need to finish paper, need to finish paper, when I finish this paper, school will be over until Jan. MUST FOCUS!!! Must sit in this seat and write. No matter how much pain it is to sit for long times. MUST FINISH, life will be so much easier once class is done! MUST FINISH.
So I guess I'm joining the bulging vein on my labia club...ughhhh! That sucker hurts! I guess I did too much walking around today and there was so much pressure that it made its appearance. It wasn't like that this morning when I woke up and then when I got back from running errands I found it. OUCH!!!
I know!! Isn't it awful!!?? Mine aches and sometimes gets very tender. The bottom balm works wonders, but the EMAB spray is also a godsend! I think it was elove who suggested it, b/c it works for hemorrhoids, and what is a hemorrhoid? A varicose vein in your butt!! So -- after I walk or if I do too much throughout the day and my crotch is just throbbing, I try to shower first to just kind of clean things up and then I put on a pantyliner, spray my lady bits like hell, and then voila! The swelling literally goes away within a few minutes. It's amazing and I would be lost without it.
My complaint - what the HELL did I eat that gave me this gas?!? OMG! I feel horrible! I actually left the bedroom last night around 4 am b/c I was having ctxn's but also stabby gas pains. I let one fly and almost choked to death. I couldn't subject DH to that fury. I went and slept on the couch the rest of the night and lit a candle. Oh gosh, what the heck!? Ugh. So not sexy.
Autoemesiss: I hope you find the motivation and get your paper done soon. And then no school till Jan. That will be nice!
I know!! Isn't it awful!!?? Mine aches and sometimes gets very tender. The bottom balm works wonders, but the EMAB spray is also a godsend! I think it was elove who suggested it, b/c it works for hemorrhoids, and what is a hemorrhoid? A varicose vein in your butt!! So -- after I walk or if I do too much throughout the day and my crotch is just throbbing, I try to shower first to just kind of clean things up and then I put on a pantyliner, spray my lady bits like hell, and then voila! The swelling literally goes away within a few minutes. It's amazing and I would be lost without it.
My complaint - what the HELL did I eat that gave me this gas?!? OMG! I feel horrible! I actually left the bedroom last night around 4 am b/c I was having ctxn's but also stabby gas pains. I let one fly and almost choked to death. I couldn't subject DH to that fury. I went and slept on the couch the rest of the night and lit a candle. Oh gosh, what the heck!? Ugh. So not sexy.
I just got my emab bottom balm and spray in the mail yesterday. I thankfully have no reason to use them yet but I am hoping they work as wonderfully as everyone says. I am glad to hear it instantly takes your swelling away!!
And I have had some pretty bad gas pains lately. Its like air gets trapped in there and it is sooo painful! That was nice of you to move to the couch for your hubbys sake though!
The last day or so my hips have been killing me! Like I can barely get out of bed or off the couch. I am really hoping it is just because I was doing some squatting on my birthing ball the other night and over did it. If this pain lasts the rest of my pregnancy I am going to be bedridden. I mean it is freakin awful!! I just wish I would go into labor already... I know there are so many of you ladies ahead of me so I can't imagine how you must feel.
I should really count my blessings because I haven't really experienced much discomfort this pregnancy. But this pain is sure making up for it...
I'm gonna have to see if I can order some of it online. I know there is no where around here that sells it. I've been using witch hazel to soothe it and try to relieve some swelling. Everything down there is so swollen its ridiculous.
I'm gonna have to see if I can order some of it online. I know there is no where around here that sells it. I've been using witch hazel to soothe it and try to relieve some swelling. Everything down there is so swollen its ridiculous.
Where are you at? I know some Targets have and my Whole Foods carries it as well. Otherwise here is where I ordered from. You could try soaking a pad with witch hazel, my prep h wipes are mostly witch hazel and they really do help, too. Sometimes after I *ahem* go a lot, everything is throbbing down there (girl bits mostly) so I just hold one of those wipes on there for a bit.
I feel all you mamas with the crazy heat. I am without a car today but am going stir crazy and it's not even 10am, so I might venture out for a walk in a little bit and just suck it up.
As for the EMAB stuff, they ship priority mail so it comes pretty quick. I bet if you ordered some today, then it would be there by Wed.
