Nov. 7 Daily Check-in Thread

[Blanca78]

Thought I'd start one for today, if that's okay--

Me: not much change here. Took my temp and it's still up, so phew! DH has been commenting on the increased size of my--ahem--assets. Which makes me self conscious because they weren't too small to begin with and if I had my druthers I'd go down at least a cup size. But c'est la vie. I read somewhere that women with "more storage capacity" don't need to feed their babies quite as often, so maybe that's a boon.

Still feeling stretching tenderness in stomach and abdomen, intermittently. Other than that, no symptoms whatsoever--no food aversions, sickness, sense of smell, etc. I'm wondering if sickness will hit soon. My mom said she didn't really get sick with my sisters and I so maybe I will be lucky--at the same time, I wouldn't mind that confirmation that I'm still pg. I'm still veeerrry nervous about making it through the first trimester.

[jeannineb]

Blanca, I didn't have ANY MS/smell stuff with my first pregnancy and I was working in a vet clinic at the time. We had all sorts of smells wafting about, as you could imagine! So it's possible...

Me: had our first midwife appt yesterday! She did and ultrasound and we saw our little bean, with heartbeat! DH was so cute and excited. My official due date is July 2, one day before our nine month wedding anniversary! I measured just barely over 6 weeks, like 6w 1day or something. I picked up some new prenatals after the appt. at the co-op. I got Rainbow Lights and took one last night, feeling ok and they did not make me nauseated like the nasty ones I was taking before. We also told my DD last night and she is so excited. Sadly though, she wasn't feeling great last night and is even worse this morning, so she isn't really in the mood to celebrate. She has a low fever and is feeling a little barf-y. Hope we don't share it... Plus, all my new birth/baby books came in from Amazon today so I get to curl up and read all day, (assuming DD doesn't get any worse), yeah!!

[slgt]

No symptoms except lower abdominal area definitely "there", and I do seem to have bionic smell. Luckily, things don't smell bad to me - just strong. We had to tell all of our parents. My in-laws ar visiting, and my MIL noticed that I was drinking decaf and not ordering wine with dinner...and if one set of parents knows, we have to tell the other!

So, it's too early for too much excitement - in fact, I don't really feel excited at all. Just waiting, I guess.

I'm just under 5 weeks...one more week will tell if the nausea is going to kick in. I'd forgotten how slowly time moves!

[ScarletBegonias]

my heartburn and nausea has been abated because i'm making sure to eat frequently, but the twinges are there and the peeing is just ridiculous! and i'm super tired, around 5 pm, i'm ready for bed.

i had a beta done on wednesday, but my md won't be in until tuesday and the lab will only give results to the md . i'm really feeling the nocebo effect sarah buckley talks about in gentle birth, gentle mothering.

curse you, diagnostic tests!

[othersomethings]

Feeling like my boobs are HUGE today. Huge for me. I'm normally a "barely A even while nursing" kinda gal. My bra feels ridiculously full.

No MS yet either, but I'm 6wks today and it didn't hit til like 6wk 2d or 3d last time, so I'm not holding my breath...

On another note,

Surfacing, I just realized we were in the same due date club back in 01/08 I didn't really recognize your name, but some things were starting to sound familiar so I looked it up. yep.

[maranapanda]

I have been dealing with dizziness. Like crazy mid day make me feel like I ought to crawl to the next place dizziness. I plan on having my blood pressure checked at my mw appointment. In the mean time I will try to treat it like its a blood sugar thing. So far nothings helping.

And I am TIRED. Like ew, gross I am so f'ing tired. Pardon me. Man, I am tired.

So that's where I am. I wanted to check in yesterday, but just never got to it. The window stayed open until this morning, but new day, new thread. I hope I cheer up, and wake up!!!!

[Terrilein]

Really painful cramps today. In addition DP is totally stressed because the power supply pack for his work notebook quit working this evening. I can't help him, and these darn cramps keep coming and going, making me really miserable.

[Surfacing]

Blanca78 it's great that you started the daily thread today. That's what it's all about!

Othersomethings so funny we were in the 01/2008 DDC, and that you recognized me. My previous username made me recognizable to someone IRL, and I didn't want to be found anymore. So that's why I changed it. It's funny that we are on the same schedule, apparently. Did you ever get on that other board that our ddc moved to? Did you or do you keep in touch with any of the other women?

Maranapanda is dizziness something you usually get, like say if you are about to have a cold, or if you are too tired or hungry?

Terrilein should we worry about those cramps of yours, or do you think it's just ligaments and things stretching?

Jeannineb How exciting to see your little bean!

Over here I am super tired, exhausted, fatigued. I have Bionic Smelling Powers. I am emotional and pissed off at dh.

Bought some bulk stuff today so I can set up some stuff in the freezer -- a huge pork roast that was on sale ridiculously cheap, will cut it in half, and put that in a roasting pan with blanched carrots and parsnip and spices (times 2). Then when it's time to cook it, dh just has to roast it in the oven with tin foil.

