Moms to be Part 4

[irisbud]

gvillemama: I am so sorry to hear that.

 

[WDWorBUST]

Just wanted to let you all know that I am leaving the group (hopefully for now). We miscarried last Wednesday night so we are back to square one. I wish nothing but the best for everyone here and will keep lurking to see how everyone is doing.

Andrea

I am so, so sorry.

 

[leith78]

Just wanted to let you all know that I am leaving the group (hopefully for now). We miscarried last Wednesday night so we are back to square one. I wish nothing but the best for everyone here and will keep lurking to see how everyone is doing.

Andrea

I am so sorry to hear that. Thinking of you and your family.

 

[TSRE]

Just wanted to let you all know that I am leaving the group (hopefully for now). We miscarried last Wednesday night so we are back to square one. I wish nothing but the best for everyone here and will keep lurking to see how everyone is doing.

Andrea

So, so sorry to hear that. Hang in there

I woke up with my first leg cramp last night....I guess I better get to eating my bananas.



Sorry you have to go back for the 3 hour test. I really hope I pass the 1 hour and am done.



My OB couldn't find the heartbeat with the doppler until my appointment at either 14 or 15 weeks....I can't remember. But since then I've been able to find it on my doppler at home which is so reassuring.



I wish I could get DH to agree to a name already. I know he will eventually....but I want to have it agreed upon now.

So exciting having the room done. I can't wait to get to that point. DD and the baby will be sharing so I'm going to let DD help pick stuff out and the paint color (within reason of course).

Well I spent the weekend painting the new storage shed. I hurt so bad today it isn't even funny. I woke up at 3am and had to take some Tylenol - then I took another dose around 7:30am. It's just really miserable. And I stepped in a hole and fell this weekend and my ankle is extremely sore too. I think I'm falling apart. I still have to pain the shed one more time and then all the trim and then the door still. I am beginning to wonder if it will ever be done.

The leg cramps are a joy, huh? I hear ya on the soreness with the household projects, and the frustration. I feel like I accomplish so little compared to before, and there is so much to do! And Tylenol just doesn't cut it. Very frustrating. At least before if I overdid it on a project, I could pop some Advil and have a drink, and life was good again! Hope you feel better soon and are able to finish everything on your list.

Skuttle- That's so exciting. I'm going for my first ultrasound this Thursday, and I'm so excited. I think it will make everything seem so much more real to me. And I want to see that little heart beating away.

When did everyone tell others that they were pregnant? We've told my parents and sister, and I had to tell my supervisor at work because I'm so tired and wanted to work reduced hours for July. This sounds awful, but I don't know if my husband has told his parents or siblings. I don't really get along with them, and we never see them, so I have no idea if they know or not (I've met his mother a grand total of 3 times and have never been inside his parents' house. It's weird.)

I'm thinking that I will start telling my close friends after the ultrasound this week. My dad is having a hard time keeping the secret. I guess he wants to tell everyone that he is going to be a grandpa My mom has to keep reminding him not to tell anyone when they go to church or to parties! He will be so happy to have the gag-order lifted.



I can't wait til we are able to decide on some names. I like Owen Thomas a lot. We can't even come up with a list of first names. Everything I like, he doesn't, and vice versa. Good thing we have a lot of time left.

I told everyone close to me right away, but would not have if I had experience with miscarriage. I'm just terrible at keeping a secret when it is fun news - and my mom always knew before I did anyway. She knew who I was going to marry before I did, too - irritating! This time my dad even knew before me and told my mom so. Guess I can't even keep a secret I don't know yet!



Anyone else not handling stress well when pregnant? I don't remember this at all before, and had a much more stressful life both times I was pregnant before, but with this pregnancy any sort of stress sends me into fits. Braxton Hicks and this horrible overall feeling that it is NOT going to be okay, even though my head knows whatever it is is not a big deal. Then I cry and feel like an idiot, and really can't seem to control it. Then I stress about stressing so much!