My complaint is that I am dreading going to work tomorrow, so much that it's interfering with me enjoying my day off today! Maybe I'll go into labor today so I don't have to...
just finished basically moving out of my parents house and into a place with my boyfriend. the place is a mess the only furniture we have is to recliners and a futon bed. which i hate i want to clean like crazy of coarse im on bed rest yet for another week or two, so i cant do nothing for awhile. 2mrw i will be 36 weeks and the babys room isnt even started yet we do have her bassinet set up and.. thats it! plus my doc says im not going full term.
i wish i could stop pooping too, no constipation for me or through my whole pregnancy just the opposite really. on top of all of that i have fibromyaglia which is very painful with no meds, on top of all of pregnancy wonderful symptoms back aches, feet swelling, those powerful "little" kicks and punches from our little bundles of joy, FREQUENT bathroom trips and soo much more. the latest thing ive had is restless leg, for the first time and that Sucks.
yes yes okay im done now, for the moment.
Where are you at? I know some Targets have and my Whole Foods carries it as well. Otherwise here is where I ordered from. You could try soaking a pad with witch hazel, my prep h wipes are mostly witch hazel and they really do help, too. Sometimes after I *ahem* go a lot, everything is throbbing down there (girl bits mostly) so I just hold one of those wipes on there for a bit.
We are in the OK panhandle...aka middle of no where. The closest Target is an hour and half away. I pretty much have a wal-mart and grocery store. You gotta drive a pretty good ways to get anything out here, so lots of times it's just cheaper, and more convenient to order online. I have been using the witch hazel and it has helped but geez it stings sometimes. I did use a little bit of prep H last night just to get some relief, it feels much better today than yesterday. We gotta start moving come Wednesday...I dread to see what this thing is gonna be like through all that. And thanks for the website I'm gonna order some tonight!
You won't be bored much after baby comes! Don't worry Stormy, it's hard to be alone and have nothing to do but wait.
I just stepped on a tack and burnt my hand on a brownie pan all within like a minute. Oh! and I'm still pregnant. 
Why does every single day have to feel so long!
One thing you should plan on is a LOT of walking with baby in a wrap. It's not the most exciting thing, but I swear that I probably walked for 2 or 3 hours every day with DS. Some of it was that he required it, and some of it was out of sheer boredom. But I'm sure your puppies wouldn't mind it!
I just stepped on a tack and burnt my hand on a brownie pan all within like a minute. Oh! and I'm still pregnant. Why does every single day have to feel so long!
No idea mama. I just want this to end too 
AFM -- I've spent all day randomly bursting into tears like a totally crazy person. Then this evening I realized that I had misbalanced our checking account (f#@&!ng pregnancy brain...GAH!). I won't regale anyone with specifics, but the next week is looking dire. Like, college diet of ramen and PB&J on white bread dire. Which is, of course, fabulous for an anemic pregnant body, let me tell ya. So of course, DH and I got into a fight about it. I'm just so discouraged. I'm actually going to have to cancel my prenatal appointment and chiro appointment this week because we literally cannot afford the gas to get to either.
And I just want a backrub. I haven't had one single backrub from anyone this whole pregnancy. DH just bitches about his back, and the one time I got him to consent to do it he was groaning and wincing so much just getting into position that I stopped him before he even started. I have a massage therapist friend who has said she'd give me a massage, but then had to cancel on me 3 times now. She's a single mom with a ton on her plate, so I'm not mad, but... I just want someone to rub me. I hurt so badly all over.
I am hurty, lonely, depressed, moody, and will probably be so sick of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the end of the week that I want to die already just thinking about it 
One thing you should plan on is a LOT of walking with baby in a wrap. It's not the most exciting thing, but I swear that I probably walked for 2 or 3 hours every day with DS. Some of it was that he required it, and some of it was out of sheer boredom. But I'm sure your puppies wouldn't mind it!
No idea mama. I just want this to end too
AFM -- I've spent all day randomly bursting into tears like a totally crazy person. Then this evening I realized that I had misbalanced our checking account (f#@&!ng pregnancy brain...GAH!). I won't regale anyone with specifics, but the next week is looking dire. Like, college diet of ramen and PB&J on white bread dire. Which is, of course, fabulous for an anemic pregnant body, let me tell ya. So of course, DH and I got into a fight about it. I'm just so discouraged. I'm actually going to have to cancel my prenatal appointment and chiro appointment this week because we literally cannot afford the gas to get to either.
And I just want a backrub. I haven't had one single backrub from anyone this whole pregnancy. DH just bitches about his back, and the one time I got him to consent to do it he was groaning and wincing so much just getting into position that I stopped him before he even started. I have a massage therapist friend who has said she'd give me a massage, but then had to cancel on me 3 times now. She's a single mom with a ton on her plate, so I'm not mad, but... I just want someone to rub me. I hurt so badly all over.
