Anyone think she had her head in the toilet this morning? Great! I get to be pregnancy buddies with the most beautiful woman in the world. One thing I’m grateful for? My skin looks great! I was so afraid I’d break out a lot when I got pregnant and the opposite has happened. And I can’t even wash my face anymore because the smell of Dove unscented soap (yes UNscented!) makes me sick.
I ALMOST got my knitting mojo back yesterday. I was tooling around and saw this fabulous picture of Friender! Look how cute she looks all pregnant in her Wallaby! And I thought – oh my god! I should have a pregnant Rhinebeck sweater after all! So I searched around to see what else I could find and there was Kate Gilbert looking all fabulous in her Mommy Snug! I thought oh my god the MOMMY SNUG! To fit me the whole way through! And I can make it in Cotton Ease and it will be cheap and washable and I should do it! I searched some more and came across KnitLet’s Mommy Snug! OH MY GOD! Look at her BIG BELLY! This sweater looks fantastic from a bump’s beginning to end!
And yet. I hesitate. Why you might ask? Because I’d hate to start it and not have it done for Rhinebeck. Which is six weeks away. That seems so close (yet so far) and I’d hate to not get it done. But with the energy levels I have now I’d look at the freaking yarn, puke, then take a nap. Also – and this is a HUGE one – I hate to do ribbing. Hate it. And this whole sweater is freaking ribbed.
BUT IT’S PERFECT! I might go out and get some Cotton Ease, if I can stop the puking and the napping long enough to drive to the freaking store, and try to do a swatch. If I can’t handle the swatch, well then, a sweater’s out of the question.
So like I said, almost got my knitting mojo back. At least I thought about knitting for like an hour. That’s a start, right?
Oh and to all those worried that my baby will not have a place to sleep or I’ll be scouring the aisles of Babies R Us one week postpartum, I plan on registering for everything I will need. I’ll most likely be doing what my sister did – she registered for everything she needed and half the stuff came to my house and half the stuff went to her mother -in-law. And when she went into labor, we all sprung into action so that when she came home from the hospital there were clothes and gadgets and all the necessary baby accoutrements ready to go in her home. While I may be new at this, my family is very well versed. After three kids in 4.5 yrs, I trust my sister implicitly.
Thank you again for all the good wishes! I can’t thank you all enough!!!
L, C
Congratulations to you! And I think you should make the Mommy Snug–I’m with you on the ribbing, but that is the perfect sweater. It would suit you to a “T”, and you’ll feel beautiful in it. Better that than the ugly Sports Illustrated sweatshirt I wore to the end of my pregnancy!
I do think that sweater would be perfect.
Your registry plan sounds perfect – everything gets done but with less stress and more time for the parents to be. As a new momma, letting others baby YOU is important for you and the baby.
That sweater looks perfect! You know, if there are bits that drive you crazy, I’d bet you have knitting buddies who could take over and knit ribbing, too 🙂
What a fun puke buddy to have! Mine was Rachel on Friends. My boy was born the night that that episode aired. It was ALL the nurses could talk about. “Hello! I’m trying to have a baby here!”
When i was pregnant, oh so long ago, you not only had to make the baby but you had to dress like one too – nothing as chic as that sweater existed.
You might think about modifying that sweater to be sleeveless, and that is less ribbing. Because another pregnancy secret is that your body gets to be a heat generating blast furnace around the sixth month and I found layering was helpful in the winter.
I think your family’s method of dealing with incoming babies (that puts a very funny picture in my head of people ducking and yelling, “Incoming!”) sounds completely sensible. That way the mother-to-be doesn’t obsess over every single little baby accoutrement beforehand, and can enjoy all the newness when baby comes.
I am begging you: make the Mommy Snug. I want to make it so much that I am willing to consider getting pregnant so I can wear it. Perhaps I love ribbing a little too much. Please, make the Snug.
