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And I just spit up a piece of corndog I had at 6pm yesterday. You'd think I'd have felt that bouncing around in there..

Russ took Gracie to the vet, OMG. Another $300. So $600 in less than a week in her vet bills, and Russ didn't give me any definite answer of what's going on, he said they told him if she doesn't poop again, she's going to have to be hospitalized. Argh. He said "they said something about pancreas" and gave him antibiotics and anti-nausea meds.. and said we need to give her 1/4th of a pepcid.

My left side of my pelvis is tilted up & forward. I had undiagnosed scoliosis, so my pelvis is twisted, and the bottom of my spine starts out as the bottom of an S.

I tried the roll & fried rice....... I want more salad!!!! :thumbs_up::willy_nilly::thumbup:

That does sound weird Kat, and just the other day I was talking to Russ about something and I told him how it's inappropriate for a grown man to call his mom 'mommy'. I don't remember what brought it up, but I think that's CREEPY!! I think Rick should swing by too :thumbs_up: So is he bigger, because he was overdue?? Went to this Japanese place that opened up down the road--Russ can't eat there, so took the opportunity to get some to go. They have the best ever (i've said this a lot lately but really) salad, with the ginger dressing. Mmmmmmm. I could eat this all day every day. I also got a crunchy shrimp roll & some fried rice. Haven't even looked at those yet, enjoying this salad. May have to get a salad to go every day at lunch now.

Heather, I had crippling lower back pain early pregnancy. I felt ridiculous, I had to see 2 doctors and a physical therapist and I'm going "yeah I'm only 8-12 weeks pregnant" and I couldn't hardly move. They put me on pain meds for a few weeks & bed rest.. it did absolutely nothing for me.. They said it's because my pelvis is twisted so when the baby hormones loosened my ligaments, my pelvis became unstable. I ordered a pelvic belt, which did relieve the pain a little bit but it was temporary relief. What fixed it was 2 exercises the PT gave me. I was in this pain for over a month, and when I saw PT, I felt better within 3 days doing the exercises.. and it has not come back. I have felt it 'coming' back and I do the exercises and it stops it in its tracks. It depends on why you're having the pain of course, so I'd recommend seeing a PT (My GP and OBgyn were pretty much unable to help). He made me go buy a small rubber ball from the kid's section at wal-mart.. and then lay on my back on the floor, with my legs on the wall, bent, like I were sitting on a chair.. put the ball between the knees, and then inhale through nose, exhale through mouth (he said something about diaphragm exercises help the back muscles).. and for the breathing, every inhale--clench the ball between your knees and hold it for 5 seconds.. then exhale and relax the ball. Repeat for 5 sets. The other exercise was more specific to my twisted pelvis, same position but with 'inhale', roll the ball back with my leg, pushing my left leg back into my pelvis slowly-holding it, exhale, inhale and pull it back more, etc. for 5 sets. Again, that was specific to my ailment, but the PT cured me, I'm a believer in them now.. Oh the PT I saw by the way, specializes in pregnancy related problems.. he explained why I was hurting, and he told me by 20 weeks it should stop hurting, because the baby will be big enough to essentially 'stabalize' my pelvis. But the exercises helped me within 3 days and I guess I was around 14 weeks by time I got fixed. He said a lot of women have pains into the 3rd trimester that would be a different pain (knock on wood!!) I have had no other pains.

Ohh Terry that WAS fun!!! I miss it :thumbs_up: :thumbup: I can't wait till June.. or April for that matter hehe. Russell was breathing on me last night, I kept wanting to tell him to roll over, but I felt bad because he was being like a kid.. kept moaning and whining and asking me to fix it, and grabbing my arm and whining some more. I got him gatorade & chili, he was able to keep it down last night, but he woke up throughout the night sick and this morning he is still sick. So is Gracie!! It's like clockwork, every morning at 8am she throws up twice. Gah. Luckily, I am up by then and she starts heaving next to my head, so I hold her over the trashcan and she has been puking in there (cute huh?). I am getting her anti-nausea meds today too. I had a funny dream last night, I was in a grocery store, buying groceries I needed. Then I got to the cupcake counter, and I had to have a cupcake--they were $.59 each. Then I realized I lost my buggy--with my purse! So I'm half-heartedly running around trying to find it, but meanwhile picking up change off the ground.. so I can at least get a cupcake if I never find my purse again. Finally found the purse, an old lady had it.. and she wouldn't give it back, I ended up chasing her outside and she turned to dust in the sun.. Mmmhm. Never did get my cupcake, I think the old woman turning to dust woke me up.

