Lucky Pregnant or TTC VJ'ers

[MumtazG38 1]

Get your Fetal Development forums ticker here(with images):

http://tickers.baby-gaga.com/pregnancy.php

They also have a very accurate Due-date calculator which uses the first day of your LMP date (Last Menstrual Period) and includes the average days in your cycle in their calculation. Most online due-date calculator's I have used do not include this minor yet very important calculation.

You should definitely sign-up and opt to receive weekly updates on how far along your pregnancy is. The reports detail all of the changes your baby is going through each week and also tell you when you should expect to experience any symptoms and what they are/will be and other very useful information about your pregnancy. The information they provide is highly accurate and completely scientific, with a hint of very refreshing sarcastic humor just to give their reports a very interesting kick!

This site has plenty of fun and interesting resources for pregnant women, and even their sympathetic partners, like their vibrant forums and hilarious cartoons. They have hundreds of articles on ttc, pregnancy and after pregnancy care and parenting. Do check out this site. It will certainly be worth your while.

Check out this highly informative Pregnancy Calendar which is both fun and educational for both you and yours:

http://www.pregnancy.org/

This calendar is very informative and also let's you know how far your pregnancy is gestation-wise. Very precise, as the calendar provides day-to-day information on your baby and you.

I suggest signing up with pregnancy.org so you can take advantage of their exciting and up-to-date Bulletin Boards, educational and interesting articles on pregnancy, their baby name database, basal body temp. charting tool, fetal development resources, and educational and informative pregnancy common phrases and words glossary for the first-timers and learners. They also provide a very handy printable Prenatal Record chart to keep all of your prenatal information in one place!

Want to see how your little baby looks? Check out this site for 3d computerized images showing how your baby should look at even the earliest stages of pregnancy!!!

http://www.visembryo.com/baby/

http://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-fetal-development-index

Fetal Development Week by Week. Very detailed and informative, with detailed colored images!

Having twins? Go to the twins Fetal Development Index at BabyCenter.com.

Will add more as they come...

Hey all you Preggo and TTC ladies here at VisaJourney? No need to feel forgotten anymore, now we all have a place to belong in this exciting, yet sometimes quite daunting immigration experience! Husbands and partners welcome. Let's all share and compare...

[Chris Me lil D 17]

Hey all you Preggo and TTC ladies here at VisaJourney? No need to feel forgotten anymore, now we all have a place to belong in this exciting, yet sometimes quite daunting immigration experience! Husbands and partners welcome. Let's all share and compare...

Hey Lucky February Filer mom-to-be,

Here we are again Yeah, I signed up a long time ago too at their website, and I'm even downloading every single day of the info about my baby on my PC in an excel file, so I can always look at it later and say: Hey, my baby started forming hands # days ago, etc., etc.

And their e-mails have helpful info, as well

Mumtaz, how do you feel? I feel noxious all the time, and almost can not eat anything

[WhidbeyGirl 1]

I'm not with you - yet. But just wanted to share www.babycenter.com, IT'S FABULOUS!!!

OOPS in my excitement to share I failed to look at all the links you posted

[MumtazG38 1]

Hey all you Preggo and TTC ladies here at VisaJourney? No need to feel forgotten anymore, now we all have a place to belong in this exciting, yet sometimes quite daunting immigration experience! Husbands and partners welcome. Let's all share and compare...

Hey Lucky February Filer mom-to-be,

Here we are again Yeah, I signed up a long time ago too at their website, and I'm even downloading every single day of the info about my baby on my PC in an excel file, so I can always look at it later and say: Hey, my baby started forming hands # days ago, etc., etc.

And their e-mails have helpful info, as well

Mumtaz, how do you feel? I feel noxious all the time, and almost can not eat anything

To be honest, I am thankful to say I have not experienced any nausea in the slightest even. Although the symptoms I DO have are just about driving me crazy!!! You say you can barely eat anything, and my problem is I can barely stop myself from scarfing down just about every thing that is edible. I am constantly craving foods like, spaghetti, pasta, mac n cheese, pizza, and mashed potatoes and baked sweet potatoes and MEAT!!! I WANT BEEF! HOT DOGS, MEATLOAF....MEAT JUST MEAT!!!AAHHHHH! LOL.

