Expectant parent club! Where the pregnant people hang out.

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Has anyone else experienced psychosis yet? My daughter is OFF THE CHARTS emotional. I do not remember being like that......

 

[SpringChickens]

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I was MUCH farther along with my daughter when I started to show - probably 24 weeks before I looked pregnant enough for someone to comment on it. I did start wearing maternity pants around 16 weeks with her though, and maternity shirts around 20 weeks or so.

With this baby, I finally broke down and bought a pair of maternity pants today (14 weeks). I still fit in a lot of my regular shirts, but I'm wearing maternity shirts some too - probably for about a week now. I am showing MUCH earlier than I did with my daughter, but am still in the "is she fat? or pregnant" stage. I don't think that it will be very long before I start getting questions though, this baby is growing quick!!

Unfortunately, most maternity clothes are made to "accent" your belly, so you look even bigger in them than your regular clothes!!

 

[SpringChickens]

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With my daughter, I was ridiculously emotional, but with this baby, I'm not really emotional at all (THANK goodness!!). I would break down and cry when I was pregnant with my daughter and not be sure why I was crying because I really didn't care much at all. It's pretty funny looking back.

My best emotional breakdown story:

I was about 7 weeks pregnant and NOBODY knew I was pregnant except my husband. We were supposed to go to his cousin's birthday party, so my DH bought him a present. At the last minute, my DH couldn't go to the party, so I went alone and met my MIL there (who is wonderful).

The cousin goes to open the present (a tractor model kit) and someone asks him when he's going to have time to put it together. He chuckles and says "probably never". It's a huge party, I'm sure he didn't realize that I was there watching, but I just started BAWLING - like couldn't hold it together bawling. I had to go to the bathroom in hopes that no one saw me.

So I'm bawling in the bathroom and some women walk in and see me crying and try to comfort me. "Oh, who are you here with? Your husband?" "No, my husband isn't here, I'm here with my MIL" "Oh MILs are JUST AWFUL, they are so horrible, mine is terrible, etc." At this point, you guessed it, my MIL walks in to see me sobbing uncontrollably and these strange ladies comforting me by saying how horrible MILs are!

I quickly said "No, my MIL is great! She's wonderful" but I can only imagine how she felt when she walked in the bathroom. It's funny to look back at it now, but I am VERY glad there haven't been any similar stories this pregnancy (so far)!!

 

[krcote]

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I am only seven weeks. I can no longer button my pants. EVERYTHING I have read tells me this is just bloating blah blah blah. I know bloating, I have endometriosis. Endometriosis caused a ton of bloating monthly but I could still button my pants! Now if I force it, I get a ton of cramping and I am beyond just "uncomfortable".

 

[rcentner]

I could no longer button my pants around 14 weeks, I recall I had no pants that fit around christmas and was worried about what to wear to all the holiday parties. I ended up buying regular pants, just a few sizes bigger, at a thrift store. Then I posted a want add on CL for maternity clothes. Seemed like everyone wanted full retail price for thier used maternity clothes and I did not want to pay that much for something I would only wear a short time. Lots of people responded and I got a lot of maternity clothes for FREE! One person that responded was a girl I went to middle school with. Was cool to meet up with her again.
I didn't actually start showing until around 20 weeks though...well enough for other people to notice. And my DH had a hard time telling until a little after that. I was getting dressed yesterday into something nice to go out to dinner and when I came down my DH says "wow, you look pregnant"....and I told him that no matter what I put on I still look that way!

congrats kelsey! We are in the home stretch now! I am getting anxious already...just wanna see my little boy!

I haven't been extremely emotional...yet? I had a break down new years eve, but I think it was the lack of alcohol not necessarily the pregnancy cause I had a real hard time not drinking for the first 5 months or so. I have been surprised about my emotional stability since I have had an anxiety disorder since I was 18 and thought that it would rear its ugly head again with all these hormones. I even had a chicken pass away last week and I didn't get overly emotional about that either. (not that I didn't love her)

 

[KellyHM]

I started showing around 10 weeks.

By about 14 weeks I was big enough and people were brave enough to start asking. I know it wasn't just weight gain b/c I actually lost weight until I was 18 weeks from being so sick.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

I'm 12, almost 13 weeks....I definitely have a pooch now...but it sort of looks more like a beer gut than a baby! LOL I am wearing maternity jeans for the first time today...I kind of like the black elastic on the top.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

I cry at commercials and TV shows now, LOL But my emotions are more like a feeling of dread, helplessness, my life will soon be over, what have I done, do I want a baby, etc, etc.

 

[rcentner]

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I can't help but cry at the commercial where the kids get to go to disney...lol, tearing up just thinking about it!
Thank you for saying that...when I first found out I was pregnant I felt the same way and was scared to admit it. Everyone was like "oh yaaaa!!! congrats!!!!" and I was like "ugh...ya thanks"
dont worry....it will be fine, hopefully you will feel better about it soon. I started to feel better about it in the last month or so. Tis life, just live it and take it one day at a time. No reason to worry about how can we afford it, can we handle it...etc... it will work out and people have done this with less than we have.

 

[rcentner]

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oh how I look forward to getting my beer gut back