Daily Symptoms, Questions and Concerns - July 23

nickicb7 · July 2015

This is where we can all share what's going on in and with our bodies today? What are you feeling? What questions do you have? What's worrying you today?

Today I woke up with a pounding headache. I can't take my head off the pillow. Also I keep dreaming about my ex. I don't like it. He was not a nice person and it's been almost 4 years. Why is he still in my brain?

How are the rest of you ladies?

ChristinaAnneW · July 2015

Headaches are the worse! I always just drink a ton of water and it sometimes helps. My dreams have been beyond wacky the past few nights, I know now what all you ladies have been talking about.

Last night I was helping my husband put dinner out and I got these sharp almost contraction like short pains between my belly button and breast bone. They stopped me right in my tracks! I'm hoping it's fine since the uterus is much lower

I am having trouble figuring out what organs move where. I never realized the crazy capabilities of the female body until recent weeks

Snoopylovesbelle · July 2015

Feeling tired and gaggy. I'm more nauseous now than I was in the beginning

mamaclownface · July 2015

16w3d

Possibly, maybe, might have felt my first flutter this morning? Not really sure but the thought of the maybe made me happy

It was like a single piece of popcorn popping around a bit.

Also, I feel y'all on the headaches. Major ugh.

ellaxo1 · July 2015

I have been sick the past two days, throwing up more than I have this entire time. I'm 14+4 and I think it's the flu and not baby related because I have other flu like symptoms. Just when I thought I was feeling better and bam!!

Also. I had a dream about my car mechanic...weirdest dream ever.

nickicb7 · July 2015

@kylelee23 yay for first time flutters! I'm definitely not there yet, but I've heard 16 weeks is when it can start. I always associate the popcorn feeling with gas, but I guess you can tell the difference. So looking forward to the movement stage, as up until now I still don't really feel pregnant.

This headache is still not moving. I took a Tylenol, and I almost never take anything, but it's still not going away!

mamaclownface · July 2015

@Nickicb7 Yes, I can't say for sure what it was, I just know it felt different than any feeling I've experienced yet. Either way, it was a good reminder we will all be at the movement stage soon enough! Cheers to that.

emzie54 · July 2015

The last day or two I have been feeling sore in my pelvis, my pubis really. It's like a pressure feeling. Like something heavy is pushing down or out. Maybe a stretching feeling? It's hard to describe. The pain is not terrible at all, it's just an unfamiliar feeling. I guess I'm starting to feel like there is something in there. Oh, and I am 15 weeks today.

deibeau · July 2015

I've had the worst time sleeping the last couple weeks. Only about 4 hour stretches at a time. Talked to midwife and she told be to try Benadryl. Took it and was able to fall asleep but woke up about 2 hours later and couldn't get back to sleep for another hour.the woke up again 3 hours later. I feel like I'm losing my mind slowly from lack of sleep. People just joke with me and say oh your body is just preparing you for when the baby arrives. I was laying in bed weeping at 330am the other night just desperate for sleep. I've even been trying these sleep meditation apps. I'm truly at the end of my rope. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

cameronreed · July 2015

@nickicb7 I have also had a couple dreams about my ex-boyfriend! I feel so guilty when I wake up next to my SO. They weren't sexual (thank goodness)!!! But still! I hate that I'm seeing him in my dreams. Bye Felicia! Lol.

cameronreed · July 2015

@kylelee23 Ahhhh that's so exciting! I'm 13w3d... Can't wait for week 16 because that means I get to find out the sex and hopefully I'll have your luck and start to feel my sweet baby soon!

karenelizabeth102 · July 2015

Hi Ladies! FTM here. I'm 12w & 4d and am feeling so much better! More energy and almost normal again! I am super excited about this, but for the last 12 weeks I've used the nausea as a confirmation that the baby is okay and everything is normal. Now that I'm feeling better I keep finding myself worrying that the baby isn't okay. Is this just misplaced fear? I mean I'm sure it is, but I can't help myself from worrying!

fragglemom · July 2015

@deibeau , maybe you can ask your midwife how she feels about Unisom sleep tabs. I have the same problem with Benadryl just putting me to sleep but not keeping me that way. My dr had me on unisom for my morning sickness and now has approved the continued use for sleep as needed.

shinyspade · July 2015

I had my dating scan today at 13w! I measured in a day behind but I'm not bothered about that. It was pretty cool to finally be able to see the little person who has been making me feel so ill.

