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post #41 of 49
spughy, I vote for it probably being round ligament pain. But then again, who knows? Glad it feels better anyway.

gossamer, I also was really happy to hear the latest report--I meant to say that before but I forgot!

BensMom, I hear you on the queen bed! When we went for the 4th of July weekend we had a queen bed, and not a comfortable one. I'm spoiled now! We don't have a king, but after our exchange student left we put her bed, a twin, into our bedroom next to the queen! It's not the most esthetically pleasing, but it is great to have that much room for both of us! I get the queen, and DH gets the twin. I figure that he still has as much or more room as he'd have with half of a king size bed. It's nice too because his bed is a couple of inches lower than mine, so even though he's right "next door" it keeps him from kicking me in his sleep! I let him come to visit, though!

No news here. I feel a little sick today. I woke up with a sore throat and congestion and feeling really tired, despite going to bed early enough last night. I felt kind of grouchy at work today, and went straight for a nap almost immediately when I came home. Slept about an hour and a half and had a worse headache when I woke up, so I ended up taking a Tylenol. Feel better now. It's weird because DH is working his night job, and these days I almost always feel lonely and sort of scared and nervous when he's gone in the evenings. Since he only got this second job after I got pregnant, I can't tell if it's just a pregnant thing or not because he was never gone this much. I feel definitely more needy and dependent in some ways. It's funny, because it's not like I got married right from my parents' home and never lived alone--I lived independently for 13 years, and for quite a bit of that I lived by myself. I've always enjoyed my independence and solitude. Even when we were seriously dating and first got married, I found it difficult to have him around so much and would have been very happy to have him go away for a night or two a week so that I could just hang out by myself in the house. No more! I feel a little pathetic, actually--I feel very forlorn when he's gone. Don't know how this will be after the baby is actually here. I have a few moments of panic imagining me stuck home alone with a baby for 16 hours a day with no help or no company. Hopefully he will get this other evening job he's working towards, and will be able to quit this one which has much lower pay and longer hours.
post #42 of 49
I also get that ligament pain when I do strenuous exercise such as, um turn over It only seems to happen to me in bed, so who knows. On a similar note, I started pilates again after taking several months off. It felt good, and not hard, so I did all the exercises, and doubled the reps. Needless to say OWW!!! IT's been two days and I still can't stand up or walk up stairs without major pain. Ah, I'm such a jock :LOL

This week seems to be full of feeling like I have so much to do, and not doing anything. I have no energy, and still so much to do. My very sweet husband got me 4 hours of cleaning help, but I feel like that may be better used right before Liam comes. However, I might give in before the in-laws come in two weeks and use it then. Either way, nice to have in the arsenal.

Have a good weekend, everyone!
post #43 of 49
The weird thing is, last night I had *less* discomfort rolling over than I normally do. Maybe it was just something sorting itself out? Kavita's right - who knows? I am going to attempt another elliptical trainer workout at lunch today and I brought my pre-pregnancy snug track pants with a supportive "waist" band (ha ha, it goes under the belly now) and I hope it'll be ok.

I just finished entering in all my workouts from June and July into the exercise tracker at work (we get extra bennies if we're fit; we had an old "exercise challenge" system before we got bought out and they let us transition our records over) and my goodness, I was a lot more active in my 2nd trimester! It's kind of interesting to see how while the number of days per week that I do activity hasn't changed much, the intensity sure has dropped. Way less cardio now. I should try to fix that - I know I need to keep my cardio fitness up for labour.

This week has seemed really long even though it was only a 4-day week. This weekend I need to set up my sewing machine in a semi-permanent state so I'm more inclined to use it, sew some goodies for my swap partner (hope you're ok with fleece, MamaFern?) and get started on some baby clothes.

Last night I had a strong craving for some of my white-chocolate cranberry "brownies". Fortunately I had no white chocolate in the house, and very little desire to get off the couch. I think it would be prudent to maintain a lack of certain key ingredients in the house for the next little while...
post #44 of 49
Today is Kolaiah's 2nd birthday and I am SO weepy about it. You'd think I'd be ready to celebrate but I just want to rush home from work and hug him and cry.
I don't really have anything else to add. I'm a big pile of mess today. 30 weeks on Sunday. Yay.
post #45 of 49
DiD - It's ok - you're allowed to be a big pile of mess! s: Hope your hormones swing you around soon.