I am hurty, lonely, depressed, moody, and will probably be so sick of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the end of the week that I want to die already just thinking about it
I'm so sorry!! :( I so wish I was closer.
And I just want a backrub. I haven't had one single backrub from anyone this whole pregnancy. DH just bitches about his back, and the one time I got him to consent to do it he was groaning and wincing so much just getting into position that I stopped him before he even started. I have a massage therapist friend who has said she'd give me a massage, but then had to cancel on me 3 times now. She's a single mom with a ton on her plate, so I'm not mad, but... I just want someone to rub me. I hurt so badly all over.
I am hurty, lonely, depressed, moody, and will probably be so sick of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the end of the week that I want to die already just thinking about it
I wish I lived closer too. I'd come and rub your back for you, and have you come over for lunch every day, then we could eat lots of anemic pregnant lady food together. Its so not fair that we live at opposite corners of the country.
My complaints is that I'm sooo tired and sooo sore. My right hip has given up, my sacrum hurts, I've started prodromal labor hell, I can't sleep for more than an hour at a time. My patience is at an all time low, just at the same time as DS has started a horrible screeching whine whenever he isn't getting exactly what he wants. He is still reeling from his daddy being gone for 4 days last week and has been like a spoiled baby all weekend. Today we are finally back to our normal routine and he isn't responding too well. He wants his daddy, and daddy is at work all day, so I get to listen to him complain about it all day.
I think I'll be raiding the freezer at nap time for some of those postpartum treats I put in there last week.
But by morning, after hours of self massage and serious agony...I was a gassosaurus. I just couldn't stop. DH was so patient...he never said a word, though I KNOW he must have been dieing. I think he just felt bad for me. Or maybe...he was preoccupied??? nah...he was trying to be nice. I'm sure he hopes it goes away before he gets home. I'm not banking on it. It's awful.
And I just want a backrub. I haven't had one single backrub from anyone this whole pregnancy. DH just bitches about his back, and the one time I got him to consent to do it he was groaning and wincing so much just getting into position that I stopped him before he even started. I have a massage therapist friend who has said she'd give me a massage, but then had to cancel on me 3 times now. She's a single mom with a ton on her plate, so I'm not mad, but... I just want someone to rub me. I hurt so badly all over.
I am hurty, lonely, depressed, moody, and will probably be so sick of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the end of the week that I want to die already just thinking about it
Aw, deep breaths mama...I am so sorry all this is happening. Would it be awful to call your friend and let her know you had to cancel your other appointments and you really need some relief? This may get you a better place on her full plate seeing that you really need a good back rub - just an idea... Also, if you can find some tennis balls, sometimes it helps to put one between your back and your seat and just move in small circles (I love it under my thighs while sitting) - this was a trick I was told for the cross country drive...again just an idea since it really wont replace a nice back rub.
i wish we all lived in a little village for pregger ladies that had a nice community garden and a daily massage at the town center with salty foot rubs at the end of the day and fun little tea breaks through out...
AFM, I choose to complain about this one specific instance that made me feel like a little child - hopefully some of you can see the humor in this. Saturday nite, I went to a friends house driving DHs car since I am not allowed to drive my stick shift due to my sacrum issues. Not being used to the car, I parked it very close to her house in the driveway with a dried bush right by the door. Carefully walked my self out etc. On my way back, I took one more step than i needed to inorder to get into the car and felt a sharp pain in my right buttocks. Turns out the dried bush had dried flowerish thingies that are cactus like and I rear ended one of them. Than I had to sit on it to get back to our house and the rest of the night was this awkward scene of poor DH tweezing little needles off of my bum. my hips hurt enough as is, this had to happen on top it...making me feel clumsy, tired, moody.
Becky, I wish you were closer too. Although I figure that one of us is bound to have a baby who *likes* car rides, and Olympia is not that far from us...
Lyn, I also wish you were closer. Anemic mommy lunches sound nice. I'm so sorry that you've hit the pregnancy wall, and that your DS is being a little butthead. Those days/weeks/months are just SO trying...
EB -- May your trapped gas be free!! Especially before your DH gets home... Pregnancy is such the lesson in humility And YES, it's an automatic withdrawl that's getting me. ACK! It's our car insurance... I normally pay it one pay period ahead, so it won't come out of our account when money is tighter. But because our policy was getting ready to renew, they didn't have an amount for us to pay yet. And then it slipped my mind, because I always pay it ahead of time, and my brain is not remembering anything well these days. And if I remember correctly, it just goes from pregnancy brain, to nursing brain, right?
nald1, I hope the ultrasound is able to calm your fears of the baby being small.
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