weekly thread may 23-29

[Jessviola]

how's everybody doing this week?

i'm still pretty exhausted. dh is out of town for the weekend and i'm really missing him. i'm hoping to straighten things up a bit before he gets back tomorrow night but it's not going to well

i'm still nauseaus except for a few little windows but i find i get really worried when i'm not feeling sick so i welcome the sick feeling back.

i haven't gotten any maternity clothes yet. i think i'm going to see what i have left from last time. i think some of my clothes were ruined by mice poo

oh no, dd just peed on the floor gotta go clean up....

[Jessviola]

so to continue my rambling....

i'm quickly running out of clothing options. i have one pair of jeans that i can elastic or twist-tie shut and 2 t-shirts just barely big enough to cover the makeshift closure. and a couple skirts that are ok if i hike the waist up to my boobs

what's the deal with the elastic that goes all the way around your belly? i tried some of those on and everything i tried (diff stores) was really tight where the normal material was. i like the ones with no panel and lots of elastic though. i'm hoping to find some of those without microscopic back pockets. we'll see....

[DalaiMama]

well, I just got back from my first night back at work after a luxurious two week vacation. Let me just say this:


I Hate My Job. Hate It. :


The only reason I am still there is because I want to save up more money before the baby comes, and my husband is nagging me about a credit card that I am no longer charging on but still paying off. I do not want to be going to a coffee shop three nights a week to wait hand and foot on some faux hipsters who don't understand the idea of a tip. ahh... I feel better now. :LOL I'll definitely be sticking it out until September, when we're moving. Hopefully here in the next couple of weeks, some of my energy will return so I won't feel so drained.

On another note, I'm ten weeks today... my baby is 25% done (assuming I'm not late). I've moved on from regular clothes into my long flowy ELASTIC waist skirts. I just need a few more of em and I'll be set for the rest of the summer.

[Jessviola]

9-10 weeks

ok i remembered the not so interesting point of my earlier venting. i've noticed i'm avoiding getting dressed and going out of the house because i don't have anything comfortable to wear. i need to find some of those flowy elastic waist skirts but don't have a clue where to look.

i have an appt tomorrow. i'll be exactly 10 weeks according to LMP, although according to FF i O'd on cd18 so it's probably really 9w3d but who really knows...

i've been cleaning up a storm today. i can't believe i actually have a little energy and so i'm trying to get the house in shape to surprise dh when he gets back from his trip tonight. i'm currently on my third load of and have cleaned up our room (the most neglected of the house of course) enough to see the floor again. or at least the layer of dirt and dust covering it.... i can't wait to vaccuum and get the sheets back on the bed. then i'll feel really good. i am so sick of this mess!!! maybe if i still have the energy i'll dust later! :LOL this must sound so pathetic....

rachel,
sorry about your job i've heard once you start showing people tip better

ok off to switch loads. happy monday everyone!

[nikirj]

8 weeks

I have come to the conclusion that my life sucks.

In the bad old days of insane asylums, and for a good deal of time after that, violent subjects were often given medication to make them feel nauseous - and it worked. Why? Because nausea is a powerful thing! I can't believe what people expect me to do, it is like they don't understand how bad I feel. You can't see it - it isn't like I turn orange while I'm nauseous - so I guess they just don't understand. Maybe they haven't had a stomach flu for a while, and can't imagine it lasting for MONTHS. BIL keeps asking if I'd like to go out with him and DH, to see a movie or go to dinner or something, and I tell him I want to avoid being out in public as much as possible - he doesn't understand this isn't a weekend thing - it lasts months. My poor kids stay at home with me all day (literally in the house all day) until DH gets home and can take them out.

