Hellobee Boards

@Ash: Of course I will tell my fellow November mamas!

@shellio: That's what we were thinking too, plus then we will hopefully get more from our registry and less clothes. We will be registering for gender neutral items anyway.

@lilteacherbee: @Ash: Right with you on feeling gross and bloated! All last week the abs that I'm pretty sure I don't even have were hurting and burning so bad. I have to consciously relax and let my stomach muscles go and let it all hang out to get any relief. Guess sucking my gut in is a habit of mine. But now my uterus is definitely moving up and pushing everything else up with it. I remember feeling this way with my other pregnancies, but not for this long. No idea why the difference.

I miss my November mamas, but haven't felt too much like participating. Got home from my trip to the East Coast last Monday (a feat of 1,700 miles and 3 days of driving, just me and my preschooler and toddler. FUN!). On the Wednesday after we got home, my grandfather (whom we'd been out east to see and, basically, waiting for the end and then he was doing so much better that I headed home because I couldn't just stay indefinitely) passed away. So, between dealing with being glutened during our trip (does bad things in my head, depression, yucky voices to battle, etc.) and grappling with the fact that I won't be able to attend his funeral (which is today, I think it's almost over now), plus other family crap, yeah, it's been a hard week. Lots of tears and ugliness.

But on the plus side, a good friend of mine had the VBAC of her dreams the other day and I always get a little birth high (there's a reason I'm going into birth work) when my friends have babies, particularly when they achieve the birth they envisioned for themselves. AND. IT'S BEEN RAINING HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE LAST 5 DAYS! The drought has been broken, our crop has the moisture it needs to start growing finally, and more! Huge, big, amazing answer to prayer- I don't know that I've ever attended a church service with so many happy, rejoicing faces as we did last Sunday (our church is full of people who are almost all farmers and ranchers), it was totally uplifting.

So, add in my pregnancy hormones, I've been on the verge of tears every minute of the last few days, either from sadness and hurt or because my heart is full and overflowing. It's so much fun, I tell ya.

@FarmWifeGina: Aww, so sorry to hear about your grandfather and the funeral situation. I lost mine last month and its definitely hard, big hugs!

@MrsDragon: I'm hungry all the time too! Then, I can only eat a small amount and I'm full, but I'll be starving again within an hour. So frustrating!!

So one of my best friends asked me to be a bridesmaid last night! Her wedding is next March. I figure it will give me good motivation to lose the baby weight!

@lilteacherbee: I'm in an April wedding! Definitely motivation for me, too.

@anbanan15: The first part of my pregnancy felt like this -- sickness bad enough to go to the doctor followed by a possible ectopic needing a scan, which I *thought* was all cleared, but then found out we needed another scan for a low heart rate, which again I thought was fine but then found out I had a subchorionic bleed... I haven't been back to the doctor yet because they screwed up setting up my appointment but I'm going in a week, and I'm just waiting to hear about some other complication. I would ask for your B12 to be checked for sure, and anything else that will help reassure you!

So I have been lurking on this board for a little while, but I thought I would pop in and finally write something. I am due Nov 2nd and had an ultrasound this morning that confirmed what they told us at 13 weeks....we are having a little girl! In my lurking I thought I had only seen boys announced and thought it was time to get a girl in the mix!

@anbanan15: I had a total breakdown a couple days ago. We'd gotten into this vicious cycle where I was so tired on the weekend we didn't go grocery shopping, then we had no food to eat for dinner. So DH ordered a pizza and after my blood sugar was really high. The next day we still had no groceries and he wanted to know what I wanted for dinner, and I was still so upset about the high number and feeling super guilty. The diabetes made me feel really bad in an email and I just kind of broke down when we were in the car, worrying that I was harming the baby.

I don't know if I can do this pregnancy thing again. I feel so stressed if we don't have appropriate food. Actual eating the food isn't an issue, I barely care that I'm missing out on stuff I used to eat. But the time and energy planning it is just more than I'm up for sometimes. I'm officially in the 2nd tri, but still SO tired all the time. And I feel anxious and guilty that I'm responsible for growing another human life and I may have already caused him to have organ damage (according to the diabetes nurse). I'm seriously considering adoption for #2.

@farmwifegina: I'm very sorry for your loss. I am sure he is looking down on you and his newest grandchild. Hugs!

