Just A Few Questions... i hope you can help!

Hi Everyone
I can't believe I'm almost 25 weeks and so far knock on wood everything seems to be going smoothly. At this time with the twins I was already on bedrest. So I'm hoping the rest of this pregnancy & delivery can be "Normal!"
But, I have a few questions I hope that you can help me with.

1.) When do office visits start every two weeks then bump to once a week?

2.) I know that I'm suppose to be drinking alot of water but, I like sprite or gingerale. It has tons of sugar so, goes anyone drink diet?

3.)When did/do you start putting another crib,etc. up & out getting every together? I've gotten clothes and put them up but, no major items just yet.

Thanks & Hope everyone had a great weekend

 

From what I've read between 24-30 weeks you see the Dr. every 2-3 weeks, then at 36 weeks you will have weekly visits with weekly cervix checks at 37-38 weeks. I'm sure it varies for each Dr. office. I'm not sure about the pop thing, I'm kind of a freak when I'm preggo and tend to worry a lot so even though I really dislike boring water I make myself drink a lot of it. I will have a pop on occasion though. I never started putting things together until about a month before the due date, with this one it might even be later depending on when our house gets built. I am not finding out the gender so I don't plan on purchasing too much clothing or crib bedding until after the birth.

 

Regarding pop--definitely it's just "empty calories" so its ok once in a while, but it'll help you pack on pounds you'll just have to take off later. I am totally anti-aspartame, and I don't think it's recommended during pregnancy anyways, so I would say if you can find some pop made with sucralose it might be better. If you're not a fan of water, here's a couple of thoughts:
-try club soda with fruit juice (at least you get some nutrients!) or some sliced lime/lemon (I lived on this first trimester)
-ice water with a slice of lemon
-iced tea, unsweetened, with lemon (no more than 2 per day unless you get decaf)--I used to make my own, and if you do that you can add just a little bit of sugar, not the amount that's in the commercial stuff. Hmm, I have some green tea in the cupboard...

And remember all liquids count, including broth (low-sodium) and milk. And if you eat a lot of fruit, it'll help keep you hydrated. As long as your pee is light colored, you're drinking enough.

 

I would be careful about how much green tea you drink as well.
Green tea and pregnancy

 

Congrats on the new baby!

As for the soda, I'm a huge diet pepsi drinker and drank it during all of my pregnancies with no problem. I do have a rule that I follow, I drink one diet pepsi to every 2 bottles of water. It helps me limit my soda and increase my water.

I had very healthy pregnancies and never went into labor on my own, ever. So I went to every 2 weeks at about 34 weeks and then went to every week at about 37weeks.

We had last son in a pnp for the first 4 months and then bought the crib and moved it and him into the twins room. I was shocked at how easy the transition was! We still had everything from our twins so I didn't have much to prepare for. Yet mine were closer together in age (only 13 months apart) so I'm sure that helped a bit.

 

Thank you All for the Replies

 

1.) When do office visits start every two weeks then bump to once a week?
i've been 1x/month for the whole time and switched just to every 2 weeks around 34 weeks. Now I'm every week. Scheduled c at 39 wks.

2.) I know that I'm suppose to be drinking alot of water but, I like sprite or gingerale. It has tons of sugar so, goes anyone drink diet?
I do sometimes. Everything in moderation. I've been drinking a lot of regular sprite, too. THere's only so much H2O you can drink

3.)When did/do you start putting another crib,etc. up & out getting every together? I've gotten clothes and put them up but, no major items just yet.
I did it around 7 mos. Glad I did b/c I wouldn't feel like doing it now. Almost everything ready. Just need to pick up a few things.

Good luck!