A typical day:

9:00 Wake up. Try to get out of bed to barf without waking up the kids.
9:05 Try to make the kids & myself breakfast (something simple like cereal and peanut butter toast) before the nausea hits again.
9:30 Finish breakfast. Sit for a while and see if I will barf or not. If not, go online and try to forget how sick I feel. Continue to sit around all morning, snacking liberally on dairy items which for some reason, taste good (but cause incredible amounts of gas and diarrhea, as I am moderately lactose intolerant).
12:00 Try to make kids lunch without throwing up. Macaroni and cheese anyone?
12:30 Throw the plates in the sink and turn around without looking, to avoid throwing up. Go take the kids to lie down and nap.
3:00 Wake up. Throw up. Eat a snack with the kids. Sit on the chair watching the kids beat each other up until 5:00, when DH gets home.
5:00 Sit on the chair and try not to feel to sorry for myself while DH takes the kids out.
7:00 Try not to barf at the smell while DH makes dinner.
9:30 Try not to barf while bathing myself + kids.
10:00 Lie down exhausted, sleep again till 9:00 (and yes, I really am exhausted and yes, I really DO get like 13 hours of sleep every day).

See, life sucks. The other day after I threw up for the sixth time, I was shivering, feeling light-headed and shaking and I was getting really worried. It hasn't gotten that bad again, thank goodness, although I do see black spots quite often (they are little ones, they swim in front of me, it is very odd).

My mom keeps sending me nausea remedies to try but so far, nothing works very well (although ginger hard candies can keep me from throwing up long enough to get through a store or drive home). And MIL comes once a week or so and takes the kids for a couple hours - they go do something fun. It doesn't make me feel a whole lot better, but it is nice to know they care.

[Jessviola]

niki
i hope your sickness goes away soon.

i'm with you on the dairy. for some reason the only foods that sound appetizing to me are largely dairy. and i feel so bad about not wanting to cook or only cooking bland minimally nutritious meals for dd because of my own food aversions. i'm unbelievably grateful to a friend who due to an elimination diet gave me a freezer full of organic meals. i think many days i just wouldn't eat if it weren't for those. unfortunately though they're running out but hopefully i'll be feeling better soon.

i'm starting to crash i think. exhaustion is setting in as well as nausea. oh well, the break was nice while it lasted. i need to keep going though. otherwise i *really* won't have anything to wear to pick up dh tonight and while he probably wouldn't mind, i think airport security would :LOL

[nannymom]

my life sucks too

Niki, I feel your pain. I am so f!@#$%^&*ing sick of how bad I feel all the time and of how froos everything is.

I am exausted I have worked 8 consecutive days in a row and you know what no matter how much you love them other people's children are exausting. I am so sick of doing their laundry and cleaning up after them and changing dirty diapers with morning sikness is chioce. really it's great i love it. Oh and I also love that everyday my boss microwaves scrambled eggs in a dish that is impossable to get clean then fills it with cold water (why bother to fill it with water at all) and leaves it for me.

I just want to feel better. Ok thanks for leting me vent.

[nikirj]

Nannymom - I can't imagine having to get a job done on top of this

DD and DS got in a huge fight this morning because they both needed to use the toilet at the same time - end result, DD (who has the world's most hugemongous bladder) pees and poops all over the place (seriously, I think I could have filled a bucket) while DS monopolizes the toilet. I just threw away DD's underwear.

[kazmir]

week 9

I was out, off line, out of commision for 5 days last week with a headache. I didn't even have the energy to log on and ask for help. I finally went to my GP and got some meds that are safe and the headache is gone and I only took them for a couple days. It feels so good to not have a trobbing headache I don't mind the nausea! I have an appt tomorrow with my OB to have an US to make sure the baby is still with me, I can't wait until after this frist trimester and I get to feel the baby more. All those misscarriages have me parinoid. Hope everyone is feeling good and not so tired. Getting closer to week 12 is helping me mentally!

Take care all

Robin

[Jenelle]

almost 9 weeks

Sorry to hear most of us are still doing crummy. Hugs to all.

I am so looking forward to an energy boost. I am so sick of doing nothing.

I have only actually thrown up 3 times so far, but I feel like I could, most of the time.

I feel so bad about the amount of money we have spent eating from restaurants. I also feel bad about how my son's days go by. Watching kids shows and eating whatever is quick. We never go outside unless my husband is home - and then I don't join them.

I just keep reminding myself that this fog will lift - hopefully in just a few more weeks.

