Saturday Symptoms and Randoms

[peanutmuse]

Is picking a fight with your husband a symptom?

I'm going with yes.

[goldenlove3]

My nausea is pretty bad today. I just had a smoothie but it didn't help so I'm making some peppermint tea. I was supposed to have lunch with a friend that I haven't seen in a while but her kids are sick and I didn't think it was a good idea to be exposed to it. Now we're just sitting on the couch watching Daredevil. Eventually I need to go to CVS to pick up meds and bed bath and beyond to get a shower gift for a friend.

[buckyb]

I'm feeling pretty good today.

My parents are here for Easter weekend. We've had a busy morning. DS just spiked a fever and is cuddling with Grandma. Can someone tell my kid that he does not need to get sick every holiday?

We are going to dye eggs later if DS is feeling better. I expect our afternoon is going to be pretty chill.

Happy Saturday All!!

[dashook]

danib sorry you're feeling rotten. Hope the day gets better!

I'm having light symptoms today, just tired and my nips killed when I nursed this morning. We're on the Cape for the weekend; the weather sucks but we are happy because this is our favorite place in the world

[LizInFL]

Morning all! (or I guess technically it's afternoon)

Just popping in for a quick hello, my ILs are due in any time now. I'm hiding out in our room getting ready. It's a quick visit--just overnight--but with hosting Easter dinner tomorrow and then leaving town Monday, I've been stressed and exhausted trying to get everything ready. And the laundry...whoa. I do not know how we use all the clothes we do (ahem...DH and DS).

Symptoms...just a queasy stomach pretty much 24/7. I'll eat a meal and then half an hour later I feel hungry. I eat again and feel queasy. Rinse and repeat. I was this way 1T last time, I am looking forward this aspect of pregnancy being done!

Hope you all have a nice weekend and a happy Easter!

[kleigh]

Hello! We've had a very productive morning!

I'm sorry you're not feeling well danib :-(

We met with another flooring guy to get a quote but we expect he'll come in too high so we just went to the hardwood wharehouse place (there's a couple near us that we prove shopped a while ago) and placed our order for our floors!!! And I'm squuuuueeeeing because I talked the guy down from $4900 to $3500. They get delivered next week and then will have to sit in the house for a week or two before being installed and finished.

We also finalized our master bathroom tiles and we both love it which never happens!

Now we're just cleaning up some odds and ends at the house. We also saw our new neighbors, a young couple. A realtor had bought this house (across the street from us) last summer for $265k and demo'd it and rebuilt/sold for $899k so we're stoked about that because it increases our value too but were nervous about who would buy it.

My symptoms have mostly been at bay, some on and off nausea every now and then but the only constant symptom is very sore boobs at night and a swollen gland in my armpit (wtf).

[hangry]

Mar 26, 2016 10:29:04 GMT -5 buckyb said:

I'm feeling pretty good today.

My parents are here for Easter weekend. We've had a busy morning. DS just spiked a fever and is cuddling with Grandma. Can someone tell my kid that he does not need to get sick every holiday?

We are going to dye eggs later if DS is feeling better. I expect our afternoon is going to be pretty chill.

Happy Saturday All!!

YES to someone telling my kid the same thing! He has been healthy for weeks and on the flight to my parents he spikes a fever. Now he seems like a whiny, non eating, mommy's boy. Same as at Christmas.

[hangry]

I have been feeling better over the last couple days. Not 100% and I def still get nauseous hungry, but it is much better. My app also had an update the other day saying that the placenta is now doing more work and my hormones less, meaning some symptoms improve. I love that science makes sense!

[jubilantsquirrel]

Last night was rough. We're out of town for a little weekend getaway and DS did not sleep at all. At about 11:30 H went and drove around, DS feel asleep and stayed asleep when he brought him back into the room but then woke up about an hour later. That was all the sleep he (and us) got last night. We're supposed to stay until tomorrow but I think we might head home today instead. Which makes me sad.

Symptoms: Not much going on over here. Some slight cramping and nausea, but nothing too intense.

[peanutmuse]

I gag and dry heave a lot. Happened last pregnancy too. I have never thrown up from morning sickness, so I always just allow myself to dry heave wherever I may be standing/sitting. However, I strongly feel like I'm going to accidentally trust an untrustworthy dry heave eventually.

[peanutmuse]

It's so slow around here all of the time, it feels. It gives me sad feelings. Once I know for sure the (non-ectopic) pregnancy is viable, I am going to vow to start more threads.

