I am in my 7th week! I've not had much nausea so far. The last couple of days I get a wave of it every now and then. I will be getting an ultrasound tomorrow morning! Super excited to see this baby! Hoping we get to see/hear the heart beat. I'm a bit nervous about it since I've had a miscarriage, but trying my best to stay positive about everything. I'm thankful that this pregnancy has felt different than my last... I love seeing your updates!! We are only a few weeks apart!
I watched all your videos through my first pregnancy (I was due 4 weeks later than you, Natalie) and now I’m expecting my second! So here I am again! 🥰
lovely! i'm due with my first in march 2018!! first pregnancy since our miscarriage and these vlogs have been helpful with your positivity and light. i also live in WA and am seeing a midwife so it was interesting to hear that part of your video, thanks!
I can finally comment on these now and not have to watch in secret! lol. I'm so excited to go on this journey yet again :) Thanks for the encouraging words, Natalie. Love your updates, Lady!
I had a hospital vbac with my second, I had midwives but also had to have an OB involvement. it was beautiful, successful, med free. so glad we decided to do it that way! I hope you get to have that experience
I just want to say I love watching you. You are like a ray of sunshine and your excitement for life (and new life) is contagious. Congratulations! Can't wait to see what comes next on your journey.
I just stumbled upon your videos and I really enjoy hear what you have to say and how exciting it is for you to have a second pregnancy. It is wonderful seeing another PNW person on here and someone who does ttc/pregnancy videos! I live in Washington as well :)
I'm actually 7w1d today, so I guess my symptoms are similar to this video :) I had bad nausea last week but it has calmed down quite a bit this week. I can feel a difference in my body as well!! rounding out in the lower belly where there wasn't at the beginning.
You can try sucking on hard candies, such as peppermint and or jolly ranchers. Peppermint helps to calm an upset stomach, as well as nausea, and jolly ranchers, help with the amount of saliva in your mouth, from the nausea you're having, and while sucking on the jolly ranchers, it really took away my feeling of being nauseated. Drinking ice water also helps, as do Ritz peanut butter crackers and gingerbread cookies. Hopefully, your nausea doesn't last very long and you feel better soon!
During my pregnancies, while at church, I'd bring a water bottle, hard candy, such as jolly ranchers and peppermint candies. Peppermint candies help calm the lining of your stomach, as well as decrease the feeling of nausea and an upset stomach, and jolly rancher candies help with nausea by controlling the amount of saliva in your mouth. I'd also eat Ritz peanut butter crackers and drink ice water on our way to church. Our drive to church was 10-15 minutes and our service was from 10:30am to 11:45 or noon. Hopefully, you'll get some good ideas here in your comments, try a few of them out, and see if a couple of them work out for you! Please let us know if you do try a few ideas, what your thoughts and opinions were on them, and if they worked, worked only a little bit, didn't work at all, or if they were a success.
I've been watching your pregnancy updates and I have to admit I was a bit jealous as I've been having some serious baby fever. But as it turns out, we're expecting our second due at the end of May! And I'd definitely recommend finding a doula for your delivery, especially for attempting a VBAC.
Have you been experiencing tiredness at all? You seem to bright and alive!! I guess it's different this time around having the boys! Don't know if I'll cope with another pregnancy having river to look after too! Any tips?!? Loving seeing your journey!
I feel like it would be really cool for your belly shots to include a side by side of the first week vs the week our on for each update! I have always wanted to see it lol Ps. I absolutely LOVE your channel and your boys❤️❤️ you are such a good mom and I love both of your channels!!
hello I love your videos they're amazing thanks for posting :) I'm 7 weeks and 2 days, I'm experience bad moring sickness from moring to night we went last week for my 1st ultrasound they said it's one baby for now it's too soon to tell (since I mentioned my mom is a twin) what week did they revealed your having twins? and was your moring sickness twice as bad?
