Weekly chat 6/24-6/30

[Mamma527]

Originally Posted by 3princesses+1 Well the Zofran I was prescribed works a bit (like 2 hrs) but then wears off. Guess I'm destined to feel miserable for a while with this one. Plus the prescription is expensive! I'm trying to hang in there but feel like all I'm doing is complaining! My poor husband --- every time I'm pregnant I burp constantly. I told him last night that I feel like one of those beer guzzling rednecks who belch all the time. He's very nice about it though!

I feel you on the burping. I burp all the time, it's awful, I feel like my whole stomach is full of gas. I just tell DH that there is a bear in the house!

I'm at work today and I don't feel good. I just want to go home and sleep. Please make this day go by quickly!

[momomommy]

Originally Posted by MommyMeads Where are you going instead? I live in the High Desert and have been told it is horrible here as well. I have to drive an hour (with no traffic) to go down the hill to Rancho Cucamonga to see a doctor. I am hoping I don't have a baby on the side of the road since my last labor lasted 3 hours. We LOVE to go to Big Bear. We took the kids about a month ago and will be back in a few weeks to take the In Laws when they come.

Well my plan is actually to move. The closest midwife is down the mountain and my last labor was less than 2 hours, so that poses a problem. For an appt just to get some prenatal care and make sure my pregnancy is on track I'm going down to LA, if I can even manage to get an appt. My family is down in LA so I just stay with them for a night or two. That's where we do our ped appts for the boys and stuff. The ultimate solution will be to move to Seattle, which we've been wanting to do for years and we might finally be making that happen. Plenty of midwives and good doctors there. As much as we have loved living in Big Bear, it hasn't worked having my husband down in Santa Monica during the week (only up on the weekend) and the crap medical care up here has been a problem. My kids have also had a lot of allergy issues since moving up here. :/

[peaches330]

Since I was spotting all weekend my midwife said she thought it would be good, if for no reason other than to calm my nerves, to get my u/s a little earlier than planned. So I will be going in this coming monday to get one. I hope we see a little heartbeat...

I am feeling awful. It seems to get better after I eat something but it's finding what I can eat that's the trick. This morning raisin bran sounded good but I couldn't even get through the first bite. Eggs are my only safe food for the morning. They're getting boring but I guess it's better than the alternative. Even when I seem to be craving something it doesn't taste good when I start to eat it. I haven't actually thrown up yet but I feel like I need to until well into the night. I can usually tell by how I'm feeling what the gender is going to be but right now I feel like I'm right in the middle of how I felt with my boys vs. my girl.

[Sarahknavy]

Originally Posted by peaches330 Since I was spotting all weekend my midwife said she thought it would be good, if for no reason other than to calm my nerves, to get my u/s a little earlier than planned. So I will be going in this coming monday to get one. I hope we see a little heartbeat... I am feeling awful. It seems to get better after I eat something but it's finding what I can eat that's the trick. This morning raisin bran sounded good but I couldn't even get through the first bite. Eggs are my only safe food for the morning. They're getting boring but I guess it's better than the alternative. Even when I seem to be craving something it doesn't taste good when I start to eat it. I haven't actually thrown up yet but I feel like I need to until well into the night. I can usually tell by how I'm feeling what the gender is going to be but right now I feel like I'm right in the middle of how I felt with my boys vs. my girl.

I LOVE eggs... I add turkey sausage crumbles and cheddar jack shredded cheese on top!! So yummy

[peaches330]

Originally Posted by Sarahknavy I LOVE eggs... I add turkey sausage crumbles and cheddar jack shredded cheese on top!! So yummy

I do appreciate the protein boost in the morning. I can't eat them with anything but salt now I was really enjoying them spicy in breakfast burritos but my body is only wanting bland foods right now. I couldn't eat anything except for rice for lunch *sigh*

[lisha622]

I love eggs too! My MIL was saying how she couldn't stand the smell of eggs when she was pregnant but I feel like it's one thing that I do always like- I like mine scrambled with salt and pepper and toast to go along.

Feeling okay today and felt decent yesterday too. Hmm... maybe I'll get away with fairly easy nausea.

[Sarahknavy]

Originally Posted by peaches330 I do appreciate the protein boost in the morning. I can't eat them with anything but salt now I was really enjoying them spicy in breakfast burritos but my body is only wanting bland foods right now. I couldn't eat anything except for rice for lunch *sigh*

boo... I am not expecting nausea for another couple weeks. Hopefully can still have them when that starts or I will be back to cereal and toast.

[MommyMeads]

I am having such a hard time making dinner for the family. It's not so much the eating of dinner but the thinking about the food and then preparing it. I some how suffered through making dinner tonight (almost ordered pizza) and it tasted really good. It would be so nice to have someone else cook dinner for me right now. DH works 12hr shifts so on his work days it is not an option for him to cook.

[Green Decals]

Originally Posted by MommyMeads I am having such a hard time making dinner for the family. It's not so much the eating of dinner but the thinking about the food and then preparing it. I some how suffered through making dinner tonight (almost ordered pizza) and it tasted really good. It would be so nice to have someone else cook dinner for me right now. DH works 12hr shifts so on his work days it is not an option for him to cook.

I love love love love love my DH now more than ever. He works a full 12 hour day and then comes home and cooks dinner for us. Better late than never! He is a rock star, and honestly the kids wouldn't have a hot meal if it weren't for him. I just can't stomach cooking right now. For lunch we have been having carrots, pickles, oranges, peas, and whatever my 5-year-old dreams up. He makes a killer PB&J, and my 2-year-old really appreciates it. Seriously, I am useless.

If I didn't smell EVERYTHING it would be easier, but I do. And, to make matters worse, the whole town smelled like wet dog today and every store I went in to smelled like an old dirty disposable diaper . No wonder I have no appetite!

[peaches330]

Well, the real sickness has started. I haven't been able to keep anything down except for eggs, rice and saltines today...blegh. I was hoping it'd be more like my boys and that I'd be feeling ok as long as I didn't let myself get too hungry, but I'm starting to feel more like I did with DD which does not make me anticipate the coming weeks .