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September 2016 Moms
camichael84
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Plus size check in 4/5
camichael84
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Hi, lovelies! How are you feeling?
I saw this question on another BMB and liked it... Is there anything about pregnancy that has been freeing to you- body-wise, diet-wise, weight-wise, or otherwise?
Any questions or concerns? Anything to share?
GTKY: Where have you most wanted to travel, but have never been?
I saw this question on another BMB and liked it... Is there anything about pregnancy that has been freeing to you- body-wise, diet-wise, weight-wise, or otherwise?
Any questions or concerns? Anything to share?
GTKY: Where have you most wanted to travel, but have never been?
Re: Plus size check in 4/5
Good question! My OB & maternal-fetal specialist haven't said anything about weight gain this pregnancy. My first pregnancy, it was brought up right away. So this time it's been a good feeling to not be hounded about it (at least not yet). Plus, my OB is the only one that weighs me so I'm only getting weighed once a month, not every 2 weeks. Also, to be able to crawl into bed at 8 pm and not feel like I have to offer any reasoning to anyone is awesome!
I had my a/s yesterday and it was wonderful. Apparently though, I might be making a trip to the cardiologist. I've been having issues with my heart beating really rapidly and it's happening pretty often. Overall it's just not a good feeling. When the nurse listened to my heartbeat yesterday she said she definitely heard extra beats. She said that this isn't necessarily unusual though and that they see it a lot in, specifically, white women during pregnancy and that it's not necessarily a sign of heart issues but they don't know for sure what causes it. I can't for the life of me even begin to repeat what she said the issue is called. Either way, they said I could possibly be put on beta-blockers but they'd like to consult with my regular OB and possibly send me to a cardiologist for a work up since I've never seen one. Oy. Anyone else experiencing weird issues like this?
Greece. Definitely Greece. I don't even want to take my kids. Just DH and I for a week. It's my dream vacation.
Yes. I don't feel like I have to lose a much of weight before seeing DH's family in June. We've been planning this trip for a long time and I've always had this pressure to lose weight so that they don't think badly of me. It's all in my head, DH isn't as shallow. But now, I can't go on a serious diet or start working out very much so I am accepting that this is me. This is who I am, and if they don't like me then they can go kick rocks.
No questions or concerns. Nothing to share either.
I have always wanted to go to New York City. And I'm going to get to! My sister is coming with us on our trip to New England (where DH's family is) and we're going to take a day to go to NYC just the two of us. I'm a little bit worried about my ability to walk around all day, I've been getting out of breath going up stairs. But I'm trying to walk every day, so hopefully it won't be so bad.
I'd also like to go to Paris.
i have managed to only gain 4 lbs so far which is good but I'm a little worried that that is because im
not eating enough. It's hard with my jobs to eat constantly plus I haven't been super hungry. I don't like eating if im not hungry. I do enjoy taking naps though! That's my favorite part of pregnancy.
I feel eel a little bad. I love my mother, she's a delightful and wonderful woman and she's so excited to be a grandmother but I also have no patience for her. We have our anatomy scan on Thursday and she wants to come with. I had to tell her no and then she acted all sad and butt hurt. This whole pregnancy she's been giving me tons of advice (some good and some bad) and yesterday after we had dinner at her house, I suggested we go to Burlington to look at baby things. She was looking into a really cute bedding set and we said how the new thing to prevent sids is to not have anything but the baby in the crib. She then proceeded to lecture us at the store for about 10 minutes on following our gut and not listening to all of the advice we will get because then our kid isn't going to develop right and bla bla bla. When I said on some things maybe but my kid randomly dying over something I did is not something I'm going up allow. She then bought me several items of clothes to try and apologize. Based on her reaction about the crib bumpers, I can only imagine what her reaction will be when I tell her and my dad they will have to change their shirts and brush their teeth and wash their hands after smoking and honestly now I'm terrified about leaving the kid with them overnight. sorry for giant wall of text
i want to go to Hawaii, Alaska and Greece among many other places!!
