Symptoms Thread 9/12

scostel2

***Not enjoying the 3rd tri, but just in case someone out there is, this is for you

Tell us how you feel!

bosslady925

I'm tired, hungry, feeling huge and slowly becoming miserable...

LauraPCOS

Gotta love the heavy feeling - boredline pain especially if I've been sitting for a bit and then get up the first few steps are so uncomfortable until he gets readjusted.

AshleyGemini24

Braxton Hicks...Braxton Hicks... Braxton Hicks....

tana195

OMG the itching!  Went to doc and she says its RUPPS but nothing in the world is helping even the medicine she prescribed.  

MRSCORKER

I just sneezed and thought my nipples were going to explode. They're still tingling but not leaking... that's a new one!

UFJen

+1 for sore, hungry and just exhausted!

allison_smith_6212

My belly button is itchy but hurts to touch. 

LGW2015

@LauraPCOS this. Since last night it's been really bad. I don't think he's dropped yet so maybe that's what's happening now but I've had so much pressure down below I'm so uncomfortable. My sciatica is also acting up which I'm also blaming on his position. He's. Just. Too. Big.

lindzsers

Omg me too @MRSCORKER! I thought I was the only one! What a weird symptom. 

MRSCORKER

lindzsers said:

Omg me too @MRSCORKER! I thought I was the only one! What a weird symptom. 

I didn't know this was a thing! I thought for sure I would look down and see wet spots but there were none! Pregnancy is SO WEIRD. 

Schell2013

I am started to feel the fatigue. I've been super like this time and not been too tired, but over the weekend it hit me and I've resorted to napping every chance I get. My ligaments have been getting so loose that I'm constantly dropping stuff and stumbling around. That's been a new symptom I've never experienced in pregnancy before. 

mothernorth

Has anybody else woke up with a serious fever, felt like your boobs just left the 7th layer of hell, and leaked all over the place? I'm not talking like a few drops either, I mean wet spot on the blanket leaking... that has happened to me twice now, once with right a few days ago, and again with lefty last night.

blaf322

I never knew what y'all were talking about when you spoke of lightening crotch from kicks... Until 3rd tri. Holy cow! I'm so glad it hasn't happened in public yet bc I literally can't help but yell out when it happens.

sjo_thetwins

AllyTheKid said:

Has anybody else woke up with a serious fever, felt like your boobs just left the 7th layer of hell, and leaked all over the place? I'm not talking like a few drops either, I mean wet spot on the blanket leaking... that has happened to me twice now, once with right a few days ago, and again with lefty last night.

I don't know about the fever, but I wake up in sweats every night. Pouring sweat. My boobs have leaked down my arms. 

AshleyGemini24

@AllyTheKid
1).  I've been bump stalking, if that's a thing, for your birth announcement. 
2). Right there with you on the leaky boobs. Feels like somebody turned on a faucet. 

kmtz89

Guys I'm pooping three times a day... once when I wake up, once after coffee, and once before bed.... Not diarrhea but quite loose and urgent... I'm not sure what to think of it. 

mrszoess

@sjo_thetwins same. to the point yesterday I had to towel off. it's sexy. 

ignoscemihi

So many cramps.  Cramps when I need water.  Cramps when I need to pee because I just drank a bunch of water.  Cramps when I walk too much.  Cramps when I sit for too long.  Cramps on cramps on cramps.

Also, I pee so often i could probably be in the Guiness Book of World Records.

jennielu

@MRSCORKER @lindzsers samesies. It's a weird sensation so sometimes I think I sprung a leak but when I check, nada. 

jennielu

I am feel bad saying this but I have actually felt really good (comparatively) the last week or so. Like way better than any point this far in my pregnancy. 

mothernorth

@sjo_thetwins I'm not sure if it's leaky boobs=fever or fever=leaky boobs, but it goes hand-in-hand so far one way or the other. It's just new to me, I didn't leak before delivery with my other two. I have been super sweaty too, especially the boobs. Just, why are they so hot?! I feel like such a newb, this baby has been so different and so much scarier than the others. 
@AshleyGemini89 No announcement yet! I am hoping to make it at least one more week from today. 
@ignoscemihi +1 for cramps... walking around? Cramps. Sitting down? Cramps. Stand up? Cramps. All day errday.

serenaxo84

@allythekid could it be possible that you have a blocked milk duct already?! Are your breasts red? Or just hot? 

+1 for just being uncomfortable... This baby is an estimated 4.5lbs at 32 weeks. Idk how my 8 pounder fit inside me? I feel like I am totally done! I'm also told often that I look tired.... Which feels like a huge insult. I am tired, my iron is low and this is the first summer I don't have a tan... I get it, I look like shit!

mothernorth

@serenaxo84 They are just really hot! I've been checking them and checking my armpits and I don't have any knots, so my guess is they are preparing themselves and it's just more intense this time around.

mothernorth

:::PSA:::

To all the ladies who feel as thought they may be at risk:
Talk to your OB about PPD and Baby Blues at your next appointment, and do not take this matter lightly. Even if you DON'T feel as though you're at risk, it's worth mentioning, and it's knowledge that is better to have and not need than to need and not have.

LGW2015

@AllyTheKid I only leaked a tiny bit once but I have noticed that sometimes when I get up in the morning my boobs are way hotter to the touch than the rest of my body. Are they just hot or do you actually have a fever?

@ignoscemihi +a billion for cramping. I've been SO crampy for the last few days, every position is uncomfortable.

@kmolleltz I've been having the same thing. Going a lot, and on the soft side. I think it's from the added pressure. The past two days depending on LO's position I can barely stand up/walk, my butt kinda feels like it's about to explode.

