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Pregnant after 35
danieleandwayne
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I thought I might be one of those happily pregnant women... I was wrong.
danieleandwayne
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It looks like my honeymoon is over. I was off to a rocky start during the 1st trimester, but at week 14, I was feeling so much better, if still exhausted and not GI-balanced.
At week 22, however, I feel like I have gotten hit by a Mac truck. Literally, overnight, I have become a bloated, ungainly whale who doesn't want to do anything but lie in bed. My belly does not look bigger, but it sure as heck feels like it is totally in the way all the time. I roll out of bed because I can no longer sit up easily. I roll off the couch for the same reason. Last night, MH had to help me get my socks off because I couldn't bend enough to pull the socks down. I also feel like my bladder is going to burst every 30-60 minutes and then I pee like 5 seconds yet feel like I just dropped a liter of fluid. And don't even get me started on how sore and stiff I am everywhere. And I once again feel nauseous.
So much for "the glow!" I will say, however, that I can feel P?pite kicking and punching up a storm and his/her timing couldn't be better-- I totally need the magic to remind me that this isn't the flu and that there is something better at the end of all this!
How's everyone else feeling this week?
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"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was."
-- Abraham Lincoln
Me:39 MH:39
DD born 6/1/2013 after 15 months of TTC with one loss.
TTC #2: BFP 4/22 but stalled growth and no HB at 9w3d on 5/30
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Re: I thought I might be one of those happily pregnant women... I was wrong.
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DD born 12.21.09, conceived w/ injects and IUI
TTC#2 since Nov 2011
BFP 2.6.12 m/c 6w5d | BFP 5.25.12 c/p
-Back to the RE-
3 medicated IUIs, all BFN
-Taking a break from treatment-
BFP 11.20.12 ~ EDD 7.28.13
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At least it's not the respiratory flu.
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BFP 12/13/12 EDD 8/22/13 Lilah Ruby born 8/8/13
I am so sorry that you are sick. Hopefully you can kick it quickly.
I am really small (I can shop in the kids section but I don't) and I thought that I was going to be a cute little happy pregnant person. I had big plans. I have been on modified bed rest since before 20 weeks. I spend most of my time on the couch. Even my OB said that this has been a harder pregnancy than most. I feel cheated.
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
BFP #1 - missed m/c 4.18.11 found @8w3d, d&c @13w
BFP #2 blighted ovum found 8.2011 @8w, misoprostol
BFP#3 - missed m/c 6.11.12 @ 9w3d, d&c revealed extra chromosome 15
BFP#4 8.10.12, DD born 4/26/13
That sucks you are sick. I had the flu a few weeks ago and thought I was going to die. I hope you get to feeling better.
I totally can relate with the socks thing. It's getting harder and harder to put my shoes on and tie them.
Sorry to hear you're sick! Those stomach bugs are horrible, even though they don't last long. I had one in the 1st tri, and I told Dh I wasn't sure I would know when it was over since I was already nauseous from the pregnancy lol. But...I definitely could tell!
Well if you read my last post, you'll know I'm also no fan of being pregnant. So you're definitely not alone there! The 3rd trimester is creeping up on me and I am so NOT looking forward to it. The swelling, the giant belly, the pressure on my bladder...ugh. It's almost worse this time since I know what's coming. But, let's keep telling ourselves it's only a few more months...then we're done! But then we'll have newborns to deal with...and maybe this sounds bad but I'm no fan of those first 2-3 months either. With DD, everyone kept telling me to "enjoy it". Enjoy what, pray tell?! The lack of sleep, the reflux/spitup, the crying for no reason at all, usually in the middle of the night...oh boy. OK so really I'm looking forward to 6 months from now when everything's all settled down LOL.
Soooo, I would love to say to those jerks at work, "If you can tell me when I've only thrown up once whether or not that is the flu or just pregnancy, you let me know. Because until I started throwing up a LOT on the walk from my car to the unit, I had no way of knowing the difference."
This 3rd trimester better go by quickly.
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I'm only 15 weeks and I can feel my ute. I have felt it since about 11 weeks and it's crazy. I don't like the feeling. I can only imagine that I'll be feeling the way you are or worse as it gets larger. I haven't felt "Peri" kicking around yet. I'm sure that's to come soon. I'm not sure now I feel about it. It might freak me out more than my uterus! I've laughed at the concept of a "glow" as well. I feel like a wreak. I just keep thinking of that beautiful babe that will be in my arms at the end of this. Hang in there!
TTC 10/11. IUI 2/12. BFP 3/8/12. 4/26/12 missed mc. RE consult 5/17/12. IVF #1 ER 7/13/12 53R, 41M ICSIed, 32F, 8 5d, 6 6d blasts - all PGD/frozen. PGD results 1 normal M and 1 normal F, 1 maybe M. FET 9/6, transferred 1 F embie. Beta 9/15 BFN. FET#2 planned for 11/2012 put off until 2013. Surprise BFP 11/21/12!! My son was born on 7/24/13!