Listening to Russell barfing... and laying in bed with the laptop, oh and watching Bad Girls Club (not as bad as New York's show, but entertaining when nothing else is on). Hope Russ feels better soon, not often you are barfing sick for a full day :thumbup: Good night V's!!!

I've thought she was an idiot since the first time I realized who she was.. Oh but that book a Million Tiny Pieces (or whatever) wasn't her book, it was just a book that a supposed recovering addict wrote, as a non-fiction biography..so she had him on her show and glorified him, then it came out this guy wrote it fictionally.. and she looked bad, but the actual book had nothing to do with her, and she didn't write the book.. the guy fooled everybody. A friend from LBT told me about the book, I bought it and started reading it (fiction or not, didn't matter much to me), but it was a slow start and I never finished it.

I bet this becomes a non-event once you're holding him in your arms :thumbup: Kind of like the pre-op diet, really sucked and time drug on when you're on it.. but a year out from surgery it's such a non-event in the scheme of things.

Piehole report.. -Sugar free kool aid (still on my first bottle, so now I know if it's not water, I won't drink it as much.. no more kool aid) -3 taquitos w/guacamole & cheese dip for lunch (they were yummy) - chips & salsa Ooo carson just kicked me, he must be reliving how yummy it was too. Tonight is bowling night, normally we go to Cracker Barrel but with Russ & my dad not there, I'll be eating at the bowling alley.. its all fried crap, probably get corn pups & tater tots.

Russ called and said he decided not to go to the doc. UGH. He said his headache went away (didn't know he had one) and he is still vomiting. I gave him my anti-nausea meds this morning, he said they aren't helping. Read this today and I liked it, thought I'd share..

Step away from the chocolate Kat!!! It sucks how this has come about, but the bottom line is you now have a new grandson!!!! You'll get to see him soon Went to lunch with a coworker, Russ called and said "Is it bad if I vomit blood?" YES! So I told him to go to the medical places down the road. Waiting to hear an update, although those places take forever so it could be hours..

I'm hungry too, and since Russ is home sick I'm fantasizing about where I can go (we never agree on places, so there's my favorite restaurants that I never get to go to). Slacking on my water this morning, been running around too much. I filled up my water bottle with sugar-free grape koolaid today. Mmm.

Any of you know if Best Buy takes things back without a receipt? his gma got us a digital picture frame, but it's one that doesn't work unless you sign up for a $10 a month photo hosting program (scam!!!). Don't want to hurt her feelings and ask for the receipt, but it's a $150 frame that we're not gonna use.. I made the best.. BEST alfredo sauce I've ever had in my life last night. I made tortellini w/meatballs, and made alfredo sauce.. my parmesian had molded, so I used a 6-cheese italian blend instead, and it was ...so...good. I just picked out the meatballs and dipped it in the sauce. Also put peas in it (I sneak peas into any pasta dish I make so we have veggies, and Russ won't eat peas unless I cover it in something else). One of my lights at work, due to the flooding we've been having is leaking water.. so I keep hearing it drip drip buzz.. waiting for it to explode or something.

Wooohooo Kat & Jenn!! I woke up to Russell moaning for my nausea meds.. then I get them, come back and Gracie starts gagging and pukes at the end of the bed. ARGH. She's still sick after $300. Not... happy.

Not sure if I had any head issues, I was born a fat baby, and since I can remember I just love food. It tastes good, I like it in my mouth, etc. I think that's why the band is good for me, when I'm at a good restriction, eating becomes a chore and I lose the enjoyment from it, so I eat less. But back to my current (not so restricted) reality, we went to Quiznos for lunch.. I had a bistro melt "Sammie" which is a small flatbread sandwhich.. was alright, wish I'd gotten different filling.. was real beefy and spicy. Also ate vinegar & sea salt chips, and 1/2 red gatorade. We had layoffs here yesterday morning, one of the girls laid off screwed up our sample room (one reason I think she got the axe) but I didn't realize just how screwed up it was until today. I spent 30 minutes trying to find a sample of one of our dies--with no luck. I finally gave up, it's such a headache in there. I asked the girl who use to have that job (somewhat jokingly) if she plans to fix it.. she said she did, eventually. YAY!

