Oh he is beautiful Marie . My baby (youngest) turned 19 on the 19th. My beautiful little great niece was born on the 18th and I am going to cheat and post her picture even though she isn't mine. ~Red

She is a cutie too Red!! Congrats on becoming a great aunt.

I can not sleep at night to save my life

Has anyone else ever had insomnia during pregnancy??

My body wants to crash around one in the afternoon but of course I can't sleep then you know I have this little thing called a job!

I've got maybe 2hrs of sleep a night the past week. This is nuts!

had my checkup today. heard the heartbeat.. yay! its so weird i get nervous thinking they won't find it!
also new symtom, gagging. yip its terrible, i'm constantly fighting it and brushing my teeth is nearly impossible. anyone else encounter this?
the nurse said it was pretty common and hers lasted her entire pregnancy...!!!!! yikes!
I"m hoping it goes away soon...

haha I both, pregnancy induced insomnia and I gag all the time. I brush my teeth over the toilet. On a positive note, we have the cleanest toilet around. That baby is bleached and lysol wiped multiple time a day, lol.

And I am awake from about 2ish every night now, and then wake up around 7. So still 5 hours, but my body is so tired, I wish I could sleep. And I KNOW how tired I will be when baby comes, so it is annoying. My DD didn't start sleeping through the night until recently, so this is my first opportunity to sleep at night uninteruppted for more than years (3 is your count the insomnia from my pregnancy with her), and now I can't. I tend to try to do "useful" things in my insomnia state. Like imagine what wonderful push present I will create for myself, or pic out the finishing details for the "kids" room I am working on right now. It does not help me sleep, but it does make it so that I have some quiet time to think about things that I haven't otherwise had a second to plan.

OT, but I had a genius idea a few nights ago, about covering the wooden boxy frame part on my DD's "big girl bed" with foam and some sorta lux cloth, and it turns out is is easy and doable, and the supplies only cost me $100. It is going to be fun and totally cute, and so much safer! So that was a genius pregnancy induced insomnia moment, lol. DD still sleeps in our bed however, so the next part of my plan; actually getting her to want to sleep in the bed, still needs a lot of thought, lol.

Luckily, I can nap with my DD in the afternoon though.

Congrats on the heart beat Sim!! I am always nervous until I hear it that first time too. And then you get nervous until you feel the baby move, lol. And then you are nervous because you think they aren't moving enough...and then you are nervous because you have to birth them and "what if..." takes over. And then they are here!! and you are TERIFIED because you realize they were SO MUCH SAFER inside you, and the world is pretty much hazardous and germy where ever you look, lol. So get used to being scared You will feel that way a lot as a mother.

For this having baby number 2, are you showing earlier than you did with number 1???

yes, I did. I had to buy maternity pants this time at 6 weeks... Everything else was just too snug. And I was noticably pregnant 12 weeksish-not just chubby looking. Now, at almost 22 weeks, I feel huge, and my hips have already started hurting.

I am gone for a while and I missed all the cuteness!!! Congrats Marie on your cute baby! Simi and Jcent your ultrasounds are adorable!!

Sim- I feel your pain with the brushing of teeth lol! I actually got sick in the shower the other day while brushing my teeth (sorry tmi.) And with this one I'm definately showing faster. On a different note, got our big ultrasound April 23, cant wait!

How about getting a water pik ladies and putting a combo of water and Listerine in it to do your teeth? I use this (along with brushing) because I am a bit obsessive about my teeth but could see it working while the gag reflex is in hyper drive. Remember lots of women have their teeth go to heck while pregnant and you don't want that to happen. ~Red