Monday Symptoms/Randoms

[blasto!]

Can we even combine these? I feel like such a rebel.

Let's hear it ladies! How are you feeling today? What's going on? What news are you dying to share?

[pickles]

OMG my hips and pelvis ache so bad today! I feel like shit and I'm so nauseated. All I want to do is go back to bed.

[blasto!]

I'm mostly feeling OK today. I was worried because I did some serious (on hands and knees serious) house cleaning yesterday and my back was killing me afterward. I seem to have slept well and a hot shower this morning helped a lot. I've also been congested, but I think that's at least in part because DH doesn't see dust or dog fur all over the place (is this a man thing?), so I have to spearhead any serious cleaning.

In other news, I had the first person notice that I was pregnant and ask. I've seen my next door neighbor plenty over the last few weeks but hadn't said anything other than "Hi, how's it going" in a while. Yesterday she saw me and just shouted across the parking lot "Is there a baby in that belly?!" I'm still not sure how I feel about it, though I know part of me is relieved that she didn't just think that I was growing a giant food baby.

[blasto!]

pickles the hips are so bad! Even the pillow only helps so much. Sorry you're having such a rough Monday!

[ThePalindromicOne]

I started having heartburn for the second time in my life.... that shit sucks. Fortunately TUMS is doing the trick!

[megd893]

Hips and back are sore... Woke with a touch of a fever and a bad headache this morning so I took a Tylenol to try and monitor it. Hopefully I just need some extra sleep...

[pickles]

ThePalindromicOne holy shit heartburn is a real bitch. I have it if I eat, if I don't eat, if I drink water, if I drink anything. It's there constantly!

[carolyngrace]

I'm totally with you ladies on the hips/back pain. Especially after I cleaned house last Friday. I could barely move the next day.

I'm LOVING my pregnancy pillow! DH commented that he doesn't think I'll ever sleep without it again. I can turn partially onto my stomach and drape myself over it.... it's amazing. I never want to get out of bed!

[ladymouse]

Fucking shit (that's allowed here, right?) That'd be cat shit and toddler shit, by the way. A great big pile of steaming, vomit-inducing cat shit on the carpet right next to the changing table. And cat piss in the clean cloth diapers. And the prefold inserts that I put down to make cleaning dirty diapers easier were soaked too. And DS was in a fabulous mood, so he was bouncing while I tried to find a prefold insert to put down, so there's shit all over the changing table, and all over his legs, and my shirt. I had to duct-tape the cat flap into the garage shut because they broke the damn cat flap so it no longer locks.

Note: this is not normal for our cats - we're looking after a deployed friend's cat while both she and her boyfriend are gone. Her cat does NOT like our cats, or us, and our cats would rather pee and crap in random places than brave the garage with the Hissy-fit. Hissy-fit's food makes our female cat's shit smell absolutely vile, which I told DS before he opened the bag. So I'm nauseous until I figure out where all she shat AND I clean it up.

Fucking shit. Fucking cats.

[andreap525]

Sleeping is getting much more difficult for me in a completely unexpected way - it seems like for the past week or so, my arms are CONSTANTLY falling asleep, no matter how I'm laying. They're so sore and tingly when I wake up, and I have to move or roll over or figure out a new arm situation several times a night. My fitbit says I was restless 15 times last night. It's annoying.

No movement felt yet, which is bumming me out tbh. I know it'll happen, but I'm getting impatient. I don't even think the placenta is anterior or anything... I think it's just because I'm fat. Boom, said it. lol

DH and I bought a NutriNinja this weekend so I can start trying to get a bunch of fiber and good nutrients easily each day. I enjoy it so far!

And the big news.... we found out on Saturday that we are having a baby GIRL! We had immediate family over and had two black balloons filled with confetti (by the lovely woman at the balloon store). My sister and DH's sister each popped a balloon over our heads, while skyping w/ DH's parents who live in GA, and while surrounded by the rest of our immediate families. It was loud and a huge shock and we are so over the moon! I was totally expecting blue confetti!

Also, my ass has earned its own zip code by now. I don't know if it's because my back it getting all wonky from the extra weight out front and is therefore accentuating my derriere, but good God.

And gas. Oh lord the gas.

And I snissed for the first time this morning.

[trixi282]

This is going to be a symptoms/rant...

