@ArtificialRed I'm right there with you. I haven't been getting too tired until the afternoon, but today after 2 hours at work, I'm exhausted. I even went to bed early last night and got plenty of sleep, but I'm ready to crawl under my desk and take a nap.
Me: 26 | DH: 26
Married: 08/23/2014
TTC Baby #1: August 2016-February 2017 BFP 02/25/2017, EDD 11/07/2017
@ArtificialRed - I'm having something similar today and I don't remember it happening before. My knees hurt going up the stairs. I go up and down the stairs in our house all day long, usually carrying a kid. WTF, body. No time for these shenanigans. But definitely feeling achy and I think it's new this time around.
@ChickadDeedee@Roliepoliecoley4 SAME I have a cozy critter robe I got for christmas, and I basically live in it now. Stole my partners super warm winter coat for when I go out. We're trying to leave the heat off, but I def sneak turn it on.
Me: 28 DW: 23 Dating: 10/23/2013 Married: 6/13/2014 TTC since June 2016 BFP #1: 3/2/17 - MC 5/22/17
Does anyone else have extremely persistent cramping? This is my first pregnancy and I swear I am actively cramping in my lower abdominal/uterus area like 80% of the time. I probably would not describe it as intermittent, but moreso persistent.
I'm also cramping! It sometimes seems to become worse when I'm busy. With me it isn't very low but more a general abdominal pain as if I drank to much water in a short time.
For those cramping a lot - I feel you. Same here too - except mine is usually gas pain. I didn't realize that until almost the end of the first tri with my son. D'oh. I've also had pain located just on one side and that has typically been from a cyst that forms on the ovary when fertilization happens. For whatever reason, I'm super sensitive to it. Also, can be your body just getting ready to start expanding. No doctor here, but I am always of the mind that if what you are experiencing is causing you anxiety, call your OB and ask to talk to them or a nurse - how I found out about the cyst thing - called with anxiety and they brought me in and did an early u/s and found it. Never hurts to ask if you are having anxiety or stress over these things.
Holy bloat. Seriously considering pulling out the maternity clothes this weekend even though I'm only 5 weeks today! Only 1 or 2 pairs of my jeans buttons where it's not uncomfortably tight already.
So effing tired all the time. Today was the first day in a week that I haven't taken a nap.
Random joint pain in my knees.
A bit of queasiness around dinnertime. Especially if someone mentions meat.
April Siggy Challenge: April Showers
About me:
29 y/o Married 6.26.11 BFP 12.23.13, EDD 9.2.14 - baby girl, born too soon at 22w6d due to a placental abruption on 5.5.14 BFP 8.4.14, EDD 4.15.15 - rainbow son, born at 30w4d due to a placental abruption on 2.8.15, healthy 3 y/o now! BFP 2.28.17, EDD 11.8.17 - baby girl, miscarried at 11 weeks on 4.21.17 BFP 11.28.17, EDD 8.8.18, delivering in July - another rainbow baby boy!
Still not keeping anything down. So freaking frustrating. I was really hoping this time would be different, but it seems to be worse. Thinking about putting a call in to my OB but we've been through this before and nothing works so I don't even know what she would say. UGH.
Food aversion and bloating this week. Nothing seems appetizing besides sweets and melted cheese. I started making salads to bring for lunch, but the thought of eating it makes me nauseous. So far skittles and starbursts are the primary things getting me through the school day....I've been trying to drink more water and sparkling water too.
I've been feeling better after dinner on Tuesday ahem, cleared me out. Naturally, it's freaking me out because more symptoms are reassuring. Effing mind games.
Lately, been dealing with cramping really low down (def in uterus), not sure if normal or what. Not bad enough I need pain pills or anything... but ouch. Everything I read about mild cramping in pregnancy says it's implantation related, but I'm pretty sure already implanted? idk.
Me: 28 DW: 23 Dating: 10/23/2013 Married: 6/13/2014 TTC since June 2016 BFP #1: 3/2/17 - MC 5/22/17
Today at the RE's, a nurse gave me a ginger candy called Gin-gins. Night and day! I went from feeling so sick I could barely drink juice to gobbling down half a sandwich in twenty minutes. I am going to have to go buy some of these.
The nurse also recommended a B6 supplement to help with morning sickness. I'm going to try that too!
I truly don't know how I can be feeling anything yet, so maybe I just picked up a bug or something?
But I feel and look really bloated, and am having really bad GI issues anytime I eat. I'm hungry all the time, but by the time I get the thing i want, I don't want anything anymore.
And OMG my poor boobs. Ouch!
~Mom to an amazing Jan 2011 boy~ ~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
Today at the RE's, a nurse gave me a ginger candy called Gin-gins. Night and day! I went from feeling so sick I could barely drink juice to gobbling down half a sandwich in twenty minutes. I am going to have to go buy some of these.
The nurse also recommended a B6 supplement to help with morning sickness. I'm going to try that too!
I think I used to find them at Trader Joes, but I've also seen them randomly in some grocery stores.
