Weekly Symptoms Thread 8/29

scostel2

How ya feeling October mamas?

ibabyloveb87

I think just generally uncomfortable is the best way to describe the overall feeling of aches, pains and exhaustion. Ugh. 6 more weeks. 

sjo_thetwins

I keep losing pieces of my MP, am now starting to spot a little, and the overall feeling of "about to poop out my children" keeps getting worse. Good thing I'm at the doctor this morning to get checked out! 

scostel2

@sjo_thetwins sending good vibes your way! Keep us posted.

I am currently having a breakout that is worse than anything I ever had during puberty. I look like a 13 year old.

ibabyloveb87

@sjo_thetwins Hope your appointment goes well! 

ignoscemihi

@sjo_thetwins fingers crossed for you!  I know that feeling - my guy has his head on my cervix and I feel like he's going to come out every time I pee.  Uncomfortable.

LMNOBaby

@sjo_thetwins Thinking of you!! Hope all is well this morning!

@scostel2 - no joke, holy break out batman - I'm in the same boat!! I thought this was first trimester business that was behind uss...all of a sudden I'm sporting 3 huge red zits all over my face. Plus, I feel another forming on my chin. Not. Cool.

mamabearks1012

Low back pain seems to be here for good, so I'm  officially waddling around like a duck. 

Kaessi

@scostel2 & @LMNOBaby - I've with you girls - also sporting puberty-esque acne. My H also keeps pointing it out, like, "What's on your face?" Just ginormous zits babe, no big deal. But thanks for pointing it out. Ugh. 

bosslady925

@kmolleltz - responding to your TMI sex post on last week's thread. SAME HERE! I can only think it's preparing us for PP painful sex. It's awful. I keep cringing when I think about my sex life for the next year.

@sjo_thetwins - keep us posted! Hope you get good news.

All the others dealing with acne - I've had it on and off since 1st tri. It's awful. At least I don't think I stink? Other than my feet when I wear one specific pair of flip flops.

bosslady925

Also - I almost feel like I heave a head cold. I've been having a stuffy nose at night pretty much the whole pregnancy but it's still here this morning.

blaf322

good luck at your appt @sjo_thetwins!!! As always, keep us posted.

UFJen

Is being clumsy a symptom? because that seems to be in full effect this week, I've dropped my coffee, keys, cellphone and my cereal bowl already and its only 10:30!

serenaxo84

Good luck @sjo_thetwins! 

I am +1 for just feeling exhausted and achy. My hips are killing and heart burn has come back with a vengeance. Baby is head down but not putting too much pressure down there which is good. 

mothernorth

@sjo_thetwins Good luck! Anxiously awaiting your return over here!

Symptom: Insomnia. I wake up to go pee, then I'm screwed. I Just. Want. Sleep. I feel like a monster...

Sprinkels28

@sjo_thetwins, good luck! I hope they want to stay put. FX!

My new symptom is a very achy back.  I tried my snoogle pillow last night and that didn't help and now it hurts worse this morning.

bosslady925

@UFJen - yes. Just about every time I fix a bagel with cream cheese, I get in the car and it drops or moves and I catch it with my shirt or my arm, and am covered in cream cheese. Clumsy for the win.

suzy311

@sjo_thetwins Good luck!

@AllyTheKid Same. I usually have to pee again before I can get back to sleep...

bamacoop

Acne, you heartless bitch! I too am suffering from her evils.

New though is: little zits on my upper belly. Why? Just, why?

Also new over the past two weeks: swollen ankles and feet. By the end of the day when I'm leaving work, I have to waddle across the street to my car because my feet hurt so bad. The left one is worse than the right for some reason too.

LGW2015

@sjo_thetwins good luck! Keep us updated!

mothernorth

I've been getting zits too lately, but not on my face, back, chest, or belly... mine, for whatever reason, are plaguing my butt cheeks and backs of my thighs. As if I didn't feel gross enough, let's just throw in some assne 

bamacoop

@AllyTheKid "Assne!" Hahaha!

