Kind of feeling sad due to still not having a bump. For awhile I was gaining a little weight, but it appears as if I've stopped gaining. I guess I figured by 19 weeks, I'd have some kind of bump.
The last week or so I have had a headache 3-4x.... I’m ssooo over it. The new med from my ob helps clear it, but I needed 2 yesterday, and it has caffiene in it, so I’m not sure if I’m supposed to cut back my coffee when I take it? Or just not worry about it...
Also, I’ve had this weird muscley-nerve-y twingey pain in my tailbone/right butt cheek....for like weeks. I figured I slept wrong and tweaked something, but then it never improved. It’s super hard to recreate what will make it flare, and it isn’t worsening unless I tweak it alot in a day... but I am noticing that I have adjusted how I do things like roll over in bed to avoid it.
I tried explaining it to dh last night, he had nothing... anyone else have an idea? Edited: clarity
bfp#1-10/29/12,EDD: 7/3/13. nothing found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 12/10/12. "Bean"
bfp#2-5/10/13! EDD: 1/18/14. "Peanut" Arrived 1/13/14. Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis
bfp#3- 9/26/14. EDD: 5/7/15. no heartbeat found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 10/23/14. "Little Bug"
I quit Dislegis! For real this time (I think). For anyone else who wants to quit: I weaned down to 1 pill a night at 13 weeks. At 14 weeks I tried quitting. I developed a horrid headache and was throwing up by the end of the day. I went back on just 1 pill/night. I quit again on Friday at 17 weeks. I have not taken the pill for 3 nights. Saturday and Sunday were a huge struggle. I had really bad headaches and felt very nauseaous. But, I ate something small every hour and that would temporarily help my headache and I never threw up! So I'm sticking with it. I don't have a headache (yet) today, but I'm very dizzy and still forcing myself to eat very frequently - which is helping.
I don't think this is full blown morning sickness. I've been doing a lot of reading and I think that this is just my body readjusting to all the hormones. So, I hope this will be over in a few days.
I did not have HG - just bad MS. If anyone else is trying to quit - I hope this helps! And, please let me know if you feel the same. Everyone online seems to have similar reactions to quitting. It's really awful, but only lasts a few days (if you really are over your MS).
My bump grew a lot this past week. I look a few weeks ahead of where I am, which makes since because LO is measuring ahead by a full week. I already feel like my skin is stretched to the max though. Yawns and deep breaths are becoming a struggle. Obviously it'll stretch further somehow but that fact blows my mind.
Other than the breathing difficulties, I'm back to feeling pretty normal However I still take half a pill of unisom at night. I'm not as brave as @magnolia209, haha.
@jhjocelyn Sciatica pain? Mine doesn't start at the tail bone but does start in my glute and goes down my thigh sometimes. There are some hip opening stretches that help me. So does sitting on a heating pad.
Feeling pretty good as far as the HG! Still have more gas than I could ever imagine. @magnolia209 I’m impressed you’re off the diclegis...hoping I can wean myself off soon, but I’m too scared right now.
So this is way TMI, but, I’m having such peeing issues lol. I have to pee every like twenty minutes and I have trouble emptying my bladder when I do go. I drink a ton of water which doesn’t help (or maybe it does?). It’s super frustrating and starting to interfere with life. I had to go to some meetings for work today and got stuck in traffic on the way home. Barely made it. It’s interfering with intimacy (some more TMI!) because I always feel uncomfortable like I have to go. It doesn’t feel like a UTI, as I’ve had those a lot in the past. No pain, just always have to go. I’ll ask the doctor tomorrow at my appt but I have a feeling she’ll say it’s normal.
