Thursday Symptoms/Randoms/Etc

[Widget123]

On another note, my office is infested with these little red bugs. They are driving me and my co-workers nuts- they are crawling up our skin, on our computers, etc. Supposedly facilities said that they already had someone spray the outside of the building and they are coming to spray the interior offices today, and supposedly it is safe to be in the office while they spray... well as much as I want these bugs out, you'd better believe if I see some pest control guy in our suite I am going to ask him if whatever they are spraying is really safe.

[carolyngrace]

a5swanson, I've set up some friend dates the next couple of days, too. Even though I feel like crap I gotta keep occupied!

Also, maybe I need to try and take something to sleep before bed.. I feel like I would die of happiness from more than 2 hours of sleep at a time!

cnumbers, My DH also works a lot with a demanding boss.. Then for some reason his boss offered that he could work from home "until the baby comes" if he wants to be more available for the birth. So random! I said that would make me feel pressured. I mean, maybe if I go way overdue that will be helpful, but not yet!

[holliberry28]

I'm done with work. I think everyone is stupid and annoys the crap out of me. I just want to sleep, which I seem to have no problem doing and I get anxious how I'm going to handle all the sleepless nights. I literally get sick and dizzy and whatever else you can imagine from not enough sleep. I'm being a wimp I know.

Oh, and today we are supposed to finally go trade in our lease to a Ford Escape, and DH thinks I should go by myself, because if I pretend to be a single pregnant lady I'll get a better deal on monthly payments. I told him that shit don't fly, and I'm a good negotiator with or without the bump lol.

[carolyngrace]

May 28, 2015 9:19:24 GMT -5 periwinkledaydreams said:

May 28, 2015 8:05:22 GMT -5 cnumbers said:

+1 for random blubbering, the men just don't understand. It happened to me yesterday whilst putting away the dry cleaning, as I was folding and putting away I was just sobbing.. I don't know why. SO just left me too it but I needed a cuddle! I got one eventually.

I think when it comes down to it, this is what's bothering me the most.  I can't get any cuddles out of SO right now!  Sex, I can get, but physical affection is lacking seriously right now.  I just want like a rub down or a little gentle touch here and there.  I do get daily belly kisses for baby girl and I appreciate those, but I want some for me too!!!  This morning I straight up asked for him to touch me.  I was like, can you just put your hands on me, somewhere, anywhere, I like to feel your hands against my skin.  And I got legit 30 seconds of him resting his palm on my thigh and then he got out of bed.  I don't know, I guess I need to be more direct?  Feeling poo about it.

Aww my DH and I are the opposite. He's always asking for affection (back rubs, etc). He loves touch, where as I never even think about it. It's hard to relate to when it's not something you want for yourself! I try and do better for my DH spontaneously, but yeah, he ends up asking all the time!

[mathistm]

Last night I could not fall asleep because I was having gas pains in my chest. It seriously felt like a huge bubble just sitting on my chest. Ugh. I finally got to sleep at around midnight only to make up 4 times between then and the 5:55 alarm to have diarrhea. Wtf body. Today should be fun.

[sunnyb]

Today my vagina is bothering me, I don't know why but I'll ask at my appointment today. Someone is tickling my cervix- I believe it's baby A. Ive been really tight at night before going to bed, like a constant contraction. Speaking of which, I had a ton of contractions yesterday.

[tiffbot]

My pelvis hurts and the whole thing from front to back is being used as a baby skull trampoline because it feels like one giant interior bruise in there.

I'm pretty sleepy and fell asleep for like 1/2 hour after supper last night and didn't even know I did until I woke up.

Overnight is a challenge, I hate rolling out of bed to pee 4 or 5 times a night because of previously mentioned pelvic bone pain.

Dressing myself has become such a challenge, and I gave up and started wearing this one knee length casual maternity dress I have around the house. I wore it to my dr office yesterday and discovered how difficult it feels to close my legs, so I found myself sitting pushing the skirt down between my legs with my hands rather than even attempting to look put together.

