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LM3 you are crazy!!! Peeing on sticks and posting from Disney!!! Even Mickey Mouse can't tear you away from TTC! Hope you guys had a great night last night. I was asleep on the couch at 11:00!!! I felt my husband kiss me at midnight. Poor guy.

hey all happy happy new year!!!! to those TTC hope 2007 is the year for you...an to those of us alreay preggo just think.....we get to meet our little ones this year!!!!! and my level 2 is day after tomorrow and i am so nervous yall have a good one and i will check in later........hugs to all

where is everyone???i found this site and said hey to everyone seemed like a really active site and now its like where is everyone one gone???? i did remember my deoderant today , didnt i????? wait let me go find a tic tac be back later

Hello all !! happy new year !! lovemy3 sorry about you BFN . 2007 is the start of new begginnings and I am sure that your BFP is just waiting to happen . Tracy88 don't stress about baby not moving , she is probably also just having a rest . About that registry I haven't even given it any thought . Xmas has been so hectic that I haven't even dreamt of going near any baby shops , but now that the shops are quietening down I will definately be venturing there . So I am now near the 25 weeks mark and happy to report that my little girl and I are doing well . She wiggles around lots and makes her presence known . I am due to go for my next scan on the 18th of January and my 4D scan on the 2nd of Feb which I really can't wait for !! I believe that not all 4D scans come out so great so I will have my fingers crossed . Well ladies that is all I have time for today . Chat soon !!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL! HOORAY!! The snow has finally arrived so my family have gone out sledging (no space for me in the car but then I don't really want to sit out in the cold watching them all day so I'm staying at home and relaxing a bit - good excuse to post here!!) Punkin - don't panic! - this thread is usually much more active than this but I think everyone is very busy over the holiday period (some away, some with guests - me!! - BM5 getting ready to move etc. etc.) Also - our most active member - lovemy3 - who's brilliant at keeping us motivated, is having a WELL EARNED rest and so we've all become a bit lazy (well, I'm speaking for myself at least!!) So it'll all be OK once the new year has really got going - I promise!! (But you might consider changing your deoderant just in case LOLOL!!!) How is your weight issue coming along? I wish I could give you some good advice. I am also guilty of being overweight before I started this pregnancy and had to test for GD only recently coz my baby is quite big so I can totally relate to your worries. I can only imagine that you may want to think about adding more protein (eggs, cheese, meat) and carbohydrate (pasta, potatoes, bread) to your diet rather than anything with obvious sugars like dessert or sweets. Also, like Val said, keep up your fluids with water and juices rather than sodas. That way you'll be adding calories but not so much of the nasties that cause GD. In any case, I'd normally say that your best bet is to ask advice from your doctor but it sounds like you're getting conflicting suggestions from him and so perhaps you need a second opinion or some help from a nutritionist? ******** lovemy3 - so sorry to hear about your AF coming but at least you weren't waiting around like most months. I wonder if that's significant? Are your periods becoming more regular again perhaps? Glad to hear that you're having a great time though - and YES WE DO MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!! Can't believe that we didn't manage to start Part 14 of our own accord but I'm glad you did it for us. We'd be lost without you - hurry home!!! KD - sorry to hear about your AF coming aswell but you sound OK about it - presumably because you were prepared. Hope you had a boozy New Year to make up for our abstinence!! Sann - hope the stomach flu has stayed away and the kicks have got even stronger!! It sounds like your little one is doing great which is fabulous news! Have you started any of the buying or nesting process yet? Tylersmommy - hello again! Great to hear from you and that all is well. Question for you and Sann - how often do you feel the baby and what sort of sensations are they? Would love to compare. Mine are generally about 4 times a day (when I get a chance to sit down and feel them basically!) and a range from a wiggle to a definite attempt at disco dancing!! I've also begun to get a bit of rib pain occasionally if I've got myself in a funny position or moved too fast. I'm just coming up to 24 weeks by the way. Do let's share our experiences!! Val - you sound on great form. Glad your holiday was a success and that all is well with you and the baby. It's great to feel the movement isn't it but I know exactly what you mean when you say you're not sure. I would say that if you're feeling anything out of the ordinary then it is most likely to be your little one so enjoy every sensation! Re. partners - I've also got a fab relationship with my husband so I can totally relate to what you were saying. Isn't it wonderful and aren't we lucky? It sounds like you've started the nesting process - I've also packed away the clothes which don't fit (EVERYTHING!!! - except maternity wear) and am hoping to start writing some lists of items to buy over the next few weeks. Wow - four separate showers - GREAT! You'll be inundated with baby stuff - wonderful. I certainly can't beat that but I am having four organisers for mine so it could turn out interesting!! It's definitely going to be quite different from the more traditional events anyway. Tracy - glad your pains have subsided and that you're now looking pregnant. It's great when it's obvious to people coz you don't feel so self-conscious do you? I wouldn't worry about not feeling movement sometimes. I think it's normal in the early stages and it starts to regulate around the 28 week mark when they say you can start monitoring it with a kick chart. Anyway, I've rabbited on too much as usual and I think I better go and tidy up after the family so that when they come back from their day's excursion they won't think I've been a lazy sod all day!! Speak to you all soon! XOXOXO

