TMI Tuesday

MrsFox2008

Alright ladies dish on all things gross pregnancy related or not! 

MamaMiller

When I cough or sneeze, I pee a little. Yesterday I forgot to bring a change of undies "just in case".... Mid day- cough led to slight pee- my pee smells rank- I was self-conscious of my extra odor! 

SparkySunDevil

I start every morning by sitting on the toilet and throwing up stomach acid into a cup. I have to sit on the toilet because my body heaves with such force that I pee (and sometimes poop) every single time. Pregnancy is so glamorous

ShadeofGreen816

I swear in the last week my nipples have doubled in size. 

And lets not even mention the discharge coming from my body. Wtf. There is so much and it's SO yucky looking. 
ETA: based on experience in both my real life and nursing/NP school, I'm pretty confident I don't have BV or a yeast infection etc. I am a big CM producer when not pregnant so I think I'm just still doing that?

KMD1106

@ShadeofGreen816 I've been producing so much more CM lately too. I put a small pad on and I think that irritated my vag. So I was itchy all day Sunday. Pregnancy is annoying sometimes. 

MrsFox2008

My lady bits feel swollen at times! It feels so odd. 
@ShadeofGreen816 I'm right there with ya girl my nipples have for sure doubled and mine have darkened so much! 

@MamaMiller yes to the rank pee like yuck! I can't stand it. Maybe you should keep a weeks worth of changes on ya so you don't have to remember to pack them everyday! 
  
@SparkySunDevil oh I feel so terrible for you! I hope this is coming to an end for you soon! 

WombThereItIs

I have a weird ingrown hair/cyst situation in my lady land. It's tender every time I wipe which is like hourly because pee. 

I feel so pregnant. 

sarah0985

Add me to the extra discharge this past week or so. And the smell is SO STRONG! I'm upping changing my underwear to morning afternoon and night because I'm so grossed out by the smell. It's not bad so I know not infection but it's just so strong. 

emilyalso

Y'all. Pregnant women keep the panty liner industry running! 

I have had some big poops lately, and I think it tore a little back there. Now it is SOOOO painful to go. : /

ShadeofGreen816

@emilyalso I'm jealous! I had diarrhea last Tuesday. And nothing until last night when I worked so hard for the tiniest turd ever! Guess it's time to start back up on the colace... 

BettyCotton

I am so full of gas. Keep farting loads...

Jens_Hoes

@ShadeofGreen816 lol "tiniest turd"

pshaortao

The tiniest turd is the worst! We had baked some eggs with tons of spinach and I had the worst constipation for a couple days after. Then I realized it was thanks to all the iron in the spinach. It was yummy though..

nda_roxybabe

My yeast infection is finallllly gone, yay! Now let's hope I dont keep getting them.

ShadeofGreen816

The gross nurse in me is just loving this thread!! 

hp_momma

You guys, "tiniest turd" probably describes my bathroom struggles my entire life. It's awful!! My prenatal vitamins make the situation a million times worse and I'm already dreading the "after birth bathroom trip". 

nda_roxybabe

h&pmomma said:

You guys, "tiniest turd" probably describes my bathroom struggles my entire life. It's awful!! My prenatal vitamins make the situation a million times worse and I'm already dreading the "after birth bathroom trip". 

Eep! Prenatal vitamins...you mean those nasty smelling things I keep forgetting to take?! OMG, I need to remember to take them!!!

Jkp7749

every time I think about posting in these, I think "no, this really is TMI" and then I read all these hilarious posts and I realize pregnancy is just all around GROSS..

So, here is mine.. it was SO embarrassing. I was giving my daughter a bath and thought I had to tinkle, so I sat down to go and also had some gas. When I got up and went to flush, I saw what I thought was a big brown blood clot (i assumed this because i thought I had just tinkled and also it was so skinny and long). I panicked and called the dr, but while I was waiting for the dr to call back, I got to thinking and realized that it was floating (and my periods are always clotty but they don't float...) and when I had wiped there was absolutely no blood or brown or anything... I then realized i had pooped and didn't know it.... i was super embarrassed when the dr called back.

ShadeofGreen816

nda_roxybabe said:

h&pmomma said:

You guys, "tiniest turd" probably describes my bathroom struggles my entire life. It's awful!! My prenatal vitamins make the situation a million times worse and I'm already dreading the "after birth bathroom trip". 

Eep! Prenatal vitamins...you mean those nasty smelling things I keep forgetting to take?! OMG, I need to remember to take them!!!

Oh @nda_roxybabe I'm so glad I'm not the only terrible MTB that can't seem to remember to take a pill every day! I probably make it 4-5 days/week

nda_roxybabe

@Jkp7749 Haha! I may have peered quite closely at some poo thinking it was blood clot recently. Ick. 

hp_momma

@ShadeofGreen816 and @nda_roxybabe I probably remember 4-5 days out of the week too. Which is actually a lot better than with my previous pregnancies. I started taking the Natures Made Prenatal +DHA for this pregnancy and it's probably the best one I've found! No nasty taste or smell. My doctors office offers free prenatal but I'd rather buy the Natures Made at this point because it's not making me sick! 

nda_roxybabe

Maybe that's the trick. The ones the Dr. gave me this last time are just so gross and there's THREE of them.

