I’m not sure what I expected, but thank you all so much for your good wishes! Yesterday morning you had me so verklempt – well – I threw up. So STOP IT! I don’t want to puke anymore!!
I have to admit, for weeks I had been planning to announce our pregnancy on Labor Day and I was so excited I could hardly contain myself. Well, as excited as you can be when you feel sick all day long. But the closer I got to announcing, the more nervous and anxious I got about it. Not that I thought the news would be received badly, but I think telling all of you makes it even more real and that’s scary. Also, I’m usually so open about my life and my thoughts and feelings and suddenly it’s not just about me anymore. I’m responsible for someone else! OH MY GOD! And the world can be very scary – especially the imaginary internet world and I guess I’m feeling all Mama Bear-ish about the baby and that’s kind of strange for me. You know? All kinds of new, terrifying, wonderful, nerve-wracking, crazy feelings going on at once. It certainly is a rollercoaster ride!
Obviously, this blog is going to go through some changes. I don’t plan on blogging about my pregnancy every single day – I don’t know if I’m going to go back to blogging every day – it all depends on how I feel. This is still my fiber blog! If only I had a fiber life these days! I haven’t knit in about two weeks and I have almost no desire. It’s really, really sad. But people assure me that desire will come back and it will come back strong! I hope so! I miss it.
I can tell you though, that once I do start knitting again, I will NOT be knitting baby knits. I know – crazy isn’t it? But I think I have a very good reason for it. My family is VERY SUPERSTITIOUS when it comes to babies – especially first babies – and it’s our “rule,” so to speak, to not bring ANYTHING into the house that has to do with the baby until AFTER the baby is born. I know – how do you get the whole nursery together? What’s the baby going to wear? Etc. It’s my experience that newborns don’t need much. Diapers. A boob. A blanket. So I’m not worried. But I can’t knit for the baby before s/he arrives. I just can’t do it. No matter how tempting these freaking booties are! I might knit for other babies though – there are a few out there about to arrive and maybe I’ll flex my knit muscles on them, but not my own. It may seem like a silly rule. I mean, not knitting isn’t going to keep my family from – God forbid – a tragedy. But we all have our quirks and this one is mine.
Also, right now, we have no intention of finding out the sex of our baby before s/he is born. Maybe we’ll change our minds – maybe not. It’s just our preference.
For the record, I never lied about the pregnancy. 😉 I may have been deliberately misleading yes, but I kind of freaked out when everyone started guessing I was pregnant (we had only just gone back to the fertility clinic) and I knew people were reading the blog that didn’t know anything about what was going on and could be potentially hurt to read it on the blog before they were told in person. So I said I wasn’t pregnant – and I wasn’t! I was never pregnant when I said I wasn’t. Even on July 6.
The baby will not be named Bruce. I can guarantee you that. And we won’t have a little Georgie either. Another family tradition is only naming after the dead. Bruce and Georgie are very much alive, thank you very much. I have to say, though, that when I found out there was a new E Street album and tour – WHILE I WAS PREGNANT! – I felt like my baby’s life was fated. Crazy, again, I know, but the idea of going to a Bruce concert while pregnant has been a sustaining fantasy this miserable (but WONDERFUL!) summer! It’s just too perfect, you know?
I can honestly say I haven’t eaten ONE saltine my entire first trimester. The idea makes me want to puke harder. Pretzel sticks. Almonds. I was eating eggs every day until I puked those. I’ve tried ginger tea. Fruit works. I try to get protein in. While I do feel awful most of the time, thankfully I don’t have Hyperemesis Gravidarum. I’m working my way through this nastiness as best I can and while I appreciate all the advice, I’m sure you all know that one person’s comfort food is another person’s puke fest. Translation: please don’t mention foods! THANK YOU!
Over the next months I hope to share more of our journey to this pregnancy. It’s fairly well known that we battled infertility and I hope to share some of our experiences with you. I feel like it’s such a misunderstood battle (Relax! Have a drink! You’ll get pregnant!) that it deserves our attention. So many people suffer and yet there is a shame associated with it that is just not necessary or helpful.
Alright. That’s enough for now. I have to go eat again. The most amazing thing about this pregnancy thing is the realization that you can feel completely and utterly nauseated while at the same time BEING STARVING! I eat constantly all day long – but I’m never satisfied. And I’m always nauseated. It’s incredible.
