Weekly thread Sept 26 - OCT(!!!!) 2 - Page 2

[MamaFern]

well today has been a good day..mostly. i woke up feeling like hell.. ive got the cold thats going around.. but i saw my midwife and had a great appointment. everything is super.. measuring 2 weeks ahead, as usual.. BP is great and everything else.

its POURING rain here and no end in sight. its rain..rain..rain for the next 2 weeks.. thats what the forcast says anyways.. so maybe ill get lots of knitting done, or ill gain 200 LBS because i wont be doing anything but sitting on my bum eating chocolate, which is the only thing im hungry for these days :LOL

i went to the MDC vancouver knitting group that a bunch of us locals here have been doing..
(i started it up and im so glad i did!) on alternate wed nights.. its so fun.. we all sit and knit and chat and eat chocolate.. its really nice. MCD is great.. its a community online, but then if you organise in your own community you can make really great friends to hang out with as well.. i was feeling pretty islolated from a lot of my old friends, so to have a new group of mommas and kids to hang out with is amazing..

if anyone has a chocolate craving i have a really simple super yummy vegan recipe for chocolate upside down pudding cake.. its not even that bad for you

[MamaFern]

oh and the REALLY exciting thing.. my mom is getting us a portable apartment sized stacking washer and dryer!! as a baby gift..WOOHOO!!

[meagen]

woo hoo on the washer/dryer! I'm very happy for you!

Ok, here's my petty poor-me rant for the day. Dh got me a gift certificate for a 4 hour cleaning of the house as a gift, as I have been so tired and it's been getting really hard to scrub floors. So, today was the day, and I got dd and I up and out of the house by 8 so they could clean. We ran all morning long, and I was soooooo excited to come home to a clean house. Well, it was a disaster. Not only was the cleaning poor at best (this coming from a crappy house cleaner), but they also broke my clock and sprayed something on the wall that has now grease-stained my wall I painted in February : I had built it up so much in my head, how nice it would be, etc, that I had a total melt-down when I got home and cried and cried. I know it's very, very, VERY small in the grand scheme of things, but I was so disappointed and frustrated at what I still have to do, it was just about unbearable. Dh feels awful, and the company is being less than sympathetic. whine, whine, whine

Ok, enough of the self-pity party. I'm so ready to see this little guy! My daydream is now whether he'll have lots of hair or not. I hope he does! Oh, and then at Molly's gymnastics class today, I met another baby whose name is Liam Charles! AAARRRHHHHH even the same middle name?!?!?! He's been Liam so long now, though, I don't think I can possibly change it.

[Gunter]

meagen- I would be upset, too. You are not overreacting, imo.

Mama friends,

I am off to the LLL Conference in the mountains until Sunday...where Dh and I will learn tons and hear Ina May speak wise words and sleep in a nice B&B called Bent Creek Lodge. Ahhhh...

[Queen of Cups]

meagen - how awful! I would totally have melted down, too. Have you threatened to file a complaint with the BBB? Companies usually start being a lot nicer when you ask for the manager's name, mentioning you're going to include it in your complaint letter to the BBB.

I finished the baby quilt today and I'm so excited! I'm also making a ton of slings. Some for me, some for friends/family as gifts, and I think I might sell a few on eBay or the TP. I'm just in love with batik fabric - it makes the prettiest pouch slings!

This baby keeps switching from head-down to transverse, and the days when s/he is transverse are sooo uncomfortable. Today was one of those days! I'm sooo sore and tired, and its so hard to bend over. Plus, I had a ton of BH ctx today, some quite intense! I'm drinking a ton of fluids already (mostly water, Propel, and skim milk) - I don't think I can drink any more because I'm too tired to be going to the bathroom more often than I already am!

I'm also in a bad mood because I've suddenly got a ton of bugbites that are really itchy. I don't know why the bugs left me alone all summer and then all attacked me this week. Behind both knees, on my arms, my neck, everywhere!

Plus, I am having a recurrance of m/s, it seems. A couple of nights this week I've been really nauseated - but now I have such bad heartburn at night that I can't eat or drink anything! Usually when I'm nauseated, a little snack helps calm my stomach, but if I eat anything after 9pm I have to sleep sitting up, which means that I wake up every few minutes all night. Bleah. So, I'm back to the Unisom/B6 combo when I need it. DH suggested I leave a granola bar on my nightstand to eat before I sit up in bed in the morning, but as soon as I wake up I have to go pee RIGHT THEN so I'm always queasy from jumping up on a really empty stomach.

