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ugh...PS ate my post...here I go again!.
So I had a freak out session this morning, I think everything is ok now..
This morning when I went to the bathroom, noticed spotting when I wiped. Enough spotting to get noticed and freak out a any pregnant woman. I immediately called teh peri''s office and they asked me some questions and had me call my OB''s office. I called them and left a message...waited for what seemed like hours, but it was more like 45 minutes. When they finally called me back, they asked me to go there immediately...which made me even more nervous.
The Dr checked my cervix, as in manually! (OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and said the cervix was closed...which is good!. Bad news is looks like I have a yeast inefction...whcih is totally normal and he said could have been the cuase for the spotting. I haven''t had any infection like symptoms...but I never thought I would be happy to hear I have an infection!.
I''m still a little nervous because he said the cause may have been the infection, but it could also be a sign of preterm labor. So he asked me to be very AWARE of everything I feel and to call immediately if something seems off. I go back next week and I''m guessing they''ll check to see if the magic pill took care of the infection.
I''m still nervous, so I''m hoping the spotting stops!. I''m not done baking thse babies just yet!
So I had a freak out session this morning, I think everything is ok now..
This morning when I went to the bathroom, noticed spotting when I wiped. Enough spotting to get noticed and freak out a any pregnant woman. I immediately called teh peri''s office and they asked me some questions and had me call my OB''s office. I called them and left a message...waited for what seemed like hours, but it was more like 45 minutes. When they finally called me back, they asked me to go there immediately...which made me even more nervous.
The Dr checked my cervix, as in manually! (OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and said the cervix was closed...which is good!. Bad news is looks like I have a yeast inefction...whcih is totally normal and he said could have been the cuase for the spotting. I haven''t had any infection like symptoms...but I never thought I would be happy to hear I have an infection!.
I''m still a little nervous because he said the cause may have been the infection, but it could also be a sign of preterm labor. So he asked me to be very AWARE of everything I feel and to call immediately if something seems off. I go back next week and I''m guessing they''ll check to see if the magic pill took care of the infection.
I''m still nervous, so I''m hoping the spotting stops!. I''m not done baking thse babies just yet!
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MP, as everyone said, you will feel better unless you''re the rare breed who is sick the entire time (I''ve never met anyone who was like this, btw). And it could be way worse. My friend with the trips is actually not functioning well at all. Can''t get out of bed, can barely walk, is vomiting several times a day and veins seems to be more pronounced in her face. She''s lost 6 pounds (she''s tiny as it is) because she can''t eat a thing and is on drugs in the hopes it will help (which it really hasn''t). She works for a doctor''s office and as a favor, they are sending a nurse every other day so she can get an IV for 2-3 hours because she can''t even drink water and is risking dehydration. Most days she''s curled up in a ball saying that she feels like she is dying.
I know that''s no consolation to you, but she''s surviving and you will too.
I know that''s no consolation to you, but she''s surviving and you will too.
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Mandarine, hope you are taking an easy. Take good care of yourself! Keep those babies baking. I''m sending lots of stay put vibes to your little ones! I love the u/s shots! So cute!
Mara, congrats on a boy! Yay! What a great profile shot of your little boy!
drk, congrats again! Glad to hear the NT scan went well!
Mara, congrats on a boy! Yay! What a great profile shot of your little boy!
drk, congrats again! Glad to hear the NT scan went well!
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MP have you talked to your doctor about it? It is an unusual variation of ms, meaybe check to make sure something else isn''t going on? But it is probably nothing but the usual aches and pains. I ws in so much agony in ther last 6 weeks that I literally could not walk (positional pelic pain) and cried in pain when I tried. Still, I''m going to have another. It will pass and feel like distant memory one day.
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Thanks guys!. I am definitely resting today!. Feeling good, just with some discomfort from that exam...
Thank you Neat, you''re so sweet!. I did already go to the Dr and took my prescription...so now I just wait until next week and hope for no more spotting!.
I was going to go to the office today (usually work from home) but decided it wasn''t a good idea so I''ve been laying in the sofa all day with the doggie
When I was waiting for teh Dr to come in I had 1,000 thoughts going through my head, mainly that I just wasn''t ready!...when he said I had an infection I was so happy! lol. I did some googling (gotta love google) and apparently yeast infections can indeed cause spotting, so I''m going to trust that was all it really was.
