Posts by laurilj

What are the strange things that have happened to your body/mind/appetite/etc over the past 8+ months? My teeth shifted. They seriously don't fit together anymore, it's difficult to chew, and I think I'm going to have to get a...

Baby moved into the anterior position this morning and discovered that it's lots of fun to poke, punch, and kick mommy's squishy insides! It feels SO weird. and wrong. Most of the movements I've been feeling for the past month have been...

Just remember... nothing is ever as bad as it seems, and nothing bad lasts forever. This too shall pass. I tell myself that when I'm in a tough situation. It works because it's true.

homeopathic Aconitum has helped me with anxiety. Also, a lot of openness and talking has gotten me through a lot of issues. It seems like every time I share my feelings with someone, a little bit of it gets lifted away. I hope you have...

Quote: Originally Posted by UhOhWhatNow I get painless contractions every night too... I am beyond horrified and terrified of birth, and am in a deep depression knowing I have to go through that. I just want it over....

I think that would be excruciating for really close friends and family... unless they expect that kind of thing from you and would automatically be skeptical. I think everyone I know would believe me, and then get pissed off when I told...

emma - thanks! I'm still pregnant as of this morning, but I think baby will come soon. It's probably good that I didn't have the baby last night, because I did get pretty excited and it was already getting late into the evening. One...

Quote: Originally Posted by MI_Dawn MW appt on Wed, and my upper BP numbers have been creeping the past three weeks. She's not concerned, because the lower number is fine, but I KNOW it's stress. Usually I have great BP...

damn. Around 7 I started having intense contractions a few minutes apart... some friends had brought dinner over since I'm on bedrest, and after we ate I felt like I was going into labor. They left pretty soon after those contractions...

My midwife is pushing me on the protein diet too. She said to eat ONLY protein this weekend. How?? I'm finally at 36 weeks and MW says that I can stop worrying about trying to stop labor (I had been having lots of BHC and was taking...