What's new with baby (size, development): Poppyseed
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Bought a few maternity clothes since the bloat is awful and I hate pants. Also brought all of my maternity clothes home from my mom's house (storage). Rant/rave/symptoms:
Rant: WHY ARE ALL MATERNITY PANTS MADE FOR AMAZONIAN WOMEN?!? Yeah I'm short, but too tall for petite pants. Symptoms: nausea nausea nausea, but not enough to bring on the big guns (honestly I can handle it if it's a few weeks like this. But we'll see.)
Questions for the Group: Anyone who had hard past pregnancies a little nervous this go around? I'm very scared that this one will be plagued with the same Irritable Uterus.
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? Two closed up piercings in both ears
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
What's new with baby (size, development): Appleseed. I read that the heart starts beating at week 5 so freaking exciting!
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: We're just telling a select few and patiently (or not) waiting to tell the world!
Rant/rave/symptoms: I had nausea at week 4, but now I just have bloating.
Questions for the Group: X
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? Just my ears pierced. No tattoos.
@katesaleh - I had a full on panic attack last weekend. I had to go sit in front of the cold air and focus on breathing. I've never has panic attacks or anxiety before?
Garden of Life RAW Prenatal - yeah it's 3 a day but the ginger and other stuff they add in it to combat nausea has seriously been so easy on my system. And it has the folate rather than folic acid (if you're concerned about that). I'm also doing Nordic Naturals Strawberry DHA.
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
Do people carry these around (have I missed some secret announcement?!)... I was going to get one for the shower but it seems like every time I look at them they are dirty. Also going to paint over them tonight so I can stop being obsessive
Haha I don't think people do. I don't. I was thinking maybe to use once or twice a day at home.
I'm glad to hear that other ladies are as bloated as I am (I mean, not glad for any of us but, yeah... sympathy). I am constipated too and impatient for my prenatal vitamins to arrive from amazon (in the meantime taking my regular vitamins which are made by the same manufacturer and have a lot of overlap). I'm taking Rainbow Light.
I don't have my first ob/gyn appointment for another month and think I'll go insane by then!
DH and I are shopping for a new house right now- we need another bedroom. So that's what we're doing to prep! And I am going to have to get some serious elastic waistbanded clothing. Good lord. And I bought some pregnancy tea (Traditional Medicinals). It's pretty tasty!
ETA - Am pretty heavily tattooed, but the piercings came out in my 20s.
Do people carry these around (have I missed some secret announcement?!)... I was going to get one for the shower but it seems like every time I look at them they are dirty. Also going to paint over them tonight so I can stop being obsessive
Haha I don't think people do. I don't. I was thinking maybe to use once or twice a day at home.
#fixedit - although it looks like a unicorn fart I needed something a little ridiculous
A rugby playing scientist and educator who is looking to solve metabolic and age related diseases through research
What's new with baby (size, development): appleseed or lentil?
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: I looked up my due date according to ovulation and it said February 24!!! I'll just keep hanging here though for now, if that's ok.
Rant/rave/symptoms: exhaustion is starting. Why, oh why won't my 3yo nap anymore??? Still nauseous and now have to eat tiny meals. Bloated too. Bring it on, little bean... stay sticky!!!
What's new with baby (size, development): poppyseed
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Assessing my cloth diaper stash, need a few more nb sized ones (probably just prefolds, my fave when dd was teeny)
Rant/rave/symptoms: Nausea, headache, fatigue.
Questions for the Group: None today.
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? I have two lobe piercing in each ear, one upper cartilage in my left ear, and my belly button (still in from when I was...15) I had no problems with by belly piercing with my first pregnancy, switched to a flexible plastic bar at about 26 weeks then took it out sometime after 32 weeks I think. I put the barbell back in after dd was born because it looks weird without it. I also have one tattoo on my hip/lower back that desperately needs to be touched up. Was going to get it done this summer, but that's obviously not happening now!
What's new with baby (size, development): poppy seed
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: honestly nothing really, I am lurking these boards and looking up info but that's about as far as I've gotten so far haha
Rant/rave/symptoms: Anyone else finding it extremely hard to keep this a secret?? I literally want to tell everyone I run into.. I don't, but I want to! I am so hungry all the time I can't get enough food, or sleep I can have 2 naps and still go to bed at 9pm... But then insomnia kicks in at 5 in the morning and I lay there wide awake just feeling so exhausted.
Questions for the Group: none yet
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? 3 tattoos (wrist, ribs, ankle), and 4 piercings (ears, nose, Monroe, and belly)
KristieA Maybe the second test was not as sensitive? It is always possible to get a false negative, also if you were pregnant it would be hard for you HCG levels to drop that low already, no? My misscairage it took me three weeks after to start getting negative tests again. Think positive! I hope everything with you and baby is good- update us!
