Daisalana

Everyone says I'm a whale! In fact, when I'm in my jammies/undies and look in the mirror it looks huge to me. I was surprised at how small it looks in that pic :/ How often do I say that?? But my mom & russ both make comments about 'all the weight you've gained'. Pisses me off to no end, and I try not to think about it because it does make me so mad. I KNOW.. leave me alone!! Same with my doc, but I told ya'll that.

And wait.. you're on bedrest at 9 weeks??? Does that mean you'll be on bedrest the entire time? My gosh..

Today's belly pic.. start 3rd trimester today (28 weeks).

Here is my first 3rd trimester belly pic! Gosh, I feel like it's so much bigger than it looks.

Judy is the skinny minnie in the group!!!

I wasn't trying to conceive, but I conceived 16 months post-op and only 32lbs from goal (waah). I'm gaining quite a bit with pregnancy unfortunately, but I plan to get an adjustment when baby is born and get back to it. Definitely think it's good (especially now knowing how much I gained) to wait till you've lost weight, to reduce any discomfort or health problems that come with being overweight. My doc was strict on RnY patients & when they could conceive, because of malnutrition and he had patients who couldn't carry to term due to this early on.. but for banding, he didn't really have a timeline. I think at least 1 year is good so you've learned about the band and how it affects your body, and also like I said to have lost the weight.

I like guacamole on pretty much anything. My favorite is like a greasy cheesy enchilada.. or greasy beefy taquito.. ho hum.

Heather- Me & siblings were always little turds when parents woke us up. None of us are morning people, although I'm now the one having to wake up a grumpy husband every single morning.. anyway, we always yelled back at my dad when he woke us up with the "GO TO HELL" tone. I just got to work, we had to stick around and wait for nursery furniture to be delivered.. and last night on my NEW CAR a tire blew out. I had my uncle look at it (I was on my way to his place for Wii Fit) and he said all my tires were bald and I had a nail in the one that is now shredded. So I took them this morning to get new tires.. ugh. Little pissed off the dealership didn't say anything when I bought them, and I am naive, I have no idea what a bald tire looks like.. so annoyed Russ didn't check it out, I pointed out the tire light was on when I bought it, but the dealership said it's cause it's cold blah blah.. and I told Russ and he just shrugged it off. Anyway, so now that's done.. got into work. From sitting around my house, my allergies are so bad right now. I can't breathe!! Did I tell ya'll we are going to Tunica this weekend for my birthday? Counting down the days! I think I said this last time, but this REALLY will be my last trip down there for a while. Russ & I use to go to Vegas for my b'day, past 2 years we've done Tunica. We're going with my parents, my dad is playing in a WSOP tournament this weekend. I want a nap so bad! I had a breakfast burrito from sonic and pb'd pretty much the whole thing.

That sounds like symptoms of pre-eclampsia?? All the Fluid retention and face puffiness. Trying hard as I can to stop gaining, I'm up 37lbs today, but I've been within 1 pound for 2 weeks now, WHEW. I started doing Wii Fit a couple weeks ago, hoping that helps just to get me moving. Heartburn has gotten reeeeeally bad. I miss Prilosec these days. I have been nauseated twice in the past week--which is new to me. I didn't have the morning sickness, but both times were in the morning and saltines did fix it.

Holy cow.. I read a headline about this, but I thought it was a joke and didn't look at the article. I can't even imagine. Wonder what 8 babies feel like when they get hiccups or kick you!!

Yeah, jelly beans are disgusting too!! Marshmellow candy (anything with marshmellow in it) and jelly beans.. and licorice.. YUCK. I need to keep focusing on these gross candies, just thinking about them makes me not want candy..teehee. I had some Haribo gummi bears (my fav.) while talking to a customer.

Peeps are disgusting!! Blech. I don't like any marshmellow stuffs. Went to Tellini's for lunch (another Blech) and got a pasta sampler, they were all gross.. good thing I guess, but I'm hungry. Russ & I can't ever agree on where to go for lunch, one of us always doesn't like it.

Same here Judy! I remember this conversation from last year with you LOL. I am not a huge fan of chocolate (don't get me wrong, I don't DISLIKE it) but if I am craving something, it's like gummi bears, ice cream, donuts.. not chocolate. But the cadbury mini-eggs.. whole nother ballgame. I LOVE those things. I am going to be avoiding the drug stores from now till...sheesh, April!

Congratulations! If you are having a hard time eating solid Protein, I would recommend getting a slight unfill at the minimum. Another person drinks the LBT water!!! :cursing:

Oh no, are you one of those who get all gooey over the Twilight guy? :thumbup:

The exhaustion only briefly went away for me somewhere around 3-4 months.. but it came back and has stuck with me. I feel like I'm over-doing it every day, even though I'm not doing all that much. On weekends (when I don't work) I take a nap every day. I wake up normal 8am, by noon I am asleep again on the couch or in bed, and I'm up around 5pm, and back in bed by 8pm. On weekdays, I get home from work and go straight to bed--watch some tv & then pass out.. I was insomniac before, so this is real interesting!! I have not had to take sleeping pills since the first trimester.

