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Hey everyone!
Blen - Sorry to hear about the cramps and your DH''s job. It''s so tough right now, it''s scary times for sure! My company just had a 2nd round of major lay-offs this week. I''m safe so far, but my company would be effected greatly if the automakers go under. So I''m not sure any of us here will have a job next year. But try to stay positive and it sounds like you and your DH have great savers so that''s a great thing! I hope the cramps subside soon!
DD - I"m not sure if I commented on your belly shot, but you look GREAT!!!
RE: Boob size...NYC I wouldn''t worry. My boobs are only mildly sore and although they are somewhat bigger, I haven''t had to change bra sizes yet. I''m just a full B instead of a small B now. It''s about the only area of my body that hasn''t gotten bigger
I think every woman is different. Most of my friends only went up 1 bra size and that wasn''t until the end.
As for me, I''ve had a migraine since yesterday. I''m taking Tylenol to help w/ the pain, but it doesn''t help fully. Migraines are the worst! Just when i thought i was over the nausea thing, it back because of this headache! I''m super busy at work too, and it''s so hard to focus
Hope everyone else is going great!!!!
Blen - Sorry to hear about the cramps and your DH''s job. It''s so tough right now, it''s scary times for sure! My company just had a 2nd round of major lay-offs this week. I''m safe so far, but my company would be effected greatly if the automakers go under. So I''m not sure any of us here will have a job next year. But try to stay positive and it sounds like you and your DH have great savers so that''s a great thing! I hope the cramps subside soon!
DD - I"m not sure if I commented on your belly shot, but you look GREAT!!!
RE: Boob size...NYC I wouldn''t worry. My boobs are only mildly sore and although they are somewhat bigger, I haven''t had to change bra sizes yet. I''m just a full B instead of a small B now. It''s about the only area of my body that hasn''t gotten bigger
As for me, I''ve had a migraine since yesterday. I''m taking Tylenol to help w/ the pain, but it doesn''t help fully. Migraines are the worst! Just when i thought i was over the nausea thing, it back because of this headache! I''m super busy at work too, and it''s so hard to focus
Hope everyone else is going great!!!!
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Court - thanks! I go to the dr tomorrow, so I''m going to mention it. I''ve suffered from migraines in the past, but I''ve always just taken Excedrin migraine and for the most part they work everytime. Obviously, now i''m not taking it, but I''m going to ask tomorrow if there is something else I can take other than tylenol.
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I started out a 36B and I'm still a 36B. I even went and got fitted and they said definitely a B still. My mother and both my sisters are all DD and up. The booby fairy missed me out!
So much for thinking my m/s had gone. I spent the 10 minutes I waited for the bus this morning throwing up in the neighbour's flowerbeds. Even worse, I'd taken all my meds 15 minutes earlier so it was too late to be able to take another dose, but I didn't get the full dose so now my legs hurt...
Saw my GP this morning who has signed me off work for another 4 weeks. We had a very nice chat and he made me feel better about things - how it was just a door closing and a new and better one would open, and just maybe motherhood would be my thing. I told him if I ever came and said I was going into childcare as a career he was allowed to laugh... at which point he picked up the phone, pretended to call my psychiatrist and said "yes, Dr. P, the time has come, we are finally ready for the men in white coats".
Saw my OB this afternoon - not a great appointment, I was feeling tired and depressed and things were tricky. She doesn't want me to increase my pain meds at all.
I've also had 3 major migraines since I hit the second trimester and I'd been throwing codeine at them (normally okay, but I'm not allowed it any more because of what I'm already taking), no aspirin, no NSAIDs (ibuprofen etc) and I'm allergic to paracetamol so that is out as well. They're wary about triptans as well. So basically there is sod all I can take. If you have migraine you will know that that is not happy news at all. At least the promethazine means they don't make me sick as well. Since I didn't have ANY in the first tri I thought I'd got away with it, but apparently it often does kick in at that point.
Then they're not happy that my weight is going down not up and as usual they're off down the eating disorder path again. I don't know how many times a person can be diagnosed as NOT having an eating disorder before they give up. Some people comfort eat when they're depressed, I'm the opposite. Hey ho... although she did agree that apples were good for you even in quantity.
She listened to the baby's heartbeat - I presume it was fine. I only realised that I'd taken zero interest and hadn't asked on the way home - which made me feel even worse.
I've got the first big meeting with my employers next Wednesday and I think I'm just getting very anxious about it.
Sorry, very depressing post... seeing midwives tomorrow.