Thank you again for all your wonderful good wishes. I have read every comment and email, and while I wish I could respond to all of you, I have to preserve what litter LITTLE energy I have. (Pregnancy brain! HA! I get to say that now!) I don’t know how you 9-5ers do it! We so appreciate the love that’s out there and I look forward to sharing it with you all.
L, C
I’m so happy for you both. I certainly don’t expect a response. I’ve read you off and on for some time and recall your previous attempts at pregnancy, so I’m sure this such a thrill for you all. Definitely blog as you feel able to and whatever you want to share about your process,we’ll be happy to read.
I hope the morning sickness ends for you soon and that you have a restful and happy pregnancy. Much love to you, Georgia and the baby!
delurking and blogless but full of pregnancy tidbits! First, congrats. Second, I couldn’t knit during my first trimester either but it did come back. However, I still have some lovely eggplant colored Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran that I still can’t use since it made me sick back then. Third, peppermint chewing gum. Not really a gum person, but this did the trick for me. All the time. Good luck!
Congratulations again. I’m really looking forward to reading about your journey.
Congratulations from a frequent reader/infrequent commenter. Your knitting mojo will return, just give it time.
Congratulations! I’m sorry about the nausea thing. I hope that it fades with time.
Maybe just a little Freudian slip showing? (“what litter energy I have”) I like to think you meant to write it that way! A good sense of humor is as necessary for a happy, healthy pregnancy as getting the other “goods”: rest, exercise, and nutrition – with lots of Bruce Juice, natch!
Big congratulations to you and your family. And you’re right, all you need is a carseat to get the baby home. Everything else you can send someone out to pick up for you. It’ll be so great!!
I don’t consider your blog a fiber blog. I consider it a life blog–the things that make your life complete: Georgie, Photography, Knitting, Crochet, Travel, etc. And you title, January One, is about creating a new year of journeys. It is a journey into your self. I am happy to read your new life journey and it will be interesting to hear how you got there. Congrats, again.
Cara, congratulations to you and Georgie! No one deserves it more. Best wishes for a healthy happy baby. Are you allowed to RECEIVE baby knits that someone else has made for you? Maybe they would need to be sent right after the baby is born though. My sister-in-law is Navajo and they have the same beliefs.
I just want to share with you that I had a lot of problems with nausea during my first pregnancy (not puking, just feeling crummy) and almost none during my second, and the reason was acupuncture. I don’t consider myself an alternative medicine kind of person, but I started going to acupuncture before my second pregnancy because of my allergies and was amazed to discover that it did wonders for all sorts of pregnancy side-effects, including nausea and fatigue. It doesn’t work for everybody, but it did great things for me!
We did that before our first was born too (didn’t bring baby thing into the house). Just make sure you enjoy the process and aren’t worried all the time.
And you are right a boob and diapers are all you need for the first little while.
It’s just all around great!
Like you I couldn’t knit when I had morning sickness. I didn’t knit much during my whole pregnancy — no energy for it. I’ve made up for it since then though.
I hope the naseuea passes soon and you get to enjoy the rest of your pregnancy — knitting or not.
Awww, little mama Cara…it’s just so freaking cool, grrl…so cool.
It really is wonderful and exciting news, especially because you’ve tried/worked so hard towards it. Congratulations, and all the best of luck! 🙂
Congratulations!!
Friend of G.’s from work and frequent reader de-lurking to say congratulations (you and I met at the Fantastiks many moons ago, but we talked about your writing, not your knitting – I was a frequent reader of yours even then)! I can’t wait to compare belly bumps (my EDD is 12/14/07) at Rhinebeck. Really looking forward to hearing about your journey into motherhood.
Cara, you’re so right about the misconceptions about infertility. We went through it for years ending with a failed IVF attempt. But our journey to become parents ended (started?) with adoption, which turned out to be the right thing for us. Our little six month old, 11 pound bundle is now a high energy, 64 pound 9 year old going into 4th grade today! Watching them grow up and change is the most amazing thing. And while she had a nice collection of hand-knit sweaters from family as a baby (it was before I started knitting) she is now stealing my own knitted socks (“they almost fit me, Mom!”).
