Letting it Out
I'm 9 weeks pregnant and terrified! |
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| Congrats!!!!! |
| congrats!!!!!!!!! youll be fine!
easy for me to say! |
Congratulations, try and relax and enjoy  |
| Oh Stacy!!! See! I didn't tell!!!! I kept the secret. Now here is a little secret for you......we are all terrified when we are pregnant with the first one!! But we're all here to help you through. And when the baby is born, you won't believe how much love you feel!! Mazel Tov!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Stacy that is so exciting! Congratulations! |
| Hi Stacy,
Can't help smiling at your wonderful news! Congrats and best wishes to the entire family. Yup, natural to be nervous but as time goes on you'll experience the worlds best feelings and that will far surpass any of the nervousness you felt. Good luck and keep us posted! Marianne |
CONGRATULATIONS....Can't wait for updates and pictures...and yes, Stacie...we were ALL petrified with our first.....and second....and third..... :wink: 
We'll all be here for you!!!! I know you'll do GREAT!!!!!!! |
Woo hoo! Another oes.org baby! 
What is in the threads here? CONGRATS!!! |
| Yea Ron! What are you up to? There are an awful lot of pregnancies here! Hmmmmmmm?  |
Congrats, Stacy and Steve! What wonderful news!!  |
| Congratulations!
But having never had any, I can not offer advice. Realize you have plenty of mothers here who will guide you through this. Of course you have to supply regular baby bump pictures! |
| Congrats Stacy and Steve.
I was nervous the 1st time. The 2nd time was more like "what?? why did I do this AGAIN?" |
| Thanks, Everyone! Who else is pregnant on the forum? |
| Well it sure isn't me.
Congratulations Steve and Stacy! You will be great parents! |
BatonRougeSheepies wrote: Well it sure isn't me.
Congratulations Steve and Stacy! You will be great parents! Stacy, you will be great parents. You can tell by the wonderful care you take of your pups. You have a heart full of love, a head full of smarts and arms (that will be) filled with hugs! |
| CONGRATULATIONS STACY AND STEVE, WOO HOO a little bundle of joy on the way. You will be wonderfull parents, don't worry about things just enjoy the journey
Look forward to hearing updates and of course when the little munchin is born. 
No not pregnant even though this forum seems to have lots falling pregnant, especially this year that has nearly gone, 2008 will be the year OES.org had a baby boom with lots of new moms and preggie ones too.  Been there done that and YAY kids are grown 
Again WOO HOO Congratulations  |
| Congratulations.....you are embarking on the greatest part of life! Just spent the most wonderful Christmas Eve and day with my 8 month old grandaughter....she made it so special and wonderful. All adults just sat around watching her and taking pictures....she really brought back that "joy" that made Christmas so special! It's magical watching a baby develop and discover the world. You have so much to look forward to...enjoy the ride! |
| Wow!! Congrats!
At least owning sheepdogs is good practice for rearing babies! |
| congrats |
| I feel like an auntie already! Steve and Stacy, I'm very happy for you, and don't be scared! Plenty of people here with experience to guide you on your latest journey.... |
| Wait until you feel that little one move for the first time...and it will take a lot longer than you think. It is the most wonderful thing. It scares us all the first time...but you will be a great mom. Think how wonderful it will be for your child to grow up with sheepies in the house. You will be bringing up another OES.org addict.
To echo Debcram...Mazel-Tov!!!! |
Stacy wrote: ......I'm 9 weeks pregnant and terrified!
Congrats! Don't be terrified, enjoy every minute. There's always bad things that can happen, but don't fret over anything unless you find yourself having to deal with a bad situatioin. Let me ease your mind on one thing that was a concern of mine towards the end of my pregnancy. I understood the concept of the labor pains, etc.. but how would I know 'when to push'? Their answer, "Oh, you'll know!" I wanted more info than that, but that's all I got from those I asked. Afterwards I understood what they meant, but I have a more detailed way tp discribe it. It's like the urge you get when you have to poop. It get stronger and stronger until it forces you to push it out. But, thankfully in your case, you'll be delivering a bundle of 'love' instead of a .....   |
I'm glad I didn't have to keep your secret for too long.  j/k
It's normal to be terrified. All of us that have been there understand. Trust me though.... I got the best sleep in those first two trimesters. Some hormone, which they haven't seemed to identify yet (typical) seems to help people with Fibromyalgia. I even had more energy  or should I rephrase that to... I had some energy. Which was nice.