@ashh2018 it can be hard to empty your bladder fully when baby starts putting pressure on it. If you aren't already doing it you can try the pregnant lady double pee shuffle. Pee, lean forward, pee, lean back, pee, stand up, bounce a little maybe take a few steps, sit back down, start the second round of the pee shuffle. Don't try to force anything, just try to give all the pee a chance to get out of your squished bladder. If I had to pee mid sex last time, I'd just make him wait while I went to pee. It definitely messes up the flow of things, but you do what you gotta do. You can also toss down a couple of towels and if you know you already went and can't have more than a few drops in you just relax and let whatever happens happen. Also if things get super hard to control and you worry about small leaks Google Icon Undies and see if that's something that might help you feel more secure. Pregnancy gives your kidneys and bladder a work out for realz!!! At home I can go 1-2 hours during the day between bathroom breaks but I volunteered at my kid's school today and with all the running around I had to take a break every hour on the hour to go pee. It was non negotiable. I forgot to go before we left to drive home, and it's only a 10-15 minute drive, but halfway home going over a speed bump was super uncomfortable and made me nervous! I didn't pee myself but I was real concerned I might.
@stothi I’m definitely doing the shuffle! Lol I’ve been googling a lot and I’ve come across a lot of advice that says to lean forward which does seem to help. In terms of sex, I think just being self-conscious is making it worse! Ugh I need to calm down haha. I’ve been wearing pads to work just in case. Honestly I feel like if I could just sneeze every time I sat down on the toilet I’d be fine, since that seems to work for me when I’m out in public *eyeroll*.
ETA I went for a bikini wax early in my pregnancy (will NOT be doing that again haha) and I was actually so worried that I wore thinx period underwear haha
@smsaulino I remember that sad feeling with DD. I didn't "pop" or look anything but bloated until ~26 weeks. I'm 16 weeks now, and I'm just starting to look bloated (and I'm still wearing prepregnancy pants buttoned normally). I know it doesn't feel like it but you will notice one week that you've suddenly got a round bump going on ❤
I hate my prenatal vitamin. It makes me feel like I'm on the first tri again with headaches and nausea all day (even if I take it before bed!). I will check with my doctor, but what vitamin is everyone taking? I read the gummies are easier on your stomach but don't have iron (?) I'm taking the one-a-day brand.
@srachilagani I take the Smartypants gummy prenatals. They don't contain iron but because I eat food that has iron in it on a daily basis, my doctor isn't concerned. I was on prenatals for almost a year before we were finally expecting and remember your brand. It made me have terrible headaches and activated my gag reflex. After finishing up a three month bottle, I went back to what I knew I could handle, the Smartypants.
thanks so much @knitknitread my stomach slightly resembles a "food baby" right now. I have just enough of a little bloat going on that it makes it kind of hard to fasten prepregnancy pants. No one can tell yet that I'm expecting. One of the ladies that I volunteer with was joking around with me the other day and asked me if I was just pulling her leg about expecting and just have bad food poisoning. It made me super sad. I know she was just joking, it still made me upset.
@ashh2018 - It made more of a difference when the bump got bigger, but I found it easier to pee all the way if put a little upward pressure on my uterus while peeing. Like I was trying to lift it up a bit.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks DS born 9/13/16 BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
My growing bump is pulling on my ribs already, not real comfy. And my balance is hilarious, already leaning back!
I am just feeling really really pregnant.
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Me: 33 DH: 32 Married 7/18/15 1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16 Team green turned BLUE! 2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18 Team green turned PINK! Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
@smsaulino That's mean and not cool of her to say that.
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
@smsaulino I'm so sorry she said that to you. That was very rude of her.
AFM- Symptoms-wise
I've been so sleepy but otherwise feeling pretty normal.
I'm having to be more mindful of my uterus. It isn't sticking out but the top of it is hanging out around my belly button. So, I sometimes forget it's there until I try to bend a certain way
@srachilagani I take prenate DHA. I have a history of bad stomach acid problems and I found that one to be the least stomach-upsetting of the samples I tried.
It's almost like baby got the memo yesterday after my appointment that they can move all around and make me feel it. I've felt a lot more movement today and loving it!
Im sorry that lady made that comment. I had to exchange some bras (ended up returning them) because when i explained to the clerk they were giving me a rash, she said she'd never heard of that............ I was able to fire back with EVERY WOMAN'S BODY IS DIFFERENT.
Seriously. People don't realize how insensitive comments about bodies are.