And yet I feel like after poopscapades 2015 this weekend where I was completely miserable, I am so loving and happy and cheery this week. Hormones, sometimes you suck, sometimes you surprise me. Thank you!

[periwinkledaydreams]

May 28, 2015 9:43:32 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

May 28, 2015 9:19:24 GMT -5 periwinkledaydreams said:

I think when it comes down to it, this is what's bothering me the most.  I can't get any cuddles out of SO right now!  Sex, I can get, but physical affection is lacking seriously right now.  I just want like a rub down or a little gentle touch here and there.  I do get daily belly kisses for baby girl and I appreciate those, but I want some for me too!!!  This morning I straight up asked for him to touch me.  I was like, can you just put your hands on me, somewhere, anywhere, I like to feel your hands against my skin.  And I got legit 30 seconds of him resting his palm on my thigh and then he got out of bed.  I don't know, I guess I need to be more direct?  Feeling poo about it.

Aww my DH and I are the opposite. He's always asking for affection (back rubs, etc). He loves touch, where as I never even think about it. It's hard to relate to when it's not something you want for yourself! I try and do better for my DH spontaneously, but yeah, he ends up asking all the time!

See, he really likes receiving it too.. but I'm a spontaneous giver.  I'm probably an over giver because I find the act of giving touch comforting as well.  He needs to be prompted.  I have to stop myself from being withholding as a response to my lack of receiving cause then I'm like WOOAAAHHH passive aggressive much?!?!  We're still really new (only been together a year) and still learning each other.  I'm also kind of over analytical.  If you couldn't tell lol.

[sugarkissed]

I'm 39 weeks tomorrow but I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll go to 42 weeks again, and I'm really, really hoping that I'm wrong. I'm just ready to meet this baby and going that far past my due date made me an emotional wreck.

My neighbour came over yesterday with gifts! She made a beautiful quilt for the nursery, and a tiny matching one for DD's doll so she can play mommy too. So sweet!

DD is soooo grumpy today, so I'm putting her in time out while I sip my coffee. It's going to be a long day.

[ladymouse]

I want a soda. Waffles with syrup. Panera bread. Fruit salad.
I want a non-schizophrenic digestive system. Constipated for few days, going 4 times a day for a few days... Yeurgh.
I want something productive (and toddler-friendly) to do. But I've already done it. I've got up to 4 and a half weeks of... waiting. Reading. Trying to sit/move in ways to make the baby move down. I'm starting to go stir crazy.

[mrskblack11]

Damn poop cramps get me excited for nothing.

[wegrowsheep]

Widget123 I have a 4 yo DS, and last year he wanted a backhoe and keys for his birthday,lol. However, a cheap toolbox was a mega hit (and bonus, he could tote his junk around in it). I told a friend she could yard sale shop for his party, and she found a toolbox, and some random little tools, and it was his favorite gift.
sully326 I've given up on discerning between movement and BH, because it all hurts.

My randoms: So proud of DD, she did a presentation on herself and her family yesterday for her kindergarten class. I couldn't be there, but apparently it was one of few projects NOT obviously done by parents. She also has no fear of public speaking, which is super fun.

I had tons of contractions and cramping last night, but nothing timeable, and I felt crappy.

I wannt to go visit my inlaws, but SIL is constantly there with her kids, who haven't all been healthy in over a month. Seriously, at what point will you call it quits with the essentials oils and go see a fucking doctor??

[Deleted]

Woke up to more bloody show and consistent cramps this morning. But I'm tired of analyzing everything and have decided I'm going to assume it means nothing until it's clear that it means something.

[lunalovegood]

@jimbobcooter it is a total mind fuck isn't it?! I totally feel your pain, and I too am trying to assume it is nothing until it is painfully obvious it is something.

