Pity Party B!tch Fest?

GoldenPeaches · December 2011

Anybody have any? I didn't see a thread for this yet.

Mine: Breastfeeding is the single hardest thing I have ever done in my life. I'd rather be in labor every day than go through this. I've seen 2 LCs, being treated for mastitis and thrush, but have horrible stabbing nipple pain during feeds. The pedis are convinced he isn't tongue tied, but I am convinced SOMETHING has to be wrong with his mouth and my LCs agree. I believe he has a posterior tongue tie and a lip tie. I am in no pain while I pump. I never expected breastfeeding to be this hard. I am praying we find a solution. I am constantly on the verge of tears because of this and I believe I might be developing PPD. I just want answers.

kwinkle1980 · December 2011

I am sorry, goldenpeaches! Hang in there!

Here is mine: I hate waiting to go into labor. It is making me so nervous. I really don't want it to happen at work. I just want to stay home and I have 4 more days of work. I don't care about work anymore and I feel a little cheated that I have anxiety about going there every day. I would much rather be at home nesting and thinking about my baby.

jordanmd89 · December 2011

I am at work doing nothing. I will be working until December 20th when we go on Christmas Break (unless LO decides to come before then). I am having to teach the dumbest person in the world how to do my job. I learned my job all by myself and I have taught her how to do stuff 4 or 5 times and she still has no clue! If I went in to labor today she would have a panic attack and I am fine with that. She said keep your phone handy during break. If you think I am going to carry my phone everywhere with me and keep it turned on while LO and I are trying to sleep you have another thing coming! It's my leave for a reason. I taught you what to do, now figure it out or ask the boss to help you because you have no experience whatsoever.

That's my rant for the day, and that I would not be disappointed at all if LO decided to make his arrival this week!

karaknr · December 2011

Peaches Im so sorry! Hang in there girl! YOU CAN DO IT!!!

My slight whine, I wish I knew when to expect this LO. So much Christmas planning is contingent on whether she comes early or late and there's just no way to know! Either way I am SO ready to meet her!

UAbride31007 · December 2011

I hate not knowing when I'm going to go into labor. I'm tired of all these random contractions and cramps and not knowing if it's the real thing or not. I am anxious to meet LO but at the same time am OK with him coming on his own time. I also want him to come so I can be done with work.

emd2887 · December 2011

I'm sorry you're having such a rough time, GoldenPeaches. Hopefully you can figure something out soon.

Mine is that I'm frustrated that I haven't had this baby yet. Yes, I know I still haven't reached my due date, but I'm beyond upset that I got all the way to 5cm on Saturday only to have my labor stall and be sent home.

My OB said this morning that she fully expects me to have the baby before the end of the week, but I have moments where I feel like I am going to be pregnant forever.

DH is trying to be sympathetic, but doesn't really get it. Between the pregnancy I miscarried and this one, I have only had a few weeks in the past year where I have not been pregnant. The past two days I've had sporadic contractions and just need them to pick up and put me into labor!

mrsrgl · December 2011

kwinkle1980:

I am sorry, goldenpeaches! Hang in there!

Here is mine: I hate waiting to go into labor. It is making me so nervous. I really don't want it to happen at work. I just want to stay home and I have 4 more days of work. I don't care about work anymore and I feel a little cheated that I have anxiety about going there every day. I would much rather be at home nesting and thinking about my baby.

Talk to your Dr. I had crazy anxiety (I'm medicated for it when not prego) but I talked to my dr about that and my physical pain, and they wrote me out of work with 3 weeks to go, so I can start collecting short term too! No reason to stress about going to work when it's not necessary!

Moozilla11 · December 2011

I smell like bad milk because DS keeps spitting up all over me. No matter how well he burps still spits up. Breast feeding hurts now. He is a very agressive eater and goes to town... So my nips are dry, chapped and look like they will bleed soon.

Drained physically, emotionally, and mentally. I feel like I am failing at all of this.

