I want more than one caffeinated cup of coffee in the mornings (I allow myself one a day now). I want more seafood than I currently eat. I want a medium rare steak (my mouth is watering), and I want runny eggs. I've had the occasional lunch meat sandwich, those haven't been a craving at all. Oh, and I want a good Caeser salad without asking if there are raw eggs in the dressing. And I want to have an appetite for salad in general (Salads haven't sounded good this pregnancy).
First Son - born 2013
Second Son - born 2014 - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV). First open heart surgery at 5 days old. He's had 3 open heart surgeries and several other procedures and is currently doing amazing. Third Son - due June 9, 2018
Oh geeze, you guys...I'm reading all your lists of things you've either restricted or not. I didn't realize how many rules I've been breaking. Whoops!!
Crap... Now I want a Caesar, but like the drink. With Vodka. For brunch. And all the trimmings.. spicy bean, horseradish, celery salt, shrimp, caper berry, cucumber slice and bacon. That. I want that. And a Guinness.
Mama to a wonderful DD - Sep 2015, Wife to my DH since 2011, 2 dogs, a cat, and hoping to add No. 2 in May/June 2018. Canadian. 5 - IUIs, 3 - IVF retrievals, 2- failed transfers (fresh, and frozen), PGS on second IVF resulted in 1 perfect emby, and DD. 3rd IVF w PGS resulted in 3! perfect embys. 1st transfer - Sep 2017 2 more on ice.
@doxiemoxie212 at the first appointment my doctor gives you a similar list it goes from best options to avoid. I definitely eat seafood but my doctor says 12 ozs a week. Meaning i can have 1-2 lbs of crawfish every other week. Thats our typical weekend treat when in season. My crawfish guy had it at $1.75 lb this weekend, I wanted to cry.
+1 to not limiting myself as much this pregnancy. Last pregnancy I followed all the rules. I had basically zero caffeine (would have half a glass of green tea maybe twice a week), I ate no lunch meat, I had no sushi, no runny eggs, followed the cheese rules, even gave up my favorite ice cream because the place couldn’t confirm whether it was safe since it had cookie dough in it.
This is time I have sandwich meat multiple times a week, I eat all the runny eggs, I still enjoy my raw salmon sushi every once in a while, eat all the cheeses, eat the cookie dough ice cream and I’m not restricting myself nearly as much on caffeine. However, baby girl has decided that the joke is on me on that one - I told myself I would drink all the coffee and she laughs and makes me puke every time I drink coffee. Luckily she approves of chai and Dr Pepper. Haha
Sorry to hear about YH @doxiemoxie212 - hope he heals fast - and before you deliver!
I avoided caffeine completely with my first two. This time I've had caffeine pretty much every day. Under the 200mg limit, but still having some. DH freaks out over it too, like it's gonna permanently ruin baby. I'm not sure what he thinks is going to happen, rofl.
There may be hope that the June 2018 link will be back soon! I contacted the bump yesterday and corresponded with screen shots and such. Apparently a third party runs the platform and has recently done updates. TB is now in contact about this glitch! Fingers crossed our it's fixed soon!
@May14th2011 - I think me avoiding caffeine last pregnancy backfired on me hard core when I started drinking coffee after DS was born (to you know, survive the newborn sleep deprivation phase) - I think it effected him through my breast milk. So this time I’m having caffeine. Just wish she would allow me to drink coffee. Oh how I miss coffee.
I have about 150-200mg a day of caffeine lol. I was sooo good last pregnancy and stuck to 50mg max with most days 0. But I’ve found that functioning without caffeine with a toddler just wasn’t happening.
+1 for lack of restrictions. Most of the crazy scares have been with stuff like lettuce and frozen food so who is really safe.
I was all serious rule follower for the first trimester, but it was easy because all I could eat was processed crap anyways.
Now, I drink coffee daily-a cup or 2, eat lunch meat, runny-ish eggs, medium rare steak, good sushi. Had a glass of wine once. I had no idea soft serve ice cream was a thing. Definitely blew that one too.
I haven't limited or skipped anything because of pregnancy, aside from alcohol. I didn't have to worry about caffeine because I'm usually done after one cup now because while it tastes good, it's not as appealing as it used to be. Soda gives me horrible gas pains, so I drink some and H finishes it. I have sipped alcohol (H's beers when we're out, tasted new things at others' houses), but until the past few weeks the thought of drinking a glass of wine hasn't appealed to me. I'd happily drink a glass now, given the chance.
I don't like 99% of fish, and the types I do like aren't high in mercury. Except tuna, but we don't buy that often enough for it to be a problem. I'd totally go for some tuna salad sandwiches right now, though... And I don't like runny eggs (ew, you guys are gross; fried or scrambled all the way), or meat that still breathes, so I had nothing to worry there, lmao. My steak better be medium at the least, and I prefer medium-well.
Pretty much anything that was a "don't eat because listeria" I ignored, because the chances of me contracting it while pregnant are the same as me contracting it while not pregnant. And I only buy the "don't eat because listeria" things from places I trust and have gone to for years, anyway.