That sweater is so cute! You should totally do it. But I’m not pressuring you 🙂 Only do it if you’ll enjoy it!
I think the whole don’t-bring-any-baby-stuff-into-the-house-until-the-baby-is-born thing is an old Jewish superstition. I have a friend who’s due in January who is the same way, and I think it’s her mother who’s dictating it. In any case, I’m sure you’ll get all the stuff you need when you need it without any trouble.
I also love the Mommy Snug. I’m not a fan of ribbing either, but I think in this case it’s a design feature to allow for great stretch. I fully intend to knit one for myself — when the time comes of course. I’m a brand-new newlywed and don’t plan on sharing my hubby with anyone else for a while!
You thought about it! That’s half the battle – as you know, picking something to knit is often the tough part. (And if it makes you puke to think about it – well, you’re probably not the first. Many of my friends threaten to puke whenever I talk about knitting.)
There’s a small faction of crazy people who have recently decided to spin sportweight yarn and knit a sweater in time for Rhinebeck. Spin AND knit, and they haven’t started yet – fat chance, I stayed out of that one! I might be able to pull off finishing the half-finished tee I have on the needles…..
One thing to consider for Rhinebeck if you feel like you might not have the stomach for a full sweater (both literally and figuratively) is a shrug or bolero! When I was pregnant last year, no way was I knitting a sweater that may or may not fit post pregnancy, plus I was swelteringly hot ALL the time…I live near Boston and had my baby at the end of January so I was largely pregnant in the fall and winter and I don’t think I wore a wool sweater on even the coldest days. So I knit a short sleeved shrug and wore it on the chilly days of summer, and all throughout the winter at work over fitted long sleeved stretchy t-shirts. It was just the thing and a short commitment knit-wise which fit all throughout my pregnancy and still does now. Hope the nauseousness subsides for you soon! It went away for the most part around 14-15 weeks for me, but I still had the occasional bad tummy day and revulsions to certain foods. Not fun! But worth it of course!
You are so funny! You could totally knit a sweater in six weeks. Have you considered Viveka from Knitty? I know it’s not meant to be a maternity sweater, but it SO looks like one!
you’re right. it’s perfect! do it! i know you can finish in time, and you will look GREAT!
I’m a bit late to the party but!
1. Congratulations!
2. I know about the knitting mojo. I lost the will to knit socks. Made me nauseous. Argh.
3. Regained knitting mojo about 3 months after Baby Jeneric was born.
4. Love the sweater. Knit the sweater! KNIT THE SWEATER!
5. I hear the nausea goes away in the 2nd trimester. I’ll cross my fingers for you. Me? I had that extreme form that required medicine to combat.
6. Mazel tov!
Congratulations! That sweater is great! Go ahead and try to make it. And, if you don’t get it done in time for the baby to be born, it’ll still look good afterwards.
Just one word of advice. When I was very pregnant, none, and I mean NONE, of the shirts and sweaters I had were long enough to clear the boobs and belly. The panels from my maternity pants were always showing (or my belly skin if I was wearing yoga pants). Make the sweater a few inches longer. You’ll be happy you did!
Good luck. I hope the puking ends soon!
Cara, First of all, congratulations! I’ve got a baby coming (#2)in October, and I know how wonderful and difficult it all can be!
Also, I know you specifically asked for no advice on food, but I was sick, sick, sick the first trimester with this baby — and less so in the second and third trimesters. Two things saved me: I stopped taking my prenatal vitamins and just did a folic acid supplement — and lay’s potato chips (I think I needed salt from puking so much). Yeah, I wasn’t feeling like the poster child for being a good mama, but it worked (sort of).
And if you feel like trying out the Mommy snug, go for it! If you don’t finish by Rhinebeck, so what? You can use the yarn for something else for your baby after he/she’s born.
