weekly Chat Thread Oct 3-9 - Page 4

[Evergreen]

I'm getting ready for my appointment! Well, it's 2.5 hours away but.... I hope my OB is everything I wanted or I will be back on the hunt. I really don'[t want to spend any more time hunting.

[MommyPants]

Originally Posted by nixnc

i almost drank the polynesian sauce today. lol!

does anyone know of any way to relieve these sore boobs?

Dittoing not wearing a bra as much, although I'm not wearing a bra at all this time and the ladies are still pretty sore. When I was pg w/my first, I told my dh that I needed a new bra and I thought that would help with the soreness. I measured to see if I'd actually gone up to a B cup, or just gone up around the band - I had gone from an A to a D without realizing it! Seriously, I don't even know how that is possible, but it's true. No wonder the ladies were hurting after being stuffed in my little A cups all day!

[sewingsparklz]

Originally Posted by MamaChef

Potatoes are high in potassium and iodine

Sourcream has calcium, probiotics and protein.

That's great! Thanks for the tip!

[Evergreen]

I'm off! And I have to pee. I was afraid if I went earlier there wouldn't be any pee in there for the appt.

[vivica2]

Originally Posted by nixnc

my girls are soooo sore!!! so far this and hot flashes are the only symptoms i have and i turned 6 weeks on monday. i get a little queasy, but nothing at all like i experienced during my 2nd pregnancy, so i don't really consider it morning sickness.

i am getting so anxious for my m/w appt at the end of this month! i wish it were RIGHT NOW!!

i don't recall experiencing sore boobs in my first 2 pregnancies.

i could have typed every word of this! it is exactly the same as me!! we must be twins.

[slb1107]

I love polynesian sauce!!! I have 2 chik fil a's within 10 minutes of me!!! Now I want some....but alas I am broke lol Gotta take the cat to the vet. She has diabetes and I think she has a bladder infection b/c she has peed on our bed 4 times in the last week! I can't afford to keep getting our comforters drycleaned!

Appt went great! (made a separate thread about it)

Now gotta wait on the people to come look at the hole in our ceiling.

[ibusymomto5]

Good luck with your appt Evergreen!


Anyone else having insomnia? I keep not being able to go back to sleep after I get up to go to the bathroom around 4am. I lay there wide awake for at least and hour or two, and then finally drift back to sleep but then it's almost time to get up.

Last night my sweet dh offered to drive 30min each way to get me Chick-Fil-A. I didn't take him up on it, but I'm seeing a trip there this weekend if it still sounds good.

Hope everyone has a good day!

[nixnc]

i spoke too soon about not experiencing morning sickness. i haven't thrown up yet, but i think i'd feel better if i did.

i had to literally force myself to eat half my eggs this morning, but my puppy was happy to finish them for me. i ate some altoids and they have me feeling better.

i am going to eat a sub for lunch--i am craving one with roast beef, swiss, banana peppers, and vinegar. that is ALL i want on it. i am drinking water like mad, so much i think my eyeballs might start floating.

vivica--too funny!

[Evergreen]

My appointment sucked. I am going to put that in it's own thread because it's a tl;dr.

[elonwy]

Random comment made to my DH: You know when we were talking about getting pregnant I knew my life would eventually revolve around food and poop, I just didn't think it would happen this soon

[Evergreen]

Originally Posted by elonwy

Random comment made to my DH: You know when we were talking about getting pregnant I knew my life would eventually revolve around food and poop, I just didn't think it would happen this soon

[katiedidbug]

Mmmmm...chick fil a. It's seriously my fave. We have two pretty close to us. My boys actually had a kids' meal from the food court location today. I stuck w/ spicy chicken nachos. Yum.
I also had my u/s today. We saw the heartbeat. Woo hoo!!
They measured the baby at three days earlier than I have based on ovulation. I think I'm gonna still stick with my dates. Both of my boys were born closer to my due date based on o than they were to their u/s dates. Tech said the fetus was moving its 9-week armbuds wildly about. How funny to imagine the little bean moving around.

