Daisalana

Choking things down is part of too tight, guess you're in my boat and need the slight unfill. I didn't get the pregnancy heartburn till 3-4 months in, but if you're choking things down I'd relate that to the band.

Don't get an unfill unless/until you need it! I got one because I was super tight in the beginning, and I've gained the most out of all the preggo banders that have reported.. oof. I can't wait to get it filled back up--they only took .5cc out too. And Congrats!

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ROFL Mom sent me this... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nn9dd6FfE8]YouTube - Smarty Pants dance[/ame]

My mom had tooth "surgery" on Tuesday.. they gave her a crap load of pills to take to sedate her, then they did a root canal, cap, and pulled a tooth. She hasn't been to the dentist since I was a kid, had 2 broken teeth and finally decided she had to get it fixed (she couldn't eat anymore). She was sooo scared, on Monday evening she was freaking out, I kept telling her it's fine, etc. Tuesday came and she was afraid the drugs wouldn't knock her out enough, she was babbling and non-coherent. My dad had to carry her.. then someone had to babysit her all day at home, so at 3 I went over and took care of her. She slept most of the time, but woke up twice asking for food.. Anyway, it was entertaining. I don't think I've ever seen her so doped up, even coming out of a real surgery she was more coherent than she was on Tuesday!! Oh, my point is though it was not as scary as she thought it was going to be. I made spaghetti squash last night. I finally tried it! I have to say, I was impressed. Russell liked it too. I made it with a creamy pesto sauce topped with parmesian. I think it would have been better with a normal alfredo sauce and adding some veggies in it (most recipes say to put veggies in it, but I hurt my hip so I spend as little time in the kitchen as I can). I had asked Russ to get it out of the fridge for me since it was in a bottom drawer, and he dropped it.. so it split in half the short way, so it ended up being more work to scrape it out when it was done cooking, and ended up being shorter pieces.. but still yummy. Oh yeah, my hip is hurt! It's getting worse every day, feels like a pulled muscle or a rock is wedged in my spine. Sitting is a dull ache, but walking causing sharp pains. WEEE. It never ends for me, I'm always broken. I guess the good news is, laying down makes it go away completely do it doesn't hurt to sleep, and sitting down is a bearable pain. It's just when I have to run around work or do things around the house that it hurts. Carson says thank you Auntie Pam!!! That was too cute, I love the little turtle & the tie-dye!

I wasn't happy right away either.. I was so shocked/scared for a while.. I honestly don't think the excitement and happiness hit me until 20 week ultrasound (when I could watch him move, and know it's a HIM) and some reason I felt like I wasn't going to lose him. I went straight from shock/scared to worried about miscarriage and getting attached. Then around 20 weeks that faded to the background behind the excitement. Now I can't wait!!!

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Not a band relation, but I read popcorn can cause it (the seeds). It's just when a pocket forms in your bowels, and stuff gets clogged in there. My husband had it last year, the docs just had him drink magnesium citrate, clear out the bowels, and he was better the next day.

Ok my disclosure is, I did eat these when I was on Atkins.. so I only know of its 'impact' on Atkins if you want to eat them. As for calories, since I am on a reduced calorie diet-- I stay away, calories are calories. But apparently carbs are not created equal! My husband is doing Atkins now and eats these as well. Anyway.. I don't know what sugar alcohols actually means (besides it can act as a laxative if consumed in large quantities), but if you're counting carbs, you get to subtract Fiber and Sugar Alcohols from the carb count. So, on Atkins these candies work out. They never affected mine (or my husband's currently) weight loss on Atkins. The nitty gritty which I don't quite understand is that they don't trigger your sugar levels to change (diabetic info inserted here--that I don't know), so it doesn't impact you like a normal carbohydrate would.

For the Gruene trip I was going to drive (since I hate hate hate flying), but it was SO long, and it would take 2 additional days to drive (which I couldn't take off), and for such a short trip :/ Russ sent me this, got a kick out of it....

That was right after the test started (#2 is the control tester). Then after 10 minutes, #3 & #4 were dust mites, #5 was cat.

