Joining the ranks of parents...(part 2: let's do it again --- 6/19/09)

JAG · 05-01-2006, 01:05 PM

(EDIT: Post 28 skips the necromancy part of the thread.)

My wife is pregnant with what will be our first child. I'm really excited to be a father at last (and that's not looking at this with rose-colored glasses, I know it'll be a lot of work and frustration at times too).

My wife's excited to be a mother...that is, for the pregnancy to finish already. She has had a pretty miserable nine weeks thus far, with a lot of nausea throughout the day that only seems to go away if she eats, which is contrary to what I had heard about morning sickness. Is this unusual in other people's experiences?

Nothing much else to report for now, but she finally allowed me to share the news with others so I thought I'd post.

Eaglesfan27 · 05-01-2006, 01:09 PM

No advice, but let me say congratulations!

Bee · 05-01-2006, 01:13 PM

congrats!

Draft Dodger · 05-01-2006, 01:14 PM

congratulations.

the good news is she's close to the middle trimester, and generally things get better at that point for a while. for both of my wife's pregancies, she started feeling better almost to the day she hit 12 weeks.

duckman · 05-01-2006, 01:20 PM

Congrats!

JonInMiddleGA · 05-01-2006, 01:20 PM

Congratulations.

Franklinnoble · 05-01-2006, 01:26 PM

Congratulations!

Sleep now... while you still can.

WSUCougar · 05-01-2006, 02:25 PM

Great news, Jamie! Please give me a holler if you have any questions or just need to talk. You're in for the ride of your life.

tarcone · 05-01-2006, 02:48 PM

congrats
and my wife also quit getting sick the day her 2nd trimester started.
pretty amazing
have fun and like the previous guys said sleep now because you will get very little the next 18 or so years

Senator · 05-01-2006, 04:10 PM

Just wanted to chime in and say my wife is 8 months along with our first, and she had a rough first trimester, but it eased up quite a bit at the second one. Just a little over a month to go now.

Raiders Army · 05-01-2006, 04:14 PM

Congratulations, soon-to-be-dad.

Swaggs · 05-01-2006, 04:17 PM

Congrats.

Hopefully the child will be named after a ZFLer.

bosshogg23 · 05-01-2006, 04:33 PM

Congrats Jag!

JHandley · 05-01-2006, 04:38 PM

Great work, JAG!...we needed another cook

Antmeister · 05-01-2006, 04:55 PM

Congrats sir!

Northwood_DK · 05-01-2006, 05:04 PM

Congrats

Lorena · 05-01-2006, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senator

Just wanted to chime in and say my wife is 8 months along with our first, and she had a rough first trimester, but it eased up quite a bit at the second one. Just a little over a month to go now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAG

My wife is pregnant with what will be our first child. I'm really excited to be a father at last (and that's not looking at this with rose-colored glasses, I know it'll be a lot of work and frustration at times too).

My wife's excited to be a mother...that is, for the pregnancy to finish already. She has had a pretty miserable nine weeks thus far, with a lot of nausea throughout the day that only seems to go away if she eats, which is contrary to what I had heard about morning sickness. Is this unusual in other people's experiences?

Nothing much else to report for now, but she finally allowed me to share the news with others so I thought I'd post.

2 baby FOFCers, grats Jag and Senator!! You're in for quite an adventure

Godzilla Blitz · 05-02-2006, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAG

My wife's excited to be a mother...that is, for the pregnancy to finish already. She has had a pretty miserable nine weeks thus far, with a lot of nausea throughout the day that only seems to go away if she eats, which is contrary to what I had heard about morning sickness. Is this unusual in other people's experiences?

First, congrats! Way to go!

During my wife's first pregnancy, she'd come back from work at 2:30 in the afternoon and start making dinner. I'm pretty Pavlovian, so when she'd say "Dinner time!" I'd come out of the office and start eating, even though it was only three in the afternoon. Then she'd make another meal at six. And then she'd be pigging out again at eight. It went on like this for about six months. We both looked pregnant by the time she slowed down.

revrew · 05-02-2006, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAG

My wife is pregnant with what will be our first child. I'm really excited to be a father at last (and that's not looking at this with rose-colored glasses, I know it'll be a lot of work and frustration at times too).

My wife's excited to be a mother...that is, for the pregnancy to finish already. She has had a pretty miserable nine weeks thus far, with a lot of nausea throughout the day that only seems to go away if she eats, which is contrary to what I had heard about morning sickness. Is this unusual in other people's experiences?

Nothing much else to report for now, but she finally allowed me to share the news with others so I thought I'd post.

JAG! Congratulations to you and your wife!

As for the morning sickness: perfectly normal. In fact, the best way to fend off morning sickness is to eat small meals frequently, say, every 2 hours. That's not to say it works for everyone--pregnancy is about as predictable and uniform as my golf swing--but if it's working for your wife, that's common. She may find it helpful to always include a bit of carb and a bit of protein in every one of those meals. My wife lived on peanuts and raisins every two hours for months in a couple of her pregnancies.

FrogMan · 05-02-2006, 09:43 AM

I missed that thread yesterday, congrats JAG!!!

