Symptoms [April]

LaceyBee522 · April 2018

@sunshineandwhiskey @Austenista Agree, hypertension/pre-e would be a good thread topic.

amys614 · April 2018

@sunshineandwhiskey @Austenista @LaceyBee522 I think a HTN/pre-e thread would be nice to have too.

lisa2589 · April 2018

Coughing kind of makes my ribs feel like someone’s gone after them with a baseball bat.

LaceyBee522 · April 2018

I started having what feels like pulled muscle pain on the left side of my belly today. Whenever I move around, it just stops me in my tracks. When I was getting on the bed for my NST this morning I thought I was going to cry trying to move my body across the bed and up the way the nurse wanted me. Blargh!

catlady1215 · April 2018

@stephcat421 sometimes I wonder if its a fissure also. I don't know anything about those. and I'm to creeped out to look back there lol. But I'd seriously try anything, even a&d and I haaate the smell of a&d.

@aharv77 glad they're being to proactive about it all. fx pre-e doesn't creep around and there's no more issues!

stephcat421 · April 2018

@catlady1215 yeah they're not pretty but fairly common, and commonly mistaken as hemorrhoids. I was so humiliated to have that area examined with a little magnifying glass eek. But, was desperate and willing for any form of embarrassment. Highly recommend A&D, highly! Before and after each time you use the bathroom.

catlady1215 · April 2018

@stephcat421 the embarrassment is why I still haven't gone to a dr for them.. in almost 15 years

But its not normally a constant thing or else I would. I'm putting a&d on my shopping list for the week. thank you!

ffw0617 · April 2018

@sunshineandwhiskey its not that crazy. Ive been thinking late May since my second ultrasound. He consistently measured 1 or 2 weeks bigger than the weeks. At my 20 week appointment when we were discussing when she’d make the decision whether or not to schedule a c section, my OB mentioned how he’s consistently bigger and would probably be a couple weeks early since my fibroids only make it more cramp for him.

pupsicle23 · April 2018

I’ve vomited twice in the last 24 hrs. Just now, it included a lot of bile that looks like involved some blood. I’ve had an ulcer before, so that’s concerning. I have an appt that includes a growth scan this pm but am thinking of trying to push it up.

eta: mh thinks I should call in. I think that’s dramatic and should go to work, but I think calling in is almost always dramatic, but I’m right, right? I have a headache and will prob vom again but otherwise feel fine.

silvergreen · April 2018

@pupsicle23 Vomiting blood doesn't sound very good.

I would probably focus on getting seen ASAP as opposed to going to work, IMO! They may send you for stat testing in which case you may want to buy some time.

marcus7676 · April 2018

@pupsicle23 I echo @silvergreen. I think you should call the doctor first thing. I've had a few separate bleeding episodes and called in and always apologized, but they really want you to call in to be better safe than sorry.

sunshineandwhiskey · April 2018

@pupsicle23 I agree with the other ladies! My theory behind calling is even if they think its NBD, they at least have a record of whats been going on for future reference. Rest rest rest!

pupsicle23 · April 2018

@silvergreen @marcus7676 @sunshineandwhiskey Yikes, now I feel silly! Thanks for you’re responses, ladies! I’ll call first thing and am staying home. I’ve had to call in so much this year and feel guilty bc my students don’t get adequate support. But as soon as I admitted the blood to MH, he was very insistent.

sunshineandwhiskey · April 2018

@pupsicle23 I'm glad you are staying home, and seriously don't feel silly! I always feel guilty calling in too with having students, but you are growing a human! They will understand

FX everything checks out and keep us updated!

LaceyBee522 · April 2018

@pupsicle23 What did your doctor say? Sending you good vibes!

pupsicle23 · April 2018

The doctor said to come in early and not to drink the stuff for my GD screen as originally planned. She actually didn’t sound too concerned and said maybe I ate something and that my body is trying to get rid of it but ran out of things to throw up so the blood was the result of some strain. I’ll ask about ulcers when I see her since this is how they started before. Until I go in, I’m supposed to have sips of water every 10 min and take it easy

dinodna3 · April 2018

Thinking of you @pupsicle23. Hope it’s nothing major.

momac1919 · April 2018

My belly button is so sore and it is the strangest feeling ever...definitely didn't have this with DD and I can't say I'm a fan

ramennoodlegif · April 2018

@pupsicle23 You made the right call. Hopefully it's no big deal.

mytinc · April 2018

Keep us posted @pupsicle23!