Punkin, to reiterate what the others said, this really is a good thread but the holidays have people preoccupied. I've been home a lot and check in quite regularly, but noone is really around, so I won't post. But anyway.....things will pick up soon TicTac or not! Thanks for the ressurances about the baby movement ladies. I do feel her regularly, but when I don't, I freak out. Just me being a worry wart like usual. Tylersmommy, that's great that you have those scans to look forward to. My next appointment is on the 11th and I have no idea what they are going to do. It's just a monthly check-up and since I just had the Level 2 on Dec.11th, I don't know if they'll want to do a scan. I'm hoping for another one soon though, just to verify the gender. I want to be sure that she is a "she" since I have been shopping already! I am just so paranoid that the tech rushed to make the call on the gender. I know, silly me! Hopeful, glad you posted even as busy as you are. To answer the question you posed to me.......I still feel self-conscious because although I look pregnant, I have also gained 30 pounds and this pregnancy is only halfway over for me. I am 5'7" and started at a nice, petite 126 pounds, and am now 155. I know that some of you are like, "Shut up", but I have never bought clothes and grown out of them so quickly in my life. Clothes I bought a month ago with growth in mind, don't even fit anymore. I've been in maternity pants for months and can't keep up with my ever expanding body! I am grateful to be pregnant though, so don't take my whining the wrong way please! Ok, check on you ladies later.

Hello ladies ! Tracy88 I can so relate with the everexpanding body !! I am actually obsessing over it and already trying to work out when I will be able to go back to Taebo !! Although I really love my bump it is summer here so I don't have the luxury of covering up !! Oh well ...
Hopefull great to hear from you .. My movement has definately picked up pace . As you said sometimes it is like little flutters , other times they are deliberate prods that are visible from the outside . I find that she is busy from about 10 am and at about 6pm when I watch telly laying on the couch ... This si all so exciting but I also get nervous about this little one worrying if I am going to handle all the sleepless nights ..

Tylersmommy, I don't have the luxury of covering up this body either. I live in the tropics, and even though it's supposed to be winter, it is always warm here in the winter!!!! I get nervous too about actually having this baby. I have wanted her more than anything in the world, and now that the reality is upon me, I am scared to death about whether I am going to do things right, etc.... and I also worry about what kind of world I am bringing her into. I don't want to subject her to misery. I want her to see the bright side of life, ya know? Anyway, maybe I am overthinking things again. Well, I have to get ready for work now, so I better go. TTYL

Tracy and Tylersmommy - I think it's totally normal to worry about whether or not we're going to be good mums and also whether we'll be able to guide our children through the difficult times. However, I think what is important is to remember that it's not going to happen all at once so we can take our time. I mean, I sometimes find myself worrying that I won't be able to cope with their teething, tantrums or teenage years but then I realise that none of those things will happen until 6 months, 6 years or 16 years after they're born so all that is vital right now is to concern myself with the present. So now I'm only thinking about the next few months at the most and it doesn't seem to swamp me as much. My main aim is to stay as relaxed as possible and, if you like, that's my New Year's Resolution - to remain as calm as possible through each stage of their life including the pregnancy, birth and as a growing parent. Anyway, must go - family returning imminently!!