Good luck with the pregnancy!

FM

Samdari · 05-02-2006, 09:49 AM

Congrats.

Buy preggie pops. Not because they work, but because its fun to say.

JeeberD · 05-02-2006, 11:13 AM

Congrats, JAG! Hopefully he/she willfollow dad's example and be a Cowboys fan instead of following the local crowd...

ibnsgirl · 05-02-2006, 02:57 PM

Missed this yesterday...

Congrats!!!

It took until 16 weeks for my 24-hour sickness to go away, but never letting my stomach get too empty helped quite a bit. And if you think that she is reafy for it to be over now, just wait until about the 8th month point

Marc Vaughan · 05-02-2006, 05:31 PM

Many congratulations ...

MacroGuru · 05-02-2006, 05:54 PM

Gratz to all who deserve it!

Craptacular · 05-02-2006, 10:46 PM

Congrats!! Sounds like your wife and my wife are about the same time along. Her appetite seems to have been more affected this time compared to her first pregnancy, and she's getting nausea / morning sickness more often ... sometimes is helps when she eats, and sometimes it doesn't. We think she's just more screwed up since she has two in there this time.

vex · 05-02-2006, 11:16 PM

Congrats JAG! We're 7 1/2 months along, it goes by VERY fast

JAG · 06-19-2009, 02:50 PM

Figure I'd tack this on to my post from a few years ago. Danielle is pregnant again and is at 20 weeks now. We had the ultrasound today and found out the kid is healthy and that we're having another girl. This is obviously cosmic retribution for being one of three boys growing up. (but in all seriousness I don't mind) (and yes, I say that without having experience dealing with teenage daughters, so I will laugh at myself in 10-15 years for that comment). It's been another hellish pregnancy for my wife, she was practically bed-ridden the first fourteen weeks and only the past six or so has she had some ok days intermingled with bad ones. The little one is not very kicky compared with Raven.

We're both pretty excited. We had a rough go of trying to have a second child with a number of miscarriages (5 I believe) the past year and a half. We went to see a specialist at 5 or so weeks to see if there was anything we could do to increase our odds and he showed us a chart containing a study about people with recurring pregnancy loss, and that even after 5+ consecutive miscarriages the odds were 50+% that the next would be viable. I guess the odds worked for us this time around.

spleen1015 · 06-19-2009, 02:53 PM

Good luck homie.

DaddyTorgo · 06-19-2009, 03:10 PM

good luck and nice to hear it JAG

PackerFanatic · 06-19-2009, 03:12 PM

Good luck and congrats, JAG!

JediKooter · 06-19-2009, 04:11 PM

Congrats JAG.

Flasch186 · 06-19-2009, 04:35 PM

We'll be due with our first, a boy, around the same time. Congrats!!

stevew · 06-19-2009, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAG

We had the ultrasound today and found out the kid is healthy and that we're having another girl. This is obviously cosmic retribution for being one of three boys growing up.

heh.

Me too(have 2 brothers, now have 2 daughters).

Good luck with everything dude.

CamEdwards · 06-19-2009, 04:44 PM

Best of luck JAG!

chesapeake · 06-19-2009, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAG

even after 5+ consecutive miscarriages the odds were 50+% that the next would be viable. I guess the odds worked for us this time around.

Congrats JAG! Great news.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-19-2009, 05:19 PM

Best of luck & congratulations.

JeeberD · 06-20-2009, 06:23 AM

Best of luck! Looks like there's going to be a lot of FOFC babies this fall and winter...

WSUCougar · 06-20-2009, 03:59 PM

'Grats Jamie!

Marc Vaughan · 06-20-2009, 06:40 PM

Congrats

Quote:

My wife's excited to be a mother...that is, for the pregnancy to finish already. She has had a pretty miserable nine weeks thus far, with a lot of nausea throughout the day that only seems to go away if she eats, which is contrary to what I had heard about morning sickness. Is this unusual in other people's experiences?

Each of my wife's pregnancies was different and during her last one she had heartburn pretty much continually (one of the reasons our youngest is called "Keegan" - it an Irish name meaning 'little fiery one' ...), so basically unless a doctor says you should be concerned roll with it ...

SFL Cat · 06-20-2009, 07:38 PM

Congrats.

If my kids have been any indication of normalacy...if you trade yours in at age 12, you should have a blissful experience.

05-01-2006, 01:09 PM	#2
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	No advice, but let me say congratulations! __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

05-01-2006, 01:14 PM	#4
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	congratulations. the good news is she's close to the middle trimester, and generally things get better at that point for a while. for both of my wife's pregancies, she started feeling better almost to the day she hit 12 weeks. __________________ Mile High Hockey

05-01-2006, 01:20 PM	#6
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Congratulations. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

05-01-2006, 02:25 PM	#8
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Great news, Jamie! Please give me a holler if you have any questions or just need to talk. You're in for the ride of your life. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

05-01-2006, 04:10 PM	#10
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	Just wanted to chime in and say my wife is 8 months along with our first, and she had a rough first trimester, but it eased up quite a bit at the second one. Just a little over a month to go now. __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

05-01-2006, 01:13 PM	#3
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	congrats!