@anbanan15: I'm sorry you are so stressed, it seems like you are only getting partial answers with all of the testing you've had done. I would definitely ask for additional tests to ensure your levels are where they need to be, or so that you can get the appropriate supplements.

@Cara M. 17: We ended up doing grocery pick up last night. And by we, I mean my wonderful husband put in the order and then picked it up. But of course he always orders the wrong stuff, *sigh* lol. Better than having to do it myself I though.

@NeekieRose: Congrats!

I'm so amazed that so many of you have registered for things already. I don't know what it is - it's not that I'm in denial or anything. Maybe it's just the 1st trimester blahs. Although, today I'm 13 weeks - so am I now officially 2nd trimester? Have I passed through the magical "no more nausea" door into wonderful, blissful, happy pregnancy-land??? Have you?

@MrsDragon: I'm definitely not in the hungry-land yet. I'm still battling nausea. BUT - I did FINALLY have a salad yesterday. My first salad in over 5 weeks. My body REALLY needed it. I think the Zofran - even though it helped with nausea - was not good for my regularity. No more Zofran for me!

You took anti-nausea meds too, right? Did you have problems with constipation? (sorry if this is too personal) And have you stopped taking them now?

@MrsCB: I think it's hard to balance this whole creating a life inside of you thing while still taking good care of yourself. Just know you're doing the best you can (and so is your husband I'm sure over time he'll learn the "right" things to order

@sweetooth: I took Diclectin from around 7 weeks up until I hit 15 weeks - and yes, the constipation sucked!! It seems to have leveled off a bit along with the nausea. Now that I'm not on the meds, I find I get really gaggy and I feel sick if I get even the tiniest bit hungry, but it's not bad enough that I want to keep paying for the medicine.

@sweetooth: it was just this week that my appetite really came back - and now I'm hungry all the time! I went from one extreme to another. Pregnancy is so weird!

@MrsDragon: Couldn't agree more

@MrsCB: I feel like my husband and I had our babymoon during week 6 in Mexico I don't think we'll be taking any grand trips between now and November. But we might try to visit our friends again in LA and take another weekend train trip to NYC. Both are places we love to spend time - but think it will become a bit trickier with a baby (not that it will keep us away!)

Happy Anniversary to you! I say enjoy the trip this weekend and if you feel like planning another trip if work becomes permanent I say go for it. I think you can still travel long distances at 27 weeks, as long as you are sure to take breaks every few hours from sitting.

@MrsCB: After 2 kids and no babymoon with the first pregnancy, that would be a negative on the babymoon. We *might* go to Fargo (WHOOT! PAAAAARTAY!), just the two of us, for a night or two over Big Iron (big, big farm show- WHOOP! PARTY CENTRAL!!!) in September, but that remains to be seen. We were supposed to start TTC on our Big Iron trip this year, lol.

We probably wont have a babymoon, we just got back from a weekend trip to the Biltmore at 15 weeks, but that is as extravagant as we'll get! A few weekend beach trips for sure, but nowhere fancy!

@sweetooth: My appointment was today and he is running some tests I asked for and a lipid panel. Overall said I'm healthy as far as the questions on the physical form were concerned and I didn't have to come back since everything else is being managed by specialists. Basically I just needed his signature for nursing school and a note saying I'm allergic to the varicella vaccine which is required

@MrsCB: We were thinking about taking DS to Disney before baby arrived so he could have a "big" vacation to himself, but I'm not sure if that will happen. We didn't want to go when it was super hot in FL since DH becomes a major b*tch when he melts and it 10x's worse than an overheated expecting mother, but that might be our only option between my semester starting in August and not being able to travel much later than that.

@FarmWifeGina: haha Farm Show! I actually am excited for this years since I can actually eat the food since DS was born...before him I hadn't been since HS. No babymoon with DS either unless our honeymoon counts as both

@Mrs. J: Sounds like fun!! I think you will manage the canoe just fine!

@MrsTiz: That's my dad's name, just Jack, but his nicknames were Jackson or Jackie from family since my grandfather also has the same first name (not a junior since they had different middle names). I think options and letting him decide is great!

@anbanan15: I've never met a Jack IRL so saying it sounds so foreign sometimes lol Oh no, I can see my Aunts calling him Jackie haha