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Atropos4 · 05-21-2003, 01:15 PM

I wanted to start this thread to hear your pregnancy stories.

This is because me and alpha phi are trying. We've been trying for 3 years. I finally had laproscopic surgery and found out I had endometriosis. They lasered it and told me they're giving us 6 months.

What were your first signs of pregnancy?
How soon did you take a pregnancy test?
Did you have a gender preference?
If you did. Did he feel the same?
How did you choose name/s?
What was your experience while you were pregnant? (morning sickness, moodiness, cravings and so on)

I'll keep you all updated on Alpha phi and I. As of right now I have to wait for a couple of weeks before I can test. I think anyways.

NetterButter · 05-21-2003, 02:57 PM

never been, but GOOD LUCK, nonetheless.

raeanna74 · 05-21-2003, 03:18 PM

The first sign for me was a missed period. Next came sore/sensitive breasts, next was I started gaining weight where I rarely fluctuate and finally I was sensitive to smells and easily nauseated.
I never took a pregnancy test. Just went to the Dr at 3 months along.
I kindof wanted a girl but I didn't have a strong preference.
He wanted a boy. Now he's totally happy with the girl.
For names I wanted to name her after my great-great-grandmother Sarah Elizabeth Rapanier. That was a name already used in his side of the family. So we kept the Elizabeth and used one of our Aunts first names for her first name.
As far as my experience duringpregnancy. Greasy foods and smells made me nauseated and I always woke up slightly nauseated. Saltines always calmed my stomach though. SA far as cravings I never had any too unusual. I was nuts over sandwich pickles, I went through a pound of raw carrots almost every day, Loved the tuna, and had to have my graham crackers with peanut butter and cinnamon sugar sandwiches every day. The drawbacks were my feet swelled up from water retention the last month or so and my carpal tunnel worsened to the point where my hands were numb for 3 months. Pregnancy had it's hardships but I would say it's totally worth it. I loved flaunting my belly. lol Everyone wanted to know when the baby was due and all the stats and people were always offering to help me. My delivery was exceptionally long and ended in a c-section but the baby was totally healthy and the c-section didn't take long to heal. The hardest part of recovery was being so tired from a week of pre-labor and 17 hours of labor. If I had to do it all over again the only thing I'd change would be I would have asked for the c-section in half the time. I wouldn't have been as tired and my muscles wouldn't have been nearly as sore. I was half expecting a c-section anyway because all the women in my family have had large babies (14 lbs once) and all had long labors that ended in c-section. I knew to expect it. Next time I will just opt for a planned c-section. My pregnancy and delivery wasn't perfect but I enjoyed most of it and all of it was worth it.

sierra2774 · 05-21-2003, 07:05 PM

My first sign was a missed period and the the sore breasts...That was probably my Biggest sign of them all...Then I went to the Doctor for the official test...The first pregnancy went along perfectly, I wanted a girl and got a girl....I don't know what he wanted and didn't care.
I had two miscarriages in between my first and second pregnancies...They found out I had a low Progesterone level and had to start taking progesterone at the first sign of pregnancy, so as soon as I noticed the sore breasts again, I went to the DR., I was probably only about 2 wks pregnant, but he put me on the progesterone and it led to a beautiful healthy son....I did not think I would have a boy so I was shocked, but so happy I did....He is the light of my life now.
I had morning sickness with the first but not the second....For the most part both pregnancies were uneventful...I was induced both times, The first labor lasted 4 hours, the second last 1 hour! Very quick to deliver!
Good Luck with your adventure and if you need any advise, let me know!

Xapphire · 05-22-2003, 05:35 AM

My first time (and there are 3, so this is gonna be a long post

)

I was a freshman in college, Jaid and I were going to get married, but hadn't set a date, we couldn't decide whether we wanted to marry before or after he left for bootcamp. I hadn't had a period since I left home (moved from Cali to Texas for college), so we just started testing after we started having sex, because we weren't using protection, he wasn't pulling out.
It was a situation of if we get pregnant, great, if not, we've got the rest of our lives to work on it, type thing.
We test positive at the end of October, we'd already called and told my parents we were getting married (and no, I'm not pregnant), so I had to call them back a month later and tell them we were having a baby too. There wasn't too much drama from my family, I got razzed by my uncle saying everyone already knew he was a great uncle, I didn't have to make him a great-uncle. May have helped that we lied and said that it was an accident, instead of allowed to happen. His mother, on the other hand (another reason I have such hard times with this woman, grrrr), said and I quote, "Tell me this is your idea of a sick joke."
*mutters mean words and moves on feeling slightly better*
As for the actual pregnancy, I didn't get morning sickness, but I did get carsick, I dreaded going anywhere in his car, especially since he was stuck on one band/artist at the time, and the thumping from the bass just made it worse. I still can't listen to that album without feeling queasy.
We took soooo many pictures of my belly changing, it was a marvel to us. About the time my bump really started to show though, it was getting to be April/May, and that was the end of me going outside *laughs* We lived in College Station, TX and the humidity there is just so different from what I'm used to back home in Cali, I flat out refused to go outside unless I was getting into an air conditioned car, and going someplace air conditioned.
Really sucked that I couldn't stick to my refusal as our car didn't have a/c and I had to go to doctor appts.

I didn't have cravings, but I did use my pregnancy as a way to get lots of avocados and strawberries =D.
I went 2 weeks over my due date and had to be induced. God that sucks! Go from no pain, to hard heavy contractions in the space of 30 minutes. I was doing okay through them, but dry heaving after they were over as I hadn't been allowed anything to eat or drink for 8 hours prior. Nurse gave me something for the nausea, but it was going to make the contractions stronger, so they gave me Stadol for the pain. Told me it'd make me feel drunk *laughs* Within 5 minutes of her putting it in the IV, I was gone, fell right to sleep... after remarking to Jaid and his mother who was still there

that it felt funny to hold my head up. "so, put it down" was the answer, and I obeyed and fell asleep hehe.
I was out for all of my labor, Jaid says I woke up once crying and they gave me more. I don't remember any of it. I woke up to awful contractions at about 4:45 pm or so, they checked me and I was pretty fully dilated, but I still had a bit to go. Ok fine, squeeze the life out of Jaid's hand and cry and huff through contractions. The nurse kept saying, let me know if you feel the need to push, don't push, I'll go get the doctor to check you at that point. All of a sudden, I could feel the baby, not the need to push, but I swear she was on her way out. Jaid called the nurse and she said, ok, the doctor's delivering another baby, he'll be back in a little bit, I'll be right there to help her with breathing etc.
Nurse came in, and checked me, and turned white. Guess who was on her way... The doctor showed up shortly thereafter, and only about 10 pushes later I had our baby

