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A thread for those of us due in May!

I feel too 'behind' in the Spring Babies board, and yet 'early pregnancy support' is dwindling.  Inspired by the Junebugs, here is a thread for us!

My latest thought is that time is moving so slowly!

I feel like I just keep waiting and waiting to be out of the first trimester so I can start to share my news, and hopefully have more energy.  Tick, tick, tick, tick. 2 weeks until my next appointment. After that one I'm going to tell my parents, grandmas, aunts uncles and cousins.  Until then it's the waiting game. (And I'm also trying not to be as much of a grump as I think I'm being at home.....poor DH).

How is everyone else doing? 

Thanks for this thread!  Should we put due dates?

EDD:  May 27, 2012  

At my 1st ultrasound (at 6 weeks, 5 days) she said I was measuring a day bigger.  I don't think that matters much yet.

How far along: 8 weeks

Weight gain:  er, 3-4 pounds.  Is that bad?

How are you feeling:  I have had a few minor bouts of nausea but nothing bad.  Have been frequently hungry, have to pee frequently, and really tired at night and in the morning.  My boobs kill and I'm bloated to the point that I'm pretty much using the bella band all the time (ehem and even wore a pair of maternity jeggings to dinner last night).  I look like I"m pregnant, even though I know it's bloat.

Next appt:  10/20 with midwife at almost 9 wks.  Going to try for heartbeat, do pelvic exam, blood, etc. 

@cvbee:  I agree - days go by really slowly and I'm anxious for the 12 week wait to be over (get it, ha ha!)  You are strong for not telling anyone!!  We told our families and some close friends but are waiting another 4 weeks to let others know. You must be getting really close to the 12 week mark!

I'm feeling really good and it freaks me out a little. I was feeling really positive and confident until this weekend for some reason.  Not sure why the change, but I'm so anxious for my next appiontment.  Anyone else feel this way?

@winniewolf: feeling nervous as in feeling like something is wrong? 

I used to think things were wrong all the time, but after my first appointment at 8 weeks, when he said it felt like my uterus was about 8-10 weeks size I stopped worrying.  I guess since I haven't told anyone I'm maybe less worried too?  I am at peace with if something does go wrong....especially still this early on I can deal.  A friend of mine (not close, but still a friend) had a stilbirth when she was almost due.....I guess we can never really be sure......even babies and children have things happen and become angels before their time. I think being a parent is the beginning of a life of worries, right?

For my info:

EDD: May 10, 2012 (this is entirely based on my charting)

How far along: 10 weeks

Weight gain: I don't have a very accurate scale, but I think it's 5 pounds!

Feeling: bitchy and tired. slight nausea, which I fight by eating more often...hence the weight gain?   I tend to wear my pants low, and I have never liked anything tight around my waist, so I've been able to keep wearing my normal clothes quite easily despite my bloat.  

@RachelNicole:  The Spring board was getting me down too.  They are all finding out gender now and for me to be only half way to where they are with 10 weeks to go to get caught up to them, well, I think that may have been what was making me feel so slow. 

Sharing News:  I just found out that my Dad is going to come and visit us this weekend, and I think we're going to tell him.  So, I've got a few days to think up what to say.  I liked someone's idea of having a 'grandpa' glass.  I usually get my Dad a beer after he arrives (3.5 hour drive) so I might just pour his beer into a grandpa glass and see what he says.  (I have this silver stuff that you can squirt onto a glass to spell words or make patterns and then bake it in the oven to 'cure' it.  

It will be a bit earlier than we wanted to tell anyone and I hope my Mom isn't mad that I'll tell him first (they are divorced).....but I did invite her to visit a couple weeks ago and maybe would have told her, but she was going on a trip.  

My next appointment is on Halloween (I'll be 12 weeks).  Hoping to hear the heartbeat for the first time on the doplar.  But, I am also prepared for bad news, as this is the unpredictable first trimester. 

I'm finally figuring out how eating 2 saltines can cure my nausea.  I'm almost feeling normal, except for being very grumpy inthe morning and waking up to pee at night and going to bed really really early and having a bloated belly.  Almost normal. 

@LAGS: totally hear you on the feeling guilty/ungrateful for all the complaining.  I totally thought pregnancy (at least until the big belly times) would be all happiness and glowing, beautiful, gloriousness. So opposite!

Funny, a lot of have appointments on 10/20! 

Em, I'm only 8 weeks, 2 days and my stomach looks completely different.  Supposedly, it's bloat, but I don't know.  I had a pretty flat stomach to begin with and am a small person....but now I have a little pot belly.  Only really low waist pants with bella band and low rise maternity pants for me.  I also really haven't been very nauseous (a blessing) but get hungry really frequently so have gained probably 4 pounds, which is attributing to the pooch.  I've been taking shots since week 4, and there is definitely already a noticeable difference.  Oh well.

