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Pregnant after 35
JenniferTCU
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Two questions currently plaguing me
JenniferTCU
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1. How much caffeine do you drink a day? I admit to having two 12-oz Diet Dr Peppers a day. I was drinking 6-8 pre-pregnancy. I know they aren't good for me (and not good for Jr either) ...trust me...I am trying to stop altogether!
2. When did you buy bigger bras? I am already in need. I am trying to hold out though.
Thanks. Happy Friday!
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Re: Two questions currently plaguing me
I drink a strong cup of coffee in the am because I get really bad headaches. I also love my pepsi and I drink it maybe 3x's a week, I can't help it.
I bought my nursing/maternity bras in my 2nd Tri, I always joke about them to my DH because they look like parachutes, and they are just getting bigger.
1. I usually have a fountain drink of Diet coke a day for lunch or when I'm out to eat. Sometimes 2. At home I bought some caffeine free Diet Coke. I don't think 2 will hurt anything.
2. I'm going to have to buy bigger bras this weekend and that's about 6 weeks too late.
I have one cup of coffee....like a medium dunk's in the am and that's about it for the most part. I either drink water or my new favorite (and I have no idea how or why it happened) flavored seltzer water. Sometimes I'll splurge and have a 1/2 decaf iced coffee in the pm, but that's not an all the time thing, plus it keeps me up forever where caffeine before pregnancy rarely bothered me!!
As for bras I too am trying to stay in my one and only that I can squeeze these suckers into....I don't want to have to buy two or three because they keep getting bigger and bigger!! Perhaps in a month or so I'll breakdown!
Question for you since we seem to be due on the same day (yay for us!) Are you having any cramping or weird pains on your left hand side or in the center of your pubic bone?! I thought the left hand side may be RLO, but they say that usually happens on the right and I have no answer for the pubic bone deal.....I am a googler and it's usually more my enemy than my friend!! Have a fantastic weekend!!
1. No caffeine since March 2008
2. Bras became an issue at 14 weeks, I caved
3. GL...Have a great weekend
I cold-turkey'ed mountain dew when I found out I was pregnant & really drank no caffeine until the last month or so. I can't stop drinking coke/pepsi. I drink maybe 1 bottle a day. I've tried to cut back & I've been coke free for 2 days.
I never even like coke b/f I got pregnant. Strange.
Haven't had to buy bigger bras at all.
Wow, that is a ton of soda!
1) I dont drink any caffeine. I weined myself off of it about 3 years ago. If anything, I get brewed unsweetened ice tea when we eat out or a 7up.
2) new bras at 13w, and I think I may have to buy some more later on.
1) No caffeine for me. I never drank coffee or sodas before I got pregnant so it is not a big deal.
2) No new bras yet. I doubt I'll need them....I am on the small side (B cup).
1. I've mostly given up caffeine. I probably have 1 cup of coffee every two weeks. Since I'll be breastfeeding, I figured I might as well give it up now!
2. I was around 12 weeks when I bought new bras. I'm only a 32A anyways - and I've heard that smaller women grow more, proportiately speaking. Dunno if that's just to make us members of the IBTC* feel better!
*IBTC=Ittie bittie t!ttie committee, for those of you who have a mental block against 6th grade..
1. I try to limit my caffeine to either one small cup of coffee with milk in the mornings or a Diet Coke a few times a week. But I try not to feel too guilty about it.
2. Not yet, they are a little tight around the back but unfortunately I still don't need a bigger cup size... it would be nice to be bigger than an A cup
I drink about 1 -2 cups per day. Lately I have tried to switch to latte's more often because then it's really only half coffee:-)
I just bought new bras last week (27 weeks). With DS I had to buy them when I was around 22 weeks.
I will have a cup of tea maybe two-three times per week at the most. Usually none, though. And now that I'm pg, it'll be even less, probably. I can't imagine drinking that much soda in one day! Growing up, soda was a "treat" we got once in a while with popcorn or while camping. That's how I intend to continue treating it when we have our kid.
As for the bras... I was already a DD, and I swear my boobs are already heavier and hurt like hell, so I already picked up the same style in a DDD and they're a little roomy yet. I'm sure I'll fill them out--and then some!
1) I gave up caffeine as much as possible. I -might- have a 12 oz diet dr. pepper once every 1-2 weeks if I'm seriously dragging and can't take a nap right then. I have also used the occasional reg coffee to help me go poo when I'm constipated. Sorry if TMI.
