Newly pregnant
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Topic: Newly pregnant
Posted By: Kazzle
Subject: Newly pregnant
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 11:20am
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Hi there,
I have just found out about this website in a womens day magazine, and so far its been great. I am almost 9weeks pregnant and over the last week have had the most horrible pregnancy sickness, at this stage i havent been able to eat until about dinner time. But after speaking to my midwife she told me not to worry that its normal. I am not sure what type of pregnancy i am going to have, but the midwife seems to think that if i am not extremely careful then i will have a high risk one. I am actually having to give up my job as a homecare co ordinator as its too stressful and my bloodpressure and sugar levels are rising, which has the midwife a bit worried. i am 31 yrs old, and this is our first baby, and after having two miscarriages last year i want to do anything and everything to protect myself and baby. Any tips on food and nutrition would be welcome. Thanks for listening to me waffle on. Katrina |
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 11:52am
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Welcome to the site Katrina!!!
Ooo OhBaby was in Woman's Day? Maybe we'll get more newbie addicts! I'm Nikki and I have a 10 month old, we live in Wellington and I attend Vic Uni while Han parties at the Uni creche. I don't have a lot of info on what's good nutrition wise but hope everything goes alright and you enjoy your pregnancy 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 2:01pm
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Welcome and congratulations Katrina! I'm Emma and I'm Mum to a very busy 2 1/2 year old. We live in Auckland, and I work full time as a writer.
-------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 2:19pm
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HI there Katrina! My name is Ana and I live in Wellington. My first child, Josef, turns one month old today! Look after yourself won't you! There are heaps of books and info out there (including this site) to help you with nutrition etc. And make the most of your midwife too! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 2:19pm
Hi Katrina  I dont have any specific nutrition advice but I'm sure someone will! Just try and eat a varied healthy diet - easier said than done  I am Aimee and i am due to have our first baby in 5 weeks  I have finished work now and at the moment I am lying on the couch - because I can!!------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 2:38pm
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Hi Katrina...Welcome to Ohbaby and congratulations!
I am 27, live in Auckland and expecting our first baby at the end of October. Still working!!! I am also member of the high risk pregnancy team...trust me it is not at all bad (you get regular check ups and scans to make sure the baby is fine..and that is great). I had high blood pressure before I got pregnant but since have been perfect! I also have a history of family diabetes but so far I am doing well. I had no morning sickness but had three bleeding scares. I am also very paranoid and eat selective things.... I dont eat the usual ...deli meat, soft cheese, prepacked salad, raw or smoked stuff etc...other than that eat the normal food (what ever you can keep down)! You could always take vitamin tablets (cant remember the name)...specially for pregnancy! Other than that just rest and take care of yourself ...and remember...no question is a stupid question...specially here! I have asked my share of stupid questions.....  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 2:42pm
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Welcome to oh obaby, we all think it's a fantastic site too - I think I must have been coming here for over 2 years now and still love it!
------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 2:50pm
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Thanks everyone,
You have all made me feel very welcome. I am in wellington Lower Hutt to be excat. Something else that makes this pregnancy a bit more difficult is that 8mths ago i had a gastric bypass whiched enabled me to lose 58kgs. So i dont eat much to start with but now i have to be extra careful to make sure i eat little and often. I am so excited to be a mum but scared at the same time which i suppose is normal. anyway thanks once again for making me feel welcome Katrina ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: preggy_sunflower
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 3:35pm
I thought I'd posted a message earlier, but I can't have!! Welcome Katrina  I'm Clare, and I'm in Auckland. I work in Events and Promotions Management for a distribution company. I'm just a newbie too, but this site is great! I've been suffering terribly with morning sickness, and have been harassing the girls online to share their remedies with me. Well girls, I am pleased to say I have not been sick for two days!! Still a little nausea, but nothing like before. And I think the life saving remedy was Pregnacare vitamins. AMAZING!!! I could recommend it soooooooooo highly!! I'm so happy!!! Now that I don't feel so sick I can actually start getting excited about the prospect of being a mummy!!! Oh, Ana - your wee man is gorgeous!