Enjoy the sleep while you can! |
congratulations!!!  think of your pregnancy as an adventure (excitement, fear, joy,worry and excitement!).......a true blessing! |
| Aw... how sweet. Congrats to you! My sister is pregnant with her first one too. I get to find out this coming week whether it is a boy or girl. They are so excited. It will be my third niece/nephew? Have fun with the baby journey!!!!! |
| CONGRATULATIONS!!!! WHAT A CHRISTMAS PRESSIE FOR YOU!!!
i'm here with you, i'm 13 weeks, i have a 3 year old too so no extra sleep for me lol but get some while you can you'll feel better in a few weeks i'm starting to feel better now. i was not that scared with my first one but this one i'm scared so we can be scared together!!! you will be perfectly fine. it will be quite a few more weeks before yourS wiggles so you can feel it i was about 18 weeks with isaac and i know you can feel it earlier the more you have but i was not prepared for it to happen while i was driving down the interstate at 70 mph with a car full of christmas gifts. hubby as in his truck behind with isaac and einy ( we where on the way back from his parents) got home hubby says you when all over the place for a moment back there i said i know it wiggles, i was so pleased. will we get belly shots from you ? not sure if you will get them from me at least not skin ones ( i've got stretch maRKs from my giant first baby) CONGRATS ONCE AGAIN!!! ( my scan pics are in my photos fi you wantto knowwhat 12 weeks ones look like) zoe and einy |
| Hooray! That is great news! Keep us updated |
| YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was waiting for this announcement and knew it would be soon!!!
I'm also glad you are because you are setting the path for more babydust ....which means more preggers. Things don't go solo here when it comes to puppies and babies on this board.
Post lots of belly pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Woohoo!
I'm glad you spilled the beans about your bean! And try not to be terrified. Being pregnant is so hard, especially the first time because everything you are going through is new, so it's hard to worry if what you're feeling is normal. I eventually gave up. If I had a pain (not a major pain, but more like an ache) or a twinge or something, I figured it was just normal and a new phase of being pregnant. You'll do fine, and just try to enjoy it. I was not a fan of being pregnant, but the end result was definitely worth it! |
| Thank you again for all you well wishes and empathy!
I have been very nauseous, but I haven't become literally ill. The doc did give me some of the anti-nausea med which I've taken several times. I have absolutely no energy at all and the only food I want to eat is pizza. I feel a bit like I have cold/flu and this is also what fibromyalgia felt like for several years. So maybe the fibro has prepared me for this. I figure there are a few contributing factors to my symptoms though: (1) baby is sucking the life out of me already, (2) the weather in Chicago sucks, and (3) I'm decreasing the meds I've been taking for pain/sleep. I knew the transition wouldn't be easy and I have absolutely no delusions about pregnancy and motherhood. I figure that if I'm already pessimistic, it can only get better. This is the same way I felt about being married and I have been pleasantly surprised at my joyful realistic marriage. I did get mildly excited last week during my ultrasound where I heard the baby's heart beat. It made the situation more real. We have told both sides of the family; however, there are many friends that still need to be informed. Another additional factor to give me stress...I'm changing jobs yet again. The last position I've been in during the last year was as a contractor and the organizational and management drastically changed over the year due to company mergers. This in itself was a stressful situation and I stuck it out as best I could A permanent oppotunity arose at a smaller, private company, closer to home again (4 miles). They know I'm pregnant and have been generous with my paid time off allowance as I won't qualify for FMLA (must be at a company for a year). I hope I made the right decision and I'm just concerned that I will need to prove myself before I go on leave all while not exactly feeling so great. In a perfect world, I wouldn't need to work, but that won't happen unless we start winning the lottery or move to the middle of nowhere and Steve takes a small plane to work. We know Foz will be a great big brother. I would love to post a picture of him with a sign around his neck that we gave to family; however, they are copyrighted. I'm bummed that I can't share with everyone on the forum. Annie should be okay until the baby starts to crawl. Then we might become more concerned w/her nipping and protecting. She just doesn't have any tolerance for fast movement or a bite instinct. She already has a place with Grandma if she needs to move out. I'll keep you posted. Not sure about posting belly pictures yet. I look the same right now. A few days last week I looked bloated. |
Congrats, Steve and Stacy; so you'll be what... 7 1/2 or 8 months preggers at this coming Sheepie Palooza, right?  |
| Congrats!
I know it will be a big change BUT...... You will be fine! |
| Congrats Steve & Stacy & Fozzie & Annie!! |
Darth Snuggle wrote: Congrats, Steve and Stacy; so you'll be what... 7 1/2 or 8 months preggers at this coming Sheepie Palooza, right?
