I wonder what it takes to get banned? I just went over to the 3rd tri board (snore) and realized someone I thought was pretty funny has a dreaded red box icon. Guess not everyone thought she was funny.
I hadn't given that much thought to car seat positions because we don't drive that frequently, but we usually do leave the city on summer weekends so I need to figure this out. Originally I was thinking of moving DS1 to the passenger side and putting DS2 in the middle so they're next to each other and we still have one backseat space open for the dog. Any thoughts on having them next to each other? Is that crazy?
So my body just decided this week, nope, you are done. My legs got so painful that walking was difficult and then I pulled a muscle in the one, so now it's almost impossible. I ended up in L&D because of an odd, persistant pain on the left side of my belly. Baby is fine - no idea what is causing the pain though. Anyone else struggling so bad the last couple of days?
So my body just decided this week, nope, you are done. My legs got so painful that walking was difficult and then I pulled a muscle in the one, so now it's almost impossible. I ended up in L&D because of an odd, persistant pain on the left side of my belly. Baby is fine - no idea what is causing the pain though. Anyone else struggling so bad the last couple of days?
Me, too. I still have 2.5 weeks until my EDD, but I feel like my body is already giving out on me! I guess I shouldn't complain too much because I've had a really easy pregnancy so far, but it's getting really hard now. LO is sitting really low, which is putting a lot of pressure on my hips and makes walking really painful. And I keep having numbness and tingling in both hands. I talked to my doctor about it yesterday, and she said it's all the pressure LO is putting on those nerves. There isn't anything that can be done about it until, but it should stop once he's born. Tomorrow may be my last day in the office. I can start working from home whenever I want, and even though I was trying to stick it out until the end, I'm just physically DONE at this point!
@swflJD doc actually said I am not allowed to work since last Friday due to high BP, but I was stubborn and still did shopping and fixed the nursery etc. I think we should be kinder to ourselves and just relax. Although that's easier said than done!
So I know weight estimates via ultrasound are not that reliable, but today my belly was measuring small so we did an ultrasound. They told me he was 6 pounds 3 ounces, which sounds a tad on the small side, but it's under the 20th percentile. I'm feeling bad about it!
So my body just decided this week, nope, you are done. My legs got so painful that walking was difficult and then I pulled a muscle in the one, so now it's almost impossible. I ended up in L&D because of an odd, persistant pain on the left side of my belly. Baby is fine - no idea what is causing the pain though. Anyone else struggling so bad the last couple of days?
Yes. I'm still "working"--and I use that lightly because I'm basically in charge with making sure the person who is taking my place doesnt f*** up, which she does often. But i had to take yesterday off so that my body could rest. I'm starting to get groin/pelvic pains, my feet hurt, my back constantly hurts. There are times during the day when I feel like I've been hit by a truck. We're almost there ladies.
The past week I've been living in leggings or skirts. For some reason today I thought jeans would be a good idea, wrong life choice right there
I was just telling DH that I have been wearing "real" clothes this whole pregnancy! My last pregnancy my friends would come over and I would be like, "hold on, let me get some pants on". I wish I didn't have to wear pants all day everyday but there are way too many people in and out of my house and a daily basis. There should really be some unspoken rule that if you dare enter a pregnant woman's house prepare to see all her business...because it's really not fair for us to have to be even more uncomfortable than we already are.
I just read that during pregnancy, women's brain decrease in size so more energy can be used for the growing baby. That explains so, so much.
I had a serious brain fart today. At my doctor's appointment I had to leave a urine sample... just like I have for the last three appointments. Anyway, I wasn't thinking AT ALL and just peed in the toilet. I realized what I did immediately and felt like such an idiot, but I just laughed at myself and sat there. Hmm now what??? I didn't want to tell them the truth, so I managed to squeeze out a tiny bit and told them I had to empty my bladder for my cervical check. Thankfully, she said it was fine.