So much for thinking my m/s had gone. I spent the 10 minutes I waited for the bus this morning throwing up in the neighbour's flowerbeds. Even worse, I'd taken all my meds 15 minutes earlier so it was too late to be able to take another dose, but I didn't get the full dose so now my legs hurt...
Saw my GP this morning who has signed me off work for another 4 weeks. We had a very nice chat and he made me feel better about things - how it was just a door closing and a new and better one would open, and just maybe motherhood would be my thing. I told him if I ever came and said I was going into childcare as a career he was allowed to laugh... at which point he picked up the phone, pretended to call my psychiatrist and said "yes, Dr. P, the time has come, we are finally ready for the men in white coats".
Saw my OB this afternoon - not a great appointment, I was feeling tired and depressed and things were tricky. She doesn't want me to increase my pain meds at all.
I've also had 3 major migraines since I hit the second trimester and I'd been throwing codeine at them (normally okay, but I'm not allowed it any more because of what I'm already taking), no aspirin, no NSAIDs (ibuprofen etc) and I'm allergic to paracetamol so that is out as well. They're wary about triptans as well. So basically there is sod all I can take. If you have migraine you will know that that is not happy news at all. At least the promethazine means they don't make me sick as well. Since I didn't have ANY in the first tri I thought I'd got away with it, but apparently it often does kick in at that point.
Then they're not happy that my weight is going down not up and as usual they're off down the eating disorder path again. I don't know how many times a person can be diagnosed as NOT having an eating disorder before they give up. Some people comfort eat when they're depressed, I'm the opposite. Hey ho... although she did agree that apples were good for you even in quantity.
She listened to the baby's heartbeat - I presume it was fine. I only realised that I'd taken zero interest and hadn't asked on the way home - which made me feel even worse.
I've got the first big meeting with my employers next Wednesday and I think I'm just getting very anxious about it.
Sorry, very depressing post... seeing midwives tomorrow.
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I''m sorry your appointment didn''t go great, Pandora. Don''t be too hard on yourself about forgetting to ask for the heartbeat. I always walk out of there realizing that I forgot to ask for things.
It''s seems if it''s not one thing, it''s another. Now that the migraines are gone, I''m having terrible back pain. Spasms and all. I swam laps at lunch and that seemed to help the area that was hurting, but now a different area is hurting! Please tell me this won''t last for the rest of my pregnancy everyday!
19 weeks today...almost halfway there!
It''s seems if it''s not one thing, it''s another. Now that the migraines are gone, I''m having terrible back pain. Spasms and all. I swam laps at lunch and that seemed to help the area that was hurting, but now a different area is hurting! Please tell me this won''t last for the rest of my pregnancy everyday!
19 weeks today...almost halfway there!
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NYC, one of my good friends who just had a baby (posted his pic a few weeks ago) only filled out her bra a bit better until her milk came in. That''s when the booby fairy came for her.
Pandora, sorry you''re having a rough time right now
. ::hugs::
DH officially told someone! He was adamant before that he wouldn''t tell anyone at all until after we told our families, but one of his bff''s from work told him today that he and his wife are expecting! I asked DH when she was due and he said he didn''t know, but before us because she''s about 10 weeks. I had to remind him that I''ll be 10 weeks in 2 days, so we''re technically "about 10 weeks" as well. That''s when he got excited and decided to tell. He swore his friend to secrecy, but he found out that they''re due the day before us! I''m so excited that someone else at his Christmas party will know!
Pandora, sorry you''re having a rough time right now
DH officially told someone! He was adamant before that he wouldn''t tell anyone at all until after we told our families, but one of his bff''s from work told him today that he and his wife are expecting! I asked DH when she was due and he said he didn''t know, but before us because she''s about 10 weeks. I had to remind him that I''ll be 10 weeks in 2 days, so we''re technically "about 10 weeks" as well. That''s when he got excited and decided to tell. He swore his friend to secrecy, but he found out that they''re due the day before us! I''m so excited that someone else at his Christmas party will know!
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Thanks for the booby support...I feel like I have no pg symptoms at all! Except of course my sciatic nerve and now low back pain. I think that causes me to be mental and want the u/s''s all the time..I feel like having symptoms would make me calmer. But I guess I should be grateful. I just feel like they aren''t there..everyone says "where do u think they went"? Lol.
Pandora- so sorry u still have such m/s..goodness when is it gonna go away?!?
Mela- sorry to hear about the last days of flower shop ..I know how much u love it
Robbie- isn''t it the most exciting thing..breaking the news to ppl ?? ..I just love it!
