Stop "trying" and just have fun. I know everyone says this and it gets annoying to constantly hear it, but it actually works. Good luck!
Congratulations Isabel! And thanks to everybody posting what they have about kids. We lost our first last year (stillborn at full term) but were fortunate enough to get pregnant again quickly, and are due in January. It's been the hardest year of my life and always have the questions as to whether or not it's worth it. It may be just a basketball BBS, but I appreciate people's comments on enjoying parenting. Sorry for the minor derail...keep us posted Isabel! Congratulations again!
Thanks guys! I never expected to have so much support. Right now, however, I'm hoping I didn't tell you guys too soon. I was almost to the end of the first trimester and they found a strong healthy heartbeat the other day, so I'd finally thought I could quit worrying about losing it... but some stuff today has me worried. Pray for me... I really don't want to lose this little guy/girl after all this time. But I know it happens and sometimes you don't have a choice. I hope I would have the courage to try again.
So sorry that happened to you. Best wishes for this one to go smoothly. It can be a rough thing to go through, all the waiting...
Isabel - my fiancee is 7 and a half months right now. This is her second pregnancy so I'm glad she has been through it before or else I'd probably be freaking out a lot more than I have been. The morning sickness does go away and the 2nd trimester should be considerably easier on your stomach. Hang in there and congrats, I watched my mother go through 3 pregnancies after she remarried, but now being an adult (and one responsible for the kid) I never really paid attention to all the little things going on. Kudos to you gals for carrying a kid.
Thanks! I hope what I said didn't give you pause. It was such a rare thing. We tried for years to get pregnant the first time, but the second time things just happened. I'm super excited to be a Dad (again). I can echo what moes said...I know it differs for every woman, but for my wife the first trimester was by far the worst. After that it started to subside significantly. Good luck!
¡Felicidades, Señora Isabel! Take care of yourself and of the little bundle of joy you're carrying. Be healthy. You are now a señora... but I won't divulge marital status previously stated. You mean you weren't at Robertson last night (and I was)?
First, congrats. Second, I haven't read the whole thread so apologies if this has already been said... As you go along, sleeping will become more difficult. Get one of those long body pillows as it will help you sleep on your side. Embrace the cravings. I can't tell you how many nights I went to Wendy's just to get Mrs. rimrocker a chocolate frosty of all things. My wife took a pregnancy Yoga class which she really enjoyed. Take photos as you expand. Trust me... later on you and the kid will get a kick out of the time lapse. As you get near the end, take it easy, but also try to walk a lot. If you're going natural, keep walking as much as possible on delivery day. Stay calm and make good decisions. Think about the delivery and make sure Hubby knows what you want. He'll have to be your advocate if the unexpected arises, so be prepared as best you can. He can't be a passive observer. If you go natural, it will hurt, but you will always have the ultimate trump card over Hubby in an argument. "Well, I gave birth to our kid Mr. tough guy. You would have been curled up in a corner weeping for mercy if you had to go through that. Now pass the meatloaf." "I gave birth and you can't even hang a curtain rod!" "I gave birth but you are too weak to go out in the rain and bring the garbage can up?" (These are just hypothetical conversations. I have never been in such a conversation as far as you people know.) After the delivery you will be exhausted. Keep a bathrobe on for the first few days. That tells visitors and grandparents and such that you are still recovering and when you feel like you need to go have baby time, it makes it easier to say you're not feeling well and need to go lay down with Jr. If you're in regular clothes, people will want to stay longer and hold the baby longer, and tax your patience more. Buy a good baby book and document your pregnancy and the first year. My kids still love to go back and read their baby books. They are more fascinated by their footprint and what we wrote about their first foods and words and steps than they are about any of the photos. Good luck and enjoy.
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Isabel. Izzy. Iztapher. I know exactly what you're going through. I once cut myself on the side of an A4 paper and started bleeding. I wouldn't say profusely but there was definite redness and swelling. I remember the pain distinctly, because, in the shower I had to hold my hand high above the water as the water would cause it too sting. A truly traumatic experience that in all honestly trumps any form of child birth or morning sickness or whatever you drama queens like to dwell on these days. Not to mention I sprained my ankle when I was 16 and had to wear a caste. I won't even go into the number of times I've fallen on concrete playing basketball in the hood with the brothas. Those guys were born tough. I guess I can Thank G-d I was born with the extra testosterone to withstand all these hardships but the truth is these experiences shaped me into the winner I am today. And I wouldn't have it any other way. So suck it up girlfriend.
Congratulations! Believe it or not, I once came as a by product of that process! I know, amazing. Let me just tell you it was totally worth it.
Thread bump. (To match my baby bump, though it still isn't visible to the outside world, since I'm tall, bigger built, and wear fairly loose clothes.) Anyway, it's a boy!!! Which I am glad for; we always pictured it that way and my husband will have someone to carry on the family name. I'm almost 5 months along now. The second trimester is much, much better than the first. From today's ultrasound pics the kid looks healthy, normal sized, all body parts in place. The legs already look to have good muscle definition; if he wants to kick me hard, I suppose he can. I can't tell that much about the face from the pictures - honestly most of them are hard for me to decipher - doesn't help that he won't pose and curled up in a ball.
Isabel is also a boy's name. The nickname is "Chabelo." Why peeps want to find out what gender their kids are is beyond me... I thought it was just to know you and the boy are healthy... nonetheless, good thing you're doing well, madam. Hope everything is good and ends well!
Finding out the gender helps in terms of picking out nursery decorations, clothing, and other items, and just generally not having to refer to your own child as an "it". I don't know how people used to stand the suspense for the whole nine months.
