10/2/08: had my prenatal appt today that took 5 mins. she said everything is perfectly fine... glad to hear it... will see her in another two weeks, i guess when the cervical checks start. not looking forward to those! i have a feeling i'll be gaining the full 35 pounds like last time, which i'm fine with, but i was kind of hoping to keeping it to 30 this time. oh well. i could probably cut down on eating out but i'm way too lazy to cook, but since my mom's coming this weekend (because of hubby's out-of-town project), and will be staying with me until after the baby's born, i may not have to eat out anymore! :D yay for Mom!

9/16/08: i guess i spoke too soon - the scale showed that i gained 5 pounds in the past 11 days! i REALLY think it was the shoes because i wore wedges today whereas i was wearing flats for all the previous appt's! i'll wait til next time to make sure (in 2 weeks). i've been fasting for Ramadan too so it makes no sense that i'd gain THAT much. hmm. anyhow the baby's heartbeat was in the mid 130's. we booked NOVEMBER 5th for the c-section, if needed... she said the chances of me having a normal are maybe 60% but for that to happen would be my baby has to be smaller and then i'd have to go into natural labor myself before Nov. 5th. i really don't see that happening since i went over full term with my daughter. i know things can be different this time around but i'm just not going to keep my hopes up too high. she said they used to be able to induce mothers who were trying a vbac but they realised it was causing more problems so they stopped doing that. i was reading the consent form thing and it said that there is less risk in a woman having a vbac than a repeat c-section. makes me wonder why women don't try a vbac to begin with... the doctor seems to think it's an attitude shift more than anything. oh well. we'll see what happens!

9/5/08: so i gained only 2.5 pounds last month. normally near the end i gain atleast 5 pounds each month so this is a first! glad to hear it though. the doc and i discussed vbac and my options and risks. we're going to talk more about it in the next appt in two weeks to see what to do about that. and we're going to go ahead and schedule a c-section if i end up needing to use it. i'm happy my doctor is pro-vbac and that she was so calm and cool about the whole thing. i honestly thought she would have definitely said no, due to my 'small pelvis'. we'll see! everything else is great - baby moves all day and night long... and for some reason my pelvis pressure/crotch pain is better these days.

8/7/08: my glucose test came out normal! :D

8/5/08: Happy 1st Birthday to my baby girl! (my first born). so had my appt today and when i told her that i felt a lot of pressure somedays, she wanted to check me internally to make sure i wasn't already dilating or the baby's head wasn't already engaged - negative to both, so that's good. so the pressure is just normal pressure. she suggested i get a maternity belt although i'm not sure if i'd like that, since i had a c-section the first time and that area is still kinda numbish... i think it'd feel too weird. baby's heatbeat was 155bmp. i also had my glucose test today too. the drink tasted bad this time (with my first, i was glad to have it because i was thirsty. LOL). not that bad to the point where i wanted to gag or throw up, but i think since it had been a while that i had my bfast, it kinda got to me and gave me a heartburn. yuck. sooo that's about it. oh and my weight gain, she said it's normal to have gained approx. 14 lbs right now and i've gained 20, so she said i MIGHT want to watch what i eat, although it's still not like it's a big deal (she only brought up my weight because i did). i can't help craving cheese and pasta with lots of cheese on it... or pizza... with extra cheese... LOL.

7/7/08: so had my prenatal today and had to take my daughter with me... alone... for the first time. lol i know it's not a big deal, but she can't sit still for more than five mins so i thought i'd have a crazy baby on my hands BUT she was alright. esp since the doctor was rushed and didn't see me for more than 5 mins anyway. she told me the ultrasound was 'beautiful' and everything was 'perfect'. especially that my placenta was in the back, so nowhere near my incision site, thank God. baby's heartbeat was 145bmp. good thing is, i'm gaining a normal amount of weight. i thought with all the ice cream overdose, i had surely gained over 20 pounds by now, but total 15 so far. GOOD!

6/24/08: IT'S A GIRL! i honestly didn't think i would be as happy on hearing that but i am. i was in shock at first, but then i got excited because my husband kept telling me the advantages of having a girl (i think he thought i wanted a boy, because i would tell him i thought it was a boy since my pregnancies are soo different from eachother!) like most importantly, that the girls wil have fun being so close in age...and i feel a relief not having to think about blue things since i have so much of the pink stuff! but anyhow, she looked healthy (the tech can't say anything). she wasn't as active in the beginning, but then the tech told me to go pee because the bladder was too full and she thinks it may help the baby move around by emptying it. so when i did, she started moving around. i saw a really close-up picture of her face. it was so amazing, and she was yawning! it looked like she was going to suck her thumb, but she didn't... with my last baby's u/s, i saw it only from far, so this zooming in thing was really cool. i only got two profile pics and a crotch pic, so i'm going to put up the profile one up. will find out the results for sure on my next appt, july 7th. i'm just hoping the baby's healthy and that the placenta is not near my insicion!