A coworker of mine who gave birth in July just dropped by the office with her new little one - cute cute cute!!! She is doing fabulously well and is obviously very happy and has the whole motherhood thing down nicely. I'm so happy for her. She had some cloth diapers she was going to give me but unfortunately they have built-in covers which won't work with our diaper-free plan. It's a pity, because they were the cutest diapers EVER. She'd read the article my friend Kristy wrote but was kind of into the diaper thing by then and didn't want to give up the dipes. It was good that she'd heard of it though and didn't think I was a freak for wanting to do it!
post #46 of 49
Hi everyone

DiD- Happy Birthday to your little man Wow, 2, that is a big deal!! Did you do anything special?

Jenn, and Kavita- re: smaller beds. I've been sleeping in the guest room in a double bed by myself, and just realized that when we go on vaca at the end of this month I don't know what the sleeping arrangements will be! There's no way I can sleep in a small bed with dh and we usually have ds in with us on a pallet on the floor when we travel- I am so used to sleeping alone now that I know I won't be able to sleep like that! I'll probably end up in the guest room in the house we're staying in, too! How romantic- poor dh

In unrelated good news: I was able to nap today while ds slept! Woo hoo. Usually even though I am exhaused I lay there and can't sleep. So I am thrilled, b/c I have felt like collapsing all day.

Oh, and my friend is going to loan me some Motherease diapers to try out on ds to see how I like them. I always hear they are good, easy dipes to use so I hope I do like them.

We're going to meet the homebirth midwife on Sun.- I can't wait. I can tell already that I really like her- so hopefully the logistical stuff can be worked out to dh's satisfaction, and I can convince him (or after meeting her he will be convinced) that the $ is worth it- that's basically all it comes down to at this point. But I was talking to my friend today who is due any day and paying out of pocket for the birth center she wants- and she said, well that's what money is for, isn't it? Good point We'll see if that persuades him at all.
post #47 of 49
Itsybitsy - I hope things work out for you on the homebirth. It's a shame more health care plans don't cover homebirth - especially since it's way cheaper than a hospital birth anyway!! But your friend is right - that's what money IS for.

Kavita - I made your buckwheat pancakes this morning (had a surprisingly hard time finding buckwheat flour, but tracked it down in the end) and two thumbs up!! Veeeery tasty! DH had them with just maple syrup and I had them topped with maple syrup, yogurt and sliced banana. Then DH ate the half that I couldn't finish off my plate. These days my eyes are always bigger than my stomach, it seems! Anyway, thank you - I think this will become a staple breakfast recipe.

And - some of you may remember that I was interviewed for an article in our local paper but didn't turn out to be in it - well, DH was interviewed a few days ago (non pregnancy/birth-related) and he actually DID make it in, picture and all. The article is about off-leash areas for dogs so not exactly on-topic for this forum but if you're interested: my dh in the paper. He's the one with the very athletic chocolate lab. It's a weird coincidence that we were both interviewed - it's not like it's really a dinky little local paper, it has a pretty big circulation and we don't live in a really small town (~300K).

Yay weekend! Hope everyone has a good one!
post #48 of 49
We took him to Red Robin for dinner and got him a birthday cake and some sorbet and then we came home and he opened presents (kid made out like a bandit)
Today we went and spent all of his gift cards at Toys R Us, Old Navy and Build-A-Bear. He had a blast but I still don't think he gets the whole birthday thing. When I told him happy birthday he said "You too, Mommy!"
I'm a little less weepy today. Mostly just kind of nostalgic wishing he would stay a baby for a while longer.
post #49 of 49
Ah, bless him. Two's a nice age, though- and it is still a baby, really. (I always forgot this when I had a 2yo.)
My best friend from uni is moving away today, and I feel so bereft it's ridiculous. 10 years, a dozen hapless idiots, 2 babies (and she was the first to cuddle them outside the family) a year of working together and around 8,000 pints of beer and now she wants to go and be a teacher? I'm happy for her, but incredibly down at the same time. What am I going to do now when I need someone to get into trouble with? WAaah!
Oh, and I nearly killed my ex yesterday, because he had the nerve to call my beautiful, talented, creative, active son a "hyperactive little 6 year old." Loudly, shaming him in front of a park-ful of children. He HAS been warned...
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