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 3:52pm
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Ana...he has changed ...looking as handsome as ever! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 4:40pm
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Hehehe, that photo is already out of date too, he now has the chubbiest cheeks ever but I just love it! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 9:21pm
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Hi Katrina. There's a heap of info out there about good eating... make sure you ask your miwfe and she can give you alot of help and info as well.... by the time you actually have baby, you will have shopping bags full of pamphlets booklets and information sheets.... lol.
for the morning sickness, flat lemonade is good, eat little and often, and also ginger nuts and ginger stuff also helps some people. some people say it can be made worse because your body is using more energy and so overnight, since you don't eat, when you wake in the morning your body is so seriously lacking energy that you get sick... kinda like a diabetic does if they don't have the right stuff and get really low blood sugar. sooo... following that, that's why there's the theory that you can have tea and maybe some dry toast or something before you get up (the perfect excuse to get hubby to get you brekkie in bed...) then sit there for half an hour or so and relax to let it kick in... and you should be good to go... (well, it works for some.) take care of yourself, put your feet up and rest as much as you can.. good luck for the rest of the pregnancy. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 10:56pm
| hi katrina! you'll have to add your name to our due date list. In my first pregnancy I actually lost 10kg from eating really well for once in my life. Lots of fruit and veges, anythingyou can keep down. I found the smell of grease made me feel illl which was quite helpful actually. I also had a problem with lack of iron which I'm feeling again. I take iron supplements which are great but can make one feel a little "backed up" so I'm tryin to eat lots of fruit to help that. Little and often is a great idea, especially as as you get bigger your stomach gets smaller so you feel soooo uncomfortable if you eat too much. |
Posted By: kella
Date Posted: 16 September 2005 at 9:28am
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Hi Katrina
I also had gastric bypass surgery 15 months ago and I lost 62kgs I can eat fairly normally now, like small meals, definately more than I could eat before, as I'm sure you know what I mean. My husband and I have been trying for our first baby, this is only our third month trying because my surgeon said we had to wait a year before trying to give my body time to heal and to let my weight stabalise. I am hoping that my weight loss has increased my chances of getting pregnant because we were trying for quite a while before surgery and the only thing we could put it down to was my weight so that was the main reason I had surgery along with many other reasons. After knowing everything I know now about the surgery I would still do it all over again, it was the best thing I ever did and don't regret it for a second. Congratulations on your pregnancy and I hope you really enjoy as I'm sure you will. Helen |
Posted By: skirts
Date Posted: 16 September 2005 at 2:16pm
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Hey Katrina, Welcome to Oh Baby, Im sure you'll love it and all the ladies on here are very friendly and full of great advice!
Im Amy, I have a one and a half year old daughter Summer and we live in Wellington. Congratulations on your pregnancy, hope it all goes well and do keep us posted.
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 16 September 2005 at 11:26pm
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Hey there katrina!!!! Im Becs,from Palmy Nth (as r a few others here lol) I have a 2 year old boy named Xander and a 4 mnth old girl named Harmony! Congrats on ur pregnancy.lemonade ice-blocks helped me heaps in my 2nd pregnancy,gingernut bikkies,snax crackers. yep wot others have said by eating plain toast or superwine bikkies 1/2 hr before getting otta bed in the morns is a good idea too. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 1:42pm
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Hi I'm Rachael i found this website from womans day too. I'm 19 I'm having a boy due on january 15
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 1:50pm
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Welcome to Ohbaby Rachael....and Congratulations. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:17pm
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Hi Rachael, welcome and congrats! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:43pm
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Hi Rachel! Welcome to Oh Baby! Add your name to the due date list! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:51pm
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:53pm
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under this forum.....the thread is called Due date list.....just copy and paste the last list and add your name according to due date. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:55pm
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I just bumped it up for you..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:59pm
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Hi and welcome ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 9:39am
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Hi to the newbies... Congratulations, Im Judith 24 with my 2nd baby on the way, I have a nearly 5yr old boy who cant wait to be a big brother.. we are in Palmy Nrth along with a few others.. Im also a high risk maternity patient, and its good, you get regular check ups scans all that which helps keep your mind at ease a little bit... i have a bicorbante uterus, i have quater the size uterus than a normal woman to carry in.. they toldme id never have kids... ive had multipul miscarrages but number to on the way now and we are stoked.... then Andrews getting the big V aftre this one.. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: preggy_sunflower
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 10:36am
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Just reading that some of you found this site from reading Woman's Day.... Can I suggest New Idea as your next magazine purchase Hehehe.... I work in magazine distribution (all the marketing, promotions plus distribution etc for over 3000 magazines) and Woman's Day is not one of our titles.....!! ------------- Joshua Hadynn - Born 3 May 2006 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 11:52am
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LOL Clare!