Second pregnancy
Skipped period, I'd been talking to my mother, and she overnighted me a pregnancy test lol. We were still living in Texas, but I refused to go through another pregnancy near his mother. During my first, she would come up from behind me and grab my belly and shake it, hard! I told Jaid that if she so much as touched my belly and I hadn't invited her to do it, I was gonna knock her the f*** out this time, maybe that way she'd listen when I asked her not to touch my belly or shake it. We were at a point in our lives that it was pretty easy to just pick up and leave, no decent job holding us back, renting an apt, so we packed up, and moved to Cali, and I was so happy to be near my family for this pregnancy. I was back surrounded by loved ones. We didn't pay too much attention to the changes this time around, been there, done that, right? I got my belly, and then I started hating it, I couldn't sit down! My tummy was always in my lap, it was the most uncomfortable thing, I had to take a towel or a tshirt with me everywhere to stick between them or I'd get all sweaty and irritated.
I went into labor on my own this time, 2 days before my doctor was going to induce me. It was awesome! It was so much better than induction, my body got to adjust, and it was great, it still hurt, but I could handle it. We got to the hospital about 2 in the morning, but at 10-11 am I was stuck at 8 cm dilated, and they added Pitocin to my drip to help my labor out. Gah, like induction all over again. I hate Pitocin contractions. My mother, father, and stepmother were all there with me and Jaid, I wish he'd told them to leave, but I'm pretty sure he didn't want to hurt my feelings and was waiting for me to tell them, as I had wanted them there for my labor, but I didn't want them there for delivery, and then nobody kicked them out, and I was in no position or mind to be thinking about it. Damn that was a run on sentence. Oh well.
I pushed for an hour and a half for our second, it was painful and tiring and I wanted to give up, and they wouldn't let me

I couldn't feel where the hell they wanted me to push too, the first time it'd been easy, she was already ready to come out, I could feel where I was supposed to be pushing. Until our second one got to that point, I couldn't tell either, and then I finally felt her, and she was out just a few pushes later.

3rd and final *laughs*
rough pregnancy emotionally, I was depressed and suicidal and felt I could do nothing right, and I wanted Jaid to hate me so that I could kill myself and not feel like I was going to leave him behind hurting, so I confessed to the affair I'd had, wanting him to see how unworthy of his love I was... and had he immediately hated me, I wouldn't be here today, but he didn't, he held me and told me he loved me and we'd work through it... and I had hope again. And then 2 days later, it had sunk in, and he hated me, he couldn't trust me, a ton of stuff, but he'd pulled me from the brink before and I was damned if I hadn't been saved to let him go.

I went through the rest of my pregnancy for the most part, alone, he was not a part of it, didn't want to be a part of it, wasn't going to have anything to do with it. So I was going to give birth to our baby, on my own. I stayed home until an hour before I gave birth. I'd been to the hospital already once that morning, but as soon as I got there, the contractions stopped, so I went back home, and kept having them on schedule, every 15 minutes. They didn't get closer together at all until the very end, just longer and harder. I called my grandmother and she came and picked me up, took us 30 minutes to get everything loaded and me up there, she was afraid I was going to have the baby on the way, my contractions had sped up in that space of 30 minutes to being almost constant. I was admitted and less than 30 minutes later, I had our baby. My grandma stayed with me, she wasn't leaving me to have it alone. She still hasn't forgiven my husband, but that's not her job, it's his. He'll be sorry he wasn't there, and he'll have to forgive himself, I already have. We're doing a lot better, and he plays with her and nuzzles her and smiles at her, he just doesn't have much patience, but he never has, and I knew that when I married him.

Ok, I'm done, not going into any more details although there's a ton more, life is like that.

Minx · 05-22-2003, 08:00 AM

First off, congratulations! I hope all goes smoothly for you two.
Secondly, enjoy it when it happens - it is the most amazing thing in the world. And don't take all the pregnancy horror stories you will hear (and yes, you will hear a lot) to heart.
I am lucky enough to have two beautiful boys. My oldest was oh so very kind to me throughout the entire episode! I didn't have any morning sickness or the sore breast action, it was the missed period that clued me in. Had such an easy pregnancy with him, felt the best I ever had in my life and was out exercising every day, looking back I was so happy because I was very ready to have a child. The problem - the ex who was/is younger than myself, he wasn't quite as ready apparently. Long story short, the only downside to that whole time was finding out at 8 months along that he was screwing some chick that was staying at the motel where he worked. Anyways....as I said my preg. went smooth. The only thing I craved was Coke slushies....I would go absolutely nuts if I didn't get one! Wierd, I know. Woke up one night (about 6 weeks prior to my delivery date) with bad bad cramps...well they weren't cramps they were contractions so we pack up & head to the nearest city with a hospital (luckily only 45 min away). About 10 relatively easy hours later out came my bundle of joy. Perfect in every way despite being so early but he was jaundiced so he had to stay in the hospital for about two weeks after. It was very hard - as I said the hospital was in a different city but I had to pump breast milk for him to drink every few hours & deliver it to them. I spent two weeks either sleeping in a rocking chair beside him or driving back and forth all day long. That part sucked but it was worth it!
Best thing - no stretch marks! lol He was such a great baby too, very happy all the time and all our friends called him the "user friendly" baby because he was so outgoing with them all.
Kid #2. Way different set of circumstances. I was miserable in my relationship with my boy's father. Wanted out so badly - it was like being in prison. Another long story I'll spare you from. I had all the details worked out and the guts built up to leave him (finally). Sure enough, just before I'm about to make my move I find out I'm pregnant. Unlike the first time around, I was not at all happy. I decided to make a go of it - best for the children to try to keep the family unit together...that sort of thinking. Didn't work in the long run but I'm getting off topic. Maybe it was because of my mental frame of mind that the second pregnancy didn't go as well. Was sick throughout a lot of it but I was lucky and had super bosses who were very supportive of me. Again, this little guy came early (the doctors figured it was Mother Nature's way of going easy on me - I had a bad accident that crushed my pelvis when I was 18 and I wasn't ever supposed to be able to have kids, go figure). My water broke way early (just a tear so it slowly leaked) and they induced me in order to protect the babe. Well...some fun. About 26 hours of forced labor later they figured it wasn't going to work so they did a c-section. They couldn't have figured it out at about hour 14?!?!?! Same deal, he was jaundiced and had to stay in the hospital. This time I lucked out and had a room of my own to stay in while he was in there. Once he gained enough weight we were able to come home. Wow, that was long.
Names....Joshua Daniel - I've just always loved the named Joshua and the Daniel part comes from Dan Marino from the Miami Dolphins!

The littlest one is Matthew Lee - Same deal on the Matt name, I just liked it and Lee is his father's middle name.
When I first found out I was pregnant I thought I wanted a little girl but now I am so very happy I have two boys. I'm petite and they are going to take after their Dad and be tall so I just view it as having built-in bodyguards!

Plummie · 05-22-2003, 08:19 AM

Lovely stories..