Guys...on the bright side, my amniotic fluid is completely normal despite me being this big, thankyouverymuch. But on the other hand, even at the conservative end of the ultrasound technician's guess for LO's weight (factoring in the potential to be off), I'm carrying an 8 pounder, at LEAST. I mean, I know most women have no problem pushing big babies out, but I'm feeling a bit more nervous about l&d now.
No UO Thursday today? This isnt a complaint. Just an observation. I feel like we've grown as a board. Our focus has shifted in the last trimester 100% towards our pregnancies, our babes, and genuinely supporting each other as moms, SO, and women in general. We aren't unicorns and rainbow but there's a lot of respect and love shown. (Trying not to be a shit stirrer but especially compared to other boards I've visited).
My LO was estimated to be 8lbs 6oz on Monday and the tech didn't think the estimate would be off by more that 1/2 lbs. I don't go in for my ECV then c-sec/induction till Tuesday when she will be even bigger
Just throwing it out there that my EDD is 10 days from now and I am SO nervous. No idea what to expect in terms of labor and the aftermath sounds a little overwhelming...being a FTM is intimidating!
Sometime around 6 - 4 years ago, I had chronic heartburn. Eventually it went away as I became less stressed in general, and it would pop up here and there but only once or twice a year. So, I've been feeling pretty lucky not to have too much heartburn with pregnancy - until a week / week and a half ago. And now I am dying. My old friend Zantac has not been friendly with me this time around either. I've also been having mid-back pain (around the bottom of where my ribcage would be) that comes for several hour long stretches and then goes, so my MW brought up the possibility of gallstones. Or it could still just be horrible heartburn. Has it been this bad for anyone else?
My LO was estimated to be 8lbs 6oz on Monday and the tech didn't think the estimate would be off by more that 1/2 lbs. I don't go in for my ECV then c-sec/induction till Tuesday when she will be even bigger
At my appointment yesterday, the only size estimate my doctor would give was, "You definitely won't be having a tiny baby." What does that mean????
Sometime around 6 - 4 years ago, I had chronic heartburn. Eventually it went away as I became less stressed in general, and it would pop up here and there but only once or twice a year. So, I've been feeling pretty lucky not to have too much heartburn with pregnancy - until a week / week and a half ago. And now I am dying. My old friend Zantac has not been friendly with me this time around either. I've also been having mid-back pain (around the bottom of where my ribcage would be) that comes for several hour long stretches and then goes, so my MW brought up the possibility of gallstones. Or it could still just be horrible heartburn. Has it been this bad for anyone else?
Hey @arj14It's been wicked for me too. I max out on my 2/day Zantacs by 4pm and then suffer through the night. I think our friendly pharmacist, @ayeshaohara recommended Gaviscon(?) in the liquid form. I had very bad heartburn through my pregnancy with DD and one thing I can tell you from my experience (and maybe the only + of heartburn) was that the OWT was true. She came out with a head full of dark beautiful hair.
@amberraysofdawn you will be fine! My girls were 9 lbs. and 9 lbs. 4 oz. The body is amazing and so is baby's head! I'm 5'7" tall and a size 8-10...pretty average. You can do it!!
I had pretty bad heartburn for most of the third trimester and then it all just suddenly vanished earlier this week. I have no idea why. The baby already dropped in week 35, so why did the heartburn stick around until midway through week 38 and then literally vanish overnight?
Mysteries of pregnancy, man. But apparently that's a thing that can happen, in case it gives you any hope.
I'm in the same boat @amberraysofdawn Want to be nervous together? In a totally non creepy just helping a fellow momma out type of way haha
It does actually make me feel better knowing that I'm not the only person nervous about it, haha. SOLIDARITY, yo.
Also, y'all, this is kind of TMI-ish, but related so I can't help but bring it up: I've been told by my audiologist that I have abnormally small ear canals. She always has to jerry-rig something when making the molds to size my ears for hearing aids.