[Jessviola]

for everyone who needs it. i was hoping that some of you who are a little farther along were starting to feel better but i guess it's still too early.

nannymom,
microwaved scrambled eggs? how the heck does that work? it doesn't sound pretty....

niki,
ewww! i hope the mess didn't make you too sick...

robin,
i'm glad you're getting some relief from your headache! i hope your appt goes well tomorrow. i have one too, it'll be very reassuring to hear everything's ok.

jenelle,
we haven't been out of the house much lately either. luckily the weather's been pretty yucky so i've had an excuse, but i still feel really bad about it. i just can't keep up with her out there and there's nowhere to sit when i get tired (it's very damp/puddly lately)

[laurata]

10/12 weeks

Jess, if it makes you feel any better, I am feeling MUCH better, and haven't been throwing up this past week or two. The nausea is much improved as well.

I've finally started telling people that live around here. I feel a little sad about not keeping it a secret anymore, but I've enjoyed savoring the pregnancy "just for myself" up till now. In a few weeks I'll be in my second trimester!! I'll be announcing the babe to my family then, I guess. I'm sure everyone will be happy, but they also think they have a say in my pregnancy and birth choices. I feel like I cease to be Laura when I'm pregnant, I'm the Carrier of their New Grandchild.

[taradt]

9 weeks

((hugs)) to everyone still feeling like crap.

i started getting morning sickness last week sigh.. i was so sure it would stay away this time but alas no.

food aversions are a biggy, i can't meal plan like i usually do because i have no idea what i will be able to stomach day to day. it even changes moment to moment. i had a dinner all picked out but DH took too long getting to making it that by the time he was going to i knew i wouldn't be able to eat.

this past week i found out both my dad's wife and my youngest sister are pregnant, both due in january.

i think i have used up all the energy i had, now i am off to lay down quietly somewhere and hope i get brought ice cream

tara

[*~*SewHappyNow*~*]

12 weeks 1 day

I think my m/s is pretty much over... the nausea is getting less, but now I am getting headaches ugh! Also, the last couple days everything is aching.. my feet, my back, my knees.. ow! I have more energy, but my body hurts bleh! Must be all this weight I am gaining.

Good news is I think every once in a while I am feeling the baby move! Just a little bump here and there.. could be gas bubbles.. but I think its probably early quickening

[MountainLovinMama]

12 weeks - EDD 12/6

I am also starting to feel better! s to those of you still in the throes of m/s. I still get it from time to time, and go through waves of feeling like I could puke over anything - or I'll pull out ingredients to make what I thought would be a good well-balanced meal and start to dry-heave and just eat crackers or cereal, again. But it is not as constant, and I am starting to truly cook again. And feel more energized, and even sexy (well, every now and then )

Niki - Your talk about kids fighting over the potty made me laugh - last night, I went to empty dd's potty before I went to bed. She had used it right before bed herself, and I didn't want to empty it then and disturb her as she climbed into bed (we keep a potty in her bedroom for easy access!). So, anyway, it was late, it was dark, I had her potty in my hand and whirled into the bathroom to empty it, to find, much to my surprise, dh sitting on the toilet! (also in the dark) It was a very narrow miss!!

So, I am wearing the same d#$mn things every single day. Looking forward to really "showing" rather than hiding my thickening middle - - and backside.

And, yes, I am feeling the baby every now and then too!!! It is a subtle shifting inside me - and it makes it all feel more and more real! We still have not told everyone - holding out, I guess. I want to tell dd first (I have told family and friends, just not coworkers, etc) and we still want to wait a bit to tell dd just to be sure all is well. And to let my belly grow a bit more so it may be more "real" to her.

[ladymadelon]

9 weeks

I'm about ready to just give up.

I'm no more sicker this time than before, but I've never been so tired. I work (I do a paper route from 1 am to 5 am EVERY DAY), so I go to bed about 8 pm and get up at 12:30...do the route...home about 5:30 and sleep til 8:00. It isn't enough.

I have no energy. My house has gone from cluttered to dirty to filthy. And while I do *care*, I just can't do anything about it. DH is trying, he keeps up the kitchen. But laundry...thank goodness my kids have so much clothing.