I have a strange question... how do you go about asking your drs if you can film your appointments? Do you tell them it will be going on TH-cam? My husband and I are going through the fertility process and I'd like to film it and post on my channel, eventually. But I feel so awkward asking if it's okay. Would love to know how you handle it :)
Britt Hanlon Good question! (And many prayers for your new adventure!) I have found that being very straightforward with the question of filming is best. I know many hospitals/clinics don't allow cameras. I have asked my doctors and nurses every time if they are comfortable with me filming. Some have said yes, some have said no, others are ok with my filming the process but not including their names or faces. I've never included the faces of my practitioners or the info about my clinic as a courtesy to them as well as to protect my own privacy.
Aww...so happy for you! :-) Glad your doctor is behind you on the VBAC. Sounds like you got a great new doctor! :-) I am also glad your nausea is under control. What protein do you use to help? Since I got pregnant my body has rejected meat except for a little turkey bacon from time to time and a little tuna fish but have to be careful about that obviously. Do you have a special drink or something or do you just get it from meat and other regular sources?
My body rejected meat with my first pregnancy and I could only eat fruit and veggies. I, at that time, googled fruits and veggies high in protein, and there are quite a few. If I was sick of eating fruits and veggies, I'd snack on Ritz peanut butter crackers, which peanut butter is a great source of protein.
I was never a vegetarian either, but the look and the smell of meat would literally make me ill! When you go from eating meat to only fruits and veggies, you will, at first feel bloated, especially if you weren't a big fruit and veggie eater to begin with. I was a somewhat healthy eater and always, at least, ate veggies everyday, but I still felt bloated, once I started eating mainly fruit and veggies. Also, do not freak out if you start losing weight while eating mainly fruits and veggies. I lost 20 pounds in 4 months, when I stopped eating meat. When you get further along in your pregnancy or even towards the end, your body may allow you to start eating meat again. I myself, eating mainly fruits and veggies, felt so much more energy, I felt healthier than I had ever felt, and I felt an overwhelming feeling that my mind and body were toxin free and clean, so I stayed vegetarian throughout my pregnancy.
Wow, thank you so much for all that amazing information! It is good to know what to expect when things start to change in a way you wouldn't expect. Thank you! :-)
So I had to do some research and ask some midwives. I to am pregnant and wanted to know because I'm planning my second vbac homebirth. I live in Washington. It's not illegal they are more guidelines. But vbacs can be performed without a surgeon or a physicians approval. Of course you need to do what feels best for you. I also looked up Washington law and it says what the midwives I asked said. Guidelines not law. I pray you have a successful vbac!
I originally wanted to see a group of midwives but when called to set up the appointment, they told me that they can't legally give me a home birth or birth center birth without the risk of losing their certification. They didn't have privileged at the local hospital so seeing them for my care wasn't possible. It sounded more like "law" than "guideline" so maybe they need to brush up on their Washington state rules. Thanks for looking into it and commenting. I'm super happy with my doctor so looks like I'll be sticking with this route :-)
Azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/special/midwives/committees/mspac/additional-resources/state-laws-chart-vbac-br-mg.pdf This website shows every states requirements for vbacing. On ours it says under are vbacs allowed. Yes. RCW 18.50.010; 18.50.108 (must annually submit written plan for consultation with health care providers, emergency transfer, and transport of woman and infant). Per the MAWS document at p.4, prior cesarean birth is an indication for consultation with a physician. To me that is guidelines not law. But I suppose we all have to listen to the ones we hear things from though. Anyways regardless of all this healthy babies is most important. Looking forward to watching the rest of your updates 😊
I'm 6 weeks pregnant! I made a first appointment with my OBGYN and they said they didn't want to see me until I was 10 weeks... so a month away. Is that okay?? It makes me extremely worried that I won't see a doctor until a month away! Pls someone reply. I am constantly worried of the babies health.
Right there with you, I found out I'm 7 weeks along but getting this appointment feels like ages away.. don't worry you'll be that much happier when the doctor confirms and u can see your baby.