Happily Overwhelmed · December 2011

Sounds horrible! I wish you some speedy good luck on figuring it all out. Just the idea of breastfeeding not going well scares me. Especially after taking the BFing classes with DH...he is expecting nothing less. Embarrassed

Mine....like PP I hate the not knowing. I've always imagined going past my due date (19th) but as I'm almost there I'm DYING to go early. I know LO needs to take his time...but the idea of being so close to Christmas and in the hospital sucks. They are talking like he's going to be a big baby but they won't induce unless medically neccessary. Ok...I don't really want to be induced anyways. But why isn't a huge child and talk of c-section if he gets any bigger not a medical reason? If we do have to induce the talk is the 26th. That sounds like the worst birthday in the world to me! lol.

Temp401037375003448 · December 2011

First off, I had a horrible time trying to BF DS when he was born, couple that with raging hormones and I have totally felt your pain. Hang in there! Easier said than done, I know. Now, my rants. 1- DS got sick on Thursday and he passed it on to me. We got no sleep this weekend snd had so many fun things planned as our last weekend of a family of 3. Now, I have a cold and bronchitis and I am having a c section on Friday. Coughing and having your stomach muscles cut open doesn't go hand in hand. 2. My doc office called me on Friday to let me know my cholestasis results came back spiked. The nurse was supposed to call me back to tell me if doc wanted to push up my delivery date...she never called so I spent the whole weekend freaking out when LO didn't move. I lost all respect for him and his office just days before my delivery. I know it's a rare disease but clearly he hasn't done his research. 3. My husband just called and told me he has a business meeting in dallas (3 hours away) tomorrow. Vent over.

NoodleM · December 2011

I just want to know when I'm going into labour too. I made a post about this at midnight last night. I have so many aches and pains, I'm so tired, I don't know what pain is what or what to time or when to go to the hospital. I'm scared I'm going to be one of those stories where the woman doesn't know she's in labour until a head starts bulging out from between her legs.

AND I'm getting my membranes swept tomorrow so now I have this slight panic going about all the stuff I really should do just in case I go into labour but I'm too tired from lack of sleep to do it. I have insomnia but when I feel tired everything hurts too bad to sleep.

indomesticbliss · December 2011

I'll play...

I opened my mouth on Friday and said "I do NOT LO to come until after 12/15!" and thus cursed myself with contractions...from Friday night on. They have ranged from 7 minutes apart to 3 minutes apart and started off just as tightening. Now, they are coming on occaion, and are enough to wake me up and are causing some cramps. I can totally deal with contractions (I had them off and on from 34 weeks on with #1), but these suckers are also accompanied by nausea, vomiting, other fun GI issues, extreme exhaustion, and a massive flare up in my arthritis. And, to make it better, I can't take anything for the above because most meds (including zofran) give me migranes and make me dizzy.

OurJellybean · December 2011

I'm sorry your having such a hard time, hang in there and I hope it gets better . Breastfeeding is so hard! I read books about it thinking I'd be prepared before lo got here but I still find myself confused and clueless! Exspecially about pumping! and engorgement! Ouch! Also, I love my lo so much but I can't help thinking this is all temporary and soon it will go back to life prebaby, I know this will never be the case and I'm kinda mourning the loss of my old lifestyle and wondering why i rushed wanting to deliver Do bad... Should of enjoyed it more. I'm sure it will get easier and lo will just become our new way and we will forget what it was like without her, but doesn't stop me just wishing I can have one day of my old life back. Newborns are hard work!

kwinkle1980 · December 2011

indomesticbliss:

I'll play...

I opened my mouth on Friday and said "I do NOT LO to come until after 12/15!" and thus cursed myself with contractions...from Friday night on. They have ranged from 7 minutes apart to 3 minutes apart and started off just as tightening. Now, they are coming on occaion, and are enough to wake me up and are causing some cramps. I can totally deal with contractions (I had them off and on from 34 weeks on with #1), but these suckers are also accompanied by nausea, vomiting, other fun GI issues, extreme exhaustion, and a massive flare up in my arthritis. And, to make it better, I can't take anything for the above because most meds (including zofran) give me migranes and make me dizzy.

You sound just like me! I am having all the nasty GI issues along with lots of vomiting, too. It is super uncomfortable, and I get zero sympathy for it because it is "not real labor." Sometimes a little sympathy can go a long way, so I am passing some over to you. Hopefully we'll have real labor soon enough.

