Monday symptoms(5/11)

[stinybean]

Good morning ladies! How are you feeling?

[stinybean]

This weekend for me started the lovely swelling if the feet. I was in complete denial on Saturday and needed someone to confirm yesterday why my flipflops were tight and uncomfortable. MH previously couldn't help notice my new piggy toes. I drank maybe a gallon of water yesterday (not exaggerating) and tried my best to put my feet up. This seemed to work a bit. I worry how I'm going to pull this of with a room full of kindergarteners today, especially because I will be in a non a/c room with little to no cross breeze. Today will be in the 80s and tomorrow the 90s, ahhh!!!!
Eta: sorry for whining

[Widget123]

I was feeling really dizzy this morning when I woke up, with my heart racing, and seeing spots for a minute or two. I take this as a sign my blood pressure is starting to really creep up again. I have an OB appointment this afternoon, so we'll see how I'm doing then.

[holliberry28]

stinybean, I'm with you on the swollen feet. None of my work shoes fit, and I'm resigned to go in flip flops and hope no one notices! I'm feeling super cheap to spend $$ on shoes this late in the game.

Widget123, I'm hoping the dizziness was just an isolated incident and your bp is still ok. Fx later at your doctors appointment!

[pghtruelove]

My hips, legs, and back hurt so bad. Luckily I have a massage appointment today at 4. Also thinking about going to the YMCA and swimming(mostly sitting in the shallow end) intake warm pool. Maybe floating will help.

[wormgerm]

I have swollen feet, sore belly when I wake up, and sore boobs.

My issues are more emotional than physical. I cried twice yesterday because I'm overwhelmed by the following: I think I failed my repeat 3 hour gtt, I have nothing to wear for this hot weather we have, I hate being in limbo between care providers (I don't feel valued by the new practice since we have no history,) our floor refinishing got bumped back a week so it won't start until the 25th. I'll be 37 weeks pregnant with no bedroom for us and no nursery. The registry hasn't been used much and no one used our wedding registry so I'm overwhelmed at the thought of all the big shopping we have to do very soon. My shower is at my parents house this weekend and it's a messsss. I don't see how it will be cleaned up and ready in 5 days. Not really my problem but it makes me sad. I don't feel secure with my care, prepared at home for baby, or emotionally prepared to deliver and mother a child.

Tl;dr. I'm freaking out because I'm in control of absolutely nothing and this kid will be here soon.

[laurenlou83]

This little guy decided BH were a really good Mother's Day present yesterday.

My acid reflux is out of control and even Zantac isn't helping anymore.

My back hurts so bad and getting out of bed every morning is a struggle.

My hands are swollen and my joints in my fingers hurt so bad. Luckily the swelling has stuck to only my hands so far.

Is it June 18 yet???

[mrsmonogrammed]

So tired today! And I actually got really good sleep last night. Apparently this is my punishment for trying to fit too much into 1 weekend:(

[ajm11]

I'm exhausted. DD has a chronic cough that is possibly due to asthma. She wakes up coughing in the night and can't stop. Then, she's wide awake. Neither of us are getting sleep, so I am going to call her doctor again today for a more aggressive treatment since what we are doing is obviously not working. Poor girl.

My feet are swollen, I'm having tons of BH contractions, weird random leg cramps, and baby has decided to either grow dramatically or move up. I've been carrying her low for most of the pregnancy, but now (at 36w5d) she's decided to hang out right below my diaphragm. My fundal height increased by 5 cm in one week, so, yeah...move back down, baby.

[sapphyre0702]

I have the hip pain - they feel sore and like they may come loose from my body. Sleeping last night was challenging, especially since baby boy was practicing MMA or something (which makes me happy, just also makes it hard to sleep or get comfortable).

[megd893]

I went out and bought Lilypads this weekend because my leaking boobs are starting to stain the inside of my bras (the two that fit).
Swollen feet (it's strictly Birkenstocks right now and even those have had to be loosened), incredible congestion, sore loosening hips and no sleep.

Glowing ladies. We're simply glowing.

[islandgirl14]

I'm having a seriously hard time breathing today. Baby must be sitting just right and pressing up against my lungs. It's enough that it almost makes me panic (and thus makes it harder to breathe), and so I really have to focus on staying calm and not letting my breaths get even shorter from the anxiety....

Also lots of BH.... Are we done yet?

[nettje]

I got a weird rash on the lower half of both legs this weekend I'm not sure if it's something I ate that caused the rash or something baby related. I'll be asking my doc about it today.

Also... Skin tags. Holy shit do I have a ton of skin tags around my armpits. I know they're harmless but they're annoying and ugly. They aren't even that big but they bug me.

[bendherova]

I was exceptionally hot at bedtime last night. Our AC is on (bc it's 90 outside? what happened to Spring?). and i had to turn our ceiling fan up to it's fastest, and I was still hot.