Symptoms wise pretty much the same as I have been, was sick after having a roll this morning, exhausted and suffering killer headaches now. I'm ready for the second tri now and hopefully will start to feel more alive and human soon.

I'm really struggling with my relationship with my boyfriend right now. It was never rock solid to begin with and we have only been together a year, but we didn't see each other very often maybe once or twice a week at best. I'm always so busy with college and work and he does night shifts so we never have a lot of time for each other. Before I found out and for a few weeks after our relationship was fine but come six weeks and my nausea every little thing he does irritates me. I know it's not his fault and he is super excited about this pregnancy and having the baby but I guess I am resentful. This baby wasn't planned and financially I'm not in a very good place what with still being at college and having moved back in with my dad, I have the support of family and friends so know I will be ok but obviously my plan of college and then job and then move out is down the drain. I don't really like his friends and have never met his family, so I get very possessive when he mentions them and the baby. I know I'm being selfish and my hormones are going insane, I just feel like all I do is whinge and moan at him and don't really want to spend any time with him because it stresses me out feeling so irritated. I feel like I need to go do some calming deep breathing exercises because at the minute I don't see a future for us. I hope my hormones will calm down and I'll start to feel better and then maybe will start to be a better, less bitchy human being again...

I also have a cold

MarleneG88 · July 2015

16 weeks 3 days and still pretty nauseous. Have my 16 weeks appt tomorrow and want to ask about medication, cuz this is getting ridiculous. Can anyone give thoughts on diceglis? I know it's class a and its unisom + b6, but I'm wondering how sleepy it makes you? Dh works nights and I have dd and would want to be able to wake up instantly if she needed me or there was some type of emergency.

Also my boobs still hurt. Wtf boobs! Maybe that should go in wtf Wednesday lol

Edited for spelling

fllmom · July 2015

Nausea but not as bad as the beginning but it just lingers, Gas pains all day, Tired, headaches and just uncomfortable. This is going to be a long pregnancy

Krisdee123 · July 2015

So this whole peeing my pants business? Is this going to be a thing now? Like, every time I barf, sneeze, cough? Is this now our liiiivezzz?? And enough with the midnight surprise attack puke sessions! Done, finito, you're outta here.

hailees · July 2015

@karenelizabeth102 I can definitely relate to the fear thing with no MS. I've been having 2 or 3 puke free days followed by 1 sick day. I'm definitely telling my self the worry is misplaced bc when I'm puking I'm more reassured that things are ok.

Boo morning sickness!

CaraBoonie · July 2015

12w6d, continuing with mostly just feeling tired, sleeping until noon. As others have said, there are definitely many times I don't feel pregnant, which can be unnerving! I can't wait to have an obvious bump and start feeling movement and really feel like she's in there...without any negative symptoms necessary!

failuretofly · July 2015

13 weeks and my new thing is post-breakfast nausea. It usually settles within an hour, but ugh. I think they problem is I wake up ravenous and eat too much and my stomach is like 'woah slow down there cowboy'. But I seriously feel like I could drink a gallon of water upon waking, and that's with sipping water from a water bottle at my bedside throughout the night.