And now I can't help but transfer THAT particular piece of knowledge to this situation. 0.0 What if I can't push her out and have to get a c-section? I know there are worse things to be worried about, but still...
At least now I have a ready statement the next time DH complains that he's too tired/sore/whatever to help me with something. "Oh, yeah?! At least you're not carrying eight pounds of very hyperactive baby every day!"
Men should be required to attend a class on what not to say to your pregnant wife in the 9th month (or just at all during pregnancy). I spent all day doing freezer meals - made 21 and 2 I didn't make because I was exhausted. So from 11am-915 I was working on these goddamn things. Thank god my mom & grandma came and helped me get the meats & noodles taken care of, which was a lot of work. But then my husband texts me before he gets off work and is like "can i have the guys over to grill?" Yeah that's fine, i don't care...except that his dumb friend stays over for like 3.5 hours and my husband got drunk, while I'm still working in the kitchen, on my feet, which are swollen and hurt really bad - which I told him a couple times and had asked him if he'd give me a food rub tonight. So finally around 8:30 he comes inside, takes a shower and I'm working on my last 2 casseroles so I ask him when he gets out if he can help me clean up the kitchen. He comes in and starts washing some of the pots and then as he's drying one, turns to me and fucking says "you should be giving me a foot rub!" Like he's a fucking saint for washing a pot after he got drunk with his friend for three hours while I worked on my swollen feet for 10 hours, carrying an extra 40 pounds, making meals for us so we don't have to worry about them as much after the baby comes... I could have seriously killed him. I could still kill him. So I just left the kitchen and didn't help him clean up and got in the shower, where I ended up crying because my feet hurt so bad and my husband is so dumb tonight. I'm over pregnancy...
@amberraysofdawn my baby girl was 9lbs 12oz - I was unable to deliver vaginally but that's actually pretty rare. And either way, you will have your baby in your arms soon enough and all that you will care about is that she is healthy and out!
Men should be required to attend a class on what not to say to your pregnant wife in the 9th month (or just at all during pregnancy). I spent all day doing freezer meals - made 21 and 2 I didn't make because I was exhausted. So from 11am-915 I was working on these goddamn things. Thank god my mom & grandma came and helped me get the meats & noodles taken care of, which was a lot of work. But then my husband texts me before he gets off work and is like "can i have the guys over to grill?" Yeah that's fine, i don't care...except that his dumb friend stays over for like 3.5 hours and my husband got drunk, while I'm still working in the kitchen, on my feet, which are swollen and hurt really bad - which I told him a couple times and had asked him if he'd give me a food rub tonight. So finally around 8:30 he comes inside, takes a shower and I'm working on my last 2 casseroles so I ask him when he gets out if he can help me clean up the kitchen. He comes in and starts washing some of the pots and then as he's drying one, turns to me and fucking says "you should be giving me a foot rub!" Like he's a fucking saint for washing a pot after he got drunk with his friend for three hours while I worked on my swollen feet for 10 hours, carrying an extra 40 pounds, making meals for us so we don't have to worry about them as much after the baby comes... I could have seriously killed him. I could still kill him. So I just left the kitchen and didn't help him clean up and got in the shower, where I ended up crying because my feet hurt so bad and my husband is so dumb tonight. I'm over pregnancy...
You are way nicer than me...I would've said HECK NO to having the guys over to grill!! DH best give you a huge apology and foot rub soon!
I had pretty bad heartburn for most of the third trimester and then it all just suddenly vanished earlier this week. I have no idea why. The baby already dropped in week 35, so why did the heartburn stick around until midway through week 38 and then literally vanish overnight?
Mysteries of pregnancy, man. But apparently that's a thing that can happen, in case it gives you any hope.