Other than that my symptoms are worse than I ever imagined, although a few of them I anticipated because my mother and sister both experienced them in all of their pregnancies. I just never imagined they would be this bad! Forget breast tenderness!!! My breasts are about to murder me in one great big shot! THOSE MONSTERETTE'S ARE growing at the speed of friggin light!!! They were big enough already, double d's.....and now I can't find a fitting bra for the life of me. Not only that, I can't lie down on my sides and definitely not on my belly because the girls hurt too much!

Added to that, I'm always fatigued, extremely tired and always sleepy!!! What the heck happened to my energy level....it was pretty bad in the first place but now that I'm pregnant.....I sleep 14-18 hours a day, not including naps!!!! THAT IS INSANE, even now that I think about it in the reality of things. YIKES!

AND THE CRAMPS! I keep getting cramps, like the period ones but only about 10 times worse.....the kind that make a girl keel over if she's standing! I get them at random times, but mostly when I'm sleeping at night...or early morning. Sometimes it feels like I'm getting them because of moving too fast or moving after a long period of having not moved.

So I guess I'm thankful that I don't feel any hint of nausea like 80%-85% of "unfortunate" (that includes you Ani lol) pregnant women, including all of the women in my family. I'm truly lucky for that......but if the first trimester is going to be like this........I am terrified to even think about the 2nd and 3rd!!!!!

[MumtazG38 1]

I'm not with you - yet. But just wanted to share www.babycenter.com, IT'S FABULOUS!!!

OOPS in my excitement to share I failed to look at all the links you posted

No worries Whidbey, if you come across anymore useful sites please do let us know on here!

pssst...I'm dead sure your going to be with us very soon girly! Very very soon indeed! Case complete and all...I'm sooo jealous!!!!!

Edited June 18, 2009 by MumtazG38

[MumtazG38 1]

Ani, you should definitely check out the link above for Babycenter.com. If you enjoy baby-gaga's week by week reports you're MOST CERTAINLY going to enjoy seeing exactly how you're baby looks each week from the above site. Very detailed images and they also have a slide show of weeks 1-40 detailing all of the changes, blastocyst to embryo to fetus to full blown baby! Definitely go check it out!

[What Happened? 4]

mumtazG38

All of the symptoms you didn't have.....I had them for you. lol Yes you are SOOOOOOOO lucky to not have had it that bad. I thought I was going to die. No joke. But now I'm 20 weeks and although I am still sick it is not so bad. Second trimester you feel better than the first, so you should still be ok.

Edited June 18, 2009 by cornbread

[Chris Me lil D 17]

mumtazG38

All of the symptoms you didn't have.....I had them for you. lol Yes you are SOOOOOOOO lucky to not have had it that bad. I thought I was going to die. No joke. But now I'm 20 weeks and although I am still sick it is not so bad. Second trimester you feel better than the first, so you should still be ok.

Yeah, a friend of mine told me that I shouldn't have these symptoms after the first trimester, or at least after once I feel the baby moving inside of me

Girls, I don't know about you, but even eating fruit makes me want to "meet" and "smile" the sink

I'm sleeping a lot, too. And I keep telling myself that from the next day I'll start walking around the neighborhood, and I never do, just because it's so friggin' hott (95 F) and I even can't stay outside...

[What Happened? 4]

mumtazG38

All of the symptoms you didn't have.....I had them for you. lol Yes you are SOOOOOOOO lucky to not have had it that bad. I thought I was going to die. No joke. But now I'm 20 weeks and although I am still sick it is not so bad. Second trimester you feel better than the first, so you should still be ok.

Yeah, a friend of mine told me that I shouldn't have these symptoms after the first trimester, or at least after once I feel the baby moving inside of me

Girls, I don't know about you, but even eating fruit makes me want to "meet" and "smile" the sink

I'm sleeping a lot, too. And I keep telling myself that from the next day I'll start walking around the neighborhood, and I never do, just because it's so friggin' hott (95 F) and I even can't stay outside...