I’ve been thinking this might be the big announcement, and I’m thrilled for you! I hope you get through this early exhausting part soon- I completely lost all desire to knit for probably 2 months in my first trimester. The idea of knitting, or even reading knitting blogs, made me nauseous. But at the same time, the nausea made me glad, because I felt like it was a good sign that this pregnancy was going to stick! I’m at the other end now- 5 days overdue and actually feeling happy every time I feel a sharp pain “down there.” Again, another good sign! Who’d have thought I’d have so many occasions to be glad to feel uncomfortable? I’m looking forward to reading about your progress and I’ll be thinking of you a lot!
I was so hoping that your cryptic messages were about a pregnancy! Congratulations and I hope the nausea passes soon.
oh congratulations!!!!!! I’m so happy for you!!! I didn’t read blogs yesterday, so I’m behind the times, but YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great big hugs and kisses!!!
CONGRATULATIONS! Look what happens when I don’t check in for a couple of days – you get preggers (hee hee!) I am SO happy for you! I wish you and your family nothing but the best through the pregnancy (I lost 15 pounds my first trimester from the hurling, and gained 11 of it back the first month after – Big Macs with extra pickles were my downfall!) and birth. Wow! Hugs!!!!
Goodness gracious, CONGRATULATIONS!!! My best friend had a baby over the weekend — it’s just such an amazing, miraculous thing. I hope you start feeling better soon!
That is good news that you do not have hyperemsis. I had that with my first (lost 40 pounds first trimester). It is not fun. Enjoy every minute. =) (well not the puking ones)
Congratulations!
I hope the nausea passes soon – I remember very well what that was like. It seemed like the more I was in the fresh air, the better I felt. Nothing else really helped.
But yay! Baby coming!!
Congratulations! I was sick too, 24-7, until I was 3months and 2 days along. I just woke up one morning and felt fine. I still had to be careful about food though, for one, being pregnant turned me into a vegetarian.
From 6 weeks prego to 3 months I lay on the couch. I could barely move my head. I could barely look at the tv [the picture never stops moving!]. So I read! I asked my husband to bring me everything he could find on morning sickness. MY conclusions: eat what you crave, don’t eat what makes you yucky. It is your body’s way of protecting your baby. Your body will not deprive your baby of what it needs. Of course I did take my vitamins [once I could hold them down] Trust the messages your body is sending you. Which I am sure you are doing anyway.
I am so happy for you! It’s a grand adventure!
Congratulations! Do whatever you need to do to feel as well as you can during this time. We’re all rooting for you–
I had horrible nausea the first 5 months and it does pass. It sucks with all the tiredness and everything but soon you’ll be eating and eating and it will all be good.
Take care–sending lots of stomach settling vibes your way.
Congratulations! I have been a bit neglectful of blogs lately so I missed your original announcement. I am currently pregnant with our first child (me and my girlfriend/partner) and am due 1/30. I was not as pukey as you sound, but it did get better for me around 14-15 weeks. I hope it will for you too.
{hugs} just… {hugs} … do what you can when you can and focus on helping little baby grown and mature and come say hi to all of us when s/he’s ready.
Delurking to say Congratulations! Enjoy your pregnancy…it’ll be over before you know it! Hopefully you will be feeling better soon.
Glad to hear you’re coming along! It’s a fine tradition (no baby stuff before the baby). We just had an addition to our knitting group that way. We all knat nothing for the baby, simply put, respect the mama!
saltines didn’t work for me but graham crackers did! and seltzer and mint gum. there came a point when i would have done ANYTHING not to feel ill short of booting the baby (obviously!) it came down to lots of fresh air and naps. i only hope that number 2 is more forgiving.
I agree that infertility is very misunderstood. I had to undergo infertility treatments at 24 years old and got the “Oh, you’re young! Relax. You’ll get pregnant eventually.”
Like Kellie, I also turned vegetarian during my pregnancy. I wish you a wonderful pregnancy! It goes by fast, and suddenly, your little one is not so little.
i didn’t bring anything into the house before the baby was born either. same rules apply in my family.
but a wonderful friend (who also happens to be an amazing knitter) gave me a giant red tassle she made out of the most beautiful red yarns and ribbons – to hang on my bed during labor to ward off the evil eye (ok, i’m a little bit superstitious, but i’m not the only one). first, i hung it on my bedroom doorknob through the end of the pregnancy, then on the bed during labor, and it still hangs on my son’s bedroom door eight years later.