Hey Natalie, I'm curious what the doctors name is and the clinic name that you switched to, the one that your sister is using also? I live in Marysville WA, so i'm right in your area. I also have fraternal twin boys (mine are Owen and Evan) that are just a couple months younger than yours! I had a C-section for both of them and my husband and I are thinking about trying for the next baby soon and I want to do a vbac as well. Looking for a good doctor that will assist in a vbac, so I would really appreciate the info! Thanks! Excited for you and this new adventure of a singleton pregnancy!! I hope my next pregnancy is a singleton too! I want the experience of carrying one baby!
I'd totally love to answer this question but I'm just not comfortable giving that info. Not just for my personal privacy (I don't want everyone knowing where I'm delivering) I also assured my doctors and nurses that I wouldn't be disclosing this info or showing their faces in my videos. I can assure you though that many doctors at both the Everett Clinic/Providence and Skagit Valley Clinics/ Hospital are open to VBAC deliveries. I would assume these are your options for the region you live! I wish I could say more, dear. I hope you understand!
I thought that might be the case, and no worries, I totally do understand! I went through Everett Clinic last time and delivered at providence, but I was hoping to find another doctor outside of the Everett Clinic and hoping to go as naturally as possible! I'll just have to do more research!
SO glad you found a doctor you love so much, who has a good balance of natural avenues and Western medicine. That balance is so important; too far one way or the other is not good. :-)
I swear, you sound so much like Lori Loughlin, or Becky from Full House, lol. Has anyone ever told you that before? It's so funny. She even had twin boys on the show
For me, the pain and inconvenience of c section recovery was BY FAR worse than vaginal recovery. I would choose a drug free, clear-headed vaginal delivery over major abdominal surgery ANY DAY! But that's just me! 😌
Poppyseed to apple seed to a blueberry. Wonderfully and beautifully made, knitted in your womb, God is amazing!
I am in my 7th week! I've not had much nausea so far. The last couple of days I get a wave of it every now and then. I will be getting an ultrasound tomorrow morning! Super excited to see this baby! Hoping we get to see/hear the heart beat. I'm a bit nervous about it since I've had a miscarriage, but trying my best to stay positive about everything. I'm thankful that this pregnancy has felt different than my last... I love seeing your updates!! We are only a few weeks apart!
Girl week 7 and 8 are no fun 😂 I’m sick all the time
🤣🤣
I watched these pregnancy updates when I was pregnant with my son- he’s 6 months younger than Hailey. Now I’m back to watch them again 🙂
I'm 7 weeks today. Suffering with nausea and bothered by smells.
S. Y. Me too I can't eat, sleep, I'm bloated, 6wks
Same bloated as well
Same
Same
I watched all your videos through my first pregnancy (I was due 4 weeks later than you, Natalie) and now I’m expecting my second! So here I am again! 🥰
During church I bring dry Cheerios because it's easy to munch on without bothering others. Plus it isn't messy.
i am 7 weeks pregnant and i would like to reveal it to my family but i dont know if i should or not
lovely! i'm due with my first in march 2018!! first pregnancy since our miscarriage and these vlogs have been helpful with your positivity and light. i also live in WA and am seeing a midwife so it was interesting to hear that part of your video, thanks!
Beklyn me too, I'm having my first March 18th 2018, I am so fatigue and bloated and naseauous . I'm looking forward to seeing my baby via ultra sound
I can finally comment on these now and not have to watch in secret! lol. I'm so excited to go on this journey yet again :) Thanks for the encouraging words, Natalie. Love your updates, Lady!
I believe this my third round watching all these updates. My go to week by week pregnancy journey. ❤
I had a hospital vbac with my second, I had midwives but also had to have an OB involvement. it was beautiful, successful, med free. so glad we decided to do it that way! I hope you get to have that experience
At 7 week in my pregnancy this week, lots of bloat, queasy stomach, tired and of course sore breasts
i have so much belly fat that dont see anything but my fat :(
Excited to be going through this with you! Glad you found a doctor that you love and that he is confident you will be able to have a VBAC!
Did you experience any spotting in your early pregnancy I am 7 weeks and I'm sooooo scared of miscarrying my doctor said it's normal I pray it is 🙏🏽🙌🏽
Hey, how did your pregnancy go later on with spotting?
