Roll-call!! Due June/July/August 2013

[dreamingpink77]

Hi ladies. May I join you? I'm due July 1.

CONGRATULATIONS Bama Belle! Glad you're here Hope you have a happy healthy pregnancy and that you have your blue sticky bean in there!

[dreamingpink77]

Oh boo! Don't worry about it Cvd, I think worrying about weight will do you more harm right now!
You sound like you are snacking well - I am not as good as you... I am food crazy right now. Really making up for the diet now.. Actually already ordered some new maternity jeans - might need them earlier than I thought, lol.

Take care XX

I'm not that fat yet, but honestly I'm starting to feel some of my tracksuit trousers are getting tight and I'm sliding them under my tummy and leave them around my hips. But I do that at home of course. My work trousers still fit in and are not bothering me at all, neither are jeans. My pj is also bothering and I'm also lowering it to my hips. I feel it's too early to buy maternity trousers though, they will be extra large! I hate this time when it seems nothing fits but maternity wear is still big!

[dreamingpink77]

Is anyone else wearing maternity clothes yet? I had to buy bra extensions too, which I'm waiting for eagerly but seem to take so long to arrive. Guess I need to get some new bras, but I hate to go shopping right now, even for the tiniest thing, I'm so tired, everything seems to be difficult to do.

[cvd]

I gained about 3-3.5kg, that's about 8lbs I think! I know I gained too much already but I was expecting this cause before getting pregnant I was eating only veggies, no sugar, no fat, everything low fat with aspartame. Now I'm drinking drinks which contain sugar and not aspartame cause that's not healthy for baby. I'm avoiding everything which is light, like light yoghurt (for the same reason) and I'm eating practically everything not just vegetables like I was before. So it's obvious that I gain weight. And I'm eating more too. I try to eat healthy but I have so many food aversions that I just can't stick to a healthy diet. I did the same thing when I was expecting DS, I got quite some weight during the first trimester but by the end of my pregnancy I only gained about 10kg, so that's not much all in all.

Exactly!!! It was a huge change in diet once we got BFP and I know the first couple weeks I totally splurged and had all the foods I couldn't while dieting lol when she said 6 I was actually impressed! I also cut out "diet" foods cause the artificial sweeteners etc! It's hard not to eat the super yummy stuff when pregnant!!
And dreaming - I haven't had to get out maternity clothes or bras yet, I only had to wear a couple maternity shirts last preg so I don't even have any really! But ill tell you this, my shirt sure doesn't always teach my pants like it used to. And that is not a pretty sight. My bellaband will be coming out in about a week I think! My boobs also have suddenly grown in the last 2 days!!
What do you ladies do for stretchmarks?? I was uber lucky, I didn't get stretchmarks till 39 weeks last preg and so I don't have very many, they are somewhat faded. When do you start putting stretchmark cream on? Anyone have a favourite cream? Around here it seems "bio oil" is really popular but I cannot take the SMELL ick!!!

[dreamingpink77]

When I was pregnant with DS, I bought Vichy anti stretch marks cream and started to apply it after the first trimester. I did it everyday after my evening shower and believe me, I don't know if I was just lucky, but to me it made wonders. I did not get one single stretch mark on my belly and had just a few faint ones on my breast which went away in time. When the nurses/midwives saw my belly, they used to tease me and tell me 'the other ladies would be so jealous of you if they saw your belly' I intend to start applying it as soon as the first trimester is over, hopefully it is still in production cause I'm talking about 12years ago, but I think it is still available on the market. I got to check a bit on ebay.

[dreamingpink77]

Ok, did some research,I didn't find it on ebay but there are two different ones...one is Vichy Complete Action Anti-Stretch Mark Cream and the other one is Vich Anti-Stretch Mark Cream. They seem to be different but I don't know what's the difference between them. Mine was the Vichy Complete Action Anti-stretch Mark Cream cause I recognized the tub.

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[cvd]

Ok, did some research,I didn't find it on ebay but there are two different ones...one is Vichy Complete Action Anti-Stretch Mark Cream and the other one is Vich Anti-Stretch Mark Cream. They seem to be different but I don't know what's the difference between them. Mine was the Vichy Complete Action Anti-stretch Mark Cream cause I recognized the tub.

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I tried to look for it!!! We must not have Vichy in Canada

[dreamingpink77]

Sorry about that CVD but I'm sure there'll be other good brands available. Maybe someone else from the states can give you some suggestions. I'm so far from you...I'm in Malta

[sweetpea]

Haha, I've got you ALL beat on the weight gain! I've gained a whopping 13 pounds already! However, in my defense, I had a ruptured cyst and supposedly, the fluid from that can cause BIG weight gain until it all subsides and heals. So while I'm sure some of that is genuine weight gain from eating more after my BFP, I know some of it is fluid. I'm not worried, as I know what I'm eating (not much, really! Too sick!) and while I have had some bad foods like a cheeseburger or whatever, I'm mostly eating pretty healthy (lots of protein shakes and greek yogurt for all the extra protein I'm supposed to be consuming with twins!).

But yeah, I just thought I'd make all you ladies feel better by how much weight I've gained already, LOL. You guys are doing fine!

[dreamingpink77]

You have a good reason apart from the cyst to gain more weight though....TWINS!