Yah, baptist and not giving up anything either Pam the test kinda hurt, it's like a cat scratch 42x. Actually, reminded me of getting a tattoo (which I compare to cat scratch too). But they don't ever hit the same spot twice, so not nearly as annoying as tattoos. I was just fascinated with the test, so it wasn't bad at all. The 'worst' of it, was after 20 seconds when I WAS having a reaction (to the tester, which starts pretty instantly--to make sure you're not on antihistamines) it was itchy and then the other 3 spots that flared up eventually were itching and I had to sit there 15m.. I ended up texting to pass the time. I recommend bringing something to distract you during that. Of course, by time I post this you're probably back from it-- the forum has been down all morning!! I want to see a pic of the hair Haydee! I'm on the fence, I love your hair, but I also think people with curly hair who straighten it end up with the most beautiful straight hair (so full and fluffy and the ends curl under). I have serious hair envy of curly hair.

My doc has me on Prenate DHA.. It's a big horse capsule, so early on I tried some chewables (yuck), and I had a sample pack of the Prenate DHA, so I tried the horse capsule.. didn't get stuck, and to date has not gotten stuck..so that's what I use.

I did my skin allergy test today!! That is fun Pam hehe. I've never done it before. They wrote 42 numbers on my arms then stuck me 42 times with random crap. So 4,5,6 turned into welts 4 and 5 were dust mites--ok, I can work with that.. 6? CATS!! Nooooo. So they said I gotta lock my cats out of the bedroom. They said it's possible this will go away once pregnancy is over.. oh please oh please, my poor cats.. and poor us, they are going to CRY like crazy. Then I had a slight allergic reaction to rye grass, which is apparently in the air--though I've not heard of it. Nose is itching & burning as I write this.. they also gave me a Rx for some nasal steroid spray that is safe during pregnancy and a chewable anti-histamine Rx-she said is like Benadryl minus the sleepiness. So she gave me enough to take these during pregnancy and we go from there. As for the dust mites (I already self diagnosed this and tried some 'remedies') gotta vacuum and clean the bedroom real well, vaccuum the mattress, wipe the walls, blah blah. Get mattress and pillow covers. Will be a bit of work, but hopefully can contain this so I can sleep through the night for a change. Haydee, I'm not a doc (DUH) and they're all different, but from experience, if I can eat bread--I'll eat too much!! Right now, I'm eating too much, gaining weight, and my restriction isn't completely gone--I still get stuck and have issues occasionally.. but I know for a fact I can eat too much--and I will. That's why I got the band! That's why you got the band!! Knowing what I know, I know .5cc more is perfect for me.. No bread, no over eating. I would find another doc (again, like I said only going off knowing what I know with my personal fills) that will give you a little bit more fill. Sounds like you're at a place that is the difference between me now (where you are now) and me when I had my sweet spot restriction (pre-pregnancy and better be post-pregnancy). Going to go play in the nursery, got some presents from people to unwrap!

Have you gotten a fill lately Haydee? Remember when we went to the bread place you were able to eat half a sandwhich, where (and I think I had a great fill back when.. ah I miss it!!) I could not eat bread for nothing. When my fill is good, I can only eat 1/4-1/2c of food at once... besides slider foods (chocolate, chips, ice creams, etc.) but if I don't keep them in the house I'm good.

Anemic just means you have low iron, which can be fixed by eating more dark green leafs (spinach), and meat.. and/or taking iron supplements (which can be found at any drugstore). I've never heard of it causing leukemia though, and never thought it was serious. I thought we'd all been anemic at some point, kind of hand-in-hand with being female (due to periods). I was taking iron supplements at one point.

My g'parents were granny and grandma. Mabubbles is sticking LOL.. we called her Mabubbles all last night being funny, but now it's starting to stick. She said "Whatever, I don't care.. just don't call me Tissue" and she kept trying to tell me I pronounce Granbee wrong, which is why I don't like it.. but I said if it's that hard to pronounce it's not a good name. I can't explain why I don't like it. I liked Noonie, but my dad said that sounds like a vajaja. He wants to be called Pawpaw.. Can't wait to go to the allergist today.. yay. It's funny I am so excited, but my obgyn said if it's some allergies, they can't 'treat' it with shots, etc. till post-pregnancy anyway.. not sure why I'm excited--maybe just to have someone validate it and say I'm not crazy. And when I look in my nose it's a million little blisters, so maybe we can go from there. We are literally going from 20 degrees to 70 degrees in a day, back and forth. Thus the bad weather in between (at night while it transitions). Wearing a big fur coat one day, and flip flops the next. FUN! Jenn, I have been in the preliminary organization of a customer trip to NYC again this year (probably in like September, before it gets too cold), are you close enough to NYC to pop in for dinner or something? :w00t:

