May 2017 Moms
BabyMC517
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"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Symptoms, symptoms, and more symptoms!
BabyMC517
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Pretty sure we talked about having a "symptoms" thread to help with the randoms being so long, so I figured I'd start it!
How are you feeling? Any advice from STM+ moms? We're almost there!!
How are you feeling? Any advice from STM+ moms? We're almost there!!
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Re: Symptoms, symptoms, and more symptoms!
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
I am feeling third tri AF. I want a nap and cheesecake and for this kid to be out and 6 months old already.
May '17 labor memes
-sore hips, inside and out
-tight back
-a muscle inside my groin that keeps spasming and causing my leg to give out
-episodes of digestive distress where I get painful gas (maybe contractions, too?), hot flashes, and diarrhea (similar to what @BabyMC517 said)
-acid reflux
-cramping (or contractions?)
-everything is the worst
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
- SPD pelvic pain
- sore hips
- hot at night now
- very painful cramping when I have trapped gas
- low cramping like period cramps
- peeing all the time during the day and luckily only a few times at night.
Anyone know now how long after baby comes and you recover do these things go away? Specifically the pelvic pain? I would love to roll over in bed, put pants or underwear on without wanting to cry.
But in any case, my hips were generally back to feeling good right away from what I remember!
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
I remember getting home from the the hospital and thinking that I had forgotten how comfortable my bed was...I'm looking forward to that day.
I don't remember experiencing the hip/pelvic pain after my first was born at all. Like the previous poster said, maybe I was too distracted by the other soreness, but I'm pretty sure it went away as soon as the baby was out.
Also peeing. So much peeing. It feels like an emergency every time. Especially when I stand up from my desk at work after sitting for a while. Get to the bathroom...just a trickle. I remember this sensation right up until the last baby came out! During labor last time, I kept saying "I gotta pee!" and trying to get to the toilet. Yeah, that's baby compressing the bladder lol.
The finish line is in sight! Trying to enjoy the last few weeks of baby moving inside me, but those have become very painful as well (I think he's trying to punch his way out through my stomach)!
Married:09/14/13
Baby 2 - Due: 5/4/17
Not sure if this counts as a "symptom," but little one is measuring at 7lbs 10oz at today's growth scan. I'm 36wks. I might start a size pool. Who's got 10lbs?
May17 Siggy Challenge
Labor
This time I'm so uncomfortable. I can't sleep as good. My hips hurt. I can't sit on the floor or I have a lot of pain in my tailbone area. I have started swelling some. I need to pee alllll the time. I feel easily out of breath. My clothes are uncomfortable. We have A/C this time and I'm still hot. And this LO seems to like to stretch himself a bit because I have pressure down low AND poking into my ribs. As much as I want him to him to keep cooking until he's ready, I also hope that he will be a week early on his own like his big sister was.
With DD: morning sickness from 6 weeks to 30 weeks with daily throwing up, low fluid towards the end, carried pretty small in general so wasn't very uncomfortable (two nights before I went into labor I was walked the dog 5.5 miles with no discomfort at all), no Braxton hicks ever, subtle movements (anterior placenta)
This time: about two weeks of mild morning sickness at the beginning, fluid too high, carrying much bigger this time (I swear every day I wake bigger than when I went to sleep), a lot more hip/back pain, I've had BH since like 21 weeks, karate kid growing in there (posterior placenta)
It will be interesting to see how different they are on the outside.
2nd pregnancy with DD2 seemed so much easier. I gained the least amount of weight between all of my pregnancies and I really had no back/hip pain until maybe the last couple of weeks.
This pregnancy has been more awful. My hip pain is definitely back with vengeance, I had morning sickness in first trimester and I'm just exhausted. But it could all be because I overdue it with running DD1 or DD2 to a million different activities, DH has been gone off and on multiple times, and I'm inching closer to 30.
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
Married:09/14/13
Baby 2 - Due: 5/4/17
my pregnancies have been somewhat different and somewhat similar.. both boys. Those old wives tales just aren't true...
This weekend I was just talking with my 2 cousins. Both had babies at 36 weeks 3 days, one has type 1 diabetes her daughter was 9.5lbs and the other who was not diabetic had a little peanut at 5lbs.
@NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot Mine was measuring a pound above average at our u/s a few weeks ago, and I'm curious to see what happens by our next one (next week). At that point she was on pace to be 9 pounds
DD also measured very large, although I can't remember how much, maybe 9-10lbs? Anyway, she was only 7lbs 2oz at birth, which was well beyond the margin of error.
May17 Siggy Challenge
Labor
I almost kissed my ultrasound tech on the mouth this time when she said this one is around the 40th %ile. Watch her come out like 13lbs though, babies are weird.
May '17 labor memes
Recently the baby has been ALL over the place. My stupid theory about this that aligns with what people have observed about my belly is that this time for whatever reason the belly didn't expand enough outwards. Instead the uterus (and the baby) are just growing deeper into my body, pushing everything out of the way. Today I feel ok but yesterday and all weekend I had a sore rib on my right AND a ton of pelvic pain. The baby is definitely getting squished in there! I know this is just a fact of life of the end, though, not some stupid "my belly hasn't popped out enough" idea. I've done this before and felt it before. But it will be nice to have my body back (oh except for the 2ish years of nursing I'll likely do!)