@zephyrlt - drink all the tea! Well, maybe not all of it. Limit your black/green tea to 4-5 drinks per day (if you're not drinking any coffee/coke). Which is more than most people usually drink, even tea fanatics such as myself. Drink as much rooibos as you want.
Most herbal tea that you'll find in the supermarket has a limited amount of herbs and should be ok. Be careful with mixing your own. Ginger, camomile and peppermint tea may be soothing in case of nausea. When it comes to herbal tea, my approach is to switch them often and not drink more than one tea of the same herb during the day.
Re: Monday Check In/Symptoms Etc
What's new with baby (size, development): Poppyseed
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Bought a few maternity clothes since the bloat is awful and I hate pants. Also brought all of my maternity clothes home from my mom's house (storage).
Rant/rave/symptoms: Rant: WHY ARE ALL MATERNITY PANTS MADE FOR AMAZONIAN WOMEN?!? Yeah I'm short, but too tall for petite pants. Symptoms: nausea nausea nausea, but not enough to bring on the big guns (honestly I can handle it if it's a few weeks like this. But we'll see.)
Questions for the Group: Anyone who had hard past pregnancies a little nervous this go around? I'm very scared that this one will be plagued with the same Irritable Uterus.
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? Two closed up piercings in both ears
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
What's new with baby (size, development): Appleseed. I read that the heart starts beating at week 5
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: We're just telling a select few and patiently (or not) waiting to tell the world!
Rant/rave/symptoms: I had nausea at week 4, but now I just have bloating.
Questions for the Group:
X
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? Just my ears pierced. No tattoos.
@katesaleh - I had a full on panic attack last weekend. I had to go sit in front of the cold air and focus on breathing. I've never has panic attacks or anxiety before?
What's new with baby (size, development): poppyseed
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: New carpet in all of our bedrooms
Rant/rave/symptoms: I am super bloated and constipated. My boobs are crazy heavy.
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings?
Just 1 hole in each ear...boring
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
Haha I don't think people do. I don't. I was thinking maybe to use once or twice a day at home.
Clomid 150mg 2 follicles, BFP 7/4/15, EDD 3/12/16, CP 7/7/15
Clomid 150mg, 2 follicles, IUI BFN
Natural Cycle, BFP 12/28/15, EDD 9/3/16
I don't have my first ob/gyn appointment for another month and think I'll go insane by then!
DH and I are shopping for a new house right now- we need another bedroom. So that's what we're doing to prep!
And I am going to have to get some serious elastic waistbanded clothing. Good lord.
And I bought some pregnancy tea (Traditional Medicinals). It's pretty tasty!
ETA - Am pretty heavily tattooed, but the piercings came out in my 20s.
What's new with baby (size, development): still a poppyseed I think
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: I bought some maternity tops today. We were at the mall anyway and I had a giftcard.
Rant/rave/symptoms: no symptoms still except being super tired.
Questions for the Group:
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? I have two in each lobe and one cartilidge but they are all closed.
BFP #1 5/16/2012 Heard/Saw Heartbeat 6/27/2012 No heartbeat at 11 weeks D&C 7/6/2012
BFP #2 10/28/2012 EDD July 12, 2013
BFP #3 6/24/2015 EDD March 8, 2016
Clomid 150mg 2 follicles, BFP 7/4/15, EDD 3/12/16, CP 7/7/15
Clomid 150mg, 2 follicles, IUI BFN
Natural Cycle, BFP 12/28/15, EDD 9/3/16
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: I looked up my due date according to ovulation and it said February 24!!! I'll just keep hanging here though for now, if that's ok.
Rant/rave/symptoms: exhaustion is starting. Why, oh why won't my 3yo nap anymore??? Still nauseous and now have to eat tiny meals. Bloated too. Bring it on, little bean... stay sticky!!!
Questions for the Group:
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? Ears. No tattoos.
What's new with baby (size, development): poppyseed
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Assessing my cloth diaper stash, need a few more nb sized ones (probably just prefolds, my fave when dd was teeny)
Rant/rave/symptoms: Nausea, headache, fatigue.
Questions for the Group: None today.
GTKY: Tattoos and Piercings? I have two lobe piercing in each ear, one upper cartilage in my left ear, and my belly button (still in from when I was...15) I had no problems with by belly piercing with my first pregnancy, switched to a flexible plastic bar at about 26 weeks then took it out sometime after 32 weeks I think. I put the barbell back in after dd was born because it looks weird without it. I also have one tattoo on my hip/lower back that desperately needs to be touched up. Was going to get it done this summer, but that's obviously not happening now!