In regards to my previous LJ entry...

[rkold]

Before I respond to individual comments....

Originally, I had planned to wait until next Thursday to make my announcement, as I would have had my 2nd doctor's appointment and my Nuchal Translucency would be past. Because of my age and this being my first time, I've been a little nervous about miscarriage and birth defects. However, in the end my mischievous nature could just not resist posting on 4/1 to see who thought I was pranking and who thought I was telling the truth.

If you've been pregnant before, please no horror stories. I do not want to hear about: morning sickness that did not go away or came back, any aches and pains, how labor sucked and was painful, anything about ripping or episiotomies, or well just anything negative. It's very exciting for me and my husband right now and playing freak out the newly pregnant person is mean. No one who read my LJ is genetically related to me except one person, and said person has never been pregnant. You can tell me wonderful stories about short labor, morning sickness ending at week 12 and feeling energetic during pregnancy, even if they are made up :P

Morning sickness sucks. Or sucks for me. Many people do not have it as badly as I do. I puke at least once a day now, (down from week 9 where it was 7-10x) and I actually feel worse in the evening. Flying with the start of morning sickness was a miserable experience.

My due date is 10/19/10 (Yagyuu Hiroshi's birthday for those curious) and I am currently about 1/2 way done with week 12. At week 9 I had my last appointment and got to see my baby on the ultrasound and its beating heart. Week 14 is the start of trimester 2 and hopefully all morning sickness is over by then.

No, I've no idea what gender my baby is yet. They can't tell until week 20 or so.

Comments

[codename-windy.livejournal.com]

On the April Fool's: Well played ma'm. XD

On the baby news: once more, congratulations! ^^ I hope the morning sickness lets up and that it will be smooth sailing from there on out. From what I have heard, pregnancy can also have positive physical effects. ^_~

Now that the cat is out of the bag, do let us know how things proceed, non?

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was pretty amused. It was like some sort of reverse trap lol

The only physical effects I've noticed so far are:

none of my pants want to fit
my hair grows WAY too fast
my nails grow way too fast.

I'm seriously going to have to make some appointments to get my nails done at this point.

And yeah, I made a LJ tag specifically for updates lol

[akari-sama.livejournal.com]

OMG congratulations! *hugs you tight* I'm so happy for you. ;;

I geeked out so hard when I read 10/19. That's got to be the best due date ever. :3

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *hugs* I'm really happy and excited too, when I'm not nauseous or puking. Hubby says he can tell I am doing better because I am cranky now.

And considering my husband is a glasses wearing seme, who knows? XD; Though I doubt my baby will actually be born on that day. But October tends to be a fun month and the weather should be crisp but nice here! :D

Im going to be so big for my brother's wedding and NY Dolpa though.

[winter]

My congratulations :) Missed yesterday because I don't read LJ on purpose on April Fools...

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm pretty excited. Originally, I'd thought about trying to go to Japan in the Fall as well, but now I know it is so not happening. My trip to CA for my brother's wedding will probably be my last trip for a while, since I am not so sure I want to go too far with a small baby.

[twotone]

*shifty eyes*

I have an "easy pregnancy" story, but it's kind of gross. Let me know if you still want to hear it.

One of my LJ friends has had three babies in three years, and has thoroughly enjoyed the experience of being pregnant! I'm sure the morning sickness will go away soon, and you can get down to the business of enjoying being a pregnant lady. :)

[rkold.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a lot of babies... I am sort of glad that is not me lol I think I would be pretty overwhelmed. I am excited to be an ordinary pregnant woman at some point, I'm really excited to be able to eat like a normal person again, or well to be able to eat things I can't eat now. Slowly, I am able to eat a few more things. I keep trying to push boundaries.

If it involves puking and morning sickness, as long as it is not after the first trimester XD;;; Mom shared one about someone in her office which is one of many reasons I've been making Hubby do all the driving. :D

I can tell you I'm not bothered at all by things like the ultrasound thing where they stick that wand up you. It's actually sort of exciting when there is something good to see. I was sort of sad when they stopped since I couldn't watch the baby anymore >>;;

[gokumew2.livejournal.com]

Wow. Congratulations!!!
I hope everything goes smoothly. .^^

Any names in mind yet? I know you don't know if it's a boy or girl yet but I'm sure you've thought of names for both already? =.3

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm pretty excited.

And of course I have some names in mind. :D I'm Jewish so there is a tradition of naming children for dead relatives. (I'm named for my great grandmother Rose, whose Hebrew name is Ruchel just like me, it got romanized as Rose though because that was a much more popular girl's name at the time.)

I have the following letters available to me:
A (for Anne, and I do not like the name Anne itself though)
S (for Sol)
L (for Louis)
L (for Loren, I think this is an awful boy's name and I knew too many Laurens I did not like in High School)
M (for Mary, Jewish girls are not named Mary ^^; )
V (for Vera)
W (for William, though Hubby's Dad is named for his father so I don't feel like it is as necessary)

I can not use the following names as I already have relatives with said names:
Sara(h)
Sharon
Shoshonah
Laura
Lucas
Anne
Ari
Megan
Michael
Miriam
William

I hate WASPY last names as given names and I won't pick any name in the top 50 most popular names.

[pure-trance.livejournal.com]

Well luckily I don't have any horror stories, things like sciatica at the end and tearing were no big deal and at at a bit over 10 months past are already long forgotten. I was in labor a long time but once I got to the hospital and got an epidural it was just a waiting game. What I am trying to say is that even though a few things kiiiinda sucked it wasn't nearly as bad as people say. I think when they try and scare you its to make themselves feel good. I didn't have morning sickness but I had some food aversion in the beginning and I would feel sick if I didn't eat for a while so I kept some fruit snacks in my purse at all time. I dunno about your morning sickness but one tip I have heard is to keep soda crackers by your bed and eat some before you get up. You can also eat ginger candies or sniff lemons. I also always kept ginger chews in my purse just in case.