On a funny note...
I wasn''t expecting to have a full on exam today...and when they told me to go in immediately I literally just put my hair up and was out the door. Needless to say I wasn''t what you would call "groomed" and what Dr do I get?? The hottie of the practice!!!!!. Of course it didn''t really hit me that I probably looked like a scene of national geographic until he was all done!
Thank you Neat, you''re so sweet!. I did already go to the Dr and took my prescription...so now I just wait until next week and hope for no more spotting!.
I was going to go to the office today (usually work from home) but decided it wasn''t a good idea so I''ve been laying in the sofa all day with the doggie
When I was waiting for teh Dr to come in I had 1,000 thoughts going through my head, mainly that I just wasn''t ready!...when he said I had an infection I was so happy! lol. I did some googling (gotta love google) and apparently yeast infections can indeed cause spotting, so I''m going to trust that was all it really was.
On a funny note...
I wasn''t expecting to have a full on exam today...and when they told me to go in immediately I literally just put my hair up and was out the door. Needless to say I wasn''t what you would call "groomed" and what Dr do I get?? The hottie of the practice!!!!!. Of course it didn''t really hit me that I probably looked like a scene of national geographic until he was all done!
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TGal, I know - I read your thread about her
It made me feel awful for her, poor thing! All three babies are still cooking in there? I keep telling myself that I really don''t have it that bad, and I should just put on my big girl panties and get over it, but it just SUCKS. The worst part is that I have a phobia of vomiting, so trying to prevent it all day long is like my worst nightmare. My jaw aches by the end of the day from the convulsing. Bah, I have got to just get over it. I swear I am not usually this whiny lol.
Mandarine, eeek. I''m glad it was just a yeast infection. Thankfully parking your butt in front of the computer with us is considered resting
And LOL @ National Geographic! I can guarantee that doctor has seen MUCh worse.
dreamer_dachsie, your pelvic pain sounds awful
I''m sorry that happened, and I hope with the next baby you have an easier time of it! I do plan to talk to my midwife tomorrow and see what she can tell me. If she can do anything to ease this suffering I would snap it right up. Yuck.
I''m so glad I have you ladies here to talk to about it - no one IRL really gets it!
Mandarine, eeek. I''m glad it was just a yeast infection. Thankfully parking your butt in front of the computer with us is considered resting
dreamer_dachsie, your pelvic pain sounds awful
I''m so glad I have you ladies here to talk to about it - no one IRL really gets it!
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MP: I find that if I just let myself throw up in the morning (the yellow throw up is probably the best version! Which sounds horrible but it's true--it's just easier to throw it up) it would make the rest of the day better. I'm the same way as you...complete and total phobia of throwing up...but throwing up is definitely better than dry heaving all day trying to avoid throwing up.
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Seriously, that analogy is spot on TG, it felt like I had a hangover for 5 weeks!!!! That gross feeling in the belly, UGH. I am so ecstatic to be beyond it but I don't think I will forget it either. I have a long memory for pain hehee.
and MP everyone I know was sick too like me...so you are def not a freak nor is it an anomaly. I only know a handful (as in like on one hand) of people overall who never got sick AT ALL. And it def feels worse when it is happening to you, you know?? Oh and I am a freak about not vomiting and so every time I felt like I was going to I would do whatever to try to NOT. I know some people say they just would throw up and get it over with but that is almost more horrifying to me than the nausea. I'm a weirdo.
So I just had my follow-up after the amnio and I am beyond relieved to report that the heartbeat was strong and she said he was moving around, even though I can't tell half of anything with the horrible regular OB machines they have, soooo not as clear as the perinatologists! She said that if I have felt ok with no spotting, cramping etc this far (3rd day after amnio) that I am probably out of the woods. Knock on wood of course but I am very happy. She also offered to come along in our suitcases to Spain and let me listen to the heartbeat daily.
Mandarine, take care of yourself and the nuggets!!! It's so weird, but I've read that women are more susceptible to things like yeast and bladder infections than normal during preggo. Must be our out of control hormones.
