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! 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!

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.

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.

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. 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!