I am a worry wort and wish I felt the baby move more. I'm anxious for our anatomy scan. I bought a doppler and will get it soon. It will be nice to be able to check when I'm having a worry day.
I love to travel. I would like to go to Puerto Rico actually. I know not really exotic but it's just one place on my list.
Ended up having some pretty bad pain recently so I have an appointment with my OB today. I'm hoping we can find out what is causing the pain as no one has been able to tell me for almost a year.
I want to go to Italy or Spain and spend some time there, at least a few months, getting to know the country.
Pregnancy for my daughter was very freeing about how I felt about my body. I loved having a pregnant belly and being allowed to be round. Also carrying and giving birth to her made me so proud of what my body did/is capable of. My bump is becoming more and more noticable, and I'm starting to feel bether about how my pregnant body looks.
I felt my baby move this morning! It was so nice to finally feel him or her, and I hope I feel it daily from here on out, like I did with my daughter.
I want to travel to Australia more than anywhere else. DH spent a semester there in college, and he loved it and considers it a life changing experience. He's always told me he will take me there some day, and I really hope it works out where we can.
@UnwritteN12 I'm sorry your having issues with rapid heartbeats. I haven't had that issue, but I'm on a betablocker for high blood pressure, so I have experience with that. I can try to answer any questions about that if you have any.
@UnwritteN12 I'll have to mention that to my OB because I'm having the same issues. I've always had a fast heartbeat and low BP but after I got pregnant (particularly at the end of the first tri) my heartbeat has been higher and BP has been too. The BP is not normally outside of the normal range but it's higher than what it used to be. My HR is in the high 80s low 90s while resting--not great--but it gets higher several times a day and I can feel it, which bothers me constantly. I worry (which makes it worse) because I feel it'll only get worse the bigger me and baby get.
Any questions or concerns? Anything to share?
This will be my parents' first grandchild. I'm their only daughter. My mom is so excited that she has decided to make maternity dresses for me. We chose some nice fabric today, and I'm hoping one of the finished products will be nice enough to wear to my cousin's beach wedding in May. My mom's sewing can be a bit of a crap shoot. It's either amazing or terrible. I'll be sure to post a picture either way!
My cardiologist said I just had frequent PVCs, and sometimes those PVCs could trigger a rapid heartbeat for a brief period, and that it's super common in pregnancy. He also said it's actually pretty common in the general population, but most people aren't able to feel them when they happen. For instance, I had to wear all kinds of monitors, and with one of them I had over 400 skipped beats in a day, but I only felt maybe 10-15? Anyway, PVCs are typically not life-threatening, as long as your heart is structurally normal.
All the extra blood and hormones just throw my system so out of whack! They can be caused by all kinds of things, but a lot of times it's worsened by caffeine, anxiety, vitamin deficiencies (iron, specifically), and dehydration. At least it is for me. I'm always anxious about them, but all my tests always come out fine so there's really nothing more I can do! I did go on a beta blocker after I had my son, since they didn't ever go away completely, but the beta blocker made the PVCs more frequent for me--and even though I didn't feel them as strongly, I could still feel them. What's actually helped me a lot is taking a Magnesium supplement. Maybe ask about that?
Is there anything about pregnancy that has been freeing to you- body-wise, diet-wise, weight-wise, or otherwise? We've been really reserved about this pregnancy and haven't really embraced it and let ourselves get attached until now. Now that everyone knows it's been so freeing to not worry about sucking in my stomach or accidentally saying something about the baby. I'm 17w2d so it's amazing to finally embrace the bump and buy some maternity clothes!!
Any questions or concerns? Anything to share? No questions now. Just really excited to catch up on this pregnancy. I'm so excited for our 20-week scan!
GTKY: Where have you most wanted to travel, but have never been? I really want to go to Figi or Bora Bora. I've been lucky to travel all around the states, Europe and parts of Asia but I'm seriously lacking in tropical vacations. I want the private cabana right on the water so I can sit around for days and do nothing but swim, sleep and relax