Kipperoo

h&pmomma said:

@ShadeofGreen816 and @nda_roxybabe I probably remember 4-5 days out of the week too. Which is actually a lot better than with my previous pregnancies. I started taking the Natures Made Prenatal +DHA for this pregnancy and it's probably the best one I've found! No nasty taste or smell. My doctors office offers free prenatal but I'd rather buy the Natures Made at this point because it's to make me sick! 

LOVE these prenatals! I took them with my last pregnancy and now this one, too. No taste, no smell, no nausea. 

fbmandy55

Yesterday I was brushing my teeth after my shower and vomited bile in the sink. I made it to the toilet for the second heave, which also caused me to pee down my legs. I was on a towel so I just let it go.... And hopped back in the shower.  

pshaortao

On the computer now and I realize that @ShadeofGreen816's siggy is just perfect for this thread! Poopy turkey anyone?

fbmandy55

Stool softener is your best friend. Make sure you pack it in the hospital bag. 

I had a double episiotomy (cut like a v) with #1 and I can't image going without the stool softener. 17 stitches...

starphish18

fbmandy55 said:

Stool softener is your best friend. Make sure you pack it in the hospital bag. 

I had a double episiotomy (cut like a v) with #1 and I can't image going without the stool softener. 17 stitches...

Ahhhhh, that made me grab my lady bits.

Kipperoo

fbmandy55 said:

Stool softener is your best friend. Make sure you pack it in the hospital bag. 

I had a double episiotomy (cut like a v) with #1 and I can't image going without the stool softener. 17 stitches...

OUCH. That sounds awful. Stool softeners were a total must for me, too. But I can't imagine how rough that must have been for you! Fingers crossed it's smoother this time around for you! 

hp_momma

Seriously ask for a stool softener right away after delivery! The faster you take it the easier it will be. I had a second degree tear with both of my babies. 

@nda_roxybabe Oh girl, Natures Made is ONE to take! I'd barely be able to get three down if I had to do that too! Make the switch, totally worth it. 

OmegaRose3

I'm one of those weird people who doesn't normally go #2 very often (could be days, could be weeks) and pregnancy always makes me regular which is actually just really annoying. I've always seen going to the bathroom as a waste of time (I was a joy to potty train as a child) and I am so sick of needing to poo every day. So much wasted time.
Also TMI, I've always had a ridiculous ammount of CM, but can't use panty liners because they cause me to get rashes so I'm constantly choosing between having to feel like I pee'd myself all day or a liner and pregnancy doesn't help.
*TW* it also just makes me panic (PGAL brain) so I'm constantly checking my undies to make sure it's not blood. I'm just testing my own sanity every day.

cclaineDC

I'm there with the tiny turd crowd. Guhhh. I'll have to try a stool softener.

Does anyone else get broken blood vessels around their eyes after throwing up? I get loads of them. They last for a couple days and sometimes make me look like I got punched in the eyelids. Add that to my usual dark circles, and I feel like I'm single-handedly keeping the concealer industry in business.

diann21

I just found out I have Raynaud's phenomenon of the nipples, which basically means that if I get cold my nipples start to feel like they have tiny vices stuck on them, or they're being burned off and hurt soooo incredibly bad. It happened while I was at Disneyland last week and I had to walk around the park massaging my boobs trying to warm them up. 

lilmisscrafty-2

@SparkySunDevil - you're not alone there with the peeing + puking. Went through so much underwear during first tri. Thankfully my morning sickness appears to have passed.

Team painful huge poop here. Was almost tempted to call DH in because I couldn't believe that just came out of me.  

Wildflowers and Ferns

SparkySunDevil  you may have already tried everything, but I finally solved this problem by eating tums in bed before I sit up.  2 tums, I cracker, a few sips of water just to get it down, and my morning acid issues are way less.

I don't know if this will work for you but I stumbled on the combination and it reduces or eliminates the heaving although I still feel nauseous.

ShadeofGreen816

Oh y'all almost got an early AM post here when I was in the bathroom half the night feeling totally miserable. Not sure if it was food poisoning or hormones or what but I don't wish that on anyone! 

chickyclg

Anyone else with the stabbing vagina pain?  I keep asking myself WTF am I doing to cause this.

arels483

@chickyclg-- Yes on the stabbing vagina pain! What the heck is it and what did I do to deserve it?! I asked my OB about it and she said that it is a natural part of the stretching, but none of my friends have ever mentioned it, so I almost don't believe her. Let me know what your OB says.

starphish18

@chickyclg @arels483 Yes, same here! It's not often for me, but every once in a while, I get a sharp pain that starts in my belly button and shoots down to my vagina. It's more mentally uncomfortable for me than physically painful. Belly button sensations are weird. 

CherylE418

@chickyclg @arels483 @starphish18 I used to have those way pre pregnancy right before my period started, and my doctor narrowed it down to pelvic floor muscle spasms. I've had them just a couple times since getting pregnant, and it makes sense that it would be a pregnancy pain too with everything stretching and moving and working in there! 

pshaortao

I remember lightning crotch but that was much later into my last pregnancy. Sorry y'all are dealing with stabbing vagina pain, that sounds awful. I hope it's incredibly short lived!

SparkySunDevil

Wildflowers and Ferns said:

SparkySunDevil  you may have already tried everything, but I finally solved this problem by eating tums in bed before I sit up.  2 tums, I cracker, a few sips of water just to get it down, and my morning acid issues are way less.

I don't know if this will work for you but I stumbled on the combination and it reduces or eliminates the heaving although I still feel nauseous.

I've never even heard of this combo, actually. I'll try it. Thanks!