I seem to be the odd one out but I have followed all the restrictions with maybe a little extra caffeine on one or two days. My anxiety after my loss has been super high so it’s been easier for me to refrain from all of those things because it would just be one more thing for me to freak out about. I already told DH that I expect breakfast with runny eggs the morning after we get home. My mother and in laws are staying with us so I’m sure one of them will be happy to comply. And also medium rare steak for dinner that night.
Me: 27 DH: 27 Married 6/15/13 BFP #1 5/8/16, EDD 12/31/16- DD born 9/10/16 at 24 weeks ~In our hearts forever~ BFP #2 10/14/17, EDD 7/1/18
I had the best soft serve in Portland. Honey soft serve, with a chocolate shell, topped with bits of honeycomb (it was like the inside of a crunchie bar from Cadbury). So so good.
Caffeine wise I'm not a big coffee drinker. If I do have more than one cup, it's pretty spanned over the day {ie; 1 at 7am, next might be 9am or not until early afternoon} but that's how I was before pregnancy. And the 2nd coffee is typically iced coffee in these warmer months lol
@marcus7676 This soft serve you speak of needs to come to Canada
Typically I've been up anywhere between 2-3am {note: friend and I have a theory that baby could be born or water breaking at that time since it's consistent - it'll be interesting to see}
Last night I swear I was up almost hourly! Always a reason though. Indigestion that got so bad I was sick, uncomfortable, back hurt, needed to pee .... By the time it was 5:30am and I decided if I didn't fall back asleep, I'd just wake up .... the longest I slept was from 5:30am until 7am lmfao! Of course.
I've had weird sleeping patterns since my first child was born @MissKittyDanger. Sometimes I sleep through the night, other times I'm up hourly responding to a kid or with just general insomnia. I'm afraid I'll never sleep well again.
First Son - born 2013
Second Son - born 2014 - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV). First open heart surgery at 5 days old. He's had 3 open heart surgeries and several other procedures and is currently doing amazing. Third Son - due June 9, 2018
@MissKittyDanger my sleep has been terrible this past week. It is so hard to get comfortable. I keep switching sides due to pressure or BH and waking up randomly around 1am. I always check the clock hoping it’s almost time for my alarm to go off.
Regarding the heartburn I take a Rolaid/Pepcid chewable combo at bedtime every night so at least it’s not reflux waking me up right now.
@katie121209 I'm on zantac 150, and I typically take it in evening - may move it to closer to bed time. Usually a swig of milk helps, but not last night *sigh* I think I may pick up something that I can take along with the zantac
TW Sometimes the restrictions are better to follow just bc in case of a loss its one less thing to blame, esp in second tri. Usually the first two doctors don’t try to figure out the issue if its not readily obvious the reason. I had a client who had a loss shortly after her wedding to her US citizen husband (im an immigration attorney) she (and her family) kept blaming her wearing heels. I did the trial for her and her entire family (4 ppl, 3 trials) I was only 2 months and they insisted I wear flats to each one. They only knew I was pregnant bc I was spend time dry heaving in the bathroom at the courthouse. My friend (who i sat with in the ER during her MC in August last year) blames her bf’s sister bc they got into a big argument the day before. He chromosomal abnormalities thing doesn’t sit well with everyone (and that makes sense as we like to have something to blame like with autism for example).
@ffw0617 - That's horrible that they're putting miscarriage blame on the mom for wearing heels, of all things. I mean, if the mother is doing drugs and getting blasted drunk every night and doing blatantly wrong things that are known to affect a pregnancy that's one thing, but moms have enough guilt over trying to grow babies without putting blame on the wrong shoes.
First Son - born 2013
Second Son - born 2014 - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV). First open heart surgery at 5 days old. He's had 3 open heart surgeries and several other procedures and is currently doing amazing. Third Son - due June 9, 2018
@ffw0617 - I know that's unfortunately fairly common. Since our second son has a complex congenital heart defect we're often asked (innocently) about the cause. In our case there's nothing genetic or environmental that doctors can point to, it's just complete chance and winning a lottery no one wants to win. I've often wondered if it was an antibiotic I was taking for strep throat (that I checked 3 times was ok for nursing as I was still breastfeeding DS1), or something else that no one has figured out/thought of. Mom guilt is real, even when there are no concrete answers. None of my friends/family blames me for DS2's heart, but the guilt is still there as though I should have been able to prevent it somehow. I wouldn't have been able to handle others thinking it might be my fault.
Sorry, I'm just rambling now.
First Son - born 2013
Second Son - born 2014 - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV). First open heart surgery at 5 days old. He's had 3 open heart surgeries and several other procedures and is currently doing amazing. Third Son - due June 9, 2018
@mytinc I understand the guilt in a general sense. My dad had mental health issues, and my nana always wondered/blamed herself if it was something she did or didn't do. {he was quite vs his older sister was loud - she required more attention}
Re: Randoms Week of 4/9
First Son - born 2013
Third Son - due June 9, 2018
5 - IUIs, 3 - IVF retrievals, 2- failed transfers (fresh, and frozen), PGS on second IVF resulted in 1 perfect emby, and DD.