One morning you will wake up and feel better…it will happen, just keep a positive outlook on the whole thing. You are not the first nor the last who has spent the first few months with your head over a bowl!! My “baby” is about to turn 23 and is healthy. The Dr told me to eat what I could and what I wanted until I got past the nausea…eat what works for you!
I promise, no talk of food or baby knits. But a hearty congratulations to you both!! How very very exciting (and I’m not even involved!).
Congratulations!
Congratulations!!!!!!!
Sincerest congratulations on your wonderful news!
I will decline to tell you what I ate to stave off the puking, but I will tell you that the second time around I knew 6 days in that I was preggers as I actually said out loud, “I’m either starving or nauseated…OH!” And that, as they say, was that.
It does pass around 15 weeks so you will feel better soon, promise!
Cara, congratulations to you and Georgie!
I am so excited for you guys! I’ve had many friends that went thru infertility to later have wittle bitties of their own. As far as the knitting goes…before I got PG I was hardcore into crochet and all but stopped when I got knocked up. I didn’t pick it back up again until my kid was almost 5, lol. Yeah, that was a lot of help, eh?
Congratulations! That is such wonderful news.
I’m with you on the superstition about not doing anything for the baby until it finally arrives. We have that in my family too. No baby showers, just shower the baby with gifts after it’s born.
Yay for Cara being pregnant! Boo for Cara being sick!
my sincere congratulations, I love hearing about new lives and new loves coming into the world!
Oh, yes, nauseated and eating all the time, remember it well. (Only I didn’t puke, I just wanted to, and I got fat.)
The naming and not preparing are Jewish traditions, aren’t they? In any case, whatever floats your boat. I like to think of myself as practical and down to earth and then next thing you know I get superstitious as hell. Gives my husband something to laugh at.
I worked full time throughout my first pregnancy, and on my last day (a Friday; I was induced on a Monday) my boss made me write a memo about something I had been working on. When I came back from leave she asked me one day, “did you write this?” I read it and said it sounded like me, but I didn’t remember having written it, and besides it was complete gibberish. Then I noticed the date, and we consigned it to its rightful place in history.
I had stopped feeling like knitting before I found out i was pregnant, even though i was pregnant. I didn’t knit from january though like April, so like 4 months of NO KNITTING. I had no. urge. whatsoever. It was WEIRD! I dunno WHY!! But then it came back and i stated knitting like mad, so you take a nice knitting break and enjoy life. I think things are weird in the first half of the pregnancy.. I had weirder emotions, dandruff in my hair, huge food aversions, nothing satisfied me and I was fairly lethargic. After around 24 weeks I think things returned to normal and I’ve been pretty much my normal self, well mostly 🙂 haha.
You will be fine, enjoy your break, OH and when you do start knitting again BE CAREFUL of pregnancy induced carpel tunnel!! it happened to me and I have never HAD carpel tunnel!! I had to sleep with a brace at night on my left hand and it went away a month later and now I can knit with no pain. I just have to be a little careful but it’s nearly all disapeared!
🙂 I can’t wait to read your baby blog entries, I too am very careful about my baby blogging… oh and GOOD for you on the sex thing, next time even if WE know the sex we are telling everyone we don’t know because OMG i’m so freakin tired of pink!
When we were going through the same things, we heard too many people with the “relax and have a drink” theory. Hello, people! Infertility is a real live problem that does not respond to massive ingestion of ethanol.
People who walk where we walked have my utmost sympathy.
Happy Baby.
former knitblogger , now infertility blogger stopping in to wish you congratulations. that’s such fantastic news.
you give me hope.
My big sis puked all the way through her first trimester with both of hers (a boy and a girl, so there goes that myth..). She was miserable. Apparently one day she just woke up and didn’t feel sick. She described it as the most free-ing feeling ever! Ironically, she is also a photographer, albeit one who is just getting started…
I hope you have that sunny morning soon, where you wake up and think “What’s missing? Something’s different today…” And realize… it’s the nausea! It’s gone! YIPPEE!! 😀
you know, if you cant have an aquarius baby, then an aries is the next best thing! i really look forward to following you on this new journey of yours! congratulations! i think i know what baby booties you are thinking about even without a picture! 😀
Congratulations!!! I’m infertile, and I superstitiously knit for every baby with whom I come in personal contact. If I knit ehough bootees (that is a GREAT pattern!), or enough sweaters, bonnets, and blankets, surely I’ll get one of my own….. You give me hope. Maybe, with the superstitions, when you get your will to knit back, you ought to find another pregnant knitter, and trade knits. You won’t be knitting for YOUR baby, but the knitteds will be coming for your punkin. just sayin’ is all.
