Due Sept/Oct/Nov 2016

[Bella29]

Oh nice one BG.


Two girls and one boy, due October 16

[twointow83]

Well, I'm home from vaca! The surprise went great, not exactly as expected but quite amusing. I had to cover my ever expanding belly or she would have known right off. Anyway, as I've described before we had a gift bag put together with 2 shirts in it. One just said "I'm the crazy Memaw everyone warned you about" and beneath that one was another that said "Shhhh! This lady is going to be a great-memaw... again! Oct 2016". Last minute I decided to throw in a couple u/s pics on the bottom. One was of Baby J sucking on her hand and one was the one showing gender. Well, She read the first shirt and put it aside to look at the second, read it aloud and put it to the side just like the first... we weren't sure if she "got it" or not. So, I said "there is more in there!" She reached in and grabbed the pics looked at them and then with a stunned expression said "You're pregnant?!?!" Everyone in on the surprise laughed and I asked if she didn't catch it from the t-shirt and she said "NO! I have so many I thought it was just for them!" Then "Oh my Lord... How far are you??" I should have said 19 weeks since I turned 19 weeks the next day, but I told her 18 weeks because I wasn't thinking. Then I pointed out the gender one and she read it and said "it is???!!!... Child you better take care of yourself!!" (referring to not doing anything I'm not supposed to while pregnant) and told my aunt/her sister (after she asked what we were having) "A GIRL!!! They're having a GIRL!!" She is thrilled

Hubby was so eager to tell the world that AS SOON AS we finished the surprise for my grandma he started trying to decide what/how to post on FB, lol. So now EVERYBODY knows! It's nice to finally not have to watch what I say or how I say it

[twointow83]

I have a question I've been wanting to ask for a bit now.... Anyone else having trouble both sleeping & sleeping on the left side (supposed to be better for baby)? I have to take Benadryl (docs says this is fine) to get to sleep at all or I'm up until dawn. Then after I'm asleep I have a heck of a time STAYING asleep and tend to wake wake every hour starting about 4 hours after I took the Benadryl then I have to try to get back to sleep over and over... and it's not because I have to use the restroom... I just wake up for no reason at all. On top of that I have a hard time staying on my left side and tend to roll over to my back (which I have never done... I am not a back sleeper) or less frequently my right side (which are known to cause pressure on the vena cava and interrupt circulation in the 2nd & 3rd trimesters). I already use a body pillow so I am not sure what I can do to get my body to cooperate as I *think* the multiple wakings might have something to do with rolling over as I am always on my back or right side when I wake up so fixing one might allow me to sleep through the night... minus restroom runs.

Any of you have this issue? Have you found anything that works? I'd do just about anything for a good night's sleep at this point :/

[BunnyGirl19]

You could always try the tennis ball trick like they use for sleep apnea. Put a tennis ball or two in a sock and safety pin it to the back of your shirt. That way you can't/won't roll over because it will be difficult to and painful.

[twointow83]

You could always try the tennis ball trick like they use for sleep apnea. Put a tennis ball or two in a sock and safety pin it to the back of your shirt. That way you can't/won't roll over because it will be difficult to and painful.

That's a thought... I tried a pillow behind my back again last night and as always it ended up on the floor. Would that trick work with a very loose fitting nightgown? I can't stand pants on my tummy at night.

🙏 for a healthy 🌈 🚼 We're having a girl! 🎀👗
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[Bella29]

I don't have that problem two, but after screwing up my back only laying on my side for my first pregnancy from 20 weeks to 42 weeks, I just sleep where I'm comfortable now. I go to sleep however makes it easiest to sleep and move as I please. Are you waking up stressed about which position you are in and worrying about it?


Two girls and one boy, due October 16

[twointow83]

I don't have that problem two, but after screwing up my back only laying on my side for my first pregnancy from 20 weeks to 42 weeks, I just sleep where I'm comfortable now. I go to sleep however makes it easiest to sleep and move as I please. Are you waking up stressed about which position you are in and worrying about it?


Two girls and one boy, due October 16

Not so much stressed as annoyed. I want to sleep on my left... or at least my right ( not as good as left but better than the back) but my body keeps pulling me to my back. Not so much an issue yet but before long I will be huge and it will be a bigger problem. I have breathing issues as well if I sleep on my back late in pregnancy. Nothing severe, just hard to breathe.