Oh one more thing if anyone is interested, she gave me a brochure for babybeat.com for the doppler, she said they don't *endorse* it but I think it's the same one they use at my hospital. So I figure I'll try it when we get back...will be fun to hear the heartbeat whenever.
Also, for anyone debating about amnio vs screening testing. My Dr told me today when I was marveling at the ultrasound and what we could see at the peri on Monday, that for Trisomy 13 and 21 ... you cannot really tell from the ultrasounds for definite. She said yes there might be soft markers that they look for (shape of nose and finger bones etc for 21), but it requires testing for definites. She also said that for spina bifida that the US is 99.9% so they don't *need* to test blood for that even though apparently the state still does require it in 2nd tri. Whew. So much info.
and MP everyone I know was sick too like me...so you are def not a freak nor is it an anomaly. I only know a handful (as in like on one hand) of people overall who never got sick AT ALL. And it def feels worse when it is happening to you, you know?? Oh and I am a freak about not vomiting and so every time I felt like I was going to I would do whatever to try to NOT. I know some people say they just would throw up and get it over with but that is almost more horrifying to me than the nausea. I'm a weirdo.
So I just had my follow-up after the amnio and I am beyond relieved to report that the heartbeat was strong and she said he was moving around, even though I can't tell half of anything with the horrible regular OB machines they have, soooo not as clear as the perinatologists! She said that if I have felt ok with no spotting, cramping etc this far (3rd day after amnio) that I am probably out of the woods. Knock on wood of course but I am very happy. She also offered to come along in our suitcases to Spain and let me listen to the heartbeat daily.
Mandarine, take care of yourself and the nuggets!!! It's so weird, but I've read that women are more susceptible to things like yeast and bladder infections than normal during preggo. Must be our out of control hormones.
Oh one more thing if anyone is interested, she gave me a brochure for babybeat.com for the doppler, she said they don't *endorse* it but I think it's the same one they use at my hospital. So I figure I'll try it when we get back...will be fun to hear the heartbeat whenever.
Also, for anyone debating about amnio vs screening testing. My Dr told me today when I was marveling at the ultrasound and what we could see at the peri on Monday, that for Trisomy 13 and 21 ... you cannot really tell from the ultrasounds for definite. She said yes there might be soft markers that they look for (shape of nose and finger bones etc for 21), but it requires testing for definites. She also said that for spina bifida that the US is 99.9% so they don't *need* to test blood for that even though apparently the state still does require it in 2nd tri. Whew. So much info.
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LOL!
Okay, let me amend that.... if you tend to get over things quickly then maybe it will seem a distant memory. If you hang on to baggage like TGal (
ETA hahah I just figured out that you mean get drunk to relive the feeling of ms! haha. Still, I won't change what I wrote because I think it is still funny to think of TGal getting drunk and reminiscing about her ms...
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You''re quick today Dreamer.Date: 8/20/2009 2:47:26 PM
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LOL!
Okay, let me amend that.... if you tend to get over things quickly then maybe it will seem a distant memory. If you hang on to baggage like TGal () it will haunt you forever and come back to you when you get drunk and maudlin
ETA hahah I just figured out that you mean get drunk to relive the feeling of ms! haha. Still, I won''t change what I wrote because I think it is still funny to think of TGal getting drunk and reminiscing about her ms...
I think what sucked for me is that I am a healthy girl. I don''t get sick often and if I do, I take nothing for it. I just tough it out and usually don''t bother to give myself too much TLC. So MS was just crazy for me...I didn''t have it THAT bad, but it was a new feeling for me to feel that WORTHLESS.
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Yes MP, it does, and don''t let anyone negate that for you. It SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS. I think the worst part is no one can tell you when it will end. And there''s always that off the wall chance that will not end until the baby is out. If someone told me that for baby #2, I would be sick for weeks 7-13 like I was for my first, I think I could deal with that. But no two pregnancies are alike and I don''t like the idea of that unknown again.Date: 8/20/2009 1:58:21 PM
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TGal, I know - I read your thread about herIt made me feel awful for her, poor thing! All three babies are still cooking in there? I keep telling myself that I really don''t have it that bad, and I should just put on my big girl panties and get over it, but it just SUCKS. The worst part is that I have a phobia of vomiting, so trying to prevent it all day long is like my worst nightmare. My jaw aches by the end of the day from the convulsing. Bah, I have got to just get over it. I swear I am not usually this whiny lol.
