My most uncomfortable symptom is probably either heart burn/acid reflux or my lower back pain. I also have swelling in my legs, ankles, and feet, as well as my wrists and hands. I also wake up every morning with pins and needles pain in my right arm from my elbow to my fingertips. It can be very painful, but once i get up and move around, the pain is much less. I get so tired so easily, have trouble being on my feet for more than a half hour, cleaning is becoming harder and harder, and getting the motivation to exercise even just a little bit is harder and harder. Lucky that I have a dog, so I have to take her out at least once for a short walk during the day. I have just over 3 weeks left, is this baby comes on time. I wish she would come sooner. I am ready for pregnancy to be over.
I just woke up from a snack blackout, covered in crumbs from an everything bagel. There are also five fruit leather wrappers on my desk. I guess baby is growing again this week.
Update: I kept throwing up and having really intense headaches, rib pain, and pelvic pain. They essentially couldn't find anything in the lab work to indicate a problem and I was having contractions but they were irregular and not strong enough on the monitor so they just sent us home. Total waste of time. I actually thought my water had broken at the hospital because I went to the bathroom and it was a huge gush of clear fluid, they checked it and said it wasn't amniotic fluid but since then all my urine has been super dark and concentrated. My doctor wasn't on call last night so she didn't see anything til she got to the clinic this morning and she is having me come back to L&D today. Still not sure what it'll do because they basically refused to do anything to help us last night except giving me medicines that I told them don't work and then sending me home when, surprise, they didn't work.
New issue... my hands hurt so bad! They've gotten more swollen, but it feels somewhat like carpal tunnel. It's worse at night when I wake up to go pee, and continues through the day. Just crampy, etc. And yesterday, they were sweaty ALL day, along with the crampiness.
But, since getting the "you're 1.5cm, thin and baby is laying really low" talk at Tuesdays appointment, every little twinch, pain, issue freaks me out. And, I can say I have had an easy pregnancy thus far, but this last week... woof. I have felt just awful!!
@MrsG2390 That's how I have been since about August. I gained slowly and then from August to my September appointment, my gain doubled and has basically been doubling ever since. I am well over 50lbs gained and still have 3 weeks to go! I have been active when I feel like it, and don't eat overly bad. My legs are HUGE... everything from the waist down is. And from what I had said above, my swelling has gotten worse lately. But my BP is normal so they have no concerns and just think the added weight is from swelling. I just feel gross.
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@yellingbanana, @Kacie209 and @allicat89 count me in the carpal tunnel club. It SUCKS. I'm starting to develop tarsal tunnel in my right foot too. Only a couple weeks to go....I want my hands back!
@yellingbanana, @Kacie209 and @allicat89 count me in the carpal tunnel club. It SUCKS. I'm starting to develop tarsal tunnel in my right foot too. Only a couple weeks to go....I want my hands back!
Samesies. My poor hands, the last 2 weeks have been rough for them.
Mucous plug started coming out in bloody pieces last night (gross, I know, sorry) thanks to all the cervical checks and the medicine they stuck up there to try to dilate me. It was kind of scary at first and I understand why someone would want to post theirs for group inspection. Don't worry I flushed it, I only did that to the nurse yesterday before I left the hospital. I did call my new home away from home L&D last night to describe it to them since it was so bloody. They said it is okay as long as I am not actively bleeding.
I also have a headache that started last night before I went to bed at 6:30pm, was still there when I was up from 2-3 worrying about mucous plug, and still here now at 8:00am. I'm probably going to have to go in with that if it doesn't fade off after breakfast and am feeling pretty mutinous about it. Not going to mess around with pre-e though. Nope.
After working my 12 hour shifts every weekend, I have ended up in tears. I get contractions, horrible constant cervical pain, and a headache. My job is becoming way too physically demanding. I'm planning to talk about it with the OB at my apt today. I hope they don't think i'm just being whiney and trying to get out of work, because in all honesty, I wish I could work more to save us more money because we definitely need it! But man, i'm struggling
TMI- but does anyone have horrible itching and pain down there? I've had a UTI before and it doesn't hurt to Pee so I do not think that's what it is. I almost can't wait for the doc tomorrow just to see if it's something she can help with! ETA- never had a STD, been with DH for 12 years so I can rule that out too.
@Gizmo1231 not antibiotics. just a monostat kit. I've only had one one time so I'm certainly not an expert! I'd still call your dr just to be sure it's nothing else before treating it.