[camprunner]

I'm extremely bloated and have no focus

My children are so incredibly excited about the baby now that we've told them. My (usually very quiet ) 4 year old brings it up any chance she can fit it in and I'm just praying she doesn't bring it up in front of people we know. My 8 year old picked up my Week By Week book and started reading all about baby's development and looking at the pictures. I don't remember there being anything in there that would be inappropriate..hope I'm remembering right. If she keeps up, she'll be instructing me about what I should and shouldn't be doing.

[slb1107]

Congrats Katie!!!

Camprunner-Little doctor in training =)

Ours had a little yolk sac with it..she said it should go away around 12 weeks. Is that right? lol

[mama naturale]

I cannot wait til this nausea is finished. Almost 10 weeks so I am hoping it doesn't last much more than another 2 weeks.
I want some cravings instead of the aversions.

[Evergreen]

I'm 6w5d. I am feeling pretty great today! I am almost afraid to type that because I don't want to jinx anything. Usually by this time into a pregnancy I have nurses coming over and administering IVs. So, the one pregnancy I actually get prescription drugs for nausea it's not that bad. I've thrown up once and get the gags every so often but I can ignore it if I want. It is amazing!

[sewingsparklz]

Originally Posted by slb1107

Ours had a little yolk sac with it..she said it should go away around 12 weeks. Is that right? lol

Mine still had some yolk sac left at a 9w5d ultrasound, too. She didn't say when it would go away, though...

[Evergreen]

I made an appt to interview the other OB practice in town.

Things I liked from the 2 minute conversation with the receptionist: The appointment will be with the NP on staff whom I know and love.

Things I didn't: I specifically asked to interview the doctor since the NP doesn't attend births but once I found out who it was I backed off (more of my awesome assertiveness at work.)

I told her it was for an interview and she tried to set up a 1st time appointment. I told her I'd already done that including blood work. She asked if I'd had an u/s and she said, "So you know how far along you are." Arghhh! People, there are ways to tell how far along you are without an u/s.

I also got a fb message from the midwife I used with DD2 (the one who retired) who told me some scary things about the OB whom I am leaving. I am soooo glad I contacted her to vent about the horrible appointment.

[annaconda]

nic i still have wicked sore boobs too...

guys i'm so stressed about work. i've worked for almost four years at this great place and i teach yoga on the side. It's a lot.

But we're merging with another company and i'm really afraid i'm being over promised and will be over extended instead of having earned my right to take things off my plate and lighten my load during pregnancy. i sent a note to the boss's wife who kind of doubles as our HR person. Not asking her to advocate for me, but asking for advice.

I did a lot to prepare them that i'll be taking 12 weeks maternity and then coming back half time, but i didn't talk about the fact that while pregnant i need to lighten my load not triple it. Sigh. I'm super stressed and feeling not so good from it. TGIF.

[ryleeee]

ugh. i just want to complain a little bit so skip over this if you aren't in the mood!

so i spotted a few times until last friday when i spotted brownish red and went to the ER. they sent me home after taking bloodwork and doing an ultrasound with no heartbeat...they brought me back the next day and did an ultrasound and the baby was totally fine measuring 5w6d (i think it was actually about 5w4d at that time). since then i've been (stupidly) checking my cervix every day and doing internal sweeps with toilet paper because i've been so anxious about it, and i think in doing so my spotting has increased...not an awful lot but to the point where i am spotting brown every day or two. yesterday i started spotting bright red for a couple hours and then called health link to ask them wtf was going on and they told me to go see a doctor within 12 hours...i called my doctor this morning and the receptionist told me to go to the ER because the doctor won't even see me until 8-12 weeks along. *sigh*

anyways. i'm not spotting anymore, i know there is brownish blood inside but none has made a grand appearance, and i don't WANT to go sit in the hospital for hours on end waiting to get an internal and an ultrasound and a blood test. ugh.

i just want to lay in bed and cry and watch america's next top model. that's so selfish sounding but what's the point?! i have no cramps and i still have all my pregnancy symptoms. i am fairly sure i either gave myself a small v.i. by contaminating myself with toilet paper or just irritated my cervix way too much. or maybe i have a subchorionic hematoma.

i should be grateful that i have healthcare, let alone free healthcare...and i am. but i am so not in the mood to sit in a hospital and be poked and prodded at.

please pray that everything is fine regardless, i think i am going to shower and leave as soon as the nausea settles down.