How is everyone feeling?

[HoosierDiaperinMama]

Physically, emotionally, etc.??

I'll start. Physically I feel great. I don't have the last trimester swelling *yet* and general discomfort that I had w/DS.

Emotionally I am a wreck. I've never been one to cry easy but now I'm crying all the time. A lot of it has to do w/the goings on in the Diapering forum but a lot also has to do w/the gestational diabetes. The diet part doesn't bother me in the least, but sticking myself 30 times a day to get a sugar reading is stressing me to the max. I'm in the process of getting a new glucometer and hopefully life will be better.

How about you?

[wendy1221]

Sorry abou the GD.

I'm feeling pretty good. I'm still tired all the time, but my iron is probably still alittle low. Plus I can't sleep at night. I can't get to sleep cuz my reflux has been so bad and then I wake up every hour startig at 3. Other than that, I feel pretty good. :LOL

[HoosierDiaperinMama]

Originally Posted by wendy1221

I can't get to sleep cuz my reflux has been so bad and then I wake up every hour startig at 3. Other than that, I feel pretty good. :LOL

Oh yuck. s I had this w/DS and it was miserable. I don't have it too bad this time.

[mom2threenurslings]

In general I'm feeling pretty good. I've started nesting (again!) and seem to have more energy.

Today my allergies are killing me and I'm sick (already) of the heat and humidity.

I've been sleeping soundly for about 3 hours (midnight - 3am) and then waking every half hour or so. I think my body's getting ready for having a newborn in bed once again! :LOL

[Full Heart]

Physically: My hands are swollen, very typical for me. My bottom is swollen oh yay : And I can't get comfortable to sleep at night. I am seeing my chiro in the am so I hope I will be able to sleep better after that. I am also feeling very heavy in the pelvis. I am carrying this baby really low (probably why my bottom is swollen and I have a huge vericose vein on my leg) so I am hoping it just that and not something like ptl.

Emotionally? Well thats a whole nother thread. I stay inside almost all the time because of the heat (supposed to be 114 tomorrow) and the kids are stircrazy too. There is only so many time you can go to the mall yk.

Michelle

[Shell_Ell]

I'm feeling pretty good but I'm also having alot of emotional issues. Up and down, it seems! And overall very, very tired.

[sbm1001]

Physically I'm feeling alright. I can't get through most days without laying down for a bit, though. It's hotter than heck here, too, Michelle. I'm in Southern Nevada so I feel your pain!

Emotionally I'm doing pretty good. I cry over dumb things & laugh over things that I shouldn't (I'll be dead serious about something & bust out laughing & won't be able to stop for a while......what's that all about!? :LOL). My dh thinks I'm nuts sometimes.

Shannon

[indie]

My back has really been hurting both from an old injury and because the baby is posterier. Emotionally I'm a basketcase.

[DoulaLyndsey]

Physically this has been my worst pregnancy yet. My hips have been killing me and I've got sciatica. I need to go to the chiropractor, I just don't want to spend the money.

Emotionally I'm pretty moody.

[hollyhobbie]

physically i am feeling great!!! my hip pain has disappeared and my belly is big but heck all in all i am feelin mighty fine. it is not even too stinkin hot here for some odd reason so that makes me happy.

emotionally i am on the basketcase bandwagon. mostly b/c i dunno how i am gonna AP 2 little ones and i need to pack my house and move in the next 2 months and pray the baby doesnt come early. my dh is also stressed about work and everything and that is hard.

but, my midwife is a peach and very supportive through it all so that helps. good to know we are not in this alone huh? sounds like we all have some stuff going on!!

[Galatea]

Physical: tired, pee all night, but okay.

Mental: total basketcase, cry all the time, think I'm going crazy. Dh in terrible shape too so we are feeding off each other.

[Shell_Ell]

I guess this is a question worth asking.

When does it cross the line between being "normal" pregnancy induced weepiness/emotional rollercoaster and being actual depression? I've been crying ALOT lately, and not neccesarily from being unhappy, I just can't seem to shake the feeling of being "down" almost daily. I have a history of depression and don't want to say anything quite yet to my midwives because I would rather talk to my therapist about it first (I meet with her next week, the 12th I believe) Does anyone else feel like they might be borderline on depressed and not just emotional?

[mom2threenurslings]

Shell_Ell ... I've had depression on and off all pregnancy. I find that getting out of the house / getting exercise helps a great deal. I don't take meds for my depression (went down the meds route before dh and I got married and it was baaaad), so there isn't a heck of a lot else I can do! This would be a great time to talk to someone about it, though. You definitely want to figure out if it's true depression and keep an eye out for ppd after baby's born.

[kalirush]

Emotionally, I'm feeling pretty good. Early on in this pregnancy, I was feeling very ambiguously towards the baby. Everyone kept expecting me to be excited- and I was positive about it. It's what I wanted. But I wasn't excited, and I wasn't as happy as people seemed to expect me to be, and I wasn't connecting with the baby. Now, in the last month or so, I really am starting to feel bonded with this little girl.

