Post by notagoddess on Jun 29, 2016 12:44:50 GMT -5
I am back from my ultrasound. Everything looked good and there was a heartbeat of 125! The doctor put me one day ahead of where I thought I was, so now I'm 6 weeks.
Midday grocery store run was a success! Chicken fingers, honey, ketchup as backup, Ritz crackers, green beans, and a salad from the salad bar with pepperonis!
ETA: Now I want a cookie. Dammit. Specifically, a vanilla sandwich cookie.
Post by sweetieheart32 on Jun 29, 2016 14:02:20 GMT -5
My friend at work has kept hinting at me the past couple of months trying to get me to say when we're having another baby. It's so annoying and today it was "so, do you think you'll let [DD] keep the house to herself a little longer?"
What am I supposed to say to that? Don't you think you'd be the first at work to know when I'm ready to tell?? Ugh. Could be hormones pissing me off or this might be a legit reason to want to choke said friend. Can't tell for sure.
I'm living vicariously through these early u/s too. I'd feel so much better if I could see what's going on in there. My pregnant anxiety brain has kicked in big time and I keep analyzing fluctuations in symptoms. Blah.
*food mentioned* I took the kids to the park, where it was approximately 800 degrees. Obviously, that meant we had to get ice cream after. Now we're home and everyone is silent...I'm choosing to enjoy the quiet instead of questioning why it's so quiet.
Everytime I watch pretty little liars I question why I do. I find it so annoying. But I've watched since season 1 so I'm sadly committed.
And my husband makes so much fun of me because he thinks it's for teeny boppers. In all fairness--it is.
I have a 15 year old little sister, I started watching PLL at her request and am now addicted even though it is absolutely ridiculous. Also thanks for reminding me to catch up on last night's episode!
And my DH now watches it with me. He says its begrudgingly but I think he secretly loves it.
I too am envious of early ultrasounds, I most likely won't get one until 20 weeks, I have a long time to wait!!
Today I hosted a play date with 7 kids under 4, with their moms here of course, but holy I feel like I could sleep for a month. I keep forgetting how draining the first trimester is and I'm always surprised at how tired I am at the end of the day. This time last pregnancy I was actually on my honeymoon and falling asleep at approximately 6 pm every night - very romantic!
Post by shawnabm1320 on Jun 29, 2016 14:38:02 GMT -5
My car broke down today when I was 3/4 mile from home. The check engine light and oil light turned on, the accelerator and brakes stopped working. Thankfully I was able to use the e break and steer off the road just fine, and I live in the country, so it's not like I stopped traffic. BUT my mechanic is my dad and he's on vacation until Saturday night, so it looks like I either have to literally stay at home until next week, or learn to drive my husbands truck. Big sigh.
But while we were waiting for my husband to pick us up, DS and I found some black raspberries growing on the side of the road. He loved them - it was super cute
We have a meeting with our lawyer at 5 to handle some outstanding legal and financial issues from our house purchase 11 months ago. It's at 5pm, which is not a great time for me and my nausea. I hope it's not rude to take saltines.
Actually, I don't really care. Jackass lawyer lost us money. So I'll eat my damn saltines.
I forgot to mention my lab results from yesterday: HCG >29,000, P 16, E314. Progesterone went down despite the increase from 1.5mL to 1.8mL injection. We increased it to 2.0mL last night and will get new labs drawn next Tuesday.
sweetieheart32 I hate it when people ask that. I really just want to say "Is the timing of my unprotected sex not to your liking?" Luckily I have my go to response which is not so snarky of "Well we need to get into a bigger house first".
The ultrasound thing is slightly amusing. I'm going directly to an MFM due to being 40, previous multiples pregnancy, horrible horrible pregnancy and twin A sticking her toes out of the cervix at 26w3d. That means I'll end up with an ultrasound at every appointment. She does her own.. I love this doctor so much. We had so many ultrasound pictures that I bought a photo album for them, and they were over three months early last time.
It is pretty amazing to watch the growth like that. On the flip side.. that only happens if things are not going well, or you are at risk for that. Such a catch-22 ><
For those of you that have to wait for ultrasounds.. yuck, that sucks But I'm sooo happy that you are likely to have normal pregnancies!
shawnabm1320 ugh that sucks. Can you use another mechanic? I would hate to be stuck at home.
Oh goodness - that makes me nervous. I wouldn't know who to trust! I think I'll just drive H's truck if I really need to go somewhere. I tried it this afternoon and it wasn't horrible. I probably won't go "to town," but I'll be able to run local errands and go take care of my dads dogs for him. I just hope it doesn't take too long to fix. I have shopping to do for DS's birthday party in 2 weeks!
I am so over this morning sickness crap. Since Sunday morning I have woken up every day with a raging headache and STARVINGGGG. I eat, and then I feel nauseous and it's a 50-50 on whether I throw up or if I can do my deep breathing techniques to keep it down. Today I just went back to bed at 10:15 until 12:30 today. I just couldn't deal with it. I don't know what the do- set an alarm for 3am so I eat in the middle of the night so I don't have a raging hunger headache when I wake up?? I'm sleeping through the night so it's not like I wake up hungry and go back to sleep.... And then I have a headache and nausea the rest of the damn day where I'm starving but feel like throwing up at the same time.
And the smells! Basically anything my H wants to eat smells awful to me- his fancy bread after its toasted- I gag. His Greek yogurt? Literally threw up after smelling it when he opened the container. Walking down a city street? Ugh. A Starbucks? No thank you.
And my boobs just hurt. They're getting bigger, which, yay, bc I am tiny, and one goal for pregnancy I always said was that my boobs better grow lol, but now I'm just like ouch....
