Monday Bitchfest/Symptoms

[mrsmonogrammed]

Swollen feet and ankles all weekend, super annoying-__- I've been trying to take it easy but no matter if I'm just hanging in the couch my ankles are still large and in charge!

[leenziepops]

I feel like my LO is starting to drop. There's a squishy bit at the top of my belly now and it looks more sloped down. However I'm not feeling extra pressure or the need to pee any more often.

[alayne926]

I am exhausted...the dog got DH's mouth guard be bought for snoring, so he's back at that. DS is still not sleeping all night in his bed. Lastnight he woke up at 3am, put him back down, kicked DH out of bed around 345, DS was back up at 430, came in our room and slept on our floor. Then he decided he was up for the day at 630. I caved and let him have the iPad for a bit so I could rest a little bit longer.

DH is of course still downstairs in the guest room sleeping soundly while DS are upstairs playing.

[erbear]

My allergies have morphed into a cold and I'm sinus-y and everything is draining. I'm having some issue breathing, too, so it's now moving into my chest, ugh.

At least Benadryl knocked me out last night.

[cnumbers]

I'm not feeling great. I have an achy lower back, like when I used to get my period? & I just want this week to disappear. SO is back at work after having a long weekend off & I feel vulnerable all alone. Next Tuesday is our anniversary we get to go & pick up my engagement ring as it had to be resized. I'm one happy but uncomfortably pregnant lady. I don't know when he'll pop the question though! Ooh the suspense. I just can't wait to see my ring again, it takes my breath away every time. I may post about it when it happens but I don't want to be an AW. So next week is the big one. Anniversary/Ring viewing on the 2nd, my EDD on the 4th & my 21st birthday on the 6th. This week can't go fast enough!. The house is a mess & I vowed to clean it today but these aching period like pains are keeping me in bed they've een happening since last night. I don't want to move.. & im starting to SS freak out.. is it time?.. probs not.

Edited cause I just realised! Tomorrow I'm onto the single digit countdown until my EDD.. Ohmygosh!

[cnumbers]

May 25, 2015 8:11:38 GMT -5 leenziepops said:

I feel like my LO is starting to drop. There's a squishy bit at the top of my belly now and it looks more sloped down. However I'm not feeling extra pressure or the need to pee any more often.

Same with me. Some days I think he's dropped then other days it feels like he is going to burst out of the top of my belly. I'm not sure if it's more sloped but I think my belly button is getting further away.. idk. Pregnancy be confusing.

[tiffbot]

I just wrote this in ticker change, but yesterday morning I had so much pressure and pooping happening I kind of thought my water was just going to break, or I was going to discover how the people on 'I didn't know I was pregnant' delivered on the toilet unknowingly. It was incredibly uncomfortable and I strongly disliked that feeling.

Otherwise, I'm 2 weeks out from the due date today, I can see the date on the 14 day weather forecast, the waiting feeling is really about to kick in soon, and holy moly. I just can't believe I'm 38 weeks pregnant.

[sully326]

I'm sick of these contractions! They hurt, my body aches & I'm over it. I'm having a RCS so I don't NEED contractions! This is stupid.

[tiffbot]

May 25, 2015 8:46:42 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Can I also just complain how annoying giving urine samples is now? I'm not even kidding when I say I peed more on my hand last week then what I got in the damn cup. I washed them for like 2 mins it was so gross. Like I seriously need some sort of funnel I think haha one I can use once and just throw away. I'm dreading giving some in a few days

I haven't had to to one since 32 weeks but even then I was like huh, this is a lot more interesting to accomplish than way back in first tri!

[wifedeangel]

Ditto on the swelling. All I want to do is hang out with my feet elevated, but the house is a mess and life goes on. I'm just praying the painters finish up today because I'm so sick of them being here banging around and having to actually wear clothes because they're by the windows all the time.

[wifedeangel]

May 25, 2015 8:50:22 GMT -5 tiffbot said:

May 25, 2015 8:46:42 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Can I also just complain how annoying giving urine samples is now? I'm not even kidding when I say I peed more on my hand last week then what I got in the damn cup. I washed them for like 2 mins it was so gross. Like I seriously need some sort of funnel I think haha one I can use once and just throw away. I'm dreading giving some in a few days

I haven't had to to one since 32 weeks but even then I was like huh, this is a lot more interesting to accomplish than way back in first tri!

I was going to complain about this last week and forgot! I have to leave a sample every week, so I have a good routine down for collecting it, and am always careful to make sure everything is cleaned and wiped down when I leave. But apperently the pregnant lady ahead of me was having a tough day because she left drops of pee EVERYWHERE. It was nasty.