You''ll get over it...when you feel better. In the meantime, venting is good!
Oh and yeah, all three babies are cooking in there, hence why she is as sick as a dog.
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So, this is probably way out of left field but I don''t think it needs its own thread.
It seems like every time I click on this thread I get it wrong!
It will say there are 729 pages, so I click on the 729 and there is nothing but a message telling me to go back a page. A little while later I''ll think "You won''t get me THIS time Pricescope!" and I''ll click on the 728 just to see that there are now posts on page 729.
I think some evil pricescope demon gets a kick out of this every time I do it--which seems like every single time.
Sorry for the threadjack.
It seems like every time I click on this thread I get it wrong!
It will say there are 729 pages, so I click on the 729 and there is nothing but a message telling me to go back a page. A little while later I''ll think "You won''t get me THIS time Pricescope!" and I''ll click on the 728 just to see that there are now posts on page 729.
I think some evil pricescope demon gets a kick out of this every time I do it--which seems like every single time.
Sorry for the threadjack.
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Date: 8/20/2009 3:27:45 PM
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So, this is probably way out of left field but I don''t think it needs its own thread.
It seems like every time I click on this thread I get it wrong!
It will say there are 729 pages, so I click on the 729 and there is nothing but a message telling me to go back a page. A little while later I''ll think ''You won''t get me THIS time Pricescope!'' and I''ll click on the 728 just to see that there are now posts on page 729.
I think some evil pricescope demon gets a kick out of this every time I do it--which seems like every single time.
Sorry for the threadjack.
I know! I wonder if that just happens once a thread reaches a certain number of pages? It''s so odd.
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Date: 8/20/2009 3:27:45 PM
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So, this is probably way out of left field but I don''t think it needs its own thread.
It seems like every time I click on this thread I get it wrong!
It will say there are 729 pages, so I click on the 729 and there is nothing but a message telling me to go back a page. A little while later I''ll think ''You won''t get me THIS time Pricescope!'' and I''ll click on the 728 just to see that there are now posts on page 729.
I think some evil pricescope demon gets a kick out of this every time I do it--which seems like every single time.
Sorry for the threadjack.
LOL that always happens to me, too! It drives me NUTS! It''s funny because this is the only thread I have seen this happen.
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That page thing happens to me too! Ugh!
Mandarine, I''m very glad to hear that it was almost definitely the infection. Yay for infection!!! Well, you know what I mean . . .
Monkey Pie, you are not crazy. Weeks 7 to 13 were basically just one big hangover for me. It stinks! I never threw up either, but I was so miserable. I could get through the day at work, but when I came home all I could do was lie on the couch and cry (and demand that weird foods be brought to me). I went on Zofran and while it made the bloating worse (caused constipation), it was a trade I was willing to make. The nausea went from being 7-10 on the 1-10 nausea scale to about 3-6, and I could deal with that. Have you asked your doctor about medicine? Zofran is a category B drug, so I felt very comfortable taking it.
Mara, I''m glad everything looks good post-amnio!
Mandarine, I''m very glad to hear that it was almost definitely the infection. Yay for infection!!! Well, you know what I mean . . .
Monkey Pie, you are not crazy. Weeks 7 to 13 were basically just one big hangover for me. It stinks! I never threw up either, but I was so miserable. I could get through the day at work, but when I came home all I could do was lie on the couch and cry (and demand that weird foods be brought to me). I went on Zofran and while it made the bloating worse (caused constipation), it was a trade I was willing to make. The nausea went from being 7-10 on the 1-10 nausea scale to about 3-6, and I could deal with that. Have you asked your doctor about medicine? Zofran is a category B drug, so I felt very comfortable taking it.
Mara, I''m glad everything looks good post-amnio!