Don't question it! Embrace it and be grateful that your throat still isn't on fire *jealous over here*
Men should be required to attend a class on what not to say to your pregnant wife in the 9th month (or just at all during pregnancy). I spent all day doing freezer meals - made 21 and 2 I didn't make because I was exhausted. So from 11am-915 I was working on these goddamn things. Thank god my mom & grandma came and helped me get the meats & noodles taken care of, which was a lot of work. But then my husband texts me before he gets off work and is like "can i have the guys over to grill?" Yeah that's fine, i don't care...except that his dumb friend stays over for like 3.5 hours and my husband got drunk, while I'm still working in the kitchen, on my feet, which are swollen and hurt really bad - which I told him a couple times and had asked him if he'd give me a food rub tonight. So finally around 8:30 he comes inside, takes a shower and I'm working on my last 2 casseroles so I ask him when he gets out if he can help me clean up the kitchen. He comes in and starts washing some of the pots and then as he's drying one, turns to me and fucking says "you should be giving me a foot rub!" Like he's a fucking saint for washing a pot after he got drunk with his friend for three hours while I worked on my swollen feet for 10 hours, carrying an extra 40 pounds, making meals for us so we don't have to worry about them as much after the baby comes... I could have seriously killed him. I could still kill him. So I just left the kitchen and didn't help him clean up and got in the shower, where I ended up crying because my feet hurt so bad and my husband is so dumb tonight. I'm over pregnancy...
Oh. My. Gosh. I'd be making my DH sleep in the guest room for a comment like that! Ugh! You just slaved in your kitchen ALL DAY LONG to make sure neither of you have to cook once baby is here for a little while and that's the thanks you get?!?! UGH! MEN! I hope he gave you that foot rub... and some chocolate. I made freezer meals last weekend, so I know how much work it is and my feet were killing me afterwards as well.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Guys...on the bright side, my amniotic fluid is completely normal despite me being this big, thankyouverymuch. But on the other hand, even at the conservative end of the ultrasound technician's guess for LO's weight (factoring in the potential to be off), I'm carrying an 8 pounder, at LEAST. I mean, I know most women have no problem pushing big babies out, but I'm feeling a bit more nervous about l&d now.
My MW said my baby is going to be on the "bigger side" but gave no estimate as to weight. My DH was almost 11 pounds and I believe I was almost 8, so I am not expecting a small baby by any means. But I will CRY if my baby is over 9 pounds. I'm 5'2", how am I going to push out a baby that big?!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
I quit candles recently which was really hard for me because I loooove candles. I've been diffusing essential oils and I like it so far. This morning I have an energizing blend on downstairs and I really love it. Now...if there was only a labor inducing blend
I quit candles recently which was really hard for me because I loooove candles. I've been diffusing essential oils and I like it so far. This morning I have an energizing blend on downstairs and I really love it. Now...if there was only a labor inducing blend
Any reason in particular you quit candles? Safety? I love candles too!
Last night, I said to DH "You know what I can't wait to do?" What I was going to say is I can't wait to lay on my stomach, but he quickly replied, "Lay around and watch Netflix for 2 months?"
Because, you know, that's all I'm going to be doing on my maternity leave. Men.
Married: May 2012 DS1: May 2016 DS2: Jan 2019 Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
@babyfmama my deciding factor was candle soot. The last few times our cleaning lady would come, she would show me the cleaning rags she used and they were *covered* in black dust/dirt/grease (and she comes every week so it couldn't have just been old dust). It was bizarre because you couldn't see it when looking at our furniture but it was highly visible on rags.
When we moved into this house about a year ago we renovated almost everything downstairs so I thought maybe it was a byproduct of construction but then I remembered we replaced all the duct work last fall so there should not be dust like that circulating throughout the house. We had a HVAC guy come inspect our duct work and it indicated it was dust free but had a smear-able black substance which indicated the presence of carbon in some form. He recommended we get the house inspected for traces of carbon monoxide which we did right away. Everything cleared so I asked what could create carbon in a home and the guy said candle soot buildup was a main culprit that he sees.