What a great update, you're discovering yourself.. in ways you wouldn't have if you were still with the ex )

I had to search for this thread, anyone come up with more recipes? I don't do low carb, but husband started Atkins a couple weeks ago (and he looooves pasta), and I'm tired of the traditional low-carb dinners I've been having to make (esp. since I'm not doing low carb). I bought a spaghetti squash for the first time, dun dun dun. And for people not able to find it, I thought I wasn't finding it either, but it ends up they didn't have it where all the other squash and veggies were (in the refrigerator stuff).. it was out near the fruits at Publix here, so I found it after I gave up. Anyway, going to make it tonight, going to try the spaghetti fake out-- but if we end up liking it, would like more recipes!! ) Oh one more thing (I know this is a bit late in the game), they have EVOO cooking spray now, which is 0 calorie. It's like the PAM butter sprays and stuff, but it's EVOO.

I've seen pics of you Judy, you're a skinny minny!! And I saw you last year, and you were skinny then, so don't even go there ;P My mom doesn't want a 'granny' kind of title.. I have a niece, but she's not really in our lives (in NJ with her mom), but my mom adopted 'Granbee' for her.. I always thought that was a stupid name, and it doesn't 'flow'. Bee is what we call her, so it's gran-bee.. whatever.. So anyway, we keep talking about it, can't think of anything we all like.. so I found a website today, a bunch of names for g'ma.. I didn't read through it all, but I copied Russ on it too. He wrote back.. He picked out his top 5, starting with "Mabubbles" lololol. So at the end of his e-mail he says "What do you think Mabubbles?" LOL. The other 4 he picked out were Goober, Tissue, Sugamomma, and Toto. hah.

Congratulations! If I hadn't been so tight in the beginning, I wouldn't have had the unfill. I have gained quite a bit during pregnancy (boo), but I plan to tighten up and lose it when I've had the baby. I only had a small unfill too, so I can't imagine being completely unfilled how much I would have been gaining. My doc is so far away and it would be my luck I go get it filled back (now that the original super tightness is gone), and I'd get too tight again at some point and have to go back & forth more toward the end.. so I'm just riding it out.

This is a travel system (with pumpkin seat). the seat in the pic is on the carseat base, so it's a little less bulky than that.

You're going to eventually hit a point when 'rolling onto your tummy' is going to hurt quite a bit, and you won't do it. I still slept kind of side ways kind of belly (half and half, with one leg stretched out in front of me) for a while, now if I even try to roll on my tummy to flip positions (instead of rolling on my back) it hurts in different places.. pulls my lower abdomen muscles (and starts the round ligament pains), feels like someone is punching me in the gut, etc.. If it's not uncomfortable, don't worry about it yet. All the 'books' say it's best to sleep on your left side, but if you find you wake up on your belly or right side, it's not the end of the world, don't panic.. just roll back onto your left side. Pumpkin seat is what we call infant seats. I got a graco travel system, the seat only weighs 5lbs, snaps into the stroller, and snaps into the seat base in the car.. so you can move it with you. If baby is sleeping, don't have to wake them up to move them to something else.. it also fits onto the soothing center for the house I have, which was an unexpected surprise.

Baby feeeeever. I just found out my cousin is pregnant. She's the only one old enough to have kids besides me.. she went to Florida with us this year for Xmas with my g'parents, I guess all the baby stuff my g'ma got me got to her What does that make them? Distant cousins??

Oh yeah, no one knows I'm pregnant unless I tell them. Our bowling league, it's the same people we've bowled with for years every season. When I had surgery and was losing weight, everyone was commenting on it. So occasionally they'll ask me how the band is doing, and I say oh it's been great but now I'm gaining it back with being pregnant! They are shocked, so I guess people just think I'm getting fat again. Mine does look like a tire, more than a baby, which I thought was odd (and discouraging). I also noticed last night (when taking a bath--the nurse said I am allowed to woohoo), my thighs are gaining weight.. which is very odd, since my legs are always the LAST thing to gain weight. But I can definitely tell my thighs are getting big and I closed in the gap that I had between them when I would sit with my knees together