Yep, maybe you should come up to SheepieFest in IL in October. Then you can see the baby |
Stacy wrote: Darth Snuggle wrote: Congrats, Steve and Stacy; so you'll be what... 7 1/2 or 8 months preggers at this coming Sheepie Palooza, right? Yep, maybe you should come up to SheepieFest in IL in October. Then you can see the baby Awww...That's so exciting!!!!! |
| Okee dokee! I'm at 11 or 12 weeks..I lose count. Maybe that means I'm still in denial? This whole thing is just so foreign and strange to me.
I asked Steve the other day why it was that when I was anticipating our picking up Fozzie and then for the first 2 years, I was documenting everything about his life. I couldn't wait to tell folks how excited I was, I was scrapbooking everything and posting here constantly. Why do I not feel the same exhilarating butterflies in stomach excitement? That is worrying me. Instead I'm absolutely terrified. Maybe it's because I don't feel that great. I hope I get more excited at some point. Other people seem to be ecstatic for us. I took Mom with me to the doctor last and everything's looking good. Mom cried at the ultrasound and I said to tech, "I hope that's not it's nose". Apparently the arm was up by the nose and it gave the baby the look of Pinocchio. At some point, I'll post the scans. I gained about 5 pounds and feel very bloated and hungry all of the time now. If I stop eating, I start to get nauseous and think about what to eat next. I really just want comfort foods and a lot of pasta and pizza. I'm sleeping terribly w/profuse night sweats but we think this might be attributed to one of the meds I'm still on. I think I need to discuss comng off of it this week as I'm exhausted and having some difficulty functioning at my new job. I don't feel that overwhelming sluggishness that I felt early on though. Anyway, this is a sheepdog forum so...I should get back to what I know best. My boy Foz is the cutest guy in the entire world. He continues make us laugh and smile every day. This is his purpose in life aside from trying to make Annie love him too Twice this weekend I told him to look at my belly and patted it. I said "kissy kissy" and he complied. He's going to be such a good boy that it makes me cry w/delight. My sheepdogs were such a huge part of my life growing up and I'm glad that my child will feel the same |
| Honey, all of these fears are things we all went through. In a couple weeks, you will start feeling really good...honest! The very first part, and the last part make us feel out of sorts. We are all scared...its the unknown. I had a book, can't remember the name, and I"m sure there are many new ones out there, that let me know, week by week, month by month, what to expect. I was amazed that my body knew exactly what to do, cuz I sure didn't!!! I was terrified. I never had that mommy gene as a little girl, and never played with dolls. I was never one of those woman who saw a baby and had to hold it. No thank you. So believe me, I was horrified as to whether I would be a good mom. Everyone said, oh your so good and loving with your pets, you'll be a great mom! And my husband's secretary told me she felt the same way. But she also said (and this is very important, and very true) its different when its YOUR baby. And it was When I see you next week, I'm gonna give you a big hug. I wanna be an adoptive Bubbe of this baby's!!!!! |
| Thanks, Deborah! You put my thoughts right into words! People say that they see how much I love my dogs that I'll be great with my baby. I do like little kids, but the babies are scary. Thank goodness that Steve has experience with 3 younger siblings. Since I'm an only child and the youngest cousin, I have no experience. But I guess Steve didn't have any experience with dogs and now he's a fantastic doggie Dad.
These profuse night sweats are kicking my butt. Anyone else experience this during pregnancy? I'm so tired when I go to sleep and then I'm up every single hour soaking wet. It's really icky. |
| i have night sweats due to menapause...it is super gross!
try to have an extra pair of pajamas near the bed in case you super soak..also an extra pillow that you can swap out....try sleeping with less blankets on too..i find that if im a tad chilly, i dont get the sweats.... |
| Don't worry, Stacy. It's perfectly natural to be scared to death, or not as excited as you think you 'should' be. It's a lot of change happening, physically, and mentally. It's sort of a hard thing to wrap your head around. Especially early on when it's still somewhat abstract of an idea, as well as you not feeling well, AND all those hormones going crazy making things difficult too.
