Hi ladies,

Misa and Lori another great site that tracks your pregnancy week, by week and is full of great info is babyzone.com. They also have different tips every day and a calender where you can fill in your up-coming appointments etc. The site is awesome, I used babycenter too, but babyzone had more info and the "birth stories" section is the best, you can read people's birth experiences according to natural delivery, multipes, c-section and there are even birth stories of women w/ weight issues.

ANNE: Thanks for the tip about the spelling of your name. I like the way yours is spelled, but don't know if I want them to be constantly having to spell it. My dh is leaning towards "Anna". That's harder to mispell, because the "Ana" spelling is pronounced differently.

TANYA: Thanks for letting us know about BabyZone. I will register today. The only thing about BabyCenter I don't like is that they are sending me a lot of ads to buy stuff!

Misa

hi everyone, how are you all? things here are fine. after the one time of spotting, there wasn't anything else, so i'm not too concerned about it. i read somewhere that if it doesn't continue, you can just tell your dr about it at your next appointment, so that's my plan. now i'm sick though. i have a bad cold. rich couldn't take how miserable i looked anymore and called the dr to see what i could take. i took today off and have been resting and taking some medicine and have been feeling better. on top of the cold and morning sickness, i had to go yesterday and get some bloodwork and a glucose test done. i had bloodwork orders from my ob and regular dr and the nurse didn't know what to do, so she took twice as much blood as she needed. she took 8 vials, then i had to give a urine sample, then do the glucose test. the sugar drink she gave me made me sick to my stomach the rest of the day and i had to give another vial of blood after an hour. what a day!

i'm going to have to go check out babyzone and babycenter. our dr also gave us some websites to check out too, but i haven't looked at any of those yet.

well, i'm going to go lay back down and watch some tv before bed (the only exercise i've been getting too--i keep saying i'm going back to my water aerobics class, but haven't been yet). take care everyone! lori

Oh Lori, that's awful! I hope you feel much better very soon. At least it's Friday, so you (hopefully) have the weekend off to rest up. You have a good husband, calling the Dr. for you and caring for you.

My sister-in-law is due the day after me and she has been in bed for almost 3 weeks with an intestinal blockage. She has tried all kinds of enemas and medicines and been to the ER twice. They are afraid to do anything because she's pregnant, so she is just suffering and taking milk of magnesia. My brother has had to really step up and take care of their 3-yr-old AND work AND take care of the house. I hope she gets better soon.

I feel lucky so far - no illnesses or complications so far. My diabetes Dr. scared me to death with all the expectations of me for the pregnancy - very strict blood sugars and going to 4 specialists/Dr.'s ALL the time. That would be the OB, the diabetes Dr., the nutritrionist/diabetes specialist, and the perinatal specialist. I hope I can juggle all that with work.

Being pregnant is a lot of stress. I hope everyone has a quiet, relaxing weekend.

Misa

well, i found out yesterday that my glucose test came back a little high. i had a 151 and it should be 130 or under. i have to go to a class next week to learn how to use the glucometer and for some nutrition stuff. they are hoping to control the sugar with diet and exercise. then the week after that, i have to go back and meet with the dr who will monitor my sugar levels during the pregnancy. does anyone else feel like all they do is go to the dr? and, no one has told me yet, but does this mean i officially have gestational diabetes? i figure they should tell me something like that. anyway, with all that going on, i've totally stopped being excited about our ultrasound the 5th. too many other things to worry about.....

misa--yes, i do have this weekend off. i plan on becoming good friends with the bed! i have a question for you. i remember you saying how you were having a hard time getting back to exercising and i am too. now that my sugar is high though, i really need to make a commitment to it and i wondered if you were interested in being workout buddies or something? i do better when i have someone to be accountable too. let me know if you're interested. i'd just like to make a goal each week to workout for so many minutes or something like that. oh....i hope your sister in law gets better soon. that sounds terrible!

well, better run, lori

tanya--all the pictures you have under your name are SO cute!!