Related to baby brain its itneresting that women subjectively report it (I haven’t had the pregnancy experience myself). Neuropsychology studies find that pregnant women don’t do more poorly on memory and problem solving tests. In fact some studies have reported women in 2nd and 3rd trimesters doing better on some tests. However pregnant women are primed for baby related information (ie respond more accurately faster). I’m guessing that there is so much to think about when pregnant that attention is constantly divided, and feeling sick makes that worse.
I look forward to viacariously sharing your pregnancy with you.
I know you get hundreds of comments, and you do not now most of us…but I felt so much happiness for you when I read your news,like you were my good girlfriend or something. Congrats to you. I know my son has filled my heart with more joy than I could of ever imagined. So excited for you!!! Shirani ~mamapurls~
Yeah, I didn’t knit for Beatrix until I started nesting at about 37 weeks. Mostly, I was so desperate to do SOMETHING because I was on vacation and I didn’t have the concentration to read ANYTHING. I was sick until 20 weeks (don’t worry, that’s crazy weird and it won’t happen to you) but I thought the strangest thing was that while I lost 7 lbs in the first trimester, my pants were way too tight. It’s a wild thing, pregnancy! Enjoy what you can and take the rest in stride.
Congratulations and much love to you on your new adventure! There is a culture in which the final stitches in the wedding dress are not put in until the bride is getting dressed on the wedding day. I think superstitions serve a purpose and if they comfort you, then so be it. The puking is awful (I did it for 3 kids) but think of how good you will feel when it stops.
Having gone through fertility issues myself I am ALL ABOUT keeping away the bad juju. You are right, newborns need VERY LITTLE their first few days and then you will be able to get stuff to ‘go’ with your child’s personality. Our son is going to be 11 this December. We chose not to find out the sex either and had 2 boys and 2 girls names picked out. When he was born we sat there admiring him and figuring out which name better suited him. Y’know, “do you think he looks like an XXXX or a YYYYY?” It was immediate and we had definite ideas about what suited him and his persona right away. We had gone gender neutral with the nursery and then I decided it didn’t really fit him. So, good for you. Do what makes you comfortable and healthy and the rest will all fall into place.
yeah, yeah, yeah!
I cannot believe you were able to hold out and not tell us! Congrats again!
It’s true, newborns don’t need much. Momma might though. It’s really hard to have to go out shopping 3 days postpartum because you realized your boobs are going to fall off immediately if you don’t get your hands on a breast pump right that minute. lol (I did that with #1) And about 2 weeks after our first was born, I pretty much called my husband one day at his office and told him not to come home without a battery-operated swing to put the baby in. 😉
very very excititng. and every day you’ll find something delicious to eat or want to eat..and the next day it won’t sound good at all. for me.. I couldn’t get enough cheetos. mmm. de-lish! many many good wishes for an easy pregnancy and big congrats!
Congratulations!
And those baby booties? So cute. I just may have to make them.
Congrats Cara and G! Morning sickness suggestion #273 – ginger capsules – available at most health food stores.
Okay fellow readers – we can all be knitting for this precious baby and shower Cara and Georgie and new baby AFTER the exciting arrival.
Game on people???
I am so happy for you. 2 friends of mine went through the infertility problems. They both have beautiful babies from the amazing medical science that they can do now.
I can tell you that it will change your world. It won’t be just about you any more. In the beginning it might be a little depressing, but you soon come to realize that you would give your life for that little one. It is amazing, scarry, exciting, terrifying and happy all at the same time. There are so many emotions that go into it, not to mention hormones. 😉
If you have any questions I am sure that anyone would do their best to help. I am here if you have any and will do my best to tell you my experiece.
I wish you a happy and healthy 9 months.