Aww ((LJM)).. almost there!!! I start my 3rd trimester tomorrow. Woohoo! Still seems like suddenly this is taking forever. He is more active and I can 'make' him move now, when I need reassurance (though I try not to do this too often!).. by laying on my back and poking at him. DH has been able to feel him, which is nice.. He also does something, I think maybe it's hiccups, where my whole belly starts jiggling. It could be a big kick but they come at intervals that make me think it's hiccups. Feb. 4th I go for my 28 week 4-d ultrasound. I want to confirm the penis, although it's a bit late for that now with everything I've bought. The tech had a hard time getting to see his genitals because he was sitting up breech and she could only get so low.. but at some point she finally got a shot, I just want to confirm it! We start parenting & childbirth classes in February also.. and 1 breastfeeding class I am going to. I am afraid I won't be able to breastfeed :thumbup: I'm hoping I'm just over-worried. My nipples are flat/inverted, which is why I got them pierced so they'd stay out.. well I tried taking out the jewelry and they go flat again. I did some test I read on a parenting website to 'test' if your nipples will be latch-on-able.. and mine failed.

That's a great idea Terry-I 2nd it.. one of Russ' relatives did that for our wedding invitation too. They used a pressed flowers frame and put it in there.. we have it on our entertainment center next to our sand ceremony vase thingy. Tracy- I had a herniated & bulging disk (both in lower back) and the orthopedic doc was a FORMER orthopedic surgeon--who turned anti-surgery (interesting, eh?) he said he realized surgery did most people more harm than good, fusing disks,etc. together would cause more problems down the road.. so he sent me to PT. It was a long PAINFUL road, but they got them back into place.. Mine was moreso painful because some reason no one would ever give me pain meds.. I look like a junkie or something :thumbup: This is the PT who ended up callin the doc himself and saying I NEED to be on them for treatment. Anywho, they did fix it, though my back pains remained due to weight. I know the neck has nothing to do with weight, so hopefully you'll get relief a lot quicker than I did!! Both my parents have had surgery for slipped disks (dad in lower back, mom in neck).. mom has a rod in her neck now and it's been a couple of years.. and now her pain is back, so she's looking into a disk implant which is a new procedure they are trying out. Tis the season for Cadbury's mini eggs (SIGH). Went to Rite Aid last night and I was havin issues.

Just so you know.. my boy has always had 150-168 heartbeat, and the wives tale says its a girl's.. but there's a penis in there that says otherwise :thumbup:

Ouch Tracy, herniated disks are the pits!! No wonder you've been in pain. What are they going to do to fix it? PT or surgery? I spent today tracking Wii's & WiiFits to buy for my granny & uncle. I finally got them both, at their normal cost! Went to O'Charleys for lunch.. had a ceasar salad and cedar planked salmon.. num num. Going to make roast tonight with the pepperoncini. 40oz water so far. No goodies!!

Well, having been on both sides of the coin-- horrible horrible pain... as well as superb orgasms.. I can see the draw as well as the fear, but like I said.. it has to be done right. I think anyone can enjoy it if it's done right.. not that I'm an advocate, I don't really care if anyone does anal or not.. but just to enlighten!

Yes, get happy pills if you can muster the courage to ask for them (I can't!!).

If God wanted my vajaja to smell like flowers, it would have come that way!

Haydee.. if it's not on my registry, I either have it (like stroller, car seat, bouncer, etc.. my mom bought me those kind of things for xmas).. or I don't realize I need it (something about bottles, not really sure what I need... or items I don't know what age to get them). Things like clothes, toys, etc.. I didn't really want to add them to the registry because I'd rather people pick out stuff.. I don't know what I want! I'm not seeing spots, I think Michelle was saying, kids being sick is something I can look forward to. Speaking of which, Gracie barfed some food and had HORRENDOUS gas last night.. I swear, I will stick my hand up her butt myself before I spend another $350 to get her cleaned out I've been wii-hunting this morning, finally found 2 at Walmart, not at the same time though. My uncle & granny bother want one & wii-fit. We played my parents' last night and everyone enjoyed it. My granny went to the doc today, they want to put her on insulin (this is the side of the family where, her mom was 600lbs and bedridden, etc and died at age 35 from diabetes). She is really good about buckling down when they tell her that, she loses weight, then slacks off.. sounds familiar!! So she asked him to give her 3 months to get it under control.. she wants a wiifit to help keep her exercising!

About to go to bed, but had to say... from my days of Atkins, I have found any recipe that calls for milk or whipping cream/heavy cream... fat free half & half works perfect, can't tell the difference. When I make hot cocoa I normally use 1/2 the H&H and 1/2 Water. Uhmm.. going to bed now, I'll post more tomorrow..