Wow that sounds intense. I’m really liking everyones’ advice. Kudos!

Let’s see 1st pregnancy definitley 1s trimester 1 had MS until 5 months.
Second pregnany i had it for the whole 8.5 months.
I have to say that i still loved my pregnancies even though they were both difficult how could i not.

I was on those very, very, lucky few women who had an absolutely glowing pregnancy from day one. I never got sick, was never, ever tired, and ate enough to make 3 grown men sick. I was constantly running back and forth up and down halls where I worked at the time (with attorneys)and literally only gained 12 pounds. I weighed 106 when I got pregnant, and the day I went into labor, I weighed 118. Literally, within seconds of having my daughter, I went down to 105 pounds. My labor and delivery took a total of 2 hours. Needless to say, I didn’t get an epidural, because I took my sweet time getting to the hospital, and by the time I did, my water broke, three pushes later, and there she was! I’m like some of you, could stay pregnant forever, just don’t want to have more babies! And my daughter was born at a healthy 8 pounds 5 ounces, and scored 9 on her first apgar test. So, I know what it’s like for people to swear you aren’t pregnant, just because you don’t balloon up 60 or more pounds. Honestly, some of us really don’t gain that weight. My co-workers swore up and down I was lying about my pregnancy, as I never, ever had to wear maternity pants. I just unbuttoned the top button on my pants, and put a rubber band around the button hole. I had her on a Friday, and took her to work the following Monday! Nicole and Keith, I know you are going to have a beautiful baby, and don’t let all these women, with their catty remarks, make you feel you are doing something wrong!

With my first pregnancy, I felt great the first trimester. I had energy. Yeah, I got sick at least once a day (and did for the entire pregnancy), but I still felt great. I lost about 10 pounds the first trimester because I was sick all the time and had boundless energy. Then, the second trimester hit. I got even sicker. I would get sick after almost every meal, and any time I went into a public restroom (which was really hard working 8 hour days). By the third trimester, my feet and legs were so swollen. It hurt to walk. I had Braxton-Hicks for 2 straight months. They were so bad that my doctor took me off work 2 weeks before I was due because I had to drive 45 minutes to work and she wad afraid I would crash.

With my second pregnancy, my first trimester was horrid! I could barely get out of bed most days. Plus, I had caught a respiratory virus from my oldest and was sick for 2 months. The day I hit my second trimester, I felt wonderful. I breezed through the rest of my pregnancy (still got sick every time I went into a public restroom, but not any other time).

As horrid a I felt my first pregnancy, I loved every minute of it. I was bringing a new life into this world. I would do it a hundred times over just to hold a precious baby again.

My OB also said they usually consider morning sickness a good sign. It’s not always the case but as a rule of thumb. With my second pregnancy I was sick as a dog all day long then miscarried at 11 weeks. Hence the discussion with the OB about how they usually consider sickness a good thing. That being said I had evening sickness with my first baby during the 1st trimester and with my third pregnancy (second baby) I had milder “morning” sickness during the 1st trimester. So I’d say the 1st trimester in all my pregnancies was the worst for me. I was also very sensitive to smells during the 1st trimesters which made the upset stomach even worse.

Emma, I’m wondering if morning sickness is good but not having it is not bad. I mean, lots of women don’t have it and have healthy pregnancies and babies, so I don’t think a woman should be concerned if she doesn’t have morning sickness or only has it mildly.

It’s so different for everyone. Like Caroline, I felt fantastic throughout both my pregnancies — loved being pregnant, in fact. I had absolutely no morning sickness at all with either pregnancy, and I had two big (8+ pound) babies, who were and continue to be extremely healthy.

I didn’t “pop” until five and half months. Each time I gained just about 30 pounds.

With my son, I craved anything bananas, and with my daughter I ate a lot of nuts.

I was not a great birth-er, however. I had a C-section after 39 hours of labor with my son and also one for my daughter, who I swear was up under the top of my rib cage clinging on.

Well, I’m only in my second trimester now (5 months), but have to say the first trimester was surprisingly hard. Sick a lot and went on to Zofran for the all day sickness. Lots of headaches, too, and just general not feeling well—plus breaking out from the hormones! Week 8-18 were no fun in that regard.

Starting to feel better now at week 20, but still take 1/2 pill of Zofran a day to make sure I can not throw up all day long.

I sympathize with Nicole! (since I’m also a Nicole )

Thanks Snow!

My first two trimesters were wonderful. I felt great. Then about a week into my third trimester a hurricane hit. We spent the next three weeks without power, water, or phones. We could not live in our house, so we had to live in a tent. It was very stressful and I developed high blood pressure which led to preecclampsia. My daughter came a little early, but she was healthy. Hopefully, this time will be less eventful because I definately do not want to go through that again.