I can't wait to have children... *sigh*

mocouple74 · 05-22-2003, 09:53 AM

They say to stop using birth control like six months before your wanting to try, so we stopped and didn't pay any attention to using anything else because we thought it would be atleast six months...no...I was pregnant before my next period....I noticed my hips and breasts being sore...I was like two days late on my period when I took a test....I was anxious..hehe.
Felt pretty good through my pregnancy, towards the end he hurt my ribs because his little head was stuck up there..which is also why it ended in a c section...no biggie though....
I knew I was having a boy so the two names we had to choose from were Brady and Braden. Lot of difference in the two huh?..hehe Anyway, once I looked at him he just looked like a Brady.

susartele · 05-22-2003, 03:59 PM

I am amazed at how interested in pregnancy stories I am after all of these years have gone by. My babies are 30 and 33 but I still remember those pregnancies like it was yesterday.
All I want to say right now is that every one is different, just like every child.
It's totally amazing when you deliver and there really is a human life inside of you! Go figure! Life is truly a mystery when you experience birth! Nine months is so long and yet so short too. A lifetime in less than a year.

*Nikki* · 05-23-2003, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Plummie
Lovely stories.. I can't wait to have children... *sigh*

Ditto

Atropos4 · 05-23-2003, 03:13 PM

Just popping in to say thank-you for the stories and the good wishes.

cheerios · 05-23-2003, 07:04 PM

here's hopin' for success for you, Atropos

ally · 05-24-2003, 05:27 PM

good luck i hope everything goes well for you!!

~springrain · 05-27-2003, 12:23 PM

Atropos... first of all -- GOOD LUCK *warm smile*

i spent three years and thousands of dollars trying to get pregnant with my first. my last (and third) was a complete surprise... i was on the birthcontrol pill (faithfully i might add) and he just decided that he was coming whether we liked it or not *chuckle*

in the three years that i was trying to get pregnant with my first, i was on an emotional roller coaster... as i am sure you know already, it is terribly painful to go through the "hope/disappointment" thing over and over each month...
because i wanted it so badly, it was truly hard to be objective and trust any "gut feelings"...

all that aside... my best advice to you is this... and please forgive me if it seems too "etheral" or sappy...

with this sort of thing... you first have to follow your Doctor's "orders" to the best of your ability. Then... let go, and trust the process. Time and time again you hear stories about how people who thought they could never get pregnant adopt, and THEN end up pregnant on their own accord.

i was so stressed, and so pained for a while... wanting so badly to be pregnant and have a child... i pretty much "gave up" on our last attempt at the doctor's office. The week that followed, i went out and got drunk, smoked like a fiend... pretty much threw all care and caution to the wind because i was "convinced" that it wasn't going to work again... *laugh*... how wrong we are when we think we know how the wonders of the Universe work.

anyway, somewhere in the middle of our three year process, i was feeling really sad and hopeless. I have an amazing friend who suggested that i simply "ask" the Universe for what it was that i wanted... and by "ask"... i don't mean the desperate prayers that we all have at 2:00am when we are alone.

i decided to take her advice (what could it hurt?)...
i sat quietly by myself one afternoon in the sunshine and thought about why i wanted a child... and pictured that child with me, and in my life. after a while i drew a picture of myself and my child, as i had imagine it in mind. later that day, i bought a helium ballon... tied the picture to the balloon... closed my eyes, said a prayer... and let go.

i watched that balloon float away for what seemed like HOURS, barely daring to hope. my first child, my little girl... is the epitome of the child i saw in my mind's eye that day. I truly believe that my request was recieved and answered. The answer took a little longer than i had hoped for... but was received none-the-less.

Good luck to you... and never stop believing in yourself

Atropos4 · 05-30-2003, 04:58 PM

Here's an update.
The surgery did a fine job on getting rid of my horrible period cramps. But I'm not pregnant this month. Oh well. Maybe next month.

~springrain · 05-30-2003, 05:17 PM

Atropos... i am sorry to hear that you're not pregant this month...

try to remember that you just had the surgery, and your body will need some time to heal...

take a deep breath and try to relax and be good to yourself (i know it's easier said than done)...

hang in there.... *soft smile*

NaughtyAngel · 06-02-2003, 09:01 AM

Sorry about the long post but there is nothing that gets a proud mommy rambling like asking about the baby or pregnancy experience. ;c)

For me, I didn't have any real signs of pregnancy in the beginning. At least, none that I recognizes as being pregnant. I've always had an irregular cycle so when I went two months without a period, I didn't think twice but when the third month came along, it finally dawned on me that there could be something going on and got an OTC test. So I was three months pregnant before I even realized that I was.
I've always felt that I was born to be a mommy so this was incredibly good news to me. My husband.. well, he was a bit more apprehensive but finally decided that it wasn't such a bad thing.

I'm a very girlie-girl and wanted a little girl that I could buy frilly little dresses for and put little ringlet ponytails in her hair. And I really didn't want a little boy like the ones who lived in our apt. complex who seemed not to have concern for anyone but themselves. I apologize for the sexism, but it at least seemed to me that boys were far less polite.
Everyone thought I was going to have a girl. And I thought so, too, although I knew that my prejudices affected it. To be quite honest, I was concerned that if I did have a boy, I couldn't love him as much as I would love a little girl.
Not to ruin the suspense, but I did end up with a boy after all. And now I wonder how I could even think like that. Even thinking about something happening to him is like thinking of having one of my limbs hacked off. He's as much a part of me as any extremity.

Because we thought we were having a girl, we spent a lot of time deliberating girl's names. But the boys name came quite quickly and we never questioned it. The day that I took the pregnancy test, my husband was out of town. Certainly I didn't want to break the news over the phone but I had to tell SOMEONE! So I went to visit my mom. After the excitement died down, we were sitting watching television and something with Liam Neeson came on. My mom said, "I like that name." I said, "So do I." And that was pretty much it. Besides, my husband's family has a middle name tradition... all firstborn sons have the middle name Pringle. And it worked with that.

I made it through without much morning sickness... of course, I didn't even know I was pregnant the first trimester when it is most prevalent so I just chalked it up to other things when I did have it. I did have cravings but nothing terribly bizarre. I mostly craved ice cream cones. I had to have one EVERY DAY! ;c) And meat. I'm not a big meat eater and I never was a fan of steak but suddenly during the pregnancy I just wanted hunks of dead things on my plate.

The pregnancy itself was a little rough. I developed high blood pressure during it and had to spend a lot of time in bed and doctor's offices. At about seven months, they were still having trouble getting my blood pressure down so I was admitted to the hospital for monitored bedrest. While there, they discovered that Liam was low on amniotic fluid and it was causing the cord to kink. They decided to induce labor.
It didn't work as well as we'd hoped, though. After just a short while and a couple of contractions, there was a large heart rate deceleration and it was decided that the baby was in an emergent state so it was off to the OR for a C-Section.
All in all a scary situation but it's all worked out very well.

Liam was born extremely healthy considering the conditions he was under and the fact that he was two months premature. He never needed help breathing or had any heart troubles. He had a touch of jaundice and ended up staying in the NICU for three weeks because he was having trouble nippling, not uncommon for preemies.

