Everything hurts. I'm walking around my house like a 90 year old woman. I've had a constant pain in my lower left side my entire pregnancy and it's just killing me right now.
I feel you. I feel like my pregnant walk is half waddle and half limp from back pain. Considering using my tennis ball sniffing stash as massage therapy tools at this point.
I'm still really loving using/smelling cleaning products like Gain detergent, Windex, Fabuloso, and Dawn, but am getting too tired to use them as much as I want to clean the house! I seriously find myself googling or going on Pinterest for ways to use Gain or Dawn. If I could soap and scrub the walls and baseboards of this house and not damage the paint, I would! I ended up scrubbing the kitchen grout with Dawn and an off-brand Magic Eraser yesterday.
Hmm... maybe that's why my back hurts...
But srsly, what else can I clean that won't put me out of commission?
DH and I had a joint meltdown last night, after our candy buckeyes failed (see Gripes thread). Got out all our anxieties (obviously there was a lot more going on than problems with melting chocolate!). I had a good cry (shout out to @klkonwi ) and we are both feeling enormously better today. We have also deemed the things Suckeyes. They taste heavenly but look horrific. I am still bringing them to the office for treats, along with photos of what they SHOULD look like.
Besides being hyperfocused on food and overall anxieties, I am feeling my usual exhausted but pretty good, today. Just learned from my officemate that I am freezing him out by keeping the windows open all the time (we are having a cold spell), so apparently warm body temperature is also something I am experiencing!
DH left at 3 for work and I am apparently up for the day. Every time he leaves for a few days I get diarrhea Idk if it's stress, anxiety, or both. I lost my mucus plug too so I could be in labor
@Westypet I make my own detergent and house cleaners. It settles the nesting and makes me feel like I'm going green for baby. Adding coconut milk makes the detergent super bubbly! It's definitely an ocd pregnancy thing because I keep wanting to find new things to make. We have a basement full of empty containers for my new creations. DH is on board too it makes him feel Amish.
Oh and growing a "baby food" garden is on my list too.
DH and I had a joint meltdown last night, after our candy buckeyes failed (see Gripes thread). Got out all our anxieties (obviously there was a lot more going on than problems with melting chocolate!). I had a good cry (shout out to @klkonwi ) and we are both feeling enormously better today. We have also deemed the things Suckeyes. They taste heavenly but look horrific. I am still bringing them to the office for treats, along with photos of what they SHOULD look like.
Besides being hyperfocused on food and overall anxieties, I am feeling my usual exhausted but pretty good, today. Just learned from my officemate that I am freezing him out by keeping the windows open all the time (we are having a cold spell), so apparently warm body temperature is also something I am experiencing!
I'm so glad you and DH got to have that convo and have a cry reset/rinse cycle for your emotions. Sometimes it's just needed!
Ummmmm you have to post pics of what they should look like and how they turned out! I say that only because I am the queen of Pinterest fails. Have you ever seen the Pinterest meme "nailed it"? Hilarious.
Poor coworker. He needs to bring a Buckeyes sweatshirt with him to work.
Haha, good call!!! I will definitely do that. I love Pinterest fails! I have made amazing buckeyes in the past, but am blaming Germany for this fail, lol
I would love to answer your "what else can I clean" question, but I sadly cannot relate! I think I will never nest. What about cleaning shoes? Wiping down the inside of drawers and silverware holders? Man, no clue... wish I had your cleaning drive!!
DH and I had a joint meltdown last night, after our candy buckeyes failed (see Gripes thread). Got out all our anxieties (obviously there was a lot more going on than problems with melting chocolate!). I had a good cry (shout out to @klkonwi ) and we are both feeling enormously better today. We have also deemed the things Suckeyes. They taste heavenly but look horrific. I am still bringing them to the office for treats, along with photos of what they SHOULD look like.
Besides being hyperfocused on food and overall anxieties, I am feeling my usual exhausted but pretty good, today. Just learned from my officemate that I am freezing him out by keeping the windows open all the time (we are having a cold spell), so apparently warm body temperature is also something I am experiencing!
I'm so glad you and DH got to have that convo and have a cry reset/rinse cycle for your emotions. Sometimes it's just needed!
Ummmmm you have to post pics of what they should look like and how they turned out! I say that only because I am the queen of Pinterest fails. Have you ever seen the Pinterest meme "nailed it"? Hilarious.
Poor coworker. He needs to bring a Buckeyes sweatshirt with him to work.
