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Hi! I'm Alyssa

Hi there fellow preggos! I'm looking for a due date club home. My old forum is going belly up (makes me super sad) and I'd love a place to chat pregnancy still, even if its not with the other ladies I...

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Ultrasound Photos!

We had our first real peek at our little one this a.m.! (Our scan at 6 weeks was still a little peanut). Baby was very active during the scan, and I was very emotional. I thought I would share! I would...

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Hello Again

I've been absent for the last 2 months, but I'm still here Starting to get lots of baby kicks. I have started to look for nursing tanks. Any favorites?

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20 Weeks! Check-in.

Woo-hoo! So excited to be to the halfway mark (kinda, I tend to go over) but still! These past few days baby has been moving so much and I can feel it often, which is so reassuring. Should only be a...

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For all our pregnent mamas!

Enter Mothering's Pregnancy Contest: http://www.mothering.com/forum/19-i...015-pregnancy-photo-contest.html#post18820537 :thumb

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Mishaps! I fell flat on my butt.

Friday my 3YO came outside and had wet her pants. I grabbed her up and came inside, hit the (unseen) pee puddle at full speed, and did a total Three Stooges banana-peel wipeout on the hardwoods....

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June thankfulness thread

Today I am cranky, in pain, and have huge messes to whine about. But I'm thankful for two sleeping children and a really cute awake baby and a crazy productive husband who is getting all manner of home...

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Maternity Clothes bleh!

Today was that bitter sweet day where the maternity capris that last week would fall off if I move to fast, actually fit right. So yeah, I have clothes that fit now after 15 weeks of faking it in...

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Birth Bead Swap, Anyone?

Hi there mamas! I know it's pretty quiet in here right now, but to get things moving a little, I thought I'd introduce this concept now. Last DDC, I helped organize a birth bead swap in which each...

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Favorite Breakfast?

How are you ladies getting your day started nutrition wise? Lately, my favorite has been breakfast tacos. 2 poached eggs on corn tortillas with cheese, lettuce, cilantro, and salsa verde.

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Hello again!

I'm finally back on mothering after disappearing for about 3 months. I've kept up a little with our due date club but haven't posted anything. The reason was really simple, this pregnancy was...

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Pregnant in the summer, newborn once it's cold?

Ha know, it hit me this weekend (along with a major heat wave in my town) that we are all going to be pregnant up through the biggest part of the heat. And then (at least here) it starts to get so cold...

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Can we talk about Cloth Diapers?

So with my first two I mostly used prefolds and thirsties covers. With a few pocket diapers trickled in and then used GDiapers at the end with my youngest. So what is considered good to use now? or...

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work out accountability?

Is anyone up for motivating one another to work out? I have been terrible this pregnancy.... I need some motivation!!!! Maybe a once a week check in? And words of encouragement on other days? So, I...

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movement!

I've been feeling quickening since about 12 weeks, random, sporadic, "fish out of water" sensations. At 17 weeks exactly I got a BIG kick, and now, a few days later, this kid seems to be practicing for...

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Bone. Tired.

OK, 29 weeks here, and I'm pooped. I know having a four year old and a full time job aren't helping, but good goddess I'm tired. And the crazy part is that I'm getting TONS of sleep...like, 8-10 hours...

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I can't start nesting yet... Right?

I must be nesting. I went to pack up my baby carriers and oh my lands. I'm only one person, how did I end up with enough for seven people? They have their own box! (Before anyone worries these are with...

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Indigestion already??

Any other mamas dealing with indigestion? I just got over morning sickness a couple of weeks ago and was so blissed out and happy to enjoy food again! Then all of a sudden (17 weeks) I am horribly...

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Are you enjoying being pregnant?

Just curious how you mamas are feeling about pregnancy! With DD1, I loved pregnancy so much that I didn't want it to end! I had some very real sadness as time marched on, savoring every moment of this...

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Preemie Moms (moms who were preemies)

Hi all, I'm new here, so HI! I'm due on october 31st with my first baby. I guess I'll just jump into my question I'm a FTM, so I have no idea what to expect, but lately I've been worried about PTL....

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Date scheduled

Well...my due date is October 6, but my c-section is now scheduled for September 29. I'll have a September baby either then or earlier, if she decides to choose her own day! I'll probably hang out more...

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August already?!?!

Where is the summer going? I was pregnant in the winter last time and didn't have to deal with being all hot and sweaty and my bikini line. I can barely reach the bottom of my legs to shave them It is...

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Hashimoto's (Hypothyroid) & Pregnancy

I just wanted to share my experiences. This is my first pregnancy on thyroid hormone. The Hashimoto's expression in my body wasn't caught quickly with baby 2, so I was VERY hypo during that pregnancy....

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September random chat

I think my husband is 'nesting' because he has been scrubbing out the shower and completing half-finished projects. Feeling really tired again, but the indigestion seems to have mostly subsided with...

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I'm having a September baby!

How are we all feeling? There must be a few of us nearing the end, and I would imagine everyone is feeling the joys and discomforts of the third trimester! Look how far we have come! I'm 38 and 5, and...

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magnesium

Kinda random, but I just want to say how eternally grateful I am for magnesium oil. Seriously, I sleep like the dead, it's amazing

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post-partum prep/care

I'm starting to think about what I might want or need postpartum… Tea for sitz bath/pads. Meals for freezer. Any recommendations?

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I had a September baby!

Baby mark is here, 8 and a half pounds and I prayed for no tearing and peace for the birth, and I didn't tear and it went peacefully! So blessed. And tired and achy and my entire body is loose and...

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Caden Joel is here!

Caden Joel is here. He was due 10/14, but arrived 9/27. I woke up at 4:25am Friday morning with my water breaking. I expected contractions to begin right away, but they didn't start until 10pm Saturday...

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Braxton Hicks and lots of pressure!

Oh I feel like she's going to FALL out of me sometimes! And the BH contractions make me have to pee!didn't experience any of this with my first, anyone else enjoying feeling their body prepare for...

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37 weeks pregnant and so done!

I'm 37 weeks I will be 38 weeks Friday. My birthday was yesterday and I have a one year old a two year old and a husband who is not the absolute best. First of all I can barley walk around from the...

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3rd Baby: Prodromal Labor: anyone else?

Hi! I'm 37 weeks with my 3rd after an 8 year hiatus (apparently that spread puts me squarely back in first time mama status for the birth!!) Since the first of the month I've had strong, regular...

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October baby after all!

He's here! Last week. It was not pretty - hospital transfer and emergency section. That will teach me to take better care of myself. Sending warmest wishes for lovely passages to any mamas in waiting.

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Isla has arrived!

At 40+6 after being put on early medical leave over concerns that she wasn't growing, more NSTs than I care to remember, 2 weeks of prelabor, and lots of emotional work, she finally arrived! At home,...

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Colds and Sinus Infections

I just need to complain. I have always been a relatively healthy person. Seasonal allergies were always an issue, but I managed with antihistamines, and oral and inhaled steroids. I am only 18 weeks,...

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