I take Garden of Life Vitamin Code Raw Prenatal, and it is AMAZING!! I went through a few different brands, this was the absolute best for me, and is so gentle on your stomach, you can take it without food. I can't recommend it enough!
So here’s a fun one, rather than the all my joints are loosening and I feel like I’m breaking apart stuff:
If I lay back and just watch my stomach just below my naval I can see movements-occasioanlly. Like it isn’t me breathing, and I can’t feel anything, but visually there are thumps and bumps and lumps moving around! DH got to see it last night too!
I’m 16 + 2 today if that helps, and had plenty of insulation from lack of activity this winter...
bfp#1-10/29/12,EDD: 7/3/13. nothing found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 12/10/12. "Bean"
bfp#2-5/10/13! EDD: 1/18/14. "Peanut" Arrived 1/13/14. Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis
bfp#3- 9/26/14. EDD: 5/7/15. no heartbeat found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 10/23/14. "Little Bug"
@jhjocelyn that is awesome! Kind of cool you can see it but not feel it.
Pretty sick again today. Last night I was laying in bed very still and quiet and I’m pretty sure I felt some moving around, but of course there is no way for me to really know.
@ashh2018 have you tried standing up and sitting back down to "finish" peeing? I remember joking about needing to do "head, shoulders, knees and toes" to empty my bladder last pregnancy.
@stothi my dentist had me switch to sensodine last pregnancy and after a couple days it really did make a difference. I had to use crest when I forgot mine on a weekend trip in the third tri and it was so bad. Hope you get some relief soon!
@stothi That sounds awful. My gums have started bleeding a lot, but not hurting. I’m trying to be gentle and take care of them.
@klj0228 I am so sorry that you continue to feel sick. But that’s very cool to possibly be feeling the baby.
@jhjocelyn Wow! I can’t wait to see movement! That’s so cool and probably so strange too!
I thought I had felt the baby moving very early - a few weeks ago. But I have not felt anything since so I’m not so sure. I’m 18 weeks tomorrow so I’m still looking forward to feeling movement! Every ultra sound and even when they listen on Doppler, the doctor says that the baby is super active, so I’m sure that will get uncomfortable at some point! But I’m still looking forward to being able to feel him regularly.
19+4 today Other than my recently diagnosed UTI, I’ve developed a cough with some congestion that will not move around. Been feeling kicks regularly the last couple of weeks. RLP, hip pain (sciatica and another one that starts with a P), with some lower back pain thanks to having to wear 20ish lbs of lead at work.
My dentist said that toothpaste has different grit ratings (like sandpaper). So I agree switching toothpaste might help! I'm super jazzed about the water flosser I just got. I'm hoping it helps because I certainly don't floss enough. So far I like it.
I've started feeling some movements! It's fun and really random. Last time around I didn't feel much until 20 weeks due to an anterior placenta
In the last day or two my stomach has started to itch like crazy and my breast are hurting/itching quite a bit. I did not expect to be showing so much at 15+5 and ftm but today I got dressed for dinner (maternity pants and a fitted t shirt) and I definitely looked pregnant. Looking less and less like I should lay off the beer and more like I am pregnant.
Also, still feeling pretty sick but I think it’s because I am so exhausted from all the stuff we have done this week.
The heartbuuuuurrrrrnnnnn! Broke down and bought my Zantac 75 today. I took it the entire second half of my last pregnancy so I guess it'll be the same this time.
@klj0228 I was "showing" aka blumping hardcore by like 9 weeks with my first!!! Even just at 5/6 weeks my regular clothes were too tight. I'm a lot smaller this time around for some reason.
@klj0228 I'm starting to get kinda itchy too with all of my skin expanding...trying to remember what I used with my first. I'm just using extra moisturizer right now.
@Kmar123456 Ughh I hate hearing that. My OB recommended PT as a first course of treatment if mine gets as severe as it was last time. I hope you find some relief soon!
I think I am finally (18+4) getting that second tri boost of energy! The weather has been nice and we've been going on walks after dinner every night, then I've been tackling some things around the house. I'm in "get stuff done" mode. My issue is not overdoing it because then my tailbone pain flares up.