Hi Lori! I hope you are feeling better and more hopeful today!

I can relate to everything in your entry. I also feel like I am going to the Dr. all the time too. Because of the diabetes, I have four that I will see regularly-at least one per week. I am under a lot of pressure to control my blood sugar too. I don't know if you are gestational diabetes with a 151 reading, but I would think so. Maybe it's what they call "borderline" which means it could go either way. I'm sorry that you have all this pressure. I bet you will cheer up when you see the baby on the 5th though! It is magical because it is not just a picture, but 3-D with movement and a heartbeat, etc.

I have been feeling very depressed this weekend - crying and sleeping a lot. I even wished I weren't pregnant. I feel STUCK. Meaning, it's only going to get worse over the next 7 months and I really don't feel like exercising or cleaning or doing anything, and my husband and I aren't getting along. I feel like I am focusing on his negatives, when he has a lot of positives too.

I would like to be "exercise buddies", but I don't know if I am motivated enough. I woke up this morning and can barely make myself go to work, much less anything else. People keep telling me that this will pass in the 2nd trimester, which is only 3 more weeks for both of us, so maybe then. I feel so guilty for not exercising. I keep thinking I will walk, but it is the last thing I want to do. My job is fairly active, as is yours, so I take some comfort in that. Knowing that I am not sitting at a desk all day, but am out running around helps my guilt.

By the way, has anyone else gotten pregnant and gone off an antidepressant or antianxiety medication - i.e. Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil, etc.? I went off Prozac of my own accord (the Dr.s approved) and I am in bad shape. I want to stay off it forever, but I am feeling very anxious/depressed off and on. I am a Christian, so I am praying all the time for peace. I am thinking about asking my Dr. if there is another alternative, but I REALLY want to stay off the meds.

Misa

An article about plus-sized pregnancies:

http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/pre...162:20222:9773

misa--thanks for the info on being borderline with the diabetes. my mom is diabetic also and she said that 151 isn't really that bad and since no one said "your test results came back and you're diabetic" i wasn't sure. when i called the nurse at the specialists office, she was confused why they had even checked it so early in the first place. my nurse at the ob never said i was diabetic either, she just told me my sugar was "a little high" and they'd like me to see the specialist. i guess i'll just ask when i go for my next appointment. i'm not really worried about it. i know how to use the glucometer from watching my mom, and i'm already trying to eat healthy, so i really don't think i'll have to make too many changes--just watch the sweets and get my butt to the gym! i hope that's all it takes, anyway!

i'm sorry you're not having a great week. i was wishing i wasn't pregnant when i was in the middle of my cold last week. i just feel so sick all the time from the pregnancy, then to add all the stuff from the cold, i was just so tired of being miserable and just wanted to feel normal again. the cold is on the way out now, and i'm feeling better, but i understand where you are! i've heard the same thing about the second trimester. i've marked it on the calendar and am waiting for the 13th week to start! hope this helps....

i never went on any medications, but last september my dr wanted to put me on zoloft (i was having anxiety attacks from the pressure rich's dad was putting on me to get pregnant). i decided not to go on the medicine cuz we were trying to get pregnant, but also because i just don't like to take medicine. my dr asked me what i was going to do instead, and i said i was going to exercise and use relaxation to deal with the anxiety. she said that was a good idea because when you exercise you release lots of endorphins that make you feel happy. it really did work for me...i've never had another anxiety attack. and the few times i felt like one might be coming i just took some deep breaths and relaxed and thought about something that made me happy. i know you're having a hard time getting to the gym, but exercise really does help. also, i was wondering if you went off your medicine the right way. i'm no dr or have any medical training, but i do know that some of those medicines you have to stop gradually, you're not supposed to just stop taking it all of a sudden. anyway, it would be worth talking to your dr about. there are herbal things too, like st. john's wort, that maybe you could take. it never hurts to ask.

oh, and don't worry about the exercise thing. maybe i'll check back with you after 3 weeks and see what you think then? take care of yourself and i hope you feel better soon! lori

Lori, I think you're right about just asking your Dr. about the diabetes when you see him. And all you can do is eat right and exercise at this point anyway. Good luck!