Kamiegrace1 · December 2011

Happily Overwhelmed:

They are talking like he's going to be a big baby but they won't induce unless medically neccessary. Ok...I don't really want to be induced anyways. But why isn't a huge child and talk of c-section if he gets any bigger not a medical reason?

THIS. Yes

MYLYNDA · December 2011

I'll play!

Im so freaking bored.... all nested out and scared that when I come home from the hospital my house will be trashed by my lovely teenaged son. trying to get everything completed by next monday (the day of my scheduled c/s for this stubbornly breech/ big baby). Part of me wants baby to stay breech so I KNOW when to expect this baby, but a part of me wants baby to flip so I can have a "normal" delivery. Im bloody terrified of the surgery and recovery time. I do NOT like being unable to move and do things. Im scared of bf again... it hurt sooo much last time! And quite honestly we can NOT afford to FF! Dont get me wrong, Im extremely blessed in life! After 9 years of being unable to have a child with a former bf, this all came as a sudden but sweet surprise, but parts of me are terrified! I havent had a baby in 15 years! Yes, Im scared to have this baby And to top it all off, it hurts to stand, I have lightning crotch that causes me to yell out, I cant sleep anymore, I can barely wipe my butt, cant bend over to clean. my winter jacket has officially hit the limit on fitting my belly, heartburn 24/7, and I keep hoping my only pair of pants doesnt rip!! (dont fit anything else right now.)

Wow, quite the rant :P I think i'm just ready for all of this to be over and done with now.

mmecarter · December 2011

I don't usually participate, but I am feeling whiny...
I hate being off work without LO here. It's a waste of my FMLA. And bedrest is the worst thing in the world. I'm going nuts not being able to do anything.
Plus...I'm hungry ALL the time and it seems like we have nothing around to eat.

msBlackandGold · December 2011

1. As with the others--I am tired of the "hurry up and wait" for baby to come. I want to know when she'll arrive.

2. MILs calls are becoming increasingly annoying! It seems like there is nothing going on other than her waiting for her grandchild. She reminds me EVERY conversation that she wants to be called when I go into labor (she and FIL live 9 hrs away, and will be driving when we call). She tells me after I call her that she wants me to wait to push until they're there. I know she's kidding, but this is EVERY conversation! She also asks EVERY conversation if I plan to get the epi. I give her the SAME answer EVERY conversation.

3. SIL might be coming in town this week (lives 9hrs away wil MIL and FIL), and she keeps telling me that I need to walk and make sure to have the baby while she's in town.

I don't think these people understand that I want LO to come as much (probably more) than they do. I'm the one growing the baby, and not sleeping, and having my hormones messed with. But I also want her to be ready to come (2 miscarriages to get here)...so I'll wait.

That being said:

4. I would really like LO to arrive this week (if she's ready) or this weekend (even better---I'll be 39 weeks) becuase my dr will be on call. If she waits until her due date, then my Dr will not be on call.

buggywhips · December 2011

I hate not knowing when LO will get here. Hate hate hate it!

I was secretly hoping to have him this past week so I don't have to go to my Dr. appt. on Wed....I had an internal last time and it was excruciating. I know labor is no walk in the park, but at least there is an end goal with all that pain. The only "goal" when my Dr. is trying to stretch my cervix with his fingers is cramps and bleeding.

I have been having some intense BH contractions starting on Thursday. Yesterday I cleaned the house, went Christmas shopping, got the horses bedded down for the impending storm (moving 30 lb bags of wood pellets would do SOMETHING, you would think..), helped H move the tree in, moved furniture, cooked dinner, decorated the tree, and cleaned up after words. I didn't have 1 fvcking contraction! You think with all of that SOMETHING would happen. Oh well. Time to bake more cookies to see if I can gain another 5 pounds in a week.

indomesticbliss · December 2011

kwinkle1980:
indomesticbliss:

I'll play...

I opened my mouth on Friday and said "I do NOT LO to come until after 12/15!" and thus cursed myself with contractions...from Friday night on. They have ranged from 7 minutes apart to 3 minutes apart and started off just as tightening. Now, they are coming on occaion, and are enough to wake me up and are causing some cramps. I can totally deal with contractions (I had them off and on from 34 weeks on with #1), but these suckers are also accompanied by nausea, vomiting, other fun GI issues, extreme exhaustion, and a massive flare up in my arthritis. And, to make it better, I can't take anything for the above because most meds (including zofran) give me migranes and make me dizzy.