I was watching my niece, nephew and sons swim today when my son threw a squirt gun into the pool to my nephew, but missed and hit his forehead. He got a pretty good gash in it - it will need stitches I am sure. I did (or at least managed to appear) fine while I was tending to him and getting him back to my sister and all, but now I am a total mess. It is embarrassing! Anyone had the same sort of thing? I feel like a wacko - I have a pretty good life and not that much reason to stress!

 

[skuttle]

gvillemama: I am so very sorry.

lspst8: My DH wanted to start telling people right away. After trying for 4 years, he was SO excited to tell everyone. I had two chemical pregnancies over the past four years so I didn't want to tell anyone until after the first trimester. I went to my first ultrasound to check viability due to my infertility history at 6 weeks. After that, DH wanted to tell everyone and I told him no. However, he told me that he had already told his sister, his best friend, and a couple of co-workers that had also dealt with infertility. After the first ultrasound I also decided to go ahead and tell my best friends.

I had my second ultrasound at 8 weeks, and after that was okay we told our parents and I let DH make an announcement on facebook (I avoid that place!). We told DS after that, too. I wanted to wait just in case something happened because I didn't want to have to explain that to DS, but DH said DS would notice if I was super sad/depressed so we'd have to tell him something anyways.

I'm waiting to tell my co-workers until after my next appointment. I'll be 13.5 weeks by then.

 

[Leger13]

Well, I guess I'm ready to join this thread. I'm still a nervous wreck and afraid that something is going to go wrong, but we finally told our parents and DS today, so I figure I'll join on here, too.

I've been a member of the TTC thread here on the DIS since May of 2006. I was diagnosed with insulin resistance and DH had some sperm issues as well. Last year we did 3 Clomid IUI's with no luck. In November, we went to the RE and was told our next step would be IUI with injectible fertility meds. We had a big WDW/DCL trip planned for June to celebrate our 10th anniversary, so we decided to take a break from TTC until after our trip.

AF was scheduled to arrive during our trip, so I was SO mad. My biggest concern was that AF would arrive on our Castaway Cay day! Well, AF never showed up during our trip. The night we got back from our trip, I took a HPT and a beautiful dark BFP popped up right away!!

Due to our history, I had an ultrasound 2 weeks ago and everything looked good. I had a second ultrasound today and everything looks good. I'm measuring 8.2 weeks, but based on my LMP I should be 9 weeks. We are keeping my due date as if I'm 9 weeks, even though I think 8.2 is more accurate since I usually O late. But I'll stick with 9 weeks. I was 6.2 weeks two weeks ago, so I'm growing on track.

Sorry, this is a rambling post, but I've been so nervous about everything since it's taken us so long for this to happen. But I know being worried and googling every little thing isn't good so I'm trying to accept that I'm pregnant and enjoy it.

Yay skuttle!! So glad you're here and everything is going well

 

[Leger13]

Congrats Nette!! Your son is just precious!!

 

[Leger13]

ok I was trying to play catch up but it's late now and I'm exhausted so I'll just give you an update now and finish catching up tomorrow.

As you all know we had our gender scan the Friday before the 4th. After about a half an hour of the little booger hiding the goods and being shy we finally got a glimpse and found out that we're having a....










BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We are going to name him Alexander Paul. I can't believe I'm going to have a son. I'm so excited! Yeah, it would have been nice to have a girl and have a little minnie me but I'm still over the moon excited! I cried when the u/s tech finally said it's a boy just due to the flood of emotions and joy I felt to finally KNOW!! We had a ton of fun buying boy things at WDW on our trip and we also got a ton of boy things from friends and my grandmother. Our stash of baby goodies is growing fast and I'm loving every minute of it. This little guy is so loved and spoiled and I'm just over the moon happy!!

Here's a picture of all the goodies we came back with for our little guy. If only he could see it all now.

Anyways, that's it for me tonight. I'm off to catch some Zzz's. Will be back tomorrow. Night!!

 

[cmskok]

Leger, everything looks so great!!!

