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PrincessDonna -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/3/2008 11:11:22 AM)

Amy, I will pray. Glad it was the right decision, but I also know what you mean about wanting to know how it's going to work out.



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/3/2008 3:33:04 PM)

I posted this in the SAHM's thread, but it pertains to this thread too and I know a few don't go over there. I am not going to repost it, but HERE IS THE POST with news about due dates, who will stay with the kids when I am having the baby, etc.



purejoy -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/3/2008 6:12:37 PM)

Tylenol PM is just tylenol with benadryl (diphenhydramine) in it. Those puppies knock me OUT! I haven't needed them when pregnant, which is good. I'm too scared to take anything like that unless I have nothing going on for 2 days!

Amy- enjoy the maternity clothes. I put it off for awhile, but by 10 weeks I was sooo uncomfortable. Once I switched to the mat pants I didn't know what I was waiting for! Now some of my smaller-ish mat pants are getting a titch uncomfortable too.
Praying for you and your hubby too...I know he had meetings about his job, but I didn't realize that was the result of it!

Jessica- Thanks for the yogurt link...I saw it in the other thread yesterday and signed up for some. So I'll have to try it out. [:)]

Sarah- I'm so glad all the dates are working out with your family. I bet that is a huge stress reliever for you!



daughter_of_faith -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/3/2008 10:29:35 PM)

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ORIGINAL: lilyofthefield

Well I must be nesting - scrub trash cans and litter boxes... weird. I'm not even tired yet, but I will probably regret this later
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Lily, I'm praying you did NOT clean out those litter boxes, hun. This LINK will tell you why. I know I'm a little late...just surprised someone else didn't mention it. (((hugs)))



lilyofthefield -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/3/2008 11:55:24 PM)

Thank you for your concern, DOF. Unfortunately, I have to clean out the boxes or they don't get done. Also unfortunately, DH knows I am not at risk for toxo... [8|][;)] Even so, I am very careful about washing my hands thoroughly.

More nesting - completely rearranged the nursery tonight. [&:]

Amy, I hope everything works out so you don't have to do another year. (((hugs)))



IAMJulie -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 12:07:46 AM)

Lily, you should be fine with the boxes if you wear gloves and wash your hands. You are more likely to get toxo from undercooked meat or gardening without gloves than from cleaning the litter box. Take this from someone who worked as a vet tech through one entire pregnancy and also cleans her own box (when DH is out of town that is [:)]).



Brandy -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 1:43:31 AM)

Julie did any of your dr's freak out over your vet tech work?

The first Nurse Pract. I saw seriously said to me that if she were me she'd not touch any cats the entire pregnancy. She also tried to get me to promise not to touch any until we had my toxo screen back. I laughed at her and said "you don't know what you are talking about and you don't know what my job entails, to NOT touch a cat would be to not work"

My boss was actually bummed that I came back as not having had exposure. He said after this baby is born we should get me exposed and build an immunity up and then in the future I would still be able to clean litter boxes etc.. I laughed at him. I hate cleaning the litter box. And am thuroughly enjoying NOT doing it right now. I may work out a deal with Jeremy so that I don't ever have to touch it again. [:D]

I did/do limit my contact with cats I don't know and I do not touch angry cats. Everyone at work has been great about it though, they know when I bring back a cat in a bag/carrier that I won't touch they just take over.

Ladies - we have a super wiggler tonight. She was pushing around big time with her feet and deforming my belly. Jer could see it, reached out to feel it and got a little more than creeped out by her pushing so hard. His face made me laugh. This morning we got up and had a snack and then got back in bed and were talking about the impending life changes and she got the hiccups. Those fascinated him, the on time rythym they had going. But the deformation of my belly was a bit too much.

I told my boss this week that even though I only have 3 weeks left I wanted every Wednesday off. It's our slow day, we have a substitute Dr working and we don't need as many people there. I am effectively off any rotation factor into working normally so they won't miss me and boy howdy did I enjoy having this past Wednesday off. Errands and Dr's appts and just having peace and down time was so nice. Work is just too stressful right now and he knows that so he didn't argue. He knows when not to argue with me. I appreciate him for that.

We are going to the midnight showing of Iron Man.. I took a nap earlier to prepare myself!!!



IAMJulie -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 2:04:04 AM)

My personal doctors didn't freak out though one freaked me out. I handled a sick cat one day and it came back later that it was toxo positive. I immediately called my doc's office and went in for a test. Later one of the docs called me back and said I was positive for toxo and he would call me back later to let me know what if anything that we should do. He never called me back! I have some choice words for him still and this was almost 5 years ago. I did call the office though and one of the other docs put me in touch with a fetal/maternal specialist who read my labs and told me that the other doc had read them wrong. I DO have a positive toxo titer but I did before I got pregnant as well. So the idiot doc had only read my current titer and not compared it to my original test. I was not toxo positive after all (not technically anyway). That was a scary two weeks, thinking I was positive and had exposed my baby that whole time.

Anyway, the vets I worked for were great. I worked up to 4 weeks of my due date. The original plan was up to 2 weeks but our office was huge and too busy and I got way too tired at the end so I moved up my last day. Most of the time I was not asked to handle sick cats and I just gloved for everything else. The hospital that I worked for then was large enough to have separate tech spots for lab and pharm so I worked a lot in that position and a lot setting up animals in rooms, getting rooms ready, taking blood for labs and stuff like that.



clag4christ -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 4:32:11 PM)

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I've been having never ending headaches here lately, probably just allergies.


I would get headaches bordering on migranes when I was pg both times, if I didn't get enough water and if I 'did too much' that day. Like if I spent too much time watching tv, playing on the pc, or reading a book/magazine. Anything that tired my eyes out would set one off. So I had to be careful of not overdoing it.



HomeSpunLady -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 4:46:18 PM)

Anyone else breaking out? I usually don't have many pimples, but now I'm getting at least one once a week. I'm trying to stay away from sweets, so I don't know if it's hormonal or what.



PrincessDonna -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 4:51:15 PM)

I always do with pregnancy, though it is worse with boys for me. I also do when not pregnant, at certain times of the month. I'm hoping that's one of the things I'll be rid of when/if we go ahead with the hysterectomy after this baby.[:D] Hey...just trying to look at the bright side...no more bleeding, no more endometriosis pain, no more pimples...



clag4christ -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 4:52:12 PM)

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ORIGINAL: HomeSpunLady

Anyone else breaking out? I usually don't have many pimples, but now I'm getting at least one once a week. I'm trying to stay away from sweets, so I don't know if it's hormonal or what.



It's probably just hormonal. I know for me I break out in the very beginning of pregnancy due to the influx of hormones but then my skin settles nicely for the rest of the pregnancy. [:)]



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 5:26:10 PM)


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ORIGINAL: PrincessDonna

I always do with pregnancy, though it is worse with boys for me. I also do when not pregnant, at certain times of the month. I'm hoping that's one of the things I'll be rid of when/if we go ahead with the hysterectomy after this baby.[:D] Hey...just trying to look at the bright side...no more bleeding, no more endometriosis pain, no more pimples...

So Donna...what is your skin looking like this time around?

same for me...depends on whether it's a boy or girl as to how bad it gets and stays during the pregnancy. Usually it's bad either way during the beginning. (Bad for me is three or four at a time sometimes). I get one before my period when I have them...and when pregnant, if it's the boys I tend to get better after the first trimester, but the girls I stay bad the whole time. I also stay sicker during the girls pregnancies...also during the boys I crave meat and during the girls I can't stand the thought of it.



Brandy -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 5:38:14 PM)

Sarah you beat me to it in asking Donna how her skin was [:D]


We went and ordered our glider yesterday. wowsers.

If we wanted a custom wood/fabric one it was 3 months. If we want a standard one it's 2 wks. So hopefully the darker wood wont stand out too much with our other stuff because that's all they had. It's a DREAM chair to sit in.. oh my gosh. Deep and wide and reclines and locks and yummy.



PrincessDonna -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 5:40:14 PM)

I have had some pimples. Not telling which end of the spectrum though.[8D] I also notice with my boys that my hair is really greasy and has to be washed every day. It wasn't like that with Hannah. And no, I'm not telling you which way it's going this time. So there.[:D]



Brandy -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 5:41:55 PM)

Meant to ask..

Do babies go through growth spurts all the sudden at the end of pregnancy? Like have any of you woken up one day to a super wiggly, pushing, up all the time baby?

Last 3 days she's much more awake, more wiggly and pushy. This morning she moved to my entire left side and was really working the elbows. I'm pretty sure I felt one when I pushed back on her. It's cute but geez it's like a baby monkey in there all the sudden.



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 6:00:25 PM)


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ORIGINAL: PrincessDonna

I have had some pimples. Not telling which end of the spectrum though.[8D] I also notice with my boys that my hair is really greasy and has to be washed every day. It wasn't like that with Hannah. And no, I'm not telling you which way it's going this time. So there.[:D]

[8D][8D][8D]...luckily I have been around long enough that I think I can figure it out...remember we have been through now three pregnancies together!!! I have my suspicion anyway...just not saying which way I am leaning towards on you this time.....we will see if I am right...just from what you have said so far this time around.