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Hi everyone...it''s been close to 2 weeks since I checked in but all is as well here as can be expected. I had to post today though... as this is a topic that is very close to me right now.... morning (24/7) sickness
Monkeypie...I feel your pain..... my life has been miserable the past couple of weeks. I''m sick every day and if anyone else suggests I eat saltines I''ll probably tell them where they can stick their darn crackers.
I know I need to eat (and I am forcing myself) but chewing food (any food at this point) makes me gag.
I have also told my husband that if this doesn''t improve there is no way I am ever having another one. I literally can''t function right now... I was 3 hours late to work yesterday (after throwing up 4 times) and I feel terrible all the time. I''ve actually been very depressed...yesterday morning I just sat on the floor and cried for about 20 minutes. I am so far behind at work because I''m sick and my performance is really suffering. I''m actually very fortunate that I work alone (bosses are 5 hours away) because there have been some days when I''ve just had to shut my door and put my head down.
My mother and my grandmother were both lucky enough to be sick their entire pregnancies so I''m very afraid that this won''t end for me. I remind myself that my mother had twins so that probably contributed to the problem for her.
So sorry for the depressing drop by (it''s why I haven''t been posting...I just haven''t been in a happy pregnant place) but it''s very helpful to read that others have suffered too and gotten though it. My husband and I had so many plans for the next few months and I''m afraid I won''t feel like doing any of them.
My 9 week appointment is next week and if it''s still this bad I''m going to beg and plead my Dr. for help. If I could just take the edge off I think that would be enough...anything to make me be able to just do the basic things I need to do during the day.
Monkeypie...I feel your pain..... my life has been miserable the past couple of weeks. I''m sick every day and if anyone else suggests I eat saltines I''ll probably tell them where they can stick their darn crackers.
I have also told my husband that if this doesn''t improve there is no way I am ever having another one. I literally can''t function right now... I was 3 hours late to work yesterday (after throwing up 4 times) and I feel terrible all the time. I''ve actually been very depressed...yesterday morning I just sat on the floor and cried for about 20 minutes. I am so far behind at work because I''m sick and my performance is really suffering. I''m actually very fortunate that I work alone (bosses are 5 hours away) because there have been some days when I''ve just had to shut my door and put my head down.
My mother and my grandmother were both lucky enough to be sick their entire pregnancies so I''m very afraid that this won''t end for me. I remind myself that my mother had twins so that probably contributed to the problem for her.
So sorry for the depressing drop by (it''s why I haven''t been posting...I just haven''t been in a happy pregnant place) but it''s very helpful to read that others have suffered too and gotten though it. My husband and I had so many plans for the next few months and I''m afraid I won''t feel like doing any of them.
My 9 week appointment is next week and if it''s still this bad I''m going to beg and plead my Dr. for help. If I could just take the edge off I think that would be enough...anything to make me be able to just do the basic things I need to do during the day.
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Hehe, good to know that everyone else has trouble with the page thing! I always wondered if it was just me.
Hey is anyone else getting a tingling leg? It''s like my right leg is falling asleep. It happened for the first time last night before we went out to run some errands and now sitting here at work it just started again. It''s not a huge tingling sensation, just slight. Some people online were saying it''s sciatica and that the baby is positioned on my nerve. I guess that makes sense. Just wondered if anyone else here got it. I don''t remember anyone mentioning it as a pregnancy symptom before.
Hey is anyone else getting a tingling leg? It''s like my right leg is falling asleep. It happened for the first time last night before we went out to run some errands and now sitting here at work it just started again. It''s not a huge tingling sensation, just slight. Some people online were saying it''s sciatica and that the baby is positioned on my nerve. I guess that makes sense. Just wondered if anyone else here got it. I don''t remember anyone mentioning it as a pregnancy symptom before.
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I have only had a couple days of feeling nauseous, and I felt so horrible. So I am really sorry for you guys, MP and apple. Hope it eases up soon.
Love all the u/s pics. I am jealous b/c I won’t get to the baby until my big u/s, and I don’t know when it is since Ob isn’t setting up the appt until the next time I see him in two weeks.
Mandy
Sorry about the infection. Get some rest. And hope the boys stay put.
I am 17 weeks today.