Otherwise, heartburn, and a minor amt of pain in my hip- maybe I slept on it funny.

Also, some of these kicks and jabs and rolls DS2 is up to are really painful. and they are over my hip, in my right side which has me freaking out that he's transverse.

[Widget123]

May 11, 2015 6:59:39 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

May 11, 2015 6:10:21 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

I was feeling really dizzy this morning when I woke up, with my heart racing, and seeing spots for a minute or two. I take this as a sign my blood pressure is starting to really creep up again. I have an OB appointment this afternoon, so we'll see how I'm doing then.

Did this happen when you first woke up or first stood up? Sounds more like low blood pressure. Perhaps a little dehydrated this morning? Obviously your OB will know best but just throwing it out there. 

Hmm that would be very interesting to me if it was really low blood pressure.  With my pregnancy with DD and in the post-partum period I had high blood pressure, so I just assumed it was that.  TMI but it was a few minutes after I woke up and I was sitting on the toilet.

[bendherova]

Oh. I was just reminded of one while showering. My boobs have started to hurt a bit. Not as bad as first tri
or post partum, but my guess is it's a signal that the milk is coming!!

[megd893]

May 11, 2015 9:15:11 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

May 11, 2015 6:59:39 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

Did this happen when you first woke up or first stood up? Sounds more like low blood pressure. Perhaps a little dehydrated this morning? Obviously your OB will know best but just throwing it out there. 

Hmm that would be very interesting to me if it was really low blood pressure.  With my pregnancy with DD and in the post-partum period I had high blood pressure, so I just assumed it was that.  TMI but it was a few minutes after I woke up and I was sitting on the toilet.

I've had a couple bouts of dizzy, spinny, light headedness recently.  I'm getting them when I stand yes, but I also get them when working on documents at my desk.  I chatted with my doc about this, and was told that when I feel this while I'm not doing anything strenuous, physical etc. to eat something salty.  
May be worth mentioning at next appointment. 

[periwinkledaydreams]

wormgerm, I really feel you on the overwhelming sense of a lack of control. My "nursery" is still a room full of boxes that I have no physical capability of handling. They are piled high and awkwardly and full of SOs stuff. He needs to deal with that ish like, NOW, but he works long hours and is exhausted after and I keep cutting him slack on not doing it because its not like I can even help. My shower isn't until the 31st and the invitations just went out. What if we get none of the things we need? I'll be 37 weeks and I'm anxious about waiting until then to buy all the things, but SO thinks its crazy to buy them now when in his mind people will probably gift them to us. There's a bit of tension b/w the two of us right now!

As far as physical symptoms, I had the worst migraine I've had in months yesterday and have the aftermath today. Full on barfing, almost passed out multiple times during the come-on stage, and was in bed all day with and ice pack crying. My neck and shoulders feel like they are being ripped from my body and my head is 100 pounds and throbbing. I also could NOT stop peeing yesterday, like every 30 minutes all day and not just a trickle but a full on pee each time all day. On the bright side, LO doesn't feel so little anymore and I love that her movements actually feel like body parts now, if that makes sense. It is cool to be able to be like "that's your butt!" "thats your elbow!" and feel pretty sure that I'm right. Honestly I've been feeling so miserable that the movement is what keeps me in any kind of positive spirits these days!

[mrskblack11]

I pooped this morning. YAY!

My stretch marks make me feel like I am a Frankenstein creature.

I think baby has started to drop. My bump is lower than it was a few days ago. I have an U/S today so we shall see if I am right.

[megd893]

Does anyone else get angry when they pee??
I have to be SO badly and get to the bathroom looking forward to the rush of relief and expecting to be able to put out a small fire with the pressure/amount of urine I'm about to expel. However, when I finally am sitting... it comes out as a trickle. Like a dripping faucet, and eventually it opens up full stream. Those first few seconds though, is so frustrating!!

Am I alone on this one?

[periwinkledaydreams]

May 11, 2015 9:18:42 GMT -5 megd893 said:

May 11, 2015 9:15:11 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Hmm that would be very interesting to me if it was really low blood pressure.  With my pregnancy with DD and in the post-partum period I had high blood pressure, so I just assumed it was that.  TMI but it was a few minutes after I woke up and I was sitting on the toilet.

I've had a couple bouts of dizzy, spinny, light headedness recently.  I'm getting them when I stand yes, but I also get them when working on documents at my desk.  I chatted with my doc about this, and was told that when I feel this while I'm not doing anything strenuous, physical etc. to eat something salty.  
May be worth mentioning at next appointment. 