Ahem. I mean. Sorry you're dealing with zits down there, but "assne" just had me LOLing.

nlane0723

I legit feel like a baby limb is hanging between my legs. They are so low and fighting for exit time/room with their big noggins that I can't even squeeze my legs together.

mrsman2018

Headaches. I don't like taking Tylenol, but for the past few days I have been suffering from headaches. Last night I went to bed with a headache, hoping sleep would help. I woke up in the night and it was so bad I felt nauseous. I heated up my Magic Bag and took two Tylenol. It helped, but it's the next day and I still have a mild one. Going to take it easy today. 

emmaaa

My whole body aches and I feel short of breath constantly. I just want to go home and lay in bed today.

mothernorth

@bamacoop At least SOMETHING good has come of the situation, I feel better about it now haha

ibabyloveb87

bamacoop said:

@AllyTheKid "Assne!" Hahaha!

Ahem. I mean. Sorry you're dealing with zits down there, but "assne" just had me LOLing.

This. Sorry @AllyTheKid but your way with words just tickles me sometimes! 

kmtz89

@sjo_thetwins hoping for the best for you! 

@MorganL925 I basically have told DH I'm done with courtesy sex. It just makes me want to cry. 

LizaKate1213

So short of breath all the time. The air just feels heavy and thick, and my chest does not want to expand. 

Thinking of you @sjo_thetwins! Will be checking for updates. 

@UFJen, clumsiness actually is a symptom! I've read about it, and definitely notice myself being more clutsy than usual.

TurtleMomma

Overpowering nausea. I think I maybe ate twice yesterday and barely drank any water. Bleh. 

ignoscemihi

@UFJen I almost always have some food stain on my clothes.  I can't eat a meal without spilling.

Pregnancy has shot my immune system.  I have my first cold in almost two years and it's destroying me.

TurtleMomma

Thinking of you @sjo_thetwins

jennielu

@kmolleltz same here, same for me and DH! It's hard not to feel guilty about it since I know it's going to be forever until I can actually enjoy it again! 

And to join in on the general grossness, when did my belly get so furry? Has it always been this hairy and I'm only noticing now because it's so much closer to my face? 

jennielu

PS happy thoughts for you and those babies @sjo_thetwins!

sjo_thetwins

Alright y'all, thank you for thinking of me and the girls and keeping us in your thoughts: here's my update. 

We went today originally because Carlisles kidneys are dilated and there was a cyst/collection of fluid somewhere in her pelvic region causing the backup of her kidneys and bladder. Today we found out that it looks like her vaginal opening is blocked/unopen which is causing all of the fluid/mucus/etc that usually flows out of her uterus, to stay packed in and backed up in her uterus. The kidney dilation is a direct effect of that. We will be meeting with a pediatric surgeon on Thursday because once she is born, she will be going straight to surgery. She is completely healthy other than that but because she will need surgery and need that taken care of immediately, they won't let me deliver past 36 weeks. So we had an "end date" of the 9/24, 3.5 weeks from today. However, I asked her to check my cervix because I had some spotting and loss of MP/contractions. That changed her tune. 

Im 1.5cm dilated completely through to Carlisles head, which she felt, and 75% effaced. She said she wouldn't be surprised if they came in the next week or two. So there's that, and "shit just got real."

ibabyloveb87

@sjo_thetwins I'm so sorry that one of your littles will have to have surgery so soon in life. Prayers for you and your wife, the babies, and the doctors who will be taking care of y'all! 

bosslady925

@sjo_thetwins OMG - thinking about y'all. I'm not ready for shit to get real here. Did she tell you to take it easy or at this point it doesn't matter?

ball4768

@sjo_thetwins Oh wow, I'm glad that they were able to definitively identify the issue with Carlisle and you have a plan in place. It will be hard on you for her to have surgery so soon after birth, but she will never remember it and she will be able to grow and develop without that particular physical issue. Take it easy mama! You'll get to meet your sweet girls soon! I'm happy for you! 

mothernorth

@sjo_thetwins If nothing else, I am happy that you and the doctors know what to expect and have a game plan for when the girls are born! At least surgery won't come as a surprise and you get a chance for that information to sink it. I am also very happy she is completely healthy other than that! Just a waiting game now it sounds like, all of the good vibes headed your way for you and little ladies! 

maf9866

@sjo_thetwins prayers for you and the girls. I'm glad to hear that the solution for your Lo seems less complicated then it could be (not that surgery isn't complicated by nature) and there is an answer to the issue. good luck in these next few weeks!

sjo_thetwins

Thanks you guys! The surgery scares me naturally because she will just be a little preemie newborn. But I know we will all get through it and she'll be a little fighter! @MorganL925, I've been "taking it easy" since I was in L&D for preterm labor at 24 weeks. Lol! It's on their terms now.