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Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

names!!! my favorite topic
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These are our top 3 right now:

Dane
Warren
Gavin

all w/ the middle name Thomas

I''ve realized I have a thing w/ names ending in ''N''....hehehe......

I''m w/ you Robbie, I''m soooooooooooo over talking about names w/ DH. We just don''t love anything. We want to have 3 options as well and take a look at our little guy before deciding. But it''s been tough to get 3 we can live with.

Ebree - I love your names!!! Henry and Edward (family name for me) are some of my favs but DH nixed them
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I think a little Henry is the cutest thing!!! Your baby bump is so cute!!!

Mela - WOW! That''s some list! I haven''t even been able to come up w/ half that for DH to say no to
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I really like Luna, and love it w/ Valentina.

I know I''m a little late (haven''t been around much), but wanted to comment:

Blen - I really like Mary, but that''s my mom''s name so I may be biased
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It''s also my dad''s sister''s name and a few other woman in my family. But I love it because it''s a so classic.

Dreamer - you look great!!! Love the belly shot!! Good luck at your next appt!!

NYC - that''s great you passed the test!!! I''m keeping my fingers crossed that thing get smoother for you!

Courtney - sorry about the back pain and feeling down. I can totally relate, I haven''t been in the best of moods lately. I don''t know, just want my body back and I''m ready to meet our son. I know I still have a ways to go, so I''m trying to stay as positive as I can.

LL - glad you''re starting to feel a little more relaxed. It''s totally normal to be uneasy in the beginning, but it''ll get easier.

Sorry if I missed anyone, I''m trying to catch up on a few days!

As for me, I''m ok...just trucking along
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23 weeks today!!!
 
Date: 2/19/2009 1:50:37 PM
Author: Courtneylub
Mela, I LOVE 'Aurora'. My cousin named her daughter that and calls her 'Rory'. So precious.
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Isn't Rory the cutest?!!??! I feel like I'll call Romeo, "rory" as a knickname. Although I prefer it for a girl. Sigh.

ETA: I just DID what I complained about yesterday. I just "renamed" my baby before it's even born. BaD MELA. BAD! I retract. "I have no idea what I'll end up calling my kid as a knickname. And...I didn't inhale!"

Hi Court!
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Thank you so much Kaleigh and Courtney!
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mela- I understand your frustration! DH is SO picky about names (esp. for a girl!). He vetoed almost every single name I brought to the table, and several of them are on your list (Felicity being one that I refuse to give up on for the future). The good news is that you have two great names you already agree on, right?

cdt- Dane, Warren and Gavin are all good solid classics (IMO) and sound great with Thomas! I like the idea of having two or three names on the table when baby is born to see if one fits more than the others.
 
Ebree--
You little sneak...can''t believe you hold out this long!
Congrats and I''m so happy for you and your hubby.
And what a lovely belly
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Ugh names.

We have nothing.

I was soooo convinced that if we have a boy, he should be a jr which would make his name Richard Antonio. But FI''s grandmother that passed away always loved Richard Anthony (at the time in Chile you had to have one Spanish name so they put Antonio instead of Anthony). We have a lot of Jrs in my family and also some that are III and IV. So after talking him to death about it, he finally agreed and now loves the idea.

But...what if people call him "Little Richard"
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Then there''s the whole girl fiasco. I love Sophia, Viviana, and Paulina. All three names are in FI''s family so he doesn''t want to use them. And the names he''s coming up with I do not like.

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Ebree~Congrats!
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Date: 2/19/2009 11:39:46 AM
Author: littlelysser
Hey DD - Don''t mean to harass ya, but I don''t know if you saw my question for you in my earlier post - I''m not sure, but I''d like your input.

What anti-anxiety meds did your friends take while prego? How did they decide on those meds?

Any information would be greatly appreciated!
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Some of the anti-depressants are totally fine in pregnancy - my sister took Prozac throughout her second pregnancy and breastfed with the full support of her OB.

I take an anti-epileptic which is used as a mood-stabiliser for bipolar disorder. Anti-epileptics have quite a history of birth defects, especially if you are on polytherapy. I take Lamictal as monotherapy which is pretty much the safest one available, but I still decreased my dosage from 100mg to 25mg until I hit 14 weeks so as to avoid the period while the palate develops. I''m back on the 100mg and probably increasing on Monday as the increased blood volume has meant my plasma levels are falling.

Most people will tell you to avoid anything if possible - mainly because really good research just isn''t out there - but if you get an OB or psychiatrist who has experience of treating pregnant women with mental health issues you will find that there is a whole range of options. My sister was told by 3 GPs that she must NEVER get pregnant on Prozac, but all the OBs she spoke to were quite happy about it and she didn''t need any extra monitoring or tests or anything.

To be honest, keeping stress and depression down as much as possible is very important in pregnancy. High cortisol levels caused by stress are thought to potentially lead to an increased chance of the baby developing mental health problems later in life - especially if there is also a family history.

Ante-natal depression leads to an increased risk of post-partum depression and post-partum psychosis, so again these are things to avoid as much as possible.

I am personally furious that I have ended up so stressed and ill during my pregnancy - the risk of our child having bipolar disorder was already high as it''s very prevalent in both mine and DH''s families and I had planned to do everything I could to be as calm and stress-free as possible.

