Bed resters, what's the high point of your Friday?

weddedwife

Posting the check-ins early as I have a visitor coming tomorrow morning

GTKY: This one's a TMI...sorry! Have you been constipated at all since being on bed rest? If you have, what are you doing to combat it?

weddedwife

I'm 32 weeks!!! And I have a visitor coming Friday morning; she's bringing food and is a wonderful lady who has been through loss so it's so nice to talk to her.

GTKY: Yes!!! I have been dealing with this since day 1. I've been doing metamucil 1x day plus stool softeners 2x day. It worked for a long time but now I'm starting to get constipated again. I had DH buy some prune juice (ew) but I haven't had the guts to try it yet. Have a feeling that will be happening soon though!

yinyang124

My boys came last night!! I can't copy and paste from my tablet, but the story is on the multiples board, if any wants to read! Love and best wishes to all of you. I'll be checking in from time to time, and I will post pictures soon!

EAMommy

I'm meeting my DH for lunch... Thank you for modified bed rest!

GTKY: No, I haven't been constipated. However, I've had hemorrhoids since about 18 weeks (not due to constipation either) and they have flared up big time since being on bed rest. Thank you gravity...

abs99

yinyang124:

My boys came last night!! I can't copy and paste from my tablet, but the story is on the multiples board, if any wants to read! Love and best wishes to all of you. I'll be checking in from time to time, and I will post pictures soon!

 

MAJOR congratulations!!!!! off to check out the full story!!! 

BriMilla

yinyang124:

My boys came last night!! I can't copy and paste from my tablet, but the story is on the multiples board, if any wants to read! Love and best wishes to all of you. I'll be checking in from time to time, and I will post pictures soon!

 Wahoo!!! Big congratulations! Read your post on the multiples board and it sounds like they are doing great!!!  

My high point of today is one of my good friends came over and brought her daughter for my DD to play with and she is cleaning my house, so nice to have a clean house!!!  

elizabeth0705

DH is finally cleaning the house. That is the high point of my day, because the mess was really getting to me!

GTKY: Yes, unfortunately. I think it is more related to the iron pills I'm taking, though. The doctor is letting me take them every other day (instead of every day) now, and that seems to be helping the situation a bit. 

elizabeth0705

yinyang124:

My boys came last night!! I can't copy and paste from my tablet, but the story is on the multiples board, if any wants to read! Love and best wishes to all of you. I'll be checking in from time to time, and I will post pictures soon!

 Congratulations!! 

katiebird1127

Seriously, try some actual prunes (they taste yummy and sweet and you can get them "flavored lemon or orange") and a Dt. Coke.  It works miracles.

Whales124

Congrats yinyang!!!

Great appt today and had lunch with my mom, my fav thing about Fridays. Oh, and my cousin is in labor, so exciting! Since my cervix is doing so well they are easing off some restrictions, I can walk 2 times next week for 20 min each and do a little yoga. I'll be checked Thursday to see if it caused any trouble, so I'm psyched!

GTKY: I have IBS not pg so I'm always one way or the other. I've had hemmroids since about 14w, so that's been awesome. I take 1 colace pill a day, and usually have a cup of decaf coffee in the morning. So far I'm doing alright with that combo.

weddedwife

yinyang124:

My boys came last night!! I can't copy and paste from my tablet, but the story is on the multiples board, if any wants to read! Love and best wishes to all of you. I'll be checking in from time to time, and I will post pictures soon!

Yay!!! Congrats, mama! Heading over there now...

laxkal23

A friend of mine dropped of a "bored box" from a bunch of my coworkers last night. Word games, magazines, a pedicure set, jigsaw puzzles and chocolate. What more could one ask for. I am working on one of the puzzles as we speak should be a good way to kill time.

 

I am fortunate to have been pretty regular throughout. Fingers crossed it stays that way. 

weddedwife

katiebird1127:

Seriously, try some actual prunes (they taste yummy and sweet and you can get them "flavored lemon or orange") and a Dt. Coke.  It works miracles.

I have tried eating prunes and they didn't help. I've had as many as 6 at a time and didn't notice any difference  Haven't tried it with soda though- I can't stand diet but I wonder if it would work with regular? Hmm... may have to investigate this.

FWIW, I drank some prune juice yesterday. Thought this was supposed to work instantly? Um... it took like 12 hours to produce a BM and it wasn't any easier than usual. Sigh. Maybe I need to drink more of it? 

weddedwife

Whales124:

Since my cervix is doing so well they are easing off some restrictions, I can walk 2 times next week for 20 min each and do a little yoga. I'll be checked Thursday to see if it caused any trouble, so I'm psyched!

This sounds awesome! Great news!

ambrlynn8

weddedwife:

katiebird1127:

Seriously, try some actual prunes (they taste yummy and sweet and you can get them "flavored lemon or orange") and a Dt. Coke.  It works miracles.

I have tried eating prunes and they didn't help. I've had as many as 6 at a time and didn't notice any difference  Haven't tried it with soda though- I can't stand diet but I wonder if it would work with regular? Hmm... may have to investigate this.

FWIW, I drank some prune juice yesterday. Thought this was supposed to work instantly? Um... it took like 12 hours to produce a BM and it wasn't any easier than usual. Sigh. Maybe I need to drink more of it? 

I was having some issues... I ate an apple and that somehow worked miracles. You've probably tried apples, but if not, they are much tastier than prunes! Apple juice doesn't seem to do anything, though.