Weekly Symptoms Thread 6/12

bumpybump · June 2017

How are you feeling today? Anything new to report?

lwhrmomma · June 2017

Tons of pelvic pressure!

Kathryn0903 · June 2017

My nipples kill me when the water hits them in the shower.

JWatt5 · June 2017

Holy discharge the last couple weeks - it's like I'm back on progesterone suppositories.

SpotConlon · June 2017

@JWatt5 Every morning it's like the vaginal floodgates open for discharge. Over it.

Also, thank God for Costco:

kvh22 · June 2017

@kristenk727 I'm right there with you! I used to be able to do some yoga stretches to relieve the pelvic pain/soreness but now it's basically just constant no matter what.

I woke up at 4:30 with radiating pain on my lower left side just like when I had excruciating RLP a few weeks ago. Luckily it hasn't progressed but I'm trying to take it super easy.

OTmom3 · June 2017

A lot of RLP. I've been wearing a belly support band yesterday and today which has helped some but I feel like I can barely walk at times. Of course I'm working in a hospital most of this week that requires so.much.walking. I should just start using the rolling walker that I carry with me, LOL

Mango517 · June 2017

Early (for me) mornings. My body is just not letting me sleep in anymore... but the odd thing is it's been coupled with me being extremely chipper. Like, I wake up feeling like Mary Poppins. I was so chipper the other day that my H (who is not a morning person) had to tell me to tone it down because it was kinda annoying.

Feliciosity · June 2017

Sore underbelly is becoming more frequent. Especially when I am sleeping on one side, and then have to flip over. Ouch.

littlebug2010 · June 2017

Stiffness. My whole body feels stiff (but mainly in the joints). On top of that my carpal tunnel in my right hand really flared up over the weekend, and I couldnt use my right hand for a while. Its better now, but I am SOOO not a lefty!

PinkPrincessPiper · June 2017

Lots of pelvic pressure, soreness in my hips/lower back. "Lightening crotch" and general uncomfortableness. The third trimester hit me hard!

+1 for heartburn. Even a bowl of cereal gives me HB. So obnoxious.

DeansGirl14 · June 2017

Back pain. I'm trying to do various exercises recommended in books by PTs and midwives, trying to keep my core strong.

Baby has turned into Little Miss Squirmy. If I move to get her away from my ribs, my back hurts, so it's just getting harder and harder to get comfortable.

belmont1785 · June 2017

I had Charlie horses for 2 hours so badly in the middle of the night I'm partially limping today. Holy heck did they hurt.

smallbutmighty77 · June 2017

My shins and feet by the middle of the day! I swear my feet turn into potatoes!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/vm/etb0s8nkeq8c.gif

SouthernMama15 · June 2017

+1 for lightening crotch. And holy movements, I swear this kid is trying to bust out

DeansGirl14 · June 2017

So, actually, anybody got back pain solutions for the workplace? I have a footrest and a decent enough office chair but it's just not cutting it today. Part of the problem is that I have short legs and the seat back doesn't move far enough forward to really give me lumbar support. Any ideas short of bringing in pillows from home?

littlebug2010 · June 2017

@DeansGirl14 I have a blanket at work (normally I'm super cold) and I roll that up behind my back. I also try to work at the standing desks, or stack stuff up at mine, so I can stand for part of the day.

tova24 · June 2017

@DeansGirl14 I brought a pillow from home! I also brought slippers and a blanket.

BlackNYellow · June 2017

+1 for belly pain when I flip from one side to the other.

Lightening crotch has begun.

Are those belly support bands worth it?

lwhrmomma · June 2017

@BlackNYellow
I have a support band that I thought was helpful during the second trimester. At this point, I feel like my belly is just so big and heavy that my band does nothing to support it anymore. If anyone else has recomendations for a band that still works, I'd love to hear them!