He is 19 months now (17 months adusted) and we do have some concerns about his developmental health, but nothing severe. He is a smart boy and ahead of his chronological age in some things but is behind his adjusted age in others such as speech. Kids grow and learn at their own rate but we will be having him checked out for SID (Sensory Integration Disorder... something he has shown symptoms of) or other possible causes.

Phshew! That was a lot of rambling!

Anyhow, I'll be keeping you in my thoughts for your impending pregnancy! It is such a true joy, both the pregnancy and the outcome. I hope that you will have the experience very soon!

miked10270 · 06-15-2003, 03:21 PM

Firstly enjoy your pregnancy,it is such a wonderful experience and worth every day.My first pregnancy was terrible as I had morning sickness for the first 3 months,but with my 2nd&3rd pregnancies I was fine.I knew I was pregnant as I went off drinking coffee and I hated the smell of newspapers!!!!.

I was convinced that I was having a boy with my first pregnancy but I had a girl,my second pregnancy I knew I was having a boy,my third pregnancy again I was convinced I was having a girl ,so we had not picked any boys names and guess what I had ,yes I had a boy it was my mother-in -law that picked his name!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Enjoy your pregnancy and I hope everything goes well,keep me posted

Iona

Atropos4 · 06-30-2003, 11:15 AM

well I started to get my hopes up cuz I was a couple days late but I guess I'm not pregnat. Funny though...I'm more mad about starting my period because my anniversary is tomorrow. ughhh

cheerios · 06-30-2003, 07:38 PM

aw...

well... happy anniversary, none the less... hope you guys have fun.

txstar · 06-30-2003, 11:05 PM

Just be patient and relaxed. The doctors said there was no reason why you couldn't get pregnant. Enjoy each other and try not to become too obsessed with making the baby. Enjoy the process.

I had to take fertility drugs to get pregnant with both of my children. Fortunately, it only took a couple of months with my first baby. I had been taking my temperature every morning to see when my most fertile days were. So the spike in my temperature for several days was my first clue that I was pregant. Home pregnancy test confirmed it.

I absolutely loved being pregnant. I only had morning sickness for the first tri-mester and after that it magically disappeared. I was treated like a princess by both my family and his. It was the first grandchild for both families. The only thing I had in the way of cravings was for anything lemon. I wanted my first to be a boy because I had had the little brother from hell and wouldn't wish that on any child of mine. Turns out I think it is a boy thing and doesn't matter what order they are born in, but that is another story. I told anyone who asked I only wanted a healthy baby and didn't care what it was, but I told myself I really wanted a boy. The day the sonogram told me it was a boy, I went into the bathroom and cried because it wasn't a girl. When I was a couple of weeks overdue the doc decided to admit me and induce labor. I was perfectly fine until I heard the woman next door screaming then I was ready to go home. But I didn't. The doctor came and broke my water and 6 hours later I had my beautiful little boy. The labor really wasn't hard at all and when it got kind of uncomfortable I was given a shot of demerol. Wonderful stuff. lol

About 3 years later we decide to try again. This time it took me over a year to get pregnant. My husband was not nearly as attentive this time. This pregnancy was so totally different from the first I knew that it was a girl. I was sick for almost the entire pregnancy and was not treated like a princess. Once again I went over my due date and the doctor told me to go home and drink some castor oil. Stupid me did it. Yuck. I woke up the next morning with contractions 5 minutes apart. My husband was a paramedic and on duty. It took him about an hour to get home. After bout an hour in the hospital my contractions were not progressing so they broke my water. Still didn't progress so I was put on pitocin. Run for the hills if this is suggested. Every contraction is hard and you feel like you need to push the entire time. The demerol helped, but not as much as the first time. 13 hours later my beautiful, precious daughter was born. She was worth every second of discomfort. My marriage only lasted a couple of years after she was born...seems he never wanted a second child...how could anyone not want my Chelsea.

As for names, I picked Eric for my son because it went with my german sounding last name. Chelsea just jumped out at me when I was looking through a baby name book. Oh yeah, my son is now 19 and my daugher 14.

Apache · 07-06-2003, 09:44 PM

Well I don't have any pregnancy stories for you yet!!!!! But i have enjoyed readying all the others. My hubby and I have been married almost 4 years now and we're finally ready. We want a little girl. I want a couple children though. But I want a little girl I can dress up, and when older go shopping with, and talk about boys after that. But thats a ways away i just want to enjoy the "early years". All the cute and adorable things they do so innocently but we find so funny!
My hubby suprised me when he said he wanted a little girl (most men want boys right?) but he said he wanted a daddy's little girl so he could spoil her rotten like he does me, but a son would be great too. another sports nut I guess! LOL. I hope you get your angel, I know i can't wait for mine!

Atropos4 · 07-13-2003, 02:44 PM

thanks again everyone *hugs*

mydragonfido · 07-17-2003, 08:44 AM

Wow what great stories!!! I have only one baby but I speak from a little experience!! I knew right away I was pregnant!! It was easy for me I have never been late on my period!! I had morning sickness from the get go!! I enjoyed my pregnancy throughout though!! I was sooo proud!! Until a test cam back that my daughter may have down syndrom!! Lucky she did not however it made her so precious to me!! I have been told by the doctors not to have another child because I carry such a high risk of down syndrom so I am not going to test fate I will be happy with this one precious little girl!!! My pregnancy was a double edge sword however because my sister had been trying for 8yrs!! I am the youngest child and the first to get pregnant!! To this day my sister has still not succeeded in having a baby!!! She found out she was pregnant 6 months ago soon after buying the baby stores out she lost the baby!! I am sooo sad when I find out someone that truly wants children can not have them but someone that is unwilling to take care of them properly has tons of them living off the government!!! I wish you all the luck in the worl and will be praying for you!!!

Atropos4 · 07-17-2003, 11:30 AM

thank you.....my sister is younger but has lost two babies ...one at four months and the other at two......she has a rare condition.....and she's high risk...she's always been the one that wanted tons of kids too...for a long time I didn't want any kids ever. but I got married and we talked about it and ONe is all I want unless he says he would like more then only one more....

would be great....funny how growing up changes the outlook on things

bykyyeager · 07-17-2003, 03:48 PM

Good luck... Kids are great!

Atropos4 · 08-04-2003, 11:20 AM

well not pregnant this month....I hope this happens soon...I do not want to be on fertility pills...The idea of it scares me..

05-21-2003, 01:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Atropos4 Think about it Location: North Carolina	Pregnancy I wanted to start this thread to hear your pregnancy stories. This is because me and alpha phi are trying. We've been trying for 3 years. I finally had laproscopic surgery and found out I had endometriosis. They lasered it and told me they're giving us 6 months. What were your first signs of pregnancy? How soon did you take a pregnancy test? Did you have a gender preference? If you did. Did he feel the same? How did you choose name/s? What was your experience while you were pregnant? (morning sickness, moodiness, cravings and so on) I'll keep you all updated on Alpha phi and I. As of right now I have to wait for a couple of weeks before I can test. I think anyways. __________________ Minds are like parachutes. They work better open. "If I were Hermione, I would have licked his pantleg."

