@zande2016 That's great that your fasting number was so much lower this morning! I know that has been such a frustrating thing for you. Do you think you did anything differently that could have influenced it?
@nimmle that’s the thing, I didn’t get any exercise at all yesterday and ate the same bedtime snack so idk! Only thing different was I got up to pee less last night so I guess that could be it. Or you know this totes means I’m going into labor. Lol.
kbernal2021 I actually googled that this week! I also thought it was based on cm dilation but the answer seemed to be active labor was defined by rate of dilation per hour that actual current cm. You have to be "actively" progressing I guess.
Anyone else just feel bruised and abused all the time? the belly just hurts...
@gingerbride26 I don’t know how to sleep anymore. On my left side my hip hurts, on my right side my shoulder hurts. And flipping from side to side feels like I’m going to rip in half.
TTC History:
Me: 36 H: 40 Married 2015. Together since 2010. TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017 BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018. TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020 Due date was Nov 2020 DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma. TTC: March 2021 IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022 IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
@rachelsogo YESSS! I'm opposite for bad side though - my right hip dislocates if I sleep on it and my left arm goes numb, then on my left side my heartrate goes crazy and kid throws a middle of the night rager and I have to fight off DH who encroaches on my pillow lol. I try to switch sides every time I pee to keep the soreness even. Recliner arrived this morning so I may end up giving that a try... bonus it's free from man snores
@flockofmoosen3 LOL strawberry picking didn't work for my mom either :-P she always tells a story about picking strawberries and a lady asking when she was due, she says 2 weeks ago, and the lady moved to a different part of the patch for fear of my mom popping me out right there >_< my gf swears by zoomba to jump start labor.
Just had a contraction or poop cramp that went all around my lower front to lower back. That was unpleasant. Now I'm sitting here staring at the clock making sure I don't get another one.
Ughhh today is the first day that I am just feeling SO unwell - intense lower back pain on my left side, it's so hot outside, my feet are swollen, I just want this baby out!! I can't even walk around due to the low-back pain, so I'm feeling like such a beached whale - 37w+5....here's hoping this LO comes before 40wks.
@elizabethrn87 Its so lovely! mine all decided to flare up again. I’m so glad I can’t see what my ass looks like. I’m sure it looks like a war zone back there...
I have incredible butt pressure and when lo moves it hurts me so bad in my back and Lower pelvis. I dont remember ever having movement that hurts so bad.
Gas. Pelvic pressure when babe moves certain ways. And my new one - being in the car for 90 minutes. Woof. That was the worst. Major kudos to those of you gals that muscled through that for months.
So I've felt like shit most of the day. The last 3 days I've been full of energy and felt great, did tons of house cleaning, organizing and baby prep. Today I woke up feeling ok but by 10 I felt so weak, tired and just not well. It's almost like I'm getting sick which I'm really hoping isn't the case. H has been great with keeping DD entertained and doing a few final things around the house while I took 2 naps.
The baby's movements hurt so bad sometimes. Like, I have to stop and breathe through it. Its usually when I am sitting that they hurt, I feel it in my back and lower abdomen, almost like I've had a rough ab/back workout and he's pressing against the muscles. I thought it was having to go to the bathroom but it happens when I don't have to do either, and I don't know why the movements hurt sometimes but not others. I am wondering if I've been having contractions and I don't feel them unless the baby is moving? I don't know.
@SmashJam I've been having the same thing - I just feel bruised and assume he's been abusing the same spot too long or something. I've also been having a bunch of like butterfly spasm feelings in my lower back and upper uterus - not quite painful but def not comfortable either and assume they are BH or something.
Total irony - after my Indian food last night i had a night off from bad contractions and reflux...go figure! my fingers are sore/stiff/sausages though.
I am so over being pregnant. Baby's movements are starting to get painful for me as well. Just like me it feels like Baby is just trying to get comfortable because he is a big boy and running out of room. Apparently he is head down by laying to the side, so his face is looking toward the right side of my body. Doesn't sound comfortable for him and definitely not great for me.
nimmlegingerbride26 & SmashJamI’m
glad you guys brought this up because I thought I was being over dramatic but
when she moves it legit hurts. Or I thought they were just painful BH.
+1 for painful baby movements. I think there's some BH thrown in there too but defintiely definitely doesn't feel good when baby tries to adjust himself.
@And846 Just a single incident. I was cleaning up what looked like crusties and sure enough had quite a bit of leakage as soon as i touched it. Luckily I was prepared as I was already cleaning thing up and didn't get anything on my bra or shirt
@nimmle im constantly on the lookout for crusting or leaks as i want to BF and make sure i get a supply. Women in my family have been non producers so I’m anxiously awaiting confirmation of sorts that i will be able to
@And846 I am so bummed, but more bummed that the Winds of Winter isn't out yet!!! I'm hoping that they haven't spoiled too much, although I know its impossible for some of the things that happened in the show to happen in the book.
@And846 We haven't had a supply issue in my family which is why I'm not surprised I've started leaking. Although my sister started earlier. She did have trouble with latching in the beginning and had to rely on a nipple shield for a bit. I'm hoping that I won't have an issue with it so I will hold off on getting one unless it seems like it will be a problem.
So I know after all my checks I would have some discharge but good lord . I had the bloody show mucus at he hospital. Since being home though every time I go to the bathroom there is so micb mucous. I know my body just keeps producing it but you would figure it would slow down at some point
38+4, 2cm and 70% effaced; So me and DH got frisky twice today and following the second time I just feel... Different. Waves of chills/clamminess, discharge, increased BHs, LO's fundal shape all over the place, pelvic pressure down LOW-LOW, and a little nauseous. This prodromal labor stuff can just move right into the real deal anytime now. HELP!
feel like complete crap today - exhausted from barely sleeping due to pain/peeing, vaguely nauseated, feel like i just can't catch my breath, belly just sore and every movement hurts. laying on my side helps a bit but makes working/typing more difficult....blah
@erica-lynne 38W+1 - so little behind you but same ballpark. Hoping it was just a rough night of no sleep and I bounce back....CS scheduled for Tuesday and I want to try to enjoy the last weekend with just DD. Hope you feel better too
Re: July Symptoms
Anyone else just feel bruised and abused all the time? the belly just hurts...
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
Strawberry picking this morning didn't do anything either.
Also constantly leaking watery discharge. Like my butt crack is always wet. I already got it checked once. Not AF
Also, the entirety of my lady parts are like throbbing and sore. It’s almost painful.
Total irony - after my Indian food last night i had a night off from bad contractions and reflux...go figure! my fingers are sore/stiff/sausages though.
+1 to sausage fingers. I had to take my rings off and wear them on a chain after yesterday's hiking, first time I've swollen the whole pregnancy!
+1 for sausage fingers and no rings. I read wrapping hands in ice cold rags can help. Anyone tried this?
@nimmle oh goodness! Was that a single incident or is it constant?
@SmashJam loved reading about your GoT onesie! Can’t remember which thread though! Are you also bummed we have to wait a year for the final season?
micb mucous. I know my body just keeps producing it but you would figure it would slow down at some point