[peanutmuse]

Potato chips. That's all I want to eat today. We have none. Boo.

[tallblonde]

Hi! Happy Saturday. I'm at my SILs to meet our 9 week old nephew. I am apparently useless in how to comfort a baby that I cannot nurse.

I stocked her freezer by taking her to costco and now am making breakfast burritos for her freezer.

Not too many symptoms besides exhaustion and occasionally feeling a little weak. I was nauseous during 2ww, but so far that's been it. Oh and constipation, need to switch to a the gummy prenatals without iron.

[kleigh]

Mar 26, 2016 14:04:58 GMT -5 peanutmuse said:

It's so slow around here all of the time, it feels. It gives me sad feelings. Once I know for sure the (non-ectopic) pregnancy is viable, I am going to vow to start more threads.

I agree. I think there aren't too many of us to begin with and I think there's also several of us PGAL/PGAIF which makes me like you, still nervous and dipping one foot in. Maybe once 2nd tri hits it'll be different. Where do things stand right now, still wait and see ?

[tallblonde]

buckyb I am going out on a limb here based on your sn, but I'm so sad Wisconsin lost last night:( I'm a wolverine, but 2 of my cousins went to Madison and grew up going to visit my grandparents in Wisc, so I always root for them too.

goldenlove3 I swear you have a picture of my childhood golden retriever in your profile pic! Looks like a sweetheart.

[rory5280]

Hey everyone! Sorry for all off the unsettled tummies around here, it is absolutely the worst!

I am just now feeling good enough to go head out and get some errands done. Need to finish Easter shopping and do some major grocery shopping. After that we'll probably just veg.

[cookswithwine9]

danib hungover is the perfect way to describe it!

The nausea has finally caught up with me. It is worse if I'm hungry so I'm trying to stay full but I don't want to gain an unhealthy amount of weight! I'm also exhausted, been on the couch all day. Trying to get the energy to go pick some weeds so the yard doesn't look terrible for Easter.

[sweetmelissa5]

I can't eat without throwing up after, so right now, I either choose to go hungry (I didn't eat anything until dinner last night because of this) or resign myself to vomiting. I know I've gone through something similar in previous pregnancies, but I really forgot just how incredibly shitty it feels. I also have no energy, but that might be partially because even the thought of drinking coffee or soda makes me gag so I haven't been getting my usual caffeine fix lately.

[dashook]

Mar 26, 2016 15:22:42 GMT -5 danib said:

Mar 26, 2016 14:04:58 GMT -5 peanutmuse said:

It's so slow around here all of the time, it feels. It gives me sad feelings. Once I know for sure the (non-ectopic) pregnancy is viable, I am going to vow to start more threads.

I know.. I don't think things will ever be as active as they were on TD. But who knows. Maybe as we all progress in ohr pregnancies and have more to complain about, I mean talk about, things'll liven up more.

I agree that things will pick up, although I don't really feel they're all that bad at the moment. We're all still getting to know each other after all.

And personally I'm still a bit anxious with hoping this babe will stick, and I don't have my first U/S for another 12 days still (not that I'm counting or anything). It isn't holding me back from participating in threads but at least for the time being it is keeping me a little bit from looking ahead too much, meaning I'm less likely to start threads about "pregnancy stuff."

[cheshie6]

I'm here, I made it!

I'm so exhausted today. I had to teach swimming for 2 hours this morning and got my nails done for tomorrow. Dh was running around to do because he leaves for work on Monday morning (that day will be a nightmare) so we met at the local pizza place for lunch and for some reason they had awful service today. It took 40 minutes for our food!?! By the time I got home, I crashed in bed for a few hours. The frequent urinations is driving me nuts at work. I am in a full bathing suit (1 piece for now) for 2-5 hours.

[calindi]

Helllooooo! Busy day here. Our Easter egg hunt (for which I spent a large part of the week doing yard work) got rained out. Oh well, at least my yard looks good! Rather than cancel, we moved the party inside and everyone had a blast. We had a 5 year old, a 4 year old, a 3 year old, a 2 year old, Ryan (14 months), a 12 month old, and an 11 month old. Plus 8 adult guests. It was a busy house! We kept all the kids in Ryan's room while we hid the eggs all around the house. They all had a blast! Even Ryan figured out how to pick up some eggs and put them in the basket I was holding.

Needless to say, I needed a two hour nap after.

