What a Rollercoaster!

Blackbirdsview

I joined "the knot" about 8 months ago. I got married in May of this year and moved onto "the nest", and now I am happy to say that my husband and I are expecting next May. I didn't even have time to create a profile before I was moving on over to "the bump".  My due date is the exact same day that I got married. :~) I am over the moon with excitement and grateful for this board,  it is way to early to tell family and friends.... so If I can't tell them, then I will just  tell all of you! ;~)  I think I may have to avoid everyone I know for the next few weeks.... I am grinning ear to ear and it is obvious I have something wonderful to share.  I have been cramping (sometimes pretty harshly) for the last few weeks. At first I thought I was about to start... but when my period never came I decided to take a PG test. Once I foind out I was pregnant, I got very worried because the cramping was so bad. I have been waking up nearly every night with severe cramping. I called my OBGYN and they got me right in... turns out it's constipation, and gas, and my uterus stretching and growing. Didn't know it was going to start off this painful!  Things are starting to settle though and the cramps are not as severe. I am really conscious about the foods I eat. Is it true you should not eat deli meat??? Oh how I will miss my turkey sandwich!, I will miss a good Kentucky Bourbon Barrel everynow and then, drinks with the girls, CAFFEINE, Starbucks! Sushi... but in the end this little poppy seed is all worth it. What foods will you miss the most? Are you having any cravings?

 

fisherseamon

We are due in May as well! I had the bad cramping too...it went away after a couple a weeks...woke me up every night. The nasuea has not been horrible, but has kicked in some. I spoke to my doctor about all the food stuff and I'm sure every doctor has a different view, but she said fresh deli meat was fine, just not the packaged stuff unless it is warmed up well. That means subway is off the list, but she said places like jimmy johns or jersey mikes were okay, because they were fresh cut...I'm no doctor, but I'm going with it, because I will not survive 9 months without snadwiches.  She also said cooked sushi was okay, just go somewhere reputable.. She said the biggest worry about sushi is actually the chance of food poisoning and a couple of the fish that can have high mercury not any bacteria in the meat, and I don't plan on going anywhere that I think will give me food poisoning anyway.  No wired cravinngs yet, just a lot of food aversions, hardly anything sounds good right now, can't wait to get an appetite back.  Anyway...congrats!  And I hope the belly aches go away soon!

js748899

Congrats to you both I had my little boy this past May!! So it is a great month The only things that I strictly avoided were caffeine and that was b/c I drank WAY too much prior to being pregnant and I also avoided seafood. I didn't eat deli meat for the first trimester but then after that I ate it all the time. I was extremely sick for about 20 weeks so whatever I could hold down was what I was going to eat! And of course I didn't drink any alcohol. Happy and Healthy 9 months to you both!

Duckieer

You can have deli meat it's just supposed to be warmed up first. You don't have to eat it warm, just warm it when you get it, then you can re-cool it. Congrats and a H&H 9 months to you!

The_Quiet_One

Yep, heating the lunch meat thoroughly should kill the listeria (although I will admit to eating my fair share of cold lunchmeat sandwiches while I was pregnant because I may be a bad mom -- but mostly because getting something down was pretty much more important for quite a while).

I ate a lot of sushi while I was pregnant; for a while, it was the only thing that actually sounded good and that I could stomach.  My doc okay'd it, in no small part because I was primarily indulging in California rolls at the time.  She told me it was actually a good choice because the rice would help settle my stomach.

I cut caffeine out almost completely, as there are still small amounts in decaf tea; this has actually handicapped me now because I can't go back to the caffeinated version.  It leaves me too wired to sleep now.  The doc said a cup a day would have been fine, though.

I know the whole situation can seem really overwhelming at times; just listen to your doctor and to your gut instinct and you'll do fine.  Happy and healthy nine months to you!