Another little parenting tidbit: after my son was born, I felt like I was supposed to just be in bliss while he breastfed and look down adoringly at him — but I actually started getting kind of bored and antsy a lot of the time. So in addition to piling up my New Yorker mags and crossword puzzles, I also knit! (he would nurse and then fall asleep and wake up if I tried to move him — so I spent a lot of time on the couch!)
Also, I think you’re AMA like I am this time around (I’m 38 going on 39 this December). Don’t let all the testing and constant references to your “advanced age” get you down! Everything will work out just fine.
I’m so happy for you!
Charlotte
coming out of lurking to say…
Congratulations! I’ve been reading for weeks now waiting to hear your news and it’s a wonderful, magical thing. Yea!
I love hearing about people’s family traditions or superstitions and I love your family’s thing about not bringing bebe stuff into the expecting family’s house. And then to come home from the hospital and everything has been set up for you by people who have “been there, done that”. That kind of makes me want to cry. I’m hormonal I guess (but I’m just PMSing – not pregnant).
Anyway, love your story and just had to tell you congrats.
I’ve decided that shrugs are going to be a wardrobe staple for me. I had to buy summer maternity clothes but I don’t want to buy a whole set of winter ones too but a shrug will fit nicely over a tank top or short sleeved maternity top and I’ll be able to wear it after L is born too. Also cardigans that either button or have 2 way zippers so I can leave the belly part open.
My logic is that I’m not going to spend $200 on a pair of pants I can only wear for 6 months and I’m not going to spend 2 months knitting a sweater for those 6 months either.
The sweaters are very cute. Have you thought about the Bump Sweater from Natural Knits for Babies and Moms? It is adorable, adjustable, made from organic cotton and no ribbing. There is some moss/seed stitch around the edges. You might want to look at it as another option.
The first trimester is the worst for feeling ill. Second trimester was always ‘name that horomone’ for me, in other words, mood swings. Some days a roller coaster had nothing on me.
Shawls are MADE for pregnancy and nursing. You like knitting lace, what about a DK or worsted weight shawl for winter. With the body heat you will be generating, it may well be all you need. Of course, I am in W. Washington, not the east coast, so you will probably need more clothing than I needed.
Oh, and I have had three, I do have some experience in this area, a November baby, a July baby (bad timing) and a March baby (best time of year for a baby.)
Congrats! Definitely knit the Mommy Snug. I’m working on mine right now (due in late December and I have the front, one sleeve, and half the back done). I was also planning on knitting it in Cotton Ease (the new stuff). But it turned out not to be elastic enough for the ribbing (or maybe it is just the way I knit), which totally makes the sweater. Hopefully you’ll have better luck than I did.
Hi Cara, just wanted to pass along a strange sounding nausea remedy that worked for me when I was pregnant with my son: sniffing newspapers. Weird, I know! I’d read about it somewhere and scoffed but there’s actually something about the smell of the ink that assuages nausea. It worked so well that I kept a newspaper close by throughout the day – by my bedside, in the car – you never know when the nausea will strike. Congratulations and best wishes on your budding belly!
Sometimes taking additional B6 helps with the nausea and little, high protein snacks throughout the day. You’ll make it through and get your knitting mojo back, don’t worry too much about that!
And all a baby really needs is love, your boobies (or some other yummy milk product!), diapers, and a carseat!
Delurking to add my congratulations and offer sweater advice!
When I first saw it, I thought that the origami cardi from the Summer 2007 IK would also be an excellent fit-all-the-way-through-pregnancy sweater and it would be a LOT less knitting, and appears to have no ribbing. Likely a much more attainable Rhinebeck goal!
hi cara,
i just finished the mommy snug for my best friend (she’s due dec. 5) and i can tell you that it is a massive slog of ribbing. that said, the stretch is pretty outrageous on it, and the design incorporates plenty of length so be careful which size you pick – think i could have easily gone a size smaller without it ending up skin tight even at the end (we’ll see) so as i said, it’s a lot of ribbing, but there is a nice groove in there and it is a brilliant design that will look great even post-baby. i say go for it.
congratulations, caitlin
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL !
Yeah, I totally agree with Ann, and everybody else who said… Boobs, diapers, and car seat. My first baby even slept in the car seat for a few nights. It made him feel better, since he was used to being all squished anyway.
My only advice, since I know you’re just hanging on for more advice, is just do what you feel is right. If you feel like knitting, go for it. If not, think of how you could add some slits under the arm and make a fuller front panel, and bingo, it’s a nursing sweater! I got a lot of stuff from motherwear.com, but wait for the sales. I didn’t pay full price for anything. I’m cheap.
I totally love the idea regarding your family. It sounds so much better than having everyone hanging around waiting for you to blast out the little lima bean! Most people like to feel useful, and I think this is a beautiful tradition. Make sure, though, to leave them a bit of housework too, like some dishes in the sink, or maybe a room or 2 that needs vacuumming, you know, just so they’ll feel useful. I too get a little emotional thinking of you laboring to birth and your families laboring to set up the nursery. It could be a race! As long as you win.
Congrats, and hang in there. It does get better, or maybe you just learn to deal with it better. Either way, it’ll be great!
Mazal tov! I’ve been reading for a year or so and I’m so thrilled for you! My family is the same way when it comes to new babies and you’re right all they really need is diapers and some clothes and blankets. All of which I’m sure your friends and family will be dying to bring over. When we had #1 it was so exciting to come home and have a cradle in the room. Not to mention the baby to go with it!
I made the Mommy Snug for a friend of mine, but didn’t have enough yarn for the size she needed, so I made a Mommy Snug-Vest. I turned out REALLY cute, so I do want to make one for myself someday. I agree that the ribbing can get a bit tedious, but honestly it’s SOOOO great and stretchy that it’s PERFECT for the baby-bump (and of course all the other things that get larger as you go along…). 🙂 I highly reccomend it! 🙂
I had no intrest in knitting for my first trimester, and with the second baby I was too busy knitting for other peoples babies.
Also the greatest thing for nausea is Yellow Root Tinture. You might be able to find it in really good health food stores, or you can order it from my midwife. http://midwiferyinthemountains.com/
Prior to my last pregnancy, I thought that handknit ‘maternity’ sweaters were for the birds. The day I announced, though, to my LYS I found myself swept up in excitement by a brand new Elsebeth Lavold book with – you guessed it – maternity sweater. I left with book in hand and a bag full of silky tweed.
While I’m now planning on frogging and reusing that yarn, I think that making that sweater was the nicest thing I did for me during that pregnancy.
So go for it!
I LOVE the Mommy Snug, if I were to be pregnant again, which I am not. I’m not, I’m not. Well, maybe. I would be knitting it for sure!
I really hope this passes for you soon. Second trimester can be a wonderful thing.
Well, they’re not going to take publicity photos of her puking, now, are they? Never doubt it: even the MBWITW must puke (or at least feel a lot like it) while preggers.
Maybe you should try a washcloth or something, work your way back into it?
I don’t know if it’s your style, but Stefanie Japel is planning to release the pattern for her Petal maternity sweater soon. Maybe you could volunteer to test knit! 😀
I am so glad that I had my babies before blogging! Can you stand all the advice? Heh. My friends, family and everyone I saw on the street were something, but hundreds of blog friends too? Man!
I was never once worried that your baby would not have a place to sleep. Mine were in with us for enough time, that I think you will get the crib in by the time he or she needs it.
I cannot wait to see you in NY. I wish I could get down earlier, but so far it isn’t working out that way. Anything can happen though!
Congratulations on your wonderful news! So happy for you.
not to frighten you, but I was totally off on knitting during my two pregnancies. Couldn’t do it. But I did make each time a large cross-stitching wallhanger for the baby. I balanced the chart on my growing belly !! Started to knit right after giving birth.
