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 Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:04 pm
Feel free to post your experiences about pregnancy here, whether they be positive or negative, related to breastfeeding or getting a C-Section, etc. Respect everyone's feelings and opinions, and please follow the Gaian ToS.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:53 pm
Brielient idea. Can't wait to see how this goes. Sits back.
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:23 am
I am currently 4 motnhs into my first pregnancy. I have had non-stop "morning sickness" which lasts all day for me.....So far, it hasn't been very fun at all. stare
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:15 pm
PinkSpider I am currently 4 motnhs into my first pregnancy. I have had non-stop "morning sickness" which lasts all day for me.....So far, it hasn't been very fun at all. stare Make sure to tell your OB/CNM if you are unable to keep water down, or ANY food. It's not ALWAYS normal to be sick all the time. I was put on nausea medication way back around my 4th month to keep me from getting sick. I'd lost 13 lbs in a month. I STILL get sick every now and then and I'm 37 weeks pregnant tomorrow.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:06 pm
I have a 16 month old son... He is my first!!!!
Actually I got pregnant at 17 years old... And was utterly terrified to tell my mom... Which by the way get a doctor to see you asap it is better for you and your baby!! But I had a great pregnancy... No morning sickness, no night sweats, no stretch marks I was just moody!!! I guess your pregnancy kinda reflects your child because my son is very well mannered now and was a wonderful baby!! I really enjoyed being pregnant, infact I hope to soon have my second child (hopefully before my son is three)... I had a normal birth with no drugs!!! And I slept... though most of it!!! They did have to stretch my v****a (hehe couldn't think of how else to day it!!!) though they said that cutting it was only a final measure so I did have quite a few stitches. And when my son was born he had a hole in his heart so he had trouble breathing... That was the scariest part of the situation... That and his dad who I have a restraining order against came to my room...
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:38 pm
PinkSpider I am currently 4 motnhs into my first pregnancy. I have had non-stop "morning sickness" which lasts all day for me.....So far, it hasn't been very fun at all. stare
Lots of people go for the nausea medication, but I just suggest keeping a baggie of saltines, bread or other sort of flavorless breads next to your bed. Wake up and nibble on them, depending on the seriousness of your morning sickness. Also, a lot of people correlate morning sickness with their vitamin pills. I took my huge horse pills at night, so that I slept through any uneasiness that may have caused it.
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:47 pm
But if she has hyperemesis none of those things will work, she will need the medication to keep her food down. She can eat tummy soothing food until she's blue in the face, it's all going to come up.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:08 pm
Well, hmmm...
I got pregnant the first time at 15. I luckily didn't have any "morning sickness." In my 3rd trimester, she didn't turn, so I had another ultrasound. It showed that she was footling breech.
My family, heavy into our culture, wanted me to get "spiritual massage" to help the baby turn. That didn't work. I also had an external cephalic version (basically the same as the "spiritual massage" where they just pushed and pulled on the baby from the outside to try to turn it)
So, my c sec was scheduled, but I needed an MRI for something else before they would perform.
When I gave birth, they found the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck twice.
We tried to have another child when my daughter was three, with no luck. Finally, when she was already eight, I got pregnant with my son.
No problems during pregnancy again, although they scheduled me for three other ultrasounds 'cause they thought I was having twins. Nope...I was just big sad LOL
I was scheduled for another c sec 'cause my body frame had always been small. They didn't think with the baby's size, and the size of my pelvic bones, a vaginal birth was going to be possible.
This c sec was WAY different then the one I had in Hawaii. I could feel a lot more and it was a little more painful. He too, had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck sad but he had it wrapped four times. My hubby was demanded to turn off the video camera, but before he did, you could see a quick flash of the baby on a table, about 3 feet past my feet, with the cord still connected.
There were six people in the operating room not including my hubby and myself, and all of them said, that that was the longest cord they had ever seen, and that they had never seen the cord wrapped that many times.
Afterwards, I was nauseous.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:40 am
Just recently, I've been harboring the idea I could be pregnant.
