterus. They had to do an internal u/s because of it. Also, I'm further along then they though. My EDD is May 1st instead of May 5th.

Ultrasound pictures!!!
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How fun Modkitten!! Doesn't it just make it all that much more real when you hear the heartbeat and see the baby for the first time? I still love hearing his heartbeat, it never gets old. :)

Yes, the heartbeat was the best part! It made me cry :)

Well this morning I woke up with really bad nausea! First time that's happened. I actually had to call into work and tell them I would be late. I left when I felt fine (normal actually!) And when I got to work I started feeling sick again. I felt better after I ate lunch. I wanted to try to stay another 3 hours, so I hope that I stay feeling OK!

Your little bean is perfect! Hearing the heartbeat is just amazing...I still love to hear it at every visit.

Sorry to hear that the nausea is kicking in, but just remember that is a good sign your body is doing all that it needs to do.

Ugh...

It just occured to me that I will be pregnant during the holidays. With all the yummy holiday food!!! Mmmmm turkey and cranberry sauce! *drool*

Hmm I was really exhausted for the VERY beginning of the pregnancy and probably the 9-11 weeks I was nauseated. So it didn't last very long but it sure wasn't pleasant. :p

Hey, ladies! Still lurking around. Ready to deliver this baby! Got my older boys through the first few weeks of school, my current baby got some mommy time and my to do list is done!! Considering going into work for a few hours over the weekend to see if some "nursing" can stimulate some uterine activity. Dh thinks I am nuts. I am just so uncomfortable with so much pressure...I can barely walk, too. OB appt today so maybe I have dilated a little more this week! Tune in...

Hi ladies...I hope that everyone is doing well and hanging in there.

modkitten - I have already thought about the holidays too...yeah - no guilt for me. I have already been craving stuffing and pumpkin pie.

almsthere - wow...you have been one busy momma - sounds like some nesting to me. Hang in there, you are almost done. I remember with my daughter the last 2 weeks were so bad. There was all this pressure and I was sure that she was just going to fall right out of my cooter at any second that's how low it felt like she was. She came 7 days early and I was only in labor for 3hours and 52 minutes so maybe all the pressure is a good sign.

We are off to Colorado for the weekend to attend a wedding. I am ready to get out of town, but not real ready for a 10 hour road trip with my kidos fighting in the back of the van. I am hoping betweent he TV and Nintendo DS's that they will be entertained...wish me luck.

Have a great weekend everyone and I will check on everyone Monday!

Hey girls! I just noticed this thread was here and thought I would say hi!

I'm a SAHM of a two year old son and am scheduled for a c-section on Dec. 31 with my second son :)

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

So I saw the OB/GYN yesterday. She did an exam, asked a bunch of questions, and I had blood work, etc done. There were some questions I wanted to ask but that I totally forgot about, so I need to call today to ask. The main one is about continuing my physical therapy, if I should, how long I should for, and if the exercises I do for it are OK to continue with or not. She is scheduling a consultation with a high-risk OB, as well as a Level 2 Ultrasound at my 20 week appointment because of the leukemia and also that I was still taking my meds for it for the first 6-8 days that I was pregnant. We will be finding out the sex then too. It seems so far away! We will also have an ultrasound in 3 weeks for the Down Syndrome test.

almsthere - Good luck with that list!

lovinlifex2 - I've never been to Colorado, but I would love to. I hear its absolutely gorgeous, especially near the mountains (and I love mountains and hiking :)) Good luck with the kids in the car!

:welcome2: zeffryn

Hey all,

Modkitten, I'm glad everything is going well. Don't worry, 20 weeks will be here before you know it! My second tri FLEW by, almost before I could blink it seems. :)

Welcome Zeffryn, I'm glad you've joined us in the pregnant/nursing forum!

Almsthere, I hope you got good news from the OB and the little one is on her way!

lovinlife, I hope you had a good trip to CO, fighting kids and all! Good thoughts being sent your way for the trip home...


I'm still hanging in here. I've finally found out what Braxton Hicks contractions are... can't say they're much fun. Not usually painful, but uncomfortable for sure. I felt the baby doing some serious gymnastics in my stomach last night, had I been watching I'm sure I would have seen him roll all the way across my tummy. DH has been able to feel him more and more, I know he likes that... we both do. :)

I'm going to CO this weekend for baby shower #1 on Saturday, but I think hubby and I are going leave a few days early and spend some time alone - without the dogs or any interruptions. It could be a while before we get to do that again. He's been so busy with work and school (full time work and full time+ school) that I feel like I haven't seen him much lately. We'll see. I think he's leaning toward staying at home for those extra couple of days while I want to get out and away. Hehe... that's the difference between a SAHW and a full time working DH I guess. Either way, it'll be nice to have some time together.

I have my 3rd tri ultrasound on Wednesday, I can't wait! He's grown nearly 10 inches since we last saw him. Hopefully we'll get a good view of his face this time, he kept his hands up by his mouth the whole time for the last one.

My OB told me at my last appointment that I must get onto a day shift (I've been living on graveyard with DH for 4+ years now), since living nights makes the risk for preterm labor go up exponentially. I knew it was going to happen eventually, but I really don't like not sleeping with DH. I don't sleep nearly as well when he's not with me. That's my goal for this week, hopefully I'll be successful. Wish me luck, changing schedules sucks.

I hope everyone has a great week! I'll be in and out for the next couple weeks, but I'll try to pop in when I can.

Good luck Gale with your schedule! I wouldn't like sleeping without my DH either :(

Well I broke down and bought maternity jeans. Same size as my regular pants, and they fit great and are super comfy! I put on a Bella Band to keep them up. I was just sick of all my pants being way too tight around my stomach and having to unbutton them all. I thought I would try the Bella Band with all my regular pants, just unbuttoned. But its just not comfortable to me. I like the maternity pants much better. I feel like its too early for them though!

I'm just hoping that everyone isn't thinking "Oh I wonder if she's pregnant" because I definitely look... well I look something. My chest is bigger and my stomach is bigger but the rest of me is about the same. My DH told out neighbors that I'm pregnant and they said they were wondering if I was. I wonder if all my co-workers are thinking that... I still have 4-5 weeks before I can make an announcement! I hope I make it that long before its blatantly obvious.

So, I'm still here. :tantrum: Lists have been completed and new lists made and those are done, too! I keep telling myself that I am not overdue and each additional day/week is good for the baby! Putting some meat on those little bones. Off to run some errands and tie up loose ends.
Ob visit had nothing new to say some further thinning but no dilating! I had some contractions last night and early this am but nothing has progressed to labor. Oh, how I hate the waiting game...Patience is a virtue that I don't have! :dizzy: