Posts by sunquest76

I have my 30 week appointment on Thursday. I can't believe I'm already seeing the OB every 2 weeks! As ready as I am to meet this baby, I don't think I'm ready to be a mom!

There was a recent medical article saying there is some protective advantage to babies whose mothers got the flu shot while pregnant. I'm planning on asking my OB about this next week. I get the shot at work almost every year, but have no experience with kids getting it. Good Luck.

I gained 6 lbs in my first trimester. At each OB visit asked about my weight gain and MY OB wasn't worried. One visit I had a "fill-in" and he gave me a mini lecture about my weight and suggested I cut out white things - white bread, potatoes, refined sugar, white rice. The next OB visit with my doctor, she said that she didn't know why he did that and that baby would be as big as baby would be and that the extra weight would just mean more to lose afterwards. I had gained 38lbs at 28 weeks. I'm a little less concerned now. As long as baby is healthy and I'm healthy, I'm trying to moderate more and worry less. I know I can lose the weight (I've done it before) so I'm going to try to go with the flow.

Good luck - try not to stress - and enjoy your pregnancy!

Don't expect to hear a heart beat before 12 to 14 weeks. Hubby was very disappointed to come to the boring appointments expecting to hear something and.... nothing!

thanks everyone! i wasn't sure if it was too early to have colostrum. this is the strangest part of the pregnancy so far. i can handle feeling baby move and even the nausea and vomitting haven't freaked me out. this is totally different, but at leas i know it's normal and i don't have to run out to the OB!

I had my 24 week appointment with a different OB (covering for mine). He was concerned enough to mention my weight before I did. I have gained over 35lbs so far. His suggestion was to cut out white things: potato, bread, rice, refined sugar. To eat a small amount of protein with every meal and only eat veggies that grow above ground. I'll do my best to restrict white stuff, and try to eat more protein, but I can't give up carrots. I am SO hungry!

I am 23 weeks tomorrow and have managed 28 pounds even with the extreme sickness and food aversions! I guess that is what a "toast and eggo" diet does to a girl :(

Now that I'm feeling better, I'm eating better - mostly. And I've started tracking calories again. So I hope to keep the gain to 0.5 to 1 pounds per week for the next 17 weeks. I'll still be looking at a 40 to 50 pound weight gain, but hopefully I'll stay healthy and can work it off post-baby.

I'd love to see the study that shows that sharing food/utensils causes tooth decay. I'll buy putting them to bed with juice/milk, but having a bite of grape then sharing...

Your FETAL AGE is 3 weeks, but you are 5 weeks pregnant. Confusing, but most everyone I know says how pregnant they are not the fetal age. For example, I am 19 weeks pregnant, but my fetal age is 17 weeks. Clear as mud?!?

I am doing better now, thank you. I try to eat every couple hours (especially in the morning) and my doctor put me on diclectin. I am 10 weeks now and the nausea is managable and vomiting is becoming increasingly rare. I am functioning - and looking forward to a healthy baby!

I started taking my prenatal vitamins the same day i stopped my pill form of birth control. i continued with CC and lost weight up until i actually got pregnant. i don't think the prenatals affected my weight.

Thanks everyone. And thanks for the encouragement to celebrate just the two of us. It has been HARD, and will continue to be difficult. I am so terrified something bad will happen, and can't imagine having to share THAT with everyone too. For now, I'll focus on the celebration part.