05-21-2003, 02:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
NetterButter Crazy Location: in a hole, ventura county,cali	never been, but GOOD LUCK, nonetheless. __________________ www.holeinthe.net

05-21-2003, 03:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	The first sign for me was a missed period. Next came sore/sensitive breasts, next was I started gaining weight where I rarely fluctuate and finally I was sensitive to smells and easily nauseated. I never took a pregnancy test. Just went to the Dr at 3 months along. I kindof wanted a girl but I didn't have a strong preference. He wanted a boy. Now he's totally happy with the girl. For names I wanted to name her after my great-great-grandmother Sarah Elizabeth Rapanier. That was a name already used in his side of the family. So we kept the Elizabeth and used one of our Aunts first names for her first name. As far as my experience duringpregnancy. Greasy foods and smells made me nauseated and I always woke up slightly nauseated. Saltines always calmed my stomach though. SA far as cravings I never had any too unusual. I was nuts over sandwich pickles, I went through a pound of raw carrots almost every day, Loved the tuna, and had to have my graham crackers with peanut butter and cinnamon sugar sandwiches every day. The drawbacks were my feet swelled up from water retention the last month or so and my carpal tunnel worsened to the point where my hands were numb for 3 months. Pregnancy had it's hardships but I would say it's totally worth it. I loved flaunting my belly. lol Everyone wanted to know when the baby was due and all the stats and people were always offering to help me. My delivery was exceptionally long and ended in a c-section but the baby was totally healthy and the c-section didn't take long to heal. The hardest part of recovery was being so tired from a week of pre-labor and 17 hours of labor. If I had to do it all over again the only thing I'd change would be I would have asked for the c-section in half the time. I wouldn't have been as tired and my muscles wouldn't have been nearly as sore. I was half expecting a c-section anyway because all the women in my family have had large babies (14 lbs once) and all had long labors that ended in c-section. I knew to expect it. Next time I will just opt for a planned c-section. My pregnancy and delivery wasn't perfect but I enjoyed most of it and all of it was worth it. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.

05-21-2003, 07:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
sierra2774 Addict Location: Northeast Ohio	My first sign was a missed period and the the sore breasts...That was probably my Biggest sign of them all...Then I went to the Doctor for the official test...The first pregnancy went along perfectly, I wanted a girl and got a girl....I don't know what he wanted and didn't care. I had two miscarriages in between my first and second pregnancies...They found out I had a low Progesterone level and had to start taking progesterone at the first sign of pregnancy, so as soon as I noticed the sore breasts again, I went to the DR., I was probably only about 2 wks pregnant, but he put me on the progesterone and it led to a beautiful healthy son....I did not think I would have a boy so I was shocked, but so happy I did....He is the light of my life now. I had morning sickness with the first but not the second....For the most part both pregnancies were uneventful...I was induced both times, The first labor lasted 4 hours, the second last 1 hour! Very quick to deliver! Good Luck with your adventure and if you need any advise, let me know! __________________ "Every tomorrow brings new opportunities, challenges we must address...A chance to affirm all our wishes and dreams, to seek beauty and true happiness."

05-22-2003, 08:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
Minx Junkie Location: Up yonder	First off, congratulations! I hope all goes smoothly for you two. Secondly, enjoy it when it happens - it is the most amazing thing in the world. And don't take all the pregnancy horror stories you will hear (and yes, you will hear a lot) to heart. I am lucky enough to have two beautiful boys. My oldest was oh so very kind to me throughout the entire episode! I didn't have any morning sickness or the sore breast action, it was the missed period that clued me in. Had such an easy pregnancy with him, felt the best I ever had in my life and was out exercising every day, looking back I was so happy because I was very ready to have a child. The problem - the ex who was/is younger than myself, he wasn't quite as ready apparently. Long story short, the only downside to that whole time was finding out at 8 months along that he was screwing some chick that was staying at the motel where he worked. Anyways....as I said my preg. went smooth. The only thing I craved was Coke slushies....I would go absolutely nuts if I didn't get one! Wierd, I know. Woke up one night (about 6 weeks prior to my delivery date) with bad bad cramps...well they weren't cramps they were contractions so we pack up & head to the nearest city with a hospital (luckily only 45 min away). About 10 relatively easy hours later out came my bundle of joy. Perfect in every way despite being so early but he was jaundiced so he had to stay in the hospital for about two weeks after. It was very hard - as I said the hospital was in a different city but I had to pump breast milk for him to drink every few hours & deliver it to them. I spent two weeks either sleeping in a rocking chair beside him or driving back and forth all day long. That part sucked but it was worth it! Best thing - no stretch marks! lol He was such a great baby too, very happy all the time and all our friends called him the "user friendly" baby because he was so outgoing with them all. Kid #2. Way different set of circumstances. I was miserable in my relationship with my boy's father. Wanted out so badly - it was like being in prison. Another long story I'll spare you from. I had all the details worked out and the guts built up to leave him (finally). Sure enough, just before I'm about to make my move I find out I'm pregnant. Unlike the first time around, I was not at all happy. I decided to make a go of it - best for the children to try to keep the family unit together...that sort of thinking. Didn't work in the long run but I'm getting off topic. Maybe it was because of my mental frame of mind that the second pregnancy didn't go as well. Was sick throughout a lot of it but I was lucky and had super bosses who were very supportive of me. Again, this little guy came early (the doctors figured it was Mother Nature's way of going easy on me - I had a bad accident that crushed my pelvis when I was 18 and I wasn't ever supposed to be able to have kids, go figure). My water broke way early (just a tear so it slowly leaked) and they induced me in order to protect the babe. Well...some fun. About 26 hours of forced labor later they figured it wasn't going to work so they did a c-section. They couldn't have figured it out at about hour 14?!?!?! Same deal, he was jaundiced and had to stay in the hospital. This time I lucked out and had a room of my own to stay in while he was in there. Once he gained enough weight we were able to come home. Wow, that was long. Names....Joshua Daniel - I've just always loved the named Joshua and the Daniel part comes from Dan Marino from the Miami Dolphins! The littlest one is Matthew Lee - Same deal on the Matt name, I just liked it and Lee is his father's middle name. When I first found out I was pregnant I thought I wanted a little girl but now I am so very happy I have two boys. I'm petite and they are going to take after their Dad and be tall so I just view it as having built-in bodyguards! __________________ You've been a naughty boy....go to my room!

