Hey there....class was hard, but I am out of shape so that's probably why . The steps aren't bad but going down was hard because they look like steps that are easy to fall down

Hope everyone is doing well. Is it may yet?

Hi all, chagrined Pumpkin here. My sister completely surprised me with a visit last night, which I was totally NOT expecting since she lives 8 hours away and I was so shocked I didn't even think about today! I'm sorry I didn't make it or mention I was out! :/ I have a crazy early May as I've mentioned, out of town through the second weekend. After that I'm back, in my second trimester, up for barre basically from then on in, and ready for some serious brunching when we get it together. So the next two weekends no barre for me, but after that I'm here and hoping we can make it happen!

JinDC, how were the steps after all this time? Did you enjoy the workout?

Hey all, Poppy here!

Pumpkin: I'm still taking the unisom/B6 combo, plus another tab of B6 in the morning. I did find some sleep difficulties when I went off the unisom, but more annoyingly I also felt nauseous. I've noticed a correlation between fatigue and the nausea, which could account for it rather than the lack of unisom per se. That said, it's still early enough (15 weeks tomorrow) for me that I'm going to keep taking those pills for a few more weeks. I'm still on the Zofran, too--though a slightly lower dose--and want to take things easy, given the HG. Good luck, and let me know how it goes. I plan to ask the midwife at our next appointment about going off the B6, but I think it's safe to take the whole way through, if need be.

Great to hear the updates from folks! We should keep a running list of due dates... Mine is 10/20, so I'll be 15 weeks tomorrow--yay!

This weekend is busy: birthday party for one of my daughter's daycare classmates today, plus an overdue anniversary date night for me and my husband. Our anniversary fell during the first tri, so we waited until I felt better to go out. Tomorrow we have a playdate with a good friend, and then little family birthday party for my niece, who turned 5 this week, and also welcomed a new baby sister! Whew. I'm just trying to get as much sleep as possible, but mostly am enjoying the second tri energy.

Happy gorgeous weather to you all! Have fun at Caribou and barre! :^)

I'll be at caribou around 11/1115 tomorrow before barre....I will try to get a table outside and I will no doubt have an iced tea. Look for the chubby girl with dark hair in gym style clothes!

Hope people can make it! I haven't walked up e stairs to barre I. So long, I hope I don't pass out on them!!!

Holy beautiful day out. I am headed to yoga soon the. To Georgetown to look for mothers day cards/gifts. Heads heads up for tomorrow if you plan to drive anywhere - its the women's half marathon so expect traffic. Ugh.

Hey all, this is Pumpkin. So nice to hear from some of the MIA October moms. Glad you're back! JinDC, I am planning to do the barre class this weekend. Caribou before sounds nice, too. Only thing I need to make sure of is that DH finishes a project. He gets a lot of his work done on weekends (is at home with our first during weekdays) and is at the end of a project, so I'm kind of at his schedule's mercy. Our go-to babysitter moved away so now we're down to one, not good. But, I think it'll work out. I'll know tomorrow evening for sure.

As for exercising and diet, I've been pretty good this time, though it is all relative. Last pregnancy I ate like a fool and I actually lost track of how much weight I gained but it was around 40 lbs and maybe a bit more. Yikes! It came off with nursing, but eventually some of it found me again. So, I don't want to go back down that road, mainly I just want to be healthier all around. I feel being older this time that I have more reason to watch my diet and keep the things I CAN control under control. I can get lazy so making myself exercise has been the hardest part. Consistently good weather should help us all!

I'm due at the tail end of the month, Oct 31, and my first was four days "late," so I occasionally pop into the November boards, too since I could easily deliver then.

What is everyone doing this weekend? I have had an INSANE work week, and more busy stuff coming up, but I'm disconnecting and spending most of the weekend in my garden with my kiddo while DH works - plus maybe barre on Sunday if I can make it work out.

Poppy, wondering when / if you've stopped the unisom, if you had trouble sleeping. I have been taking a half tab at night for the morning sickness and I have to admit that the side effect of knocking me out has been just insanely helpful. I've never slept better....and given the multiple bathroom trips I remember this time around last pregnancy I was barely sleeping. Did you notice it was even harder to sleep once you stopped taking the unisom? I'm afraid I will have pretty quickly become reliant upon it... I'm going to stop taking it tomorrow night I think, to see how I'm feeling without. (Might be early, I am still a little bit nauseated but seems to have mainly gone away) .