Congratulations on your son! It is so amazing to be pregnant and wonder what he will look like, and to make plans for the future!

 

[Leger13]

Just wanted to let you all know that I am leaving the group (hopefully for now). We miscarried last Wednesday night so we are back to square one. I wish nothing but the best for everyone here and will keep lurking to see how everyone is doing.

Andrea

oh I am so sorry to hear this. I hope you are doing ok and healing well. I will be praying for you

Anyone else not handling stress well when pregnant? I don't remember this at all before, and had a much more stressful life both times I was pregnant before, but with this pregnancy any sort of stress sends me into fits. Braxton Hicks and this horrible overall feeling that it is NOT going to be okay, even though my head knows whatever it is is not a big deal. Then I cry and feel like an idiot, and really can't seem to control it. Then I stress about stressing so much!

I was watching my niece, nephew and sons swim today when my son threw a squirt gun into the pool to my nephew, but missed and hit his forehead. He got a pretty good gash in it - it will need stitches I am sure. I did (or at least managed to appear) fine while I was tending to him and getting him back to my sister and all, but now I am a total mess. It is embarrassing! Anyone had the same sort of thing? I feel like a wacko - I have a pretty good life and not that much reason to stress!

Mee!!!! I feel like a nut case all the time! I told DH a few weeks ago that my emotions and stress and all that are on auto pilot and there's really nothing I can do to control it. I'm sorry you're struggling too. It's not easy being pregnant and feeling like you can't control your own emotions and how you handle things.

Leger, everything looks so great!!!

Congratulations on your son! It is so amazing to be pregnant and wonder what he will look like, and to make plans for the future!

Thanks so much!! Yeah I can't wait to meet my little guy and it's so great to finally know what this baby is that has been making me sick since March LOL!

 

[TarzansKat]

Anyone else not handling stress well when pregnant?

I'm having a terrible time of it lately. The littlest things set me off, and I get extremely frustrated extremely quickly. It's a combination of the fluctuating hormones that come at the end of pregnancy, and the exhaustion of not being able to get any sleep. I wake up at least 4-5 (if not more) times a not to go to the bathroom, so I doubt I'm even hitting REM sleep. It's just too much. I know I'm at the end, and I hate complaining, but I am so done.

We are going to name him Alexander Paul.

CONGRATULATIONS!

I recognize that Mickey bib in the far left corner!

 

[Piecey]

I am planning on sending my paycheck directly to the grocery store in a few years when I have 2 teenage boys. Honestly, it's already starting with DS10 - how can he eat as much as I do for dinner and be hungry in 1/2 hour!?! And still be so skinny even slim shorts don't fit?

I was exactly where you are with the 3 boys thing, which is why we had decided we were done. We just *knew* if we had 3, we would have 3 boys, and while I knew I would love them all to death, it would have been really, really hard for me to accept the third being a boy. I just really wanted a girl. Felt bad saying it because everyone always seemed to assume that wanting a girl meant I wouldn't love a boy the same, but that was how I felt. Thankfully for once my procrastination on something paid off - never made a permanent decision one way or the other then, surprise - it was made for us!

Congratulations on your girl! You give me hope! There has been 1 girl born into my husband's family in 5 generations (ironically, even she had a son and he has 2 sons ) and my BIL's gf is due 3 months behind me... guess what they're having? A girl! Everyone was shocked. He's pretty pissed.

Anyone else not handling stress well when pregnant? I don't remember this at all before, and had a much more stressful life both times I was pregnant before, but with this pregnancy any sort of stress sends me into fits. Braxton Hicks and this horrible overall feeling that it is NOT going to be okay, even though my head knows whatever it is is not a big deal. Then I cry and feel like an idiot, and really can't seem to control it. Then I stress about stressing so much!

Apparently I'm handling stress like crap, too. There was some family medical issues this week (my mom) and my parents are sorta secretive people. They kept me out of the loop pretty much all day (she went to the ER @ 1pm) and by the time I got to bed at 11pm I realized I was having pretty strong contractions. I sat there another hour and timed them, drank the water, all that lovely crap and nothing happened so I went in. Yep! Every 2-3 minutes like clock work. So I got to spend another night in L&D.

