Symptoms? Real or imagined, all are welcome! - Page 5

[not now]

Originally Posted by Blanca78

I used to work at a health food store and tried the liquid chlorophyll--I really liked it! Does taste like the lawn, but it was somehow sooo refreshing. I'll have to try that...laxatives are a no, right?

I think laxatives aren't the best because they stimulate the bowl but stool softeners are fine. Something like colace or miralax which aren't t absorbed by the body (they pull water into the colon) or something like metamucil (not a softener) to bulk up the stool.

Good old prunes/prune juice are an option.

[bjorker]

UGH, I just had the worst day yet. Nauseated all day, feeling like complete crap, and I've had a headache since last night that won't go away. And in fact got much worse tonight. Can I just sleep for the next 7ish weeks? Please?

I really really hate feeling like this.

[CorasMama]

I know I've said it before, and I'm becoming a real whiner about it, but seriously, the peeing is ridiculous! I can't sleep, because I'm peeing every 20-30 minutes, and even after I fall asleep, I'm waking at least every two hours to pee. I'm not drinking a crazy amount of water, either. I'm drinking 2L/day, which is the minimum for my weight, and not much more than I was drinking before, plus 16 oz of vegetable juice.

bjorker, I feel for you. Between my nausea, my hunger, my heartburn, and my lactose intolerance, my gastric system is all akimbo lately. I'm finding that chewing gum is helping in addition to the pepcid. I'm going through nearly a pack a day. The pepcid helps with the heartburn and to some degree the nausea, and the gum helps with the nausea.

[Lizzardbits]

my first symptom was heightened sense of smell, which was odd as i was just getting over the flu, and i hadn't tested yet. my appetite decreased but then i put it down to the flu.

Monday i got my bfp, and it was like a switch was flipped, and i am soooooo tired, like i could cheerfully sleep 23hours, eat shower pee, and sleep some more. Ugg the house is a pit, laundry and dishes backed up, and my toddler is running around in sposies, because I need to go to the laundromat to strip out the minerals that our hard water deposits in the fibers-right now the ammonia stink makes me vomit not to mention how stinky it is for the little guy wearing them.

but, my appetite has come back with a vengence. I figure that I should indulge now, before the all day sickness really kicks in.

oh, yeah, anyone see where i put my keys, coat, car, cat, kid?....

[funkymum]

Seriously hungry and peeing all the time. I skipped pages 2,3, and 4 of this post because I started feeling nauseous!

[rightkindofme]

Originally Posted by Juise

Tell me about B6!

I'm officially withdrawing my comment about being happy about all the horrible symptoms. Maybe I was trying to trick myself, or maybe it's because I feel like I should be, but I am not happy about the way I feel. Is that okay?

I'm really upset about how much my pain my body is in, I feel like I got beat up and my back broken. And I'm really upset about being so nauseous and pukey. I've already been puking all day every day for over a week now, (I do get a small break in the afternoon, a BIG improvement from my last pregnancy) and I just can't stop thinking about how long 3 months of non-stop feeling like and hugging the toilet is. I just feel miserable and useless and crappy. I don't know what I would do with DD if DH and I didn't both work at home, at least half the day I am absolutely incapable of being a care taker what-so-ever. (Can't do anything but slump over the toilet and puke a lot) Not only do I leave DH to do everything (We run a daycare form our home) but then he has to meet more needs for me as well. (water, water, water, tummy tea )

I feel so upset about how much time without my daughter I am spending, and she doesn't understand (she's 20 months,) especially when I have to tell her that mama can't nay-nay right now.

And I feel guilty for not welcoming what comes with the blessing of being able to make a baby in my body. I know there are women who who do anything to be where I am right now, sick or not. I feel like I should feel lucky, but I just feel crappy.

Responding to you before I finish the thread. It's ok to not be thrilled about feeling so awful. Really. It is. You can be happy about why you are sick without being happy you are sick. It's ok. I wave the magic wand of permission. Your feelings are always ok. Your feelings are never wrong.

[rightkindofme]

I'll join on the list bandwagon:

-sore nipples (nursing is unpleasant)
-exhaustion
-slight queasiness, but it's not too bad yet. If I eat regularly it keeps at bay. This is miraculous because last time I was sick for *months*.
-My abdomen is crazy sore. I can't wear my regular jeans already because they *hurt*. I had this problem at six weeks last time and this time it's happening at five weeks. Stretch pants, here I come. (I haven't gained any weight yet! I'm not bigger! WTF?!)
-headache. I've had a headache for days.
-I'm crying at the drop of a hat
-I feel like my husband would be better off without me. This is unusual for our day-to-day life but I felt like this all through the last pregnancy too.