I am so stiff right now, my back, shoulders, butt, hips, they all feel like I'm 75 years old right now. What the hell, why all at once?! I was having problems getting comfortable on Friday and Saturday nights, and last night I seemed to have found a better pillow placement (up to 3 extra pillows now!) but I'm still so sore! I'm not ready for the constant uncomfortable state....

The other one, is I will not skip a nighttime snack again, even if I'm not hungry. We had fajitas for dinner last night (yum) and when I went to bed I wasn't hungry (like 10-ish) so I didn't have a snack before I went to bed.... big mistake. I woke up STARVING, and feeling so weird. Like for realz I thought I was going to pass out in the shower. And all morning I've been fighting off the hungers. I had a mini donut after I showered, bagel and cream cheese, an apple, peanut butter on a spoon, orange juice, a starbucks frapp (store bought)... and I'm so hangry right now... is it ok to eat lunch at 11am?  I'm running low on snacks in my desk.

[Widget123]

All day training today, yawn. Peeps in the northeast stay safe and warm! I live far enough south to miss most of it

[trixi282]

Oh and... this one is a bit gross/TMI:
Seriously, the boogies are getting to me. I remember getting more snotty when I was pregnant with my 1st, but not like this. I have horrible thick mucus that usually also has blood in it too. I know it's gross, but I'm blowing my nose like 4-5 times a day and using 2-3 tissues each time.

But in between it's like my nose is a dessert and it's dry to the point that it's uncomfortable... then randomly I find myself sniffling and it's thick, not runny, and I blow my nose and it's like I haven't done it in days. What a weird combination, how does that even happen?!

[mrskblack11]

I got a mani/pedi for the first time in a LONG time. I got the extra special deluxe pedi where they massage your legs with magical pomegranate scrub. Then I got the deluxe mani where they do the hot oil on your hands and massage your arm. I was there for over an hour and left the salon 30 minutes past closing time. I was the last one to leave and gave them a big fat tip.

[lc1158]

Here's a random piece of my life that I'm sure you're all thrilled to know: serving my first time ever on Jury Duty today. Kind of hoping I get picked, but I've only been here an hour and a half and have had to pee soooooo badly twice already. This could get old very quickly but for now I am sitting here quite happily humming the Jeopardy! theme to myself.

[nettje]

Heart burn definitely sucks. I'm sorry some ladies are suffering from it.

My random... I broke my tailbone last April falling down the stairs and it hasn't been an issue until this weekend. I'm worried that it may impact my hopes for a vbac but I'm trying not to think about it until my first appointment with my OB.

Another random: I've picked up a head cold some where and it sucks. This is the third time I'm sick this pregnancy and I hate not being able to take anything. The good thing is that it looks like DD won't get it.

[tulips114]

This kinda falls under both symptoms and randoms. I had a dream last night that I got on the scale at my dr appt and it said I gained 350 pounds since last months appt. LOL. And no one, not even me, questioned the scale even though I didn't look like I was 350 pounds heavier.

[billyhorrible]

As of today I have officially been pregnant every day of the calendar year. It's totally stupid and silly, but I think it's kind of cool.

I found out I was pregnant with my son on January 26, 2011. (so I'm using that as the start date even though technically I was pregnant before that exact date). Was pregnant from 1/26/11-10/2/11. This time around I found out I was pregnant on 9/27/14, so a little bit of overlap, but I've now spanned the time period between October 2 and January 26!

[Deleted]

I just shared this on the ticker change thread, but I'm going to share it again here (in more detail) just because...

This morning I was trying to cuddle with my husband (I wanted to be the big spoon) and he kind of flinched and ended up backing into me really hard. Like his butt hit my belly hard and it hurt! As the morning went on, I noticed that it was hurting a lot in my lower abdominal area, so I ended up calling my doctor and they told me to come in ASAP. They checked the heartbeat and said everything was OK, and as long I wasn't cramping or bleeding that I shouldn't worry. I kind of felt like a SS, but I really didn't want to take any chances. DH has been apologizing all morning. I feel bad that he feels so bad!

Also random bitch - I'm slightly annoyed by the amount of "should I get an abortion?" threads on TB lately. I feel like it's inappropriate to be asking pregnant women for abortion advice.

[elvinnoe]

I feel like I've been having blood pressure issues, but I can't tell for sure. I have an appt tomorrow so I'll bring it up then. Like, I'll randomly be talking to someone about nothing in particular and my pulse will start racing to the point it feels like my heart is in my neck.

