Daily symptoms 5/20

klkonwi · May 2015

Share yours!

1st I have to say I'm annoyed with May board. They keep talking about castor oil when no one has even shared a positive experience with it! It causes diarrhea. Move on!

Hello almost 2am. Nice to see you again reflux.

I packed the hospital bag last night and went to fill out hospital paperwork yest as well. I felt so cheerful doing all that..... And now it's 2 am again and depression/anxiety is trying to ruin my mood & succeeding. Normal ppl can overcome these overwhelming feelings....... Depressed ppl have to sit up and think about everything.

So excited for all the moms that have given birth. It is super fun to look at that birth thread!

I still find it strange how I have stretch marks everywhere BUT my abdomen. Anyone else? Is it weird that I was fully accepting and prepared for them on my stomach but not other body parts. That totally throws a wrench in things.

My DH is adorable. Tonight I was crying happy/anxiety tears over getting things ready for the birth and he's like, " what are you doing?"
Me- "crying..... Because...sobs'"
DH - " crying just because of pregnancy.... "
He gets it. Lol he knows the tears are for all the crazy hormones!!!

klkonwi · May 2015

Ha.

esampson1983 · May 2015

Insomnia is getting me tonight but I think it's more from just being stressed at this point.

LO is moving like crazy. I'm also having lots of BH and cramping right now... Fun times...

Hope you all have a good Wednesday!

sarahgracewedding · May 2015

Curse you taco Tuesday and your delicious spicy salsa verde. Now I'm up coating my throat in milk because the heartburn is killing me! Ugh all my fault too so I shouldn't complain lol

virginiaunicorn11 · May 2015

So. Tired. And a kind of "deep" nausea that is hard to describe because it is not like an upset tummy, but I can't think how else to describe it. Like LO is on my organs, just making me feel a little seasick.
Need to be getting my act together for a task at work that I'm doing as a favor... Yuck.

Mentally happier than my body feels today.

Womp womp, thanks for letting me gripe. Hope you ladies have a good one!

aliciac2008 · May 2015

I just want to sleep!!!

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kaila8 · May 2015

These restless legs are too much for my exhausted mind & body tonight.... Where are you sleep?!!!

Cramps. Nausea. Random contractions. Back pain. Anxiety. Really hoping for some light at the end of this tunnel at my appointment tomorrow. Today has been rough!!!

Oh and @klkonwi I was just complaining to DH today about how upset/angry I was about the stretch marks on my thighs. His response was what did you expect? I started crying and said "for them to be on my stomach!!!"

( Hormonal temper tantrum completed. For today at least.

I'm ready to be my happy go lucky carefree optimistic self again. Just a few more weeks!

fridaysdance · May 2015

I'm still having weird brownish discharge after my check yesterday. They warned me I might spot, but this is annoying. Also, my meds wore off and my contractions are back with a vengeance. If they stay regular, I get to head back to l&d for more monitoring but I can't even time the stupid things because they're more like what i've heard of back labor and constant back pain. So frustrating. ..

Serenamarr · May 2015

Chiropractor did something weird yesterday and now my left sciatic nerve is killing me. Hopefully it's just a result of pressure being removed/will resolve soon and not a result of him doing something wrong. On the bright side pretty sure LO is head down, but instead of facing my back is facing to the right because I feel his back on my left and tiny feet in my right front ribs. Hope he turns around for me!

On another note, last night while getting into bed I saw the first bug I have seen in our apartment in seven months. And it was a big fat disgusting centipede on the wall two feet from my side of the bed. I was freaking out til FI killed it, but I still slept horribly and just had the itchy crawlies all night. Moved out to the couch to not keep FI awake since he has to be up at seven. I'll probably do a thorough sheet check before I try to go back to sleep once he's up. Looking forward to putting the AC in today so I can close all the windows aka portals to disgusting creatures. I hate bugs!!!!!

dirtymartini · May 2015

Contractions for hours last night. All the time. Every few minutes. I assumed it couldn't be real labor because it just felt like pressure and major tightening but not actually painful. Braxton Hicks probably. Now they are gone, but man, hours straight of that stuff!!! Hope it doesn't happen at work today because although I wasn't in pain it certainly isn't comfortable.

girlyjo · May 2015

Oh boy, last night I was pretty crampy and, at the risk of sharing TMI, wiped pink every time I went to the bathroom. This morning I'm about the same but a little more nervous as both 'symptoms' have continued. Like pp, just uncomfy and not real pain.

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mrs1374a · May 2015

Well I thought Sunday was just a one day thing, no turns out my morning sickness has returned. Yay. 4 weeks today until my c section. Maybe she will make mommy happy and come in like 2 weeks?