I shouldn't whine so much... Overall, I know I'm have a very easy, low-risk pregnancy and I'm really lucky to be being blessed with another sweet baby...

[RainCoastMama]

Ummmmm Fern....recipe please?

Anyone having more heartburn lately? Seems that everything I look at that's even vaguely spicy or acidic is causing major HB. It's driving me bananas!!!!

[MamaFern]

oh! that quilt is beautiful! nice job

okay the chocolate upside down pudding cake recipe.. :LOL
http://p088.ezboard.com/fhopeagainre...picID=71.topic

enjoy!

[3for3hb]

meagan, I would seriously do some in-your-face-complaining with the cleaning crew!!! What a let down!

Speaking of cleaning, that's exactly what I'll be doing today. I've been concentrating my efforts on getting baby and birth stuff together and ready so the rest of the house has suffered this week. That and I think that ds is starting to sense a change in our family energy, like he knows something is going to happen soon because he has been "acting up" (being clingy esp to me) and not been going to sleep at his usual time lately (meaning he wants to stay up later) and so dh and I have gotten pretty behind with our nightly quick 5 minute clean ups. And the midwives are scheduled to come at noon for our home visit so I want the house looking clean and smelling fresh.

Anyway, it's 2 am and I'm awake. I've been having a little insomnia this week. Not too bad but I think it may get worse before the baby gets here.

QoC, yes... heartburn!!! I think it's because there just isn't room anymore so everything goes up. A little baking soda in water gulped down quick is the only relief I'm getting once it's started. I try not to take it too often or too soon after a meal so that it doesn't alter the pH of my stomach. Just a thought, severe heartburn is often caused by the bacteria heliobacter pylori which attacks the pyloric sphincter, paralyzing it (temporarily), allowing the gastric juices to go up. You can get homeopathics and other herbs to help kill the H.pylori. It kind of sounds like that's what you may have, especially if it's bad enough to keep you from wanting to eat and making you feel sick.

[*Amy*]

Bent Creek Lodge.

Gunter, I stayed there about 4 years ago!!!! It is so awesome. You should also eat at the Early Girl Eatery if you can. It's yummy. Have a wonderful time!

I have to go meet my mama friends for walking but I'll post more thoroughly later this morning.

[Queen of Cups]

Originally Posted by willemsmamma

QoC, yes... heartburn!!! I think it's because there just isn't room anymore so everything goes up. A little baking soda in water gulped down quick is the only relief I'm getting once it's started. I try not to take it too often or too soon after a meal so that it doesn't alter the pH of my stomach. Just a thought, severe heartburn is often caused by the bacteria heliobacter pylori which attacks the pyloric sphincter, paralyzing it (temporarily), allowing the gastric juices to go up. You can get homeopathics and other herbs to help kill the H.pylori. It kind of sounds like that's what you may have, especially if it's bad enough to keep you from wanting to eat and making you feel sick.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I think its actually a physiological thing. My mom is one of seven kids and they all have hiatal hernias, and thus horific heartburn/acid reflux. She and her sisters all had particularly bad heartburn during pregnancies. A couple of them have had corrective surgery and said it really helps, though hers isn't quite to that point yet. I think I'm just doomed to a life of not eating after 9pm, which isn't a problem except during pregnancy! I slept better last night, which has helped my mood today. (At least the heartburn has made me cut out nighttime snacking, which is probably why after gaining 6+ lbs a month for a couple months I only gained 2-3lbs this month.)

[*Amy*]

Meagan, I would totally be upset too. That just sounds completely unacceptable.

Sorry to the mamas with heart-burn! I haven't really had that, but I am still getting the mystery/gallbladder pain almost daily and it's starting to REALLY get old. I'm just praying that whatever it is, it will resolve itself after Brynn is born. But like you said QoC, my pregnancy has been so easy that I feel like this one small thing is not that big of a deal in the larger scheme of things.

I've been having bouts off and on of insomnia too, Erica, but I actually found a really comfortable sleeping position last night which helped immensely. Also my doggie slept on the bed with us last night, between my legs, and I think that actually helped. I just love feeling her body snuggled near me; I was so sad when she decided about 2 years ago that she wasn't really into sleeping on the bed with me anymore. It's getting cold now though so I think she wanted the extra body heat.

