Hi all,

Hope you all are doing fine. Many of us have finished the half marki.e. 20 weeks.

I had my doctor' s appointment today. Could see the little one moving & see the heartbeat. I have gained abt 6 pounds in 4 weeks, which is bit a concern...hope the trend does not continue in the weeks to come. BP & growth is normal. My doctor asked me to take Glucose Tolerance test in the first week of November.

Anyone started the work on Nursery??
Anyone getting your parents or in-laws for help??

Take care,
Perky mamta replied. Perky & Dreamymommy,
Since you both are first time mom' s like me, i wanted to know wether you are planning to take childbirth education classes. Most of my friends who have kids and who had taken them say it is not necessary,and at the crucial moment you hardly remember what you learned and just act instinctively. I dont mind taking the classes but i scare easily and i know i will be more stressed out after watching the videos & discussing pain. so am confused. what do you guys plan to do?
Dreamymommy replied. Dear Perky

Am so glad your appointment went well. Its always such a joy and reassurance to see and hear the baby !!!

As far as the weight goes. My problem is just the opposite. Have gained 2 pounds in the whole month...And overall only 4 so far. It bothers me but since my doctor is not perturbed I am trying to stay calm. Actually I was overweight to begin with and hence my doc anticipated my weight gain would be less than normal and thats the way we plan to keep it. My sugar consumption is practically nil - No cookies, chocolates, ice-creams or such. Am by and large sticking to ghar-ka-khana with a lot of raw veggies and fruits thrown in. And honestly I think thats helping keep the weight gain in control. Incidentally there is an old wives tale that says that one tends to gain a lot more weight with daughters than sons so maybe our weight gain pattern is indicative of something...(My baby refused to let his/her sexual identity be revealed !!!)

I havent started planning the nursery as yet (and will probably skip the step till I know my child' s gender and personality and then do something appropriate, say an year or so from now) I have however finalised my baby list and we began our preliminary rounds of the baby stores this weekend. Plan to buy the stuff by December (before the snow arrives) and set it up in Jan.
What are your plans??

And as far as help from home goes, thats a sore topic with me. I lost my mother-in-law last year and my mum will come only for a few weeks, closer to my due date, since my sister-in-law is due around the same time as me. The fact that my husband' s job requires him to be out of town 4 days a week completes the pretty picture. So I think it is going to be my baby and me (with father-in-law thrown in for extra responsibility) in the cold Canadian winter !!!

Well dear, thats the update at this end. Hope to stay in touch with all of you. Take care. mamta replied. Hi perky
glad to know everythings going well with you. i too had my appointment and was surprised to see a gain of 7 pounds in 4 weeks.but my doctor assured me i its ok but asked me to cut down on rice and switch to whole wheat. i too have my glucose tolerance test in first week of November. I have started cutting down on sweets already:)

My parents are coming aorund january end. How about you?