As for being excited about Foz coming, he's a dog, and you'd already had had dogs when he came, plus he wasn't coming out of YOU. So that makes a big difference. I was worried about being a good mom, too, because like Deb, I'm not a baby person and never played with dolls, etc. I'd never changed a diaper until Taylor. But you learn fast! It'll all come together. That's one reason I think there's 10 months of being pg--time for the baby to grow, but also time for mom to get as ready as possible mentally. And about eating...eat whatever you want right now. There's plenty of time the rest of the pregnancy when you're feeling better to eat better. The first trimester I ate a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches and mac and cheese (and I'm a person who basically LIVES off of veggies normally). So if it tastes good, stays down and makes you feel better, go with it. Hopefully you should start feeling better in about 2 weeks or so...and about the night sweats...most likely hormones. Don't think you can do anything about it... |
| The whole time I was pregnant with my son, except the first 2 months, all I wanted to eat was McDonald's hamburgers. Alan and I would be on our way to a lovely restaurant, and he knew if we passed a McDonald's he'd have to go through the drive through! As soon as the baby was delivered, I couldn't care less about McDonalds! |
| you will feel better soon!! trust me
today was the first day i did not need to be sick woohoo. i'm 15 weeks 1 day today so hang in there!!!! i even got my sewing kit out to make some toys today i'm not going to buy any little baby won't be playing with them for a while anyway and i figure if i can make a ball gown and sew a quilt i can make a few baby toys hopefully they will be able to tell me what i'm having at my at my scan on the 23rd if not i will have to wait and see like with my first one!! not that it maters my mum is bring all the bedding i used for isaac over when she visits me the only thing i need to buy is a few clothes and a cot materess ( a friend is lending me all her furnature ) i don't get night sweats but i do get very very hot!!! then cold and then i roll on my back and am like an upturned turtle i think i will have to get one of those pillow things. don't worry what you eat i swear i just at plain things bread and fries and potatoe chips with salt ( thank god for pre natal vitamins) i can final eat what i want now as long as i don't eat to much don't worry about the weight either if you are slim they expect you to put on more weight ( i've acctually lost some but then i have a few extra pound left over from having isaac ) zoe and einy |
| Jumping on the bandwagon a little late...
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! 
Just saw this now...hugs and congrats to you guys!! |
| CONGRATS STACY!!!! |
| Time to do some more altered art! |
| Congratulations Stacy!
With my 23 year old baby home for Christmas I totally missed your post.
I hope you start feeling better both emotionally as well as physically. You are just probably one of those people who doesn't like the unknown and you know sheepdogs and not babies. I've had some experience with both and I am sort of partial to my sheepdogs. |
| Congrats!
Don't worry, you will probably feel much better a little into your second trimester. By the beginning of the third you may be unstoppable. At least that's how it goes for me. I know everyone is telling you to enjoy this time, and that's hard in the beginning. Once you adjust a little more and are feeling a little better it will be great.
Don't be worried that you don't have butterflies about it yet. It's a whole lot more to adjust to than getting a puppy. There's a whole lot going on inside and out right now, give it some time. Good luck and feel well. Rest whenever you can, it will help. Shellie |
Stacy wrote: I gained about 5 pounds and feel very bloated and hungry all of the time now. If I stop eating, I start to get nauseous and think about what to eat next. I really just want comfort foods and a lot of pasta and pizza. hehehe... I'm laughing b/c that was the most of us but unlike some of the healthier moms... no matter how much I vowed to be "healthy" ...I could NOT stop binging the first trimester. I was a bottomless pit, and I normally wasn't. All I had was chicken fingers, fries, and LOTS of ranch. Also, I had to keep eating or I'd get nauseous too ...which made me feel guilty for eating so much, but I HATED feeling so terrible. Endless cycle. Hang in there, and hopefully things get better in the next coming weeks. Many of my friends didn't even want a child, were almost depressed while pregnant, and now wouldn't trade it in for the world. I know you hear it all the time, but it's all true ...as well as learning/knowing what to do. Even if you don't do things the textbook way, you'll find a way that works for "mommy and baby." Like changing diapers.... i was so afraid to tell anyone that in the middle of the night, I just tossed the dirty diapers all the way across the room b/c I was way too tired to throw it away. My husband always hated it, but I would tell him "well you get up and throw it away then..." ...and he wouldn't, so there it began. Then I found out all my friends did the same thing. You just naturally learn what works! |
| I know it's been a while since I've written. We had a scare that lasted several weeks and a week of the nasty flu.
Steve and I had both tested positive for Tay-Sachs which is an awful disease. Your baby stops progressing at 6 mos and dies by the age of 2. I went in for an amnio and we had more blood tests. After 2 grueling weeks of waiting for test results, we found out that Steve had a false positive test. So much stress for nothing! 