I''ll see if I can come up with a list of possible meds - and those to avoid. What do you usually take?
 
YAY Ebree!!! I had a sneaking suspicion with some of your posts lately, and I''m so happy it''s true!!!

How was your early pregnancy for you? How are you feeling now?

I love so many of the names people are posting, and please, keep posting them! I''m having such a hard time, especially since dh won''t even DISCUSS names any further with me until our big u/s (2 more weeks, yay!) He won''t even tell me if he''s still serious about wanting stupid "Danger" as a middle name for a boy! My mind has been changing pretty often on whether I like girl names or not, so I''m worried that I''ll end up picking something I really don''t like in the end.
 
Cute Avi Robbie
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Hi guys,

Congrats Ebree!!!!

I have prenatal orientation on March 2 and my first ultrasound on March 23, which is 9.5 weeks. The receptionist couldn''t fit me any closer to 8 weeks. I know the appointment can be anywhere between 8 and 10, but of course I''d rather be closer to 8! Do you guys think I should try to find a different office that can see me sooner? It turned out none of my friends went to doctors that serve the hospital that I want to go to, so I just looked through the hospital''s web site for practices that seemed to have a lot of doctors, and then I ranked them based on their websites. Anyway, I could just as easily call a different practice . . .

Tell me what to do guys!
 
OMG Robbie!!! You new avatar is hilarous!!! LOVE IT!!! you look so cute!!!
 
Thanks, Lili and CDT! I got bored of the old one.

Phoenix, that actually sounds like a pretty normal wait time for the first appointment. I''d leave it as is. The difference you''ll see in that week and a half is pretty awesome. Babies start to be able to move right around 8 weeks (though it''s involuntary at that point) so if you have it closer to 8 weeks, baby might not be moving yet. Ours wasn''t or perhaps it was already the lazy bones that it seems to be today (not much movement at the big u/s either). I can''t recall how far along Sabine was at her last u/s, but her baby did a little dance for them and it was soooo cute! Totally worth the extra week and a half wait in my opinion.
 
Date: 2/19/2009 10:00:07 AM
Author: Courtneylub
Nyc - That''s great that you passed the test!

Well, I''m not doing much better. Back pain is getting worse. I have an appointment with the orthopedic doc tomorrow at 9am, so we''ll see what he says. I have my 30 week OB appointment this afternoon. Finally in the 30''s!! I know I''m almost there, but it still seems like a long ways away.

Pandora, I feel like my back is splitting apart. I know that my ribcage is expanding, but this much? It''s absolutely killing me. How are you feeling?
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Hi Courtney,

I''m sorry - I know just how you feel as mine has gone completely as well. The rib pain just burns like mad.

I saw the physio yesterday - she got the skeleton out and we had a look at the bits that were causing the pain and really there is not a huge amount that can be done. I''m seeing her again in 10 days and they''re going to put me in some kind of support thing that might help. Otherwise it was a case of ''it will go when the baby is born''...

Sleeping is hard as I can only lie flat on my back - if I turn sideways, the burning starts up after about 2 minutes and just gets worse and worse. If I turn in my sleep it will wake me up so I''m tired and grouchy as well now.

I''m finding heat and codeine are they only things that are working for me at the moment.

Good luck with the ortho tomorrow - I hope you have a good one. I fell out with the one I saw who completely failed to diagnose me - despite glaringly obvious abnormalities on my MRI - and now I see a neurosurgeon instead which I found better. I would suggest getting an MRI not an x-ray. The x-rays are pretty useless unless you have conditions like spondylolisthesis or fractured vertebrae. MRI is also safer when you are pregnant.

I''m happy to give you any advice/info I can on back pain/surgery etc - my surgeon believes in active patient participation and so I get access to a lot of the latest research papers. He was the first specialist spinal neurosurgeon in the UK and pioneered artificial discs over here (hence why he won''t let me have one till I''m over 50!)

All I can say is just take it one day at a time. Did you try acupuncture at all?
 
Date: 2/19/2009 2:58:28 PM
Author: phoenixgirl
Hi guys,

Congrats Ebree!!!!

I have prenatal orientation on March 2 and my first ultrasound on March 23, which is 9.5 weeks. The receptionist couldn''t fit me any closer to 8 weeks. I know the appointment can be anywhere between 8 and 10, but of course I''d rather be closer to 8! Do you guys think I should try to find a different office that can see me sooner? It turned out none of my friends went to doctors that serve the hospital that I want to go to, so I just looked through the hospital''s web site for practices that seemed to have a lot of doctors, and then I ranked them based on their websites. Anyway, I could just as easily call a different practice . . .

Tell me what to do guys!
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I''d go for the slightly later one as well - I had one at 8 wks because of bleeding and you don''t see that much at that stage to be honest.
 
Robbie - I super LOVE your new avi! You''re so cute!!!

Sabine - you''re welcome to any of my names
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...nuthin'' wrong with "Danger" as a middle in my books. lol. I just got another BOYS name - just now. Phoenix (as a middle). LOVE IT! What will DH think?

Phoenix - I''d keep the appt as is -for the reasons mentioned. So much more to see!!!
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