[dmoney]

Is it wrong that at 38 weeks I am really happy that I am further along then my sister ever was with both of her pregnancies when she went 41 weeks with her oldest and 38 weeks and water broker with her twins?? She flat out told me a few months ago that if I can have a vaginal birth when she had to have 2 c sections she was going to be pissed at me....well she never dilated and I don't think she was ever any percentage effaced, where I am 50% effaced and 1 cm dilated (as of last night). I want to rub it in her face because she has done nothing but compare our pregnancies for the past 9 months and finally I have something on her to tell her to shut the F up. Pregnancies are not supposed to be a competition and yet she has turned it into one. I have kept my mouth shut because i am to much of a pansy to piss her off just because I dont want to hear her moan and groan but now that things are actually moving in the right direction I want to throw it her face.. I know its really bitchy of me to do but im just at the point where I dont care!

[lalamomma]

I've felt like it's time to have this baby since the day after DH got here and I hate it. We are doing all this fun stuff and I have to sit down and rest constantly, put my feet up for longer car rides, go to the bathroom all the time etc.
So over it!

[junch817]

May 28, 2015 11:40:19 GMT -5 dmoney said:

Is it wrong that at 38 weeks I am really happy that I am further along then my sister ever was with both of her pregnancies when she went 41 weeks with her oldest and 38 weeks and water broker with her twins?? She flat out told me a few months ago that if I can have a vaginal birth when she had to have 2 c sections she was going to be pissed at me....well she never dilated and I don't think she was ever any percentage effaced, where I am 50% effaced and 1 cm dilated (as of last night). I want to rub it in her face because she has done nothing but compare our pregnancies for the past 9 months and finally I have something on her to tell her to shut the F up. Pregnancies are not supposed to be a competition and yet she has turned it into one. I have kept my mouth shut because i am to much of a pansy to piss her off just because I dont want to hear her moan and groan but now that things are actually moving in the right direction I want to throw it her face.. I know its really bitchy of me to do but im just at the point where I dont care!

Yikes. She doesn't really have a reason to be mad AT you for getting a vaginal birth after she had 2 CS, but I definitely don't like that you want to rub it in her face if you get the vaginal birth she has longed for. I don't know what specifically she has done to compare your pregnancies... could've been pretty crappy stuff. But as someone that had a CS based on my baby's position, and was never given the opportunity to have a vaginal birth, I think it really sucks that you want to throw it in her face.

[carolyngrace]

Ok, I need to make a completely new post here, because I'm so irritated.

My mom was at my sister's birth, and it was fine. She was a little weird and jumpy, but my sister didn't notice anything for the most part. However, since then (7 years ago!!) she talks about it periodically, and apologizes to my sister over and over. And we're both just like huh? It was fine, move on.

Well, DH and I decided not to have her in the room for our birth, because she makes DH anxious mostly. She has been ok with it, and said she's happy to wait with my dad in the waiting room.

Today she calls me to explain "where she's coming from" and goes on this long rant about how one of her friend's babies DIED and if she had been there to help, she feels she could have pushed an intervention sooner. This was like 20+ years ago when she was a L&D nurse. She kept saying how she has a lot of knowledge and instinct that would kick in if anything goes wrong...

She didn't ask to be in the room, but she asked that "if anything goes wrong, would someone tell me and I can come in to observe." Um, that sounds TERRIBLE. For one, if anything DOES goes wrong it will be super chaotic in the room already. Also, I TRUST my midwives and feel they will send me to the hospital ASAP if anything seems wrong. They've already run through several scenarios of this with me. And finally - I'M HOURS OR DAYS AWAY FROM GIVING BIRTH. DO NOT FUCKING TALK TO ME ABOUT AN EMERGENCY HAPPENING DURING MY LABOR!!

But because my mom requires a certain level of coddling, I told her I would have someone go tell her "if something is going wrong" to make her feel better. I may just forget to tell the nurses/midwives that.

[erbear]

Oh, anyone else having hot flashes? I'm dying today.

[carolyngrace]

May 28, 2015 12:59:36 GMT -5 erbear said:

Oh, anyone else having hot flashes? I'm dying today.