Has anyone had experience with butt contractions??

mothernorth

@LGW2015 on two occasions, I woke up with an actual fever, and leaking profusely. It's not an everyday thing though. The boobs are hot everyday, but the fever thing has been coming and going. That's the only time they leak in great quantities though.

ETA
Yes to butt contractions- Do yours happen around your thighs under your butt cheeks, up to your lower back and sides, and make you feel like you're going to literally poop out the baby?

OrangeEv

@AllyTheKid PPD is something I am definitely worried about. It's hard enough for me to get through winter, but now with a new baby and moved away from my family..

kelliott09

+1 for the hot boobs. I posted about this a week or two ago, it was new to me too. They're not leaking but I wake up every night with them covered in sweat and have to dry them off. I've stopped sleeping with a blanket and it still happens. Not sweaty anywhere else but my boobs. So weird. 

Also, a while back I mentioned a heavy feeling in my vag. I figured out the problem. Yesterday it just felt kinda swollen also so I got the mirror out and took a look. Omg! I have a varicose vein on my vag lip. I didn't even realize that was a thing but apparently it is. Yay!

I'm way bigger with this baby than my other two and I feel like everything is falling apart. My vag for one, my stomach is stretched to the max and it's not even done yet and I've started getting these weird stabbing pains that feels like I'm getting stabbed in my spine in my lower back. That's a new one too. I can't wait to find out how big this baby is next week. I feel like she has to be huge!

bosslady925

@AllyTheKid - have you taken your temp when you feel like you have a fever? I know you're probably on the phone with your OB all the time, but mine has asked specifically to let her know ASAP if I get a fever. I've had two times in the past few weeks where I thought for sure I had a fever but didn't.

LGW2015

@AllyTheKid it does legit feel like I'm going to poop out this child during BH these days. I really hope true labor doesn't feel like that. Ugh.

yeah I would probably call the dr if you get a fever again. Want to make sure you don't have an infection or anything!

mothernorth

@OrangeEv Definitely bring it up if you get SAD (seasonal affective disorder) during the winter months! 

@MorganL925 Yep, 100.2° the first time and 101.1° the second time. I also felt felt very ill, almost felt like the flu, but once I drank some water and sat around naked cooling down, it went away. I asked my OB about it at my appointment yesterday, but since I didn't have a fever at the time and wasn't feeling those symptoms right then he kind of brushed it off. He said that's normal for when MILK comes in, so maybe it's just my personal normal this time. 
I haven't noticed any milk yet though. Lots of colostrum, which I didn't realize was normal, but no milk.

krzyriver

@OrangeEv I have a hard time getting thru winter too, although my depression kicked in early this year because of my pregnancy. So my OB wrote me a referral to the behavioral medicine department. I had an intake a few weeks ago and I start therapy on Monday. I'm hoping I won't need to be referred to a psychiatrist from there, but we'll see after baby comes...

bosslady925

@AllyTheKid - it's always so interesting how docs are so different. Mine is pretty conservative. It does make sense though to be tied to milk - even if you're not seeing it. I've had leaking nips since about 24 weeks, but not streaming/making a wet spot. I did feel just like you described though the two times recently - like I had the flu. I chalked it up to getting overheated and after I rested and drank a ton of water I felt better, but both times I took my temp and it was a little higher than my normal, but not a fever (~98.9). Take care of yourself, GF!

bosslady925

I've had some gas pains recently that make me cry out in pain. So I have a feeling I'll be wanting drugs ASAP when contractions start coming for real. 

sportiegrl1213

MorganL925 said:

I've had some gas pains recently that make me cry out in pain. So I have a feeling I'll be wanting drugs ASAP when contractions start coming for real. 

Gas pains have been THE worst. It was so bad last night. 

LauraPCOS

@AllyTheKid I've had it like @sjo_thetwins where I've woken up to my right boob leaking down my arm to the point I have a wet stain on my sheets.  I thought it was just because I cuddle myself so I must have been squeezing them but then I was wearing a Jammie shirt last week and looked down and there are wet spots on my shirt by my nipple (again only right...the left leaks if I squeeze it but not on its own).  I have been sick since last Tuesday and I know my temperature is up but I think it's my cold causing the temperature not my boobs.  My OB brushes things off too, drives my mom nuts cause she thinks I should mention every little thing to her and she should be checking every little thing out.

mothernorth

@LauraPCOS I haven't been sick (until today, I caught FI's damn cold!), so I guess it's just one of those awkward discomforts I'll have to deal with. My OB has always been pretty awesome, so if he's not worried, I won't worry. I'm just curious what I is exactly that is happening and why? This pregnancy has been full of fun surprises! Haha

booksandicecream

+1 to the profuse sweating. Again. I post this every week but it just. Won't. Stop. I pour sweat. Mostly in the afternoons and at night. Every morning I wake up with my shirt soaked through, so much that the bed is wet under my shirt. The hottest points are my boobs and neck. But this weekend it went a step further. My feet swelled on Sunday and were uncomfortable. After dinner I noticed they were puffy and it hurt to walk. Sat down on the couch and WATCHED while my feet, ankles and lower legs swelled like balloons. So much so that when I walked (very gingerly), the fluid in my ankles was jiggling all over. Went to the hospital and learned that this is totally normal for women who are pregnant in summer. It's caused by extended exposure to oppressive heat. So if any of you have ac in your houses, take a moment to be thankful. 

bosslady925

@books&icecream - I meant to ask - did you follow up with your OB about Pre-E? Glad it wasn't anything serious.

booksandicecream

@MorganL925 Yes! I showed up before they opened Monday morning and got seen right away (I'm going to send her a love letter when this pregnancy is over because she's awesome). Everything is normal except the swelling. I had protein in my urine last week but none yesterday. I just have to keep my feet up as much as possible and suffer through. Several blood vessels broke yesterday so I have literally not left the couch today and I can actually see a bone!