 

[TarzansKat]

Apparently I'm handling stress like crap, too. There was some family medical issues this week (my mom) and my parents are sorta secretive people. They kept me out of the loop pretty much all day (she went to the ER @ 1pm) and by the time I got to bed at 11pm I realized I was having pretty strong contractions. I sat there another hour and timed them, drank the water, all that lovely crap and nothing happened so I went in. Yep! Every 2-3 minutes like clock work. So I got to spend another night in L&D.

I'm sorry, hon. I hope your mom is okay?

And even though it's hard to do when you're worried, make sure you take care of yourself.

 

[Pollito916]

Boo. I just got the call from the dr's office that my sugars were "slightly elevated" so I have to take the 3 hour glucose test. I really don't understand why I always fail these tests - I have NONE of the risk factors but still always bomb them. I hate the idea of having to fast for so long too - not eating makes me feel sick.

 

[newddmommie]

Sorry it's been so long since i've posted... got to spend a "fun" night in L&D with a bladder infection on friday.Anyways.. is anyone else having a hard time getting excited for the baby? I think my issue is some friends of ours lost there son at 39wks, so i'm just nervous this whole time. I don't think i'll feel better till she gets here.

 

[Pollito916]

So we are going to keep any eye on this closely. She said I need to start following a gestational diabetes diet now because that will be the only way to try to prevent developing gestational diabetes.

It's funny your dr mentioned the diet as a way to prevent GD - I have been following the diet since before I got pg, just picked it up as habit after having GD with DS. But I still just failed the 1 hour glucose.

Well I spent the weekend painting the new storage shed. I hurt so bad today it isn't even funny. I woke up at 3am and had to take some Tylenol - then I took another dose around 7:30am. It's just really miserable. And I stepped in a hole and fell this weekend and my ankle is extremely sore too. I think I'm falling apart. I still have to pain the shed one more time and then all the trim and then the door still. I am beginning to wonder if it will ever be done.

Busy weekend - no wonder you are in pain. Take care of yourself!

When did everyone tell others that they were pregnant?

Sadly, I already forgot. We told my mom and sister sometime around 6-8 weeks, by putting a "Big Brother" shirt on DS3. We had already told him, but he didn't fully get it. He's getting it more now that my belly is growing. I told work (with a few exceptions) around 14 weeks. We didn't post on FB until after the big u/s at 18 weeks.

My friend hosted a "surprise" shower for me this weeked. I was so nice of her and we got a lot of nice things. We went to BRU yesterday to "finish" out the registry with the 10% off coupon. I decided not to get some things or to wait on them and see if I needed them. My big dining room table is now completely covered and stacked with stuff. I don't know where it is all going!

How nice of your friend! Have fun getting everything organized!

Well I definitely feel like I'm dying now. I would just go home, but I figure I will just hurt like crazy there too. And I am extremely frustrated that something that wouldn't have even phased me in the past is causing so much pain. I keep telling DH that we have to keep moving on these projects because the longer we wait the less I will be capable of doing. I still have the backroom to complete (drywall, painting, trim and some electric), then the kitchen (adding some cabinets and then new countertops and new tile), new tile in the entry way, and then getting DD/the baby's room ready. And there's more....but it can wait.

Try to take it easy girl! There's lots to do, but can't anyone else help do it?

Just wanted to let you all know that I am leaving the group (hopefully for now). We miscarried last Wednesday night so we are back to square one. I wish nothing but the best for everyone here and will keep lurking to see how everyone is doing.

Andrea

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Anyone else not handling stress well when pregnant? I don't remember this at all before, and had a much more stressful life both times I was pregnant before, but with this pregnancy any sort of stress sends me into fits. Braxton Hicks and this horrible overall feeling that it is NOT going to be okay, even though my head knows whatever it is is not a big deal. Then I cry and feel like an idiot, and really can't seem to control it. Then I stress about stressing so much!

