Moms pregnant with #2 or more

Do you feel like you are not as "good" as you were with your first?

I feel so bad, there have been mornings where I am forgetting to take my prenatals and I am not avoiding all the foods I did with my first. I drank no caffine first time around, now I have a cup of tea every morning and a coke in the afternoon if I am feeling tired. I think I am just caught up throughout the day with DS. Anyone else not being so "good"?

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me me...I was just thinking the same thing as I was eating a hero.
I am eating everything now, in moderation of course where with #1 I was watching what I eat and being really good. This time, not so much.

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Im with you here.....I feel terrible at times but the worst thing i do is not take my prenatal pills on a daily basis. I try really hard to take them everyday but they make me feel so gross so if worse comes to worse i have taken them every other day.

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I was def. worse with my second. Now with my third after the miscarriage I am finding that I stick to the rules a little bit more. I do always forget to take my prenatals because I'm sleeping by 8pm.

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Happy to know I am not the only one

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I was good with my 1st, ok with my 2nd (forgot to take vitamins a lot) and much better with my 3rd, I guess cause both of my kids r in school full time now so I have time to think about me lol

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When I was pregnant this spring, I did not stick to the rules and had a MC. I completely blame myself. This time, I am being super careful!!!

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It's impossible to be as "good", unless your kid sleeps super late and takes amazing naps, you have no sickness whatsoever, and always have tons of energy.

I have none of these things!

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I feel like sometimes I have a tatoo on my forhead that says "bad mommy".. I can't tell you how many days i've actually remembered to take my prenatals, my ds now watches way too much tv, I drink a nice size cup of coffee every morning just to function throughout the day, and the list goes on. I'm so nervouse about my glucose test results because i've been eating so bad.

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I was much more careful first time around for sure. I really hope this baby turns out ok!!!

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nah i'm actually the same. I drink only decaf coffee. I take my prenatals daily (leave them out where i can't miss them) and i stay away from the major things... raw seafood, alcohol, etc etc.

I still have cold cuts here and there. I still have a soda here or there. All in moderation.

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I ate much better the first time around.
This time I am waiting to start my 2nd trimester to give myself the ok to have an omaha steaks hotdog. They are my fav!

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The only thing I am doing differently is having a tall half-caf latte in the morning. With my first I stayed away from caffeine in my first trimester.

But now that the indigestion has subsided a bit, I am back to my normal eating habits.

I never really took my prenatal, so no change there.

I go to sleep by 9 to be functional though!

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me me me!

i am def not following the rules to a T like i was with #1...i just am alot more laid back...

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raises hand!
I cannot function (i.e. I have HORRID headaches) without a cup of coffee. I cannot stomach the "good foods". My pre-natals are an afterthought half the time...

We are busy people, we've been taking care of one or more people and putting their needs before our own.

My goal is to set aside 1 hr a day for myself - even if it is right before I go to bed - to do what I need to do for myself. It's been pretty successful the last week and a half... Haven't missed a vitamin.

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Ugh, me. I've been good about prenatals lately but kept forgetting to take them in the beginning. Once in my 2nd trimester, I went back to drinking 1 cup of regular coffee instead of decaf like I did with DS. I've eaten sushi, cold cuts on a regular basis and I don't drink enough water. It's so hard to remember to take care of myself when chasing after a 19 month old all day!

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I follow the rules strictly probably to strictly but I had an mc in the spring so I am very nervous.

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I am not being as careful this time, either. I am having caffeine every day (although it's usually just one cup,) whereas I didn't have any with my first. I'm also finding that my stomach is thoroughly displeased with a LOT of the "healthier" foods I ate with the first one, and it's extraordinarily difficult for me to convince it otherwise. Don't worry, though; I'm sure our babies will turn out beautifully. After all, our parents survived and their parents were encouraged to smoke! Not to mention our g-parents were fed sugar-water instead of formula or breastmilk! Ack!!

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I am kinda the opposite in a lot of ways. And it's been 6 years sicne I was pregnant, so in many ways this is new all over again.

With Emily I couldn't handle the prenatals. MS was horrible so I barely took them. I had my prescription of 60 pills and never even finished them in my entire 40 weeks of pregnancy, that's how infrequently I took them!

I am really good about my prenatals now but that's probably bc they aren't making me barf! And I'm pretty good about what I eat...but I've come a long way in the eating department in the last 6 years!

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Another one that's not as good here! I frequently forget my vitamins & while I've been good at avoiding most of the bad things, I do have some in moderation (1 big cup of coffee per day, heated cold cuts 2x a week)...I think the worst of it is how I'm eating this time around. Even though it's all "approved" foods, I'm not eating the healthiest or most balanced diet. I keep saying that I'll get on it tomorrow lol

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Me!

I had caffeine while pregnant with DS but, I've had a lot more this go around to be able to function.

I've also been more forgetful with prenatals.