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101 reasons I think this baby will stick
I know I’m only five weeks past the miscarriage but I feel weirdly optimistic. And sick. Very. Very Sick.
Here’s how I break it down:
Reason #1: Hormonal. Wheee! Care to join the “I’m so excited to be preg…. WTF ARE YOU DOING ON THE DVR! I SAID TO NOT STAND ON THE DVR! ... gawd I love my kid…” ride? ‘Cause I’d like off.
Reason #2: Stuff stinks. Bad. The house? Smells like ass. That beer you’re drinking? Also like ass. My Pad Tai? Totally like wet dog. I’m not kidding.
Reason #3: Ralph. I’m feeling slightly pukey. Excuse me but your beer is making me want to hurl (and I like beer).
Reason #4: Sore boobies. Damn. ‘Nuff said.
Reason #5-100: I. Am. So. Fucking. Tired. I. Am. Going. To. Die.
Reason #101: Why not? It’s our turn.
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Fingers CROSSED girl!
Last time I was PG I seriously thought about having a sit-down with my dad about his sudden body odor problem. So glad I talked to hubby first. He just told me I was insane and to wait a while. The increased smells are so gross!
Congratulations!
May this one stick until you’re good and ready for it to come out and play.
YAY! I am hoping for you! Good vibes, sticky-baby-healthy-happy-nine-months-in there-vibes.
Damn, the smilie link doesn’t work for me.
:p
I detested the tired thing. Didn’t the baby know it had an older sibling that I couldn’t tranquilize? Hope this little bean sticks like it should.
Woohoo! We will be rooting for you and your uterus (get root - stick) oh nevermind.
They all sound like good signs! Sounds like a well established pregnancy! I remember like a week before I found out I was pregnant with G, some laundry sat in the washer for a while and when I opened the lid I gagged like ten times with all of my being :0) Horray for feeling nauseated! Well not really, but you know what I mean.
Those all sound like good reasons to me! I’m so happy for you!
it took a while..but I totally figured out a trick for the bad smells. find a candle that you oh so love (my pick lately has been apple cinnamon) and light that bitch up. mmmm..it’s nice to walk through the house and not gag at everything.
I used to gag at the smell of water. Thank golly all of that shit’s over with!
For the first 5 months I was pregnant with Brody, I had to carry around a little ziplock baggie with lemon wedges in it. They were the only thing that would stop the gagging.
And the ass-dragging tired? An oh-so-wonderful sign.
Hee… I was wondering how new carpet/new house smell + pregnant would go. We got new carpet when I was first preg with Ben and to this day I can’t smell that smell without my stomach turning.
Tired? Pukey? boobies? All good signs. And the best sign of all is the good feeling you have! Because the mommy knows best!!!
Congrats! Sounds like the real thing to me! All good signs. Happy for you, hon.
We went on a cruise when I was preg with #3 and just going by the buffet made me want to hurl….and I think there was good stuff to eat, but OHMIGAWD, everything STUNK.
Oh yeah, and all pregnancies, the sore boobies were way more accurate than the pee stick.
You, are totally, freakshow pregnant like a mo fo. Congrats and hope your boobies stop hurting soon.
For me, it was this blue aromatherapy Palmolive dish soap. I had to leave the room the few times Damon used it until I bought some different stuff. I should’ve kept it, though, because it was a great way to get him to wash dishes. I still can’t bring myself to buy it again.
I have the same feeling. Look out world, here comes baby Flinger, part deux.
Oh the lovely, ever-present, dangling, nagging pukey feeling. I remember it well.
Sounds like everything is looking up, though! YAY! Here’s to the Moving Bean! (Heh. Moving Bean. Because, y’know, you’ve been moving for like a month and, well….ahem…. Heh.)
I love Pad Thai but I swear the next time I eat it I will think of prego Mrs. Flinger and the smell of wet dog. At least your food doesn’t smell like ass, though. Now that would suck.
Crossing my fingers and toes for you girly!
Super Glue that baby!!!! I am so excited for you!!!!
Yeah, I never understood why this “miraculous, most wonderful of events” had to come with such horrible side effects! Don’t we go through enough that being preggo might not be a friggin nightmare in the beginning.. and end… well, and sometimes middle? Someone told me it’s because a baby is actually interpreted by your body as a foreign substance (like a little invader) and it’s trying to get rid of it. Nice…......
HANG IN THERE TINY FLINGER-ETTE! We need more Flingers in the world!!!
Yay for the sticky baby!
Woohoo!! I just found out! So happy for you, well not for all the crappy feelings but for where you find yourself! I can honestly say it’ll be a good while before I’m peeing on any sticks again… The Seattle air must be favorable
YAY, sticky vibes worked, now lets move to hoping that we didnt go overboard and there is only one sticky in there and not 7 or 8
Make sure the Bobster helps you out. And drug that child so she naps, cause you will neeeeeeed it. Trust me.
Apples helped me with the tiredness.
These signs of current and impending misery are sure signs of all those pregnancy hormones surging through ya!
Ouchie! I do not envy those sore boobies! I think all of your symptoms are good signs, though, even though you wish they back off already. So when’s the Dr. visit?
Oh, and with both of my pregnancys I smelled barn smells everywhere I went. Nas-tay.Right up there with ass.
Holy awesome batman!!!! Just saw the news today—I am a little behind on my blogs.
“They” say that you’re really fertile after a m/c. So must be!
Damn right it’s your turn!! Hang on little one!
Don’t take this the wrong way, but I hope you continue to feel positively icky!
Awesome!! Be healthy & stick, little one!
I’m keeping my fingers, toes and eyes crossed for you! *hugs* I was surprised to see this news when I checked in on you today! Wow! All my hopes and wishes and prayers and anything else I can send into the universe are that this little one will stay put and thrive.
*hugs*
YEY!!
(whoops! click submit too soon) Yey!! this is it!! sorry, you are feeling very tired…. but I know you are going to do great!
Thank you everyone!! I feel good about it. I mean, I feel like crap, really, which is why I feel great.
YIPPEE for you!!!! I remember that I could not STAND the smell of my own breath while pregnant. I would jump out of bed first thing and brush my teeth. And I couldn’t eat any Asian food and it’s my very favorite on the earth.
Oh yeah, I craved Wild Turkey liquor straight. Never gave in to that thank goodness
Yeah…I think you’re right. It’s amazing how all the miserable stuff can be a good thing at the same time…isn’t it?
Well, said… Reason 101 especially.