TTC/Preggers Check-In March 23

Kate - Oh my gosh, me too with the nap. Yesterday I took a nap and before I fell asleep I was feeling pretty good. Then I woke up from my nap and I felt so sick to my stomach. I was like, yeah, that was NOT refreshing. When is your next ob appt?

Lisa
 
Hi everyone--I'm feeling pretty good today, ready to try and limit the weight gain for the remainder of the pregnancy. We'll see how that goes, ha ha....

Dh and I are not in agreement on a girl name, so I'm going to have to start making lists of what I like and read them to him until he says he likes one. He's really set on Gwenevere and I'm not, but he's always wanted to name a girl that name and so far he's gone along with my suggestions(Rhiannon, Isabella, Evangeline) so I feel bad, since this is probably the last baby, denying him something he really wants. I don't hate the name, I just don't love it. Maybe I'll come around if I get to pick the middle name without much static:)

Lisa, yes I'll get another ultrasound, unfortunately, we'll have to pay for 20% of it assuming I've met our $500 deductible (grrrr....our health insurance has awful maternity coverage...but at least we've got it). I hope you feel better soon.

Morris--I'm sorry you feel so badly. Your parent's breakup has got to be totally unsettling and I'm sure the pregnancy hormones do not help. I think a ball is fine, because it keeps you on an incline.

Kate--the girls were thrilled to be at the ultrasound and the tech was really good at telling what she was looking at the entire time. I'm glad you are feeling better.

Hi everyone else--

Maggie
somewhere between 18 and 19 weeks, who can say?
 
Lisa, Glad I'm not the only one with a nap issue! I don't get to go for 2 more weeks! I want to go now!!! But I'll get to hear the hb when I do go so that gives me somehitng to look forward to.

Maggie, Good luck on limiting the gain! It's so hard when you don't agree on names. Girl names aren't a problem for us but boy names sure are! I want Jackson, he wants Joshua. We'll figure soemthing out. Our insurance is decent but it doesn't cover the birthing center where we're going so $3800 out of pocket - yuck. At least I'll get the birth environment I want.

No school this AM - DDs are playing in their room and I'm laying in bed. I think I'll surprise them and take them out to breakfast.

Have a good day!
 
Wanted to post quickly to say congrats to Maggie and your little girl!

Morris - I'm sorry you've been having a rough time. Hope you feel better soon and the visit with your father goes o.k.

Lisa - How's the nausea going? Better I hope...

Hi Kate! How are you feeling lately?

Well, I'm so excited for my u/s tomorrow, I'll be about 7 1/2 weeks, but it's not until 3:30 in the afternoon, so it's going to be an agonizing day! Praying to see a heartbeat!
 
Anne, I'm so anxious for you! I hope you get the hb this time! I'm doing better all the time, thanks for asking. Energy doesn't seem to be quite back for workouts (our days are SO BUSY) but hopefully soon. I'll be 11 weeks Saturday so the worst of Tri1 is def. over. I wish the weather were nicer so I could walk outside. soon.
 
we had 52 degree weathe yesterday and i had a lovely walk with ds - it is so nice to see the sun. unfortuantely, we are expecting snow tonight....

anne, i am anxiously awaiting your us too. hope you are distracted until 3.

kate, you are rapidly finishing this pregnancy. the business is crazy, isn't it?

lisa, i hope you are feeling better. naps can make things worse for sure. yesterday ds took a 45min nap only. i was ready to cry as i had not even had a chance to lie down (or do gym style legs, but the lie down was more essential:))but, we powered thru.

maggie, how are you feeling?

hi jen!

my visit with my dad was very sad. my folks are not moving toward any sort of life together. selfishly, my 2 sisters and i are also concerned b/c of what is going on in our lives. i have a baby coming as does my sister, and my othersister is getting amrried. my mom has some serious health issues - multiple cancers, back pain, rhematoid arthritis, and an abdomen that does not allow her to lift more than 10lbs (previous botched surgery). she is also not so stable mentally. she thinks she will come take care of ds while i have the baby, but she cannot lift him. i am going to have to tell her i am not comfortable with that (we always thought my dad would be there to ehlp, but not if they are not together). she does not recognize her limitations or disabilities. also, she takes anyone's observations of limitations as criticism. this is not going to be fun or pretty.

enough about that. well, i sturggled thru cardio fusion yesterday. darn bladder is so annoying! next time i will lower my step to 6 for the bm2 intervals. today was 9 mile run. i am hoping to do standing portion of gs legs but it may not happen. bbl. thanks for listening everyone!
 
