It's a new week - new chat! August 17-23 - Page 5

[~Demeter~]

My baby seems to have slowed down a lot today... it's making me nervous.

[~Demeter~]

Originally Posted by ~Demeter~

My baby seems to have slowed down a lot today... it's making me nervous.

Apparently all I have to do is post about it here and the baby is moving all over the place again, hiccups and everything. lol

[kittywitty]

Man...I hurt. It feels like I have a watermelon between my legs already. This kid is already so low and ginormous that if I sit down I feel like I have something pushing me backwards. I lean back and feel suffocated. Lean forward and...I can't without doing the splits and it's difficult even then. Add in what feels like pelvic pain like right after I give birth from all the pressure and I am an unhappy lady today. What told me that walking is good exercise?

Got to hold a little baby today. A friend came over with her kids and dh. Her youngest is about 5 weeks old. I forgot they came that little! My toddler loved it. Was confused at first but then wanted to kiss & hold baby nonstop. Hopefully that love continues for her own sibling when it comes!

[my kidlets and me]

Glad to hear it's all OK, Nic.

[my kidlets and me]

Originally Posted by kittywitty

Man...I hurt. It feels like I have a watermelon between my legs already. This kid is already so low and ginormous that if I sit down I feel like I have something pushing me backwards. I lean back and feel suffocated. Lean forward and...I can't without doing the splits and it's difficult even then. Add in what feels like pelvic pain like right after I give birth from all the pressure and I am an unhappy lady today. What told me that walking is good exercise?

Bending over is really hard for me, too. I'm starting to feel huge and slow - and there's 3 months to go!

[~Demeter~]

Originally Posted by kittywitty

Man...I hurt. It feels like I have a watermelon between my legs already. This kid is already so low and ginormous that if I sit down I feel like I have something pushing me backwards. I lean back and feel suffocated. Lean forward and...I can't without doing the splits and it's difficult even then. Add in what feels like pelvic pain like right after I give birth from all the pressure and I am an unhappy lady today. What told me that walking is good exercise?

I've felt like this as well the past few days... and I really haven't been walking much. I'm definitely wonder how I will feel over the next couple months, a little scared. I think my baby already weighs about 4ish pounds, he (she?) feels rather solid...

[kittywitty]

I know, that's the worst part! 3 more months to only get bigger and more awkward. I feel even worse for complaining, though. I really am happy to have this baby and want to be a happy pregnant lady, but the pain...it's hard to get a positive thing out of me sometimes. I felt bad the other night-I complained to dh for the first real time about how I hated this big awkward stage. I felt entirely ungrateful and like a bad person for saying it, and I don't hate it and being big and pg is actually usually the best part to me, but it's so hard this time around.

Nic-glad baby started moving again! I always have those little freakouts and then they start going crazy again at the least expected time-like when you call the doc or wake up at night to pee.

[MamaFern]

ug. i hear you mamas! this baby.. wow. its intense. im getting kicks/punches/thumps in my cervix/pubic area and under my ribs all at the same time. it takes my breath away. and walking HURTS. i walked all through my other pregnancies. a LOT. this time a short walk has me in stitches and insane RLP
my hip is aching...my sacrum is hurting... *sigh* 3 more months of this?
i dont know. im trying to enjoy it all, but honestly.. its hard! i dont feel lovely and pregnant. i feel big and sore and pregnant. i LOVE this baby growing inside of me, but this is it. im not doing this again.

[Ellen Griswold]

Originally Posted by ~Demeter~

My baby seems to have slowed down a lot today... it's making me nervous.

This has been me too! And now she is also wiggling. Maybe our babies love MDC too? I'm also wondering if she has flipped breech. I have a terrible time telling what way the baby is until the very end. But I swear that I have had feet pressing against my rectum all day (TMI?) and it has not felt good. I've also come up anemic. This is of no surprise to me whatsoever and I even questioned the ob about it after the first blood test. I think that I'm borderline even when not pregnant.

I was nursing dd to sleep tonight and she told me my milk was yummy. She never, ever comments on the quality of my milk, so maybe something has started to come in? It still feels about the same to me and as usual I cannot express a thing.

[mzminty]

Originally Posted by ~Demeter~

My baby seems to have slowed down a lot today... it's making me nervous.

Every time I go on here, someone else is mirroring what's going on in my life! I was about to start crying on the way home from work tonight because I realized that I'd hardly felt the baby move since I got to work at 3:00, and I was pushing all over my belly and not getting any response. But I also didn't get a chance to eat anything the whole time I was there. So when I got home, I ate dinner, and sure enough, she's making her presence known again! Three cheers for wiggly babies!

Thanks, everybody for sticking up for me in my little argument with DH. We talked about it again today before I left for work, and really cleared the air. We're both under a lot of stress right now because of a bunch of stuff, including how we're going to handle having a new bundle of joy, come November. And I'm more emotional than usual just in the past week (if truth be told, I'm a basketcase), so I overreacted a little more than I needed to. He's usually so cool about stuff, kind, caring, etc., so this was out of character for him too.

Kitty, about dtd, I'm suspecting we're all in the same boat. The magic of the 2nd trimester is definitely gone for me. I'm not feeling as sexy as I used to, even though DH tells me all the time that I look it. My belly feels heavy, I'm moody, exhausted, etc. I don't want to let our intimacy fizzle out too much though, because then there's the 6 week dry spell ahead! (Curious as to how much y'all follow that rule!)

And about food, I really suck in that department lately. I've let my needs go, and it's not fair to my baby. Today I made an emergency grocery store run before work, because we had no fruit in the house, hardly any fresh veggies, etc. I really need to get organized and make my diet a priority.