Had a crazy dream that I was full term and went into labour and for some reason DH and I decided to travel back to my hometown across the country to deliver without telling anyone! So bizzare. Also, if real labour could be like dream labour I'll be golden haha

sunnydlight · July 2015

12w 5d.
Exhausted, dizzy, nauseous and I throw up so hard I see spots and pee myself a little. Thought this was supposed to stop by second trimester. Also supper emotional and feeling unwanted. Hubby cuddled up last night and told me he loved me and I started crying cuz my stupid brain yelled "liar you think I'm getting fat" which I'm not and he doesn't think that at all. Stupid freaking hormones are turning me irrational!!

kimmy0723 · July 2015

I have been experiecing tremendous breast pain and having dreams about my ex, too. (Super gross! It's been almost ten GLORIOUS years since I last saw him!) My husband tried touching my boobs today to get some "birthday action", and while my sex drive has finally returned, I elbowed him in the face. Oops! My anxiety has reached new peaks. And my appetite has been NON-existent. (anyone else having this problem?) I am 14w1d and have lost 6 lbs altogether. No nausea, just NO desire to eat, even my favorites!

mollyj931 · July 2015

@krisdee123
Yes. It doesnt get better. After my last two kids, trampolines have been pretty much out too!

Krisdee123 · July 2015

mollyj931 said:
@krisdee123
Yes. It doesnt get better. After my last two kids, trampolines have been pretty much out too!

Oh great. We own a gymnastics centre.
:-S

mollyj931 · July 2015

krisdee123 said:

mollyj931 said:
@krisdee123
Yes. It doesnt get better. After my last two kids, trampolines have been pretty much out too!
Oh great. We own a gymnastics centre.
:-S

Lol! Oh jeez. Sorry! Do your kegels!!!

cameronreed · July 2015

I just sneezed which reminded me that for some reason sneezing is very painful for me right now. After I sneeze, I have this cramping/clenching feeling mostly on my lower right side that lasts for like 5 seconds.

Does your baby sit more on one side?? It seems all my aches and pains are on my right side. Hoping it isn't a cyst.

skfg · July 2015

14w 4 d - more exhausted than anything else. I feel the 2nd Tri energy burst and w/processing everything this week, I haven't been sleeping. Back pain too - saw chiro today. Had a step backwards as far as my back. Nothing huge, most likely due to the CVS and my arthritis reacting to that.

mommaSimpkin · July 2015

Had an appointment today. I'm a week behind, so I had my 16 week check up, and I'm only 15 weeks.
But any who!
They had to check my blood pressure three times. It was super high the first two, and they were concerned.
It finally was normal the third check. The nurse said it's a good thing, because with my age (19) and how high it was, that if I had problems. It would result in me having to lose this pregnancy.

Needless to say, it freaked me out. The only good thing was hearing that heartbeat. So strong, so loud. Baby had a heart rate of 152 today, and baby did not want to be heard. It took five minutes just because baby kept moving away from the Doppler. :x
She told us that we are gonna have a super active baby on our hands.

kwentela · July 2015

15w5d today, Woke up this morning and it was like the bloat was gone and I could legit feel my softball sized bump just above my pelvis, usually it's covered by a nice squish of bloat, woke DH up so he could feel and be freaked out like I was! Then I had to go eat right away bc the nausea was kicking in again

claireloSC · July 2015

@cameronreed: I feel the same thing while sneezing, but I do have cysts, so IDK. FX for you it's just growing pains!

@Snoopylovesbelle: me too! I'm way more sick than before. I threw up in the shower today and then had to clean it up, causing more throw up. Ugh!

@MarleneG88 I've heard that Unisom makes people feel groggy the next day. I think it was either @ChelseyBels or @Lljbean who said that? Sorry ladies, that same avatar confuses me!

bella2210 · July 2015

Someone mentioned nose whistling a while back. That's been happening to me and it makes me slightly crazy when it does. I still get restless leg from time to time but not like I did in the first trimester. I'm just so happy not to be sick all the time. I have more energy and can exercise again. Going to the bathroom had become more challenging since the second trimester. Without being too detailed, it's either one extreme or the other! All in all, I'm enjoying the second trimester much more!

Snoopylovesbelle · July 2015

cameronreed said:
I just sneezed which reminded me that for some reason sneezing is very painful for me right now. After I sneeze, I have this cramping/clenching feeling mostly on my lower right side that lasts for like 5 seconds.

Does your baby sit more on one side?? It seems all my aches and pains are on my right side. Hoping it isn't a cyst.

