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bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » November 13th, 2007, 3:44 am

Oh, Nickie I am so excited and happy for you! You are so very blessed. Love you! :heart:

nickieluv · by **nickieluv** » November 13th, 2007, 6:24 am

Thanks everybody! I do feel very blessed and 'watched out for' in my life. There was a night a few weeks ago that I could have had a few drinks, but for some reason I didn't - turns out I was pregnant! The same thing happened the last time - at the exact same moment, a Halloween party, before I even knew I was pregnant. That was my clue I was talking about a while ago, when I didn't have proof but had a feeling I was pregnant anyway. The due date for this baby is going to be in the same week as my daughter's birthday - wouldn't it be odd if they shared the day?

I am trying very hard to get off the sweets now that I know for sure. No need to press my luck as far as the diabetes goes (don't have it, but very at risk for it). I am of course dying to tell people, dying to be showing, but it will be months yet before that happens. Last time I didn't really show until almost 7 months, I think because I was so big. So I'm hoping to pop out earlier this time.

Of course I had to go buy some pants because I was trying to squeeze into 14s in hopes of losing more weight - so I bought some elastic waist pants to have on hand for the morning I wake up and nothing fits.

I'm just so excited! And I know I'm very lucky that we didn't have to try for long - this really was the first month, and honestly, we'd decided not to 'try' - it just happened. And I'm so glad it did! Thank you all for the kind words and well wishes - I'm glad I can share the news here!

Tawanda · by **Tawanda** » November 13th, 2007, 10:01 am

Congratulations to you!

Serendipity · by **Serendipity** » November 13th, 2007, 11:20 am

Congrats, nickie! We'll prolly still be hanging out here next year to welcome you back.

Please keep us posted on your progress.

bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » November 13th, 2007, 11:41 am

I would still be careful with the pizza guy. Raging hormones and all.. :twisted:

katesmom · by **katesmom** » November 13th, 2007, 12:14 pm

Congrats Nickie !

Thanks for sharing your super news with us all !

bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » November 18th, 2007, 2:20 pm

Nickie, just checking in with you to see how you are feeling. Let us know!
:heart:

nickieluv · by **nickieluv** » November 18th, 2007, 9:24 pm

Hi Biks, Kate, Jo and Tawanda - thank you for checking in!

I am not feeling very pregnant and it's making me nervous. I'm just a nervous nellie anyway, you all know that. But I'm actually looking forward to the morning sickness that must be coming along soon, because it will at least be a tangible sign of my pregnancy. Far too soon to show at all, or to feel anything. When I hear the heartbeat, I'll feel much better I think.

My weight is all over the place. I think I'm just going to stop stepping on the scale. If I gain a hundred pounds, certainly that's a huge problem, but I don't think I really will. I don't know, though. I go up and down and up and down every day. I've been as high as 210.1 and as low as 201.5 in the last two weeks. So hence, I don't think I'm doing myself any good weighing all the time. I worry on days I lose weight that something is wrong, and I worry on days I gain weight that something is wrong. And I doubt the stress is helpful in any way.

In reality I suppose it's excess sodium, water retention, bloating, all those other TOM things that are prevalent throughout pregnancy. It's just that last time, I was not in a weight-loss frame of mind before becoming pregnant - I don't know if we even had a scale, because I NEVER used it - I just found out what I weighed at the doctor's office every month. I am afraid of being yelled at if I show up at my appointment and have gained 20 pounds already, though.

But - for my own health and my baby - I think the scale needs to go. It is not something I should be obsessing about right now. I'll go by the feel of my body. I've cut way back on the junk and I'll just have to content myself with knowing that if I'm eating too much, at least it's too much milk and fruit and not too many chips (verboten in the house, by the way). Once morning sickness hits it'll all even out anyway. And if it doesn't, I have my ace-in-the-hole here with MF. I'd rather not have gained 40 pounds while pregnant, but above all I'd rather have a healthy baby so I am officially announcing that I am not getting on the scale any more. End of rant.

Biki, this wasn't really future-tripping, was it? It was at least present-tripping, right? :lol:

Anyway - found this cute ticker so you can read up every day if you want on how big the little bugger is getting!

bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » November 19th, 2007, 5:33 am

I love the ticker. I posted about it in response to your post in my journal. Stay well.

nickieluv · by **nickieluv** » November 19th, 2007, 9:13 am

Thanks! I found it on a pregnancy site and couldn't resist. I actually made Google my homepage for now because you can link it there and see it every time you log on.

So, knowing that it is physically impossible to actually gain 5 pounds in one day without eating a whole cow by yourself - which I certainly did not do - I think I am feeling better about the scale issues today. Yes, I weighed, even though I said I was tossing the sucker out for now. But I think I will be able to resist now. I believe it was all the soda I drank (almost 2 liters - caffeine free and diet, but still, isn't there a lot of sodium in soda?) and the fact that I had a snack just before bed - plus I stayed up past midnight and so didn't get much sleep. I know that I am eating the same way I did last time I was pregnant (except for all the soda yesterday - I still have trouble with water on the weekends but I am getting 64oz every workday), and I stayed right within the bounds of healthy weight-gain. So I am just going to weigh at the doctor's office and not worry about it other than that. They'll let me know if there's a problem sure enough.

I also have an appointment with my GP on Wednesday morning about my thyroid. I wonder if being pregnant is screwing with my levels - and that could be part of the problem with my fatigue and hair loss and dry skin. All normal pregnancy things but also signs of thyroid out of whack.

Well, I'm off again for a while. Biki, PM me if you get in that show, please! I get e-mail notices of PMs but not of regular posts anymore. I'll be back when we hear the heartbeat!

bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » November 19th, 2007, 9:54 am

I will definitely let you know!

bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » November 29th, 2007, 4:59 am

Hey Nickie! I know you must miss us or miss me in particular. :mrgreen:

Let us know how you are feeling and what's up! :heart:

bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » December 26th, 2007, 5:49 am

Happy Holidays, Nickie. I wish you would check in with us! I hope you are healthy and happy!

Mike · by **Mike** » January 2nd, 2008, 1:11 pm

Happy New Year. :whoohoo:

lifelovinaries · by **lifelovinaries** » January 2nd, 2008, 8:29 pm

Happy New Year Nickieluv...hope all is well with the pregnancy and your family!

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