Anne - I'll be anxiously waiting for your post. Hope time is flying by today for you! Thoughts and prayers for a great u/s.

Morris - So sorry things didn't go as well as you'd hoped. It is difficult no matter how old you are when things aren't right with your parents. When did your m/s ease up for you if you remember? The eating more often has helped me and I'm afraid of stepping on the scale! I'm 8 1/2 weeks and I'm hoping the m/s will ease up from this point on.

Kate - Yay for the worst of it being over! I'm thinking my nausea is actually starting to let up a little. I don't want to get too hopeful, but yesterday was a much better day than any in a long time. I only felt nauseaus twice throughout the day which is a BIG change for me. I usually feel it all day long. I still dry heaved, but at least it didn't last all night long like it normally does. I think the eating more often has also helped it.

Maggie - Maybe you guys can come to a compromise and use the name as a middle name or something like that.

Hi everyone!!

I'm going to go and do some 4DS HIS right now. I haven't been working out so much due to fatigue and nausea, but now that I'm feeling better I'm going to take advantage of it and workout before the nausea decides to hit. Can't wait to hear news from Anne!

Lisa
 
lisa, with my first, my ms started aroun 9 weeks and lasted to 14:( this time it was vicious starting at 6.5 but definately winding down by 11 weeks. i'd start to have one good day, then 2, then 3.... eating more helped the most, and i gained close to 10lbs 1st tri. weight gain has drastically slowed, though, so i am okay with it, now!

enjoy stepping!
 
Anne--I don't know what time zone you are in, so I'll just be checking throughout the day. I am praying for you.

Kate--glad that morning sickness is subsiding--mine usually does around 10-13 weeks. This pregnancy was unusual.

Morris--What a difficult situation you are going through on so many different levels. I'll pray for you as well.

Lisa--sounds like you are feeling a bit better--Hurray! Maybe you are moving out of morning sickness.

Hi everyone else!

Maggie:)
 
Well, we have a heart beat ladies!!!! I almost cried in the office. The Dr. actually came in for this u/s and when we saw the heartbeat, I said we'd never gotten that far in the other pregnancies and he squeezed my hand. I actually felt like he was sincere about that.

So, the heartbeat was 134 bpm and it measured about 6 weeks 4 days. That has me a little worried, b/c FF has me at 7 weeks 3 days, but they didn't seem concerned about that. They said we still need to be cautiously optimistic and that he'll do one more scan in 2 weeks!

Sorry so short, but I pigged out on Chinese food and an eclair (sp?) and need to bike it off!

Anne
 
Oh Anne--hurray! My heart was pounding as I scrolled down to read your post. I am soooo happy for you. You deserve to pig out. I'll just keep praying for you. (((hugs)))

Maggie:7
 
:) :) :) :) Yay Anne for a heartbeat!!!! That is wonderful news! Eat all you want and celebrate!! I'll keep praying for you that this is just the beginning of lots of good news to come! Oh and I wouldn't worry too much about the EDD because I got pushed back a week when I was pg with dd and I was positive about my LMP, but it all worked out. I ended up giving birth one week early so if I went with my original EDD I would have given birth right on time. I think in the long run, a week does not make that big of a difference because even in utero, babies grow at different rates.

Lisa
 
YAY ANNE!!! I'm so happy for you and DH and your little bun! That is WONDERFUL! You just go on and eat another eclair!!! I'll have some chocolate cake for you!

Morris, Your snow came here! It was not too bad this morning now we have anout an inch of accumulation. I want spring! So sorry about your dad. How hard for you and your sisters - all the happiness that you would want to share with them together. My mom has MS and is the same way about her limitations - takes it as criticism when the truth is she CANNOT do the things. Mothers. I'm glad I'm not to the "bladder issue" stage yet!