Only at night! I wake up soaked in sweat, even though we have AC on and I've been comfortable all day long...

[sunnyb]

Omg carolyngrace she should not be bringing that up to you now. Who wants to hear horror stories?! She sounds like .. A lot.

New symptom: I cry at that pampers commercial that gives reasons for babies to wake up in the middle of the night and one is "she misses you" I'm going to try to remember that in my sleep deprivation!!so sweet!

[sunnyb]

erbear yes for sure.

[sully326]

May 28, 2015 13:10:41 GMT -5 @pcrunk said:

Just popping in to say HAAAAIIIIIII. We moved over the weekend so shits been a little cray over here. Hope no one forgot about me.

I was wondering where you've been!

[redlipz]

I'm on the everything could be labor club. My son was born at 38+1 and I'm at 38+3 now. I even think about it in my sleep.

We also have a 3 day music event going on this weekend that takes place down the street, literally. We are expecting 30k-35k people A DAY! I hope I don't go into labor then because a ton of streets are going to be closed and the only highway I can take to go to the hospital is the one where there will be insane traffic coming and going from the event. With my luck, I probably will go into labor then.

I've been having some kind of painful contractions and by the feels of it, I'll be having back labor again, boooo.

[dmoney]

May 28, 2015 12:14:50 GMT -5 junch817 said:

May 28, 2015 11:40:19 GMT -5 dmoney said:

Is it wrong that at 38 weeks I am really happy that I am further along then my sister ever was with both of her pregnancies when she went 41 weeks with her oldest and 38 weeks and water broker with her twins?? She flat out told me a few months ago that if I can have a vaginal birth when she had to have 2 c sections she was going to be pissed at me....well she never dilated and I don't think she was ever any percentage effaced, where I am 50% effaced and 1 cm dilated (as of last night). I want to rub it in her face because she has done nothing but compare our pregnancies for the past 9 months and finally I have something on her to tell her to shut the F up. Pregnancies are not supposed to be a competition and yet she has turned it into one. I have kept my mouth shut because i am to much of a pansy to piss her off just because I dont want to hear her moan and groan but now that things are actually moving in the right direction I want to throw it her face.. I know its really bitchy of me to do but im just at the point where I dont care!

Yikes. She doesn't really have a reason to be mad AT you for getting a vaginal birth after she had 2 CS, but I definitely don't like that you want to rub it in her face if you get the vaginal birth she has longed for. I don't know what specifically she has done to compare your pregnancies... could've been pretty crappy stuff. But as someone that had a CS based on my baby's position, and was never given the opportunity to have a vaginal birth, I think it really sucks that you want to throw it in her face.

I know its really shitty of me to want to do it. I get that 100%  but the whole time I have been pregnant she has made me feel like shit. Told me that I would 100% fail my Glucose test (best she did).   Everyone including her Doctors have told her that she brought 3 very healthy baby's into this world and there is nothing to be upset about. But she says she Failed as a mother because she couldn't have a natural birth.. Its not just in pregnancies that she has made life a competition.  She constantly has to be right about things and if anyone is wrong she finds something else to try and one up the other person on.  @bigko  You are 100% correct I don't know what my labor story is going to be, but at the same time I am in the mind set that as long as I bring this little one into the world in a way that is healthy for her and for me that is all that matters to me.  Other people have told her that she has no right to be pissed at me if I can have a natural birth because she couldn't.  That we are two completely different people and that she needs to realize that she still gave birth to three healthy baby's.  Could also be that I am just extra hormonal and that's why.  I obviously would never say anything to her and rub it in her face because I am not trying to start world war 3 in my family, just needed to get it off my chest.  I might be pissed that she has made our pregnancies into a competition and has tried to make me feel like crap for the past 9 months but i would never actually do something to make her that upset because A she has my parents wrapped around her finger and B she would find something else to make me feel like shit about. 