SarahBaby87 · May 2015

Contractions got crazy and painful last night. So per my discharge orders, back to L&D I went. Was there for 4 hours getting fluids and being monitored. The contractions never really stopped or got better. But when they checked me I was still just a finger tip. Good news because baby gets to keep baking safely for another few weeks. Down right depressing news because that means that all these days of contractions and pain have caused zero progression. That feels scary. By the time we got back home it was 2 AM. Basically I was told to keep with the modified bedrest and use this new pain level as my new baseline for what's acceptable. Fab.u.lous.

mlindzz · May 2015

36 weeks today!!! Yay! Five weeks ago triage doctors were certain my 'best case scenario... Is 35 weeks', but look at this little man go! Showing off already and reminding us who is calling the shots!

As for symptoms, overall I'm feeling pretty good! Sleeping isn't easy, heartburn, indigestion and exhaustion are far to familiar; while I'm also feeling very thankful and relieved to still have this bun in the oven and be having this time at home to get caught up on things and prepared for LO. It's has given DH and I some much appreciated alone time before baby arrives (I'm on medical leave and DH often works from home).

I've had a few bouts of BH the past few days, often they last 2-3 hours and are 5-10 minutes apart, luckily each time they've regressed once I could get home and relax in the tub. But now my stomach feels like it's been hit by a truck after only a few hours of 'practice', I can't begin to imagine what after delivery will feel like! Yikes.

KonaCoffeeBean · May 2015

I'm starting to get some ambiguous lower abdomen cramping. It's dull and inconsistent. Not sure if it's contractions of some stripe, indigestion, or really nothing at all.

kbbtah · May 2015

My legs/feet resemble that of an ELEPHANT ! It is soooohoho nasty and painful. Giving in and going to get compression socks today. Hoping that helps. Otherwise, I'm doing ok. 34w5d so im a ways behind most of you

rodriyessi94 · May 2015

Typical pelvic and back pain!!! Still ugly swollen feet.

ElRuby · May 2015

Nausea and vomiting due to heartburn... General aches and pains.

lovethatcolosun · May 2015

@klkonwi tell May about eating unripened papaya and nipple tweaking! Sounds WAY more fun than drinking castor oil! :-&

My symptoms are just being general uncomfortable. LO was shifting from side to side yesterday stretching new parts of my stomach. Not a nice feeling. Like others, I only really feel comfortable in a reclined position. Going to an indoor jungle gym with DS today so that should be interesting. I just want to stay at home, nap and sit in my recliner. Additional symptoms are the same: swelling in hands and feet and a numb right hand on occasion.

Have a fantastic Wednesday fellow bumpies!

laurendutch · May 2015

I've noticed when I take a Tylenol and Benadryl at night I can sleep so much better and without hip pain.

aliciac2008 · May 2015

I'm 38.3 weeks pregnant, sick with an awful cold, I can't stay home from work otherwise it cuts into my maternity leave, and I'm running on 3 hours of sleep since I couldn't fall asleep until 4 last night. I need a pity party but my husband and family really want me to go to work for sure, so they're kind of ignoring how I'm feeling.

mrs1374a · May 2015

@aliciac2008 I'm sorry you have a cold, I had one last week and I was totally miserable. I understand. I couldn't sleep at all either.

Mommaswizz · May 2015

1) I've had the same thoughts about the may board... perhaps I am just a horrible mean girl but all of the IS THIS IT? or WHERE'S MY BABY? posts would drive me to some pretty harsh gif-ing lol

2) i'm beginning to think my swollen ankles aren't swollen at all and they're just fat. Is fat a symptom??

mlindzz · May 2015

Yup.

karaelaine1991 · May 2015

Heartburn today - thank goodness for Zantec! Still no prelabor signs for me at 38w1d - baby is not yet engaged, no mucus plug, nothing. I am getting BH pretty frequently, along with what I think are what I can expect of early contractions, at least from what I've read. Every so often - like, once every few days or so - I'll have what feels like one very intense period cramp, accompanied by lower back/pelvis pain. It'll last for around a minute, and then it'll be over. From what I've read, that's what a contraction feels like, but any time I get them, it's one and done. Anyone else experiencing this? And, from what I've described, does it sound like legit contractions, or something else? I plan to ask my doctor on Friday but I'm interested to hear if anyone else is having this going on.

ETA also, 3 of the 4 times that this has happened so far it's been in the middle of the night and has actually woken me up from sleeping, which is NOT typical for me at all! The other time I was actually driving home from my internship after having overexerted myself there.

upandbelow · May 2015

Other than being tired I'm feeling pretty good today. Nights suck - just like most of you it seems - I wake up with burning hip pain and end of having to get up to pee a bunch of times during the night. But for now that's really all I've got going on.