Thanks for all your encouragement. I had a better day yesterday and feel good today. I am back to being glad about the little bambino (or bambina). I read my Baby Center update on what is going on at 10 weeks today and it made me feel closer to the baby. He/she is supposedly madly kicking its legs, but I can't feel it yet. Also, did you know that between 10 and 12 weeks, the baby increases from 1 to 3 inches? I guess that growth spurt is why they can sometimes detect the sex at 10-12 weeks. So you and I both might know the sex of the baby next week!

I seem to do better with depression/anxiety during the work week than on the weekends. I guess I have something to do and I like my job. I thank God that I feel more like myself the past two days.

I actually was writing a book before I got pregnant - ironically, it is about a young woman who adopts - so, I need to go back to writing to keep my creative juices flowing. I have been watching WAY too much mindless junk TV, like "I Love New York".

You are right - I need to exercise and I'm sure I would feel better, mentally and physically. OK, I will make a committment right now. Tonight, I have to work late, but Weds. night, I will commit to doing 30 minutes of Pilates after work. Do you want to tell me what you are going to do so you can be accountable to me? Exercise buddy?

Have a great day,
Misa

hey misa! i'm glad you're feeling better! i read the email from baby center too. i had already read most of it in one of the books we have, but i could read that stuff all day and it's always interesting. i know i can't feel the baby moving yet, but sometimes i'll feel a little something and while i know it's just my lunch digesting or embarrassing gas, i always think it's banana. i figure that when i do really feel the baby, i'll still think it's gas and just ignore it! are you going to find out if you're having a boy or girl? we've decided to wait until the big day. that works for us cuz we can't even pick a boys name and i'd feel guilty for 7 more months if we knew it was a boy and didn't have a name.

that's so interesting that, for one, you're writing a book, and two, you're writing about adoption. in some weird twist of fate, both the families i've nannied for have adopted both of their children. and, rich and i were starting to seriously talk about adoption before we got pregnant, too, so that subject really interests me. you'll have to keep my posted on your progress.

ok, since you're making a committment to wednesday night, i'll do something wednesday too. i am working overnight tonight and late tomorrow, so while the kids are at school tomorrow i'll do 30 minutes of walking. i'll probably jump on the treadmill cuz it's freezing cold outside (they're talking heat wave tomorrow with a high of 30), but i'll do it! i'm just going to make daily goals for right now, but over the weekend i'll make up a weekly goal for next week. here we go, exercise buddy!

i'll check back in tomorrow after i workout! take care, lori

Hey Lori!

I read yesterday when in the pregnancy we can start feeling the baby move, but I can't remember. I can't wait either!

We are going to find out the sex. I really hope next week they may be able to tell us, but I guess it's unlikely at 11 weeks. My mom knew someone who went in at 10 weeks and found out. Anyway, we haven't figured out a name yet either, but when we find out the sex, I guess we'll be more serious about deciding on a name. Also, it will be easier to decorate the nursery knowing the sex, but I have already decided on pale green "celery" walls with a "lamb" theme, so that could go with a boy or girl.

Yeah, my husband and I were somewhat interested in adoption too, before the pregancy. I always thought it would be really hard to have a baby with my diabetes and I was right! I am having to check my blood sugar 9 times a day and record the amount of insulin I take and everything I eat. So far my numbers have been great, but in the second trimester, I will need twice as much insulin and in the third trimester, three times as much insulin! I can't imagine how that will be, but I'm glad I have the diabetes educator and Dr. to walk me through it.