Honestly, I have too many priorities and not enough time!

[my kidlets and me]

Originally Posted by MamaFern

i LOVE this baby growing inside of me, but this is it. im not doing this again.

Yup, me too. This is my last time doing this.

[~Demeter~]

Originally Posted by Ellen Griswold

But I swear that I have had feet pressing against my rectum all day (TMI?) and it has not felt good.

I got a nice little giggle out of this, lol...

Fern, I think I'm done after this as well... I'm not quite as uncomfortable as I was with my daughter but I'm certainly not coping very well with the discomforts anymore. I really want this baby... my miscarriage really drove home how much I felt like there was one more out there for me, so I hate sounding like a whiner, too.

I'm greatly anticipating this birth... for so many reasons.

[birthdancedoula]

Nic, glad to hear your babe is wiggly again. My girlie is less active tonight than she usually is in the night time hours, but I think she's resting from the chocolate buzz I gave her earlier.

Julie, that's great that you and your dh were able to talk about the argument you had. Being under stress is not easy, especially when you're pregnant. Stress or no stress though, I hope he apologized to you for how he treated you.

I'm really trying to enjoy this pregnancy as well. This is definitely the last time we're doing this so now that school is behind me I am going to take the time and savor as much of it as I can. That, of course, is easier said than done given how uncomfortable and huge I feel at the end of most days.

[karen1968]

It's interesting to me to hear you all talk about feeling kicks/punches on your cervix or rectum. I get NONE of that. It makes me nervous that my previa isn't resolving the way I'd hoped I feel a lot of stuff down low, just above my pubic bone, which I thought was a sign the placenta had moved up. *sigh* I guess i won't know for certain until my rescan.

I'm glad the little ones that were quiet are moving again! I've noticed my girl is pretty quiet most of the day, and only really moves if *I'm* really quiet/still. And of course, she moves most at 4am :eyeroll

Julie, I'm happy for you that you and your DH talked. It can be so hard to communicate well when we don't feel good

This is my last babe, too. But I knew that going in - we'd always agreed no more than 2 kids, and I'll be 42 when this one is born. I think DH is going to schedule the big V for around the New Year.

[Ellen Griswold]

Originally Posted by karen1968

This is my last babe, too. But I knew that going in - we'd always agreed no more than 2 kids, and I'll be 42 when this one is born. I think DH is going to schedule the big V for around the New Year.

Well, I'll only be 34 when baby is born and this one was a little oopsy daisy (as dd says all the time now). We're already researching which doctor dh will be seeing after the new year.

[kittywitty]

This is our last one, too. Dh will be getting snipped after this sometime after Christmas when we have the money.

Karen-Is it just possible you are super lucky and baby is vertex? When baby is head down until those last couple weeks, I don't get many cervical beatings. I can always tell when baby is breech because it feels like a foot is trying to escape from my vagina. My placenta is anterior and not low-low, but not high and it's uncomfortable when kicked, so I'd imagine you'd get some sensation in that area if it was being prodded. Or baby is facing away from the area.

Long day today. So much to do and I woke up late. I only got up twice to pee last night, though, that was an improvement.

[MamaFern]

I will be 29 & dp 27 when this bean is born.
none the less, i'm done. 5 pregnancies, 4 babies under my belt so to speak.. I feel very fulfilled. and im ready to move onto some other things when these LO's grow up a bit more..which is a nice thing about having children young I suppose lots of time to explore life.
I have a certificate in acupressure that I have hardly used since I got pregnant with my son who is now almost 8 and I would so love to start doing that work again...and I really want to take some formal training in herbal/homeopathic medicine. that's my big plan!

did NOT sleep well last night. that;s 2 nights in a row of waking in the middle of the night and having a hard time falling back to sleep. it didnt help that littlest DD, biggest DD and DP all got into my bed (which doesnt usually happen, usually its littlest DD and and me, Dp with bigger DD in her room or the bed in the living room) and the neighbors were having a wedding party all night long.. i have much to do in terms of gereral tidying up..and have friends coming some time today to visit..so i should NOT be online right now..... bleh.

[St. Margaret]

Ugh, I had this whole detailed, specific reply typed yesterday and lost it. So just know I love and sympathize and hooray and and all that for each of you

I've started worrying that baby is in an odd position. I haven't been able to be up or do good pregnancy posture much with the sciatica, so now I'm trying to do a little here and there. I felt a good thump up high finally, but then he moved. I know it's still early but I want to encourage an optimal position for birth. I was sooo good about it with Sophie and it was so wonderful.

I'm just trying to be on top of things like doing Hypnobabies and good positions and still do my physical therapy and go to all my PT and chiro and acu appts... at least I'm finally getting good time with DD Life is strange right now.

[karen1968]

Originally Posted by kittywitty

Karen-Is it just possible you are super lucky and baby is vertex?

I think actually she is mostly transverse. I don't feel kicks up high, either, or at least only rarely. And usually small "kicks" and large "kicks" seem very close together and at the sides, in the same quadrant. Which makes me think she is kind of folded up and sideways.

Oh, man, I just got done Skype-ing with DH and DS (they are in ABQ through Tuesday). I was doing just fine with them being gone, but I got so sad looking at my little guy. He was very excited to see me at first, then seemed more and more sad. I just wanted to give him the biggest hug and snuggle! I'm gonna try not to be sad today.

[kittywitty]

Karen

Transverse would certainly explain the lack of cervical abuse you're getting. When do you get rescanned?