[flbabychin]

May 25, 2015 8:46:42 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Can I also just complain how annoying giving urine samples is now? I'm not even kidding when I say I peed more on my hand last week then what I got in the damn cup. I washed them for like 2 mins it was so gross. Like I seriously need some sort of funnel I think haha one I can use once and just throw away. I'm dreading giving some in a few days

+1 for this! My OB makes us do it each week until the end, and I'm dreading the 40 week pee-in-a-cup experience.

[whoopsadaisy]

May 25, 2015 8:46:42 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Can I also just complain how annoying giving urine samples is now? I'm not even kidding when I say I peed more on my hand last week then what I got in the damn cup. I washed them for like 2 mins it was so gross. Like I seriously need some sort of funnel I think haha one I can use once and just throw away. I'm dreading giving some in a few days

Yes! This is getting increasingly difficult. Why are there no funnels!?!

[leenziepops]

May 25, 2015 8:46:42 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Can I also just complain how annoying giving urine samples is now? I'm not even kidding when I say I peed more on my hand last week then what I got in the damn cup. I washed them for like 2 mins it was so gross. Like I seriously need some sort of funnel I think haha one I can use once and just throw away. I'm dreading giving some in a few days

I can't even do it properly prePG so I'm glad I've only had to give a sample once my entire pregnancy

[ajm11]

My feet are swollen, my back hurts, and baby is super low. I keep waking up at night with bad contractions but they don't develop into anything. I'm 38w5d which is exactly the day my water broke with DD and she was born a few hours later. It will be pretty crazy to be more pregnant than I've ever been tomorrow. I'm being induced this weekend if baby doesn't come before then, so it won't be long now.

[teenybird]

My swelling has actually been better the past few days, but I chalk it up to a four day holiday weekend and being a total lazy ass. I've had pregsomnia off and on the past few weeks, but am trying to squeeze in as much sleep as possible while I still can. Also feel like this kid drops/moves back up on the regular. When I had my BPP on Thursday, the tech said his little face was squished down into my bladder...no wonder I'm peeing like every 20 minutes!

[beersandweirs]

I've been having period like cramps pretty constantly all weekend. I don't know if they mean anything, but they definitely aren't at all timeable because they are pretty constant.

[kemdupuis]

NPR: I woke up at 6:30 this morning to pee, and DH was not in bed. This happens frequently- he is a steel mold sales rep./program manager and gets called at 3am when Volkswagen or Honda busts a mold. He's the one that has to coordinate everything and make sure the repair goes smoothly. Anyway, I fell back asleep and woke up again at 8- still no DH. I look at my phone and I have a text message from him that he had to leave to go to one of his customers plants at 4in the morning because they crashed a mold. This plant is 2.5 hours away. It sounds like he is going to be gone ALL day. I am so upset right now- he works a solid 6 days a week (usually 10+ hour days) and sometimes he even has to go in on Sundays. I was so looking forward to spending an entire uninterrupted day with him, and now I'm home alone again. I just feel like I never see my DH and it freaks me out that it's not going to get any better once LO arrives. So frustrated right now.

[wegrowsheep]

Throwing a bday party for DS today (turning 4). He wanted to have it in the big machine shed, by all the tractors. He also wants a green cake, green punch, and green balloons (can you see the John Deere theme unfolding?). I just said, "Alright buddy, sounds good!" Do I feel obligated to do anymore than that? Nope. I hate throwing big parties for the sake of parents. He has simple requests, and that makes me happy. Low key is pretty much the extent of my capabilities right now, and if anyone doesn't like it, too bad.

And cnumbers, you WILL post sparkly pics!!

[sunnyb]

I've had a ripping pain on the top of my belly- below my breast bone. It's quite uncomfortable.

[a5swanson]

May 25, 2015 9:51:12 GMT -5 beersandweirs said:

I've been having period like cramps pretty constantly all weekend. I don't know if they mean anything, but they definitely aren't at all timeable because they are pretty constant.

+1 on this. I'd love to know what's going on. It's so annoying. I waddled my pregnant ass around the block with my dog this morning. About 4 times he stopped in front of me, looked back like, "Are you fing kidding me, lady? Let's MOVE." Waddle, waddle, waddle. That's my life.

[lunalovegood]

Just generally uncomfortable and ready to be done. I keep having a couple hours of regular pretty painful contractions every.single.night. But I go to sleep and they don't wake me up so not the real deal. Been at 5cm for almost a week now. I did just cross off the last thing on the list of things to do before baby comes so maybe that is what was holding things up and this child will come today.

[lunalovegood]

May 25, 2015 9:55:59 GMT -5 wegrowsheep said:

Throwing a bday party for DS today (turning 4). He wanted to have it in the big machine shed, by all the tractors. He also wants a green cake, green punch, and green balloons (can you see the John Deere theme unfolding?). I just said, "Alright buddy, sounds good!" Do I feel obligated to do anymore than that? Nope. I hate throwing big parties for the sake of parents. He has simple requests, and that makes me happy. Low key is pretty much the extent of my capabilities right now, and if anyone doesn't like it, too bad.

