Symptoms - month of September

vrj0522

@MojieJo - I got tendinitis with my 1st and it got really bad after he was born and through therapy In discovere it was the way I was holding him when I'm breastfed. Basically, there is a specific position in which you are moving/placing your hand that is causing it. They offer splints to treat it because that will keep your hand in a neutral position. If there is a way that you can figure out what the position is, then you can figure out what you need to do to correct it. Hand therapy can be helpful too. 

@cpow18 - baby can move down at any point and it really doesn't mean anything. They can always move back up too and often will if they dropped pretty early on. It's not usually until closer to 36 weeks that they drop and won't come back up, since they start to run out of room as the weeks go by.

lurvleybunchococonuts

The LC is REAL the past few days and is getting progressively more annoying and painful. Like at first it was very occasional, uncomfortable, and a nuisance. Now it's like "owiee! Wtf are you doing in there Lulu?" And more frequent. Sigh...

pelorunningmama

@marfi236 oh no! I'm so sorry that happened. 

eahayes

@marfi236 Worst! I did that too-- had the stomach flu when pregnant and threw up Milk of Magnesia all over my dash while driving - not fun. Hope you feel better soon!

eahayes

@runningyogimama oh no! I had something similar happen to me and it is just terrible, I feel for you. Hot compresses and an eventual massage SAVED me.. I also rolled out with a lacrosse ball (a lot of tightness had radiated to my hamstrings and butt). I hope you are on the mend soon.. 

eahayes

I'm feeling wildly emotional.. fluctuate between loving my husband SO much and being SO reactive when he does things that annoy me. I think I hate feeling like a diva who is pulling the pregnancy card, but sometimes I want to scream HEY I'm 33 weeks preg, working full time, trying to balance a million things, and I don't have time to do stupid errands last minute! Prob some subconscious fear because I know the life balance is about to majorly shift when this little guy comes. 

cpow18

@eahayes my emotions are out of control some days too! I hate it! My poor husband deals with the brunt of it even though he’s deployed in Cuba. I don’t always feel terrible because he, besides work, doesn’t have a ton of responsibilities and gets to go to the beach and not be 33 weeks pregnant. 

eahayes

@cpow18 same on so many levels. I feel badly for having a reaction but then also am like, "hey bud. you are more than welcome to cook supper or walk the dog..."

lachnessmomster

@eahayes I understand exactly how you feel. Sometimes I can feel when I'm about to lose it, and my head is telling me to calm down and that I'm being irrational. I'll escape to the bathroom for a bit so I don't freak out about nothing and ruin an otherwise perfectly fine day with DH. It is so hard, though.

runwmusic

@eahayes @lachnessmomster @cpow18 same here ladies. I go back and forth on being mad, sad, and less and less often excited. I'm so ready to not be pregnant anymore... 

offtoneverland

Add me to the list of people with high emotions these days. Near the end of my last pregnancy I got really sensitive (I'm usually really sensitive anyways, so even more than that) and I'm starting to feel that way again. I read into everything MH says even if he's not trying to be mean or argue or anything. I'm just sensitive and tired all the time. Can I please spend these last 4 weeks sleeping? 

marfi236

@wannaflickone, @eahayes Luckily my stomach felt better right after it happened.  That being said I felt so terrible for doing it in hubs' car!  I was able to get everything cleaned up last night except for everything that went into the car vent.  Hubs was able to figure out how to get the vent out of the dash (without breaking anything) tonight so I was able to get that all cleaned up too!  Crisis averted!

MouseMama817

@iheartbooks I had the swelling/pressure in that area during my second trimester and it was really painful. My MW said the same thing about the varicose veins. It went away for awhile but is back again the last week or so. I never experienced it with DD either but this baby has sat much lower for much longer than she ever did.

About half the times I've thrown up this pregnancy have been in the car. The first time I had to dump out my leather Steve Madden purse to catch the puke. RIP. Now I carry a gallon-sized freezer ziplock in my purse at all times. It's come in handy more than a few times.

+1 for hormones ramping up. I've also been feeling menstrual-like aches in my lower back and pelvis lately, usually when I've been doing too much or standing more than usual. I feel so dumb for not knowing whether this is normal lower back pain or contractions, but it's exactly the feeling of waking up achey in the morning and knowing you started your period in your sleep. I never had BH or any sort of contraction with DD (I harassed the staff about my epidural when I went in for my induction) so I'm feeling like a FTM in this area. 

wildrainbow

Contractions are starting up again. These are sharper than last night, and closer together. Sigh*

eahayes

@wildrainbow I hope they settle and are manageable! thinking about you

lachnessmomster

@wildrainbow Sending you all the love and good vibes! I hope things calm down.

mockingjay1

@wildrainbow - I'm sorry this pregnancy has been so rough for you. I hope they slow down.

lurvleybunchococonuts

@wildrainbow as always thinking of you and LO. This has been so rough on you! You are an amazong lady to have made it this far already!

runningyogimama

I’m not normally a sweets person, and I am CRAVING sweets the last few days. I literally couldn’t stand the thought of anything sweet most of this pregnancy, so super weird! 

lachnessmomster

@runningyogimama I've been crushing the Oreos throughout the second half of this pregnancy. I try to limit myself to only two or three at a time, but I always have to have a package in the house. It's a crisis if I run out!

tessiesmom26

@lachnessmomster Oreos have been my craving this entire pregnancy. So much so we bought an Oreo shaped teether for the baby! They have been all that I want! 

firsttimespartanmom

@runningyogimama omg, same. The last few days I cannot get enough sugar and it’s insane! 

emjohn517

Oreos! Yes! Specially the birthday cake flavor

runwmusic

@emjohn517 birthday cake golden are the best!!!

So funny everyone is on an Oreo kick. Everyone at work brought in sweets and someone made oreo balls. I hadn't made those in forever and forgot how delicious they are.  You mix a pack of cream cheese with a pack of Oreos (in a food processor until they are completely mixed) then just dunk in melted chocolate. Mmmmm

ashkee05

Ugh @ftm_jen just stop!!! Oreos are like my favorite treat and now I neeeeeed these!!