3rd IVF w PGS resulted in 3! perfect embys. 1st transfer - Sep 2017 2 more on ice.
DS: 6/1/18 (Pre-E; IUGR; seizures; NICU)
TTC #2: 12/2019
Sept 2020: HSG possible blocked right tube
Nov 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFN
Dec 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFP!!! EDD 9/18
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM
This is time I have sandwich meat multiple times a week, I eat all the runny eggs, I still enjoy my raw salmon sushi every once in a while, eat all the cheeses, eat the cookie dough ice cream and I’m not restricting myself nearly as much on caffeine. However, baby girl has decided that the joke is on me on that one - I told myself I would drink all the coffee and she laughs and makes me puke every time I drink coffee. Luckily she approves of chai and Dr Pepper. Haha
Sorry to hear about YH @doxiemoxie212 - hope he heals fast - and before you deliver!
DS born 9/24/2020
I was all serious rule follower for the first trimester, but it was easy because all I could eat was processed crap anyways.
Now, I drink coffee daily-a cup or 2, eat lunch meat, runny-ish eggs, medium rare steak, good sushi. Had a glass of wine once. I had no idea soft serve ice cream was a thing. Definitely blew that one too.
I didn't have to worry about caffeine because I'm usually done after one cup now because while it tastes good, it's not as appealing as it used to be. Soda gives me horrible gas pains, so I drink some and H finishes it.
I have sipped alcohol (H's beers when we're out, tasted new things at others' houses), but until the past few weeks the thought of drinking a glass of wine hasn't appealed to me. I'd happily drink a glass now, given the chance.
I don't like 99% of fish, and the types I do like aren't high in mercury. Except tuna, but we don't buy that often enough for it to be a problem. I'd totally go for some tuna salad sandwiches right now, though...
And I don't like runny eggs (ew, you guys are gross; fried or scrambled all the way), or meat that still breathes, so I had nothing to worry there, lmao. My steak better be medium at the least, and I prefer medium-well.
Pretty much anything that was a "don't eat because listeria" I ignored, because the chances of me contracting it while pregnant are the same as me contracting it while not pregnant. And I only buy the "don't eat because listeria" things from places I trust and have gone to for years, anyway.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
I already told DH that I expect breakfast with runny eggs the morning after we get home. My mother and in laws are staying with us so I’m sure one of them will be happy to comply. And also medium rare steak for dinner that night.
Married 6/15/13
BFP #1 5/8/16, EDD 12/31/16- DD born 9/10/16 at 24 weeks
~In our hearts forever~
BFP #2 10/14/17, EDD 7/1/18
DS: born oct 2012
TFAS: BFP #1 aug16. miscarriage sept16
BFP #2 nov16 MMC dec16. d&c jan17
BFP #3 sept17 EDD 5/31/18
fingers crossed for our rainbow baby
@marcus7676 This soft serve you speak of needs to come to Canada
Typically I've been up anywhere between 2-3am {note: friend and I have a theory that baby could be born or water breaking at that time since it's consistent - it'll be interesting to see}
Last night I swear I was up almost hourly! Always a reason though. Indigestion that got so bad I was sick, uncomfortable, back hurt, needed to pee ....
By the time it was 5:30am and I decided if I didn't fall back asleep, I'd just wake up .... the longest I slept was from 5:30am until 7am lmfao! Of course.
First Son - born 2013
Third Son - due June 9, 2018
Regarding the heartburn I take a Rolaid/Pepcid chewable combo at bedtime every night so at least it’s not reflux waking me up right now.
@katie121209 I'm on zantac 150, and I typically take it in evening - may move it to closer to bed time. Usually a swig of milk helps, but not last night *sigh* I think I may pick up something that I can take along with the zantac
DS born 9/24/2020
Sometimes the restrictions are better to follow just bc in case of a loss its one less thing to blame, esp in second tri. Usually the first two doctors don’t try to figure out the issue if its not readily obvious the reason. I had a client who had a loss shortly after her wedding to her US citizen husband (im an immigration attorney) she (and her family) kept blaming her wearing heels. I did the trial for her and her entire family (4 ppl, 3 trials) I was only 2 months and they insisted I wear flats to each one. They only knew I was pregnant bc I was spend time dry heaving in the bathroom at the courthouse. My friend (who i sat with in the ER during her MC in August last year) blames her bf’s sister bc they got into a big argument the day before. He chromosomal abnormalities thing doesn’t sit well with everyone (and that makes sense as we like to have something to blame like with autism for example).
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM
First Son - born 2013
Third Son - due June 9, 2018
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM
Sorry, I'm just rambling now.
First Son - born 2013
Third Son - due June 9, 2018
I've seen so many mothers go through that guilt.
https://youtu.be/Qcyycg5Hhr4
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
First time with hiccups today for baby, or rather my first time feeling them! Crazy!
I wanna pick up a couple, and don't really want to get maternity sizing ....