Pregnant at Christmas - wonderful to be expecting a special new baby, but ...

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... OMG do mince pies give me heartburn!

Any other Xmas downers?

lovinit, call me a selfish old cow, but I had a few drinks last Christmas and through pregnancy.
Not enough to get pissed but a few.
IMO being pregnant is dull enough to merit the bolstering effects of a nice glass or two of wine (and I figured that a bit of good wine was going to do me and the baby more good than the junk that a lot of people eat!)

As for b/feeding, well I did that for so long that I would have died if I'd have to carry on being so moderate, so when dd small had ample supplies, and likewise with ds (now 5 mths)
Obviously not masses (I don't think anyone with v small kids drinks hugely unless they are quite quite mad!) but certainly a 1/2 bottle 3 or 4 times a week with dinner, occasionally more.

No signs yet baby is about to make an appearance, and if that continues the 2wks they let you go overdue ......falls on Xmas day

So lets think positive:

for the first time I can overindulge in everything (except alcohol) without a twinge of guilt!!!

I also have an excuse not to do any cooking, clearing up and to be spoilt rotten.

An excuse not to see the in laws ('can't cope with house guests' and 'we can't possibly travel all that way - what if I go into labour?!').

I have two weeks off from work and we plan to stock up on indulgence and DVD's, lock the door, bar the windows and resurface two weeks later (unless my dbump has other plans!!!).

Yeh i agree i think this is a great time to be PG. Only thing i miss out on is alcohol and i can live with that! All that yummy food and chocolates and NO ONE will be rolling their eyes at you when you are stuffing your face!
I am due on 16th Jan so xmas and new yr will be something else to concentrate on rather than, 'is it time yet??!!' well that's if i make it that far!
Oh and yes 'GOD BLESS Gaviscon!'

Oh, I'm all in favour of some drinking whilst pregnant, am just missing lots of drinking.

Ah, do feel for you - my DS (nearly 2) was born 21 Dec - was really pleased he came pre-christmas, until I realised it meant I spent all of christmas & new year unable to walk/ sit/ drink/ etc...

This was me last year. Really miserable with heartburn and I was so tired on New Years Eve.
Means I will really appreciate this Christmas !!

It's true you will be spoilt rotten !!

Didn't mind about the heartburn specifically at Christmas - I mean it was a pain all the time, no worse at Christmas - look upon it as insurance against over eating!

What I always hated about being pregnant at Christmas ( and I have had three Christmases pregnant and one breast-feeding new born baby) was not being able to eat STILTON cheese!!!! One of my favourite foods.

Teri, my ds was born Dec 21st too only nearly 7 years ago now.

The food bans seemed to have passed me by . I take the view if it's fresh, from a reliable source and I don't overdo then the risk is minimal. I'm a bad parent already !!! I have not cut out anyhting from my diet (however I have added many things, predominantly anything with a high fat and/or sugar content!).

I find that I have turned into a cheap date so a couple of glasses of wine keeps me happy and my conscience clear.

I also seemed to have failed to make the connection between the crap I put in my mouth and the horrendous heartburn. It's a bit like sex - worry about the consequences later !

I was pregnant 2 christmasses in a row (very poor planning) Just take a couple of spoonfuls of Gaviscon before every meal as a matter of course Good luck!

Am desperate for STILTON...totally desperate...and egg mayonnaise processed sandwiches! Both will be coming into the labour ward with me.

I am buying a bottle of expensive white wine for Christmas so the two glasses that I have will make up for it not being two bottles!

Of course if my psychic is right then I'll give birth on the 18th, one month early, and be stuffing my face with the lot on Christmas day!

DS was born on 26 December last year, at 1.00 in the morning. I spent Xmas day walking around the house (and the local park, with DH's support) very slowly, stopping to lean on things every now and then with what I thought were Braxton Hicks contractions...in fact I did the same thing all day on the 24th as well, and most of the night in between! 'Real' labour when it came was almost a relief. And the midwife had a very funny Christmas hat on when we got to the ward - I can't remember when she took it off but then I had my eyes closed a lot of the time.