Also, I've developed a hernia. Yay.

My rant for the day, one week before our a/s, DH decided to share with me this morning that he really doesn't want to be team green. I'm just like, you used your veto power the week before?!?! We've been talking about this for months now! Ugghhhh! So I feel a little deflated now and I'm probably overreacting, but it sucks.

[andreap525]

Jan 26, 2015 12:52:05 GMT -5 elvinnoe said:

I feel like I've been having blood pressure issues, but I can't tell for sure. I have an appt tomorrow so I'll bring it up then. Like, I'll randomly be talking to someone about nothing in particular and my pulse will start racing to the point it feels like my heart is in my neck.

Also, I've developed a hernia. Yay.

My rant for the day, one week before our a/s, DH decided to share with me this morning that he really doesn't want to be team green. I'm just like, you used your veto power the week before?!?! We've been talking about this for months now! Ugghhhh! So I feel a little deflated now and I'm probably overreacting, but it sucks.

We didn't do full term team green, but it took us until we were in the u/s room with me on the tablebed thing to decide that we were waiting a bit... Keep it an open option until then! Maybe he'll swing back to TG right in the nick of time

[turtletyme]

Jan 26, 2015 12:52:05 GMT -5 elvinnoe said:

I feel like I've been having blood pressure issues, but I can't tell for sure. I have an appt tomorrow so I'll bring it up then. Like, I'll randomly be talking to someone about nothing in particular and my pulse will start racing to the point it feels like my heart is in my neck.

This is my symptom for the day too! Do you have a BP monitor at home? (Probably not if you've never had problems with hypertension, I know... but you can always run in the drugstore and use the one by the pharmacy.) I have chronic hypertension, so I take my BP a few times a month, and taking my pulse whenever I get that thumping feeling helps me feel less hysterical about it... 99% of the time it ends up being normal.

I started having the pounding pulse and fast-feeling heartbeat at this time last year and it's back right on schedule. (Super high-stress time at work.) Since everything checked out ok medically last time, good chance that it's stress again (and/or possibly the increased blood flow of making a baby). It's so annoying though.

Oh also my DH decided to have himself a Sunday funday when we went out to lunch/trivia yesterday and drank about eleventy billion beers. Of course that led to him snoring up a storm, so I ended up sleeping on the couch... now my neck hurts. WAH!

[billyhorrible]

Jan 26, 2015 12:45:49 GMT -5 @littlebee said:

Also random bitch - I'm slightly annoyed by the amount of "should I get an abortion?" threads on TB lately. I feel like it's inappropriate to be asking pregnant women for abortion advice.

I didn't mind this so much during the first trimester - because really, most of these people are scared and don't know where to go.  There are a lot of women on the BMBs that can potentially give insight.  Some have had to make the same choice before.   Just because you're pregnant, doesn't mean you can't understand that not everyone wishes to be in that position.

But I do think that by the time you're mid-second trimester it's something you should have put thought into.  It's not like for 19 weeks you've been super excited to have a kid, and then wake up and decide "naw, this won't be fun."  And in all honesty, I don't think that's how a majority of people are.  I think people who have doubts, have them from the start.  Which makes me think every one of these posts is a troll. 

[teenybird]

I had awful, awful dreams last night and woke up twice crying. Needless to say, I am exhausted today. Plus my back is killing me and no position or stretch seems to be helping. I'm in that snowmageddon blizzard path and I'm lucky my company already put out notice that we will be closed due to snow tomorrow. I plan to spend the day snuggled in bed with DH (he's a student, and his school always closes at the slightest hint of snow) and our birdy, watching silly movies and catching up on rest/sleep. Just a few more hours to go before I can hibernate...

[bruunk]

I've had 2 nose bleeds in as many days - it's really fun (we really need a sarcasm font). I know it's because of allergies and pregnancy, but these were both LOTS of blood and fast. I never got them before. I just spent 20 minutes in the ladies room with a tampon up my nose. Luckily my manager had the same issue with her last, so she giggled with me, but everyone else was concerned. Heartburn has also already started for the day.

I feel off today - I know some of it is lack of sleep, but I just have the feeling I'm going to burst into tears. I have to deal the with bank later and I don't want to. I think I'm also worrying myself, since I felt lots of movement on Saturday and nothing since. I keep reminding myself that at 19 weeks, I'm lucky to have felt anything and to calm the f down. I feel that today will be a long day.