Physically- I'm kinda grateful that there's nothing actually wrong. But I'm at 29w, and I already feel like I can hardly go on. I'm tiny, and my belly is huge, and I always feel like my spine is being pulled out my front. I can't sit in regular chairs anymore, and I can't walk around for any length of time without being exhausted and my feet and back being in massive pain. And I can't breathe right, and I'm having nasty reflux.

I'm going to get through this, right? I feel like my body just can't hardly support the belly and the baby.

Julia

[mamasoulsista]

Physically: I'm feeling really tired, and my alfalfa isn't giving me the energy it gave me during the second trimester. My back/sacram pain is gone, because I changed my sleep position and have better support now. I've been swelling a bit, but my midwife told me lots of bananas and watermelon to help decrease the swelling. Also, my boobs are HUGE and growing..

Emotionally: I'm crying at commercials, hate Tom Cruise right now and WILL NEVER support any projects that bring him financial reward, and i'm a little to impatient with my 2 year old.

and oh yeah, DS contracted Hand, Foot and Mouth last week from a playdate friend whose baby brother has it. I didn't even think to research if it was highly contagious. DUH!! Thank goodness DH took off Friday and he's been doing all of the night time parenting and holding since my belly isn't allowing me to hold DS very much unless I"M sitting down.

On the flip side, I"m so grateful that he contracted this before the baby arrived and DH had no vacation time left. Also glad that it's going to boost his immunity and it's one less childhood disease I have to worry about. DS's fever broke and he's starting to eat a little more....so he's on the mend.

Have a wonderful weekend all,

JOey

[cuqui]

Emotionally, I feel great in spite of the fact that I was not happy to be pregnant when I first found out, but I wasn't exactly doing anything to prevent it, so gotta deal with. DH has been extremely supportive and very excited about #3 from the moment I told him, this helps! He is extremely helpful around the house so that helps with my emotional state too. My dds are gems and are very helpful, can't wait to meet their sibling, this is very helpful too. They bicker now and again but are loving to one another most of the time. I have comitted myself to doing the minimum this summer so I have no stress about things needing to get done. I have a housekeeper, and a mom's helper come in for a few hrs once a week.

Physically: I'm tired, pregnant at 40 is not the easiest thing I've done. I have to take a nap every afternoon, yesterday I napped from 10am to 1pm, . Dh works from home so he keeps an eye on dds while I nap. I ahd a nasty bout with reflux a week or so ago, so I got papaya enzyme and Eater's Digest tea (iced), sleep more sitting than lying, reflux is almost entirely gone. Swelling is at a minimum. I've try to eat very well, in small quantities and I truely believe this helps both emotionally & physically. I grill a lot to stay out of the kitchen. Lots of leafy greens.

Stay positive ladies, eat well, & good luck!

[Galatea]

Originally Posted by Shell_Ell

I guess this is a question worth asking.

When does it cross the line between being "normal" pregnancy induced weepiness/emotional rollercoaster and being actual depression? I've been crying ALOT lately, and not neccesarily from being unhappy, I just can't seem to shake the feeling of being "down" almost daily. I have a history of depression and don't want to say anything quite yet to my midwives because I would rather talk to my therapist about it first (I meet with her next week, the 12th I believe) Does anyone else feel like they might be borderline on depressed and not just emotional?

I don't know. I know yesterday I did nothing but cry, and everything dh did was like the end of the world and a sure sign he didn't love me. I thought I need to tell my midwives so that I don't end up with PPD. I thought maybe I need meds. So I don't know the answer. I am going to ask the midwives when I go next Wednesday. I don't have a therapist but when you ask yours can you tell us what she says about how to tell when it is just being pg and when it is serious?

[matts_mamamama]

Physically, I feel huge. I have a good amount of energy in the morning and all day long, but then by 6pm I am ready for bed (of course ds is NOT!). It sucks because I don't feel like I can get anything done. I have some sciatic pain that stops me in my tracks, this odd upper back pain thing and today, I woke up with a sore throat!!! Mostly though, I feel pretty good. My belly button area is really sensitive (and of course, that is where my son likes to hit me the most!), but I have to say I absolutely love how much this little one moves around - night and day!

Emotionally - I have my ups and downs, but the worst is in those evening hours when my son is totally pushing my buttons and I'm hot and tired and just need 5 freaking minutes to myself to breathe. I feel so bad, because I snap so easy and then I feel worse for doing so. UGH. I'm actually back on a small dose of my anti-d that I took after the birth of my son - it seems to have leveled me out a bit, but still I notice that when I'm tired, nothing but a break seems to help. Luckily, my dh's arrival home usually coincides with my meltdown time...

[allbrightmama]

Physically- Really good. I finally cleared up a yeast infection that was incapacitating. Strong and frequent Braxton Hicks, swollen vulva, vericose vein inside labia... I could barely stand to be on my feet. Now that I am yeast free I feel like a whole new woman! I swear I even have more energy.

Emotionally- Excited about the baby! I love to feel this little one moving around and I get to feel it a lot. A little emotional? Yeah. Dh would probably agree with that. I can manage really well when it is just me and ds but when dh is around everything upsets me. He is just such a good shoulder to cry on.

[Shell_Ell]

Originally Posted by Galatea

I don't have a therapist but when you ask yours can you tell us what she says about how to tell when it is just being pg and when it is serious?

Will do!