The Whining Thread - Page 3 « Back to Group Discussions

[Ethelpea]

Speaking for myself, pregnancy just got a bit harder because now that I'm older I also have more children to look after.  I wouldn't say pregnancy is tougher simply because I am older.  If this were my first, I think I'd be feeling pretty good.

stormysky....rolling chairs are the best :)

[bmcneal]

I've been having burning ache/pain from hip to hip, right around my pubic bone. Ever since the c-section with DD, I'm always paranoid that it's something bad, my uterus rupturing or something. :/ I never had the feeling with DD, my first, so that doesn't help at all. I had it with DS, too, though, and everything was okay, so that's the only thing that keeps me from completely losing it with worry.

Otherwise, my only real complaint is that my hips hurt *so* bad when I lay down, even when I alternate, or just laid down/haven't been laying down long. Again, something I never really had with DD or DS, so unexpected "surprise." 

[Greenlea]

Horrible horrible back ache this morning, Braxton Hicks, uterine cramping...I did not sleep at all last night. Exhausted today. And feeling very huge!

[IronMam]

This baby is being "mean!" I don't know if it's an elbow, or knee, or what....but he keeps pushing against my right side with a very bony, sharp bit and it REALLY hurts. I mean, some times I have pretty intense BH that are uncomfortable, but this is worse. It's a sharp, focused pain instead of just pressure. I have been trying to encourage him to move away from that side (I push back, lol - and I slept on my left side last night). It's usually in the afternoon/evening that he starts hurting me, so we'll have to wait and see how it goes tonight.

[stormysky]

Can't shake my post-nasal drip and it's been causing me to be hoarse and cough. I' m trying sinus washing, but it's still not going away. Any suggestions? I'm going batty for almost 3 weeks.

[Kara9080]

A) F'n underwear. I can't tolerate anything but huge panties now. I hate the sensation of them rolling under my belly. Off to buy more panties at lunch time and I'm throwing these in the trash LOL

B) My belly gets SO hard and uncomfortable at night. I'm usually squishy, soft in the morning but as the day goes on it gets harder and harder. What is that? By the time I get home at 4:30 it's rock hard and with each passing hour I'm more uncomfortable.

C) I'm not that big but dude, I can't get comfortable at night to sleep. It isn't my hips really, my stomach just aches. I've put pillows of different sizes underneath it for support, I've put a pillow under my knee or between my legs but I still wake to reposition myself many times throughout the night.

D) Hemorrhoids.

[Seth's Mommy]

Beyond the lumbering about like an elephant, I'm free of physical complaints, but I'm sad, and I shouldn't be. 

One of my employers made some crack last night about how I won't be around for a certain project because I'll be "basking in the glow of motherly bliss."  Yes, I'm looking forward to my leave and being with my baby, but people think it's just a vacation and that isn't fair.

My nearly 88-year-old father is dealing with health, marital, and financial issues that we're having to more or less take on for him.  I love my Dad but I really wish I could concentrate on my own life right now.

So many comments like "you look like you're due tomorrow!" and "got two babies in there?"  I think I prefer the indifference that I get from the majority of my coworkers.

This should be such a happy time, and between all this and having to continually stave off exhaustion, I'm just blue.

Did I mention it's tax time? 

[omphaloskepsis]

Originally Posted by Kara9080 

A) F'n underwear. I can't tolerate anything but huge panties now. I hate the sensation of them rolling under my belly. Off to buy more panties at lunch time and I'm throwing these in the trash LOL

SO with you on this one! My underwear is driving me batshit lately. My pants aren't staying on properly and as they slip down they take the panties with them, so I'm constantly having to jam my hand down my pants to hoist the damn things back up (which I'm sure is SUPER attractive for anybody watching! LOL!). ugh!! I think I'm going to start wearing suspenders with everything...

[1babysmom]

I have a sort of love affair with the Motherhood fold over panties I got.  I think I am going to trade in my regular undies (non-pg) for a smaller size in the fold-overs, because it's like wearing nothing.  I can't have anything around there because it is so uncomfortable, and it really bothers my ectopic surgery scar too, so it was like night and day when I switched.  Though I've never bought maternity undies before so I have nothing to compare to.

My only complaint today (so far...it's not even 9 am) is that it feels like I have forever left.  I am ridiculously excited to go into labor and it stinks having to remind myself that I still have a looooong time left. LOL

[astrogeoCole]

Originally Posted by omphaloskepsis 

SO with you on this one! My underwear is driving me batshit lately. My pants aren't staying on properly and as they slip down they take the panties with them, so I'm constantly having to jam my hand down my pants to hoist the damn things back up (which I'm sure is SUPER attractive for anybody watching! LOL!). ugh!! I think I'm going to start wearing suspenders with everything...

I have often thought longingly about suspenders...I could add a bow-tie and be like the 11th Dr. Who!  I wear maternity overalls around the house and they are so comfy but are starting to get a little tight around the middle.

I hate my maternity pants and how they fall down and take the undies with them, too.  I can never find jeans to fit and I have tried all the different panel types. I am thinking about sewing a skirt or two and just surviving on those + leggings.

[Kara9080]

Originally Posted by 1babysmom 

I have a sort of love affair with the Motherhood fold over panties I got.  I think I am going to trade in my regular undies (non-pg) for a smaller size in the fold-overs, because it's like wearing nothing.  I can't have anything around there because it is so uncomfortable, and it really bothers my ectopic surgery scar too, so it was like night and day when I switched.  Though I've never bought maternity undies before so I have nothing to compare to.