2) Bought my first bigger bra somewhere around 13-15 weeks. Can't remember exactly. Went up another cup size around 34 weeks. I might have to go up another cup size when I start BFing. Scary thought.
1 - Boy, am I glad i'm not the only one! I drink max 2 cups of decaf coffee every morning with 1/2 milk. I think that during my whole pregnancy, I've had a total of about 10 caffeine free DC's. I just cannot not have any...
2 - I'm in severe denial, I was a large C before I got pregnant (it's not all that fun ladies, trust me!)....and well, now, my left one is a D cup and my right one looks to be a DD cup or more...YIKES!
so no new bras yet .. probably the reason I can't breathe anymore! LOL
ohhhhh allright, i'll get my keys and go shopping!
;o)
stopped all caffeine when we started TTC (docs orders)
no need for bigger bras just yet
1 cup of regular coffee in the am. I actually stopped drinking sodas with carmel coloring in them a couple of months before TTC. I'm not so worried about the caffeine, but the carmel coloring is bad stuff. I also love the flavored seltzers. Polar makes a yummy blueberry one.
no need for new bras yet.
Caffeine: I have always been a Diet Coke junkie but pretty much stopped once I got pg. I will have maybe one or two a week now. Really my concern is more about the aspartame and not so much about the caffeine. I'll go for an unsweetened ice tea right now before the Diet Coke.
Bras: I went up a size in the second tri. I wasn't that big to start but it was getting painful. I just purchased regular bras a size up.
1 - I drink a cup of tea every morning, 1 diet coke and 1 caffeine free diet coke each day. Sometimes I will have a diet dr. pepper with dinner. I did this with my first pregnancy and while EBFing DS. I would not worry about it
2. My breasts never really went back down from my first pregnancy, and I had to buy new bras in the early 2nd tri. GL!
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I drink a half-caf once or twice a week. Otherwise mostly water & Vitamin Water-the Energy flavor. I should probably see how much caffeine is in that.
I was shoving them into my A bra as long as possible & one day my DH said "isn't it time to get a bigger size" . I went up to a B-woohoo! But not in every bra. I prefer a padded bra-makes you look a little bigger & it keeps boobs warmer. The one I got was underwire (not a maternity bra) & lately my ribs on the right side hurt. I was convinced it was the wires. Yesterday I went shopping for maternity bras. Kohls had none so I bought 2 regular ones-with NO WIRE. Then I went to Babies R US & found out they have bras. They actually make maternity bras with wires so I guess it's not bad for you.
Oh then I read that your ribs expand when you are pregnant-so that is what I am feeling.
1. I was off of caffeine entirely from August 2008--January 2009. I started drinking regular Coke in January 2009, after I hit 2nd tri, when I started to get awful headaches (and it was 8 ounces as needed, but never more than once a day). Now that the headaches have subsided, I'll have a regular Coke two or three times a week.
I do not drink any diet soft drinks. I would rather have the calories that come with the full sugar soft drinks (Sprite, Ginger Ale and Root Beer) than the artificial sweeteners in the diets drinks. I try to drink as much water as I can, but it gives me terrible heartburn! I'm drinking a lot of milk these days.
2. I've been cheated by the pregnancy boob fairy. My boobs have not increased in any measurable way. Therefore, no need to purchase new bras.
1. I stopped drinking caffeinated beverages cold turkey after I got my BFP and didn't have any (except chocolate) until I was 12 weeks. I currently have an occasional REAL coffee or soda, but not daily.
2. BRAS ? I started off full chested and needed new bras by 13 weeks. I'm currently OK in my 36DDs but know my rib cage will expand (per all the books) and expect to be a 38 band or more. Hopefully the cup size won't be as large (ie. 38D instead of a 36H) and I'll be able to find a nursing bra that fits these suckers. LOL... suckers.
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Hi there - I was an everyday coffee drinker and I cut back to half caf/half decaf when I was TTC. By 1st tri I was weaned off the caffeine and I was way too tired to bother making coffee so I hardly drank any. Now I'd say I drink about three cups of coffee a week or so. MMM, I could go for a cup of Dunkin' now....
Oy, bras. I bought them probably around 10 weeks and I could have bought them earlier. I found one of my regular bras the other day and had to laugh - it looks like a training bra! I may actually have to go get bigger ones soon. My boobs are like a whole separate person at this point.