I also got some canned tomatoes, pre-sliced mushrooms and some peppers that I will slice. Will put those veggies on top of some chicken breast, sprinkle it all in parmesan and then freeze. Again dh will just have to stick it in the oven after it's defrosted and voila. Add a side of pasta, rice or bread. Oh yeah I got a loaf of garlic bread to freeze and defrost/add as a side dish to the "Italian" chicken. Just trying to make it super easy on myself and family right now. I'm soooooooooo tired.

[othersomethings]

Surfacing
I checked out that other board, didn't interest me that much. I did kind of keep in touch with one girl for awhile, because she was from my area and used the same midwife. I actually met her for real at the midwifes office on my way home from the hospital, I think she was still preggo, lol...

that's it though. My Sister In Law just found out she is expecting and she's due a day later than me. I don't know how crunchy she is though and if I could get her on this forum, it'd be nice though.

[veesmimi]

I am hungry all the time, but then I get the food and can't eat it. I think about what I will be eating for hours in advance, kind of mentally prepping myself..

This morning, I postponed breakfast for 3 hours until I decided bagels (that I had to go out and buy) would do the trick. Luckily, that was a good thing because its been my between "failed meal" snack all day.

I told dh that my tummy feels like its got metal and plastic shavings laying in a heap.

The dull soreness in my boobs has abated for the day, but they've definitely swelled about a cup size already. I like this part where I can look volumptuous (sp?)

[Surfacing]

Veesmimi - Yeah my saggy milk bags (36DD thanks to nursing) are filling out a little again too A nice side effect of pregnancy!

Hey ScarletBegonias - just curious about you having gone for that beta test. What was that for?

[Terrilein]

I think my cramping is just "ligaments and things stretching". They're usually mild to moderate. Sometimes enough to make me sit/lie down and wait for them to pass. Last night I was lying on my back in bed talking to dp when the urge to cough came up. My first thought was "ectopic pg" and "this is what it feels like when a fallopian tube bursts". But logic took over and the pain went away eventually. I highly doubt that a second gestational sac is hiding in one of my tubes - my OB/GYN controls them at every visit and he would have seen something the last time. Plus what are the odds of having one baby implant in the uterus and another in a tube? So I'm calmed down again, but I'll be mentioning the cramping on Wed. when I go in for my first offical check-up.

[expat-mama]

I have been having some cramping since implantation too. It ranges from really really mild to pretty bothersome at times. And once, when I reached for something suddenly I had a sharp and painful pangy cramp. In addition to this cramping I had a really uncomfortable orgasm last week.
I found out when I went in for my ultrasound that I have a clot or some bleeding in my uterus, but didn't pay much attention to it because we were just so happy to see the bean and the heartbeat and the ultrasound tech didn't seem to think it was too much of a problem and I was not scheduled to see my doctor for another little while.

Now, I'm still having the cramping and a tight feeling and I've decided to go back in to my doctor to talk about this clot. I've been doing research on the internet and have searched here on MDC and found info about subchorionic hematomas, but I'm not sure if that's what I have. It sounds like it. Apparently it's common and is sometimes the cause of cramping and spotting even when the baby is perfectly healthy. It can be nothing and go away or it can get serious and cause problems depending on how big it is and where it is.

I'm going in to talk to my doc because a lot of the stuff I've been reading say that I should be on "pelvic rest"- no sex and nothing funny going on up or in there. Some women are even put on bed rest. Since the sharp cramp when I strained for something last week, I have been really careful and treating myself like I'm fragile just because that felt right but now I want to know if I really need to make this a policy for a while and perhaps take off work or work from home (I drive around a lot all day and I am always really, really active at work). We'll see. I hate researching stuff on the internet, because it's always such extreme cases of things... but I like to be informed. I'll do whatever it takes to see this pregnancy through to the end and have baby home safe with me and DH- that's ALL that matters to me right now.
I feel like I'm in some kind of battle, what with the scarily low hormones and now this. I have to win this one!

[maranapanda]

Originally Posted by Surfacing

Blanca78

Maranapanda is dizziness something you usually get, like say if you are about to have a cold, or if you are too tired or hungry?

I don't know. I think its a combination of eating wrong, and not enough sleep. It usually hits mid day during the week after being with my babies all day.

Outside of pregnancy I would sometimes feel dizzy like this if I was hung over.... that is definitely not an issue right now.

[bjorker]

Can I make a suggestion? Just my opinion!
Many of the DDCs have a weekly thread instead of a daily one, and I was thinking that might be a little bit easier to keep up with. Plus, the people that post later on at night would be more likely to have their posts seen.

Thoughts?

[Terrilein]

I agree Bjorker since I rarely see the daily thread until the next day. Of course, I could take the initiative and START the daily thread since it looks like I'm the first one up being several hours ahead of most everyone. It's funny because everyone is just going to bed in the US when I get up. Often I don't get to surf in the evenings so I'm really missing a lot/just playing catch up.