I think we all go through stages like that! Hang in there!

As you all know we had our gender scan the Friday before the 4th. After about a half an hour of the little booger hiding the goods and being shy we finally got a glimpse and found out that we're having a....
BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are going to name him Alexander Paul.

Here's a picture of all the goodies we came back with for our little guy. If only he could see it all now.

Congrats on the boy!!! Love the name - DS3 is Alexander Robert. Looks like you had tons of fun shopping already!

There has been 1 girl born into my husband's family in 5 generations (ironically, even she had a son and he has 2 sons ) and my BIL's gf is due 3 months behind me... guess what they're having? A girl! Everyone was shocked. He's pretty pissed.

Apparently I'm handling stress like crap, too. There was some family medical issues this week (my mom) and my parents are sorta secretive people. They kept me out of the loop pretty much all day (she went to the ER @ 1pm) and by the time I got to bed at 11pm I realized I was having pretty strong contractions. I sat there another hour and timed them, drank the water, all that lovely crap and nothing happened so I went in. Yep! Every 2-3 minutes like clock work. So I got to spend another night in L&D.

I hope everything is ok with your mom, and you!

Funny how the family gender traits often seem to follow a pattern. Everyone in my family has either all boys or all girls (2-3 kids each for parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc). But everyone in DH's family always goes Boy-Girl-Boy. He has 3 siblings that follow that pattern. So we were wondering which family would win out with our #2. If the u/s is right and we're having a girl, DH's family wins again. I'm kind of glad b/c I really wanted a girl.

Sorry it's been so long since i've posted... got to spend a "fun" night in L&D with a bladder infection on friday.Anyways.. is anyone else having a hard time getting excited for the baby? I think my issue is some friends of ours lost there son at 39wks, so i'm just nervous this whole time. I don't think i'll feel better till she gets here.

I hope you're feeling better! Sometimes it's hard to get excited when you're so close to a loss like that. A loss at anytime is hard, but I think it's even harder in cases like your friend when she was so close and probably had everything ready for the baby already. Try not to overthink everything that *could* happen and enjoy your pregnancy!

 

[TSRE]

Thanks everyone for making me not feel so alone with the stress issue - although I wish it wasn't a problem for any of us! I am so much better today - fortunately I am still sleeping well and a good night's sleep does wonders. TarzansKat, I'm sorry you're not sleeping well - that just makes dealing with everything else in life so much more difficult.

Congratulations on your girl! You give me hope! There has been 1 girl born into my husband's family in 5 generations (ironically, even she had a son and he has 2 sons ) and my BIL's gf is due 3 months behind me... guess what they're having? A girl! Everyone was shocked. He's pretty pissed.

Wow, your DH beats mine on the generations. His family has 3 with no girls - his extended family is even like that. Out of 9 kids in 4 cousins' families, there is 1 girl. He was so convinced we would be the same. Me too - I have 8 boy cousins, a brother and a sister. Seems like someone was due a girl!

Boo. I just got the call from the dr's office that my sugars were "slightly elevated" so I have to take the 3 hour glucose test. I really don't understand why I always fail these tests - I have NONE of the risk factors but still always bomb them. I hate the idea of having to fast for so long too - not eating makes me feel sick.

Ugh - hope the 3 hour goes okay for you. Not eating makes me feel sick, too.

Sorry it's been so long since i've posted... got to spend a "fun" night in L&D with a bladder infection on friday.Anyways.. is anyone else having a hard time getting excited for the baby? I think my issue is some friends of ours lost there son at 39wks, so i'm just nervous this whole time. I don't think i'll feel better till she gets here.

I think I would feel the same as you if that happened to a friend. Even though you know it is highly unlikely, if that is your immediate experience, its hard to get out of your head. I'm sure you will feel much better once she gets here.

 

[skuttle]

Leger13: Congrats on having a boy! Boys are so much fun!! You have quit a collection of disney stuff already! I was just thinking too bad that I didn't bring a HPT on our disney trip. Then I could have found out I was pregnant and bought baby stuff! Okay...maybe it's a good thing I didn't know!