Me: 32 DH: 32 BFP #1: 1/23/2012 DD: Born 9/20/2012 BFP #2: 12/30/2017 DS: Due 9/10/2018
The past two weeks I've had the worst itching and redness on my boobs. Cureently wearing 3XL bras. May I recommend Body Boost Stretch Mark Butter by Masq? (could only get it online on motherhood maternity).
It feels so amazing and soothing. No more itching or redness. I'm not so worried about stretch marks because i used to get tons of them from weight fluctuations (~20lbs) but this has helped me feel so comfortable again.
@stothi@klj0228 I started showing when I was 10 weeks! Now I have a pretty decent size belly at 18 weeks!
My dear friend vomit decided to make an unwelcome visit this evening. I’m sure DH thinks I am the sexiest woman alive at the moment. Who doesn’t want a woman red eyed, sitting on the floor of the bathroom begging you to “bring the stuff in the other bathroom with the purple lid” (phenergan)?!
My lower back and hips have started hurting more. They have been a little sore the last few weeks, but last night I woke up at 4:30am sore and couldn't get back to sleep. I'll try propping a pillow under my belly and one between my knees tonight. Hopefully the light yoga I did today helps as well.
Also I felt a solid punch/kick tonight! I actually bent over and yelled out because it was so unexpected.
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
Re: Symptoms w/o 4/9
Also, I’ve had this weird muscley-nerve-y twingey pain in my tailbone/right butt cheek....for like weeks. I figured I slept wrong and tweaked something, but then it never improved. It’s super hard to recreate what will make it flare, and it isn’t worsening unless I tweak it alot in a day... but I am noticing that I have adjusted how I do things like roll over in bed to avoid it.
I tried explaining it to dh last night, he had nothing... anyone else have an idea?
Edited: clarity
bfp#1-10/29/12,EDD: 7/3/13. nothing found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 12/10/12. "Bean"
bfp#2-5/10/13! EDD: 1/18/14. "Peanut" Arrived 1/13/14. Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis
bfp#3- 9/26/14. EDD: 5/7/15. no heartbeat found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 10/23/14. "Little Bug"
**Psalm 139:16**
I don't think this is full blown morning sickness. I've been doing a lot of reading and I think that this is just my body readjusting to all the hormones. So, I hope this will be over in a few days.
I did not have HG - just bad MS. If anyone else is trying to quit - I hope this helps! And, please let me know if you feel the same. Everyone online seems to have similar reactions to quitting. It's really awful, but only lasts a few days (if you really are over your MS).
My bump grew a lot this past week. I look a few weeks ahead of where I am, which makes since because LO is measuring ahead by a full week. I already feel like my skin is stretched to the max though. Yawns and deep breaths are becoming a struggle. Obviously it'll stretch further somehow but that fact blows my mind.
Other than the breathing difficulties, I'm back to feeling pretty normal However I still take half a pill of unisom at night. I'm not as brave as @magnolia209, haha.
@jhjocelyn Sciatica pain? Mine doesn't start at the tail bone but does start in my glute and goes down my thigh sometimes. There are some hip opening stretches that help me. So does sitting on a heating pad.
If I had to pee mid sex last time, I'd just make him wait while I went to pee. It definitely messes up the flow of things, but you do what you gotta do. You can also toss down a couple of towels and if you know you already went and can't have more than a few drops in you just relax and let whatever happens happen.
Also if things get super hard to control and you worry about small leaks Google Icon Undies and see if that's something that might help you feel more secure.
Pregnancy gives your kidneys and bladder a work out for realz!!! At home I can go 1-2 hours during the day between bathroom breaks but I volunteered at my kid's school today and with all the running around I had to take a break every hour on the hour to go pee. It was non negotiable. I forgot to go before we left to drive home, and it's only a 10-15 minute drive, but halfway home going over a speed bump was super uncomfortable and made me nervous! I didn't pee myself but I was real concerned I might.
