Issues with Pregnancy Vent (from a Lurker)

asugurl86

I don't usually post much (or at all) but find comfort in reading that other people are thinking and feeling a lot of the same things I am.  This second pregnancy with my daughter has just been down right hard.  Along with all the normal pregnancy aches and pains I have had far too many issues that are just weighing on me...

No matter how much I try to drink it seems I am still dehydrated which leaves my uterus at an "irritable" state and contractions were showing up on the monitor at L&D yesterday.  And I feel like such an idiot making trips to L&D but this has literally been a ridiculous and emotionally-draining rollercoaster involving finding a little "grey area" on her heart (thank God it turned out to be nothing), a minor car accident at 24 weeks, rising blood pressure issues at 28 weeks and a fall at 31 weeks.  I am so thankful that she is still doing okay despite all the aforementioned issues (though I still feel like an idiot spending so much time at L&D).

I am just SO uncomfortable and feel like I didn't get this way until much later in the pregnancy with my son.  I am just so ready for my little girl to be here- happy and healthy and for this pregnancy to just be over.  All of this has just been too much...why can't I have a quiet "normal" pregnancy, ugh. DH and I have talked about having a bigger family (4) but I'm not sure if I can endure further pregnancies to this degree.  Kudos to those who are able to manage!  Best wishes for healthy pregnancies and easy-going labors to you all.  Typing this out has been very therapuetic...thanks for listening!

Kellina

Sorry you're having a rough time!! My 2nd preg has been much harder as well... lots more groin/ pelvic pain, GD again, and throwing up 6 times a day in 1st tri which I didn't have with DS.

Not to mention working FT and having a 20 mo old! 

GL! you're in the homestretch!

monkiem

Oh yuck.

The way I look at it, is it's temporary.  You won't be pregnant forever, and maybe this was just a fluke since you didn't feel this way with your DS.  

Try to feel better!  Maybe spend an afternoon at the spa, with a prenatal massage, mani/pedi, etc.  Or go to Teavana (awesome tea store), and get some yummy tea to indulge in.  I swear, their stuff is magical!

Look on the bright side: my BFF is a miserable pregnant woman...she's got two beautiful little girls, and would she do it again if her hubby agreed to Number 3?  Heck yes, she would...it doesn't last forever, and she realizes that. 

Good luck with the rest of it!