OK, as far as the exercise, I didn't do it. However, making a "committment" did make me consider it a lot more and made the decision not to do it harder. So I can see how that works. I think my only hope is getting up early to exercise because there's no way I am going to do it at night. I never know when I will get home. Like last night, I got home at 6:00so it was time to make dinner. I guess I'm kind of set in my ways.

I planned to get up early today and exercise, but with checking my blood sugar at 12:00, 3:00, and 6:00 in the morning and getting up 2-3 times to pee, I was worn out! Hopefully tomorrow I'll be more motivated...

Did you exercise? I hope so!

Misa

hey misa! don't worry about the exercise cuz i didn't do it either! things have been crazy here lately! wednesday i ended up running into someone when i was running errands and wasted the whole day talking to her and then finishing errands for work. then i stayed late at work and wasn't feeling well by the time i got home. then yesterday....what a day! rich went with me to my first class at the nutritionist and diabetic dr. we got there at 9, filled out paperwork, and started the class. we had just learned how to use the glucometer and were starting the class and rich started to feel lightheaded. before we could get him some water or anything, he passed out! he was pale and was having trouble breathing. they had a dr come in and were calling 911 when he came too. it was so scary! they suggested we go to the emergency room (the dr's office is attached to the hospital), so we left class and spent a good part of the day in the emergency room! it ended up he's fine, just hasn't been getting enough to eat or sleep cuz he's been working so hard to save up for the baby. i wouldn't let him out of my sight the rest of the day, so he ended up going with me to work. by the time i got off work, i was exhausted and worn out from our adventure. anyway, we're just taking it easy this morning so i plan on starting the exercise this weekend. i feel guilty too, but sometimes life is just crazy! i'm going to go make some lunch and get ready for work this afternoon. take care, lori

p.s. i can't believe you have to take your blood sugar 9 times a day! they are only making me test 4 times and so far my sugar hasn't been over 128. i think that's pretty good. i'll find out what my targets are when we go back to retake the class next week.

Oh my goodness! What a story. Poor Rich! I hope that he gets enough food and sleep from now on. Nothing is worth that. He sounds like such a good husband and a hard worker.

Your blood sugar does sound good, but I have found out that the 2nd trimester and particularly the 3rd trimester are much harder for the blood sugar. I assume its the same for gestational. I hope you won't have gestational diabetes.

As for me, not much news. We had people over last night and I bought chocolate cake for dessert because I don't like it and wouldn't be tempted! Pretty selfish, huh? But I didn't eat any. The couple that came over have a 9 month old baby, so it was neat to be around him and think about when ours arrives. We also got to ask a lot of questions.

When is your second OB appt? Mine is this Weds! Can't wait!

Misa

hello! we had our ultrasound today!! it was so exciting to see the cute and tiny little baby on the screen! we could see banana's arms and legs, tummy, fingers, spine, facial bones and heart beating. it was so awesome! she said it must have been taking a nap cuz it wasn't moving around at all, just laying there all sprawled out like it was just waiting for us to see. the worst thing was that the printer was broken and so we didn't get any pictures. i was totally bummed out, but the dr told us that since they are watching my sugar that dr will probably end up doing ultrasounds more often to watch how the baby is growing, so maybe we'll have another one soon and get a picture then. it was just the coolest thing i've ever seen!! she did tell us that we are a few days farther along then she first thought. she thought today was 11w 1d, but it's really more like 11w 4d, so it moved our due date from aug. 26 to aug 23. nothing too exciting, but it makes us closer to the second trimester mark and that makes me happy!

i can't believe i can actually write this, but i did manage to exercise a tiny bit this weekend. it wasn't anything exciting, but i did 10 minutes on the gazelle friday night and 10 minutes of walking on sunday. it's a start i guess!

yeah, rich is a great husband. he's going to be such a good daddy! i can't wait to see him holding the baby. today he was so in awe at the ultrasound, it was so sweet. i think he was more disappointed then i was that we didn't get any pictures. i sure got lucky with him!

well, i guess i'd better go. let me know how your next appointment goes!! lori