The biggest problem here is that dh has been laid off since Feb and after we pay the rent next week (takes my entire paycheck), we will be trying to pay all our other bills with his $200/week unemployment. We own 2 months phone, plus car insurance, life insurance, electric. Plus that $200 has to cover our food and gas (at $2.25 a gallon...it costs $50 to fill the van I use for the route and I go through a tank every 5 days). Our car gets much better gas mileage, but it needs work that we can't afford and so I can't use it for the route.

We've been struggling financially for almost 4 years and I'm just gotten so tired of making do and putting off. We have been blessed many ways and many times by the Lord, and we are praying that soon He will bless my husband with a good job. I don't think I'll be able to do the route much past the end of September...plus I'm tired of being tired.

The job thing is complicated for my dh...he is a brain stem injury survivor...it affects alot of things in his brain...but he is the most loving, sweet man and I love him. He just can't do alot of things...multi-tasking, remembering long lists of things to do, he learns new things very slowly and needs lots of reminders. A super repetative job like working on an assembly line would be perfect for him, but those types of jobs don't exist around here. All of our family is here, it would be very difficult to leave, but I'm beginning to wonder...

Anyway, thanks for reading all this, and if you pray, please pray for us.

[nannymom]

another long long day with my secret swimmer

Hi everyone. I am so exausted and feel so pukey, but hey what's new and why complain.lol.
big to everyone who feels miserable. I am in week 11 and hoping to feel better soon. The thing is that it actually is better from the first few weeks it's just still so bad

Anyway, I have noticed that sometimes if i straighten up to quickly or stand up with the baby i take care of too fast i am getting a painful crampy feeling. It only lasts a second but I was wondering if you guys thought it was normal.

Also, for those of you with kid/s already, I was wondering when most of you felt the baby move with your first pregnacy

Rebecka-hang in there. I am sure every thing will work out for you and your family. I will be thinking of you.

[Kerlowyn]

12 weeks 5 days

Just got through reading all the posts...hugs to all of you who are still feeling so sick

I am beginning to feel better. Instead of having m/s every day, it has spaced itself out to every few days. Also, the extreme exhaustion I was getting in the afternoon does not happen every day, maybe every other day now.
I am wearing mostly maternity clothes now, I am so huge!! I did go shopping a week ago and got some short, knee length elastic banded denim and khaki skirts (I hate shorts and capris on me ) and a few shirts.

Tomorrow is my first appointment with the midwife. I hope she can assure me that there in only one baby in there...did I mention how HUGE I am :LOL After my appointment, after I get to hear a heartbeat, we will tell everyone we are having another baby. I had a m/c this past November and feel like I need the assurance before I am comfortable telling. We are going to spend the weekend with my in-laws, and will let them know then.

I have been feeling what I believe is movement also, the bubbles popping feeling, and the very gentle thuds. But it is so early!
I did not feel anything with my first baby until 22 weeks, and 19 weeks with my second.

[DalaiMama]

hello everyone! sorry so many of us are still feeling crappy. only a few more weeks of that, hopefully. I've gone from constant nausea to sporadic nausea, so things are improving on my end... slooowly. Good news, though... my boss is cutting my hours at work. I'll be down to two days instead of three, which is fine with me. I wasn't quitting because I've been there forever and my boss has a hard time finding reliable help, but his daughter got fired from her job and "needs the hours." It's a blessing in disguise.

Emily~ I think I felt movement with my first at around 14 weeks. I can't wait to feel it this time, hopefully soon. I think that since I know what it feels like, I'll notice earlier this time? of course I've just cursed myself. :LOL I also have noticed the crampy feeling you mentioned... I figure it's just ligaments and muscles that are already stretched complaining when we move the wrong way too quickly.

Rebecka ~ Your family is in my thoughts. I'm sorry to hear that you guys are having such a hard time. I wish I had some suggestions for you, but all I have is . I'm sending good job vibes your way.

[*~*SewHappyNow*~*]

Anyway, I have noticed that sometimes if i straighten up to quickly or stand up with the baby i take care of too fast i am getting a painful crampy feeling. It only lasts a second but I was wondering if you guys thought it was normal.

yep I get this sometimes, esp when picking up dd. I believe its probably the circular tendon stretching, quite normal