SpotConlon · June 2017

@kristenk727 I got a prettty heavy duty one by prescription at the hospital pharmacy. It's Medea brand and kind of looks like this one:

https://www.motherhood.com/maternity-support-belt/006-92200-10-L.html?product_id=006-92200-10-L&adpos=1o1&creative=193262584450&device=t&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CK_ErI3ZudQCFVNufgodbdkHww

brookeelyse527 · June 2017

I've been experiencing lightning bladder. Quick jabs to the bladder when it's full that sends pain down thru my urethra, and almost makes me pee myself. Ouch. wondering if this means she isn't head down anymore and she's kicking me. Maybe it's punches or a head butt? Lol

shyviolet-2 · June 2017

@belmont1785 I am having the worst leg cramps. I am getting up nightly to walk them out and it is taking longer and longer to make them go away. I am going to mention it to my doctor this week because it is getting so bad.

belmont1785 · June 2017

@shyviolet
I had an appt yesterday and told my doctor and she just shrugged it off. She said it's a common symptom. I'm on my feet all day for work and I think that's aggravating it. She told me to try to take more frequent breaks to put my feet up. (Nearly impossible at my job but I'm going to try)
Hopefully your doctor will have some better suggestions

bumpybump · June 2017

Not really a "symptom" since it's not something I feel but I'm starting to see a very faint linea nigra starting under my belly button. I had one with DD that remained under my belly button and it had gone away.

smallbutmighty77 · June 2017

@bumpybump I have had that line going all the way up my belly now for at least a month! My DH thinks it's great.

tova24 · June 2017

I don't have the line yet. Also, my belly button is still an innie. All I got are these lovely stretch marks

littlebug2010 · June 2017

My belly button is still an innie as well. My MIL told me that the line was what told her she was having boys, and asks almost every time I see her if I have one. No line on my belly, so now she is wondering if its really a girl, despite us showing her the potty shot we got at the 20 week US.

PinkPrincessPiper · June 2017

Not everyone gets the linea nigra. This is my 4th, and I've never had it. My belly button has never popped either (I also have an innie).

But +1 for the lovely stretch marks. Each pregnancy the new ones get higher & higher on my bump.

bumpybump · June 2017

@littlebug2010 I obviously have a little girl and had it on half my belly. I know people who had boys and got it up their entire belly and then those that didn't get it at all. So, your MIL is obviously full of crap! I read about 75% of pregnancies get it.

tova24 · June 2017

@PinkPrincessPiper do your stretch marks go away or fade? And do you do anything special to them?

littlebug2010 · June 2017

@bumpybump I know she is totally full of crap! She has said all sorts of things about how drastically different my pregnancy is from hers (she had two boys), and thinks that becuase of that, I must be having a girl! I think its funny!

littlebug2010 · June 2017

@tova24 I have some on my boobs from former weight gain and loss, and they have faded, but never gone away. I put coconut oil on them, but they seem to just fade on their own. Not sure if its any different from tummy ones.

DeansGirl14 · June 2017

+1 on linea nigra, but from my belly button (still innie) downward. It actually goes around my belly button. It looks like a nearly-healed bruise! Like, yellowish.

and_peggy · June 2017

I have a faint line this time all the way up. Last time it was super dark and never really went away after DD.

brookeelyse527 · June 2017

Mine is all the way to my boobs. I had it last time too.

SpotConlon · June 2017

I'm definitely getting a line above my belly button.

OTmom3 · June 2017

Feliciosity said:

Sore underbelly is becoming more frequent. Especially when I am sleeping on one side, and then have to flip over. Ouch.

Me too @Feliciosity

OTmom3 · June 2017

@kristenk727 and @BlackNYellow I have this one that I wear to work and sometimes also at home and I think it helps!

PinkPrincessPiper · June 2017

tova24 said:

@PinkPrincessPiper do your stretch marks go away or fade? And do you do anything special to them?

Yes, they fade everytime, but they don't go away. I just use lotion if I get itchy, but nothing specifically for stretch marks. Thankfully, even though this is my 4th, mine aren't nearly as bad as they could be.

SouthernMama15 · June 2017

I had the linea nigra on the bottom half with DS. No sign of it this time. A few stretch marks on my hips. I have a very deep innie, so I don't look for my belly button to pop this time as it didn't last time.

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