Aw Cara, my sympathies! So I guess this isn’t the time to tell you that I puked 5+ times/day for 6+months?
Check out Purpose soap, mild, no smell, comes in a pump/liquid verstion and a bar. Unlike Neutrogena this does not smell.
I got to the point that there were certain aisles in the grocery store I could not go down, made me ill. Perfume still does it to me! In fact anything with a strong smell brings it all back…hang in there!
It is all worth it in the end.
Cara – I do hope you feel better soon! My sister in law had a terrible time for the first 3 months but after that never another bad day – I hope that’s true for you, too! I think the Mommy Snug is a great sweater – I’ve wanted to make it for myself, and I’m not pregnant nor will I ever be! I wonder if it would work as well if you made it in a garter rib instead of a full rib – do the knits and purls on the right side, but purl across the back side. Would that be stretchy enough? I’ll look forward to seeing what you do!
I haven’t been reading the blogs this week, so I missed the big announcement on Monday. But I want to say congrats to you and Georgie. This baby is going to be *so* loved.
And you are right, babies don’t need that much. My goddaughter will be three months old on Friday and we still haven’t put her crib together. She’s been co-sleeping with Mom and Dad every night because it’s easier for all involved. (And yes, we’re bringing her to Rhinebeck…might as well get her started on the fiber addiction early in life! :))
late to hear the news, but wishing you all the very best. I’m very happy for you!!!
CONGRATULATIONS! I am so happy for you and George.
Hi there!
I’m SO excited for you…I’ve been reading your blog for a LONG time, and feel like I’m a part of something really special. I know you’re probably sick (literally!) of being inundated with advice, but I happened to be really scent-sensitive during my pregnancy (I think because I get migraines to begin with, which kind of exascerbated the problem). For what it’s worth, unscented soap made me squeamish too…but I did have some success with some mint-ish products (like Burt’s Bees). I stayed away from any almond/floral/fruity business, but clean, not overpowering mint seemed to help settle my tummy a bit. Also, I LOVED those Charms Sweet and Sour suckers. They totally evened out my stomach on my worst days, and my worst days involved a trigger pump installed in to the side of my thigh that injected me with nausea medicine every few hours. And, even though it sounds totally bogus now, by the 4th month, I was feeling fine. Couldn’t imagine what the hell my problem was for the first few months!
You’ve been an inspiration to me both craft-wise and emotionally, and I only hope that any thing that I can offer you could be an iota as helpful to you as you’ve been to me.
Best wishes,
Danni
Congrats!
– Jolly Ranchers for the nausea (not the hot cinnamon-y ones, the fruity ones). Also ask your doc about trying a different brand of prenatal vitamins. I was horrifically nauseous for the first 6 months of my first pregnancy, and then a recently pregnant friend suggested my pre-nats my be the problem. She was right. Sadly, I began requiring an iron supplement a month later and the nausea came right back. But that one month off was awesome. This time around I started with the good vitamins right off the bat and only had normal 1st trimester nausea.
– Most of the big name baby stores will hold your registry items until you request delivery, at least in our area (I’m in NNJ, too). Might be easier than trying to have everything stored at someone’s house. I think what usually happens is someone calls them when you go in to have the baby and they deliver in the meantime.
Hi Cara,
Just delurking to say hi and congratulations! I’m so happy for you and I’m so glad to hear that you’re still up and about despite the morning sickness!
A word about “unscented” products: As you’ve noticed, they still have scent in them. “Unscented” is a label that cosmetics companies use when they include certain “masking” fragrances in the product. “Fragrance-free” means exactly what it says, so if you find unscented products stomach-turning, you should switch over to the fragrance-free toiletries. 🙂
Just a thought: cropped cardigans and shrugs look cuter on pregnant chicks. And they’re quicker to knit! I’m not normally a shrug-wearer, but I felt warm all the time while I was preggo so I wore them, and ended up liking the look as well.