I just want to say I love watching you. You are like a ray of sunshine and your excitement for life (and new life) is contagious. Congratulations! Can't wait to see what comes next on your journey.
I started to show right away with my daughter. I didn't start to show with my son til I was 25 weeks.
Predicting a little girl!!! 💖👶🏼👗👑🎀
So excited for you and your growing family!
Watching this at week 5 of pregnancy 4 years later lol still very very helpful
I just stumbled upon your videos and I really enjoy hear what you have to say and how exciting it is for you to have a second pregnancy. It is wonderful seeing another PNW person on here and someone who does ttc/pregnancy videos! I live in Washington as well :)
I'm actually 7w1d today, so I guess my symptoms are similar to this video :) I had bad nausea last week but it has calmed down quite a bit this week. I can feel a difference in my body as well!! rounding out in the lower belly where there wasn't at the beginning.
You can try sucking on hard candies, such as peppermint and or jolly ranchers. Peppermint helps to calm an upset stomach, as well as nausea, and jolly ranchers, help with the amount of saliva in your mouth, from the nausea you're having, and while sucking on the jolly ranchers, it really took away my feeling of being nauseated. Drinking ice water also helps, as do Ritz peanut butter crackers and gingerbread cookies.
Hopefully, your nausea doesn't last very long and you feel better soon!
I'm also seven weeks one day today :) congrats :)
During my pregnancies, while at church, I'd bring a water bottle, hard candy, such as jolly ranchers and peppermint candies. Peppermint candies help calm the lining of your stomach, as well as decrease the feeling of nausea and an upset stomach, and jolly rancher candies help with nausea by controlling the amount of saliva in your mouth.
I'd also eat Ritz peanut butter crackers and drink ice water on our way to church.
Our drive to church was 10-15 minutes and our service was from 10:30am to 11:45 or noon.
Hopefully, you'll get some good ideas here in your comments, try a few of them out, and see if a couple of them work out for you!
Please let us know if you do try a few ideas, what your thoughts and opinions were on them, and if they worked, worked only a little bit, didn't work at all, or if they were a success.
I've been watching your pregnancy updates and I have to admit I was a bit jealous as I've been having some serious baby fever. But as it turns out, we're expecting our second due at the end of May! And I'd definitely recommend finding a doula for your delivery, especially for attempting a VBAC.
We're due the end of May as well :) may 23rd! Congrats to you guys
I'm so excited for your baby and for your future family. I will pray your baby to be healthy always.
Still so excited about your pregnancy!!
Big congratulations I'm ttc I hope this month is my lucky month
Are you going to find out the gender?
I am 7 weeks and 2 days now and i started to feel my uterus growing at 6 weeks
Same here
Me too
I feel my uterus stretching a little every day now. It’s a little strange
Have you been experiencing tiredness at all? You seem to bright and alive!! I guess it's different this time around having the boys! Don't know if I'll cope with another pregnancy having river to look after too!
Any tips?!? Loving seeing your journey!
hi, I am 7 weeks pregnant but now I am feeling less breasts tenderness. But I am a little bit afraid.Do you think that it is normal?
Was it all good?? I'm feeling reduced symptoms too on n off and im worried
Random non-pregnancy question: where did you get the necklace you're wearing in this video? I love it! 😇
It does look familiar though. Did you talk about it in another video? It's so cute and I tried to google it online and try to find it. No luck. :-(
I enjoy watching ur videos so much! God bless you and your lovely family!
Amen
I really love watching your videos 😍💜
Natalie I know it's crazy because I don't personally know you but last night I had a dream you had a little boy 😭😭😍😍😍
I really love to watching all of your family video 😊😊😊😍😍😍
I bring a homemade trail mix with me to church, many nuts and dried fruits
I just realized the dress you've been wearing is the one you wore with the twins too. Or at least they look the same.
It is the same one! I thought it would be great for comparison!
I think it's a great idea!