I think my fills will be $250 when I have to start paying for them. I have 2 more free fills.. holding off till Carson is here, getting the .5cc put back in and hopefully that will tide me over till I get into onederland!! People at work are always bringing cakes & cookies, today someone brought in a big mix of cut up fruit. MMMM. I had a strawberry, some grapes and a piece of cantelope.. and I brought a banana from home for b'fast. I woke up early today so I did make a hot chocolate while I got ready for work, but I used my lower calorie one (doesn't taste as good). They're both Nestle, one is Rich Chocolate and one is Chocolate Meltdown.. meltdown has almost double the calories some reason, but it tastes num num. I ended up gorging last night, I do it every night, when I go to bed suddenly I want all kinds of crap and the band lets it through. I had 2 thin pork chops & cabbage for dinner, then an hour later in bed I had a bowl of Cap'N'Crunch and then 30 minutes later I had a PB&J sandwhich. I was wanting more, so I made myself go to sleep!! I need to get my late night eating under control, but it's so overwhelming :wub: Carson is kicking higher, he's normally always kicking right below my belly button, and yesterday he was kicking my upper right side, just below my ribs. Guess he got flipped upside down! I miss my energy pills, I notice what a difference they made.. didn't care about eating much, was always on the go, and the days passed so quickly. Now I'm dragging and the days take forever. Good job ladies on the pouch test so far!! Jenn- As for your new beau, I can kind of relate, I don't like a guy that is too maliable (trying to think of the best way to say it). I don't want a push over, or someone who drops everything for me. I guess that's what is suppose to be good, but anytime I've had that I get really bored with them. On the flip side, I would not stand for a guy like Kev either!! I think there's a happy medium, and you sound like me.. won't be happy with the guy who will smother you. Definitely tell him to back off in a nice way, and see how he reacts. If he says ok, but can't back off.. I'd move along.

"Natural" means different things to different people-- I have come to find out recently. Over the holidays a few relatives asked me about if I planned to do "Natural"--which I understood to mean vaginal vs. c-section. But they meant it as.. minimal medical intervention (no epidural, etc.). Something I learned over the holiday break, now when someone asks if I plan to have natural, I say.. I plan to be doped up, because maybe they don't really care to know if I'm having him via my vagina! Christina, I emailed you!

Oh, did I tell ya'll Russell got me the Wii & Wii Fit for Christmas? It's back ordered for eternity probably, I hate holiday crunch items like that.. I normally avoid them, but he heard me talking about the Wii Fit for a while and decided to get that.. I wish it'd come in sometime soon, but he cancelled the original order and waiting for anyone to have one come in stock.. Anyway, I read this website that has funny customer interactions from the employees.. saw this one today and laughed..

Aw :thumbup: I had a chocolate turtle, but PBed it.. so it doesn't count, right? Carbs can't hang onto my tonsils, I don't have none!! :wink_smile:

OMG JUDY :wink_smile: :thumbup:

My mom said that's how she knew she was pregnant with all 3 of us, she had horrible morning sickness...

We had Chili's today mmm my tilapia <3 Today I've had.. Bottle of sugar water gunk 2 bottles of water 1 cup of low-fat chocolate milk Tilapia w/corn on the cob and 5 of Russ' french fries Chips & queso

Glad to hear the good update Newlife!!! Without bleeding, I tried to stay unattached for a long time, just worried 'something' would happen. Finally gotten over that, I guess when I did the 20w ultrasound and saw him and he was moving and doing things babies do (wiping his face, kicking, etc.) it finally seemed real. Since then I've cleaned out the nursery, and made plans to go look at furniture, I'm ready to get it all set up!! My new years.. I was in bed & asleep by 9pm. I'm a fuddy duddy like that.