Hi all! PUNKIN, your post cracked me up. Ditto what everyone else said about the holidays and the quiet around here - it's definitely not personal! I have a question... does everyone's bellies get bigger by the end of the day? The last couple of days, mine has been HUGE, and then by the morning it is back to merely big. I'm guessing it's just bloating from eating during the day, but it's pretty crazy. DH keeps laughing at me because I'll walk into the room and say "it's HUGE!" several times each evening. TRACY - re: clothes not fitting - one of the shirts my MIL bought me one week ago is already nearly too small across my bbs. No fair, I say. I really don't want them to get any bigger... Do they even make an "E" cup size? yikes! HOPEFUL, I like your take on things. Sometimes I worry too about whether our little boy will turn out to be a good person, or what will happen when he starts to drive a car, or things like that, and then I just realize that we have to take it step by step, just like everything else in life. So then I just start reading up on how to change a diaper or hold a baby (2 things I've never really done). I finished the small Lorax/Dr. Seuss painting yesterday - I'm really pleased with it! I'm going to start on the big canvasses on Thursday (I don't work that day). Today I have to go back to work. I shouldn't really complain because I hardly worked at all in December, between being sick and having the amnio done, but I would really just rather stay home and paint. Speaking of work, I'd probably better get going... hope everyone has a great day...

Hi everyone! I missed you all. But I am officially moved in to our new place-yahhh!! I love it, even though there are boxes and furniture everywhere. Oh well, at least we're there and the unpacking will take awhile, but a little at a time and it'll all be good. It was sooooo busy though. Dh had 6 guys come over on Sat to move us, so I literally did not have to lift a finger. I did the packing and they took them away. Dh had an eagle eye on me all day (of course, he knows me and knows I get too anxious waiting on others and do everything myself!) So, since he had so many to help, it gave him more time to watch me :) Isn't that funny? Very, very sweet though. My ds and step ds were very helpful too. Pregancy is going great. I don't even feel pregnant anymore, even though my bulge is getting bigger and bigger. My mom gave me lots of maternity clothes for xmas, thank goodness, because I have had no time to shop! On New Years Eve we decided to get away from the move and went to some friends' house. I wore some of my "larger" but non-maternity pants and on the way there we stopped at the store and they split right up the rear! So I spent the rest of the night making sure my shirt was long enough to cover and it and trying to remember not to bend over! Oh well, those pants went to the trash. Now if I can just find the rest of my clothes...hmmm. I was going to try to pack everything away that didn't fit anymore, but I just ran out of time and had to throw everything in bags and boxes...oh well. I didn't tell everyone---for xmas, dh and kids got me an adorable baby book and baby blanket (white w/yellow--non-gender related). They were so cute! DD got a little stuffed dog too. So, now I have just a few baby things...so awesome! Well, I'm 16w 1d and I'm worried about feeling movement yet? Is it too early? I was feeling some fluttering like 2 wks ago and now I haven't felt anything for while--is it too early? My next appt isn't until 1/8 so I'm anxious to hear the hb again. Other than that, I'm very thankful that my spd has subsided to almost no pelvic pain. I'm not as hungry or tired as I used to be. All good signs of being in 2nd tri, right? Anyways, sorry I don't have time to respond to everyone's news, but sounds like everyone's doing well. I've spent too much time talking about me :) Happy New Year's to everyone!!! Hugs...more later.

Hi All ! Tracy88 it is good to know that I am not the only one feeling like this ! Maybe it is just the hormones kicking in !! My other concerns are that with my DS I had such baby blues when he was born . I guess I am more prepared this time and definately won't hesitate to go to the Dr if the same thing happens again ... But as hopefull says concentrate on the moment and take it one step at a time ... babymakes5 sounds like you are really coming on nicely . Don't stress about feeling baby move . The fact that you have felt flutters already is such a good sign !! Anyway gals will chat later ...

