Rants Raves and Randoms

[theBeeMama]

Whether you're sleep deprived and overwhelmed with a newborn or still pregnant and wondering if you'll ever really have your child (or some blissful state in between) we could probably all use an opportunity to get our rants/raves and randoms out there. Because, Monday.

[theBeeMama]

You guys. I woke up at 5:30 this morning with the effing stomach flu.

I'm so pissed at my body/the world right now. My mom is driving 40 minutes one way to pick up DS for me because I just can't handle it. I'd go into detail about how wretched this morning has been, but... Y'all don't need or want to know. Lol. You're welcome.

But basically I'm thinking... My mom is driving all this way to pick up DS and it's NOT because I'm in labor. It's because I'm violently dispelling everything from my body EXCEPT my baby. Nobody should get a stomach virus at 38 weeks pregnant. It should just be against the rules.

[alayne926]

Ugh....still pregnant and SO ready to not be.

Thankfully, my maternity leave replacement is training at another clinic today so I can have a break from him....I don't see him staying on after I get back...hopefully...

I pulled a muscle in my groin this morning rolling over in bed and it HURTS so bad!! I don't know how my body is going to hold it together for another two weeks.

[alayne926]

Oh man, theBeeMama, you have all my sympathies...so glad your mom can help you. Hopefully you can at least stay hydrated and get some rest!

[kemdupuis]

TMI, but I am SO unbelievably constipated, it's not even funny. I feel like I am having a butt baby with all of the pressure down there, but it just will not come out. It's awful. I take fiber supplements, eat veg/fruit like crazy, and suck down so much water each day.... I don't know why this is happening to me!! Ugh!!

[kemdupuis]

theBeeMama that is awful! Feel better soon!!

[holliberry28]

I'm sorry theBeeMama, that's horrible Hopefully it's just a one day bug and you'll feel better asap.

budders, too bad you're not near NYC..my sister is a newborn photographer, but the farthest she'll go is Jersey. I can't believe he's 10 days old, wow!

I've been sleeping so much, prob close to 11 hours last night. I wonder if all this sleeping now will make it harder or easier once baby is here??

[tinavonsparkle]

theBeeMama - that sucks. Sounds horrendous and it's the very last thing you need. I hope it passes quickly x

[ladymouse]

Stop teasing me, child/body. Having REGULAR contractions for over an hour... too weak to mean or accomplish anything, even if I was at 5/1/1 (the only reason I haven't started timing.) To make it worse, today is her uncle's birthday. Wednesday is her grandpa's birthday. So, you know, everyone wants her born on their birthday.

[turtletyme]

theBeeMama,hope you feel better soon, that BLOWS!
kemdupuis, I feel ya. It's so fun to play "poop cramp or contraction?" every day, especially when you already know the answer. I assume since Colace doesn't work worth a damn now, it won't after the baby comes either, right? Wah.

Last day of work rant= I am the worst employee in America, I can't make myself do anything. Plus the guy covering for me pulled a "I don't feel good after my vacation" and called out today, so I am just emailing him stuff like "Good luck w/this!"

Rave- got a call this morning that my c/s got bumped up to the first one of the day, so I will be less starving AND get to meet my kid sooner. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

[tatersalad]

theBeeMama that absolutely sucks. I hope you feel better soon.
@kemdupis I resorted to enemas since the risks associated with them are going into labor and I want to go into labor, damn it!

[sugarkissed]

theBeeMama, Ugh, feel better soon!!

I'm going in for a RCS this afternoon... but it's still 4 hours away so I'm curling my hair to distract myself from my hunger and anxiety. Knowing exactly when you are going in to have a baby is pretty weird. I don't think that it's hit me yet. Haha.

[laurenlou83]

Jun 15, 2015 11:28:06 GMT -5 sugarkissed said:

theBeeMama, Ugh, feel better soon!!

I'm going in for a RCS this afternoon... but it's still 4 hours away so I'm curling my hair to distract myself from my hunger and anxiety. Knowing exactly when you are going in to have a baby is pretty weird. I don't think that it's hit me yet. Haha.

Good luck this afternoon!!!

[alayne926]

Ugh...I really wish these contractions would do something, or go away....I've had contractions today lasting anywhere from 20 sec. to 1 min...not getting any more serious and I think starting to fizzle...I got my hopes up for about 45 min...and now they're tapering off, so I think I just needed to drink more water.

[Bluedaisy]

Still very pregnant...38 weeks today. Went swimming then booked a bunch of apts for this week (pedicure, massage, trying to get in for hair cut etc.)

[Bluedaisy]

sugarkissed, Good luck this afternoon! I would be bouncing off the walls.

[alayne926]

Jun 15, 2015 12:26:07 GMT -5 fatmilkisdelish said:

Woke up this morning really puffy and had a solid menstrual-like cramp for 20 minutes. Was uncomfortable so I got out of bed and moved around for a bit. Got back into bed and hubs asked if I was okay. I told him I was cramping and swollen and he interrupts me to say "it's not swelling if it doesn't go away"....................fucking asshole. I know I'm fat right now, but I can be puffy too- don't rub it in that I'm a whale.
I laid down for awhile but I made sure to yell at him later that I've been swollen for the last week because it's fucking hot and humid every day and I'm trying to make sure everything is ready for this baby. I took the dog for a walk and didn't say goodbye to him before he went to work. He has been apologizing ever since. It took me quite awhile to calm down. Maybe I was being sensitive, but I don't care.

Edited for words

Definitely not OK!  I would've reacted the same way.  