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Jan 26, 2015 13:23:31 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Jan 26, 2015 12:45:49 GMT -5 @littlebee said:

Also random bitch - I'm slightly annoyed by the amount of "should I get an abortion?" threads on TB lately. I feel like it's inappropriate to be asking pregnant women for abortion advice.

I didn't mind this so much during the first trimester - because really, most of these people are scared and don't know where to go.  There are a lot of women on the BMBs that can potentially give insight.  Some have had to make the same choice before.   Just because you're pregnant, doesn't mean you can't understand that not everyone wishes to be in that position.

But I do think that by the time you're mid-second trimester it's something you should have put thought into.  It's not like for 19 weeks you've been super excited to have a kid, and then wake up and decide "naw, this won't be fun."  And in all honesty, I don't think that's how a majority of people are.  I think people who have doubts, have them from the start.  Which makes me think every one of these posts is a troll. 

I hadn't even thought about it that way. I guess for first tri it's more acceptable to ask about it, but the two recent ones on the June BMB were just upsetting to me. One of them I know for a fact isn't a troll because she used her real name and I looked her up on Facebook (because I'm nosy like that). I may get flamed for this, but I think it's pretty careless of people to just get knocked up and then decide they're not really into the whole pregnancy thing anymore. For most people, it actually takes some effort to get pregnant! 

I knew a girl that got at least 3 abortions in the time I knew her because she was just too lazy to use birth control. Needless to say I stopped being friends with her because I just didn't agree with her lifestyle choices. Now she has a beautiful little boy and I wonder if she has any regret about what she did.

I also feel like there's a big difference between getting an abortion when you're a scared teenager with their whole life ahead of them and a 20 something year old who just couldn't be bothered to use protection or make smarter choices. 

To each their own I guess. I honestly just can't imagine being faced with a decision like that... 

[tiffbot]

Symptoms: Basically just my awful pelvic pain making it's comeback. I shouldn't say "just" because it hurts like balls and makes it tough walking, but if I can list just one thing I guess that's a good thing too.

Randoms: I have a lot of GOOD randoms! After my grandpa passing a couple weeks ago being awful and having a real hard time with that for quite awhile, things started to really turn around for me emotionally on Saturday. The weather here has been incredibly unseasonably amazingly warm for Saskatchewan, it pretty much feels like March (which is going to suck when it starts feeling like Jan/Feb again, but hey at least we are getting a break!) and been able to spend a LOT of time playing outside. Had a beautiful afternoon Saturday with my DS and H and we built a whole snow family and just had great family hangout time that made me really happy. And then that night my parents came in to babysit so H and I went into the city for supper and then to a friend's party. This is one of my longest time BFFs and she tapped me on the shoulder at one point and nodded to go to her room. I knew exactly what she was going to tell me, and as soon as she shut the door I started hugging her. She never did have to say the words but she's about 6/7 weeks pregnant right now and I am completely over the moon! None of my siblings are even in relationships, and none of the rest of my super close girl group has had kids yet so this just feels SO special to share this time around with her, and also to open up the whole "mom" world with one of my best friends. Ecstatic!

Then yesterday I got brave and ordered a double stroller, ended up finding it $50 off on another site and was able to get it price matched and refunded today so that makes me feel really happy too! It's the first thing I've purchased for baby #2 so that's exciting!

Happy Monday!

[billyhorrible]

I was on facebook the other night and my friends were talking about the anti-vaccine pockets in San Francisco and one of them actually used the term "special snowflake."

I thought that was a bump only term. *looks around suspiciously*

[Deleted]

Jan 26, 2015 11:25:43 GMT -5 ThePalindromicOne said:

I started having heartburn for the second time in my life.... that shit sucks. Fortunately TUMS is doing the trick!

I sleep with a big bottle of TUMS on my night stand. It has been the biggest life saver during this pregnancy!

[blasto!]

This is completely random, and I've been trying to avoid TB-related stuff because I'm so over it, but I've been sent 2 emails today from TB with a survey. I deleted the first one, then opened the second because I was curious. Unsurprisingly, a lot of it seems related to advertising, but they do have some questions about message board communities and the like. It's a little long, but I had a hunch they might ask about the usefulness of their site and message boards and wanted to get a word in.

Edited to remove private info (thanks noeliav!). But if you get the email and have like 30 minutes and want to vent, this may actually be a useful way to do it.