Sorry to hear about all the migraines..I get headaches too but that''s when I don''t eat enough or often enough...they r no fun @ all!
Pandora- so sorry u still have such m/s..goodness when is it gonna go away?!?
Mela- sorry to hear about the last days of flower shop ..I know how much u love it
Robbie- isn''t it the most exciting thing..breaking the news to ppl ?? ..I just love it!
Sorry to hear about all the migraines..I get headaches too but that''s when I don''t eat enough or often enough...they r no fun @ all!
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Good news!
Cervix is 4.53 cm, compared to 3.1 at my 20 week u/s. Vaginal u/s tends to give longer measurements than abdominal, per the doc, or it could have actually lengthened some. But at any rate, the contractions aren''t productive which is GOOD.
My placenta is now 2.5 cm away from my cervix, compared to 1 cm two weeks ago. The doc wrote down placenta previa as the reason for the u/s on the slip for the ins co billing, which makes me wonder if I officially had partial previa or if he was just using it as a reason to bill them. DH asked me why on earth I didn''t ask him, but I didn''t think to at the time and honestly it doesn''t matter. It''s far enough away at this point that I don''t need any follow up u/s and that it won''t affect my birth plan, which is all that I was really concerned about.
I''m still a bit crampy, but feeling better (maybe because worrying about pain intensifies it?), and still having some ctx, but as long as they''re not doing anything to my cervix I can very much deal with it. Phew.
Pandora, if it makes you feel any better, today was the first u/s where I really felt any interest in what the baby was doing. That sucks about the meds and the migraines and the m/s. I''m so sorry.
Courtney - 22w0d. So we''re exactly 3 weeks apart? I hope the back pain starts to feel better.
CDT - DH''s workplace is a supplier for the Big 3... I really hope that you fare better.
Mela - sorry about the flowershop.
Cervix is 4.53 cm, compared to 3.1 at my 20 week u/s. Vaginal u/s tends to give longer measurements than abdominal, per the doc, or it could have actually lengthened some. But at any rate, the contractions aren''t productive which is GOOD.
My placenta is now 2.5 cm away from my cervix, compared to 1 cm two weeks ago. The doc wrote down placenta previa as the reason for the u/s on the slip for the ins co billing, which makes me wonder if I officially had partial previa or if he was just using it as a reason to bill them. DH asked me why on earth I didn''t ask him, but I didn''t think to at the time and honestly it doesn''t matter. It''s far enough away at this point that I don''t need any follow up u/s and that it won''t affect my birth plan, which is all that I was really concerned about.
I''m still a bit crampy, but feeling better (maybe because worrying about pain intensifies it?), and still having some ctx, but as long as they''re not doing anything to my cervix I can very much deal with it. Phew.
Pandora, if it makes you feel any better, today was the first u/s where I really felt any interest in what the baby was doing. That sucks about the meds and the migraines and the m/s. I''m so sorry.
Courtney - 22w0d. So we''re exactly 3 weeks apart? I hope the back pain starts to feel better.
CDT - DH''s workplace is a supplier for the Big 3... I really hope that you fare better.
Mela - sorry about the flowershop.
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Hey all just a quick check in to let you all know I''m still here! My BP has evened out and isn''t rising, no protein in my urine, and I''ll be 36 weeks tomorrow! Woo hoo! Let the labor inducing behaviors commence!
So far no signs of labor, not even one contraction...I know it can come on quickly though. I''ll keep y''all posted.
Hope everyone has a great day!
So far no signs of labor, not even one contraction...I know it can come on quickly though. I''ll keep y''all posted.
Hope everyone has a great day!
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Yay for being 36 weeks tomorrow, Neat! Your babies are going to be here before you know it!
I just found out that my holiday party for work (which is tomorrow) is pretty fancy. I heard that some women wear long dresses and most guys wear suits. Please cross your fingers that my slimmer undergarments still fit and will smooth out the bloat enough so that I can squish into at least one of my old dresses and look somewhat decent. I was thinking it would be more casual and was planning to wear a dress that I could wear to work on a normal day if I wanted to. I guess worst case scenario is that I''ll just be a bit under dressed.
I just found out that my holiday party for work (which is tomorrow) is pretty fancy. I heard that some women wear long dresses and most guys wear suits. Please cross your fingers that my slimmer undergarments still fit and will smooth out the bloat enough so that I can squish into at least one of my old dresses and look somewhat decent. I was thinking it would be more casual and was planning to wear a dress that I could wear to work on a normal day if I wanted to. I guess worst case scenario is that I''ll just be a bit under dressed.