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Do babies go through growth spurts all the sudden at the end of pregnancy? Like have any of you woken up one day to a super wiggly, pushing, up all the time baby?

yes they can do that. Then towards the very very end (like last few weeks or last few days) they can tend to go more the opposite and become the never moving baby. It really depends on the personality of the baby, how big they are, their position, and how much room they like to have in there to move around. Some don't mind being squished in the end and they move more....some hate being squished (those tend to be the ones that don't like to be swaddled after birth) and they just don't move as much if they don't have much room.



lilyofthefield -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 6:02:00 PM)

Julie - LOL! That explains your signature. I was a vet tech for 4 years - we have 1 dog and 5 cats!!

Brandy, the last few days Caden gets super active at about midnight for some reason. I thought for sure he was going to flip over to breech the other night.

Well, had the church baby shower today - it was so much fun! We're definitely not going to need diapers for awhile! One of the other ladies at church had her baby - apparently her labor was only about 1 1/2 hours! That's just crazy!



Royal.Fortress -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 7:29:59 PM)

Sarah - that's awesome news about your mom's visit and the doctor inducing!! God is so great [:D]

Brandy - June Bug's been super wiggly the last few days as well. It's a tonne of fun!

I had a wonderful shower this weekend - got lots of stuff we needed (ie. lots of cloth diapering supplies) and quite a few gender neutral onesies and sleepers in all different sizes! My sister got engaged, too [:D] Click HERE to see my 34 week pics =)



lilyofthefield -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/4/2008 10:05:46 PM)

Beautiful, Kim!! I'm so glad you had a nice shower too and got some much needed items!



SweetLittleErin -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/5/2008 11:43:14 AM)

We had a dr appt this morning. Everything was great. Took a while to find the heartbeat because that little bugger wouldnt be still for even just a moment! I had my prenatal labwork and thats pretty much it. We go back in 4 weeks for our ultrasound and the next appt.



kpenn05 -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/5/2008 11:44:34 AM)

Hi Ladies, I am back!

I have a prayer request. I just went to the dr. for my 30 week check up. She ended up checking my cervix to find that it feels like I am at 36 weeks instead of 30. She left the room to try and get me in to ultrasound but they were behind and completely booked, so she called around to other hospitals, I am headed to a hospital 30+ mins away to get an u/s. I don't really know how to pray, or what I am praying for. Maybe that she read my cervix wrong. I am just really anxious right now. What does that exactly mean??

I will be back on soon, to update and to give details of my lovely shower.

I am very happy for you Sarah, on you good news...God is truly amazing.

Kim - once again you are beautiful!!!



clag4christ -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/5/2008 11:48:27 AM)

A cervix isn't 'defined' by weeks, that I know of. The cervix dilates and effaces. Did she say that you'd done some of that? Why was she giving you an internal exam at 30 weeks? Are you sure you're not meaning your fundal height?



TheEgyptianPrincess -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/5/2008 12:12:37 PM)

ladies.. i also have a prayer request... remember last week I told you guys i had a weird red rash on my face... well the GP wasn't concerned about that, but while I was there I asked them to check out my ear and nose again cause I was in pain. Turns out I had infection again... and this time she wants to put me on antibiotics for 2 weeks!...its amocociline 500mg.. 3 times a day....I have called my GYNO and left a message to call me back to see if it is ok to take it for so long and how it could affect my baby.

The other thing that is worrying me to death is I was trying to do the kick count thing.. and really.. my baby is not moving at least 10 times an hour.. I am so worried.....
I have been gravely sick.. didn't really get out of bed all weekend and the only time I got out was to throw up... I have been coughing sooo hard that I just end up throwing up... even if I haven't eaten anything... I have a constant horrible headache.. I can't sleep at night from coughing so hard... I am soooo sick of cough drops... they don't even work!... and.. i came to work today cause I felt bad since I already took friday off... but I seem to be in such a bad state that my boss told me to go home!


my heart is heavy with worry over the saftey of my baby :-(



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: '08 Pregnancy support thread...part 3 (5/5/2008 12:28:05 PM)

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The other thing that is worrying me to death is I was trying to do the kick count thing.. and really.. my baby is not moving at least 10 times an hour.. I am so worried.....

I HATE HATE HATE that kick count thing. Don't try to please the dr or try to make your baby fit into what they say it must be doing. Just try to be aware of if your baby is moving for it's normal amount every day....that's all they really want anyway...they want to know if the baby's habits change and when so that they can make sure the baby is still doing good and being the normal baby that they are. Not all babies will fit into that "ten kicks an hour" thing....so don't freak out



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