@Gizmo1231 def sounds like a yeast infection, they can really be miserable! (Weird enough, antibiotics can actually cause them.) I know I had a mild one early in the second tri and dr told me monistat was safe but not to use the applicator that comes with it, so def check first before treating!
Ugh, I've had 3 this pregnancy! My Ob said to use the Monistat 7 day treatment. The 3 and 1 day treatments are too concentrated for pregnancy. But you'll want to go in and see the Ob, I'm not sure what the protocol is if you're dilated. Or at least call.
Was in the lunchroom and got lightning crotch, followed by a lot of pressure in my lower belly. Froze with a really ugly face. Stop staring at me 5th graders, just give me a few minutes and I'll start moving again.
Lost my mucus plug over the last few days and holy heartburn!!! Also, she is super duper low, I feel so much pressure. This week was extremely uncomfortable.
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My hand pretty much stopped working today due to swelling and carpel tunnel. I'm just going to use it as an excuse to not do anything until I have the baby...
I am getting intense cervix/vagina jabs. I know this baby is heads down, so I just imagine that it is lifting itself up and away from my cervix to punch it, then shoves its head right back down on it while then giving my bladder a squeeze. Sometimes I have to do a couple of kegles before standing to make sure that I can hold the pee in place long enough to waddle to the bathroom.
Carpel tunnel has now entered my left hand.
I bought office slippers to wear around at work. I am less swollen in the feet than usual today, and it's amazing how nice they feel when they're not stuck on due to water bloat. I am looking forward to wearing them post baby since they're comfy!
I have more of a DH symptom as a result of mine....
I'm obviously waking up way more in the middle of the night (and it keeps getting worse as we progress). DH has always had this mild "issue"(?) where he will wake in the middle of the night and say mean things, and then not remember in the morning. He speaks another language, and more often than not its in this other language. When we first started dating I would get really mad when it happened and be upset with him the next day, but then realized he's basically talking in his sleep.
Since I've been getting up so often, I think I'm disturbing him more and therefore it's been happening more frequently. Last night was particularly upsetting as he raised his voice and told me he was going to leave me. The outburst lasted longer than normal and was definitely one of the more upsetting ones. I spent half the night googling different types of parasomnias and some suggest it may be a weird version of PTSD. My concern is that baby is soon going to be waking us up throughout the night and it's very hard on me emotionally. He's a great husband, and he knows nothing of it the next day, but I can't help but get hurt.
man the indigestion is bad. and the nurse at my appt today made a big deal about me weighing 2 lbs less than my appt last week. Last week my appt was at 4p. This week, 8:30a. Doesn't everyone - whether they are in medicine or not, know that you weigh more in the evening than in the morning?! I mentioned that and she still acted like it was a big deal. Not like it was a problem but almost like -way to go! Very weird.
I'm really fluctuating throughout the day whether I feel energetic and good or totally overwhelmed, exhausted and miserable. It's very confusing. My moods and physical symptoms are swinging so wildly. It also feels like this baby is getting very violent with my organs.
Have we talked about the crazy sternum pain? God forbid I wear a bra for any amount of time... it's like a shooting pain right in the center beneath my boobs. It pretty constantly feels bruised to the touch. I never had this with DD!
@ashleygorokhovsky if it's a subconscious thing maybe he could try some kind of meditation or hypnosis (positive thoughts?) to maybe curb it a bit? If it is PTSD maybe therapy could be beneficial? I'm not sure since I've never dealt with anything like that first hand but it doesn't hurt to try different avenues, especially if he's amazing otherwise.
I've dropped so low that my belly is practically between my legs and I can put my entire hand flat on the top part of it but she is refusing to dilate past 2 cm. I feel like the rough sex would be enough to get her moving but apparently not! Plus the pressure and the hurt she inflicts upon my organs, the constant peeing, the cramping, and allllll the other crap. I'm so beyond over this.
So LO does this thing, sometimes for an hour or more, where he wriggles, scrunches himself, and then jams his head into my cervix. Just over and over. I get all the pressure and pinches and sharp pains from it. I just sit there and breathe through it and grunt painfully.
DH asked me yesterday if I was sure I'm not having contractions. I'm pretty sure it's not my body but his that is shoving and hurting me. I've just never read anything to describe this, it feels like he's trying to jam himself right out (he's probably searching for space or trying to make more, is my guess). Every time it happens I wonder if this will be the time he successfully breaks his water.
Considering I go in to be induced tomorrow night if he was successful I would not be upset whatsoever, so I've not been trying to do anything to discourage him.