~Mom to an amazing Jan 2011 boy~ ~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
@pawcall Thanks! I asked my husband to look at the whole foods knockoff near our house. If no luck, I'll go to trader joe's this weekend. At the very least they'll have candied ginger to nosh on.
@adirat Gin-Gins are life savers!!! They were the only thing to settle my stomach when I was pregnant with my son. I was on the max dose of an anti nausea medication (Diclectin) and it wasn't working. A couple of those babies and I was able to eat some food and keep it down without feeling like I was going to hurl all day.
@heatherdubrow and @slaven - I feel you on the bra issues. Pre-pregnancy I'm a 40H. I have no idea what I'll do when my boobs get bigger.
No nausea yet, but holy sense of smell! Fur baby had an accident in the guest bedroom and I could smell it before I got even near the room. Also, so much burping! Thankfully right now they're quiet right now so I can hide it. And then of course boobs hurt. Back hurts off and on.
I am anxious about how different this pregnancy has been so far but here is, bloating, very sore breasts, hot flashes, mood swings ( I cried for an hour looking at amazon yesterday? very sensitive sense of smell, starving but full quickly. I also have some bad lower back pain but I think this is more a symptom of Urban Boot Camp and not pregnancy.
Holy crap I'm so gassy today. So much that I have to bend over and compress my stomach to um... relieve the gas. So ladylike.
April Siggy Challenge: April Showers
About me:
29 y/o Married 6.26.11 BFP 12.23.13, EDD 9.2.14 - baby girl, born too soon at 22w6d due to a placental abruption on 5.5.14 BFP 8.4.14, EDD 4.15.15 - rainbow son, born at 30w4d due to a placental abruption on 2.8.15, healthy 3 y/o now! BFP 2.28.17, EDD 11.8.17 - baby girl, miscarried at 11 weeks on 4.21.17 BFP 11.28.17, EDD 8.8.18, delivering in July - another rainbow baby boy!
I'm only a little over 4 weeks, but I was also pregnant from November to January, so those familiar symptoms are coming back. I've been a little freaked since I got a positive about 6 days to a week before my period is due and didn't have many symptoms.
My boobs are finally filling out and getting sore. Exhaustion is extreme and I have been sweating some days. Praying I don't get headaches and bloody noses like last time. *TMI* loose stool and I are not friends right now, but I'll take it over constipation! */TMI* Yesterday the cafeteria made gross broccoli and I could smell it a million miles away. I also was able to smell two women smoking in a car from outside the car. Gross!! I get heartburn when I don't eat quickly enough.
Anyone else taking baby aspirin? Any symptoms from it?
@kschref I have had random, inconsistent knee pain with both pregnancies. Could be relaxin for anyone with body aches, or just stiffness from laying down a lot when tired. This time around it only happened one day, but it's still early. https://www.livestrong.com/article/228225-knee-pain-pregnancy/
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
I'm officially freaking myself out. I have had little bits of crampy pain on the side I ovulated from since my IUI. At first I blamed the IUI, those seemto be kind of painful for me. Then I figured maybe O pain. But now all I can think is ectopic.
I have beta #2 on Monday and if it looks good they'll do an US a week or so later. Should I just hang tight until then? I don't even know if there's anything they could do/see before then.
I know some crampiness is totally normal, but is anyone else only feeling it on one side?
~Mom to an amazing Jan 2011 boy~ ~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
@pawcall Try to relax. It could be gas or constipation. Your placenta also needs to implant just like the ball of cells that becomes a baby did. Doc said it could still be implanting at 6-8 weeks during my last pregnancy. Good luck with your beta.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
So far mainly just bloat and a little cramping for me, and exhaustion but I can't tell if that's just because I already have two toddlers and I keep shooting awake super early every morning from crazy dreams. I have been having crazy, vivid dreams which was the symptom that made me test for each of my pregnancies. So weird!
For the ladies worried about cramping, I had on and off cramping for the first several weeks of both of my prior pregnancies. I still felt scared so I understand where you are coming from, but it is usually totally normal!
@pawcall I had the same freakout last night. I am having a little pain on my left side but honestly (TMI) I think it's just gas or I'm a little constipated. I've felt that same feeling before many times when not KU and it's always been that I just need to use the bathroom. I've even been to the doctor for it previously and it was embarrassing to hear "you need to use the bathroom" haha. I'm not going to lie, I did some googling last night which was bad but I have no other ectopic symptoms aside from the little pain. I know it's hard but try not to worry! I plan on bringing it up to my dr just in case on Monday so if that makes you feel better to talk to them I would do that!
@DuchessOfCambridge and @pawcall I have also had similar pain on my right side. It is super hard to not panic and is also why I POAS last night (sigh). But like @DuchessOfCambridge i had similar pains before being KU and I do think for me anyway, it is related to having to pee. TMI. But it does scare me as well. @pawcall I plan to call my doctor if it continues or gets worse and if it's making you really anxious you might do that too hugs!