Judith - 25 weeks now! You are doing so well. Hope you not getting too bored. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 2:05pm
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Nice plug Clare
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Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 2:10pm
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Thamks yip 25weeks.. im slowly getting there, i just got out of hospital yesterday, had a urinary tract infection which started contractions yay, the contractions arnt regular or to strong, but im off to wellingtom tomorrow, im scared, but its the safest place to have baby early if it comes, if they think im ok ill get to come home otherwise i have to stay down there, and Andrew cant get time off work till next thur so my sis taking me down tomorrow, if i have to stay i will be so lonely, i hate being so far away with nobody to talk to.. im a scaredy cat... I just hope they let me come home again after scan and stuff
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 2:43pm
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It worked clare!! I just bought myself a New Idea to relax with a cup of coffee, hehehehe ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 3:16pm
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I hope everything is ok in Welly judith It definitely is the best place to be if needed tho. My sis was there for quite a few weeks and she got really lonely and bored, but her babies decided to come all of a sudden. There wouldnt have been time to get her from Palmy Hosp to Welly in time, so she was really glad she was there. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 3:23pm
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Thanks, I suppose it is better than having to go to Auckland, I was helicopterd to Auck with Caleb at 26weeks was there for 2 weeks then got to come back here @ 28weeks im glad caleb didnt pop out up there, im glad I had him here in Palmy, being stuck there till caleb was big enough to be transfered would have been a night mare
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 3:31pm
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If you have to stay in Welly, when can you get transferred back to Palmy if bubs stays put? Is it 28 weeks or later than that? Do you have any family or friends in Wellington?
Also Judith, my sis was in a similar situation to you. Her hubby had to go back to the states to work (thats where they live, but her waters broke at 18/40 when they were here on hols) and my mum and dad in Dannevirke looked after their one year old daughter while she was in hospital from 20 weeks. She had her twins in Welly at 30 weeks. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 3:47pm
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Yip if abay dosnt come earlier than 28weeks I can come back to palmy then, i dont know a soul in wellington, thats what makes it scary. Mum and Dad have my boy and have had him for the last 8weeks since my waters broke... and now im stuck to the couch.. i still see him most days but i miss him so much, and if i go to wellys i wont be able to see him.. boo hoo im a mess over it all, hormones I think ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 3:52pm
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Thats pretty understandable Judith. I'd be a mess! I think you are doing really well
Good luck tomorrow ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 3:53pm
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I live in Welly! If you get really lonely, let me know and I can try and come to visit.
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Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 3:55pm
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Thanks. I just feel like such a baby at the moment, the stupidist smallest things make me cry, i burnt my toast this morning and that made me cry.. i dropped an egg the other day and that set me off.. im loosing it im sure ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 9:07am
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Nah Judith....it is normal...I was like that around 20-28 weeks...I had major cry baby sessions.....so take it all out. It actually feels better after you had a good cry!!!! ...Good luck at wellington...hope all goes well. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: preggy_sunflower
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 9:55am
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Good Luck. I really hope everything goes ok ------------- Joshua Hadynn - Born 3 May 2006 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 24 September 2005 at 2:48pm
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Judith, I'm in wellington too! If you want someone to entertain ya just text me 021 2678 658
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