I know it's early, but.... what are some names that you and Wes are liking?
I had no idea about that law in Washington. I live in oregon and I wonder if it's the same.
I feel like it would be really cool for your belly shots to include a side by side of the first week vs the week our on for each update! I have always wanted to see it lol Ps. I absolutely LOVE your channel and your boys❤️❤️ you are such a good mom and I love both of your channels!!
I include the previous week's belly shot in the outro of these videos so you can do a quick comparison!
+Natalie Bennett ohhh! I didn't realize you wore the same shirt lol I'm sorry! 🙈
hello I love your videos they're amazing thanks for posting :)
I'm 7 weeks and 2 days, I'm experience bad moring sickness from moring to night we went last week for my 1st ultrasound they said it's one baby for now it's too soon to tell (since I mentioned my mom is a twin) what week did they revealed your having twins? and was your moring sickness twice as bad?
Can pregnancy be confirmed with general blood test?
I have a strange question... how do you go about asking your drs if you can film your appointments? Do you tell them it will be going on TH-cam? My husband and I are going through the fertility process and I'd like to film it and post on my channel, eventually. But I feel so awkward asking if it's okay. Would love to know how you handle it :)
Britt Hanlon Good question! (And many prayers for your new adventure!) I have found that being very straightforward with the question of filming is best. I know many hospitals/clinics don't allow cameras. I have asked my doctors and nurses every time if they are comfortable with me filming. Some have said yes, some have said no, others are ok with my filming the process but not including their names or faces. I've never included the faces of my practitioners or the info about my clinic as a courtesy to them as well as to protect my own privacy.
Natalie Bennett Thanks so much for your answer, and prayers :) Currently binge watching your updates!
Aww...so happy for you! :-) Glad your doctor is behind you on the VBAC. Sounds like you got a great new doctor! :-) I am also glad your nausea is under control. What protein do you use to help? Since I got pregnant my body has rejected meat except for a little turkey bacon from time to time and a little tuna fish but have to be careful about that obviously. Do you have a special drink or something or do you just get it from meat and other regular sources?
My body rejected meat with my first pregnancy and I could only eat fruit and veggies. I, at that time, googled fruits and veggies high in protein, and there are quite a few. If I was sick of eating fruits and veggies, I'd snack on Ritz peanut butter crackers, which peanut butter is a great source of protein.
I was never a vegetarian either, but the look and the smell of meat would literally make me ill!
When you go from eating meat to only fruits and veggies, you will, at first feel bloated, especially if you weren't a big fruit and veggie eater to begin with.
I was a somewhat healthy eater and always, at least, ate veggies everyday, but I still felt bloated, once I started eating mainly fruit and veggies.
Also, do not freak out if you start losing weight while eating mainly fruits and veggies. I lost 20 pounds in 4 months, when I stopped eating meat.
When you get further along in your pregnancy or even towards the end, your body may allow you to start eating meat again.
I myself, eating mainly fruits and veggies, felt so much more energy, I felt healthier than I had ever felt, and I felt an overwhelming feeling that my mind and body were toxin free and clean, so I stayed vegetarian throughout my pregnancy.
Wow, thank you so much for all that amazing information! It is good to know what to expect when things start to change in a way you wouldn't expect. Thank you! :-)
When is the baby due date?
So I had to do some research and ask some midwives. I to am pregnant and wanted to know because I'm planning my second vbac homebirth. I live in Washington. It's not illegal they are more guidelines. But vbacs can be performed without a surgeon or a physicians approval. Of course you need to do what feels best for you. I also looked up Washington law and it says what the midwives I asked said. Guidelines not law. I pray you have a successful vbac!
I originally wanted to see a group of midwives but when called to set up the appointment, they told me that they can't legally give me a home birth or birth center birth without the risk of losing their certification. They didn't have privileged at the local hospital so seeing them for my care wasn't possible. It sounded more like "law" than "guideline" so maybe they need to brush up on their Washington state rules. Thanks for looking into it and commenting. I'm super happy with my doctor so looks like I'll be sticking with this route :-)
Azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/special/midwives/committees/mspac/additional-resources/state-laws-chart-vbac-br-mg.pdf
This website shows every states requirements for vbacing. On ours it says under are vbacs allowed.