Pollito: Sorry you have to do the three hour. Yuck!

I had my glucose test today. I had fruit punch flavor. It was still gross, but better than orange! I didn't remember having to drink so much of it last time. I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to get it down and keep it down, but I did. Now just have to wait for the results. Not getting my hopes up on passing due to my history. And of course today DH and I met for lunch and I just couldn't resist the warm, fresh out of the oven chocolate cookie.

 

[TarzansKat]

Boo. I just got the call from the dr's office that my sugars were "slightly elevated" so I have to take the 3 hour glucose test. I really don't understand why I always fail these tests - I have NONE of the risk factors but still always bomb them. I hate the idea of having to fast for so long too - not eating makes me feel sick.

Bummer! Hopefully the three hour one will go better for you.

Sorry it's been so long since i've posted... got to spend a "fun" night in L&D with a bladder infection on friday.Anyways.. is anyone else having a hard time getting excited for the baby? I think my issue is some friends of ours lost there son at 39wks, so i'm just nervous this whole time. I don't think i'll feel better till she gets here.

Ugh. I'd never had a bladder infection in my entire life until the very beginning of this pregnancy. It was pretty mild I guess, but I assumed that the constant bathroom trips were because of the baby, until my OB said, hey you're in the second trimester this is out of the realm of normal.

I hope you feel better!

I had a harder time getting excited in the beginning. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I think it took me a while to get over the shock of actually being pregnant! The first time it took six months, and this time only four, so I wasn't expecting it to go so quickly.

But I understand how you feel. After losing my mom, I'm hypersensitive to any health issues.

Thanks everyone for making me not feel so alone with the stress issue - although I wish it wasn't a problem for any of us! I am so much better today - fortunately I am still sleeping well and a good night's sleep does wonders. TarzansKat, I'm sorry you're not sleeping well - that just makes dealing with everything else in life so much more difficult.

Oh, you're not alone. Not by any stretch.

And thank you, I did get some more solid sleep last night. Actually, at one point I migrated to one of our chairs in the living room, and that helped a lot.

I had my glucose test today. I had fruit punch flavor. It was still gross, but better than orange! I didn't remember having to drink so much of it last time. I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to get it down and keep it down, but I did. Now just have to wait for the results. Not getting my hopes up on passing due to my history. And of course today DH and I met for lunch and I just couldn't resist the warm, fresh out of the oven chocolate cookie.

Hope you get good results!

I won't even talk about how many brownies I ate yesterday.

I baked them myself (rare nowadays), how could I resist?

 

[TarzansKat]

Well, I got some more solid stretches of sleep last night, so I'm feeling a bit more human today.

I don't know if you all are familiar with the tie dye Mickey tee shirts, but I make those and had a couple of orders I thought I'd do before the baby got here.

Ha. Ha ha.

I did them last night, but oh my goodness, did my back hurt afterwards! I couldn't get comfortable in bed, so eventually I ended up in one of our living room chairs, and that actually helped a lot. I may have to try that scenario for tonight and see if I sleep better in that chair than in a bed at this point.

Anyway, I have a non stress test at the hospital today and another non stress and doc's appointment on Friday.

I've been going back and forth with my doctor's office about the possibility of being induced. They agree that it's probably a good idea, but I'm sort of wrangling with them over the date. If they do it when I'm asking, I have people set up who can take care of my son, no issue. If I do it when they want to, I'm basically going to be spending a night alone in the hospital (because of the possible need to put on the 12 hour gel to soften the cervix).

I know that I could manage it on my own, but I really don't want to be alone in that hospital. It's where my mom was. And although maternity is a totally seperate area, towards the end, my mom was actually on the same floor. It's just hard. I'm trying to be rational but rational just really doesn't enter into it, you know?

Anyway, I'll keep you all posted when I hear something, and of course, baby may feel free to arrive any time before that. I'm so done!