July Symptoms

chindimples04

madiirosee

BACK PAIN!! ugh my lower back is killing me. Also pelvic pressure/bladder pressure by the end of the day. 

Anxiety is starting to creep in again too since I’m entering my third trimester in less than 2 weeks. Everyone keeps saying I have a ways to go but it feels like time is passing so fast! 

chindimples04

@madiirosee ditto on the back pain! This pregnancy is also literally flying by! I have no idea how we have less than 4 months to go (some closer to 3!) 

noprobalo

@madiirosee @chindimples04 It feels like it's going to take forever, but I realized last night that this is about when I'd start a training cycle for the half marathon I do every year (except this one, clearly) that's a couple weeks before my due date. It never takes as long as it feels like it's going to. And my husband finally admitted that we should start watching the 'Baby Manual' DVD I got him. 😂

vampirina

@cait32 I feel the same way! But my baby is measuring about a week and a half ahead. But even then I feel more like 34 weeks than 23-25 weeks along. Ooft. I just want to lay down and not do anything. 

chindimples04

Does anyone else get way more movement the minute they sit down and put their feet up to relax? I know that our daily movements like rock them and lull them to sleep but whenever I want to get comfortable kicks me in the bladder. It just seems so unfair.

@cait32 @vampirina right there with you on the huge. Between that and how low he is, the waddle game is already strong! 

pizzaplz

Joining the "I feel huge" party! Also with you, @chindimples04, on the increased movement when I'm trying to relax. I don't remember my daughter being quite this active. He loves to run around my uterus at night when I'm in bed, especially.

kitandcat

@chindimples04 yes! I rarely feel the baby move unless I lay or sit down. 

I have had painful tingling in my legs since I woke up before 7. It’s 2 I clock now. If it doesn’t go away I am going to have a breakdown 😭😭 I tried a banana and lots not water first thing, stretching, standing vs. sitting, it is just persistent and not going away. 

noprobalo

Starting to feel like a slug here. This morning I exercised, cleaned (not, like, excessively), then took the dog for her midday walk. While I was eating lunch, I realized I was so tired I had to immediately sit down on the couch with my feet up, and my husband had to come finish doing the dishes. That turned into a 2-hour nap, I am still so tired, and my pelvic muscles are super sore. I really don't want to cook dinner now. 🙁

tari_sara

This month features hip pain, heartburn, constipation, and hemorrhoids (ugh). Yeast infection resolved!

@chindimples04 same- lotsa movement when sitting/laying. Last night he even woke me up, lol. 

madiirosee

@chindimples04 omg yes!! My little one has been beating me up so much 😂😂 she loves my bladder too. Lucky me lol 

chindimples04

@noprobalo I’m with you on the sluggishness too! I am seriously so exhausted. My 2 year old watched more Tv than I care to admit to, today.

pizzaplz

@chindimples04 I've definitely been relying on my daughter's favorite YouTube channel to "babysit" while I rest. I miss having energy!

chindimples04

My entire right leg feels like it’s going numb and hurts like hell. I’m talking from hip bone to under my arch. Not sure if I slept funny, if he’s laying funny, or if there is some medical reason but I don’t like it. 

vampirina

@chindimples04 thats definitely concerning.  My first thought went to clot. Is it possible to call a nurses line to see if you should seek care?

chindimples04

@vampirina honestly, mine did too. I have an appointment tomorrow but if I feel really off later, I’m going to call.

noprobalo

@chindimples04 Sounds like a pinched nerve or sciatica to me. But yeah, def rule out a blood clot. Does the leg also feel hot or have any redness?

chindimples04

@cait32 @noprobalo no swelling or redness or hotness. I love my chiro. I’m more as an as needed client but I definitely go! 

demimondaine

While I was at the beach last week, especially the day we went to the water park, I got very swollen and I was having trouble emptying my bladder! So I called my nurse line and she suggested getting on all 4s to take the pressure off and peeing in the shower  Thankfully the swelling went down and I didn't need to go to urgent care down there, but when I did try it, it definitely burned! Why would it burn in a certain position?? Debating calling my GP to see if I can get an off site urinalysis although in general I don't feel like I have a UTI...