DH left at 3 for work and I am apparently up for the day. Every time he leaves for a few days I get diarrhea Idk if it's stress, anxiety, or both. I lost my mucus plug too so I could be in labor
@Westypet I make my own detergent and house cleaners. It settles the nesting and makes me feel like I'm going green for baby. Adding coconut milk makes the detergent super bubbly! It's definitely an ocd pregnancy thing because I keep wanting to find new things to make. We have a basement full of empty containers for my new creations. DH is on board too it makes him feel Amish.
Oh and growing a "baby food" garden is on my list too.
It seriously does feel like OCD. I don't have that diagnosis, but the cleaning/projects thing is very much feeling like a compulsion. It's gotten to the point where DH hurries me past the cleaning supplies aisle at the grocery I store, and shakes his head when I start a new project. Now, just to find the balance between feeding the beast and taking it easy...
I didn't tell him about mopping the floors and scrubbing the tile grout... :^o
Ok this is going to sound ridiculously silly but i feel like I'm starting to get a cold but my symptoms are only on the left side! My throat hurts on the left side, my left ear hurts, my left nostril is blocked and I have a headache only on the left. What the heck?! Is that even possible?! Haha. I'm just waiting for a full blown cold. I haven't gotten sick this entire pregnancy and leave it to the last week for something to transpire. Grrrr.
Had a HORRIBLE leg cramp last night! I had to wake up DH so he could help me through it, it was that bad. On the plus side, my RLP isn't that bad this morning. Not sure what I did to make that happen, but I hope I do it again tonight! RLP has been my most painful/uncomfortable symptom so far so if I've accidentally found some way to relieve it, I need to figure out what it was!
Ugh feeling awful. Trip to L&D triage fot a Pre-E work up that came back fine. 3 needle sticks just to draw blood. Nooooot happy considering my paramedic coworkers get their sticks in one try in the back of a moving ambulance driving down bumpy, curvy country roads & the nurse last night failed miserably.
DS woke me up at 3:45 wanting snuggles and I haven't been able to fall back asleep. :-?? My carpel tunnel is not fun. Swelling seems to be my most popular symptom lately. Yesterday I had lots of BH while cleaning and planting flowers so planning on taking it a little easy today.
Itching... oh my goodness my belly is so itchy. My feet are now really swollen. I keep them propped up as often as possible but they just keep swelling. Right now I have about a +2 pitting edema. It sucks. I want ankles again.
Ugh feeling awful. Trip to L&D triage fot a Pre-E work up that came back fine. 3 needle sticks just to draw blood. Nooooot happy considering my paramedic coworkers get their sticks in one try in the back of a moving ambulance driving down bumpy, curvy country roads & the nurse last night failed miserably.
I am so sorry you got stuck so many times. I will say it hurts the nurses just as much when we miss an iv stick. It makes us upset because we don't want to stick more than we have too. When I stick if I know for a fact I will not get the stick I won't try or if I hit and miss I will only try one more time before I go to someone that I know is awesome at it.
Ugh feeling awful. Trip to L&D triage fot a Pre-E work up that came back fine. 3 needle sticks just to draw blood. Nooooot happy considering my paramedic coworkers get their sticks in one try in the back of a moving ambulance driving down bumpy, curvy country roads & the nurse last night failed miserably.
Ugh I'm so sorry you had a rough night. I hope you're feeling better!
So many things to get done. Too pregnant to do them. Going to do things today that will end up taking 10x longer because of the small planet that I have become. Don't get me wrong, I love our little hobby farm but some days it would be nice to not have to feel like I have an endless amount of things to do. Maybe it'll "push me over the edge" and baby will want to come out haha! One can hope...
I think my tired, achey, sore groin is detaching from my legs. I can barely walk now. If it were an option I would totally stay in bed all day. So jealous of FTM.
Really tired today, painful to walk...I do have my last dr appt tomorrow before my c section on Tuesday. Trying to get everything done before then! No motivation to do anything.
General pregnancy junk today...but the bump says my baby is the size of a pumpkin this week. This is irrationally terrifying since I live in an area that has whole festivals dedicated to giant pumpkins every year.
After last night's amusing but failed attempts to get some stronger contractions sore and severely crampy today and got a bad case of diarrhea. So maybe not so failed attempts? Gonna go ride one of my hood horses today who I know is safe... I wouldn't be trying so hard, but having painful but not painful enough contractions every 5-10 min for 4 days now is getting super old. Have a doctor app tomorrow anxious to see if these contractions have made any progress at all.
General anxiety about getting our bag packed for the hospital and about this baby being so close to being born. One month from tomorrow?! WTF?! Other than the mental distress and achiness, I'm feeling nice. Some would even say I'm feeling Minnesota nice.
I got excited about some minor cramping this morning. It has since stopped, but was fun while it lasted!
I have an OB appointment tomorrow and she's going to do a cervical check to hopefully help get things going (since I'm hoping for a VBAC and would like to avoid an induction scenario).