Oh, this is totally unrelated to anything, but I'm wondering - is 32 weeks too early for Brynn to have dropped? For the past week or so I've been having intense pain in my lower back, but it feels muscular so I'm not sure if it has anything to do with her position. But when I do listen to her heartbeat with the stethescope or feel her hiccup, I'm almost sure that her back is WAY down low (I feel her hiccups just above my bikini line), so I'm thinking her head has got to be pretty far down in my pelvis. I'm going to see my MW on Monday so maybe I'll ask her, but I just didn't know whether it was too early for her to have engaged already.

Oh, MamaFern, YAY on your washer/dryer! That is awesome!!

[Slackermom]

I have so much whine I'm sharing with so many of you...the heartburn, the insomnia, the belly hurting, outgrowing all my clothes, not feeling like eating...oh yes, I feel the pain!

I've been forcing myself to keep eating, because I haven't gained any weight at my last couple of appointments. I know the baby is getting bigger, so it's just me who's losing out. There's not much room left to put anything in my stomach...I get full so quickly that I *think* I've eaten a lot, but I guess I need to eat more frequently. And less chocolate, I guess :

My blood pressure is ridiculously low -- 82/55 -- so I'm in a constant state of dizzyness. I always have low bp, so it's more of an annoyance than a concern.

I only have 14 days left at work before I start my month of vacation before my year long mat leave! Woo HOO! However, I have no focus at work, so I'm not getting much accomplished. The last week is going to be a total rush of trying to get things done.

All complaints aside, I really love this part of pregnancy. The end is so near, and I feel like I'm a completely different frame of mind -- on the cusp of such a big change, my body is about to do something amazing, my family about to change forever -- it's like I'm walking around in a state of grace or something. Okay, that's too deep. I will now go back to eating chocolate.

On a yukky note, now both of my parents have been diagnosed with cancer. My dad has prostate cancer, and my mother has ovarian. Hers seems to be the more serious -- the drs are really fast-tracking her treatment. They'll likely both need surgery before this baby comes. And my MIL needs to have a hip replacement sometime soon. So on a purely selfish note, I've gone from thinking that I'd have lots of help when the baby comes to realizing that *I'm* probably going to be the one doing the caregiving!!

[meagen]

Jellyfish-I'm so sorry to hear about your parents! THat's awful, and yes, I'm sure not much help with the new babe. I hope treatment goes well and they recover soon.

Amy- I think she could have dropped already, they say it happens earlier in the first pregnancy. I know with Molly I was right around 36 weeks when she dropped, but each is so different.

Thanks for all the words of encouragement that I'm not insane and/or a spoiled brat for having the cleaning break-down. Unfortunately it continued the rest of the night. Dh was not, what I deemed outraged enough, and so then starts the crying again about how that's what he does all day, fight for those that have been wronged, and tells his own wife there's not much he can do about it?!?!?!?! Which, of course led to him feeling awful, and cleaning all night, and me feeling awful about THAT.... Oh I will be so glad when I'm back to normal hormonally. I pride myself on being calm and not over-reacting normally ha ha ha! But, now all calls and letters will be coming from dh's office and since he's an attorney, it usually packs a bit more punch!

The count-down is on for dd's 3rd b-day party this weekend, we're very excited! She can hardly stand waiting to hand out the party favors, what a sweetie! Happy Friday everyone!

[MamaFern]

we got our dishwasher today..!! WOOHOO! ill never do dishes again!! its black and shiny and so cute. wee.. its amazing what can make a pregnant momma happy :LOL you'd think i won the lottery..its actually my sisters, but since we are residing together its mine too.. and ive been the resident dishwasher since i moved in here, because she's been in school. its great! we will probably get our washer and dryer sometime in the next month or so, which is also super exciting.

amy- i didnt have heartburn, or any complains with elwynn's pregnancy.. but this time around is totally different.. so
she could have dropped.. elwynn didnt till i was almost in labour, but everyone is different.. ask your mw/Dr.. they will be able to tell you.

jellyfish, i couldnt even imagine working right now- other than the childcare work im already doing.. you are amazing and you soo deserve that year off! im so osrry about your parents.. thats so sad.

Meagen, i would have done the same thing in your situation.. its so frustrating when you have an expectation like that and then its just totally not what you expect. it sounds like the person didnt know what they were doing at all.. plus its your home and space, if you do a crappy cleaning job thats your problem, when you hire someone you expect a certain level of professionalism and service. happy almost birthday to your DD.. 3.. wow.. mine is almost there too and its sad and happy and scary at the same ime.. where did the time go ?