This is all very hard, because I have no way of finding out. My fiance lives in England, I'm in America, and we haven't even had sex, and I am a virgin, as is he, but there is still a chance I'm pregnant, but it's hard to tell, because I barely had any symptoms until my boyfriend suggested that I might be, and then with a boom, they flared up. Continuous waves of nauseua, but no vomitimg, three times hungrier than I'd ever been before, crying on second then laughing the next, then mad at the world, then crying again, then laughing, hot flashes, cold flashes, and so on. We were really worried, because I'm planning on visiting him some time early next year, but if I tell my mom she'll forbid us from seeing eachother, but as I'm moving when I'm 18 (I'm 17 now), I want to visit England and see what I'm in for.
It's really giving me conflicting emotions. I know now is not a good time to be pregnant, but the idea is so wonderful, I'd love a little child to raise and nurture. And the idea of being pregnant just thrills me. So needless to say I'm attached to a possibly nonexistant baby.
Yesterday I thought I might be getting my period, and I told my fiance and though he was partly sad, but more relived than anything. But upon checking today, I realize I was wrong, and I'm thinking of not telling him and waiting for my period like I was going to before. I need to get a test, but I can't afford it, my family can't afford, and I can't tell them anyways. So really, I'm stuck. And my period has never been normal.
I also can't afford a doctor, so once again, stuck.
I'm also terrified, because shortly after the night I believe to be the night I concieved, I got really sick and had to go to the ER. They kept asking me if I could possibly be pregnant. I was certain I wasn't, so I said no, and wound up needing an X-Ray so they could check my lungs, as I had pneumonia. I learned there it could be really bad on the baby, but thought nothing of it. Now I fear I could have really hurt my potential child, and I have such guilt over that.
But at the same time, on the subject of symptoms, now that I'm trying to convince myself that there's about a 5% chance I'm pregnant, my symptoms have kind of vanished. At least, I don't really notice them as often, and they aren't as strong. It's mainly nausea and mood swings, though subtle. So I feel my mind is only messing with me.
It's really scary when you're not exactly ready to be pregnant. So much planning and thinking. How to cover medical bills, how I'll buy the maternity clothes, and baby clothes, and baby supplies. But at the same time, thinking about it makes me smile. And I know it'll hurt if and when I find out that I'm not really pregnant.
I'll try to update on whether I am or not, and what happens.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:57 am
Quote: .. I'm in America, and we haven't even had sex, and I am a virgin, as is he, but there is still a chance I'm pregnant, but it's hard to tell, because I barely had any symptoms until my boyfriend suggested that I might be, and then with a boom, they flared up... Only in the naughties can I ask this: How much a virgin are you? Because frankly, if his ejaculation never got near your v****a, it's pretty tricky to be pregnant. I IS likely and probable that you are experiencing "sympathetic pregnancy" and that it really is all in your head. This is a real condition so if this is what you've got, don't feel bad smile However, go to a clinic, or a planned parenthood, and explain the situation. Tell them how much 'near sex' you've had, and they'll be able to help.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:15 am
Not only that pregnancy tests are not that expensive. Maybe like 12$ is the most I have seen them
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:58 pm
Ipstenu Quote: .. I'm in America, and we haven't even had sex, and I am a virgin, as is he, but there is still a chance I'm pregnant, but it's hard to tell, because I barely had any symptoms until my boyfriend suggested that I might be, and then with a boom, they flared up... Only in the naughties can I ask this: How much a virgin are you? Because frankly, if his ejaculation never got near your v****a, it's pretty tricky to be pregnant. I IS likely and probable that you are experiencing "sympathetic pregnancy" and that it really is all in your head. This is a real condition so if this is what you've got, don't feel bad smile However, go to a clinic, or a planned parenthood, and explain the situation. Tell them how much 'near sex' you've had, and they'll be able to help. I believe I'm not as well. As an update to my story, my boyfriend wants me to get rid of it if I am. I refuse to. We'll see how that goes, if I am. I told my mother and I'm getting a test this weekend, so we'll see how that goes as well.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:36 pm