Kid #2 -- I immediately felt a lot better after delivery, but I was disappointed to discover that it took a good 3-4 months to feel normal. As you might know, one SPD symptom is that if you are carrying something on one side you'll get the pain (i.e. if you're imbalanced.) Carrying around the carseat was just not something I could do. I had to use the stroller frame even for quick in-and-out errands in which normally carrying the seat would have been ok.
As for putting on pants and underwear I hope you are doing this from a sitting position. Absolutely do not put weight on one leg to do this. If you do it sitting down it shouldn't hopefully be a problem.
@WombThereItIs now I want cheesecake after my nap today!
My whole crotch is tired. Between general pelvic pain and my stupid f*cking varicose vein, my crotch is always sore. And rolling over in bed.....
With my first pregnancy I was young and fit. I had morning sickness and whatnot, but it was not too intense and somewhat short-lived. I was very active all of the way until the end and could do quite a lot, though my SPD symptoms were quite acute...probably because I didn't know what it was until late in the process and hadn't managed it well. But going into the whole thing so fit, I recovered very easily. This pregnancy I had a posterior placenta and felt and saw movement very early. Movement was SO defined and dramatic by the end. It was awesome. I had a boy.
With my second pregnancy I got more morning sickness, so I guessed "girl" and was correct. I "took it easy" to avoid getting SPD too bad, but ended up putting on too much weight and got SPD worse (less acute pains, but more pain overall). I also had more swelling and whatnot at the end, though it made sense because I delivered at the very end of the summer/hot weather. I did NOT recover rapidly from SPD. I had an anterior placenta and didn't feel movement as early as with #1. It was a disappointment.
With this one, my morning sickness was the worst (unless I have a bad memory and/or I became a wimp.) So I guessed a girl again. I expected SPD to be the worst of all this time, though I tried to manage it very well and prepare for it by getting a little bit fit before pregnancy. Was not as active as I wanted to be in the first half because of morning sickness, though, but overall I have maintained a low level of activity (definitely not "overdoing it"). To my surprise, SPD is much better this time. Maybe even better than with #1. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Because things have been easy at the end it feels like a "boy" again, so now I have no idea if I'm having a girl vs. a boy. This time I have another anterior placenta, news that disappointed me again, but somehow the movements are still pretty well defined and visible at least over some areas of the belly (i.e. NOT front/center), so it has not been a disappointment afterall. The kids have been able to see and feel movement, so that's fun.
One symptom I got in both pregnancies, esp #1, that I have not had yet AT ALL (knock on wood!) this time around is charley horses! I have had no weird cramping! I have had a few times I'd feel one might start but I was able to stop it in time. And no, I'm not more hydrated than before, I think I'm less hydrated this pregnancy.
I had more BH contractions with #2 than #1 and I expect that could be the most with #3 as we get to the very end; they have been ramping up! This apparently happens with successive pregnancies and with 3rd kids you get a lot of false labor (great!) But I'm not there yet.
May17 Siggy Challenge
Labor
May17 Siggy Challenge
Labor
This baby (girl) I have full blown SPD and HG. 3 prescription meds for nausea and vomiting and it is still
hanging on at 35 weeks. Both babies were/are very active but this time around I am measuring a little small which I never did with DS.
Honestly we probably are done after this baby for a lot of reasons - but my health and need to work while pregnant are a huge factor in being 2 and through.
My easiest was with DS, although I developed tendinitis at the end and that continued into pp and affected my ability to bf. I had nausea first tri only and a tiny bump the entire time; even in the last few weeks of pregnancy I could still wear non-maternity tops no problem.
My most difficult was with DD. I had bad nausea the entire pregnancy and horrible SPD for the last 10 weeks or so. At 37 weeks, I had a couple of days where I felt like my pelvis was going to break in two and I could barely move around. That didn't help her come any sooner though. Mild hand issues during pregnancy but those went away after birth.
This pregnancy has been better than my 2nd as a whole. I had nausea first tri and it came back in 3rd tri but much more mild and manageable. I have SPD again but again much more mild, where I can still jog/walk without much issue. My feet definitely have grown this time though as well as my belly. I've had to go up a size in maternity clothes during last tri even though at two weeks away I only weigh 4 lbs heavier than my final weight with DS and 2 lbs heavier than my final weight with DD. No hand issues this time.
ETA to add that my GBS status has changed every pregnancy too. Negative with DS, positive with DD, negative this time.
Married 8/27/2011
BFP #1 9/28/2011 DS born 5/22/2012
BFP #2 4/24/2013 m/c 4/25/2013 at 4w
BFP #3 1/31/2014 DD born 10/14/2014
BFP #4 1/20/2016 m/c 2/12/2014 at 7w2d
BFP #5 8/19/2016 DS2 born 4/29/2017
BFP #6 3/7/2018 EDD 11/18/2018
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
There's a dumb bureaucratic two-day due-date discrepancy at my OB which seems so trivial, but under the May 8th due date I thought we were operating with it's a relief to be able to say I'm 37 weeks today and thus full term, as opposed to the May 10th due date woven out of sheer satanic lies that has me waiting two more excruciating days for that milestone (guess which one the office is locked into!). It somehow makes the symptoms feel more overwhelming.