@miss spunkin - I'll be around the spring babies board, too!  It's just nice to have a place where people who are around the same stage as you are, too!

YAY! Happy to see this board!

EDD: May 15, 2012

How far along: 10 WEEKS! (man, time flies!)

Weight Gain: I just went to an appointment today and I have gained 4.5 pounds. It makes sense, because I actually have quite the baby bump (I thought I gained more than that).

How are you feeling? As of now, I feel amazing. I have had zero nausea, zero heartburn, and light cramps. In between weeks 6-9 I LITERALLY felt like I was going to die, but for some strange reason my symptoms went away. I don't even have sore boobs anymore! I went to the doctor today, and she said I may get my nausea back sometime before 13 weeks. Praying I don't!

Next appointment: I have another ultrasound on 10/31. I am high-risk, so I get a lot more ultrasounds than normal. My 12 week ultrasound will be my fourth!

@Ms Mini: Yes, i have a baby bump and am 10 weeks. No one else really notices, but my hubby and I both do. I can hardly button my jeans, and have basically been living in maternity leggings (from target) the past couple days. In fact, I had to take my belly ring out because my lower stomach was getting so tight (from stretching) my belly ring started hanging crooked because the hole was stretching out already!

@winniewolf: I also am hungry constantly. I eat every 2 hours or so, but don't usually eat big meals because I get so bloated. I am/was relatively small too, and i feel like my belly really shows!

I just started doing the eleastic trick using a hair band and it really helps. I feel a bit strange about the zipper being down in public, but these days it is cold here and I mostly wear my long coat in public.  I totally have to get some maternity tanks or a bella band so no one catches me with my pants unzipped.  

Can't sleep. Reading about pregnancy on various websites.  Had to share this gam. 

"Week 12: The fatigue that you’ve been feeling will be replaced in the coming weeks with a glorious feeling of energy and well-being."

Better not be a lie!

@ cvbee "can't sleep".  yep.  i am so damn tired but can't fall asleep and when i do it's up 2 hours later to pee.  i wake up feeling so unrested and crappy. 

@regberadaisy:  You go ahead and stay with us. I bet you'll end up being a May Mommy anyways! 

@Ms Mini: what is ps? sorry ...

My thought of the day: (admitting it but feeling a bit selfish)  I can't wait to announce the pregnancy so I can find out how many freebies might or might not be coming my way.  (Selfish, but practical?)  For example, my aunt's twin boys are now 4 years old....I have no idea if she gave their baby stuff away already or not.....I had an ex-employer/friend of mine ask me about 6 months ago if we wanted any of their baby stuff and I told her that since we weren't quite there yet, then no, so she gave it to someone else......but what might come my way from other people I'm not thinking about?!)  

Also still thinking about my bloat, just like the rest of you.  Mine starts getting bad around 2pm. I can still suck it in pretty successfully but it takes a LOT of effort: effort that I cannot bear to spent for more than about 15 seconds. 

something irritating happened to me. I went over to a family friend's house to carve pumpkins, and someone remarked: "wow, are you really enough along to have such a pooch? Have you been eating ice cream or what? I didn't show til I was like 18 weeks."

It really offended me because yes, i am showing slightly, but I have not gained weight anywhere else and have been eating healthy. People have such a nerve and think they can say anything...

@MissDareDevil: that is shocking!  So rude!

@cvbee - lol.  i know i have a bunch of girls clothes coming my way if we have a girl (two friends have already told me!) but (a) i don't know if we are finding out the gender and (b) i have a "feeling" it's a boy.  PS - to one of our first posts on this thread - yes, i'm really anxious about the M word still, having had one before (at 5 weeks, but still...)

@redgerba - you can be on both boards : )

@missdaredevil - SO rude!!!!  if it makes you feel any better my sister said to me "hmm, maybe you aren't one of those people that will just pop at 18 weeks...i always showed early!" 

@pastemoo - sorry you are feeling WORSE not better : (

@miss mini - my belly strangeness is bad, and i'm only 8 weeks 4 days!  it's worse in the evening.  in the stomach i just look a little bloated.  at night it's out of control!!

I really have felt pretty well all along but the last two days have felt crappy: tired, hungover (?), a little queasy, and just off.  Yesterday was nauseous after lunch and then last night I had this weird pressure in my abdomen - almost like I was going to have bathroom issues, but it never happened.  Totally freaked me out, so I laid on the couch and DH made dinner.  And, I can't suck in my bloat...or whatever it is.  Just not possible.