My only complaint today (so far...it's not even 9 am) is that it feels like I have forever left.  I am ridiculously excited to go into labor and it stinks having to remind myself that I still have a looooong time left. LOL

I'll have to look into those panties. Majority of panties (pg or not) I dislike something about them.

I too am super duper excited for labor. I did great with my first 2 and I'm so excited to meet baby and introduce him to his anxiously waiting brothers and sister! I also want to see how DH is with labor and a newborn. Squee!!

[bmcneal]

All day, I have been having this sharp discomfort in the right side of my abdomen, anywhere from about belly button level to my hip bone. It's worse when I get up from standing or bending, and sometimes just happens. I thought maybe BH, but with it being only one side, I don't think it's that. I've never had BH contractions before, so I don't have anything to compare to. It was so sudden and intense when I was doing dishes it gave me pause.

[1babysmom]

Yeah thy aren't pretty little things or anything, definitely not for looks (though the prints aren't too bad and actually made me feel better about myself when i look in the mirror!!), and some people complain that they crawl under certain clothes, but I have been thrilled with them. I am not kidding when I say they feel like I am wearing nothing. LOL

[omphaloskepsis]

Originally Posted by astrogeoCole 

I have often thought longingly about suspenders...I could add a bow-tie and be like the 11th Dr. Who!  I wear maternity overalls around the house and they are so comfy but are starting to get a little tight around the middle.

I hate my maternity pants and how they fall down and take the undies with them, too.  I can never find jeans to fit and I have tried all the different panel types. I am thinking about sewing a skirt or two and just surviving on those + leggings.

I actually DO have a pair of suspenders, LOL...they really work pretty well! I ordered them online a while back just because I think suspenders are cute anyway. :P I didn't want the giant things for men from walmart though, so I found some narrow (about 1" I think) women's ones that I really like (amazon, maybe?? I can't remember). I just got black but I know they have a lot of different colors, too. :)

[IronMam]

Originally Posted by astrogeoCole 

I have often thought longingly about suspenders...I could add a bow-tie and be like the 11th Dr. Who!  

Oooh! You should see some of the Dr. Who baby projects I've got going! I just posted one on my blog today (but I don't think I'm allowed to link it in a post - the url is in my profile though).

[bmcneal]

Originally Posted by IronMam 

Oooh! You should see some of the Dr. Who baby projects I've got going! I just posted one on my blog today (but I don't think I'm allowed to link it in a post - the url is in my profile though).

Okay, I'll probably get disowned from the DDC for this, but... who is Dr. Who? 

[IronMam]

Originally Posted by bmcneal 

Okay, I'll probably get disowned from the DDC for this, but... who is Dr. Who? 

Dr. Who is a TV show from the BBC. It started decades ago, but was recently rebooted in the early 2000s, I believe. It's Sci-Fi, and campy at times, but oh so fun!

It's on Netflix and Amazon Instant TV streaming if you're looking for a good show to watch during marathon nursing sessions. ;)

[bmcneal]

Originally Posted by IronMam 

Dr. Who is a TV show from the BBC. It started decades ago, but was recently rebooted in the early 2000s, I believe. It's Sci-Fi, and campy at times, but oh so fun!

It's on Netflix and Amazon Instant TV streaming if you're looking for a good show to watch during marathon nursing sessions. ;)

I was thinking it sounded familiar-ish from when I was a kid, and I've heard a lot of people talking about it, but... never knew exactly what it was. I guess that's what I get for not watching television, huh?  (Well, I watch it, but we don't have cable, so we get PBS, PBS Create, and *sometimes* a local channel, if the planets align just right, the voodoo people have said the right chants, and the gods are smiling on us. 

[IronMam]

Originally Posted by bmcneal 

I was thinking it sounded familiar-ish from when I was a kid, and I've heard a lot of people talking about it, but... never knew exactly what it was. I guess that's what I get for not watching television, huh? 
 (Well, I watch it, but we don't have cable, so we get PBS, PBS Create, and *sometimes* a local channel, if the planets align just right, the voodoo people have said the right chants, and the gods are smiling on us. 

We don't have cable either. We watch TV we can get streaming online. Netflix is awesome, especially because we can get things that aren't on anymore and there are not ommercials!

[firespiritmelody]

Dr Who is our go-to-family-favorite-show - DH and I as well as all 3 kiddos adore it and pretty much all the episodes are pretty family friendly (no profanity and the violence is very animated and easy to explain to the kids as make-believe) Love love love that show! (And IronMam, I started following you on pinterest forever ago when you posted the link to your baby board, you've got some seriously cute stuff pinned!)

My biggest gripe right now is that I'm short and baby feels HUGE! He only measured at the 40th percentile at the anatomy scan and I seriously have not made it back up to my prepregnancy weight yet, so I have no reason to fear that he's extra big or anything, but I'm super uncomfortable and he just feels like he's taking up my whole abdomen and sticking out everywhere! He doesn't move as much as I remember my girls moving, but his kicks and jabs are so much stronger! While I adore feeling him move, I wish it didn't hurt so bad. He's made me cry out more than a few times And I'm no stranger to big babies - my youngest way 9-7 - but I just don't remember her feeling like this. Maybe it's just selective memory though.

I'm also exhausted. We're in the middle of moving our shop and it's been a nightmare. I'm super stressed out and everything is taking longer then it should and we're out of money but the city is taking their sweet time getting our business license finalized so I can't officially open back up for business yet. We have a staff of about 8 plus our store is the only income for my family and my mom. We had a bit of savings but it's pretty much out now. Sure hoping the city gets their act together so we can get back up and going in the next few days.