05-22-2003, 05:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
Xapphire Crazy Location: Dallas TX (close enough)	My first time (and there are 3, so this is gonna be a long post ) I was a freshman in college, Jaid and I were going to get married, but hadn't set a date, we couldn't decide whether we wanted to marry before or after he left for bootcamp. I hadn't had a period since I left home (moved from Cali to Texas for college), so we just started testing after we started having sex, because we weren't using protection, he wasn't pulling out. It was a situation of if we get pregnant, great, if not, we've got the rest of our lives to work on it, type thing. We test positive at the end of October, we'd already called and told my parents we were getting married (and no, I'm not pregnant), so I had to call them back a month later and tell them we were having a baby too. There wasn't too much drama from my family, I got razzed by my uncle saying everyone already knew he was a great uncle, I didn't have to make him a great-uncle. May have helped that we lied and said that it was an accident, instead of allowed to happen. His mother, on the other hand (another reason I have such hard times with this woman, grrrr), said and I quote, "Tell me this is your idea of a sick joke." mutters mean words and moves on feeling slightly better As for the actual pregnancy, I didn't get morning sickness, but I did get carsick, I dreaded going anywhere in his car, especially since he was stuck on one band/artist at the time, and the thumping from the bass just made it worse. I still can't listen to that album without feeling queasy. We took soooo many pictures of my belly changing, it was a marvel to us. About the time my bump really started to show though, it was getting to be April/May, and that was the end of me going outside laughs We lived in College Station, TX and the humidity there is just so different from what I'm used to back home in Cali, I flat out refused to go outside unless I was getting into an air conditioned car, and going someplace air conditioned. Really sucked that I couldn't stick to my refusal as our car didn't have a/c and I had to go to doctor appts. I didn't have cravings, but I did use my pregnancy as a way to get lots of avocados and strawberries =D. I went 2 weeks over my due date and had to be induced. God that sucks! Go from no pain, to hard heavy contractions in the space of 30 minutes. I was doing okay through them, but dry heaving after they were over as I hadn't been allowed anything to eat or drink for 8 hours prior. Nurse gave me something for the nausea, but it was going to make the contractions stronger, so they gave me Stadol for the pain. Told me it'd make me feel drunk laughs Within 5 minutes of her putting it in the IV, I was gone, fell right to sleep... after remarking to Jaid and his mother who was still there that it felt funny to hold my head up. "so, put it down" was the answer, and I obeyed and fell asleep hehe. I was out for all of my labor, Jaid says I woke up once crying and they gave me more. I don't remember any of it. I woke up to awful contractions at about 4:45 pm or so, they checked me and I was pretty fully dilated, but I still had a bit to go. Ok fine, squeeze the life out of Jaid's hand and cry and huff through contractions. The nurse kept saying, let me know if you feel the need to push, don't push, I'll go get the doctor to check you at that point. All of a sudden, I could feel the baby, not the need to push, but I swear she was on her way out. Jaid called the nurse and she said, ok, the doctor's delivering another baby, he'll be back in a little bit, I'll be right there to help her with breathing etc. Nurse came in, and checked me, and turned white. Guess who was on her way... The doctor showed up shortly thereafter, and only about 10 pushes later I had our baby Second pregnancy Skipped period, I'd been talking to my mother, and she overnighted me a pregnancy test lol. We were still living in Texas, but I refused to go through another pregnancy near his mother. During my first, she would come up from behind me and grab my belly and shake it, hard! I told Jaid that if she so much as touched my belly and I hadn't invited her to do it, I was gonna knock her the f*** out this time, maybe that way she'd listen when I asked her not to touch my belly or shake it. We were at a point in our lives that it was pretty easy to just pick up and leave, no decent job holding us back, renting an apt, so we packed up, and moved to Cali, and I was so happy to be near my family for this pregnancy. I was back surrounded by loved ones. We didn't pay too much attention to the changes this time around, been there, done that, right? I got my belly, and then I started hating it, I couldn't sit down! My tummy was always in my lap, it was the most uncomfortable thing, I had to take a towel or a tshirt with me everywhere to stick between them or I'd get all sweaty and irritated. I went into labor on my own this time, 2 days before my doctor was going to induce me. It was awesome! It was so much better than induction, my body got to adjust, and it was great, it still hurt, but I could handle it. We got to the hospital about 2 in the morning, but at 10-11 am I was stuck at 8 cm dilated, and they added Pitocin to my drip to help my labor out. Gah, like induction all over again. I hate Pitocin contractions. My mother, father, and stepmother were all there with me and Jaid, I wish he'd told them to leave, but I'm pretty sure he didn't want to hurt my feelings and was waiting for me to tell them, as I had wanted them there for my labor, but I didn't want them there for delivery, and then nobody kicked them out, and I was in no position or mind to be thinking about it. Damn that was a run on sentence. Oh well. I pushed for an hour and a half for our second, it was painful and tiring and I wanted to give up, and they wouldn't let me I couldn't feel where the hell they wanted me to push too, the first time it'd been easy, she was already ready to come out, I could feel where I was supposed to be pushing. Until our second one got to that point, I couldn't tell either, and then I finally felt her, and she was out just a few pushes later. 3rd and final laughs rough pregnancy emotionally, I was depressed and suicidal and felt I could do nothing right, and I wanted Jaid to hate me so that I could kill myself and not feel like I was going to leave him behind hurting, so I confessed to the affair I'd had, wanting him to see how unworthy of his love I was... and had he immediately hated me, I wouldn't be here today, but he didn't, he held me and told me he loved me and we'd work through it... and I had hope again. And then 2 days later, it had sunk in, and he hated me, he couldn't trust me, a ton of stuff, but he'd pulled me from the brink before and I was damned if I hadn't been saved to let him go. I went through the rest of my pregnancy for the most part, alone, he was not a part of it, didn't want to be a part of it, wasn't going to have anything to do with it. So I was going to give birth to our baby, on my own. I stayed home until an hour before I gave birth. I'd been to the hospital already once that morning, but as soon as I got there, the contractions stopped, so I went back home, and kept having them on schedule, every 15 minutes. They didn't get closer together at all until the very end, just longer and harder. I called my grandmother and she came and picked me up, took us 30 minutes to get everything loaded and me up there, she was afraid I was going to have the baby on the way, my contractions had sped up in that space of 30 minutes to being almost constant. I was admitted and less than 30 minutes later, I had our baby. My grandma stayed with me, she wasn't leaving me to have it alone. She still hasn't forgiven my husband, but that's not her job, it's his. He'll be sorry he wasn't there, and he'll have to forgive himself, I already have. We're doing a lot better, and he plays with her and nuzzles her and smiles at her, he just doesn't have much patience, but he never has, and I knew that when I married him. Ok, I'm done, not going into any more details although there's a ton more, life is like that.

05-22-2003, 08:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
Plummie Liquid Diamonds Location: Lexington, KY	Lovely stories.. I can't wait to have children... sigh __________________ Kim

05-22-2003, 09:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
mocouple74 Upright	They say to stop using birth control like six months before your wanting to try, so we stopped and didn't pay any attention to using anything else because we thought it would be atleast six months...no...I was pregnant before my next period....I noticed my hips and breasts being sore...I was like two days late on my period when I took a test....I was anxious..hehe. Felt pretty good through my pregnancy, towards the end he hurt my ribs because his little head was stuck up there..which is also why it ended in a c section...no biggie though.... I knew I was having a boy so the two names we had to choose from were Brady and Braden. Lot of difference in the two huh?..hehe Anyway, once I looked at him he just looked like a Brady.