05-01-2006, 01:26 PM	#7
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Congratulations! Sleep now... while you still can.

05-01-2006, 02:48 PM	#9
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	congrats and my wife also quit getting sick the day her 2nd trimester started. pretty amazing have fun and like the previous guys said sleep now because you will get very little the next 18 or so years

05-01-2006, 04:14 PM	#11
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Congratulations, soon-to-be-dad.

05-01-2006, 04:17 PM	#12
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Congrats. Hopefully the child will be named after a ZFLer. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

05-01-2006, 04:33 PM	#13
bosshogg23 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Philly	Congrats Jag!

05-01-2006, 04:38 PM	#14
JHandley High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle	Great work, JAG!...we needed another cook

05-01-2006, 04:55 PM	#15
Antmeister Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: At the corner of Beat Street and Electric Avenue	Congrats sir! __________________ "I'm ready to bury the hatchet, but don't fuck with me" - Schmidty "Box me once, shame on Skydog. Box me twice. Shame on me. Box me 3 times, just fucking ban my ass...." - stevew

05-01-2006, 05:04 PM	#16
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	Congrats

05-02-2006, 09:43 AM	#20
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	I missed that thread yesterday, congrats JAG!!! Good luck with the pregnancy! FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

05-02-2006, 09:49 AM	#21
Samdari Roster Filler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cicero	Congrats. Buy preggie pops. Not because they work, but because its fun to say. __________________ http://www.nateandellie.net Now featuring twice the babies for the same low price!

05-02-2006, 11:13 AM	#22
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Congrats, JAG! Hopefully he/she willfollow dad's example and be a Cowboys fan instead of following the local crowd... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

05-02-2006, 02:57 PM	#23
ibnsgirl H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: South Texas	Missed this yesterday... Congrats!!! It took until 16 weeks for my 24-hour sickness to go away, but never letting my stomach get too empty helped quite a bit. And if you think that she is reafy for it to be over now, just wait until about the 8th month point __________________ Hattrick: The Smacky Packers 71158 Thanks to my supporters: TonyR (SA Griffins FC), sterlingice (Houston Hippopotami), TK (Real Terps FC), the notorious pirate AE (Puke Green Sox FC), Krondor (Krondor Lancers), Dark Affair (Orient Express), and tucker rocky (Jacksonville Kickers).

05-02-2006, 05:31 PM	#24
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	Many congratulations ...

05-02-2006, 05:54 PM	#25
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Gratz to all who deserve it! __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

05-02-2006, 10:46 PM	#26
Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	Congrats!! Sounds like your wife and my wife are about the same time along. Her appetite seems to have been more affected this time compared to her first pregnancy, and she's getting nausea / morning sickness more often ... sometimes is helps when she eats, and sometimes it doesn't. We think she's just more screwed up since she has two in there this time.

05-02-2006, 11:16 PM	#27
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Congrats JAG! We're 7 1/2 months along, it goes by VERY fast

06-19-2009, 02:50 PM	#28
JAG Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: St. Paul, MN	Figure I'd tack this on to my post from a few years ago. Danielle is pregnant again and is at 20 weeks now. We had the ultrasound today and found out the kid is healthy and that we're having another girl. This is obviously cosmic retribution for being one of three boys growing up. (but in all seriousness I don't mind) (and yes, I say that without having experience dealing with teenage daughters, so I will laugh at myself in 10-15 years for that comment). It's been another hellish pregnancy for my wife, she was practically bed-ridden the first fourteen weeks and only the past six or so has she had some ok days intermingled with bad ones. The little one is not very kicky compared with Raven. We're both pretty excited. We had a rough go of trying to have a second child with a number of miscarriages (5 I believe) the past year and a half. We went to see a specialist at 5 or so weeks to see if there was anything we could do to increase our odds and he showed us a chart containing a study about people with recurring pregnancy loss, and that even after 5+ consecutive miscarriages the odds were 50+% that the next would be viable. I guess the odds worked for us this time around.

06-19-2009, 02:53 PM	#29
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Good luck homie.

06-19-2009, 03:10 PM	#30
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	good luck and nice to hear it JAG __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

06-19-2009, 03:12 PM	#31
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Good luck and congrats, JAG! __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

06-19-2009, 04:11 PM	#32
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Congrats JAG. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

06-19-2009, 04:35 PM	#33
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	We'll be due with our first, a boy, around the same time. Congrats!! __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

06-19-2009, 04:44 PM	#35
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	Best of luck JAG! __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

06-19-2009, 05:19 PM	#37
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Best of luck & congratulations. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

06-20-2009, 06:23 AM	#38
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Best of luck! Looks like there's going to be a lot of FOFC babies this fall and winter... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

06-20-2009, 03:59 PM	#39
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	'Grats Jamie! __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

06-20-2009, 07:38 PM	#41
SFL Cat College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: South Florida	Congrats. If my kids have been any indication of normalacy...if you trade yours in at age 12, you should have a blissful experience.

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