Overall I'm feeling good and can't wait for baby girl to arrive (due date in 2w2d eeek!)
I'm laying in bed debating on begging my Dr to induce me (I know its bad) yesterday they placed a foley catheter because baby's head is cutting off my access with a regular Cath and urine is backing up into my kidneys. I've had foleys and they suck but, this is a whole new hell!!! I'm not sure how they expect me to last a few more weeks in It!?!?
Being induced tomorrow morning (due date 6/3) and suddenly feeling like I have nothing ready!!! I hadn't touched any bottles since 1. I'm breastfeeding and hoping to not introduce them to him for a couple of weeks and 2. I bought and was gifted a few different brands and planned on trying one at a time to see which one he takes to and exchange the rest. But now all of a sudden I feel as if I should have some ready so I've been sterilizing all morning!!! I'm suddenly really nervous about everything and I have no idea how I'm going to get any sleep tonight!
I'm laying in bed debating on begging my Dr to induce me (I know its bad) yesterday they placed a foley catheter because baby's head is cutting off my access with a regular Cath and urine is backing up into my kidneys. I've had foleys and they suck but, this is a whole new hell!!! I'm not sure how they expect me to last a few more weeks in It!?!?
Would not blame you one bit if you decided to induce! I'm no medical expert, but I'm thinking that urine backing into your kidneys is probably not ideal for either you or LO... praying you get some relief soon!
I woke up and started cleaning. I got the floors done and had to sit down because I can't breathe, my feet are swollen, I'm sooo hot, and now I'm exhausted. So much for nesting.
I was up until 2AM with restless legs, heartburn, and insomnia. Blah.
I need some motivation to get myself off of the couch now.
I hope the rest of you fabulous ladies are feeling at least halfway decent today!
so last night after eating dinner I sat down on the couch and heard the top of my stomach make a loud POP! and a fiss after kinda like a balloon deflating no leaking of fluids or anything not sure what that was about. when searching the net last night lots of different explanations not sure what it was not too concerned nothing changed! hmmmm im so tired of being pregnant I was hoping this little girl was coming but I guess well be waiting a little while longer!
I'm laying in bed debating on begging my Dr to induce me (I know its bad) yesterday they placed a foley catheter because baby's head is cutting off my access with a regular Cath and urine is backing up into my kidneys. I've had foleys and they suck but, this is a whole new hell!!! I'm not sure how they expect me to last a few more weeks in It!?!?
Would not blame you one bit if you decided to induce! I'm no medical expert, but I'm thinking that urine backing into your kidneys is probably not ideal for either you or LO... praying you get some relief soon!
That is terrible. I hope your doc has a right now plan, bc being in hell like that is not okay. :-(
EXHAUSTED today. Sleep seemed impossible last night, I have the migraine from hell and every time I go to pee today it's a weird limp / waddle to the bathroom. I only work for 5 hours this afternoon but just the idea of being on my feet for 5 hours is awful. & holy GRUMPY. Is anybody else feeling like they could just shamelessly smack somebody for no GOOD reason????
I am so hot all the time now. If it's above 65 in our room, I can't sleep. And diarrhea. Good lord! Heartburn, restless legs, all the usual crap. At least my back doesn't hurt like it did with DS.
I feel bad saying my symptoms today...... Because for once I don't have a complaint. But the day is young!
I am currently sitting on my porch sunning my huge legs because it is 85 degrees! It feels amazing and I don't care who sees my body today..... Enjoy the view fed ex guy and neighbors !! Lol .......
I hope all you miserable bumpies can sleep tonight and @devyns2nd a permanent foley is where id draw the line and say let's get this baby out!!!!
yeah @devyns2nd you're at the point where I would probably be like 'IDGAF. Let's do this. Now.'
@klkonwi glad you are having a good day and enjoying your chillax time outside in the sun. We're all gloomy and rainy today.
For myself, my mood suits the weather. Yesterday was a good day energy and mood wise, today I don't want to do sh!t, am tired, and generally feeling bleh. I did do some laundry, tho. Hooray, something productive done.
Ugh. Trip to triage today... 'bloody show' was an understatement.
Luckily all is well though. Feeling well and baby is doing great, able to return home after a few hours once things regressed. Triage doctor suspects it's early labour, guess we'll see.
Also, anybody else having a hard time drinking their water? I'm sure that's contributing to my general punkiness, but I just can't seem to get any enthusiasm of any kind for water anymore. My fruit and mint water concoction doesn't really do it for me anymore, and the flavored bubbly water things kinda help, but not so much. Its a real chore, forcing myself to drink the water I'm supposed to have
BO? Are you sweaty? Or is this an acronym I don't know yet?