Then I couldn't figure out what I wanted to eat. Sooo glad I don't have any nausea issues, but fatigue and food aversions have hit. Not sure I can identify any patterns with the aversions, but today all I wanted was mozzarella sticks. It's worse when I am hungry so once I ate a bit, I could eat other things too.

[cheshie6]

Mar 26, 2016 18:51:07 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

I just got invited to a baby shower. Apparently it's at a fanceh hotel and I have to pay $36 for my "ticket" and meal (which is finger sandwiches and scones). And in case paying almost $40 to attend isn't enough, there's a special note in the invitation reminding me to buy a gift.

This is blowing my mind. None of my friends have kids, this isn't the new norm for showers, right? A ticketed event? This person is just an asshole, right?

I hope that's not the new norm.  I would go to see if it was worth $40 +gift but I'm a glutton for good gossip. My friends from Seattle all had baby showers at their homes or a friend's home if they felt their house wasn't big enough... Maybe she is self conscious of her home!?! 

[buckyb]

Mar 26, 2016 14:17:03 GMT -5 tallblonde said:

buckyb I am going out on a limb here based on your sn, but I'm so sad Wisconsin lost last night:( I'm a wolverine, but 2 of my cousins went to Madison and grew up going to visit my grandparents in Wisc, so I always root for them too.

goldenlove3 I swear you have a picture of my childhood golden retriever in your profile pic! Looks like a sweetheart.

Yep, I am a WI alumn. I'm not a huge basketball fan but I always root for my badgers. My Facebook feed was full of sad badger fans this morning.

[cheshie6]

starbuck27, That's awful! I dislike when baby showers feel like a money/gift grab. Do you think they hope that with the fancy hotel and "tickets" they will get better quality items? Is she registered at expensive places?

[sweetmelissa5]

I'm so tired right now, but I'm waiting to make sure the kids are all out cold so I can put out the Easter baskets and hide the eggs. I'm also flipping between Frozen and Toy Story 2 on the tv because they're the only things that appealed to me at the moment.

[calindi]

Mar 26, 2016 19:25:33 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Mar 26, 2016 19:03:37 GMT -5 danib said:

Holy shit starbuck27! I complained recently when I got invited to a potluck babyshower (it was also for a 4th child and had a registry).

Potluck would be ok with me. Please can we do a potluck? This person is family and I feel I have to go. She invited "the whole family" but MH and our son aren't going. No way will we pay for the three of us.

I'd send a gift and my regrets. I would never ever pay $40 to attend the shower. If I hadn't offered to host it, I don't expect to shell out money (especially a fixed price) for my attendance. If it were a pay for yourself thing, I'd go and drink water. But set price and that expensive, no way.

[sweetmelissa5]

Mar 26, 2016 19:25:33 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Mar 26, 2016 19:03:37 GMT -5 danib said:

Holy shit starbuck27 ! I complained recently when I got invited to a potluck babyshower (it was also for a 4th child and had a registry).

Potluck would be ok with me. Please can we do a potluck? This person is family and I feel I have to go. She invited "the whole family" but MH and our son aren't going. No way will we pay for the three of us.

Unless it's like your sister (or maybe an extremely close first cousin), I'd skip it. No way am I paying that kind of money and buying a gift for anyone more loosely related.

[dashook]

starbuck27 +eleventy to wtf and no I wouldn't go to a shower I need a "ticket" for. That's outrageous.

Eleventy + 1 actually because even MH gives this a huge side eye.

[goldenlove3]

Mar 26, 2016 20:35:43 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Mar 26, 2016 19:48:27 GMT -5 cheshie6 said:

starbuck27, That's awful! I dislike when baby showers feel like a money/gift grab. Do you think they hope that with the fancy hotel and "tickets" they will get better quality items? Is she registered at expensive places?

They registered at Target and Amazon. I think they want the ambiance but don't want the bill, so why not pass the cost to their guests?

That's crazy! I've never heard of paying to attend a shower. As far as I know, the person hosting should be covering the cost. If they can't afford that place, they should have picked something else. Just like a wedding. I hope that doesn't become a norm in your circle now. Have you talked to any other family members to see what they think about it?

[sophiegrace]

Happy Easter everyone!

Still lying in bed trying to not smell the coffee my H made. Diclegis did not work for me and zofran gave me vision changes so hopefully this next appointment on Tuesday we'll get some figured out so I can eat and drink again. I look forward to jumping in again and getting to know everyone once I'm feeling better.