And cnumbers, you WILL post sparkly pics!!

That sounds like a great party!  I'm sure he will love it!  My boys never got into the tractors as much as I exposed them to it and it made me a little sad.

[ThePalindromicOne]

My hands are my biggest conplaint. Nothing like the when the carpal tunnel was raging. But now I've got 3 trigger fingers and Dequarvins tendonitis (I think... I'm self-diagnosing) in my left wrist. My hands are just so achy and swollen! I would kill to be able to take an anti inflammatory!

As for the rest of me, I'm doing okay. I really think my weekly prenatal massages have kept the general aches and pain in check. Although my hip flexor muscles feel super useless they are so loose!

[maddib]

May 25, 2015 10:47:49 GMT -5 ThePalindromicOne said:

My hands are my biggest conplaint. Nothing like the when the carpal tunnel was raging. But now I've got 3 trigger fingers and Dequarvins tendonitis (I think... I'm self-diagnosing) in my left wrist. My hands are just so achy and swollen! I would kill to be able to take an anti inflammatory!

As for the rest of me, I'm doing okay. I really think my weekly prenatal massages have kept the general aches and pain in check. Although my hip flexor muscles feel super useless they are so loose!

My doctor told me am ibprofen every now and then won't cause any problems. I have only taken one this entire pregnancy but I still don't know why they are bad. It was never explained to me. I normally just stick to Tylenol but there was one night it was doing nothing for a migraine and when I called they said an excedrin or ibuprofen this one time wouldn't hurt. Should I be worried?

[ThePalindromicOne]

May 25, 2015 10:56:29 GMT -5 maddib said:

May 25, 2015 10:47:49 GMT -5 ThePalindromicOne said:

My hands are my biggest conplaint. Nothing like the when the carpal tunnel was raging. But now I've got 3 trigger fingers and Dequarvins tendonitis (I think... I'm self-diagnosing) in my left wrist. My hands are just so achy and swollen! I would kill to be able to take an anti inflammatory!

As for the rest of me, I'm doing okay. I really think my weekly prenatal massages have kept the general aches and pain in check. Although my hip flexor muscles feel super useless they are so loose!

My doctor told me am ibprofen every now and then won't cause any problems. I have only taken one this entire pregnancy but I still don't know why they are bad. It was never explained to me. I normally just stick to Tylenol but there was one night it was doing nothing for a migraine and when I called they said an excedrin or ibuprofen this one time wouldn't hurt. Should I be worried?

This is what my OB said when I asked her about it previously "Unfortunately anti-inflammatory medications aren't safe past 30-32 weeks of pregnancy as the can effect the heart and kidneys of the baby."  I'm sure I could probably take one without an issue - but this is going to a chronic issue until childbirth and I would just hate the tease if it gave me the best relief ever!!

[bruunk]

Cramping/contractions that are sporadic - just warm ups - achy all over and general grumpiness. I'm not out of bed but have so much to do today. We'll see - I might just stay in bed and spare the world

[Deleted]

Last night I managed to pour a bottle of water on myself lying on the couch trying to take a sip (pregnancy problems!) and I jerked up as a reflex. Today it feels like I ripped a ligament in my right groin area. SO painful. Luckily it's a holiday so I'm just laying in bed while DH installs the car seat, etc. I'm also super constipated again so I've decided I'm going to take Colace daily from now until baby's arrival as a preventative measure.

[pghtruelove]

I'm totally going to be that pregnant lady but other than being sore from sleeping in a different bed, I feel great for once! Been playing fetch with my dog for the past 2 hours.

[cnumbers]

May 25, 2015 9:55:59 GMT -5 wegrowsheep said:

Throwing a bday party for DS today (turning 4). He wanted to have it in the big machine shed, by all the tractors. He also wants a green cake, green punch, and green balloons (can you see the John Deere theme unfolding?). I just said, "Alright buddy, sounds good!" Do I feel obligated to do anymore than that? Nope. I hate throwing big parties for the sake of parents. He has simple requests, and that makes me happy. Low key is pretty much the extent of my capabilities right now, and if anyone doesn't like it, too bad.

And cnumbers, you WILL post sparkly pics!!

I may or may not, I haven't decided yet . It depends on when he decides to propose, he has hinted that it will be next week so I'm thinking either the anniversary (2nd) or my birthday (6th) but I could be busy with a newborn when I get the proposal so I might not have time to get on. We'll have to wait and see next week! & im hoping I don't need to schedule my induction.