KaLikeAWind · May 2015

My frickin hips HURT during and after sleeping. They say don't lay on your back but gods, I gotta for a while to rest these breedin' hips! Maybe I'll take a Tylenol with a benadryl tonight to see of that helps like @laurendutch suggested. Acid reflux / heartburn last night but that's what I get for eating a bowl of strawberries and then some girl scout cookies about an hour before bed. New and interesting (not) development - pressure on my crotch from the inside when I walk around, and sometimes when at rest, too. My back hurts. I'm tired.
But at some point during the class last night my brain hypnotized itself and went into a full blown positive "I'm going to breastfeed like a champ! And my kid is never going to cry cause I'm going to be so good at picking up all its cues that it won't need to cry to get our attention! Its gonna be a snap!"

Mindtrip. Absolutely ridiculous. Never gonna happen, realistically. But I'm gonna ride this pony cause it makes me feel better.

Sammy K · May 2015

Threw up in the middle of the night due to heartburn. Scared the crap out of the dog. I definitely have restless legs before bed. And LO is kicking the crappie out of me today. I'm pretty sure she's head down but sunny side up. We have 4 weeks, so hopefully not a problem.

Jna0407 · May 2015

Heartburn, heartburn, & heartburn! Ugh. Oh then there's lack of sleep from heartburn, general discomfort, and hip pain. I enjoy laying on my left side, but after too long I get pain in my hip that shoots down my left leg. Ugh. Contractions and back pain seem to be common with everyone too. Oh and feeling like I have enough urine in my bladder to end this California drought only to find I only tinkle 3 drops. Wah

devyns2nd · May 2015

I've had a bad headache and a high temp since last night. I need to go to my Dr but I don't feel like driving and DH is too far away.

jamisynr · May 2015

Lots of constant mild period like cramping.. pretty sure its my only symptom right now. Or its just taking my mind off everything else.

Excited to have my doc appointment tomorrow and see if I've dilated anymore. Not that it means anything, just curious if there has been any change.

klkonwi · May 2015

@lovethatcolosun I totally should make a post about papaya and nipples..... Start a riot!!!!! Lol

bbnmama2012 · May 2015

My pulse has been high lately. Walking across the house makes me feel like I ran a mile. I'm swollen and my ankles have disappeared. I realize I'm big, but if one more person says something about how big I am or how big of a boy he's gonna be.... Well, I'm not sure what I'll do, but they should seriously stop. Lol.

thatgirlstef · May 2015

I actually had the best night of sleep last night that I have in WEEKS. I don't feel any better today, in fact I still want to nap, but oh my GOSH it was glorious to not just lay there and listen to hubby snore for once!!! I ate dinner a lot earlier than I normally do last night, and I am wondering if that has anything to do with it. I woke up starving earlier than I normally do, but I got 8 hours of sleep with only one pee wake up so I'll take it. Going to try again tonight! Though yogurt and strawberries for breakfast has already kicked in the relentless heartburn for the day, ugh........

Westypet · May 2015

KonaCoffeeBean said:
I'm starting to get some ambiguous lower abdomen cramping. It's dull and inconsistent. Not sure if it's contractions of some stripe, indigestion, or really nothing at all.

YES. THIS.

Westypet · May 2015

Sammy K said:
Threw up in the middle of the night due to heartburn.

It woke me up in the middle of the night, and was so, so strong and painful. I felt like my HG was coming back, too, but I think it was nausea due to bad heartburn. Terrible.

Westypet · May 2015

This appetite has been out of control, too!

paige0704 · May 2015

I do nothing all day bc I have been on moderate bed rest and yet I am still tired...actually let me rephrase that Exhausted!!! I dont understand even with 9 hrs of sleep (well interrupted sleep from peeing so much and changing posiitions) and a nap during the day I still just feel pooped...its getting really old

( I cannot wait for my energy to level out after delivery...well i hope it does !! Other than that just normal pelvic pressure and even rectal pressure ugh!

I hope today and the next 5 weeks fly by!!!! Have a good day fellow preggo ladies

elizab14 · May 2015

Was up from 2-4 before having to wake up at 6am. Have had BH contractions all day about every 10-15 minutes.Meh. Did get permission to leave work early to go chiropractor and I can get in a 10 min massage for my low back!! Yay! And I'm going to a super chill prenatal yoga class tonight.

Just give me nachos and let me sleep for the next 6 weeks.

kherman14 · May 2015

Today...I am trying to rest after hectic busy cleaning day and we finally got new couch in. And my body keep telling me to cleaaaaaaan more!?!?! Lol BH increases more when I'm walking too

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