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Like sweet and sour sweeties....

I am six months pregnant with my fourth child. I am due 5th May. I am 39 yrs old. I was 23 yrs in my first pregnancy. Someone said I should be a pro by now, but I totally disagree. It is just as scary and feels different every time with different challenges. My body is also not so young anymore. My wish was to enjoy this one, but I have struggled from the second month from a bone problem.

I envy the women that say they have enjoyed their pregnancies so much. My months have been filled with complaints to those around me, and sometimes I feel like a bit of a burden. My bones just got overly loose and painful 24/7, the heavier the baby the worse the pain. Even sleeping is a problem; the pain frequently wakes me up. My doctor is checking for arthritis now, and no painkiller I am allowed to take takes away the pain completely.

Well, on a brighter note I am excited about the baby, I hope it is a girl since I have 3 boys already. At the end of it all it will be worth it in spite of all the pain. I am praying for natural birth. All my previous births have been as quick at 45 to 10 minutes. A rare condition, but most welcome because I do not think I could bear the pain for longer periods. I salute every woman who is able to go through that for hours and hours. We definitely are not the weaker sex. I would like to see any male endure that. (I have three sons and a husband - I don’t think its possible.)

My tummy is always small and feels tight, I have never been big, but I feel heavy and very uncomfortable already. At six months I look like most women who are 3-4months, but walk like I am almost due. I hope this time I won't have to fight with the baby in the last month as she is trying to move and feel like she is rearranging my internal organs at the same some.

During my first pregnancy, when the baby was moving, people must have thought I was a bit crazy because I would spontaneously shout at my tummy telling the baby that it was actually very painful and gently pushing him a little bit to the opposite direction for relief.

All the best for all moms-to-be.


Bonani

1st Baby

This is my first baby. We found out that it is a girl!! Yeah!! My first trimester was brutal, with morning sickness 24/7. My second trimester was the best. No ailments, no sleeping issues and some belly showing.

I’m in the 3rd trimester and am currently dealing with hemorrhoids, sleeping issues, and problems rising up from the couch or bed. It is all worth it though when I feel her kick and move, which is more frequently now at 31 weeks.


Jeanette

HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!!

Well I don’t know how to start.... I am 28 weeks now. When I was 6 weeks I went to get an ultrasound and they told me that the sack of the baby was full with water and there was no baby.... Then they repeated it two weeks after and they finally saw the baby.... Everything started wrong ...

Then when I was 18 weeks I went to the hospital for a level two ultrasound and the baby seemed to have a white dot in the heart. They thought that the baby was going to have Down syndrome.... Everything when downhill from there. I called the ob I had at that time and he told me he made a mistake doing the blood test that. He thought I was 15 weeks and I was only 13weeks at that time ...so then my ob repeated the blood test that same day and I got the result three days later. They were negative - thank God!!!!!

Then when I was 20 weeks I got this fever from I don’t know where for like for a week. I had to stay at the hospital for a week and half... That was when everything started. When I was 22 weeks I had to go back to the hospital because of a kidney infection. I stayed there for another two weeks...I was kind of going in and out of the hospital ... All the nurses knew me at that time. Then two weeks after I didn’t feel my baby move for two days.

I asked my mother and she said that was normal but when I got home I told my best friend and she recommended I call my doctor which I did and he said, “go to the hospital right now”. I was back at the hospital and once again they monitored my baby. Everything seemed to be fine but after few hours they did another ultrasound and they realized the baby’s umbilical cord was around the neck.... That really scared me... The ob told me, “you are going to have to stay here until we have to do emergency c-section.”

Well that was at 8:00pm. The next morning the doctor comes and he is like, “you are fine to go home.” I didn’t know what to say but I felt something was wrong... I went home that day... The next day I started looking for a new ob, which I found that same day and got an appointment for the same day. He seems to be very good. I hated my previous ob. Now I am very happy even though I thought it was going to be hard to find a ob with almost 27 weeks.

This doctor did another ultrasound in his office and said the baby’s cord was not around the neck anymore but still I am very scared now!!!! I have had three previous miscarriages and that's horrible. Now I am 28 weeks and I sometimes don’t feel the baby move and it scares me because my baby is a kicker...It's a girl.

I hope everything goes better from now on ...but is very hard to think positive...my family thinks I am a freak but it's not easy not to be one. I have been married for 4 years. I got married when I was 16 years old. My husband was 23...now I am 20 and my hubby and is 27 years....

Hoping to have a healthy girl on April 7, 2007 and wishing good luck to you all!!!!!!!!


yanisleidy aguero

I can't wait!

I am 30 weeks pregnant with my first baby and let me tell you.... I can't wait for these last 10 weeks or so to be over!!!!!!!!!

I had a great pregnancy early on--no sickness, felt great. But now in the past month or so I'm tired, moody, sore, and have to pee all the time. Nine months is just so long to wait.

I just can't wait until my baby girl is here!!! Of course I don't want her to come too soon.... but I can't wait until the time comes! :)


Rachel

Getting there!

Hi...I’m 33 weeks into my pregnancy with our first baby and feeling great...although a bit tired. I quit working in December and I’m taking it easy...doing things I haven't had the time to do when working.

My husband and I decided that our little one deserves a full time mom for a couple of years so I’m happily looking forward to taking care of her (it's a she by the way!) and spending all my time with her. My pregnancy has been great, no nausea or anything of the sort...although in my 5th month I developed carpal tunnel syndrome, which is a killer especially during the night when you get great pains in your hands and fingers.

I’m managing the pain with wrist splints which I’m finding very useful... otherwise, apart from getting bigger by the second (and the discomfort that accompanies it), I feel on top of the world...and I can't wait for our little princess to arrive in February!!!!


Diana