Oh LJ! I think we're nearly mom twins...I'm not sure my due date is quite right either. last time they said I was ahead of the Oct 8 date they had originally given me...so we may be right on track to be mom twins! I think raspberry is right there with us!

I only lost a pound during the first tri, and now i'm just up one pound (so gained 2 lbs since the 12 week). I'm also worried about putting on too much weight. I'm trying to monitor my sugar intake (I obviously suck at it though, I couldn't help but partake in the office donut pile earlier today!). Maybe I'll start writing down everything I eat? Just to make sure I'm getting enough veggies and calcium? i doubt i'd be able to keep up with it though. ugh!

My doc said it was fine to eat what I wanted, but to make sure to vary it. I have been stuffing myself with protein (I'm a vegetarian and nervous of not getting enough), but he laughed at me for that. and so i grabbed some chips on the way home . and that is what my craving is, doritos and frozen yogurt.

Are you trying to plan your food intake like this? I'm probably being too cautious!

But, LJ, I'm so glad your nausea is subsiding! Hopefully we can manage these food cravings together!

Sepi when is your due date? Maybe we should make a little running list. I am 17 weeks, 1 day. Or 16 weeks 1 day. I really do think it is 17 but my cycle is a little wonky so nobody is really sure.

I have also, in the last week, changed from lots of nausea and a fair amount of food aversion to just a little food aversion and nausea and TONS of hunger. I am so much hungrier now. I lost like 8 lbs in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy but I think I have gained like 5 back, so I am about -3. Worried it is going to start piling on now!

(This is LJ)

Hi all, Sepi here! Sorry I disappeared for a while. We were off living the good life at the beach! oh yeah and work has been insane. boo!

Haven't looked at all the posts, but, just from this page - Sleepy, I hope your 2 year old is feeling better! I honestly don't know how people get through the first tri if they already have kids. I had a tough time just getting off the couch. And I completely feel your pain about your new job. I just sent in a deferral request for grad school (I wasn't pregnant when I interviewed, but was when I accepted). I think they'll see it as a life experience that will make you a better teacher and more loyal to them in the end.

Jin - I think you're right not to worry, I hear those dopplers are tricky! Congrats on the 14 week mark!

Peanut - I hear you about being worried about no symptoms. but I'm happy to finally start enjoying it a bit. I'm sorry about your sleep. Mine has been iffy too, a lot of nightly bathroom visits. I hope you get some consistent rest soon! And I wish I had a pic of our baby's tongue! That sounds freaking AWESOME. Or maybe it's a sign of what's too come? She'll be making lots of funny faces at you in the future .

November interloper - I hope you feel better soon. You'll be up to where we are in NO time! Good luck at the NT scan, keep us posted!

As for me, I had my doc appointment for my 16 week appointment (a little late...I was supposed to go in earlier this week), I was so hoping for a sonogram to check out the hematoma, but the doc said it sounded like we were fine. We heard the hb and everything was looking good! He even said I could start exercising again. So I'm excited to get going! He didn't really give me any restrictions, just to start out slow b/c I had to take such a long break.

The biggest change I've felt really involves hunger. Just a few days ago I started feeling hungry ALL the time. I'm trying not to eat crap, but it's tough. I've started having to unbutton my pants at work (I wear long flowy shirts so its hard to tell) and I've been using the rubber band trick. I'm definitely starting to show, it seems to have just popped out in the last week. Before I just felt oddly bloated - one day last weekend I swear I looked about 5 months pregnant. Anyways, ya'll don't want to hear about my bloat.

So happy everyone seems to be healthy! Hope you have a fantastic sunny Saturday!