I totally understand the “not bring anything baby related until the baby is born”..My family is like that too 🙂 (regarding many things..not just babies).
Best wishes to you..
What an exciting news Cara…Congratulations!!
Oh, Cara, congratulations!!! I had been hoping that this was the “big news” you’ve been hinting at.
I have to say, your family tradition is a little tougher than my husband’s, which is never to hold any babies that don’t actually belong to him. It started out as “I won’t hold any babies until it’s one of my own,” but then it became a thing. I seem to recall my sister in law shoving her third into his hands shortly after we arrived for a visit when he was a newborn, though, so I think the “tradition” is broken.
Good God, did reading all that make you feel woozy? Go lie down or something. You’re entitled because YOU’RE PREGNANT! Yay!
I’m so happy for you! Congratulations!
All the best..I am so excited for you!
I too believe in not opening presents early and did not find out gender until my kids were born. It’s a really special surprise.
Sea bands for motion sickness helped take the edge off when I was pregnant with my daughter, and nibbling on candied ginger really helps!
I share your relief and joy, as I also had a difficult time conceiving. Just rest assured that no matter how sick you feel, or how paranoid you might get that you’re not getting enough variety to eat, your body will take wonderful care of that baby… sometimes to the detriment of you! (Crazy how that stuff works.) Just delight in naps. Frequent, frequent naps. We’ll all be here, no matter how often you decide to post.
In the realm of baby things not being knitted, I can also commiserate: I didn’t start on my first baby thing to knit until I was in my final trimester. First, I didn’t want to jinx it, but then, I was so busy working it fell by the wayside. But as a new mom, I can tell you you may not have as much knitting time as you think you will after your little one’s born. I went from being a multi-project knitter to a one-at-a-time knitter, simply for my own sanity. So, if you’re interested, I’d love to volunteer to make you some non-gender-specific baby things, but hold on to them until you deliver. Just let me know where to send ’em when the time comes!
I don’t care if this isn’t strictly a fiber blog–I love it all. The photos, the subject matter, it’s all good. Thanks for sharing with us!
I’m late to the party, why is that always so, but we were out of town. YAY!!! I am SO happy! I have really thought a lot about infertility and such since I had Cameron because it’s a joy that I wish everyone who wants to have kids could experience. I’m so glad that you are experiencing it now. Having a kid has forever changed me in such a good way and I look forward to seeing how becoming a mom changes you (in a good way, too, of course).
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cara, I happen to actually be a fertility physician and I see the emotional rollercoaster every day; but the reward of what I do is seeing that little ultrasound flicker of the baby’s heartbeat and the glowing faces of my patients as they see it too. I’m so glad that you are here at this point, at long last. The puking sucks, but at least it’s in a good cause; and it peaks soon and then gets better, as you know. Hang in there.
another lurker wanting to pass along congratulations and good wishes. I am very happy for you.
At my house we call it Gestational Senility. 😀
those booties are very tempting – and if my hand wasn’t smooshed, i’d knit them for you (and of course hide them from the universe until the grand moment of birthing had safely passed)
just you wait- the nausea will soon pass, and you’ll feel fabulous.
I’m sorry you’re feeling lousy, but take it from me it’s worth it. Being pregnant is the coolest, most amazing thing I ever did;…. 9 times. 🙂
Ooogh. I had terrible nausea throughout my first trimester, and I so do not miss those days. They will pass, of course, but until then, you have my heartfelt condolences.
It seems perhaps they don’t make them any more, but I know one thing that helped calm my stomach a bit was keeping a tin of ginger Altoids in my pocket. This technically doesn’t count as food, because I never ate them. I just would open the tin and take a big whiff of the ginger scent, and that would sometimes help. (I like to joke that I spent my first trimester huffing Altoids – grin!)
Best of luck, and just try to hold on to the fact that this ucky part can only last so long.
Congratulations. That’s really great and wonderful. Did you already try Homäopathie, it helped me very much when I was pregnant with my second daughter and always felt “green in face and stomach”. My doctor made a type analysis and gave me the right homäopathic treatment, everythting was better very fast.
I ate eggs and oranges. Did you know that those 2 foods contain all of the vitamins in them? Good stuff! Big heart felt congratulations! All the best to oa – a long time regular lurker (maybe a year?)
