TTC Blue Crew Grads

[Hobbermittens]

Skrimpy, I just saw this--I had been thinking about you and wondering when you would have him! Is his name Corwin? I love that! Congrats! He is beautiful! And a big boy!

[luvalittleman]

Wow. That is a whopper of a baby luvalittleman. I am aiming for a VBAC here so don't be scaring me with talk of 3rd degree tears. Fingers crossed that you don't have a baby giant growing in there

Sorry it's taken so long to respond. Storms last weekend slowed us down for a while.
Pearl, I had a Vbac with my last daughter!! It was awesome and amazing so have my fingers crossed for you.
The reason I tore so badly also was because DD1 was an induced posterior delivery (8 pound 8) and they had to do an episiotomy to get her out. They say tearing is always worse after one of those. DD2 was Frank Breech and 8 pound 8 (57cm long!!) and a week early by caesarian. It was very liberating to have a completely natural labour and birth and I did it with no drugs! (ouch).
Flava, I have my nuchal and cvs in 2 weeks today!!! Am so nervous and feel like time has virtually stopped. I have a question for you....did you have any different cravings with your son than with the 4 girls? Actually, anyone with a boy and lots of girls can answer this. I am going crazy fro meat (in particualr big macs which I would NEVER eat but now fantasize about). I actually ate a leftover chop for breakfast!!!!!!! I am normally a sultana bran and low fat yoghurt girl so this is freaking me out.

[luvalittleman]

I know I am soooo jumping ahead of myself here but.....did anyone continue the exercise/strength/weight training after BFP and through pregnancy and beyond? I couldn't stop thinking about this while on the treadmill killing myself this morning, I actually like how this exercise is making me feel and I think I might want to continue it on forever??? I have never exercised before in my life, well at a gym, everyday kind of thing anyway!!

POP, I have exercised all through my previous 3 pregnancies and have only put on minimum weight and maintained good energy. Despite being an older Mum (32, 34 and 36) I always found that I only had 3 KG's to lose after the initial 6 weeks post baby and that came off quickly once I started walking regularly with the baby. If you are enjoying it, it will be doing wonderful things for you. Keep going!

[Flava]

luv-I also wanted to eat burgers early in the pregnancy (and I almost never eat burgers) and eat more meat later in too. And lot's of apples all the time ! Like 2-3 /day. Did not do that with the girls. I wanted fruit salad with DD2 and grapefruit with DD4 but no apple with any of them. so who knows ? Hopefully it's your boy!

[skrimpy]

Skrimpy, I just saw this--I had been thinking about you and wondering when you would have him! Is his name Corwin? I love that! Congrats! He is beautiful! And a big boy!

Yep, he's Corwin <3 I love him so much, he is the sweetest baby! He is a little chunk, too. I still feel amazed to have him!

[luvalittleman]

luv-I also wanted to eat burgers early in the pregnancy (and I almost never eat burgers) and eat more meat later in too. And lot's of apples all the time ! Like 2-3 /day. Did not do that with the girls. I wanted fruit salad with DD2 and grapefruit with DD4 but no apple with any of them. so who knows ? Hopefully it's your boy!

Flava, did you get any morning sickness with baby boy?
I never had it with the girls (slight between weeks 9-12) but am getting it badly every afternoon and evening with this one and have been for about 8 weeks now. Have also needed a nap every day pretty much since I fell pregnant. Were you any more tired or hungry last time around?

[dloui128]

I was definitely hungrier I ate all the time! For the first 12 weeks I was so nauseous every night, I never threw up but I felt like it, and I had a bad temper, all these things were so different for me from my girl pregnancies

[Flava]

I got m/s with my boy but also with 3 of my girls. And i was very sleepy to had to take naps a lot. But I had low iron maybe that's why? I always have low iron...I don't think I was hungrier this time but I was the biggest because of the HE diet.

[Cinss]

I didnt have ms at all with DD i got it mildly with this one, especially if i would get hungry, hence eat all the time, that went away at about 10 weeks. I got heaps of pimples on my face this time around and napping a lot too.

[luvalittleman]

I was definitely hungrier I ate all the time! For the first 12 weeks I was so nauseous every night, I never threw up but I felt like it, and I had a bad temper, all these things were so different for me from my girl pregnancies

Sounds like me this time Dloui - you are keeping my hope alive! MS and hunger are the same as you but I am less angry this time, was more quick tempered and less patient with the girls pregnancies. Had another dream last night where someone mentioned the twins room....!! I am sure it's just my subconscious anxiety over twins manifesting into dreams as my psychic ability is notoriously bad. I even considered pretending I've got cramps and going to hospital just to have an ultrasound and check there's just one there but even I am not slack enough to do that to the public hospitals - they are understaffed and overworked as it is. Sigh...am patient with the kids but it seems not this one yet...what are you little bean????