[rkold.livejournal.com]

See that is exactly the thing I do not want to hear. I don't care if to you those sorts of things are not bad. They are both things on the do not share list. ^^;;; That is sort of my problem with recent moms, they don't always understand what someone who is going through something for the first time does not want to hear about at all. My mom is severe sciatica pain, like could not walk because of it, and I had sciatica pain once in '08 and it was very very unpleasant and I am going to do my best to not have a repeat performance of this.

I actually plan to do a natural childbirth, with no epidurals and a mid-wife and doula. Supposedly a good doula knows how to help the baby come out without problems.

I have some food aversions, but none of them are so unusual for me other than cinnamon. I feel sick if I don't eat often enough and if I get sick enough I puke and retch. I also just puke sometimes. I've developed an aversion for saltines after puking them up a few times. ^^; Right now things are hard because it is Passover. Before that I was carrying around ginger snaps with me and my one always safe food are bagels.

How exciting!

[ginarolo.livejournal.com]

That is wonderful news.

Re: How exciting!

[rkold.livejournal.com]

It's very exciting and a little overwhelming lol I'm still trying to work out clothes. lol

[spazzygirl19.livejournal.com]

Official congrats! I hope the ginger tea arrives for you today to try soon.

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Thank you *hugs* And I got the package just now! PO13 really smells like something I might still be able to wear and I am looking forward to wearing Zombie when my cinnamon aversion goes away (at least it better go away)

The lightly sweet citrus of PO13 though seems like something that will not make me ill since citrus tends to be a good choice for me.

:)

And it's funny I really a excited.

[mec]

I didn't dare comment on your previous post in case you were going to say it was a joke afterwards, since I wasn't sure when you were going to tell. ^_^ I guess I won't have a problem remembering your baby's birthday, it's so close to mine!

I obviously have no pregnancy stories of my own to tell you, but my mother tells me that of her three kids, mine was the longest labour (at 2 hours) and my brothers were about an hour each, all very easy. For one of the boys, she actually had her first contraction while playing a game of darts, so she finished the game before going to hospital. The friend she was playing against has never quite forgiven my mum for beating her at darts while in labour. (And yes, this is all true.)

[rkold.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Well and depending on when the baby decides to make an appearance it could share a birthday with you lol I think October must be a wonderful time to have a baby and I always loved opals and pink tourmaline.

The first kid is supposed to be the hardest labor, so it makes sense you were the longest. My mom says I was her longest. She went to the hospital around midnight and I was born around 4:30 am. She says if she had known how close she was to having me, she would have not picked any anesthetic but had no idea how close I was. She didn't take anything for my siblings.

But thank you, that is the perfect and happy pregnancy story I like to hear right now. lol

I'm really excited about having a baby and hoping all goes well with my appointments next week! :D

[isachi.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD O__O

I ignore LJ for a day and THIS is what happens? XD XD XD XD XD

OMG Rachel Congratulations! :3 Please keep us posted!

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Well, technically it happened back in January :P

And I will keep you/LJ posted. I'm really really excited and anxious and thrilled. I tend to have mood swings. I'm hoping to have a baby shower in September if you think you want to come. :D

[bramblyhedge.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeek!!!!!!!!!!!!! *flails* You're so bad! XD I was waiting a whole night to either post "OMG YOU GOT ME" or "OMG CONGRATS". I didn't want to post a comment until you revealed whether it was an April Fool's joke or not - which I couldn't see how it would be a joke. :)

You totally got me, anyhow. And, congratulations. *GLOMPS* That's awesome news! :D Will you still be selling the house? Good luck with choosing names, too.

Um, let's see. My sister-in-law is the same age as you. With my first nephew she was miserable with morning sickness, until week 12 when it completely went away. Plus, he got born precisely on his due date. When she called the mid-wife etc they were all "It'll be really slow and long so have a bath and take your time getting to hospital" and she was like "No I'm leaving now, things are happening!!!" So it was not a long labour.
I think she was actually a bit put out when my second nephew was born a couple of weeks later than the predicted due date. *lol*

[rkold.livejournal.com]

It's not a joke lol :D I'm really really excited. *hugs*

We're still selling the house, it just makes packing a lot more work lol I don't have as much energy and I get nauseous very easily. (And puke a lot >>; ) Luckily some of our things will be in storage so I won't have to re-pack them between our future apartment and the future house we end up buying.

See, those are just the sort of happy stories I want to hear about pregnancy! :D I don't mind if my baby is a little early or a little late, though I suspect it is more likely to be the latter since the way they calculate the date is sort of weird and not all that connected to when you might have actually conceived. Did your sister in law have a natural child birth then? I heard outside the US most births are natural and have mid-wives in attendance as well.

Thank you!!! I'm so excited. :D

[seaster.livejournal.com]

Late, but... Oh wow, that's awesome! Congratulations! ♥
Though, 10/19/10? Aim for 10/10/10! ;)

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D I'm so so excited and a little overwhelmed lol

My cousin (1 of 3 having a baby in 2010!) is due 10/9, so she is more likely to get 10/10 XD;

I just want a healthy baby lol It's weird because I use to think I wanted one gender or a specific month or whatever and now that I'm pregnant all I care about is a healthy baby and an easy and safe delivery lol

[rkold.livejournal.com]

I hope so! I'm really nervous since this is my first time, but I'm really hoping that we'll be good parents.

Right now the foot massages aren't so necessary, but he has been super kind and bringing me breakfast in bed! :D