[junch817]

May 28, 2015 12:59:36 GMT -5 erbear said:

Oh, anyone else having hot flashes? I'm dying today.

Mine tend to come with my contractions, which I have been having all. the. time!!!
I'm also in the I think everything is the start of labor club. I like to have delusional thoughts like - this isn't comfortable, but it's not that bad. Maybe I'm just supermom and can handle it and the other moms can't. My water will break any second now with all these contractions and I'll push this baby out and have a super fast labor because I'm so supermom that these contractions are totally doable - hahahaha riiiigggghhhhttttt

[erbear]

May 28, 2015 13:01:45 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

May 28, 2015 12:59:36 GMT -5 erbear said:

Oh, anyone else having hot flashes? I'm dying today.

Only at night! I wake up soaked in sweat, even though we have AC on and I've been comfortable all day long...

It started at night and it's continued. My classroom is roasting!

[junch817]

Anyone else's boobs covered in those oh so attractive skin tags? Bleh. I used to have a few, and now they are everywhere. I have one under my left boob right along where my braline hits, and it pulls at it off and on and it hurts! They are driving me insane! A lot of them are just raised bumps, but some of them just hang there and I hate them.

[tiffbot]

My H has 8 EDOs banked up to use however many he wants when I go into labour. I just noticed if I make it 2 more weeks that will pretty cover him until the end of the school year. That almost makes it a little easier to think about holding on that much longer! Not that I really get to choose anyway haha!

[theBeeMama]

This is a random RANT (just warning everyone) but here goes:

tomorrow is dh's birthday. For over a month, I have had a plan in place to have dinner at his parent's house (his mom is an amazing cook and she makes his very favorite meal and cake and that's totally her way of loving on her kids, so all of that was her idea) so I knew he'd love that, and then after dinner we would have a few of his close friends over for cigar smoking and stuff on his parent's super nice big back porch on their farm. It's like dh's idea of the perfect night. We live in the city but dh grew up on their farm and he loves it out there. Of course I asked MIL a million times if it was really okay to do it at their house but they are party-hosting people all the time (seriously the woman is Martha Stewart) and she assured me it was totally good, she was excited for it and she was glad to be able to help since I am having some bad back troubles and can't really be on my feet for long right now. (Especially with a two year old needing a lot of attention too.)

So just about thirty minutes ago she calls me and says, "hey so sorry but we're gonna have to cancel tomorrow night!"

FIL's mother has constant physical and mental health issues (she's 85 in assisted living) and this week she's been having "episodes" (nothing with her body but they say she's talking out of her head and acting really irrational) (I should also add that the woman is a textbook narcissist, a terrible human being and she ALWAYS has these "unexplainable flare ups" with mysterious mental issues right around special events/birthdays/etc for other people) and so MIL says she can't leave her side. Which is really kind and everything, but this is the third thing in a month that she/FIL have blown off regarding my husband because they say they have to be with grandmommy. I understand that dinner, cake and company is a lot, but i feel like there could have been a compromise this late in the game so that I wasn't totally left with nothing. We are on a really tight budget this week because of a job transition for dh (ugh, long story and totally adding another huge level of stress to the situation since we have a full term baby a week from today) so he has specifically asked me not to get him a gift or even spend money on a party/special dinner for him. I know he would just be on edge and wondering how much everything cost of I did anything. Which is why I was so glad to still be able to do something special for him without it costing us hardly anything.

Aaaanyways, I told dh (may be a douche move, ratting out his parents, but the alternative was not telling him and it basically just seeming like I didn't give a flying f that it was his birthday.) So I filled him in and he was like "I don't care about not doing something on my birthday but it really sucks that my parents constantly prioritize grandmommy over their kids." And now I just feel bad for him all the way around.

Wow. Sorry for that.

For those of you who don't want to read my novel...

Tl;dr - my in-laws totally pulled the rug out from underneath my birthday plans for dh and now I'm scrambling to figure something out on a budget of basically zero dollars. Lol woohoo!