@ashleygorokhovsky - My husband sleep-talks and it's really scary sometimes. He doesn't make sense, eyes are wide open, and gets irritated with me. When we first started living together, he would go right back to sleep if I interacted with him, but now he will continue to argue with me instead. He's a real angry jerk - which is SO NOT his personality.
We've figured out, for him, it happens when he is overtired. And it's happened less since he's started going to bed earlier and I've been on the couch (more for my comfort than his). But it's very scary to think how it may escalate with a newborn. We haven't figured out what to do if it happens.
My incision from c section 1 (2.5 years ago) just started really hurting.
Mine just stated itching like crazy yesterday. It's 7 years old. I'm guessing it just means the skin is stretching. Plus my linea nigra just showed up.
So much cramping and pressure today! Just walking around hurts. Plus I popped my left hip all weird earlier accidentally and it's definitely not helping!
My incision from c section 1 (2.5 years ago) just started really hurting.
Mine just stated itching like crazy yesterday. It's 7 years old. I'm guessing it just means the skin is stretching. Plus my linea nigra just showed up.
My incision started hurting really badly toward the end of pregnancy #2. I talked to my Ob about it and she said that it's likely the scar tissue pulling away from what it's attached itself to. This 3rd pregnancy, it hasn't bothered me.
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But, since getting the "you're 1.5cm, thin and baby is laying really low" talk at Tuesdays appointment, every little twinch, pain, issue freaks me out. And, I can say I have had an easy pregnancy thus far, but this last week... woof. I have felt just awful!!
@MrsG2390 That's how I have been since about August. I gained slowly and then from August to my September appointment, my gain doubled and has basically been doubling ever since. I am well over 50lbs gained and still have 3 weeks to go! I have been active when I feel like it, and don't eat overly bad. My legs are HUGE... everything from the waist down is. And from what I had said above, my swelling has gotten worse lately. But my BP is normal so they have no concerns and just think the added weight is from swelling. I just feel gross.
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@ashleaf2018 hugs girl, you must be so ready to be done with pregnancy. I hope you have a super easy l&d to make up for all the vomiting.
I also have a headache that started last night before I went to bed at 6:30pm, was still there when I was up from 2-3 worrying about mucous plug, and still here now at 8:00am. I'm probably going to have to go in with that if it doesn't fade off after breakfast and am feeling pretty mutinous about it. Not going to mess around with pre-e though. Nope.
ETA- never had a STD, been with DH for 12 years so I can rule that out too.
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Carpel tunnel has now entered my left hand.
I bought office slippers to wear around at work. I am less swollen in the feet than usual today, and it's amazing how nice they feel when they're not stuck on due to water bloat. I am looking forward to wearing them post baby since they're comfy!
I'm obviously waking up way more in the middle of the night (and it keeps getting worse as we progress). DH has always had this mild "issue"(?) where he will wake in the middle of the night and say mean things, and then not remember in the morning. He speaks another language, and more often than not its in this other language. When we first started dating I would get really mad when it happened and be upset with him the next day, but then realized he's basically talking in his sleep.
Since I've been getting up so often, I think I'm disturbing him more and therefore it's been happening more frequently. Last night was particularly upsetting as he raised his voice and told me he was going to leave me. The outburst lasted longer than normal and was definitely one of the more upsetting ones. I spent half the night googling different types of parasomnias and some suggest it may be a weird version of PTSD. My concern is that baby is soon going to be waking us up throughout the night and it's very hard on me emotionally. He's a great husband, and he knows nothing of it the next day, but I can't help but get hurt.
This became more of a vent.
I'm really fluctuating throughout the day whether I feel energetic and good or totally overwhelmed, exhausted and miserable. It's very confusing. My moods and physical symptoms are swinging so wildly. It also feels like this baby is getting very violent with my organs.
DH asked me yesterday if I was sure I'm not having contractions. I'm pretty sure it's not my body but his that is shoving and hurting me. I've just never read anything to describe this, it feels like he's trying to jam himself right out (he's probably searching for space or trying to make more, is my guess). Every time it happens I wonder if this will be the time he successfully breaks his water.
Considering I go in to be induced tomorrow night if he was successful I would not be upset whatsoever, so I've not been trying to do anything to discourage him.
We've figured out, for him, it happens when he is overtired. And it's happened less since he's started going to bed earlier and I've been on the couch (more for my comfort than his). But it's very scary to think how it may escalate with a newborn. We haven't figured out what to do if it happens.
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