6/09/08: had my routine check-up today. heartbeat was in the 150's she said. it's kind of low compared to my first born (she was always up in the 170's and 160's), so i'm hoping maybe it's a boy this time! the doctor mentioned that i should ask the ultrasound tech, during my ultrasound, whether or not my placenta is on top of or near my incision in my uterus from my first c-section. i didn't like the sound of that, so i asked her why, how come, etc. she said it's not good and that we'll talk more about it once we find out if (God forbid) that is the case. gosh i hope not. other than that, my weight and bp are good. it's weird though, i weigh the same as i did this time (18 weeks)during my first pregnancy, but i am SOOO much bigger! it must be all air! will update next after my ultrasound. 2 more weeks! time is flying...

5/7/08: just scheduled the big ultrasound for June 24th!

5/5/08: today's appt went well. she did cultures and we listened to the heartbeat. i can't believe how low the baby is. if the baby's so low, what's causing my belly to protrude like this?! lol. anyhow the heartbeat was mid 150's. needed to get a TB test done and tested for immunity against chicken pox. got all that done with. i need to schedule my big ultrasound for week 20... ALREADY. i can't believe how fast this is going. i mean i still have 7 weeks until then but it just feels so fast.

4/24/08: i had my appt on the 8th, and everything was normal. i wasn't able to see the heartbeat at first but then the little flicker became visible. i remember so clearly that i was able to see it right away with my first girl and this time it wasn't as strong, but maybe that's because i found out i was 9 weeks this time, and last time i was around 11. hmm. so i'm due Nov. 11th, although they will schedule my c-section a week earlier, which means my bday! LOL. but we're thinking of getting it for the 5th because our first daughter was born august 5th so this way they will be exactly 15 months apart :) (yes we're cheesy like that, but what's more cheesier than having a baby on ur bday... knowingly. lol). next appt the 5th of May.

Hi everyone. I made up this second account so that i can have different ones for my different pregnancies. my first username is Huma if you'd like to check that out so u know where i'm coming from... http://i-am-pregnant.com/vip/Huma#msg

i had made great friends the last time around and hope to make some good ones this time as well!

so, i had my baby August 5th, by c-section because my pelvic bone was too small (i think it was her head... look how huge it is! lol) and i got on the pill two months later. i was on it until February 2008, thinking i should get off of it now, because we thought of trying for a second in the summer and i heard it takes a few months for ur body to adjust - WRONG!!!!!!! i mean, i know it's true, i was on the pill before i had my daughter, and it took me a year to get pregnant (casually trying. took only two months REALLY trying) but anyhow, so i missed my period this month (Feb), and i thought, ok, well, it's just my body adjusting itself and i'll probably get it next month... BUT i thought of taking the pregnancy test anyway because i had one at home and for some reason i had a thought way back in my head that i may be pregnanct because i felt a little dizzy sometimes, as well as car sick (same things i felt the first pregnancy)... lo and behold, the HPT came out positive the same day my daughter turned 7 months (March 5th).

my husband was happy, telling my daughter she'll be a big sister soon... but i was shocked... in denial. i sort of still am! thoughts go running through my head:

- the kids will be 15 months apart! it's cool, but too soon to have another c-section!!!!!!! (i wouldn't try vbac because my mom had a small pelvic too so i don't want to go through with it, since my doc said a baby no bigger than 5 pounds can fit through my pelvis).

- i haven't lost all my pregnancy weight yet! i had about 3 more pounds to go, although the goal was another 10 pounds!!!!!!!!

- i heard u should wait 9 months for the body to heal completely, let it be either a vaginal or c-section delivery.

- what is my family going to think!? i always made fun of ppl who had kids so close together, and always thought "don't they use protection?!" (i know, bad me)... and here i am, one month off the pill AND having had used protection, and still pregnant!!!!

- so thinking the last part in the previous thought, i thought to myself, well it must be from God then! because it seems so impossible... but of course, nothing's impossible when it's meant to be! i know ppl who got pregnant while still being on the pill!

i'm just really scared because of my previous c-section. i had a few complications the first time (uterine infection after delivery) so i felt like my incision took longer to heal, although the doctors told me that the incision healed "beautifully"... but i had pains for about 3 months after the c-section. i think it's normal, but i just got soo used to feeling somewhat "normal" the past couple of months... and now having to go through this again...!!!

God, i hope everything goes well for me. i'm leaving on vacation for two weeks, and will get a doctor's appt when i get back. normally my clinic (Kaiser) tell me to wait til 11 weeks to come in for an ultrasound. so i guess i'll wait til then since i know their process this time around. i was pretty lost the last time.

the first day of my last period was Jan 28th so according to that, i'm supposedly due Nov. 3rd which is funny because my bday is Nov 4th... and i think i'm like 5 weeks pregnant (3 weeks gestation).

i am soo dreading the nausea... i had it for three months last time, but lasted just the first trimester thank God. i hope this pregnancy will be different. i had baaaad heartburn the first time - i had finished two big bottles of TUMS! LOL... and i broke out a lot during the first trimester. ah, we'll see... more later!

# month	approximate month	weight gain	total pounds gained
1	feb-mar	0	= 0
2	mar-apr	-2	= -2
3	apr-may	+6	= +4
4	may-jun	+5	= +9
5	jun-jul	+5	=+14
6	jul-aug	+6	=20
7	aug-sept	+5	=25
8	sept-oct	+4	=29
9	oct-nov
scheduled c-section	November 5th	total gained	= 29