When I was pregnant at xmas 2 years ago I was really fed up ( mainly to do with mother in law) This was the first baby in the family in that none of my siblings or dh's siblings had kids so it was quite a big deal. This did not excuse the fact that nearly all of my husband's family bought ME baby things as xmas gift's, Cuddly toys, babygrows, booties etc. I felt like screaming "What about ME". I was seriously upset, took the dog for a walk so I could have a bloody good cry. And then there is the heartburn to add insult to injury.
I am pregnant with no 2 this xmas so everyone had better think long and hard about what to get me. Where were the chocolates and smellies last time?

I kmow what you mean lilliput. I got the odd baby thing for xmas but the most annoying thing was my wedding. I was nearly 5 months pregnant when I got married, not planned and luckily dress still fitted me (only due to severe morning sickness!)some people asked if I wanted baby things for my wedding. A few people didn't ask me they told my mum they were getting presents. Luckily my mum doesn't mind speaking her mind, therefore I didn't get any baby presents for my wedding. Maybe it's a bit selfish but my wedding had been planned for 2 years and having a baby was a different occasion I wanted to enjoy both independently.

I was 8 weeks pregnant last Christmas you all have my sympathies I remember struggling to eat Xmas dinner.

As for Stilton I would eat it, it is quite hard and salty and I know from studies that Listeria cannot survive and grow in it, thats me personally though, (I'm a food microbiologist and part of my job is to give foods shelf lives based on possible Listeria growth).

I cerainly would not recommend being 8 months pregnant during an NZ Christmas!
OMG ... last year for me was the Christmas from Hell. Not only did I have to be nice and smiley for the in-laws but I couldn't drink and it was about 30 degrees and very very humid. All I wanted was to wallow in a cold bath or sit naked in front of the electric fan but I had the MIL to think of.
And the mere memory of my poor ankles still makes me want to weep ....
We went to the beach on Boxing day and I was sure some over zealous Kiwi conservationist was going to try and release me into the sea

Lilliput, I so agree. I completely understood that people wanted to buy ds a Christmas present (he was due a week later) and I thought that was very sweet. But what I hated was when people said, "what would you like for Christmas? A babygrow?" I am a straight up kind of girl, so I said "no, I tend to wear sexy night dresses these days." But then they got the wrong idea and thought that they weren't allowed to buy anything for the baby. No, you are very very welcome to buy something for the baby, but could you therefore please note, you are buying it for the baby, not for me. And of course I felt very selfish saying that, but when you're pg, especially with your first, there is a real sense that you as a person are ebbing away, which can be quite depressing!

Have to confess that last new year (4 months pregnant with DD, no babysitter for DS) I went to bed at half past ten. Thats when I thought that I finally do not have a life! Have not even thought about this year either.

am getting a little worried - we have invited 5 people over for Christmas Dinner thinking it would be a good distraction for us and dd......I don't want to spend the day pacing about with dh. Maybe poor planning on our bit I think...!

Merrykittymas:

That's reassuring to know.
Is there anything that you wouldn't eat? I mentioned below that I eat anything as long as it's fresh and from a reputable source - is there anything I really shouldn't be eating?

Reading this I have just realised that I have been pg 3 christmases out of 4! 1 with ds, 1 followed by mc, year off then pg again this year
I have never had heartburn in my life, I had to look it up in a book to see what you were all talking about - i'm feeling lucky now, thanx.

Well. I was 8 months og last xmmas and will be 7/8 weeks pg this year. Just hopeing that I am not gonna be as sick as last time, blurgh....or dh will be cooking and that will be just awful!

I will miss the non pasturised cheese the most....oh and I am missing nuts like mad....been off those since may 2003..due to pregnancy...breastfeeding...pregnancy again...still breastfeeding too.......

grr oh well maybe next year!

Hi girls, I even can not think of eating this x-mas. I'll be 7 months pregnant and my husband's family think it is a good idea to spend x-mas at our house and for me to cook for all 20(!) people. To make matter worse the christmas eve is my birthday, which I'll have to spend food shoping, cleaning the house and cooking. As I don't get any sympaty even from my husband I start thinking that may be I am really unreasonably grumpy and all this down to hormones...