Yeah that's round ligament pain. I have to prepare myself for every sneeze, cough or sudden move or else I pee a little or the RLP goes

nickicb7 · July 2015

cameronreed said:
I just sneezed which reminded me that for some reason sneezing is very painful for me right now. After I sneeze, I have this cramping/clenching feeling mostly on my lower right side that lasts for like 5 seconds.

Does your baby sit more on one side?? It seems all my aches and pains are on my right side. Hoping it isn't a cyst.

This happens to me as well. Except for me it's across my abdomen, not to one side. But ya, I often wonder if my uterus contracts to protect the baby or something.

klbh · July 2015

I'm 12w6d now and finally starting to have normal energy levels again! What a relief. I had almost forgotten what my life used to be like. Now I even wake up before the alarm on occasion and can stay out of the house past 9 pm without having a toddler-style meltdown (I mean, not past 10 or anything crazy like that, but still). Good timing, as I am moving aallll the way across the country (California to Massachusetts) starting at the end of next week and am going to need those energy reserves.

Shared the news about the baby with more relatives this week! Everyone was very excited. I've been sort of irrationally nervous to tell some people. due to a combination of superstition and uncertainty about how they'd react, but everyone has been supportive and sweet. My little sister is especially excited. She's 14 now, the same age I was when she was born, which is crazy to think about. I felt like such a grown-up then, and she seems so little to me now....

cameronreed · July 2015

@klbh WOW! That sounds like quite an adventure. Safe travels!

BabyRut2015 · July 2015

15 weeks 4 days

Definitely finally feeling better from having a long trimester of daily puking!! Relief!!!! Finally!!!! Still getting headaches here and there but I'll live, at least I can EAT.

SO IRRATIBLE this week.

And crampy calves? I'm hoping this is not correlated to vericose veins??

Stretching pulls and pains in lower abdomen

Can feel little bump when I lay down

Other than that, I'm enjoying the 2nd trimester much more than the 1st!!!

kemerson531 · July 2015

Is anyone using or used an app to count kicks? A friend of mine was semi-religious about tracking baby's movement, but I'm not really sure what the point is. I know you're supposed to feel movements every day and if you don't it can signify a problem, but is it necessary to count each and every one? Any apps you really like that I can check out?

mrockensock · July 2015

My depression has lifted a little bit today, which is a relief. My sex drive is definitely up I almost feel like my partner can't keep up with me

I identify as queer and usually present more masculine (genderqueer) but lately I've been pulling out the skirts and rocking the femme. It must be all the estrogen and hormones. I've kinda been enjoying it. We go in for our monthly check up tomorrow and I can relate to others about the anxiety and nervousness.

That seems to be the happenings today.

klbh · July 2015

@cameronreed thanks! All our furniture and so on is going in pods, so I'm telling myself it's just a long road-trip vacation (with plenty of packing and unpacking on either end). At least we'll be driving our own car, not a moving truck!

mollyj931 · July 2015

kemerson531 said:
Is anyone using or used an app to count kicks? A friend of mine was semi-religious about tracking baby's movement, but I'm not really sure what the point is. I know you're supposed to feel movements every day and if you don't it can signify a problem, but is it necessary to count each and every one? Any apps you really like that I can check out?

It won't be for awhile that you are suppose to keep track.
That said, my dad was OB/GYN and never told patients to actually kick count because he felt that it caused more stress. He pretty much said the same as you to make sure you feel baby move every day and you become a little accustomed to when they are more active. If something felt abnormal with the amount they were moving then you should get checked out.

kristaleigh0525 · July 2015

I never suffered through much nausea or dizziness during the first trimester, but tonight I was with a friend talking in the doorway and all of a sudden my heart rate increased, I got extremely nauseous, and broke out in a cold sweat! I ended up laying down in her entryway just so I wouldn't pass out. This has only happened one other time...I hate to worry, but since this hasn't been a common symptom for me, it just makes me uneasy! Had a 16 week appointment today and saw my baby via handheld US and got to hear a nice, strong heartbeat, so am I crazy for being such a worrywart?

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