Anonymous wrote:

We finally decided to tell our friends and made a facebook announcement after the NT scan at 12 weeks. It was still a little early but I just couldn't help it. The technician snapped such a great shot of the baby. My baby's head was tilted slightly toward the monitor with her/his tongue sticking out. It's super cute and made me fall in love immediately. I have a feeling we're having a girl and I'm really hoping that we do =)

I'm another November thread interloper. I had my heart set on a Halloween baby after trying for over a year and then low and behold it did happen for us the next month so I am having a Thanksgiving baby. Anyway, I have been following you all from the beginning before I even had a BFP and am looking enviably at all of 2nd trimester posts as I am in the throes of nausea and fatigue (though have just started using Unisom -- AMAZING!). Anyway, Peanut, this is about the most adorable thing I can imagine! Congrats! We have our NT in 2 weeks and I didn't realize that we could see a BABY rather than just the little blobs we saw at 6 and 8 weeks. Thanks for sharing this! I've been so focused on the anxiety and risk and what the NT could tell us rather than looking at the positive side of this which is we'll get to see the best look at our baby in an ultrasound yet! And from there we'll be sharing the news more broadly than just 3 people right now! I guess it's been a little nerve wracking and isolating and now I see what's up around the bend and I can't wait. It's been great being a few weeks behind you all so that I have a heads up at what's to come. Thanks for all of the great info!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

HI Ladies! Peanut here! I've been so MIA here and just caught up (starting from page 18 and on).

I'm glad everyone is pretty much entering the 2nd trimester now. I share your sentiments about worrying constantly and will likely be buying a doppler this weekend (from a woman on craigslist). I don't really have a "medical" reason since my doctor said I'm having a pretty boring (in a good way) pregnancy right now. Still, I no longer "feel pregnant" so that worries me.

Today, I'm 14 weeks and 4 days! I don't have alot of constant symptoms except all last week, I had a headache everyday. My sleep schedule also sucks. Every other night, I get no sleep at all and because I get so tired, the next night, I pass right out.


It's really great that most of you still exercise! I am totally lacking in this category. I try to go for a walk every other day and do pushups everyday but that's about it. Last week, I walked to chipotle (all half a mile), had a taco, and walked right back. Productive right?

We finally decided to tell our friends and made a facebook announcement after the NT scan at 12 weeks. It was still a little early but I just couldn't help it. The technician snapped such a great shot of the baby. My baby's head was tilted slightly toward the monitor with her/his tongue sticking out. It's super cute and made me fall in love immediately. I have a feeling we're having a girl and I'm really hoping that we do =)

I'm down for the meetup at the end of May!

How is everyone?
I'm 14W today....haven't been able to find a heartbeat since the other night with my Sonoline, but that doesn't mean anything. I think I can hear the baby move, though - there's like a loud "woooosh" and then nothing. I'm not too worried - it's still early, and I'm chubby so it's not rare.
Anyone feeling their baby move yet?

Who is doing barre on Sunday? Still up for meeting at Caribou first?

Sleepy, I wouldn't worry about it. You're early enough and honestly, it's not any of their business when they are interviewing you. There are so many threads here with people saying, "you are lying!". No, you're not. It's not legal for them to take it in to consideration anyway, so why MAKE it something they ahve to actively avoid considering?

I applied for a number of jobs recently....only now am I slowing down because honestly, if I'm further along it'll be hard to not notice. And I won't have any job protections (FMLA, etc). I figured I'd resume my job search heavily during maternity leave.

Sleepy, pumpkin here - conference calls all day, I know I look like I just lurk here all day some days!

Congrats on the new job! Please don't feel guilty! Getting pregnant and having babies is just part of life. Hopefully they hired you as the right person for your role in a long-term basis. I'm sure you are an excellent teacher; so the benefits to them will be long-term; your pregnancy and leave, even if you take a longer leave, is short-term. Good teachers are hard to find these days. I bet they will be supportive, although it does stink to have to wait a couple of days to spill the beans...

Good luck and let us know how the talk goes!

Jin-
It is Sleepy here. I haven't written in days because my 2 year old has had a terrible stomach virus (I am washing my hands like crazy and praying I don't get it). I was going to Capital Women's Care in Rockville, Dr. Gurdian's office. I have one more visit and then back to MCA who delievered my DD.

I have a new situation that is making me anxious. I am a teacher and I was the last one hired by my county in my school and our enrollment dropped so my position has been eliminated (not a big deal, I just have to change schools). Two weeks ago I interviewed and was hired by a school 5 minutes from my house, which is awesome. However, I felt like a jerk because I did not tell them I was pregnant. I emailed the new principal on Tuesday (when I was officially 14 weeks) and she can't meet with me until next Friday. I am going to tell her she hired a pregnant person and I feel awful!!!! I feel like she is going to regret hiring me.

-Sleepy

^ pumpkin