Hi! So I don’t usually comment, but I want to add my congratulations to the group. Infertility is something that I may have to deal with in the future (I have various medical issues that cause infertility, but I won’t know how much it’s an issue until I try to have kids), so it makes me extra happy to hear that y’all are expecting a little one soon. Best of luck!
The husband put together the crib and changing table while I was in the hospital yet my youngest still slept in his carseat the first 6 weeks!
I’m superstitious as hell when it comes to babies you do what you feel is best for you and your family.
Congrats again!
Ya gotta love a new to be Mom with a plan !! You go girl.
Have you seen Stefanie Japel’s Petal? It has a little less length/knitting involved, so it might be quick. However, I don’t think it had been release yet; I think it is still being test knit.
Here’s the ravelry link:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Stefanie/petal-sweater
Well! I stop reading for a few days so that we could move from WA to OR, and look what goes down while I’m away! Many heartfelt congratulations to you and Georgie!!
Oh ho ho! Thanks so much for the blog mention. I am sure I will see my stats go SKY HIGH! I’m flattered you like the Wallaby. I hope you stop puking *very* soon.
My Rhinebeck sweater was a pregnancy sweater last year too. My Moonlight sweater http://www.jofrog16.motime.com/1159621668#608302 was fabulous (and still is post-pregnancy) and it’s knit at 4st/inch so it’s fast!
Whatever you knit, enjoy it or don’t knit it. Feel well.
Hang in there, the whole “puking” thing usually doesn’t last that long. With my first it was 4.5 months and with my second I wasn’t sick at all. I can’t help you on the knitting mojo thing, I didn’t learn until my second kid was about six months old. Congratulations by the way from a long time lurker! 🙂
Wow, linked to by January One! Thanks! Knit the Mommy Snug. You will be so happy with it. When you are huge and pregnant, you’ll be glad to have something you made that still looks pretty. Maternity clothes toward the end are seriously not cute.
That glowing pattern endorsement aside, I got six inches into my Cotton Ease version before I ditched it for the Rowanspun dk. If you want to use CE, you might want to reconfigure the pattern to a slightly larger gauge.
Ha-ha! I was pregnant when Demi Moore was prancing around on the cover of Vanity Fair naked and pregnant and flawless. Ugh.
I feel the same way about miles of ribbing. But if you can get your knitting mojo back. . .
Hey, check out Glampyre KNits and see if her “Petal” pattern is posted yet-it is SO cute (preggo sweater, btw) and can transition from small bump all the way to the end and even be worn when not pregnant-it is ingenious! and it is due out any time now so look and see-and if it’s not yet ready, email her and ask!! it’s too cute to not make it! hang in there w/ the barfing-it DOES end, just hang on to that truth!!
I’m so sorry you’ve been so nauseated. When I had the all day “morning” sickness, I tried to comfort myself with the thought that this feeling is a good one. It means all the hormones are working like they should. ((hugs))
We had the same tradition as your family … nothing baby until there’s a baby. At least not at the house. And the baby had plenty. A moses basket is plenty for a wee one until you get all your stuff moved in. All he/she needs are diapees and a boob. Thinking of you.
I missed two days – wow! great news. I have followed your blog for so long I feel like I know you. Congratulations – I know it has been a long and frustrating journey. Try ginger for the nausea – hard ginger candies work great. Best wishes for 30 some more wonderful weeks. See – that sounds so much shorter than 7 months.
As long as you neither puke nor take a nap* ON THE YARN, I think Mommy Snug is definitely worth the effort.
*If you’re like me when I was pregnant, you’re pooling drool on your pillow when you sleep–think Patrick the Starfish in Spongebob. (I almost typoed “Spongeboob”, but that’s a whole nother subject.)
Congrats, Cara, and it WILL get better… the middle part of pregnancy will seem like a breeze after the past few weeks. Use the rules that work for you and love the good things that pregnancy brings, like great skin, during the months you wait for your baby.