Yes. RCW 18.50.010; 18.50.108 (must annually submit written plan for consultation with health care providers, emergency transfer, and transport of woman and infant). Per the MAWS document at p.4, prior cesarean birth is an indication for consultation with a physician.
To me that is guidelines not law. But I suppose we all have to listen to the ones we hear things from though. Anyways regardless of all this healthy babies is most important. Looking forward to watching the rest of your updates 😊
I'm 6 weeks pregnant! I made a first appointment with my OBGYN and they said they didn't want to see me until I was 10 weeks... so a month away. Is that okay?? It makes me extremely worried that I won't see a doctor until a month away! Pls someone reply. I am constantly worried of the babies health.
Right there with you, I found out I'm 7 weeks along but getting this appointment feels like ages away.. don't worry you'll be that much happier when the doctor confirms and u can see your baby.
....same here :/
What app does she have? I am 7 weeks and really would like to know.
Lainey The Bump pregnancy app!
My nipples have been soooo sore !!
Hi
Hey Natalie, I'm curious what the doctors name is and the clinic name that you switched to, the one that your sister is using also? I live in Marysville WA, so i'm right in your area. I also have fraternal twin boys (mine are Owen and Evan) that are just a couple months younger than yours! I had a C-section for both of them and my husband and I are thinking about trying for the next baby soon and I want to do a vbac as well. Looking for a good doctor that will assist in a vbac, so I would really appreciate the info! Thanks! Excited for you and this new adventure of a singleton pregnancy!! I hope my next pregnancy is a singleton too! I want the experience of carrying one baby!
I'd totally love to answer this question but I'm just not comfortable giving that info. Not just for my personal privacy (I don't want everyone knowing where I'm delivering) I also assured my doctors and nurses that I wouldn't be disclosing this info or showing their faces in my videos. I can assure you though that many doctors at both the Everett Clinic/Providence and Skagit Valley Clinics/ Hospital are open to VBAC deliveries. I would assume these are your options for the region you live! I wish I could say more, dear. I hope you understand!
I thought that might be the case, and no worries, I totally do understand! I went through Everett Clinic last time and delivered at providence, but I was hoping to find another doctor outside of the Everett Clinic and hoping to go as naturally as possible! I'll just have to do more research!
i dont think it is bloat. by the 7th week your uterus has doubled in size
Beverly Brightmon the baby is still in your pelvic area till 12 weeks of pregnancy.
You've got me so broody right now... :( Haha argh!
I am 7 weeks today with my second pregnancy and I’m rounding out already. Break out the maternity pants!
SO glad you found a doctor you love so much, who has a good balance of natural avenues and Western medicine. That balance is so important; too far one way or the other is not good. :-)
💜💜💜💜💜💜 God bless you
I swear, you sound so much like Lori Loughlin, or Becky from Full House, lol. Has anyone ever told you that before? It's so funny. She even had twin boys on the show
How did you do to only gain one pound ? :O
What's the baby app you have ?
Dalyla's Life The Bump pregnancy app! I love it! ❤️
Natalie Bennett thank you 😘
when are you due? my daughter in law is due April 29,2017, we will be grandparents for the first time..
Karen smith im very super late but in description box she said due date was april 19 2017!
how tall are you?
5 nothing!
People hear that I'm 116 lbs and think I must be underweight but don't realize how short I am!
Natalie Bennett hahah yes I struggle with the same problem! Feel ya girl ;)
🤖
Your american medical service really confuses me.
Why would somebody want to have a vaginal birth after they've already had a C-section?!?
For me, the pain and inconvenience of c section recovery was BY FAR worse than vaginal recovery. I would choose a drug free, clear-headed vaginal delivery over major abdominal surgery ANY DAY! But that's just me! 😌
i am 7 weeks pregnant and i would like to reveal it to my family but i dont know if i should or not