MoonOverGoldsboro · April 2018

Hope all is well, @pupsicle23!

krash_ · April 2018

I can't cross my legs. It's really cramping my style because I don't know how to sit at work without crossing my legs. I guess I will just stick to the feet flat on the floor, back straight. I know it is better posture but its just not as comfortable.

doxiemoxie212 · April 2018

@krashke can you taylor sit in your chair? That's what I used to do when I worked in an office lol. I'm not allowed to anymore because of SPD, but that's what I miss most...

krash_ · April 2018

@doxiemoxie212 I can if I take my shoes off and only for probably a half hour at a time before my hips start to get sore.

LaceyBee522 · April 2018

@krashke @doxiemoxie212 what is "taylor sit"???

doxiemoxie212 · April 2018

LaceyBee522 said:

@krashke @doxiemoxie212 what is "taylor sit"???

like, cross legged? Or non politically correct, indian style?

LaceyBee522 · April 2018

doxiemoxie212 said:

LaceyBee522 said:

@krashke @doxiemoxie212 what is "taylor sit"???

like, cross legged? Or non politically correct, indian style?

Oooh! I call that "criss-cross applesauce!" Also, I'm apparently five years old.

krash_ · April 2018

@LaceyBee522 basically pretzel style. Sometimes butterfly with the bottom of your feet touching. Sometimes on a pillow to elevate your hips. In my Bradley classes they had us taylor sit on pillows on the floor for every class. It helps open the hips, which is why Doxie shouldn't do it because her SPD is caused by her hips being too open already.

doxiemoxie212 · April 2018

@krashke I don't think I spent more than 30 cumulative minutes/day at any job with my shoes on lol. It was sort of a problem when I'd forget to put them back on for the walk to my next meeting. I hate shoes. I would always just take them off and then tuck my feet under my butt so you couldn't see my feet anymore

pupsicle23 · April 2018

Thanks everyone for the good vibes! Blood pressure was normal, weight gain was good, baby was measuring on track, and fluid was adequate. I still feel really woozy and am seeing spots so I’ll take it easy the rest of the day.

marcus7676 · April 2018

I'm glad everything checked out okay @pupsicle23 and I hope you feel better!

@krashke - I can't sit cross legged anymore because of SPD. I also can't sit back in my chair without feeling like I'm suffocating. So I have to perch on the edge of my chair with my legs spread like a man (and the bump in between). My desk is open so it looks ridiculous (and I have to be careful wearing dresses). I tell myself sitting like this is fine because it's a better position for the baby to work its way down.

Amphibious22 · April 2018

@pupsicle23 I'm glad everything checked out okay. Get lots of rest!!
@doxiemoxie212 we had an employee get in some trouble for saying "indian style" to a group of kids at work. Now the concept of sitting cross legged always reminds me of her.
And on another note about SPD, I was never diagnosed with it or anything, but does it feel like sometimes your legs could fall out of their sockets when you move around? I've been getting that feeling recently. It's somewhat painful but more unnerving than anything else.

doxiemoxie212 · April 2018

@Amphibious22 that's exactly what mine feels like, but also other things.

Amphibious22 · April 2018

@doxiemoxie212 good to know! I don't think mine is anywhere near as intense/advanced as yours seems to be, but I was wondering about it.

MissKittyDanger · April 2018

Talking makes me winded. Doing stairs makes me winded.
Existing makes me winded basically.

She hasn't dropped yet - obv - but I'm 95% sure she sometimes hangs out near the bottom of my uterus/the womb/where ever t.f she is because it'll randomly look like she's dropped a bit in the mirror. I often check with my H to see if I'm imagining things, and he confirms it just looks rounded under the belly.

First trimester hunger has returned for me. I can't leave the kitchen without something to eat. Even a few nibbles of shredded cheese is fine {ok more than a few but you get the point ...}

Anyone else getting Braxton Hicks?
I've had them like 3x since mid-March. OB said it's fine as long as they don't last/continue and there's no fluid.

MissKittyDanger · April 2018

@krashke do you have anything you could use as a foot rest, if you don't have a foot rest? Pre-pregnancy I would use my computer tower as a foot rest.

lisa2589 · April 2018

@MissKittyDanger reading DD a story just made me short of breath. I’m hoping to blame it on the fact that I had just chugged some water and my stomach was full so my lungs had even less room to move than usual.

catlady1215 · April 2018

@pupsicle23 glad everything looked ok. Rest up!

catlady1215 · April 2018

With DS, I never had an 'omgosh I could pee myself moment'. Not like a full bladder feeling, just pee lol. But I keep getting these very quick moments when I'm like 'yikes! That could have been bad!' Like I have to be concentrating on not peeing myself when I feel it lol. It doesn't feel like he's kicking it. But this child is so frickin low anyway, I'm sure it's him.

momac1919 · April 2018

@catlady1215 yaaassssss! There have been several times at work where he shifts and I'm all of a sudden like "oh my god if I don't get to a bathroom right now I'm going to pee myself" and I definitely never had that with DD

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