Just a little hug and hopes the puking stops soon.
Too bad diclectin isn’t available in the US. It totally saved my sanity.
Cara, I just read your news! Congratulations to all of you!
Just last week I was helping out my pregnant SIL to find a maternity sweater to knit and happended upon the BIG BELLY. I was shocked and impressed that the Mommy Snug looked great from beginning to the BIG BELLY end.
Congratulations by the way.
If you want my advice, don’t knit a pregnancy sweater, knit something to wear afterwards. You’ll get much more use out of it. A cardigan, preferably. And I am not at all worried about what your child will wear, with all the nieces and nephews you have, it’ll be just fine. They grow out of everyting too fast anyway. And all you blogfriends (I am guessing about 500 at least) knitting for you, you’ll just be fine. Take care, a hug from far away. cheers!
MAZEL TOV! I am a lurker/reader and think it’s wonderful that you are pregnant. Seems like there are lots of pregnant knitbloggers out there lately! I would love to ask you some questions about your experience w/ the fertility clinic if that’s OK… can I email you directly?
Man, I wish I had had the same tradition your family has, just so I wouldn’t have had to put together all of those baby items. 🙂 Pregnant brain and building stuff is a bad combination!
Make you the Mommy Snug anyway. Just don’t promise it for Rhinebeck. Pressure off:) Feel better momma!
Er, I am a bit behind the times…CONGRATULATIONS!!
I may have told you this already, or someone else may have but just in case—here’s a couple of things that work for the morning sickness. FYI mine was 24/7 sickness for 14 weeks so I feel your pain. Something first thing in the a.m. before you get up. Saltines didn’t work for me but Store-bought gingersnaps were divine. Anything with ginger in it really helps. I also would snack on one when I got up in the middle of the night to pee. The idea is to eat small meals all throughout the day so that your stomach is never really empty. If you like apples they help too–especially the pectin in the peel. Try snacking throughout the day and I think you’ll find you’re feeling much better. Hopefully your m/s will pass with the first trimester and you’ll feel oh-so-much better.
As for the sweater—go for it. It’s just too perfect not to have it in your wardrobe. Shoot for Rhinebeck and if you don’t make it, heck you’ll have it for afterward.
All the best!
Hi Cara,
I just read the news today.
C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S!!!!!
Rosane.
Having wished you luck for the 2 week wait, and as a fellow survivor of the fertility circus (without such a great outcome), I am so happy at your good news and good luck. I have everything crossed for you that the next 30 or so weeks are happy and healthy and uneventful. And that the puking stops.
I’m so sorry you’re feeling so bad. I remember those days iwth both my guys . . . it’s nice to think those perfect people puke (not to lose weight) just like us!!!!
as a fellow “ribbing hater” i totally sympathize with the dilemma over this fabulous sweater – but it is adorable!
how about this. you buy the yarn, and then mail it around to each of your buddies, and everyone will knit on it for a week then mail it on to the next person. you should so totally have this sweater!
if i could knit at all, i’d be all about doing this for you.
i am SO happy for you. i had a feeling that was your big news but was kind of sad when there was speculation that it wasn’t. i freaking love babies. babies! YAY CARA!
I’m so far behind on blogs this is the first I’ve read about your pregnancy. Congratulations, and I hope the puking lets up at some point. Happy knitting, if you’re up to it!
I’m late to the comments, having been out of town most of the past two weeks. Congratulations! Your experience may not be the same, but for what it’s worth, I was completely unable to knit for the first 4 months or so when I was pregnant with my daughter. But, around the same time that my “morning” sickness went away, the ability to knit returned.
I was glad to see that you are thinking of sharing some of your experiences with infertility. There is so much that is difficult about dealing with IF, but the sense of isolation can be really devastating. As someone still struggling with this, I look forward to being encouraged by your success.