tari_sara

@demimondaine the burning doesn't sound normal - get a urinalysis done  

vampirina

I can't remember if I already complained about this so excuse me, but I feel like there is literally a bowling ball right on the other side of my cervix and it hurts so bad! It better fix itself or I'm going to have a very miserable end of pregnancy.  

chindimples04

@vampirina same! At my appointment today she said “usually you can’t tell at 24 weeks what position they are in, but he is DEFINITELY head down. “ 👌🏼 Cool kid. Hopefully this means we go a little early!

noprobalo

Woke up to a dehydration headache and abdominal pain that I think is coming from my bladder. Ugh, I'm not sure how much more water I can drink, but I guess what I'm doing isn't enough.

jtayl962

@noprobalo maybe try adding more fruits to your diet that's hydrating like watermelon or cantaloupe. I think eating those are helping me

noprobalo

@jtayl962 Good point. Cantaloupe should be pretty solidly in season right now

k_rn21

Fatigue, terrible foot and back pain that don’t go away. I feel like I’m 8 months pregnant already. 

galentine

chindimples04

@k_rn21 yes! I feel like the 3rd trimester fatigue is kicking in early! Granted, I wasn’t chasing a toddler last time around. I’m just dead 24/7!
@Valentine so much hurt.

I cannot walk up stairs without being completely winded. It’s been like that for a while but we are to the point where even 3-4 stairs have be huffing and puffing. 

noprobalo

Insomnia has kicked in for real. Feeling like a zombie 🧟‍♀️ but still can't fall asleep. I'm not even that uncomfortable at night. Ugh, why? 🥱

tari_sara

I've been having vivid dreams and nightmares the past few nights.

chindimples04

@tari_sara I was JUST coming to post this same thing, but mine has been months. *TW*

Spoiler

last nights dream involved me attempting suicide after being bullied in high school. 

I haven’t had these thoughts since after DD was born and before that, it had been at least 5 years. Scary that these thoughts and feelings are creeping back into my dreams. 

madiirosee

HEARTBURN YALL 

tari_sara

@chindimples04 ugh, sorry to hear that. idk if it's the hormones or what not but it has intensified over the past couple of weeks. i can't really remember in detail what i dream about - but it ranges from supernatural to being chased, to actually getting killed in the dream (and waking up). there was also a night i dreamed about labor - i wonder if i was having braxton hicks while sleeping. 

chindimples04

@tari_sara I’m sure it’s hormone driven. Mine have so many PTSD-tied events to them. They are probably why I’m so tired all the time, since my dreams cause me to toss and turn. I’m sorry I’m not alone!

tari_sara

Heartburn still burning. I'm having lower abdominal pain- I think it's round ligament? Difficult turning in bed at night now. 

noprobalo

@tari_sara Ugh, that's rough.

I absolutely crashed yesterday. Maybe from the TDAP shot the day before? But I went to bed an hour early and am typing this still in bed almost 11 hours later. Maybe I'll get up soon if I get too hungry...or maybe not.

tari_sara

Same! Got my tdap and the fatigue 2 days after was tough

k_rn21

Sooooo…. I think I’ve developed…. Hemorrhoids… and literally want to die. Please tell me I’m not alone and this goes away. 😭 this pregnancy has been so brutal. Just keeps getting better!! 😢

tari_sara

@k_rn21 Ughhh I feel you. Mine lasted a week so it does go away. Prep H helped. Lotsa fluids. Increased my fiber intake (started having fruit/veggie smoothies for breakfast) and took colace. If you have a donut pillow, my friend said that helped her. I used a neck pillow lmao.  

k_rn21

@tari_sara thank you!!😭 I’ll try anything. Did they return after birth or once they were gone that was it?

tari_sara

I'm FTM so not sure... I did a lot of reading on this a few weeks ago when I had it and they say it does resolve most of the time during/after birth