05-22-2003, 03:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
susartele Tilted Location: northeast	I am amazed at how interested in pregnancy stories I am after all of these years have gone by. My babies are 30 and 33 but I still remember those pregnancies like it was yesterday. All I want to say right now is that every one is different, just like every child. It's totally amazing when you deliver and there really is a human life inside of you! Go figure! Life is truly a mystery when you experience birth! Nine months is so long and yet so short too. A lifetime in less than a year. __________________ www.artelevision.com

05-23-2003, 03:13 PM	#11 (permalink)
Atropos4 Think about it Location: North Carolina	Just popping in to say thank-you for the stories and the good wishes. __________________ Minds are like parachutes. They work better open. "If I were Hermione, I would have licked his pantleg."

05-23-2003, 07:04 PM	#12 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	here's hopin' for success for you, Atropos

05-24-2003, 05:27 PM	#13 (permalink)
ally Insane Location: Boone,NC	good luck i hope everything goes well for you!!

05-27-2003, 12:23 PM	#14 (permalink)
~springrain Banned Location: central USA	Atropos... first of all -- GOOD LUCK warm smile i spent three years and thousands of dollars trying to get pregnant with my first. my last (and third) was a complete surprise... i was on the birthcontrol pill (faithfully i might add) and he just decided that he was coming whether we liked it or not chuckle in the three years that i was trying to get pregnant with my first, i was on an emotional roller coaster... as i am sure you know already, it is terribly painful to go through the "hope/disappointment" thing over and over each month... because i wanted it so badly, it was truly hard to be objective and trust any "gut feelings"... all that aside... my best advice to you is this... and please forgive me if it seems too "etheral" or sappy... with this sort of thing... you first have to follow your Doctor's "orders" to the best of your ability. Then... let go, and trust the process. Time and time again you hear stories about how people who thought they could never get pregnant adopt, and THEN end up pregnant on their own accord. i was so stressed, and so pained for a while... wanting so badly to be pregnant and have a child... i pretty much "gave up" on our last attempt at the doctor's office. The week that followed, i went out and got drunk, smoked like a fiend... pretty much threw all care and caution to the wind because i was "convinced" that it wasn't going to work again... laugh... how wrong we are when we think we know how the wonders of the Universe work. anyway, somewhere in the middle of our three year process, i was feeling really sad and hopeless. I have an amazing friend who suggested that i simply "ask" the Universe for what it was that i wanted... and by "ask"... i don't mean the desperate prayers that we all have at 2:00am when we are alone. i decided to take her advice (what could it hurt?)... i sat quietly by myself one afternoon in the sunshine and thought about why i wanted a child... and pictured that child with me, and in my life. after a while i drew a picture of myself and my child, as i had imagine it in mind. later that day, i bought a helium ballon... tied the picture to the balloon... closed my eyes, said a prayer... and let go. i watched that balloon float away for what seemed like HOURS, barely daring to hope. my first child, my little girl... is the epitome of the child i saw in my mind's eye that day. I truly believe that my request was recieved and answered. The answer took a little longer than i had hoped for... but was received none-the-less. Good luck to you... and never stop believing in yourself

05-30-2003, 04:58 PM	#15 (permalink)
Atropos4 Think about it Location: North Carolina	Here's an update. The surgery did a fine job on getting rid of my horrible period cramps. But I'm not pregnant this month. Oh well. Maybe next month. __________________ Minds are like parachutes. They work better open. "If I were Hermione, I would have licked his pantleg."

05-30-2003, 05:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
~springrain Banned Location: central USA	Atropos... i am sorry to hear that you're not pregant this month... try to remember that you just had the surgery, and your body will need some time to heal... take a deep breath and try to relax and be good to yourself (i know it's easier said than done)... hang in there.... soft smile

06-02-2003, 09:01 AM	#17 (permalink)
NaughtyAngel Upright Location: Seattle-ish	Re: Pregnancy Sorry about the long post but there is nothing that gets a proud mommy rambling like asking about the baby or pregnancy experience. ;c) For me, I didn't have any real signs of pregnancy in the beginning. At least, none that I recognizes as being pregnant. I've always had an irregular cycle so when I went two months without a period, I didn't think twice but when the third month came along, it finally dawned on me that there could be something going on and got an OTC test. So I was three months pregnant before I even realized that I was. I've always felt that I was born to be a mommy so this was incredibly good news to me. My husband.. well, he was a bit more apprehensive but finally decided that it wasn't such a bad thing. I'm a very girlie-girl and wanted a little girl that I could buy frilly little dresses for and put little ringlet ponytails in her hair. And I really didn't want a little boy like the ones who lived in our apt. complex who seemed not to have concern for anyone but themselves. I apologize for the sexism, but it at least seemed to me that boys were far less polite. Everyone thought I was going to have a girl. And I thought so, too, although I knew that my prejudices affected it. To be quite honest, I was concerned that if I did have a boy, I couldn't love him as much as I would love a little girl. Not to ruin the suspense, but I did end up with a boy after all. And now I wonder how I could even think like that. Even thinking about something happening to him is like thinking of having one of my limbs hacked off. He's as much a part of me as any extremity. Because we thought we were having a girl, we spent a lot of time deliberating girl's names. But the boys name came quite quickly and we never questioned it. The day that I took the pregnancy test, my husband was out of town. Certainly I didn't want to break the news over the phone but I had to tell SOMEONE! So I went to visit my mom. After the excitement died down, we were sitting watching television and something with Liam Neeson came on. My mom said, "I like that name." I said, "So do I." And that was pretty much it. Besides, my husband's family has a middle name tradition... all firstborn sons have the middle name Pringle. And it worked with that. I made it through without much morning sickness... of course, I didn't even know I was pregnant the first trimester when it is most prevalent so I just chalked it up to other things when I did have it. I did have cravings but nothing terribly bizarre. I mostly craved ice cream cones. I had to have one EVERY DAY! ;c) And meat. I'm not a big meat eater and I never was a fan of steak but suddenly during the pregnancy I just wanted hunks of dead things on my plate. The pregnancy itself was a little rough. I developed high blood pressure during it and had to spend a lot of time in bed and doctor's offices. At about seven months, they were still having trouble getting my blood pressure down so I was admitted to the hospital for monitored bedrest. While there, they discovered that Liam was low on amniotic fluid and it was causing the cord to kink. They decided to induce labor. It didn't work as well as we'd hoped, though. After just a short while and a couple of contractions, there was a large heart rate deceleration and it was decided that the baby was in an emergent state so it was off to the OR for a C-Section. All in all a scary situation but it's all worked out very well. Liam was born extremely healthy considering the conditions he was under and the fact that he was two months premature. He never needed help breathing or had any heart troubles. He had a touch of jaundice and ended up staying in the NICU for three weeks because he was having trouble nippling, not uncommon for preemies. He is 19 months now (17 months adusted) and we do have some concerns about his developmental health, but nothing severe. He is a smart boy and ahead of his chronological age in some things but is behind his adjusted age in others such as speech. Kids grow and learn at their own rate but we will be having him checked out for SID (Sensory Integration Disorder... something he has shown symptoms of) or other possible causes. Phshew! That was a lot of rambling! Anyhow, I'll be keeping you in my thoughts for your impending pregnancy! It is such a true joy, both the pregnancy and the outcome. I hope that you will have the experience very soon! __________________ Millions de baisers, =*=Angel

