I haven't had a look at this community for ages, but I'm still pregnant even though my doctor doubt I will go all of May before giving birth. My blood pressure is constantly high, but so far no protein in the urine, so I'm hoping to prove her wrong and not get pre-eclampsia until June.

I've been to my sixth? seventh? ultrasound today (seriously can't keep track of them). Baby is measuring a bit small, but not too small it seems, and the placenta is still working alright. Going to see my doctor tomorrow morning, and then my midwife a couple of hours later.

I'm feeling sooo fat and clumsy, but the truth is that I haven't been this slim all my adult life (I've certainly been more fit, but it's hard not to lose muscles when ordered to stay still as much as possible by one's doctor) and I hope I will not gain a lot of weight during the breastfeeding period, as I did with my first child. (There was no end to my hunger and i ate, and ate, and ate...)

A pic of my 32 weeks + 3 days belly can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darnia/8686250727/

It's 6:30 and I'm already awake for an 1 1/2 hours... It's kind of funny actually. Just a couple of days ago I told my husband how glad I am for still being able to sleep through. I probably shouldn't have opened my big mouth. Feels like I jinxed myself.

Are you having any issues too? What do you do to pass the time? I don't want to wake my husband so I moved to the living room and turned on the TV. Nothing good is on thogh :-/

By the way... it's not like i can't sleep because of any bladder issues... and I'm tired, but yeah. Driving me crazy.

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Any weird pregnancy cravings yet?

Mine is lemons. I'm eating one whole right now.

Hey everyone, hope this holiday season is treating you well. This last visit to my OB I found out that I have a bicornuate uterus. Thankfully they have decided that the septum is not to bad and that they dont think I will have preterm labor over it, but after our 20 week ultrasound I will have an ultrasound once a month just to double check that everything is going ok. After I talked to my mom it turns out she had this same issue and all four of her kids were born perfectly healthy so that makes me feel a bit better. Anyone else have this problem?

Hi everyone!

I just joined and would like to introduce myself. I'm Kathleen, 27 years old and from Germany. I had an appointment last week and the obgyn said I'm due on 29th June. It's pretty hard to tell as I had a really irregular cycle.

It's my first pregnancy and it tooks us about 2 years to conceive. At the beginning I was super nervous and pessimistic. I just couldn't believe why I should be pregnant now after such a long time and that everything will be okay with the baby. They also found out that I have hypothyroidism, which made me extremely nervous. But ever since I saw the heartbeat, I'm feeling much more confident that everything will be alright :)

So far I'm feeling okay. What's really weird though - on Mondays I usually feel like shit. It gets better which each day of the week though.

I'm also afraid of eating too much sugar. I try to keep a balanced diet and before the pregnancy I hardly had any sweets and no soda. But now... it's not like I eat everything in sight, but I have enjoyed a lot of sugar lately. Hopefully that will change soon though.

Even though we wanted to wait until Christmas, we already told everyone (except work). We just couldn't keep it to ourselves, especially since people knew we were trying and kept asking us about it (something I really didn't appreciate, but whatever). I don't mind anymore now.

I have one question for you by the way... what are your thoughts on prenatal testing? Our doc asked us to think about whether this is an option for us or not. Will you get it done? Why or why not?

Seem to have picked up some sort of viral chest thing that is going around. Babysat Friday for a little one with it and was coughing by that night. Almost a week later and I am still coughing, and now have all sorts of sinus stuff going on. The worst part is not being able to take anything that works. Bonus, I have watched all of Doctor Who season 6 and most of Good Eats this week while laying in bed. How is everyone else doing?

Is anyone else having trouble sleeping? For the last week I have gotten 5 to 7 hours a night, which is very unusual for me. I normally have trouble falling asleep, but once done I sleep for 9-10 hours. I have fibromyalgia and with that comes a sleep issue where I don't get much stage 4 sleep, so this inability to stay asleep is killing me. I really hope that this pregnant napping thing happens to me soon.

Hi all! Very excited to join this group as it has been 3 years in the making. I am 4W2D as of today which puts me at a due date around June 28th. I cant wait to get to know all of you in these long 9 months (ready to be done with the nipple pain and nausea)