I completely understand the sleepiness and being weak. I couldn't eat much of anything from week 7 until about week 18. My sense of smell was so strong a family member of mine cut a watermelon downstairs and I was upstairs with the door closed and I could smell it. WOW... But even though I couldn't eat, when I had my ultra sound at 19 weeks the baby was weighing a little more than average and had a round belly. How that happened is a mystery to me, but I'm glad she is ok. You will feel amazed when you start to feel the little kicks....and then after a while they get stronger and you wonder what they are doing in there.

Edited June 18, 2009 by cornbread

[caybee 21]

Congrats to all the VJ moms to be, and good luck to the TTCers!

There is also an active forum here in Off Topic. It's mostly expectant moms and new moms with a few TTCers also. All are welcome -- it's always great to see some new faces!

Oh, MumtazG38, I didn't have a bit of morning sickness either. I did lose my appetite completely for a while but never felt sick. I guess the little guy will pay me back for the lack of suffering when he's a teenager.

Best wishes to all!

[MumtazG38 1]

mumtazG38

All of the symptoms you didn't have.....I had them for you. lol Yes you are SOOOOOOOO lucky to not have had it that bad. I thought I was going to die. No joke. But now I'm 20 weeks and although I am still sick it is not so bad. Second trimester you feel better than the first, so you should still be ok.

YIKES! I geuss then I should say thank you......and sorry. .

Can you really feel the baby kick and move? How does that feel......I can't wait to experience my first few kidney shots!!! That's one of the biggest things I'm really excited about in my pregnancy!! . As strange as wanting to be punched or kicked in the belly may be.........it seems like creating such a beautiful bond between mother and child....knowing that he's actually interacting with himself...and me!!!

Can't wait till I reach my second and third trimester!!!!!!!

Edited June 19, 2009 by MumtazG38

[MumtazG38 1]

Congrats to all the VJ moms to be, and good luck to the TTCers!

There is also an active forum here in Off Topic. It's mostly expectant moms and new moms with a few TTCers also. All are welcome -- it's always great to see some new faces!

Oh, MumtazG38, I didn't have a bit of morning sickness either. I did lose my appetite completely for a while but never felt sick. I guess the little guy will pay me back for the lack of suffering when he's a teenager.

Best wishes to all!

Well, I really can't say that I've lost my appetite as a symptom...because that is so not true! I'm always craving something like lazagna or steak or......all of the good stuff basically......but for some reason yesterday I felt really unwell, not nauseous or anything, but I just didn't feel like myself. Very low energy and very moody....and really weak and irritated, by just about everything including myself...actually mainly myself. And both yesterday and today, all day I was and am absolutely starving to the point that I can feel the hunger in my chest and throat now.....but I REALLY DON'T WANT TO eat anything at all. Husband just went to the gym and promised, well more like persuaded, to bring back some russet potatoes, cheddar cheese and cream so I could make myself mashed potatoes n gravy....which I've been craving for a long while....but I really don't want to eat anything. Even though the mashed taters will only take like 10 minutes in my magic bullet! Still I am hungry....but I really don't want to eat anything....no clue why that is....but it's annoying me.lol. Mostly because....I'm always up for food!!!!!

[MumtazG38 1]

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Edited June 19, 2009 by MumtazG38

[Chris Me lil D 17]

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Where are all the moms-to be?

[MumtazG38 1]

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Well, don't know about all the other ladies....but I've been busy for the passed 1 and a half weeks to keep myself from vomiting all the damn time!!!! I have managed to keep myself from vomiting because I fear once I start I won't be able to stop it, but the nausea is driving me insane. I can't stand it at all. I can't eat anything...I mean ANYTHING!!! I'm a foodie....I need yummy foods.......and all week long my husband has been bringing home all of my favorite foods, he even took a bus 3 hours away from here to Lahore city to get me my favorite knockwurst from Papaya Dog(an AWESOME hot dog restaurant)......(see why I married this man!! ). The sad thing is I can't eat it because I can't manage to smell anything food like....no bread, no meats nothing. Everything is making me feel sick. I have only eaten half a slice of bread since yesterday.....and I think some crackers........but I'm absolutely miserable.

Needless to say, week 7 and all of week 8 so far has been miserable! I'm so miserable....I really want to eat that knockwurst........but I think I'll vomit my intestines out!

So I guess.....my location for the passed few weeks has been.....the sink, or my bed with a bucket on my nightstand! Just incase.