We are expecting a health baby BOY MISENKO at the end of July! So, we can not move on with picking out day care and getting the room ready. I know I should just be happy that it's healthy. I don't know what to do with a boy and all 8 kids in our family are boys. I was dying for a little girl esp since I am such a little girl myself. Who will I share all my girlie hobbies and past-times with? No ballet recitals or pink dresses....Oh well..can't do anything about it. |
| First off... CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second.... TRUST ME ...as someone who felt the same way and many other mommies out there will tell you... those I know who wanted a girl and only had a boy always tell me "THANK GOD." 9 times out of 10 I hear.... my girl was 3 times harder than any of my boys, and when raising kids is tough enough... it's nice to have things easier with a boy  I do understand the desire for a girl though. My MIL has like 7 boys and 1 girl (grandchildren), so everyone is also tired of boys
Lastly.... who knows, maybe you and the hubby will want a second after you see how wonderful it is to have a child ...and NOTHING can compare to it. I hate to offend those on here, but you'll look at your doggies a little different once your children have arrived. My dogs are still my children ...but I can say the phrase "they're just dogs..." have come out of my mouth several times and it would have NEVER before children.
Congrats again! |
| Oh, Stacy, what a relief! I knew it would be okay. I'm so glad you got the all-clear.
And congrats on the boy! Give it time to sink it and then you'll be happy. when I was told it was a boy, I was surprised and even though I thought it was a girl and had been expecting to hear that, by that night I was all excited (turns out that it wasn't a boy at all, but that was a totally different story!). Just relax and be happy now that you know it's okay and hopefully you're starting to feel better and eats lots of food! |
| MAZEL TOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is wonderful! You know my eldest child is a boy. When I got my amnio results, I FREAKED. What do I know about boys?!!! How am I going to relate to him? What do boys play with?! But you find out. And Steve will teach you. I actually learned to love the Ghostbusters! And my son was the first one in the kitchen wanting to learn to cook! And, I can't tell you, how much I love my son! He's way sweeter than any girl would be to me! (Although now that my daughter is an adult, she's pretty wonderful to me too!) Stacy, you will love the dickens out of your little guy. Congrats to you, Steve, Annie, Foz and the little man! |
| Thanks guys! Everyone is telling me that boys are much easier and won't have to deal with all the girlie gossip crap I went through growing up. And lots of things will be free!!! My cousin who lives 10 minutes from me is finished having kids. She can't wait to get all of her stuff out of the house. She gave me all of her maternity clothes too. Day care around here's $1300 a month!!! I have no idea where that money is going to come from. I guess this is where we start going into debt, huh? We still make more than that so it wouldn't pay for me to stop working. If I did we wouldn't have a roof over our heads. It's just that we spend almost every penny we bring in. Of course the tank in the market did not help my savings. At least both cars are now paid off.
We went to my inlaws this weekend and there were 4 boys there plus Fozzie. Fozzie was absolutely FANTASTIC! Sorry, no pics. Steve was in charge of the camera and he didn't take any  He ran after the two older boys and didn't cause a commotion unless they were being rowdy and yelling. Foz sat on the floor with the 2 babies. He kissed their hands and was very curious with the one that moves about. Very sweet! He always kept one eye on Mom and Dad just to make sure he was doing the "right" things. It was a long ride home and he totally passed out after he went potty for the night. I LOVE FOZZIE! |
| First and foremost - congratulations on hearing it's a healthy little boy!!
Having one of each, I can attest that (at least in my case) my son was easier to raise than my daughter. Don't get me wrong - I love them both unconditionally and would die for either one of them, but in the whole "raising" process, Spencer was easier than Sarah. I'm sure there are people out there who will say that their daughters were easier, so it's really just a roll of the dice. Depends on their personalities mostly. All that being said, you will be amazed (and maybe a little freaked out) by how much you will love your son. It is all encompassing, a feeling like no other. And you won't trade it for anything! |
Congrats on the healthy baby boy!!!! How cool is that? As others have stated no matter what the sex of the baby they ALWAYS find your heart.  I had three boys and one girl and enjoyed having all.My niece has 6 boys....... |
| I'm so happy for Steve's negative results!
Oh, and that whole baby thing, too! CONGRATS! |
| What wonderful news.
Sheepies and boys are the perfect combination |
| looks like we will both be having little boys within weeks of each other ( i'm due between the 27th june and the 5th july)
tho mine will be my second ( i still think hubby was a little bit too pleased) now picking a name for the second son is so much harder than the first one. glad everything is ok. i'm nearly 20-21 weeks ( depends on if you ask the hospital or my obgyn) zoe and einy |
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