I have an episode of  light headedness every morning, and Widget123 it often does happen while sitting on the toilet!  My OB said it could be something caused from the vagus nerve, vasovagal response which causes a drop in blood pressure and to try to lean forward and put head between the knees (I mean, yea right.. but in that direction!).  She doesn't know why it happens every day at the same time but could just be the way LO is positioned on the nerve.  It happens every day and it is still scary every single time.  Definitely worth a convo I think!

[noname83]

This morning I've been relatively good in terms of back pain (which has been my main complaint in the past month), but the LO has been moving around non stop since Friday and is really up in my ribs. He needs to move, it's quite uncomfortable.

Also, my 1st trimester exhaustion is back and I'm peeing every 10 min it feels like. SO awesome. However, it could be worse, so I'm thankful that my back feels better this morning.

[belle0720]

Morning Ladies!

For the most part I'm still feeling pretty good, just tired and I have very little endurance. It is getting harder for me to fall asleep at night though. My back just can't get comfortable when I lay in bed and I realllly feel like I need to crack it! So I slept on the couch for most of last night.

[belle0720]

May 11, 2015 9:35:16 GMT -5 megd893 said:

Does anyone else get angry when they pee??
I have to be SO badly and get to the bathroom looking forward to the rush of relief and expecting to be able to put out a small fire with the pressure/amount of urine I'm about to expel. However, when I finally am sitting... it comes out as a trickle. Like a dripping faucet, and eventually it opens up full stream. Those first few seconds though, is so frustrating!!

Am I alone on this one?

lol I don't really get angry, but the more I'm on my feet the more often I think I really need to pee and it is super confusing when I go and there's barely anything there!

[wormgerm]

Maybe this is more appropriate for TMI Tuesday but has anyone else noticed their poo situation worsening? Over the past few months I went from normal healthy turds to soft ones to basically now a few steps away from diarrhea. That's my new normal.

[Widget123]

May 11, 2015 9:37:48 GMT -5 periwinkledaydreams said:

May 11, 2015 9:18:42 GMT -5 megd893 said:

I've had a couple bouts of dizzy, spinny, light headedness recently.  I'm getting them when I stand yes, but I also get them when working on documents at my desk.  I chatted with my doc about this, and was told that when I feel this while I'm not doing anything strenuous, physical etc. to eat something salty.  
May be worth mentioning at next appointment. 

I have an episode of  light headedness every morning, and Widget123 it often does happen while sitting on the toilet!  My OB said it could be something caused from the vagus nerve, vasovagal response which causes a drop in blood pressure and to try to lean forward and put head between the knees (I mean, yea right.. but in that direction!).  She doesn't know why it happens every day at the same time but could just be the way LO is positioned on the nerve.  It happens every day and it is still scary every single time.  Definitely worth a convo I think!

yeah u-huh okay.  but very interesting, thank you

[Widget123]

May 11, 2015 9:05:02 GMT -5 bendherova said:

I was exceptionally hot at bedtime last night. Our AC is on (bc it's 90 outside? what happened to Spring?). and i had to turn our ceiling fan up to it's fastest, and I was still hot.

Otherwise, heartburn, and a minor amt of pain in my hip- maybe I slept on it funny.

Also, some of these kicks and jabs and rolls DS2 is up to are really painful. and they are over my hip, in my right side which has me freaking out that he's transverse.

I have been waking up drenched in sweat every morning for the last week or so.  Our AC is on, our ceiling fan is on.  One thing that is a problem is we have the Nest connected to the wifi in our house and for some reason it always loses the internet connection in the middle of the night and then doesn't want to kick on.  DH tried resetting our wifi (almost breaking our less than a year old modem in the process) and tried googling solutions, but still nada.

[ThePalindromicOne]

Achy hands and feet.
Insomnia.
Reflux.
First 2 hemorrhoids popped up - ugh.
Moody.
Mentally checked out. One 1 more week of engaging work and then 2 weeks of mindless work... then leave starts!

[bendherova]

May 11, 2015 10:36:37 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

May 11, 2015 9:35:16 GMT -5 megd893 said:

Does anyone else get angry when they pee??
I have to be SO badly and get to the bathroom looking forward to the rush of relief and expecting to be able to put out a small fire with the pressure/amount of urine I'm about to expel. However, when I finally am sitting... it comes out as a trickle. Like a dripping faucet, and eventually it opens up full stream. Those first few seconds though, is so frustrating!!

Am I alone on this one?

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I've been lifting the bump up when peeing and it helps everything come out a lot more quickly. But yes, the stream had been wimpy!

[Deleted]

So much vag pressure this morning. I'm sitting upright at the dining table working so I can feeling it so clearly, more than the norm. I swear, if I sneeze, baby is just going to fall out. And my belly feels like one giant BH again. I don't know if I'm actually having BH or if it's just because baby is that big and is about to explode out of my belly, but I'm kind of over it.