I don’t think I was fully able to be excited til this weekend when the vomiting finally ended. And I’m week 12. So let yourself feel crummy rn and there’s still lots of time to be excited 
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I had plans to slowly start getting Mo ready for a baby through various concrete actions but mostly she’s just getting “mommy can’t carry you as much because she feels like garbage” 
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Ravioli started saying “bye bye Mama” to me on the couch, because I wasn’t able to feed him dinner for weeks (could not smell chicken nuggets or I’d yak). The couch is like 10 feet from the dining table
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I am just barely holding it together while making Mo’s favorite breakfast (which is a bean based scrambled eggs replacement) and we might have to take a break from that food during the nausea peak 
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The nausea is so hard! I hope it passes for you soon. What are you most looking forward to?
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GM might have to be in charge of food prep for a minute
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I’ve heard they basically come with different personalities straight out of the box and I’m super curious to see another little person’s individuality develop from day 1.
Also hoping being better prepared for postpartum I can maybe enjoy the baby phase like at all?
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Also hopefully your birth will be easier this time. 
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Yeah I have basically two opposite approaches. If I qualify I will do unmedicated and supervised by midwives and go into labor naturally. If I have risk factors where that’s not an option I’m going to plan a c section. I have no desire for another medical induction.
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This was my plan. I didn’t go into labor naturally, and made it to my scheduled C-section deadline. The recovery was frankly an absolute fucking dream. Nothing at all like my first birth. Sending you equivalent positive energy.
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Oh no
The horny dreams have started
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I laughed lol
Mine have been weird but not horny
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Mine get vivid first and then SEXY
It’s quite disorienting.
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Ok I think maybe I’m at the very beginning of getting excited
Which now means it is possible for me to be anxious about something going wrong.
Next appointment is on Friday and I don’t wanna waaaait.
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OK this finally came up in our group chat organically and we talked about it and I feel better. One of PBFF2’s sisters is pregnant and experiencing similar comparison feels. BFF1 called it a “boundary” when I asked for no “postpartum body progress pics” and I had never thought about it that way, but she’s right, it is a boundary that I need to protect my mental wellbeing. And my friends love me and accept my boundaries. Made me feel better about the request, instead of feeling whiny or like I’m deficient in self-acceptance or whatever I typically feel
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I’m glad you all could talk about it 
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I am the pukiest
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Would anyone mind directing me to your favourite resources for gestational diabetes? A friend has been diagnosed with it for the first time on her second pregnancy and is struggling with her lunchtime/ post lunch fasting numbers.
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Well, noticed tonight that the protein drink I’ve been consuming instead of dinner not only has random mushroom powder (fine whatever) in it, it also has Ashwaganda extract. So now I’m freaked out and messaging my OB. I feel very dumb for not reading the label but also I swear I’ve had these in the past and not seen that ingredient, so maybe they reformulated?? It’s not a lot but damn, it would suck to find something else, it has the best sugar to protein ratio at the co-op and I can drink it even when nauseous
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Gestational diabetes resources
- Setting aside 20-30 minutes after toddler left the house to do lunch & snack prep for the rest of my day was clutch.
- https://www.instagram.com/gestationaldiabetes_dietitian/ was a good Instagram account to follow. Lots of visual recipes and food ideas.
- Above all, the visual where half the plate is veggies, 1/4 is protein, and 1/4 is starches was a convenient fallback. Eating the veggies/fiber first was really helpful for me — it sort of lines the gut and slows/stabilizes absorption.
- I ended up getting a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) because I was curious, and it was also convenient not to do the pinpricks all the time. It’s expensive and not necessary, but can be a good option if you really hate finger pricks or like to nerd out on data. In the US they are prescription-only but several companies have sprung up to write remote prescriptions.
- A couple more articles: Eating out guide, Facing GD as a Food Lover
- Everyone’s body reacts differently to different types of carbs, so there is some trial and error involved. I remember being super overwhelmed for 2-3 weeks but then the habits got ingrained. Good luck to your friend!
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