06-15-2003, 03:21 PM	#18 (permalink)
miked10270 Banned Location: Scotland	Firstly enjoy your pregnancy,it is such a wonderful experience and worth every day.My first pregnancy was terrible as I had morning sickness for the first 3 months,but with my 2nd&3rd pregnancies I was fine.I knew I was pregnant as I went off drinking coffee and I hated the smell of newspapers!!!!. I was convinced that I was having a boy with my first pregnancy but I had a girl,my second pregnancy I knew I was having a boy,my third pregnancy again I was convinced I was having a girl ,so we had not picked any boys names and guess what I had ,yes I had a boy it was my mother-in -law that picked his name!!!!!!!!!!!!. Enjoy your pregnancy and I hope everything goes well,keep me posted Iona

06-30-2003, 11:15 AM	#19 (permalink)
Atropos4 Think about it Location: North Carolina	well I started to get my hopes up cuz I was a couple days late but I guess I'm not pregnat. Funny though...I'm more mad about starting my period because my anniversary is tomorrow. ughhh __________________ Minds are like parachutes. They work better open. "If I were Hermione, I would have licked his pantleg."

06-30-2003, 07:38 PM	#20 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	aw... well... happy anniversary, none the less... hope you guys have fun.

06-30-2003, 11:05 PM	#21 (permalink)
txstar Tilted Location: Dallas, TX	Just be patient and relaxed. The doctors said there was no reason why you couldn't get pregnant. Enjoy each other and try not to become too obsessed with making the baby. Enjoy the process. I had to take fertility drugs to get pregnant with both of my children. Fortunately, it only took a couple of months with my first baby. I had been taking my temperature every morning to see when my most fertile days were. So the spike in my temperature for several days was my first clue that I was pregant. Home pregnancy test confirmed it. I absolutely loved being pregnant. I only had morning sickness for the first tri-mester and after that it magically disappeared. I was treated like a princess by both my family and his. It was the first grandchild for both families. The only thing I had in the way of cravings was for anything lemon. I wanted my first to be a boy because I had had the little brother from hell and wouldn't wish that on any child of mine. Turns out I think it is a boy thing and doesn't matter what order they are born in, but that is another story. I told anyone who asked I only wanted a healthy baby and didn't care what it was, but I told myself I really wanted a boy. The day the sonogram told me it was a boy, I went into the bathroom and cried because it wasn't a girl. When I was a couple of weeks overdue the doc decided to admit me and induce labor. I was perfectly fine until I heard the woman next door screaming then I was ready to go home. But I didn't. The doctor came and broke my water and 6 hours later I had my beautiful little boy. The labor really wasn't hard at all and when it got kind of uncomfortable I was given a shot of demerol. Wonderful stuff. lol About 3 years later we decide to try again. This time it took me over a year to get pregnant. My husband was not nearly as attentive this time. This pregnancy was so totally different from the first I knew that it was a girl. I was sick for almost the entire pregnancy and was not treated like a princess. Once again I went over my due date and the doctor told me to go home and drink some castor oil. Stupid me did it. Yuck. I woke up the next morning with contractions 5 minutes apart. My husband was a paramedic and on duty. It took him about an hour to get home. After bout an hour in the hospital my contractions were not progressing so they broke my water. Still didn't progress so I was put on pitocin. Run for the hills if this is suggested. Every contraction is hard and you feel like you need to push the entire time. The demerol helped, but not as much as the first time. 13 hours later my beautiful, precious daughter was born. She was worth every second of discomfort. My marriage only lasted a couple of years after she was born...seems he never wanted a second child...how could anyone not want my Chelsea. As for names, I picked Eric for my son because it went with my german sounding last name. Chelsea just jumped out at me when I was looking through a baby name book. Oh yeah, my son is now 19 and my daugher 14.

07-06-2003, 09:44 PM	#22 (permalink)
Apache Insane	Well I don't have any pregnancy stories for you yet!!!!! But i have enjoyed readying all the others. My hubby and I have been married almost 4 years now and we're finally ready. We want a little girl. I want a couple children though. But I want a little girl I can dress up, and when older go shopping with, and talk about boys after that. But thats a ways away i just want to enjoy the "early years". All the cute and adorable things they do so innocently but we find so funny! My hubby suprised me when he said he wanted a little girl (most men want boys right?) but he said he wanted a daddy's little girl so he could spoil her rotten like he does me, but a son would be great too. another sports nut I guess! LOL. I hope you get your angel, I know i can't wait for mine!

07-13-2003, 02:44 PM	#23 (permalink)
Atropos4 Think about it Location: North Carolina	thanks again everyone hugs __________________ Minds are like parachutes. They work better open. "If I were Hermione, I would have licked his pantleg."

07-17-2003, 08:44 AM	#24 (permalink)
mydragonfido Crazy Location: Louisiana	Wow what great stories!!! I have only one baby but I speak from a little experience!! I knew right away I was pregnant!! It was easy for me I have never been late on my period!! I had morning sickness from the get go!! I enjoyed my pregnancy throughout though!! I was sooo proud!! Until a test cam back that my daughter may have down syndrom!! Lucky she did not however it made her so precious to me!! I have been told by the doctors not to have another child because I carry such a high risk of down syndrom so I am not going to test fate I will be happy with this one precious little girl!!! My pregnancy was a double edge sword however because my sister had been trying for 8yrs!! I am the youngest child and the first to get pregnant!! To this day my sister has still not succeeded in having a baby!!! She found out she was pregnant 6 months ago soon after buying the baby stores out she lost the baby!! I am sooo sad when I find out someone that truly wants children can not have them but someone that is unwilling to take care of them properly has tons of them living off the government!!! I wish you all the luck in the worl and will be praying for you!!!

07-17-2003, 11:30 AM	#25 (permalink)
Atropos4 Think about it Location: North Carolina	thank you.....my sister is younger but has lost two babies ...one at four months and the other at two......she has a rare condition.....and she's high risk...she's always been the one that wanted tons of kids too...for a long time I didn't want any kids ever. but I got married and we talked about it and ONe is all I want unless he says he would like more then only one more.... would be great....funny how growing up changes the outlook on things __________________ Minds are like parachutes. They work better open. "If I were Hermione, I would have licked his pantleg."

07-17-2003, 03:48 PM	#26 (permalink)
bykyyeager Upright Location: NoDak	Good luck... Kids are great!

08-04-2003, 11:20 AM	#27 (permalink)
Atropos4 Think about it Location: North Carolina	well not pregnant this month....I hope this happens soon...I do not want to be on fertility pills...The idea of it scares me.. __________________ Minds are like parachutes. They work better open. "If I were Hermione, I would have licked his pantleg."