September 2013 babies!!

[luvalittleman]

I have been suffering morning sickness for the first time and think I have maybe found some things to help....
I have reintroduced my Vitamin D tablet and increased my protein intake and I am starting to get through the day with much less nausea. (Actually just took the kids to a wildlife sanctuary for 6 hours and had no nausea!!).
Apparently Vit D is proving a big help with MS.
Also, just having nuts and cheese to snack on during the day seems to help a lot.
Good luck to you all and I hope it passes soon.

[fish2012]

I was fine until 6 weeks but then I just couldn't stop eating! I've gone from 163lb to 167lb in less than 4 weeks.

I was never slim - far from it - but now I've got a big belly and muffin tops. Its so depressing

ah me too ;-( was really skinny (8months on le) and then xmas (well after o) and bfp on 31 jan it's all gone to pot and i feel sick and fat ;-( on the plus side ive never had ms before!

[Northern_Shutterbug]

Fish - how strange that we were diet buddies back in August and now we're only a couple of days apart with due dates!

I didn't manage to stick to the diet, so you're going to have a much better chance than me! I'm sure this one is a boy.

[fish2012]

hey hun 'seen you' on baby centre too i have stalking friends so not posting on there yet as wanna keep this one secret for a while yet!

have you seen this only £16 off amazon so tempted Gender Predictor - Accurate baby gender prediction test | boy or girl? results from 6 weeks!

i'm aiming to have this one in august but as boys both late not sure how that'll go but school wise would be better ;-0

[luvalittleman]

Hey Fish, I've googled these tests a million ways and I keep seeing that urine tests have no medical merit. Apparently, there is no reliable way to determine gender though urine. They are the same as intelligender (which incidently one of my friends did at 34 weeks pregnant and it said girl. She already had two girls so got her head around another girl. Baby came out a boy 6 weeks later. Needless to say they were totally surprised and Intelligender was wrong).
I'm busting to find out too!!!
My symptoms all feel totally exaggerated this time around compared to my last 3 pregnancies - BB's are bigger and sorer really fast, have worst MS ever, am so exhausted by mid-day I am falling asleep anywhere, eating like the worlds food supply is about to run out and have bad skin. Am so convinced I am pregnant with twin girls....Arghhh!!

[Elements]

The apple cider vinegar thing is really interesting to me. I too am one of those people what is completely miserable by 6 weeks and it lasts until I am 7 months. So far this PG I have removed all carbs except for ones that come from fruits and vegetable (except for potatoes, yams, bananas, etc). So like you, all I am eating is produce and meat and it seems to be helping a ton!! I also squeeze lemon in my water and that seems to have really helped (I wonder if that is doing the same thing as the apple cider vinegar). Last PG I was puking 2-3 times a day until 7 months. I know this is working... if I cheat (like I did two days ago), the next day I will be back on deaths door. I ate really well yesterday and feel good today. Even felt like taking my kids to the park!!

Where did you hear about or read about the apple cider vinegar? Do you know why it helps?

So glad to hear that the same things are working for you! The fresh produce and minimal carbs is definently proving to be a major for preventing it. I had potato chips the other night and yesterday i was on deaths door.
My understanding of the apple cider vineger (1 tspn in a glass of water) is that it helps to balance the stomachs pH levels. So lemon my very well do the same thing

[WantingPink]

So glad to hear that the same things are working for you! The fresh produce and minimal carbs is definently proving to be a major for preventing it. I had potato chips the other night and yesterday i was on deaths door.
My understanding of the apple cider vineger (1 tspn in a glass of water) is that it helps to balance the stomachs pH levels. So lemon my very well do the same thing

The lemon must be doing the same thing. When I feel a little queasy I will drink some of the lemon water (about a tsp in a cup of water) and it seems to really help. I really do think the low carb it is working for me. I wish I would have known about this with my first two PG!! Plus I haven't gained any weight with this PG which is a miracle all in itself

[Salsa]

Hi ladies, my ms comes and goes. I have a really bad day when Ive been busy the day before. Which is most days with 3 kids 4yrs and under!! lol
I had bad ms with my DD and none with DS1 but I had bad ms with DS2. So Im all over the place and so far I couldnt tell you if this is a boy or a girl by my symptoms. Ive had 3 completely different pregnancies and this one looks different again. I have been suffering badly from dizzy spells and headaches, something I havent had before. I feel so dizzy sometimes I think im going to faint!
Am craving curry!! Strange but I could have it morning noon and night if I could just have my husband cook it that much! haha
Im nauseous just looking at food to cook. But cope ok if its cooked and put infront of me. Poor DH, he comes home from a long day at his own company, and Im exhausted or got my head in the toilet. I cant stand to prepare my kids dinner so he has to feed, bath and put them to bed. Then he cooks me dinner. Never complains. He's wonderful... I feel so guilty, coz Im usually doing all of that, so he can have a break from his 14hr days! anyway, hopefully the MS will pass soon and I'll get my usual energy back!

IS anyone here going to stay team green for the whole pregnancy? We are!
We havent found out for any of our other babies, and we dont want to again! Going to be a long wait to find out if our sway worked. But as DH says, we cant change it now and we love the build up and suprise after labour! Its worth it to us. But I know Im going to be super jealous of all you ladies finding out lol x x

[luvalittleman]

Hi Salsa,
I admire your commitment to stay team green and I would love to do it but there's no way it's going to happen. Having all three of the same sex makes you a little "crazy" about getting that seemingly elusive sex baby and I couldn't bare to subconsciously feel disappointed at birth given how much I love the whole experience of meeting my babies.

[luvalittleman]

Oh, another thing, I started a new post about uterus size in mums of 4 or more but no one has answered yet. Can any of you here take a look and let me know about that. My uterus is measuring a good 2 or 3 inches above my pubic bone already and I'm only 8 weeks 4 days.....