Nope, no baby knits. You`ve just guaranteed you`ll get sent 200 pairs of these booties anyway, lol. Nothing else, just booties!So knit for yourself if you feel like knitting. You`re not going to have much time for it after anyway, unfortunately.
And just go with the flow for the nausea. Don`t feel you have to try all the “remedies”. Stress makes it worse. It`s a natural thing, and hopefully will clear after the end of the first trimester. Sleep is the best answer to all the above anyway.
No food recommendations here – you’ll find what works for you.
As far as infertility – we were very lucky – we got pregnant when we decided we wanted to. Then – nothing. We are thrilled with our boy, love him to death and are happy with our family. It’s everyone ELSE that thinks we need another and want to know why we stopped at one. We didn’t choose to stop, it just happened.
I’m so utterly thrilled for you and Georgie – you made the choice to add to your family, and I think it’s wonderful. That kid’s gonna have a lotta love…
Congrats Cara! As someone who’s suffered through infertility and has come out with a baby, congrats, congrats, congrats!!!! My morning sickness tip is this: eat whatever you want if you can. I ate Lemonheads candy and bean burritos almost every day. If it makes you sick, forget it. Do what works for you.
I don’t miss those sick days, so why am I calling the fertility clinic in a few months? 🙂
Did you hear that clatter? It was the needles of thousands of your knitters who were getting ready to knit something for Li’l Basic (my own family tradition, calling the unknown baby bor/girl Basic).
Congratulations Cara! I am so happy for you!
So if someone wanted to knit a little something for the wee one, that person needs to just hang onto that until after the wee one is born. Got it!
Congratulations! I was pregnant the summer and fall of 2003. My little B went to a number of B shows in utero! He loves rock and roll music (especially the Dublin show from the Seeger sessions tour on CD).
CONGRATULATIONS…Many blessings for you and your family.
Darn it. I thought I was being clever with the name too. Then you had to go and be all superstitious!
tehehehe.
Try seabands from Walmart. It keeps my friend from getting carsick.
Congratulations! My awesome niece Katie experienced the Boss very early on, at about 5 weeks in utero at Giants Stadium during the Rising tour. She already has great taste in music!
Hope to meet you at Spin Out!
You know what? Nothing is quirky. Whatever feels good to you and your partner, is the right thing to do. There is no need at all to think about what we think. We all do things however we want to do it. That’s your right too.
But it’s nice you want to share, we love you for it.
alke
i was delighted to read your news: i wish you all the best for the coming months, tons of rest and encouragement.
Congratulations on your impending new love. WRT the nausea, if it helps, keep track of what you eat. I did have HG and had to take major drugs to make it through the day. Turns out I had a preg-related dairy issue, and I never barfed again once I made the connection. (Which was the problem – someone told me dairy could help ease the heartburn, so I’d get sick, eat dairy, get sicker… etc and since I never had a problem before…. well, it took a while for me to clue in.) Anyway, whether it helps or not, congratulations to you all.
I’ve been away for a bit so just got this now.
CONGRATS!! i know a number of people who have had a lot of difficulty for many different reasons, and i know that it can all be stressful and difficult.
i’m thrilled for you.
i’m also fully behind you guys not finding out the gender. 🙂
YEEEEEEHAW!!!
I not in blogland enough lately, and when there, I’m usually just lurking…………..but, girlie, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! (((((((hugs))))))))
Congratulations! And let me say (without mentioning foods) that two things that made me sick with each of four pregnancies were the PRENATAL VITAMIN and Tums with MINT. Once I dropped those and was wary around anything acidic (ask your mother what bothered her during pregnancy) I was nausea-free. Hope it works for you!
I just read your previous post. I may cry. I am so, so happy for you both (three!). *sniffle* I am so happy for you.
I was a world champion puker when I was pregnant with Anna Grace. I agree with the anti-saltine crowd. I think it was saltines that actually brought on the first actual puking. I had been eating them all weekend trying to get the nausea to pass and then we went to church. That communion cracker sent me right over the edge and thus started my life as a world champion puker.
I lived a large portion of my life making lists of food that didn’t have a scent, didn’t make me think of a scent, could be cooked or prepared quick enough for no scent to be noticed and could be eaten without any after taste. That pretty much had me limited to Kraft Easy Mac, PB & J and Nerd Ropes.