[baytosa2013]

Jun 15, 2015 11:28:06 GMT -5 sugarkissed said:

theBeeMama, Ugh, feel better soon!!
sugarkissed,sugarkissed,
I'm going in for a RCS this afternoon... but it's still 4 hours away so I'm curling my hair to distract myself from my hunger and anxiety. Knowing exactly when you are going in to have a baby is pretty weird. I don't think that it's hit me yet. Haha.

Good luck sugarkissed!!

[baytosa2013]

I STILL have fat swollen feet! It's been 11 days since I had the baby and it will not go away. I'm also thinking about calling the nurse because my lower stomach is very sore and it kinda sorta feels like I might have a UTI when I pee but not every time and I'm just not sure what is normal..or not.

[bruunk]

theBeeMama I'm so sorry - that's horrible!

I'm emotionally exhausted. Since Tuesday I've had regular contractions that always stop -- enough in the am for DH to question going to work, and enough at night that I start to time and think "Maybe..." But nope. They last a few hours each time and stop. I'm so so so done. What sucks we're not even to EDD so tech this is still normal and I'm trying to stay relaxed and confident but nope. I burst into tears last night when they started again. I'm totally convinced that they're not helping or doing anything and that I'll be pregnant forever. Today I'm getting a massage in hopes that I'll relax enough that something happens. I'm worried that heartburn will make it uncomfortable.

And if one more person tells me how to get baby out, I will not be able to smile and say we'll try that! Spicy food? Heartburn. Sex? Not trying anymore, so uncomfortable. Walking? That just gave me a blister! Acupuncture? Nada. Pineapple? Delicious but heartburn. Get out of my belly kid!!!!

[holliberry28]

Good luck today sugarkissed!

[Deleted]

Ali has a rash or hives as of this morning. Its covering her entire back and stomach so I guess 65% of her body. But no fever and she is breastfeeding normal. called the pedi and they said because she is only 15 days old I need to take her in today.

DS had the same thing appearance wise when he was 1 and that is how we found out he is allergic to penicillin.

I keep running through my mind what I did differently yesterday and this morning and the only think I can think of is I switched her diaper cream to a scented one yesterday and I wore a shirt w scented fabric softener. It was in the back of my closet and we don't use scented fabric softener anymore. Ugh. Hope it's not serious.

[billyhorrible]

kemdupuis - I had the same thing for the last couple weeks before I gave birth. It isn't really constipation though - it's just rectal pressure from the baby's positioning. Same way we get bladder pressure.

Things here have been really really really easy. I think it's a STM thing, we're just less anxious, go with the flow, know what to do. LBB has been phenomenal: helpful, loving, sweet. And then my MIL came to town yesterday. Now both kids are a mess. LBB has been throwing tantrums, claims he hates my MIL and never wants her to come back, had to be taken to urgent care for pink eye this morning. BabyHorrible cries every time she holds him. And DH, who has been taking care of everything since I'm up all night, is exhausted because we had to roomshare with the baby and so he was up all night too.

[tiffbot]

sugarkissed good luck ah!

theBeeMama that sucks and I hope you are feeling better soon. I had a stomach flu/food poisoning? Sometime around when third tri was just starting snd was miserable then, I can't imagine how much worse it is at the end!

My random; DS is totally intrigued by the fact that DD breastfeeds. He's already starting to ignore it, but at the beginning when I'd flip by bra back up when she was done he would say 'bye bye!' And wave to my boob lol. He's just so friendly to everything

[alayne926]

Jun 15, 2015 13:30:30 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

kemdupuis - I had the same thing for the last couple weeks before I gave birth. It isn't really constipation though - it's just rectal pressure from the baby's positioning. Same way we get bladder pressure.

Things here have been really really really easy. I think it's a STM thing, we're just less anxious, go with the flow, know what to do. LBB has been phenomenal: helpful, loving, sweet. And then my MIL came to town yesterday. Now both kids are a mess. LBB has been throwing tantrums, claims he hates my MIL and never wants her to come back, had to be taken to urgent care for pink eye this morning. BabyHorrible cries every time she holds him. And DH, who has been taking care of everything since I'm up all night, is exhausted because we had to roomshare with the baby and so he was up all night too.

Ugh...how long is she staying?

[belle0720]

Jun 15, 2015 10:38:35 GMT -5 budders said:

I dropped the ball on figuring out a newborn photographer, and now we're struggling to find an appointment with someone before it's too late. Little man is already 10 days old -- when did that happen??

Are you on facebook? If so, I suggest checking to see if there is a 'swap and sell' or 'garage sale' facebook group in your city. People post in our local groups alllll of the time looking for photographers or bakers and get a zillion recommendations right away!

[belle0720]

fatmilkisdelish That is a totally normal reaction on your part, I would be furious! Swelling is so common at the end of pregnancy and generally stays for a a while after, so he is totally wrong. I complain about my swollen feet every day and make H rub them constantly

[tiffbot]

Oh I have another random! And I'm sure the other STMs will agree...when the heck did DS get so big?! Everything seems so huge on him now! And considering I'm changing multiple baby diapers and he's down to a minimum daily, his diapers are huge too! I just...obviously I know he's bigger, I just can't believe how much my own child looks so different to me now lol!

[billyhorrible]

alayne926, the deal was 3 days. So of course she booked plane tickets making her stay 5 days. Friday can't come soon enough.

[tiffbot]

Jun 15, 2015 14:22:02 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

alayne926, the deal was 3 days. So of course she booked plane tickets making her stay 5 days. Friday can't come soon enough.

Oy, good luck!