Ipstenu Quote: .. I'm in America, and we haven't even had sex, and I am a virgin, as is he, but there is still a chance I'm pregnant, but it's hard to tell, because I barely had any symptoms until my boyfriend suggested that I might be, and then with a boom, they flared up... Only in the naughties can I ask this: How much a virgin are you? Because frankly, if his ejaculation never got near your v****a, it's pretty tricky to be pregnant. It IS likely and probable that you are experiencing "sympathetic pregnancy" and that it really is all in your head. This is a real condition so if this is what you've got, don't feel bad smile However, go to a clinic, or a planned parenthood, and explain the situation. Tell them how much 'near sex' you've had, and they'll be able to help. Ipstenu is right - if you've NEVER had sex, or had precum anywhere near the inside of your v****a, you can't be pregnant. End of story. But what she suggested sounds about right - a "sympathic pregnancy", in which a woman can convince herself that she is pregnent, or might be pregnant, and her body will start to show the symptoms of pregnancy. Only a test will be able to tell for sure, so don't get carried away and start freaking out until you can find out the results for sure.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:47 pm
Nikolita Ipstenu Quote: .. I'm in America, and we haven't even had sex, and I am a virgin, as is he, but there is still a chance I'm pregnant, but it's hard to tell, because I barely had any symptoms until my boyfriend suggested that I might be, and then with a boom, they flared up... Only in the naughties can I ask this: How much a virgin are you? Because frankly, if his ejaculation never got near your v****a, it's pretty tricky to be pregnant. It IS likely and probable that you are experiencing "sympathetic pregnancy" and that it really is all in your head. This is a real condition so if this is what you've got, don't feel bad smile However, go to a clinic, or a planned parenthood, and explain the situation. Tell them how much 'near sex' you've had, and they'll be able to help. Ipstenu is right - if you've NEVER had sex, or had precum anywhere near the inside of your v****a, you can't be pregnant. End of story. But what she suggested sounds about right - a "sympathic pregnancy", in which a woman can convince herself that she is pregnent, or might be pregnant, and her body will start to show the symptoms of pregnancy. Only a test will be able to tell for sure, so don't get carried away and start freaking out until you can find out the results for sure. I understand. But I saw in quite a few other threads about same situations, and you said that it IS possible to become pregnant even if you're still a virgin, which is what made me curious. I'm really anxious to get this test; it should be this weekend or so, so I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for all the advice. More than anything I wanted to get the whole of it off my chest. Whether I am or not didn't matter, I just didn't want to hold it in anymore. My fiance is so confused about the female body, so he told his mother about the way my period works. Normally I'm irregular, but over the last few months it had started to regulate itself, and I should have gotten it around the 12th. As his mother has had three children herself, I suspect she's pretty knowledgeable about it all. She said that it sounds like I am. I'm not taking it as a definite yes, but it is a little unsettling as she knows alot more about this than I would. But then again, it could very well be sympathy pregnancy, but, I've noticed my symptoms are back. Especially the nausea though I've yet to actually vomit, though not everyone does. Simply, I'm looking at it as a 50/50 chance, no matter what the actual chances are. Anything can happen, and nothing is ever certain, which is why I'm simply waiting for this test. But another down side, if by some...miraculous event that I AM pregnant, my fiance is strongly wanting me to get rid of it, whether that means abortion or adoption, I don't know. But I do know that I'm ALREADY attached to what may or may not be growing in me at this very minute. Learning I'm not pregnant will hurt enough, but having the child only to lose it will kill me. He's terrified we can't give it a good life, and hell, I am too, but I don't believe killing it really justifies that in the least. I could never kill my child. And just the same, I could never hand him or her over to some stranger I know nothing about. But then again, giving it away would potentially make it's life better, because my fiance is very strongly against me working while pregnant. I really don't want to ruin my child's life, if there is one, but I also really don't want to lose it. I know this is a typical situation for any underage pregnant girl, but I really need to figure out how to convince him. Both of our views, though completely opposite, are jusitified. I'm scared to hope that I'm not pregnant, because I fear I will be, with the way my luck is. It's all generally over-reaction, I know, but I'm having trouble controlling it. Sorry for the long sob story, I just wanted to get it off my chest.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:35 pm
@ Naughty- Well whatever the case may be we will be here for you. If you find that you are pregnant- we will support whatever choice you feel is best for you. Do not let your fiance force you into a choice that you know is not right for you. If you find that you are not pregnant- just remember that there are other females who have experience sympathetic Pregnancy. (Like me. redface )
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