You sound just like me! I am having all the nasty GI issues along with lots of vomiting, too. It is super uncomfortable, and I get zero sympathy for it because it is "not real labor." Sometimes a little sympathy can go a long way, so I am passing some over to you. Hopefully we'll have real labor soon enough.

Thanks! Hope your LO comes soon as well. The GI stuff and vomiting is just the worst right now!

dottymobo · December 2011

I really don't know what to do about work this week. If I had a "regular" teaching or aide job, I'd go in no question- but I sub. I can handle it physically, though resting is nice (and more than that, getting things done!), but I'd be putting people in a rough situation if I had to leave during a school day- I can't really prepare for that or warn every possible school/teacher.

We never really came up with a good plan for my 2yo. We have literally no-one that can help within 2 hours, and the 2hr help is iffy, and the 3.5 hr away help is weekend only, and my parents who can and will come any time are 8hr away with good weather and traffic. Day care can buy us some time if I'm in the hospital this week at the right time of day, but it's his last week. My parents could come now, but then they could be here with no baby for almost a month! Plus, I've got no *** clue how long I might labor since last time was an induction, but chances are good that it will be short enough to make it not unlikely that I'll end up in L&D alone. ***.

NoodleM · December 2011

I have another to add:

I've been meaning to shave my legs since I'm getting close and I have let my legs go the last two months or so. I usually don't do my upper thighs as often as my lower legs due to the fact the hair doesn't really grow as much. I looked past my belly and noticed my upper thighs looked like those of a mans Tongue Tied

I just shaved them, and it was horrible! I did it in the tub because I was worried I would slip if I did them in the shower and it would be easier. Big mistake, I had to lift my belly and felt like a whale flopping around. Plus my razor looks so nasty now. I can't believe I let myself get to this state and I can't believe how hard it was to clean it all up. There might be patches, I can't tell and I don't care. I'm done shaving my legs until this belly is more deflated.

kwinkle1980 · December 2011

I am so whiny today I am posting again,

Every time I roll over, stand up, sit down, etc. I have to go #2. This is getting SO old. I have been using my cloth diaper sprayer instead of toilet paper because I am so chafed down there. What the heck is going on with my bowels? Grrrrr...

Mike&Care · December 2011

GoldenPeaches:
Anybody have any? I didn't see a thread for this yet.
Mine: Breastfeeding is the single hardest thing I have ever done in my life. I'd rather be in labor every day than go through this. I've seen 2 LCs, being treated for mastitis and thrush, but have horrible stabbing nipple pain during feeds. The pedis are convinced he isn't tongue tied, but I am convinced SOMETHING has to be wrong with his mouth and my LCs agree. I believe he has a posterior tongue tie and a lip tie. I am in no pain while I pump. I never expected breastfeeding to be this hard. I am praying we find a solution. I am constantly on the verge of tears because of this and I believe I might be developing PPD. I just want answers.

I'm sorry hon, that's how it was with my 2nd daughter. I cried at every nursing session for a good 2 months. My nipples bled and cracked and it felt like the worst pain -- way worse than labor. I started to get very resentful of it. Eventually I think my nipples just became/numb/hard and basically callused, b/c the pain finally subsided around 2 months. I ended up breastfeeding for 10 months, but didnt really ever enjoy it (mainly I did it b/c formula is so darn expensive and I like saving money, lol). The lactation consultants couldnt help at all or give me answers. She just was a bad nurser/latcher. Not all babies are the same, b/c my first was a great nurser. Anyway, I dont think I will even try breastfeeding this time after my last experience. I hope it gets better for you!! {{hugs}}

RizziB · December 2011

Within 10 days of my due date, I managed to catch a cold and get an eye infection! Thankfully the eye infection is under control but I'm still fighting the cold and now I'm within days of my due date. I never got the nesting bug, so I wasn't finished getting ready and now I'm torn between not wanting her to be late and not wanting her to show up just yet because I haven't finished my to-do list. I feel miserable thanks to the cold and guilty that I don't feel more excited about her arrival since I'm sick.

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