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[kellybeth]

Originally Posted by Jenny01 

I came extremely close to throwing up and passing out on the bathroom floor yesterday during a bowel movement (tmi? lol)  It sure felt like a flu, but I think it was just a nerve issue since it passed within half an hour and I feel fine today.  Now today I feel like I'm getting punched (or kicked not sure but I think she is still head down....) in the cervix repeatedly... its very low and it does NOT feel good at all.  Stop it baby! 

Oh and I've developed a lot of stretch marks suddenly on my lower belly - just in the past two weeks or so!

i discovered some very light stretch marks yesterday, too. it's like they came out of nowhere!

i hope the throwing up/passing out thing stays a thing of the past. 

[buko]

I'm doing my best to be in denial about the inevitable upcoming stretch marks.  I have tons and tons and tons from puberty-- the bane of my existence.  They cover at least 60% of my skin from my knees to the tops of my hips.  I have a few on my breasts/underarms and just a couple tiny ones on one side of my belly as well.  Of course, they're all completely faded to silver by now, but it stinks that there's nothing that can be done about the texture issue... and nothing proven to prevent them, either (don't get me started on cocoa butter!)

In my case, it's totally genetic-- though not from my mom, who has almost none.  But my dad and brother have plenty, too.  I just KNOW I will be getting some new ones on my belly with this pregnancy, especially as my waist is currently 43.5 inches and I have surely 7-10 weeks of growing to go.  Normally (past 5+ years) my waist ranges from 28-30 inches, and even at my pre-pregnancy heaviest, wearing an 18W, my waist was never above 36 inches.  I don't see how I won't get them.  I'm kinda surprised I don't have any yet, but I'm under no illusions that they won't pop up-- probably right when I'm thinking I will escape without them, like at 39 weeks. 

Oh, well.  

If it's any consolation, I was once discussing my self-consciousness about my stretch marks with an artist friend of mine-- as she was painting me, nude.  I said that was my biggest issue with disrobing in front of artists/students when I first started modeling, and she looked at me and (seemingly genuinely) told me she had never even noticed my stretch marks before.  She might have been blowing smoke-- considering how hyper-observant she is as an artist, and how extensive mine are-- but it made me feel a little better.  It probably isn't quite as bad as it seems to us, anyway.      

[loveandgarbage]

What helps me during my body's pregnancy changes is reminding myself that my body is first and foremost a functional and healthy body. And that's something to celebrate. Do I want it to be an attractive body? Of course... I'm a female human existing in our wacko culture. But I can honestly say that I feel 10 times more attractive after becoming a mom than I ever did when I was 20. I guess it's because I have more confidence. For me, body changes are just part of the natural aging process, and for me that includes 3 pregnancies. I can't imagine being an 80 yr old woman, looking back on my life, and thinking that I looked at all bad at this age!

[Gillmoro]

I had a big growth spurt over the last couple days and my upper abdomen feels almost likes it's going to burst.  I haven't noticed at new stretch marks but wouldn't be surprised if I come away with a few. I think I am going to try the postpartum belly wrapping this time to see if that can help put things back together.  But I agree that trying to remember this is what mama's bodies are meant to do helps a lot.  We are carrying life inside and if that comes with a few marks I will wear them proudly. 

[Jenny01]

I have lots of old stretch mark scars from my teen years too. So not really concerned about more - at least they fade eventually!

[loveandgarbage]

I don't get marks on my tummy (well, tiny ones near my belly button) but instead they go on my butt and boobs. And they've already faded from DS2 and I don't mind them at all. 

So I think I had a huge growth spurt today? I put on one of the last shirts that fits me this morning and it fit nicely under my belly and by tonight it's too short and I have skin showing!! My belly has felt very tight and sore all day. It's just crazy to think that the growth happened right in front of my eyes.

[kellybeth]

i was inspecting my belly before a nice hot shower tonight and couldn't find the stretch marks i saw yesterday. i itched my belly though and noticed my fingernails leave marks that look just like them, so i had a belly itching festival and i was covered. false alarm. now i feel like a jerk. 

[Teles]

I don't have stretch marks yet (35 weeks + 4 days) but I'm kind of expecting them since my mother was covered in them after pregnancy and I have a couple on my inner thighs from puberty, which don't bother me at all. I've mentioned it in previous threads but it's the one thing I'm having a hard time shaking in terms of coming around to body changes and I'm continuing my rage against them by drinking excessive amounts of water and slathering myself in coconut oil in the morning and Weleda stretch mark oil at night. Even if it's not doing anything, it makes me feel like I'm trying

[HouseofPeace]

my mom and mother-in-law both avoided all stretch marks.  i had a lot from puberty- on my breasts and inner thighs (i did wake up a C cup overnight, so that might have affected things, and also grew hips overnight as well it seemed)- but surprisingly did not get an insane amount of stretch marks.  i've been accused of having none by women who get a ton of them (or that mine are so small and faint they don't count?!?)- but have gotten a small collection that have just expanded at each birth and faded back down.  my dad was a body-builder for a season in his life and he has stretch marks all over his arms and chest, so i got it from him.

But not that badly.  except my breasts- they're hopelessly covered.  oh well.  

Jean- my belly grows and drops dramatically EVERY DAY.  up til birth.  i wake up w/ feet in my tonsils, and head down but no where near my pubic bone, but by evening have dropped the feet down below my ribs and the head is locked and loaded (nerve pain if i squat or bear down for a BM) and i look 5-10 lbs heavier just from this repositioning.  my friends' daughters have commented when they see me in the evening and morning that i always look a lot bigger in the evening.  my babies like to live up in my ribs up until labor.  my first never 'dropped' and of course no one else did either. 