Anyway, he recommended we stop burning all candles for a few weeks and see if the problem was eliminated. After two weeks of no candles, there was no more black stuff on cleaning rags. My husband has severe asthma and his symptoms have already improved while in our home. I was buying high quality and soy candles also which are supposed to produce less soot but I learned that any flame that does not burn blue is not a soot free flame. This stuff was on our walls, furniture, kitchen cabinets - everywhere and I typically burned one candle downstairs and one candle upstairs. . It apparently can really buildup over time.
Re: **The Everything Random Thread for May 2016**
5.5.16 | 8.14.17 | 1.30.19
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!I'm still not quite ready to be done with this, though, if only because I'm still convinced the newborn stage will be worse.
This isnt a complaint. Just an observation. I feel like we've grown as a board. Our focus has shifted in the last trimester 100% towards our pregnancies, our babes, and genuinely supporting each other as moms, SO, and women in general. We aren't unicorns and rainbow but there's a lot of respect and love shown. (Trying not to be a shit stirrer but especially compared to other boards I've visited).
You guys are BOMB.
DD: 05/14/16
Want to be nervous together? In a totally non creepy just helping a fellow momma out type of way haha
My LO was estimated to be 8lbs 6oz on Monday and the tech didn't think the estimate would be off by more that 1/2 lbs. I don't go in for my ECV then c-sec/induction till Tuesday when she will be even bigger
Mysteries of pregnancy, man. But apparently that's a thing that can happen, in case it gives you any hope.
Also, y'all, this is kind of TMI-ish, but related so I can't help but bring it up: I've been told by my audiologist that I have abnormally small ear canals. She always has to jerry-rig something when making the molds to size my ears for hearing aids.
And now I can't help but transfer THAT particular piece of knowledge to this situation. 0.0 What if I can't push her out and have to get a c-section? I know there are worse things to be worried about, but still...
At least now I have a ready statement the next time DH complains that he's too tired/sore/whatever to help me with something. "Oh, yeah?! At least you're not carrying eight pounds of very hyperactive baby every day!"
Don't question it! Embrace it and be grateful that your throat still isn't on fire
Oh. My. Gosh. I'd be making my DH sleep in the guest room for a comment like that! Ugh! You just slaved in your kitchen ALL DAY LONG to make sure neither of you have to cook once baby is here for a little while and that's the thanks you get?!?! UGH! MEN! I hope he gave you that foot rub... and some chocolate. I made freezer meals last weekend, so I know how much work it is and my feet were killing me afterwards as well.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!My MW said my baby is going to be on the "bigger side" but gave no estimate as to weight. My DH was almost 11 pounds and I believe I was almost 8, so I am not expecting a small baby by any means. But I will CRY if my baby is over 9 pounds. I'm 5'2", how am I going to push out a baby that big?!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!Because, you know, that's all I'm going to be doing on my maternity leave. Men.
DS1: May 2016
DS2: Jan 2019
Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
When we moved into this house about a year ago we renovated almost everything downstairs so I thought maybe it was a byproduct of construction but then I remembered we replaced all the duct work last fall so there should not be dust like that circulating throughout the house. We had a HVAC guy come inspect our duct work and it indicated it was dust free but had a smear-able black substance which indicated the presence of carbon in some form. He recommended we get the house inspected for traces of carbon monoxide which we did right away. Everything cleared so I asked what could create carbon in a home and the guy said candle soot buildup was a main culprit that he sees.
Anyway, he recommended we stop burning all candles for a few weeks and see if the problem was eliminated. After two weeks of no candles, there was no more black stuff on cleaning rags. My husband has severe asthma and his symptoms have already improved while in our home. I was buying high quality and soy candles also which are supposed to produce less soot but I learned that any flame that does not burn blue is not a soot free flame. This stuff was on our walls, furniture, kitchen cabinets - everywhere and I typically burned one candle downstairs and one candle upstairs.
Long story but there we go, lol.