So far I'm with everyone on feeling bloated and nauseous and tired. It's like I don't feel hungry at all until boom I feel so nauseous that I have to eat something immediately or else I vomit. So weird. So I've taken to packing snacks for me as well as for the kids. We were at Costco today and all three of us were like WHERE ARE THE SAMPLES! alas, too early, lol.
I've also had some random diarrhea the last 2 days but I'm thinking maybe that's just a little virus or something? super strange. It's not constant but its like when I do have to go, it's not firm so much.
Re: Symptoms Thread for the week of 3/4
BFP 02/25/2017, EDD 11/07/2017
Dating: 10/23/2013
Married: 6/13/2014
TTC since June 2016
BFP #1: 3/2/17 - MC 5/22/17
So effing tired all the time. Today was the first day in a week that I haven't taken a nap.
Random joint pain in my knees.
A bit of queasiness around dinnertime. Especially if someone mentions meat.
About me:
Married 6.26.11
BFP 12.23.13, EDD 9.2.14 - baby girl, born too soon at 22w6d due to a placental abruption on 5.5.14
BFP 8.4.14, EDD 4.15.15 - rainbow son, born at 30w4d due to a placental abruption on 2.8.15, healthy 3 y/o now!
BFP 2.28.17, EDD 11.8.17 - baby girl, miscarried at 11 weeks on 4.21.17
BFP 11.28.17, EDD 8.8.18, delivering in July - another rainbow baby boy!
Married 9-19-2009
Baby Karrot 2.0 - 6.25.2015 - He's here! Via VBAC @ 36 weeks.
Dating: 10/23/2013
Married: 6/13/2014
TTC since June 2016
BFP #1: 3/2/17 - MC 5/22/17
The nurse also recommended a B6 supplement to help with morning sickness. I'm going to try that too!
Dating: 10/23/2013
Married: 6/13/2014
TTC since June 2016
BFP #1: 3/2/17 - MC 5/22/17
But I feel and look really bloated, and am having really bad GI issues anytime I eat. I'm hungry all the time, but by the time I get the thing i want, I don't want anything anymore.
And OMG my poor boobs. Ouch!
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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Married 9-19-2009
Baby Karrot 2.0 - 6.25.2015 - He's here! Via VBAC @ 36 weeks.
No nausea yet, but holy sense of smell! Fur baby had an accident in the guest bedroom and I could smell it before I got even near the room. Also, so much burping! Thankfully right now they're quiet right now so I can hide it. And then of course boobs hurt. Back hurts off and on.
Dating: 2/2007 Married: 4/2011
TTC #1: 9/2016
*TW*
BFP #2: 3/9/2017 - CP: 3/10/2017
08/2017: DH's SA = normal
08/2017: Low progesterone (4.6) all other BW normal
11/2017: HSG Clear; Pelvic Ultrasound Normal; and AMH, FSH, and Estradiol normal
12/2017: 1,000mg Metformin
12/2017: 50mg Clomid + TI = BFN
01/2018: 100mg Clomid + TI = BFN
01/2018: RE Consult
03/2018: 5mg Letrozole + 50 units Gonal-F + 500 μg Ovidrel + IUI = BFP #3: 4/1/2018 - CP: 4/4/2018
04/2018: 5mg Letrozole + Gonal-F + Ovidrel + IUI = BFP #4: 5/2/18
About me:
Married 6.26.11
BFP 12.23.13, EDD 9.2.14 - baby girl, born too soon at 22w6d due to a placental abruption on 5.5.14
BFP 8.4.14, EDD 4.15.15 - rainbow son, born at 30w4d due to a placental abruption on 2.8.15, healthy 3 y/o now!
BFP 2.28.17, EDD 11.8.17 - baby girl, miscarried at 11 weeks on 4.21.17
BFP 11.28.17, EDD 8.8.18, delivering in July - another rainbow baby boy!
TTC since August 2018
My boobs are finally filling out and getting sore. Exhaustion is extreme and I have been sweating some days. Praying I don't get headaches and bloody noses like last time. *TMI* loose stool and I are not friends right now, but I'll take it over constipation! */TMI* Yesterday the cafeteria made gross broccoli and I could smell it a million miles away. I also was able to smell two women smoking in a car from outside the car. Gross!! I get heartburn when I don't eat quickly enough.
Anyone else taking baby aspirin? Any symptoms from it?
@kschref I have had random, inconsistent knee pain with both pregnancies. Could be relaxin for anyone with body aches, or just stiffness from laying down a lot when tired. This time around it only happened one day, but it's still early.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/228225-knee-pain-pregnancy/
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
For the ladies worried about cramping, I had on and off cramping for the first several weeks of both of my prior pregnancies. I still felt scared so I understand where you are coming from, but it is usually totally normal!
Is that what that is?!?! I did this last night just sneezed and it hurt so bad! DH thought I was crazy.
I've also had some random diarrhea the last 2 days but I'm thinking maybe that's just a little virus or something? super strange. It's not constant but its like when I do have to go, it's not firm so much.
DS#2 3/15
Baby #3~