Lisa, Glad you had a better day. More will come. I'm def. over them hump, but I feel ya on the eating! I've only gained 5 lbs and I'll be 11 weeks Saturday so honestly its not too bad. But my belly looks HUGE!!! Nothing fits nice and I just want to wear mat. clothes but I don't feel like its appropriate yet. Soon I hope. I can feel the top of my uterus and its rising but not far enough up yet to warrant mat. clothes. HIS is so much fun.

Maggie, How's it going today?

ps - I'm really enjoying having bigger boobs!:7
 
Kate - I can't wait to get over the hump like you! At least my nausea has become managable where I can work through it where last week I couldn't peel myself off the bed/couch. LOL about the boobs! Mine have filled in, but not too big yet. I figure I have a few more weeks before that happens. My waistline has expanded, but I can still wear most of my regular clothes still. I'm thinking in a couple weeks when I'm about 11 weeks, it might be a different story though. Sorry about the snow. How old are your other two children?

Lisa
 
Lisa,

Gina just turned 6 and Isabel will be 4 in May. They'll be 6.5 and 4.5 when #3 comes along. Big helpers, I hope!!

For clothes I'm wearing a lot of these comfy cotton knee-length skirts I have and when I do have to wear something with buttons I leave the top button undone and use a belt to hold it together.

I've kept a fairly flat tummy pre-preg and I was so hoping it would stay that way until the official bump popped out. Not so! My abs have flabbed and are so loose they scare me. I hope I can pull them back in afterwards!

Your over-the-hump will come soon. Around 9-10 it started to get better and this week is the best yet. Just keep the food comin' my way!
 
What a mistake I made by waiting so long to eat dinner. Now I'm sick and can't even stomach anything. I'm trying to keep busy to keep my mind off the nausea. I think it's so funny how things you normally love become repulsive while pg. I love chocolate, but ever since I got pg, just the thought of chocolate makes me want to puke. I love water, but now I have to force myself to drink it and it taste so awful to me. At least I got a workout in this morning.

Kate - I make 9 weeks in a few days so I hope it starts to improve. Girls I think will make great helpers after the baby is born. I think it's just the maternal instict or something.

Anne - I'm still so happy for you!

Lisa
 
Good morning all!


Lisa, Ditto on the water. I am normally a gallon+ a day guzzler. I bet I'm not even getting 16 oz. now. And I absolutley adore cereal but I cannot stomach the milk right now. Glad you got to WO. I am hoping to today.
 
anne, so happy about the heartbeat. you must be so relieved, or as your doc put it "cautiously optimisitc"> chinese and ecliars sounds so good.

lisa, sorry your evening ended up yucky. hope today is better.

kate, i know what you mean about milk. i still cannot quite stomach it yet still.

hi maggie - hope your day is okay.

well, i tried amy's new hi lo knockout this morning. i don't know - i am a huge fan of her hi low, but this workout wasn't quite what i wanted. definately not kb, but the hi low wasn't as good as her others i didn't think. i will try again though. certainly is a good length and good intensity. maybe it will grow on me. i have to do gs leg floor work later - no time this am. off to an appointment - bbl!
 
Morris, Dont tell me that about milk!! I'm so hoping that when tri1 is done I'll be able to go back to my cereal and milk! Sorry about the WO. Hopefully its better next time you do it. Thankfully, I have never been disappointed by a Cathe. There are def. some that don't get in the rotation as often but they all are great WOs. I have Amy's ASC1 - I keep meaning to do it. I've done the WU but need to do the rest.

Feeling okay today - not the best, not the worst.
I'm sure lunch will help!:9
 
Anne- what wonderful news! I am so happy things look good so far.

Morris- your parental situation sounds tough. I was very young when my parents divorced; I think it would be hard as an adult because you have to be there to "pick up the pieces."

Maggie- I wish you'd tell me the names you're considering. Your other kids have such nice names.

I am doing a lot of "odd jobs" around the house. Lightbulbs, changing the scented things in the outlets, etc. my goal is to clean and organize every drawer and shelf in the house before July. I think it's a manageable task if I do one shelf/drawer a day. Today was sippy cups. I pitched a bunch of gross junk.

I got Bento Hi Lo Extreme through Netflix and plan to order a copy of my own from deep discount. I did the weight work on the DVD from APX and could barely move yesterday.

All this talk of cereal- i love Frosted Flakes, especially during the 3rd trimester.
 
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