[Surfacing]

Originally Posted by rightkindofme

-I feel like my husband would be better off without me. This is unusual for our day-to-day life but I felt like this all through the last pregnancy too.

Is there any chance you are experiencing depression?

Over here the leg cramps at night are fierce bad. This just started after I changed my PNV. I'm thinking it is probably related to a calcium/magnesium balance or something. Does anyone have any advice around supplementing to aleviate calf cramps?

[ScarletBegonias]

Originally Posted by funkymum

Seriously hungry and peeing all the time. I skipped pages 2,3, and 4 of this post because I started feeling nauseous!

did you know that you can change your control settings to see 200 posts per page? it's super awesome!

go into "user cp"
click on "edit options"
scroll down to "thread display options"
the 3rd option down lets you select from a drop down menu how many posts to display 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 150, or 200

hth!

[Blanca78]

Ugh, the discharge! So much of it! I keep thinking maybe I got my period and it's all over, but so far that's not it. Just lots of that leukhorrhea or however it's spelled.

[ScarletBegonias]

i prefer to call it cervical fluid.

[Surfacing]

Originally Posted by ScarletBegonias

did you know that you can change your control settings to see 200 posts per page? it's super awesome!

OMG that rocks to know! Thanks!

[Blanca78]

Originally Posted by ScarletBegonias

i prefer to call it cervical fluid.

You're right, fluid is MUCH better!

[Lizzardbits]

oh my aching boobs! I want a force field put around them.

Oh still can't find keys,car,cat, kid....

[EKSmith]

I hear you on the missing car/kids/cat, etc, etc....

On Thursday, I drove past the registry office twice because I couldn't remember where I was going. I've had this crazy pregnancy dementia before - in the past it cleared up after the first trimester - here's hoping it will this time too!!

Otherwise, I'm slightly nauseous and tired as heck. I've been going to bed at 8:30- 9:00 nightly, which is WAY earlier than normal for me. I've also been peeing all the time....but that could be due to all the water I'm drinking (I posted in another thread that I've been drinking ice cold water like a fish...which is a good thing, I guess!)

[rightkindofme]

Today my massage therapist told me that I am definitely pregnant. The lymph nodes in my breast tissue are shifting.

And I haven't even had a positive test yet.

[PapayaMom]

mostly the nausea coming over. So far it has been worse in the morning but today it was lasting into the afternoon. I am trying to hold out hope that I will be better this time around but this is earlier than nausea has hit before (5week1day)

Dh has been wonderful taking the girls and doing fun things with them. Maya seems to understand, she is 5 and very sensitive but Carolina is having a tough time with the decrease in noonees.

The only plus side is that dh really bonded with Maya last time. he had her every evening from 6:30 until bedtime for a month until I could get it under control. I am lucky to have him!

[Blanca78]

Anyone else notice that their breasts get more sore at night?

[Terrilein]

Gosh, Blanca, it's hard for me to say when they hurt the most. They seem to sweel in the night so that they hurt really bad in the morning when I get up and gravity does it's thing. But taking my bra off before going to bed has pretty much the same effect. And, of course, they just remind me of their presence throughout the day when I'm not dealing with cramping.
A propos cramping, I'm still dealing with a lot of it. I'm not bleeding so I'm going to call the office today and ask if I should come in or wait until Wed. when I have my appointment. I'd really hate to walk all the way over there to have them send me home without seeing me. The dd of a friend of mine celebrated her b-day yesterday and while my dd was off playing with her, I was gabbing with the mom and grandmother. My friend also has identical twins, her mom bore five children and they both were of the opinion that I shouldn't be showing this early at all . . . unless I'm having twins. So now I wonder if there's another one hiding in there causing all this unnecessary cramping.

[Blanca78]

Originally Posted by Terrilein

Gosh, Blanca, it's hard for me to say when they hurt the most. They seem to sweel in the night so that they hurt really bad in the morning when I get up and gravity does it's thing. But taking my bra off before going to bed has pretty much the same effect. And, of course, they just remind me of their presence throughout the day when I'm not dealing with cramping.

Mine don't actually hurt that much--perhaps even slightly less than they did right after O. However, the pain seems to have moved around from the sides to more the tops/fronts, where it's sharper, and just a little tender on the sides. I feel it slightly if I'm running or going down steps, but otherwise, I have to press on them. I kind of wish they hurt more so I had more reassurance that my hormones are building! But I do seem to at least notice it more at night--it's sharper.

At any rate, I hope your cramps resolve themselves soon and that your doctor can give you some answers! Is it like AF cramps, or worse, or less?