We found out last week that our friends are expecting their second baby. She went to her first prenatal appt today and is due 4/17. I am excited to have someone to be pregnant with.
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sunkist, i have noticed that my limbs fall asleep way more easily than before..particularly my legs. i can''t sit cross legged like i used to for long periods of time or my leg falls asleep. i wake up sometimes in the middle of the night, and my thigh is asleep. sometimes it''s my arm. i just chalked it up to a weird preggo thing.
apple, sorry you are feeling so rotten....i would def ask your dr for some of the nausea meds... it seems like a lot of people take them. if i was throwing up a few times a day i def would have asked. good luck and hang in there. hopefully it will end very soon and you will feel great.
apple, sorry you are feeling so rotten....i would def ask your dr for some of the nausea meds... it seems like a lot of people take them. if i was throwing up a few times a day i def would have asked. good luck and hang in there. hopefully it will end very soon and you will feel great.
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apple, I'm sorry things have been so rotten so far. I hope you get relief soon!
We had our hospital tour as part of our class last night. Despite the instructor, I am finding the class more and more helpful. We're coming up with a sense of what we want to ask for (a.k.a. birth plan) and what to expect. Last night we both dreamt about the baby being born, so it's seeping into our subconsciousness. In DH's dream, he took off his shirt and held the baby "skin to skin" like we talked about in class. In mine, the doctor wanted to induce me (apparently at our hospital the induction rate is 70%), and I was like, "But in class I learned . . ."
But the tour made me sad because it made me think about my dad who died at his own hand a little over a year ago (depressed over cancer and stroke). I forgot for a split second that he was gone and was imagining my parents coming to see me in the hospital, I remembered two years ago when my parents and I went to take care of my sister's eldest while she had her second. In some ways it's a consolation that my sister is having a baby now too because then I'm not the only one whose kids my dad missed out on--not that I want my sister to share that pain, but I don't feel as "left out" somehow. I managed to keep it together during the tour but had to cry once I got in the car.
I also realized last night that I am in different position friend-wise than I have been in the past. I have a few good girlfriends from growing up, but they don't live here, and of my closest friends in the area, one died in January after a 4 year battle with cancer
, one is the friend whose husband shot himself so I'm trying more to be there for her than anything, and one just had a baby and quit working (I knew her through work). A childhood friend is coming to visit over Labor Day, but I don't really have anyone who is *my* friend here to get together with when the mood strikes me. DH, the uber extrovert, usually makes our social plans, and a couple of "our" friends--an old neighbor, a friend's wife--I have begun seeing without him, but I mostly depend on DH to set to things up. Which brings me to my point. I just realized last night that we have no plans for this weekend because DH is doing a bike race that's a 1.5-2 hour drive each way both days, and when I said I wanted to go out to eat "some time soon," he suggested Sunday, not the most thrilling night for a date, but it's because he couldn't eat or drink what he wants before the races.
Anyway, I know it's not his fault that we don't have plans, and I've told him how I feel and he's trying to make some, and I'm going to do the same. I guess I just want to be social now while I can before the baby.
We had our hospital tour as part of our class last night. Despite the instructor, I am finding the class more and more helpful. We're coming up with a sense of what we want to ask for (a.k.a. birth plan) and what to expect. Last night we both dreamt about the baby being born, so it's seeping into our subconsciousness. In DH's dream, he took off his shirt and held the baby "skin to skin" like we talked about in class. In mine, the doctor wanted to induce me (apparently at our hospital the induction rate is 70%), and I was like, "But in class I learned . . ."
But the tour made me sad because it made me think about my dad who died at his own hand a little over a year ago (depressed over cancer and stroke). I forgot for a split second that he was gone and was imagining my parents coming to see me in the hospital, I remembered two years ago when my parents and I went to take care of my sister's eldest while she had her second. In some ways it's a consolation that my sister is having a baby now too because then I'm not the only one whose kids my dad missed out on--not that I want my sister to share that pain, but I don't feel as "left out" somehow. I managed to keep it together during the tour but had to cry once I got in the car.