Bahaha!! I was on my cell and hit 'post reply' before I got more than two letters in! Sorry!! I 'edited' it right after, but you're the best for checking in.
Re: Wed 5/27 Daily Symptoms! (How YOU doin, ladies?)
Everything hurts. I'm walking around my house like a 90 year old woman. I've had a constant pain in my lower left side my entire pregnancy and it's just killing me right now.
Being pregnant is hard so far today.
Considering using my tennis ball sniffing stash as massage therapy tools at this point.
I'm still really loving using/smelling cleaning products like Gain detergent, Windex, Fabuloso, and Dawn, but am getting too tired to use them as much as I want to clean the house! I seriously find myself googling or going on Pinterest for ways to use Gain or Dawn. If I could soap and scrub the walls and baseboards of this house and not damage the paint, I would! I ended up scrubbing the kitchen grout with Dawn and an off-brand Magic Eraser yesterday.
Hmm... maybe that's why my back hurts...
But srsly, what else can I clean that won't put me out of commission?
DH and I had a joint meltdown last night, after our candy buckeyes failed (see Gripes thread). Got out all our anxieties (obviously there was a lot more going on than problems with melting chocolate!). I had a good cry (shout out to @klkonwi ) and we are both feeling enormously better today. We have also deemed the things Suckeyes. They taste heavenly but look horrific. I am still bringing them to the office for treats, along with photos of what they SHOULD look like.
Besides being hyperfocused on food and overall anxieties, I am feeling my usual exhausted but pretty good, today. Just learned from my officemate that I am freezing him out by keeping the windows open all the time (we are having a cold spell), so apparently warm body temperature is also something I am experiencing!
@Westypet I make my own detergent and house cleaners. It settles the nesting and makes me feel like I'm going green for baby. Adding coconut milk makes the detergent super bubbly! It's definitely an ocd pregnancy thing because I keep wanting to find new things to make. We have a basement full of empty containers for my new creations. DH is on board too it makes him feel Amish.
Oh and growing a "baby food" garden is on my list too.
Ummmmm you have to post pics of what they should look like and how they turned out! I say that only because I am the queen of Pinterest fails. Have you ever seen the Pinterest meme "nailed it"? Hilarious.
Poor coworker. He needs to bring a Buckeyes sweatshirt with him to work.
Haha, good call!!! I will definitely do that. I love Pinterest fails! I have made amazing buckeyes in the past, but am blaming Germany for this fail, lol
I would love to answer your "what else can I clean" question, but I sadly cannot relate! I think I will never nest. What about cleaning shoes? Wiping down the inside of drawers and silverware holders? Man, no clue... wish I had your cleaning drive!!
It's gotten to the point where DH hurries me past the cleaning supplies aisle at the grocery I store, and shakes his head when I start a new project. Now, just to find the balance between feeding the beast and taking it easy...
I didn't tell him about mopping the floors and scrubbing the tile grout... :^o
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I have an OB appointment tomorrow and she's going to do a cervical check to hopefully help get things going (since I'm hoping for a VBAC and would like to avoid an induction scenario).
Overall I'm feeling good and can't wait for baby girl to arrive (due date in 2w2d eeek!)
I was up until 2AM with restless legs, heartburn, and insomnia. Blah.
I need some motivation to get myself off of the couch now.
I hope the rest of you fabulous ladies are feeling at least halfway decent today!
so last night after eating dinner I sat down on the couch and heard the top of my stomach make a loud POP! and a fiss after kinda like a balloon deflating no leaking of fluids or anything not sure what that was about. when searching the net last night lots of different explanations not sure what it was not too concerned nothing changed! hmmmm im so tired of being pregnant I was hoping this little girl was coming but I guess well be waiting a little while longer!
That is terrible. I hope your doc has a right now plan, bc being in hell like that is not okay. :-(
I am currently sitting on my porch sunning my huge legs because it is 85 degrees! It feels amazing and I don't care who sees my body today..... Enjoy the view fed ex guy and neighbors !! Lol .......
I hope all you miserable bumpies can sleep tonight and @devyns2nd a permanent foley is where id draw the line and say let's get this baby out!!!!
@klkonwi glad you are having a good day and enjoying your chillax time outside in the sun. We're all gloomy and rainy today.
For myself, my mood suits the weather. Yesterday was a good day energy and mood wise, today I don't want to do sh!t, am tired, and generally feeling bleh. I did do some laundry, tho. Hooray, something productive done.
Wah! Someone bring me my baby and let's call this a day.
Luckily all is well though. Feeling well and baby is doing great, able to return home after a few hours once things regressed. Triage doctor suspects it's early labour, guess we'll see.