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what did you do to plan for a pregnancy (particularly if you areexpecting a difficult one)
My first two weren't unplanned, but we conceived very quickly after
deciding to try for a baby (about 3 days first time, 3 weeks 2nd time), so about the only planning I did was getting some folic acid. I've recently discovered that the advice seems to be to take that for 3mths before conceiving - though my multivitamins contain the recommended dosage, so that's not something I have to plan. Being as fit as possible is something I'm continually working on anyway and that includes pelvic floor and transversus abdominus and all the other stuff that is challenged by pregnancy. I'm fully expecting that pregnancy is likely to be very difficult, I've had SPD both times, 2nd time I felt the first twinge at 20 weeks and it was very bad in the end and further damaged during birth, so 2 yrs on I still feel pain from that most days. I've also had a few other complications such as a severe kidney infection in the 2nd trimester and my first baby was IUGR. It's still going to be over a year before ttc, as I need surgery to repair some damage in my hip relating to the last birth, but I was just curious as to what others have done. Time flys when you have small children and with the surgery (we haven't decided when yet), I know I'll have a chunk of time when I'm trying to get ready for that and then a chunk of time recovering. I also have sorting the kids bedroom out hanging over my head and I could go about this in several different ways. Anne |
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what did you do to plan for a pregnancy (particularly if you are expecting a difficult one)
Have sex? LOL. I don't think I did anything to prepare for any of the
pregnancies. But, I will say this, if I knew that the pregnancy was going to be horrible and me not being able to take care of myself let alone the kids, I wouldn't be getting pregnant again, but that's just me. -- Sue "Anne Rogers" wrote in message ... My first two weren't unplanned, but we conceived very quickly after deciding to try for a baby (about 3 days first time, 3 weeks 2nd time), so about the only planning I did was getting some folic acid. I've recently discovered that the advice seems to be to take that for 3mths before conceiving - though my multivitamins contain the recommended dosage, so that's not something I have to plan. Being as fit as possible is something I'm continually working on anyway and that includes pelvic floor and transversus abdominus and all the other stuff that is challenged by pregnancy. I'm fully expecting that pregnancy is likely to be very difficult, I've had SPD both times, 2nd time I felt the first twinge at 20 weeks and it was very bad in the end and further damaged during birth, so 2 yrs on I still feel pain from that most days. I've also had a few other complications such as a severe kidney infection in the 2nd trimester and my first baby was IUGR. It's still going to be over a year before ttc, as I need surgery to repair some damage in my hip relating to the last birth, but I was just curious as to what others have done. Time flys when you have small children and with the surgery (we haven't decided when yet), I know I'll have a chunk of time when I'm trying to get ready for that and then a chunk of time recovering. I also have sorting the kids bedroom out hanging over my head and I could go about this in several different ways. Anne |
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what did you do to plan for a pregnancy (particularly if you are expecting a difficult one)
"Sue" wrote in message
news:d4idnW80CbOk0hfbnZ2dnUVZ_oKnnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... Have sex? LOL. I don't think I did anything to prepare for any of the pregnancies. But, I will say this, if I knew that the pregnancy was going to be horrible and me not being able to take care of myself let alone the kids, I wouldn't be getting pregnant again, but that's just me. -- Sue Or saving money to make sure you could hire a housekeeper and nanny, so that your house and kids are taken care of if you are incapacitated. That would be a good pre-pregnancy plan. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password |
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what did you do to plan for a pregnancy (particularly if you are expecting a difficult one)
Yes, actually that would be a good idea. Or perhaps dedicate a room as a
play room so the kids have someplace safe and fun to go to. -- Sue "Jamie Clark" wrote in message . .. "Sue" wrote in message news:d4idnW80CbOk0hfbnZ2dnUVZ_oKnnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... Have sex? LOL. I don't think I did anything to prepare for any of the pregnancies. But, I will say this, if I knew that the pregnancy was going to be horrible and me not being able to take care of myself let alone the kids, I wouldn't be getting pregnant again, but that's just me. -- Sue Or saving money to make sure you could hire a housekeeper and nanny, so that your house and kids are taken care of if you are incapacitated. That would be a good pre-pregnancy plan. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password |
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what did you do to plan for a pregnancy (particularly if you are expecting a difficult one)
"Anne Rogers" wrote in message ... My first two weren't unplanned, but we conceived very quickly after deciding to try for a baby (about 3 days first time, 3 weeks 2nd time), so about the only planning I did was getting some folic acid. I've recently discovered that the advice seems to be to take that for 3mths before conceiving - though my multivitamins contain the recommended dosage, so that's not something I have to plan. All I did was take the vitamin and folic acid. I was current on my yearly paps otherwise I may have done that. You have a reasonable risk that part of the pregnancy may be spent on bedrest so you'd want to plan for that and hope it didn't happen Kind of exciting Anne -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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what did you do to plan for a pregnancy (particularly if youare expecting a difficult one)
Sue wrote:
Have sex? LOL. I don't think I did anything to prepare for any of the pregnancies. But, I will say this, if I knew that the pregnancy was going to be horrible and me not being able to take care of myself let alone the kids, I wouldn't be getting pregnant again, but that's just me. It is difficult, there is a part of me that says don't be so stupid, but then pregnancy is 9mths and a child is for life! There would be a lot less children in the world if everyone had this approach. I think knowing what we know now, that there is a good chance that we could delay most problems until the 3rd trimester and minimise the risk of problems after delivery. Just like Jamie suggests, we need to start saving up and planning our budget such that we could get a nanny. Cheers Anne |
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what did you do to plan for a pregnancy (particularly if youare expecting a difficult one)
All I did was take the vitamin and folic acid. I was current on my yearly paps otherwise I may have done that. You have a reasonable risk that part of the pregnancy may be spent on bedrest so you'd want to plan for that and hope it didn't happen Kind of exciting Anne I'd never even had a pap until 6mths ago (in the UK these days they are not starting them until age 25 and I'm very low risk as DH and I have both only had each other as a partner), but I will keep up to date, it's a chance to check out doctors! As I said, it's not going to be for a while anyway, but I think as it is more challenging than usual it is something we have to plan for a bit more and it does influence stuff like whether we keep the cot or not when DD moves out of it. I also need time to get supremely fit and strong to protect myself as much as possible. Cheers Anne |
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