Symptom Check-In | 5.2

m6agua

If you want to talk/ask about any symptom or non-symptom please use this weekly thread to do so. You do not have to use this format, it is just there as a guide.

Progress (week/day): 

Symptoms: 

Rants/Raves/Questions: 

mamahazey

13 weeks 3 days 

I've been having a lot of RLP. My husband has informed me that I've been really irritable. And hemorrhoids are super fun as well... 

jenesiso

My dreams are horrible. Every night my husband has a new girlfriend he's leaving me for. I'm pissed at him every morning I wake up lol

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt

13w even. 

So, so constipated. This is causing more bloating. I look way more pregnant than I am some days. 

Also weird dreams. Ridiculously realistic ones, too. I had a dream that I got a negative evaluation at school. Another that I screwed up sutures on someone's c-section and left her with a zipper on her uterus. That was weird.

mandabee77

12w2d.

Not nearly as bloated as I was. I get super hungry, then I can barely finish my meal because I get so full so fast. Also, my constant nausea has been downgraded to occasional nausea, which is nice. Still daily, though. 

kittiesandcoffee

13w+3 

I have a craving to go to the pool? So weird. I never like going outside, it's hot in Florida and I am a pale Swedish girl. But all I want to do is layout poolside with a cold fruity drink like punch and some pita chips and hummus. Also I've lost ten pounds in my first tri and I wasn't that thick to begin with but my appetite was just nonexistent and all food made me sick. I think my hunger is coming back with a zombie-like vengence. 

Concerns? I don't have pita chips and hummus in the house. 

Edit cause words are hard .

MrsBigTime

13w2d
I just got a call from the on call MW telling me my thyroid level is super high and they want to start me on a supplement. She asked me if I've had any symptoms of hypothyroid and I wonder if that is why I've been so.freaking.tired. All the other 1st tri symptoms have faded to very minimal, but this fatigue is like something I've never experienced before. I literally plan my day around when I can sleep, and when I'm not sleeping, I'm pretty much lying on the couch because I'm just so tired. I hope to find a sense of normalcy soon - my house, husband and daughter deserve to have me not be a zombie all the time!

MrsBigTime

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt said:

13w even. 

So, so constipated. This is causing more bloating. I look way more pregnant than I am some days. 

Also weird dreams. Ridiculously realistic ones, too. I had a dream that I got a negative evaluation at school. Another that I screwed up sutures on someone's c-section and left her with a zipper on her uterus. That was weird.

Have you tried Colace? It saved me last time!

A zippered uterus made me lol

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt

@MrsBigTime I've tried several things. Coffee actually seems the most effective, but I pretty much never drink it anymore - haven't for about a year - and so it leaves me rather wired.

mamahazey

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt said:

@MrsBigTime I've tried several things. Coffee actually seems the most effective, but I pretty much never drink it anymore - haven't for about a year - and so it leaves me rather wired.

I had some decaf yesterday and I think it did the trick. I've been off caffeine for about 6 months so I was trying to avoid regular coffee as well  

kristah2

13+6. 
RLP. HOLY COW! through my uterus and sort of in my back. I woke up 28292 time last night because every time I rolled over I was in pain.
yay growing baby but holy stressful and worry could be something else. 

BmcD2016

9w5d

My temper is outrageous. I will need HR to follow me around soon at work to make me filter what comes out of my mouth. 
Also, vaginal pain. Like a stabbing, but not consistent. We did have sex the other day and it was very uncomfortable so I'll attribute it to that for a few days. 
My nausea is disappearing, but it does sometimes make an appearance at bed time. 

beforeyou

13+4 
so tired all the time. Still feeling some bloat but not as much. Gaggy when I'm hungry. Low blood pressure which causes me to feel dizzy. Increased sex drive. RLP more consistently. Feeling less irritable which is nice for everyone involved. 

m6agua

@kilgravemademedoit I have been so constipated lately too! My doc didn't seem to concerned when I mentioned it last week, but it is so uncomfortable. I tried prune juice last night and that seemed to get things moving around in there but hasn't helped too much. I didn't know coffee could help, but I don't like coffee. Maybe I will try some just for relief.

forevertired

I have to pee. Always. I went in last Monday because I assumed I had a uti and they gave me meds, but I still have the urge to pee constantly. Even if I just went 5 minutes ago. And I haven't had a full bladder since last Sunday, every time I go it's just a small amount. Is that normal? I know pregnancy makes you pee but is it really this often? Usually I pee when I wake up, when I get home from work around 5pm, and a maybe 2 more times before I go to sleep. Since I've been pregnant that had changed so my tummy would feel more upset if I let my bladder get too full but it still wasn't much of an "urge" just uncomfortable. For the past week it is definitely an urge. 

forevertired

m6agua said:

@kilgravemademedoit I have been so constipated lately too! My doc didn't seem to concerned when I mentioned it last week, but it is so uncomfortable. I tried prune juice last night and that seemed to get things moving around in there but hasn't helped too much. I didn't know coffee could help, but I don't like coffee. Maybe I will try some just for relief.

Coffe is great at helping with this. If you don't like it normally I'd suggest getting something like a mocha that isn't such a strong coffee flavor. 

Thewizardofrhythm

Give me all the sex.

my irritability has subsided as has my exhaustion. Thank goodness or else I couldn't bang 

een23

10w6d

Still extremely exhausted and nauseated. Last time I started to feel better around 12 weeks so I'm hoping this part is almost over. And I'm another one who is constipated. I'm going to have to try some coffee. Thanks for the tip!

DunkinDecaf

12+3
So. Nauseous. Also, headachey, exhausted, and generally grumpy and miserable. WAH. Sorry, I'm whining here so DH doesn't call me a wahmulance.

CecilTheBear

My nausea started subsiding around 10 weeks, but now at 12 weeks, it's back in full force. It was gone just long enough for me to remember how nice it was to not want to puke all day. 

kmmnocal

CecilTheBear said:

My nausea started subsiding around 10 weeks, but now at 12 weeks, it's back in full force. It was gone just long enough for me to remember how nice it was to not want to puke all day. 

I came to this thread for some reassurance... I'm 10+6 and have felt surprisingly awesome for the last four days. Instead of enjoying it I have been freaking out that something's wrong. I do not look forward to feeling bad again, but I appreciate reading similar stories!

MollySm

11w 2d

My nausea has subsided, but I am so freaking tired!  I cannot handle it!  H has been out of town a lot these past 3 weeks and  it's killing me!

Tea works like coffee for my constipation.  Or you can get wheat bran (i found it at Whole Foods).  It's kind of powdery, and as long as I put about a TSP in my food every day with my first pregnancy, I was pretty regular.