Hooray - my husband felt the baby kick last night. What a fantastic moment!! We were giggling all over the place even though I was trying desperately to stay still so that he wouldn't miss a single jab!! LOL! Now he really feels part of the whole experience coz it's become real for him and that makes it even more real for me. We really must stop putting off getting ready now as it's less than 4 months to go for us and everything I've read said don't leave too much for the last trimester because you may not be able to get around to it. Must take this advice seriously!! Val - great to hear from you. Yes - I definitely feel bigger by the end of the day and I'm pretty sure you're right about it being bloating rather than the baby doubling in size!! LOL!! Goodness though - it sounds like your boobs are doing a bit of doubling themselves - cup size E!!!!!!!!!! - Yikes is right!! I've bought some Ds for breastfeeding but haven't had to resort to them yet but I think it will be only a matter of time. In actual fact, for once in my life my boobs are in proportion to the rest of me which is quite nice. Anyway, hope yours don't get in the way of the piano or the cooking LOL! - My bump always seems to get in the way when I'm preparing anything to eat and so I look like a crazy chef even though I've only made a sandwich!! LOL!!! Great to hear about the Lorax/Dr. Seuss painting - good job! Wish I was creative in that way! BM5 - welcome to your new home!!!!!!!! Hope you're still settling in OK and managing to find some clothes to wear (very funny about the splitting pants - stick to your maternity wear from now on!!!!!!!!!!!!) Re. your movement issues. I was exactly the same. I felt something and then nothing and then something and so on until it started to become more regular about the 20th week. Even then though it was still light and I probably only felt it once a day or every other day so it sounds like you've got nothing to worry about. Not long til your appointment anyway so try to relax and enjoy your days of not feeling too pregnant! Anyway, the snow has really started to come down here now and so the family got up really early this morning to take full advantage and I won't see them until late afternoon when they'll come home soggy but satisfied! They leave tomorrow - no doubt after another few hours rolling about in it again - so life will return to normal soon. (Then my husband goes away for 5 days which will be horrid so I'll probably be on this thread all the time!!) Must go - stuff to do as usual! TTYL!! XOXOXO

Hopefull that's fantastic news !! Really really happy for you and DH !! It is such a special moment and you are right that is when things become so real for our partners . I am very envious that you have snow . I would also be out there frolicking and having fun in all that snow . All I can do here is wallow like a hippo in the pool on week-ends ... Sorry to hear that DH is going away but you know what they say .. absence makes the heart grow fonder !!

Tylersmommy - you're right, of course, that it's not that bad that DH is going away so I'll try to think positive. My plan is to get my swimming back on track (AGAIN!! - too many excuses!) as soon as the family have gone and once DH is away I'll have the car the whole time so can go swimming every day - hooray! The snow has stopped for now and the sun is threatening to break through which means that they're going to have a fantastic day today and some wonderful views (if they feel brave enough to look away from their feet or the direction they're heading on the skis,that is - LOL!! - it's their first lesson so I suspect they'll be fairly wary to begin with!!) Anyway, how are you doing today?

BM5-I'm sure it was an uncomfortable experience, but I laughed my a** off about you splitting your pants! Sorry:)))) Also hope you are not too swamped after moving and all. This may sound crazy, but I want to move when my lease is up in June, and the baby is coming in May. I live on the second and third floors in a condo and no longer want to have to climb stairs with a baby in tow, etc.... There are many other reasons for wanting to leave this place, but the most important reason is to get a house with more room for storage, etc....since baby stuff is going to be everywhere. We'll see what happens though as the time draws near. I don't know how we'd do it with a one month old??? Val.....I am having my sister do paintings for the nursery on canvas too. I am going to have her do whimsical princess stuff. The Lorax sounds so cute. You must take pictures and somehow post them online so we can see them when you are all done. And to answer your question (I think it was you who asked), yes my belly gets bigger by the end of the day.....much bigger. For me though, it's been like that for a while. It was more noticable around 4 to 8 weeks ago, because I would wake up and feel flatter and by noon, it would start to get tighter and fuller. By night, it was huge, and then the cycle would continue. Now??? I am huge and get more huge to the point that night time can be uncomfortable. Hopeful, sounds like I want to be where you are too with that snow. I am soooooo jealous. I would take just cold weather and be happy at this point. I want my kids to grow up around the joys of snow, so hopefully one day we will get out of Florida. I'm glad your husband got to feel the baby move. I can't wait for that, because you are right, it does somehow make them a part of the magic. My husband is going to freak out! I can't wait. Well, my breakfast is ready. I"ll catch up with you ladies in a bit.