[loveandgarbage]

HoP, that's good to know! I seriously don't remember if that happened to me with my other pregnancies. It's amazing how much I've forgotten in almost 5 yrs!

[Chloe'sMama]

I love reading how everyone is doing.

I had my mw appt. today and she said she thought the baby was maybe 6-6.5 lbs at the most. Very surprising since both the girls were 10ish lbs right at 40 weeks. At this rate we are looking at 8ish lbs at birth. Crazy. I measured 35 weeks at my last appt 3 weeks ago and 35.5 this week, but she had a hard time finding my public bone.

I have all my homebirth supplies ready and just need to get my hospital bag and birth plan written up just in case. I will be 36 weeks on Wednesday and am so excited we are so close!!!!!!

[Teles]

I think I lost a chunk of mucus plug this morning!

I have noticed an increase in the amount of thickness of discharge lately, then this morning I found a glob (larger than a nickel and about half an inch tall) on the toilet paper. I have noticed that the dull, aching pain that I had been experiencing in the past couple of weeks has change to a more intense pain (but still well within the limits of what I can handle and still go to work) as well and I am actually having BH with some regularity now.

[Teles]

Also is anyone else getting some serious rectal pain these days?

[kellybeth]

no rectal pain, but very intense, take my breath away crampy feelings centered in my pelvis and what feels like my cervix. today is much more intense than yesterday. 

rectal pain does not sound very fun. 

[odinsmama]

Originally Posted by Teles 

Also is anyone else getting some serious rectal pain these days?

Yep, but my poor rectum has issues even when I'm not preg!
I started feeling some slight pain/pressure in mine yesterday along with some (not all) BH contrax. However it seems to be related to gas in my case and the pain goes away when I pass the gas.

[typebug]

Last night i threw up and then had two hours of steady contractions 3-6 minutes apart even lying down. I finally put a nervous call into the MW and we eventually figured out that i have a stomach flu and that throwing up causes these crazy contractions. I got into a hot bath and took a muscle relaxant which finally stopped them. The stomach flu has decided to stay with me a little longer though...
Edited by typebug - 1/10/13 at 5:39am

[odinsmama]

Well I'm officially putting myself on pelvic rest and semi-bed rest for a week (and then I'll be at 37). I just really haven't had many BH thru this pregnancy, just a few here and there or when I stand up but nothing that really repeats multiple times.
Yesterday I had several per hour (like around 8) for 4 hours and they finally slowed down. I had done several things to try and slow them but it seemed they just needed to run their course.
This morning was fine, just had a few here and there and then they picked up again after lunch some time plus I had some very thick clear discharge that looked an awful lot like a piece of mucus plug. Not pink at all.

Now, I know very well that ALL of this could continue for weeks before labor even with no bed rest. But since it seems to be such an overnight change for my uterus I'm not taking any chances. Called my mw to let her know and she thought rest was a good idea. Since my commitments are all flexible, or someone else can take over for me, I'm not going to make myself be up and around until this baby is more ready for outside living.

Got the diapers and extra sheets washed today. Don't really have meals in the freezer but not going to worry about that now. DH will get the carseat tomorrow I think. Whew time to be really ready and not just kinda ready!

[HouseofPeace]

Originally Posted by odinsmama 

Well I'm officially putting myself on pelvic rest and semi-bed rest for a week (and then I'll be at 37). I just really haven't had many BH thru this pregnancy, just a few here and there or when I stand up but nothing that really repeats multiple times.
Yesterday I had several per hour (like around 8) for 4 hours and they finally slowed down. I had done several things to try and slow them but it seemed they just needed to run their course.
This morning was fine, just had a few here and there and then they picked up again after lunch some time plus I had some very thick clear discharge that looked an awful lot like a piece of mucus plug. Not pink at all.

Now, I know very well that ALL of this could continue for weeks before labor even with no bed rest. But since it seems to be such an overnight change for my uterus I'm not taking any chances. Called my mw to let her know and she thought rest was a good idea. Since my commitments are all flexible, or someone else can take over for me, I'm not going to make myself be up and around until this baby is more ready for outside living.

Got the diapers and extra sheets washed today. Don't really have meals in the freezer but not going to worry about that now. DH will get the carseat tomorrow I think. Whew time to be really ready and not just kinda ready!

oh mama!  good idea for sure, you don't want to be messing around w/ things at this point.  keep us posted!!!  i know my cervix is pretty effaced, just not dilated, so could see losing the plug a little early.  i've only every once seen a mucus plug.  ???  don't know when the rest were lost.  rest well and get settled!

Teles- what's happening?  

[Cat77]

Nausea/vomiting has been back a few times in the past couple of weeks, achy pelvic region, and yesterday some small jabs of pain in the upper thigh again (nerve pressure I'm guessing) and a few in the cervix and vagina.

Does anyone else feel like their private area is protruding lots more? I think for sure my lil punkin is head down most of the time now so I guess its the beginning of the pressure that'll precede dilation!

We don't have a weekly chat thread anymore do we? Well, here's a couple other updates for me:

Midwife appt tmrw and detailed ultrasound next week (I moved states and haven't had any prenatal care barring a couple of freebie ultrasounds at my friend's school since August)

I got myself a volunteer doula! Yay! Really happy about this. Hopefully she'll be as much of a help to DH as she will me. Anybody else having a doula with their hospital birth?

[kellybeth]

i've given up on bras. baby feet up in the ribs leave no room for a bra there. i have some belabumbum bamboo sleep bras that i love, but that's only for when i don't want to be obscene. and honestly, i don't care.