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gak! last day at the flowershop. I have help today, as one of our clients is a high end restaurant downtown - and they need us up on ladders to install their Xmas decor. Um, no thanks!!!!!!! haha. Not me!
Blen - SO glad to hear about your healthy cervix length and position. phew. What a relief.
Pandora - I cannot believe how bad your symptoms are!!!!! I feel so bad for you. urgh. What a rough go you've had. Hopefully it'll pass soon and your baby girl will make you forget all about these brutal days. Yup. That's right, I said girl. I'm just going to throw my hat into team pink for you.
Neat - holy moly 36 weeks. I cannot believe it.
Enjoy these last few days/weeks. Who knows how long now...
Robbie - you could wear a paper bag and look GREAT!
You're personality will sparkle where ever you go.
NYC - Oh to have no symptoms.
I wish. Right now I'm battling the ITCHIES!!!!!!!!!! OMG. I lie in bed at night fighting the urge to scratch. SO annoying. AND I'm moisturized to the max - so I can't blame the winter dryness. Hope your back gives you some relief. Sheesh. Have you considered light stretching like yoga?
I know I'm missing a whole bunch of you lovelies - but i have to run. Works a calling.
Just wanted to say that I miss Lisa (hope you are ok. hope it wasn't something I said
. lol. kidding) and I also often think about Indy. My heart aches when I think about her. I just hope that you're doing ok under the circumstances.
hugs.
Ok. Off to work and to celebrate being 16 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 Months-a-roo!!!!
I'm going to get wasted to celebrate.
haha. I kid. I kid. Obviously.
Blen - SO glad to hear about your healthy cervix length and position. phew. What a relief.
Pandora - I cannot believe how bad your symptoms are!!!!! I feel so bad for you. urgh. What a rough go you've had. Hopefully it'll pass soon and your baby girl will make you forget all about these brutal days. Yup. That's right, I said girl. I'm just going to throw my hat into team pink for you.
Neat - holy moly 36 weeks. I cannot believe it.
Robbie - you could wear a paper bag and look GREAT!
NYC - Oh to have no symptoms.
I know I'm missing a whole bunch of you lovelies - but i have to run. Works a calling.
Just wanted to say that I miss Lisa (hope you are ok. hope it wasn't something I said
hugs.
Ok. Off to work and to celebrate being 16 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 Months-a-roo!!!!
I'm going to get wasted to celebrate.
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Thanks, everyone!
Speaking of yoga for NYC - I sometimes do the Alleviating Back Pain with Prental Yoga video on this website and it helps me. Might be worth a try?
I''ve been wondering where Lisa is too. I hope she''s doing okay. Indy, if you''re lurking here at all, I''m still thinking about you and your sons.
Mela, any gender guesses for me?
NF, wow you''re so close to being able to hold your sons in your arms. How exciting.
Speaking of yoga for NYC - I sometimes do the Alleviating Back Pain with Prental Yoga video on this website and it helps me. Might be worth a try?
I''ve been wondering where Lisa is too. I hope she''s doing okay. Indy, if you''re lurking here at all, I''m still thinking about you and your sons.
Mela, any gender guesses for me?
NF, wow you''re so close to being able to hold your sons in your arms. How exciting.
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Robbie - Our company party is tonight and I''m going semi casual too. Some people really dress up, but I want to be COMFORTABLE! I found a regular ole'' black dress at Motherhood and I''m going to wear some black patent or red flats with it. I want to get in a little dancing, so I''d better wear comfy shoes.
Blen - So glad to hear everything is ok. I''m going to check out that yoga website for back pain!
Neat - I''m excited for you! I can''t wait to get to that point where my baby will be born within a few weeks! I''m happy your BP and everything is normal.
Blen - So glad to hear everything is ok. I''m going to check out that yoga website for back pain!
Neat - I''m excited for you! I can''t wait to get to that point where my baby will be born within a few weeks! I''m happy your BP and everything is normal.
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Yay Neat for making it to full-term! Congrats on baking some full-term babies...now get to baking so they can come out and meet you!
I had my first pregnant brain moment...ugh. I put two bills in the mail yesterday with no postage! They did have return addresses, so hopefully they will be returned so I can send them out again.
I had my first pregnant brain moment...ugh. I put two bills in the mail yesterday with no postage! They did have return addresses, so hopefully they will be returned so I can send them out again.
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