For th btdt moms or first timers that have heard horror stories what are you NOT looking forward to in your pregnancy?
I'm totally not ready for peeing my pants every time I sneeze or laugh too hard again. Or waking up at two am drenched in milk because I forgot to pump.
Re: What are you NOT looking forward to?
I agree with the peeing your pants thing...
my biggest fear more than what I'm not looking forward to, is bed rest. I have high blood pressure genetically and am on meds for it. Just hoping we can keep it under control throughout the pregnancy.
Heartburn all the time
Sleep deprivation, only now with a toddler that probably won't nap by then.
Married 11/27/09 and TTC right away
Dx: Complete septate uterus with cervical duplication, endometrial polyps, PCOS, endometriosis, hypo thyroid, luteal phase defect
4 uterus surgeries to correct my complete septum and to remove polyps and 2 years of seeing the RE, medicated cycles and IUIs
Baby 1 and 2: BFP 3/3/11 with 2 babies EDD 11/1/11, M/C 4/6/11
Baby #3: 8/11 pregnant EDD 4/27/11 and m/c:(
Baby #4: 10/12/11 BFP! EDD 6/16/12m/c 10/26/11
Baby #5: 3/13/12 BFP! EDD 11/25/12 ANOTHER m/c
Baby #6: 2/14/13- BFP! EDD 10/24/13, CP 2/19/13
Baby #7: 3/15/13- BFP! EDD 11/27/13, another CP
Baby #8. BFP 5/19/13 EDD 1/22/14. 8 was not our lucky number
4th septum resection on 5/31/13.
Baby #9: 6/29/13 BFP. C section scheduled for March 5th!
My miracle baby was born March 5 at 9:33am. He was 8 lbs 12.5 oz and 21.25 inches long!
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I 2nd the bedrest thing. Terrified of it. My manager does NOT like people taking time off and I know I have FMLA, but the rest is up to him. He's been known to deny everything past FMLA time and people lose their jobs.
2nd FET 6/14/2013 - BPF!!! -
1st Beta: 1046!!!!! - 2nd Beta: 2754!!!!!
First u/s 7/11/2013 - TWINS!!! 120 and 124 heartbeats
Second u/s 7/29/2013 - wiggley babies! 178 and 184 heartbeats!
Third u/s 9/9/2013 - 157 and 161 heartbeats ... a BOY and a GIRL!!!! Cervix on the "shorter side" (3-3.3) - going to check again in 2 weeks.
Fourth u/s 9/23/2013 - Baby A = 157 Baby B = 150 heartbeat. Cervix now 2.3-2.6 ... being referred to a MFM
MFM Appointment 9/26/2013 = Both babies healthy, cervix now measuring at 4 - Playing tricks on me ... will follow up in 2 weeks.
Cervical check 10/7 with regular OB - 2.1cm --- going BACK to the MFM armed with ultrasound pictures from my OB of my cervix. *sigh*
MFM Appointment 10/8 - confirmed my cervix at 2.1cm - putting me on Progesterone for a week.
MFM Appointment 10/17 - Cervix unchanged! Keeping me on Progesterone - followup 10/29
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Everett Alan James (3lbs8oz) and Eliana Lee (3lbs7oz) born 12/28/13 at 30w6d!
After baby I am not looking forward to no sleep lol and figuring out breast feeding. I hope it goes easier this time.
I am not looking forward to
PUPPS. I had a major breakout last time around the last 3 weeks. It was horrible, worse than labor and I had a 32 hr med free labor. There is no guarantee that I will get it again but I am not looking forward to the possibility.
I'm a btdt mom...i am so not looking forward to swollen ankles! It was soo bad with DD that I could barely walk!
But ibdi have a hilarious story to relate. I have a friend who has always been a sleepwalker. When she was about 8 months or so, she slept-walked her self into the living room and took a pee on her DHs lazyboy! Payback! :-D
I agree with everyone and peeing! Every sneeze is a guessing game if their will be pee or not.
I have a love hate relationship with pumping at work. I love that I get some moments of peace and quiet during the day (I teach middle school). But I hate missing lunch with everyone. In the end though its totally worth it knowing that I will be giving my baby the best nutrition possible.
I'm not looking forward to GD. Not only did the diet suck, but the insulin sucked and the stress sucked.
Also not looking forward to constantly waking up to pee in the middle of the night and then not being able to go back to sleep.
MPZ born June 2011
TTC #2 ... Cycle 1-3: IUI = BFN | Cycle 4: IVF ... canceled but 3 snow babies
Cycle 5: FET .. BFP! | EDD - 3/15/2014
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I'm just going to say it: DS turned two years old and I still pee myself sometimes when I cough. Blah poor me!! I'm too young for that sh!
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I'm not looking forward to the day I have to stop running. It's my passion, and the thought of eventually stopping it sucks.
I'm also not exactly looking forward to labor and birth and all that. I'm afraid of the unknown, and pain.
That's good to know about the BH. I get lower back pain right now from the drive, even with a support pillow. I'm kinda nervous wondering if it might get worse. Then again, I'll probably have to stop halfway through to pee if I hit traffic.
OMG! 4 month wakeful period was horrible!!! My kid slept awesomely till 4 months and then didn't sleep again till 11 months!
DD still isn't STTN. I have given up on ever sleeping again
Just curious. How does one do physical therapy down there?
I had a second degree and it took almost a year for sex to feel normal.
Starving in the third tri but not being able to eat more than 2 bites. Killer heartburn that keeps me up at night.
I could also do without a 45 hour labor + 3 hours pushing that ends up In a c/s.
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This exactly! And the horrible hip pain from constantly sleeping on your side.
I had exercises at home to strengthen the pelvic floor i couldnt even "squeeze" down there. Then 2x per week in the office and she manually stretched out my muscles in there. Painful and embarrassing but it helped.Sex is still not what it was but hey! We did it enough to make one more!
Pregnancy: I'm not looking forward to the 3rd trimester- not sleeping well, peeing all the time and inability to find shirts long enough to cover my belly. I was all belly last time. Seriously, I'm petite and short, wear a S normally and the L and XL maternity shirts weren't even long enough. (I don't like when the panel shows, you're not supposed to see that IMO)
Post: Sleep. . or should I say not sleeping, but this time limited naps to the miraculous times that toddler and newborn are asleep at the same time. Breastfeeding: Hoping it's easier and more comfortable this time around. Pumping: it gets old.
Been there, done that