I also realized last night that I am in different position friend-wise than I have been in the past. I have a few good girlfriends from growing up, but they don't live here, and of my closest friends in the area, one died in January after a 4 year battle with cancer
Anyway, I know it's not his fault that we don't have plans, and I've told him how I feel and he's trying to make some, and I'm going to do the same. I guess I just want to be social now while I can before the baby.
anchor31
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MP - I sympathize with your m/s plight. I was absolutely miserable up to week 14, and I still have indigestion occasionally since. I''m 21 week 2 days now. About once a week, I just lose my lunch. It feels different than m/s, when I would be sick when I didn''t eat, whereas now there are times when I just can''t keep the food down. The heat we''re having these days really doesn''t help. And having people tell you "I didn''t have that trouble when I was pregnant" or "don''t worry, you''ll forget all about it when you''ll be holding that baby" is irritating and patronizing, true or not. I''m actually considering adopting baby number 2, because I don''t want to go through this for 9 months again.
There''s another thing I''m having trouble finding people who relate is the baby moving. I started feeling the LO move last week, and honestly, it freaks me out. I''m slowly getting used to it, but I''m having a hard time with it. I guess pregnancy is sending my sensory defensiveness into overdrive.
In better news, I had my doctor''s appointment on Tuesday. The LO''s heartbeat is good and strong, my bloodwork results are good, my blood pressure is great, etc. I''m up to 5 kg (12lbs)! But it''s definitelly all in my belly and it''s getting heavy. My belly is 21cm (8¼in) and my doc says it''ll probably grow 1cm a week! It''s already getting cumbersome, so I can''t imagine having a 40cm (15¾in) belly in 19 weeks...
There''s another thing I''m having trouble finding people who relate is the baby moving. I started feeling the LO move last week, and honestly, it freaks me out. I''m slowly getting used to it, but I''m having a hard time with it. I guess pregnancy is sending my sensory defensiveness into overdrive.
In better news, I had my doctor''s appointment on Tuesday. The LO''s heartbeat is good and strong, my bloodwork results are good, my blood pressure is great, etc. I''m up to 5 kg (12lbs)! But it''s definitelly all in my belly and it''s getting heavy. My belly is 21cm (8¼in) and my doc says it''ll probably grow 1cm a week! It''s already getting cumbersome, so I can''t imagine having a 40cm (15¾in) belly in 19 weeks...
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Apple, I am so sorry to hear you''ve had a tough time!. I was one of the lucky ones that never got sick....so I can''t offer any advice, but it sounds so miserable! feel free to vent away!!
Sunkist, I''ve had leg cramps...but not really a tingling feeling. Could that be restless leg syndrome? I think I read that was common.
Mara, yay for seeing the little one moving around!
QT, is so cool to have a pregnant friend along with you on the ride isn''t it?. I have a couple of friends too and I love it!
Anchor, congrats on all the good news!. If you think the movements are freaky now...just wait until they get stronger!. You will get used to them though and love it (even when it hurts) it''s just a reminder there is a little one growing strong in there!!!.
Chinaaaa...ohhhh where are youuuu?. I can''t wait to get an update!
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And, this week I KNOW which day of the week we''re on (please don''t tell me it''s Thursday again and I''m just losing it!). So I''m kicking off BPF!!!. Tough to tell because I''m wearing a dress if I''ve gotten bigger...but I feel like I did and I also feel like maybe it dropped a bit???..
Sunkist, I''ve had leg cramps...but not really a tingling feeling. Could that be restless leg syndrome? I think I read that was common.
Mara, yay for seeing the little one moving around!
QT, is so cool to have a pregnant friend along with you on the ride isn''t it?. I have a couple of friends too and I love it!
Anchor, congrats on all the good news!. If you think the movements are freaky now...just wait until they get stronger!. You will get used to them though and love it (even when it hurts) it''s just a reminder there is a little one growing strong in there!!!.
Chinaaaa...ohhhh where are youuuu?. I can''t wait to get an update!
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And, this week I KNOW which day of the week we''re on (please don''t tell me it''s Thursday again and I''m just losing it!). So I''m kicking off BPF!!!. Tough to tell because I''m wearing a dress if I''ve gotten bigger...but I feel like I did and I also feel like maybe it dropped a bit???..
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