TTC and Preggers week of May 18th

kate, what is hypnobirthing? that sounds so interesting. how many classes is it? hope your nausea is gone. how frustrating. perhaps you are catching a bug?

hi jen. sorry for the fight with dh. we were in the same boat last night. nothing like a little time out for everyone. yeah for 9 more days!!! hope you feel good today.

i am super stressed right now, and my 8 mile run this am did not even dent it. my mom is up near us renting a house. i have seen her 3 times this week and we are not really talking about the separation, which, though it si a relief to me, is also stressful. my dad arrived last night to spend the weekend with my mom - they are supposedly "trying" butmy dad is staying with us as my mom won't let him stay with ehre even though she is in a 3 bedroom house. i need to just stop worrying, i know. also, i need to euthanize my cat this weekend, and it is really hard. hard not just b/c i am both his mom and his vet, but hard b/c dh and ds will have such a hard time and i feel like i am hurtng them. my cat is suffering terribly from asthma and a probably tumor in his nose. i know it is a good decision, but it is very very hard. so, that is me for today! i will be back later, hopefully in a better mood.
 
Morris- sorry about the parents/cat. Very emotional topics.

Jen- whatever illness you had, I caught. I have had the weirdest cold/coughing the past 4 days. It is absolutely draining! I am usually one to plow though the day and even exercise when I'm sick, but not now. How's your gardening going? I need to take some pix of my stuff and put them online. My years of work have paid off- not much needs to be done .

Lisa- hurray on the u/s. I didn't find out with #1 and it was a lot of fun. And I really didn't find out with #3 since the numerous techs/doctors were WRONG on gender. OUr pool opens this weekend. Looking forward to a few weeks in the water before the baby comes.

I got a new table in my laundry room- sounds simple, right? Except this thing is going to change my life! I am visualizing maximum laundry efficiency.

Speaking of cats, one of ours has gone missing. She was old but in good health. I looked all over the house and outside- cannot find her. Not sure if it was her time or she was cat-napped. She is tiny- about 6 pounds- so wondering if someone thought she was a lost kitten.
 
kristan, i'd LOVE to see phtos of your garden - it sounds beautiful! so sorry about the cold. i hope it disappears soon. and horray for maximum laundry efficiency!! in my next house i want huge energy efficient front loading washer.
 
I am enjoying cooler weather here, but it is unseasonably cool. Our furnace ran out of oil a couple of days ago, so boy scout son has been keeping me cozy by building me fires. We have not had a year this cool in a while. I hope it stays cool throughout the summer. Everyone hates me for saying that, but I especially don't like heat whilst pregnant.

Lisa--I didn't find out the gender for the first 4. It was really fun being surprised at the end. ME is probably my favorite endurance type weight workout.

Morris-I'm sorry about the continuing stress with your parents. Sounds like you are really caught in the middle. And so sad about your cat. We've had to have cats put down, but we've never had to do it ourselves. That must be very difficult. I need to take a look at Tracey's new ones, if there are clips up at Collage. I always preorder Cathe and now I'll always pre order Amy's cardio workouts, but I'm not familiar enough with Tracey. I'm going to pop by collage and see what's there.

Kate--But isn't a sugary drink what they want you to drink when you are testing for fetal movement? So enjoy the ice cream, I say. (Calcium and all that ya know.) I sympathize about the playing--I love reading to my kids, and talking with them and doing crafts/cooking, but I really don't like playing. Now there are so many siblings, I can just pass that off onto someone else; but when they were younger, that was not the case. I did it, I just didn't enjoy it much.

Jen--It's always disconcerting when our children have a behavioral change. When our son was 3, he reverted from being potty trained to going in his pants. I knew something was wrong, but he lacked the verbal skills to tell me what had happened. Finally, I discerned that something had happened in Sunday School. I called the teacher and she told me that an older child had physically attacked him--pinned him down and punched him. I mean thanks for telling me, Lady. We did not stay at that church long. I really hope you are able to get to the bottom of it. Hang in there.

Kristan--I would love a table in the laundry room--actually we just have a laundry nook that fits the washer and dryer, consequently, all finished laundry ends up on the sofa in the living room until we get to it and our family produces A LOT of laundry....Anyway--enjoy it.

Hi Anne! Hi Lurkers!

Maggie
27 weeks,4 days
 
Hypnobirthing class last night was so cool. There are 4 more classes to go. We had to practice my breathing and then she described cutting a lemon for a long time. By the end you are salivating and all puckered up because you SWEAR you are about to eat a lemon - SOUR YUCK! We watched a couple hypno-births and you cannot even tell these women are in labor!!! They look like they are just lying there sleeping! Now, I've had 2 awesome natural births but if I can do it like that - WOW! Props to me! Actually she said I need to start saying "I can do this" type of stuff. We learned so much - it was very very interesting. Hey, maybe I can use it for weightlifting! LOL!

Morris, Sorry for the stress of your parents and your cat. Neither one would be fun to cope with, esp. pg! I hope they can work thinfs out.

Kristan, Your laundry center sound so nice! I have a nice laundry room in the basement but when I was pg w/ #2 DH installed a stacker-style in our Master closet and now that's the one I use everyday becuase its so darn convenient.

Maggie, I hate really hot summers too. thanks for the encouragement on the ice cream!!! LOL! Calcium, right?!
 
Morris - I'm so sorry about your cat. That is really hard to do. Are you ready for baby yet? Is the nursery set up? You're going to give birth soon!

Kristan - I would LOVE to have a laundry room. Our washer/dryer is in the garage which just makes me hate doing laundry all the more. A lot of homes here are built that way and I hate it.

Maggie - How great to have a son to be so handy like building fires! It's hot here. I hate to see the heat the summer brings. We're buying our kids a new a/c because their room is the hottest room in the house and I don't think their a/c right now will cut it for the summer.

Kate - I totally want to go to hypnobirthing class. I hope they offer it here.

I did Bootcamp this morning and I feel so great! I actually did the whole thing with modifications of course. I used my total gym at an incline to do the tricep extensions instead of laying flat on my back and had to do other ab stuff for the ones Cathe is flat on her back. I notice I can't jump around as much though. My back and knees are not too thrilled about the extra weight I'm carrying and honestly, it is just not comfortable for me. I feel so much bigger this time around with this pg and I can't imagine what I will look like in a couple months. I remember I was barely showing at 4+ mos with my other pgs, but I'm definitly showing this time around. Off to start a busy weekend. We're redoing my kids' bedroom so today I'm going to get the paint, look at a bed and dresser for ds and dd, and laminate flooring for their room and the hallway. I'm going to get rid of a lot of their old toys and books and start new. Declutter! What is everyone planning for their Memorial Day weekend?

Lisa
 
Lisa, What are you guys paying for gas right now? I wonder if its more expensive. Regular here is $4.25/gallon. I want to buy a Prius!! If you got to Hypnobirthing.com you should be able to find out if there is an instructor near you. If not I think you can buy the book and cds without going thru a class. A gal I know did it and said that it still worked beautifully for her. Glad you had a good Bootcamping! I feel your pain on the jumping around. Tuck jumps - not happenin'!! How fun to redecorate! I love doing that stuff! Well, hiring it actually!:p :+ No plans for Mem. Day - same old stuff. yay! We love getting a chance to sneak an extra day off! 8 days of school left for DD!!!

I did 4DS KB cardio, Core Blast standing work and Classical Stretch Deep Muscle Something or Other! Felt good! I think maybe B&G standing work tomorrow.
 
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