ETA I went for a bikini wax early in my pregnancy (will NOT be doing that again haha) and I was actually so worried that I wore thinx period underwear haha
MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks
DS born 9/13/16
BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
I am just feeling really really pregnant.
DH: 32
Married 7/18/15
1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16
Team green turned BLUE!
2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18
Team green turned PINK!
Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
AFM- Symptoms-wise
I've been so sleepy but otherwise feeling pretty normal.
I'm having to be more mindful of my uterus. It isn't sticking out but the top of it is hanging out around my belly button. So, I sometimes forget it's there until I try to bend a certain way
Im sorry that lady made that comment. I had to exchange some bras (ended up returning them) because when i explained to the clerk they were giving me a rash, she said she'd never heard of that............ I was able to fire back with EVERY WOMAN'S BODY IS DIFFERENT.
Seriously. People don't realize how insensitive comments about bodies are.
If I lay back and just watch my stomach just below my naval I can see movements-occasioanlly. Like it isn’t me breathing, and I can’t feel anything, but visually there are thumps and bumps and lumps moving around! DH got to see it last night too!
I’m 16 + 2 today if that helps, and had plenty of insulation from lack of activity this winter...
bfp#1-10/29/12,EDD: 7/3/13. nothing found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 12/10/12. "Bean"
bfp#2-5/10/13! EDD: 1/18/14. "Peanut" Arrived 1/13/14. Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis
bfp#3- 9/26/14. EDD: 5/7/15. no heartbeat found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 10/23/14. "Little Bug"
**Psalm 139:16**
Pretty sick again today. Last night I was laying in bed very still and quiet and I’m pretty sure I felt some moving around, but of course there is no way for me to really know.
@klj0228 I am so sorry that you continue to feel sick. But that’s very cool to possibly be feeling the baby.
@jhjocelyn Wow! I can’t wait to see movement! That’s so cool and probably so strange too!
I thought I had felt the baby moving very early - a few weeks ago. But I have not felt anything since so I’m not so sure. I’m 18 weeks tomorrow so I’m still looking forward to feeling movement! Every ultra sound and even when they listen on Doppler, the doctor says that the baby is super active, so I’m sure that will get uncomfortable at some point! But I’m still looking forward to being able to feel him regularly.
Other than my recently diagnosed UTI, I’ve developed a cough with some congestion that will not move around. Been feeling kicks regularly the last couple of weeks. RLP, hip pain (sciatica and another one that starts with a P), with some lower back pain thanks to having to wear 20ish lbs of lead at work.
BFP#1: 11/15/2010 * Missed M/C 12/28 * D&C 12/29/2010
BFP#5 12/26/2017 *SURPRISE* Due 09/02/2018
I've started feeling some movements! It's fun and really random. Last time around I didn't feel much until 20 weeks due to an anterior placenta
Also, still feeling pretty sick but I think it’s because I am so exhausted from all the stuff we have done this week.
@Kmar123456 Ughh I hate hearing that. My OB recommended PT as a first course of treatment if mine gets as severe as it was last time. I hope you find some relief soon!
I think I am finally (18+4) getting that second tri boost of energy! The weather has been nice and we've been going on walks after dinner every night, then I've been tackling some things around the house. I'm in "get stuff done" mode. My issue is not overdoing it because then my tailbone pain flares up.
BFP #1: 1/23/2012 DD: Born 9/20/2012
BFP #2: 12/30/2017 DS: Due 9/10/2018
It feels so amazing and soothing. No more itching or redness. I'm not so worried about stretch marks because i used to get tons of them from weight fluctuations (~20lbs) but this has helped me feel so comfortable again.
@stothi @klj0228 I started showing when I was 10 weeks! Now I have a pretty decent size belly at 18 weeks!
My lower back and hips have started hurting more. They have been a little sore the last few weeks, but last night I woke up at 4:30am sore and couldn't get back to sleep. I'll try propping a pillow under my belly and one between my knees tonight. Hopefully the light yoga I did today helps as well.
Also I felt a solid punch/kick tonight! I actually bent over and yelled out because it was so unexpected.
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d