On the plus side, my u/s was too early on Monday to get an accurate date (which I TOLDDDDD them when they scheduled me) so I get to go back July 11! Which I'm actually so excited about bc yay, another baby pic!
Post by flyinghorses6 on Jun 29, 2016 16:53:24 GMT -5
addymac ughhh I'm sorry you're feeling so crappy. I was/am basically the same way with my first and current pregnancy.
I also feel working nights made it 10000x worse. I'm nauseous my entire night shift, and I am starving at the same time. Not to mention no breaks, and 8 hours on your feet....Nothing I bring to eat is ever what I want or can stomach. I literally bring a biohazard bag in my car for the ride home. From 4:30-8:30 when I get in my bed is a constant battle between waves of nausea, throwing up sometimes, and praying I make it home. This time around I also can't sleep all day like I did last time. I sleep 3 hours when I get home and then I'm up until 7/7:30 when DD goes to bed.
This did end for me about 14-15 weeks and it was the best thing ever. I started to feel like a human again.
Try to rest as much as you can. One thing I do is when I feel the nausea coming on--I force myself to drink a lot of water...and just go into the bathroom. Usually just walking in does enough to make me sick, and I always feel better after (at least for a few hours). I mean keep deep breathing if you want--but I feel like it prolongs the misery.
Caffeine helps the headaches too. Even just a few sips.
Not sure if this is helpful....but you're not alone gfs and it's totally worth it promise
addymac I've been waking up feeling starving as well so I started eating an apple in bed every night right before I go to sleep. It's helped a lot so now I have some time to make something in the morning before I get all shaky and start dry heaving. I start chugging water as soon as I wake up and that helps too. I hope you feel better!! Like flyinghorses6 said, it does get better and all this suffering will be so worth it in the end!
Post by sweetieheart32 on Jun 29, 2016 17:14:24 GMT -5
Sorry you're feeling so crappy addymac it is torture having to suffer for what seems like eternity. Last pregnancy I kept telling DH "we are Never doing this again!" But here we are. Hopefully you'll get a little break from it and then it will be second tri and hopefully a little relief.
Those of you with awful nausea, I'm right there with you. Talk to your doctor about diclegis or zofran! I took zofran my entire pregnancy with DS, and I'm trying diclegis now. It's a game changer. I don't feel 100%, but I do feel better.
I also eat constantly. Including in the MOTN. Eating some crackers when I wake up to pee has helped me feel so much better in the morning.
Those of you with awful nausea, I'm right there with you. Talk to your doctor about diclegis or zofran! I took zofran my entire pregnancy with DS, and I'm trying diclegis now. It's a game changer. I don't feel 100%, but I do feel better.
I also eat constantly. Including in the MOTN. Eating some crackers when I wake up to pee has helped me feel so much better in the morning.
And Minute Maid fizzy lemonade. It really helps.
Haven't hit nausea yet.. but wow! Zofran is amazing! I couldn't keep anything down last pregnancy, especially when I hit a week of migraines. Generic Zofran saved me. I would fight taking it and wonder what the heck I was thinking once I did.. because I felt almost human again!
Those of you with awful nausea, I'm right there with you. Talk to your doctor about diclegis or zofran! I took zofran my entire pregnancy with DS, and I'm trying diclegis now. It's a game changer. I don't feel 100%, but I do feel better.
I also eat constantly. Including in the MOTN. Eating some crackers when I wake up to pee has helped me feel so much better in the morning.
And Minute Maid fizzy lemonade. It really helps.
Haven't hit nausea yet.. but wow! Zofran is amazing! I couldn't keep anything down last pregnancy, especially when I hit a week of migraines. Generic Zofran saved me. I would fight taking it and wonder what the heck I was thinking once I did.. because I felt almost human again!
Yep. Totally. I took it for 9 months, including on DS's birthday.
My OB will prescribe it if the diclegis doesn't work or becomes too expensive.
flyinghorses6, sweetieheart32, lovebb09, thanks ladies. I hate complaining but this week has been awful. I wish really hoping I'd be MS free, since my mom claims she felt amazing her entire pregnancy- hoping it would be hereditary, haha.
If this continues for another week I'll look into meds. Until then, I'll start keeping apples or crackers by my bed if I wake up in the middle of the night. I figure it can't hurt to try anything!!
nomnom Hopefully your day has gotten better since this morning! I would guess the possibility of twins is equally and exciting as terrifying? You'll never have a dull moment though!
CoffeeOnIce I've been getting these overwhelming thoughts lately too. I feel like I JUST weaned DD even though it's been almost 6 months and idk if I can go through the pain of the beginning a second time. Those first weeks were hell! But you know I think we'll manage. You got this girl!
lovebb09 Ditto on this. It's so bad I'm having to pretty much snack constantly. I thought I was going to pass out the shakes were so bad the other day.
madam23 I've had it and it's not bad. Just not my first choice!
notagoddess Such good news! Makes me excited for mine in a couple weeks!
flyinghorses6 I feel the same about Reign as you do PLL. It's such a strange guilty pleasure and I can't stop watching no matter how horrible t gets.
shawnabm1320 How scary! Hopefully it's nothing to serious and can be fixed soon! Is your husband's truck a manual or just huge?
addymac vent away. So many things to be cranky about! Hormones suck when they do this!
Anyone STM+ feeling huge already? Jeezus I'm bloated and already thinking of breaking out the maternity pants! I think I'll have to break out my Snoogle soon too. If I can find it that is
Anyone STM+ feeling huge already? Jeezus I'm bloated and already thinking of breaking out the maternity pants! I think I'll have to break out my Snoogle soon too. If I can find it that is
Oh god, I can't wait to bust out Snoogle. My husband has begged me to hold off until 2nd tri, he hates it.
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