🙏 for a healthy 🌈 🚼 We're having a girl! 🎀👗
TwoInTow83 Ovulation charts on FertilityFriend.com

[girliedreamz]

I have a question I've been wanting to ask for a bit now.... Anyone else having trouble both sleeping & sleeping on the left side (supposed to be better for baby)? I have to take Benadryl (docs says this is fine) to get to sleep at all or I'm up until dawn. Then after I'm asleep I have a heck of a time STAYING asleep and tend to wake wake every hour starting about 4 hours after I took the Benadryl then I have to try to get back to sleep over and over... and it's not because I have to use the restroom... I just wake up for no reason at all. On top of that I have a hard time staying on my left side and tend to roll over to my back (which I have never done... I am not a back sleeper) or less frequently my right side (which are known to cause pressure on the vena cava and interrupt circulation in the 2nd & 3rd trimesters). I already use a body pillow so I am not sure what I can do to get my body to cooperate as I *think* the multiple wakings might have something to do with rolling over as I am always on my back or right side when I wake up so fixing one might allow me to sleep through the night... minus restroom runs.

Any of you have this issue? Have you found anything that works? I'd do just about anything for a good night's sleep at this point :/

I usually take a Benadryl to get to sleep too. Sometimes taking Magnesium helps me. Especially if I wake up in the night! I use this stuff:
Amazon.com: Bluebonnet Albion Chelated Buffered Magnesium 200 mg, 120 Vegetarian Capsules, 120 Count: Health & Personal Care

It's actually works rally well for me. The only issue is it can have a slight laxative effect if you take too much. Though, during pregnancy, I welcome that!

I usually sleep on my right side—never had any problems. I have been laying on my back a bit lately as I totally threw my back out this week (whole other rant!), but I find it kinda hard to breath after a while.

[girliedreamz]

Warning, rant ahead...
While clearing out the closets in order to find some corner of our stuffed house to fit baby's things, I threw my back out this weekend. Like, really out! I couldn't move without pain...and even sitting still was painful. I'm still recovering but at last I can shuffle/waddle a little and sit at the computer for a few min without crying now. Ugh. I've always had back problems but never this bad. Of course now I'm SO far behind at work and the house is a mess and all my kids have eaten for days is fast food. I've been loopy as all heck on codeine that my midwife prescribed for the last three days, and now I just feel sick from taking it. I've lost weight too. Ha! Almost back down to my pre-pregnancy weight again. I love babies...but I really hate the growing them part. I just keep telling myself, halfway there, halfway there, halfway there...

[twointow83]

I usually take a Benadryl to get to sleep too. Sometimes taking Magnesium helps me. Especially if I wake up in the night! I use this stuff:
Amazon.com: Bluebonnet Albion Chelated Buffered Magnesium 200 mg, 120 Vegetarian Capsules, 120 Count: Health & Personal Care

It's actually works rally well for me. The only issue is it can have a slight laxative effect if you take too much. Though, during pregnancy, I welcome that!

I usually sleep on my right side—never had any problems. I have been laying on my back a bit lately as I totally threw my back out this week (whole other rant!), but I find it kinda hard to breath after a while.

I'll have to ask my doc about that. I get you on the back sleeping thing. DH told me today that I've been snoring (on my back) so I know the breathing issues are just around the corner... all the more reason to get this figured out now. Sorry about your back I've thrown my back out several times and it's ZERO fun. The muscle spasms alone are killer! I am 19 weeks 2 days and my second tri has been a lot rougher on me this time around also. I normally LOVE the 2nd tri because of the lack of discomforts (or at least they are limited) joined with the fun part of feeling baby move and the 3D/4D ultrasound, etc. but this time not so much... I'm having contractions (uterine irritability) something awful today... had one that was so bad it made my physically sick, I'm not sleeping well, every single joint in my body aches, etc. I dread my 3rd tri because I keep assuming it's only going to get worse. BUT I just keep reminding myself that when it's all said and done and she is safe in my arms that every single ache, pain & discomfort will be 100% worth it.... and I'll never have to do it again lol We are half way there, we can make it. It's just our princesses letting us know that we cater to them so we don't get any illusions that WE are the bosses, hahahaha