Weekly Thread 4/16 - 4/22 Let the symptoms begin!

[milk_maker]

Just starting the weekly thread. Hope this one gets more traffic.

[amyandelle]

Well, I will be 7 weeks tomorrow
I am EXHAUSTED!! I have lost all ambition to do anything other than lay on the couch and be pregnant!! My house is a HUGE MESS and all of the laundry is dirty but right now all I want to do is sleep I have really sore breasts and luckily Elle is very understanding when I tell her that my "Mee Mee's" hurt and she has to very gentle when she nurses. I am still really dizzy and queasy off and on throughout the day. That all being said I LOVE BEING PREGNANT!!!!
Amy

[Twilight]

I feel like hell and hate being pregnant! How can I want something so badly and hate it so much when it happens?

My kingdom for one minute of freedom from the nausea...

[raversangel]

i actually don't feel it too much yet...today i went on a walk and swelled up horribly though, so i guess long walks are out for a while!! i do get nauseated if i don't eat often...i think that was the problem when i am nursing at night and that is why i get nauseated at night when i nurse...my pubic bone hurts on and off...but otherwise i feel better than i have in weeks!! i'm so excited!!

[TesalynsMommy04]

I am feeling a lot better this week than last week (knock on wood). The nausea has pretty much gone away (Again knock on wood) and the pregnancy brain is starting to set in. This AM I woke up to take a shower like I always do, got into the shower and stood there wondering why the water wasn't working, called my husband into the bathroom to help me, and then he told me that the water was never turned on. I SWEAR that I turned it on... or maybe just thought about turning it on and never did... oh well! We told my parents last night and they were super happy. I asked them what they were doing for Christmas and they were like WHAT it's just EASTER what the heck are you talking about Christmas for already and I said well you'll have an early present and my mom and dad were both excited. We are telling DH's parents on the 26th because that's his dad's birthday. I went to the doctor today to get the urine test done to tell me that I'm officially pregnant, because you know that taking 6 HPT's that were positive couldn't convince me enough, and also because I needed something from the doctor stating that I am pregnant for WIC. They also uped my due date... It's the 18th of December now instead of the 19th... whooohooo a whole day. The doc doesn't think that I'll even make it that far! Let's hope so I don't want to be in labor in the middle of a snow storm! Alright ladies gotta go back to work. I'll do more personals tonight!

[mamabearsoblessed]

So far just wicked tired--- I mean flippin exhausted and the nips hurt quite a bit. Also have zero motivation I think cause I feel so tired, house is an absolute mess, it looks like a torando ripped through- I am not exaggerating ! I am so thankful to be pregnant. I don't mind a single symptom and I get SICK so I figure its only a matter of time

[ATruck]

So far so good. I'm slightly queasy off and on, sort of like mild motion sickness. I had a fair bit of crampiness off and on over the weekend, but it's gone today. I'm only 4 weeks, so there's plenty of time to start feeling worse.

Eating has been unpredictable. I ate some cereal this morning- same kind I always eat- and it tasted like sawdust or something. Totally unpleasant.

I'm hoping that the morning sickness and super-tiredness holds off for awhile because we are going on a trip this Friday for 10 days.

Twilight-- sorry to hear that you feel so crappy. From past experience, when do you expect for it to let up?

Tesalynsmommy-- glad to hear that you are feeling better. That's funny about the shower.

mamabear and amy -- I hope you are getting as much rest as you can.

raversangel-- maybe you need some midnight snacks on the nightstand!

[Lisadeanne]

Super tired here. I am absolutely good for nothing after about noon and have been lying around like a lump. Real fun! I have zero motivation to do anything which is not good. I need to sew! My back hurts off and on and I have nausea off and on. More when I dont eat anything. All in all I am doing pretty good and extremely happy to be pregnant!!!

[emdeecee_sierra]

My breasts are hurting worse. Yippee!!!! LOL! Today I've even had a few times when they hurt as I reached for something. Soooo glad. And they are really getting to the stage where I wince. In past pgs, I've had strong symptoms, so this apparent lack so far has me ok, I'll say it, concerned. But I keep telling myself, never have I been aware I'm pg so early in my cycle (10dpo this time for certain), usually I've held out testing until AF was due or the day before. Then the morn.sickness would kick in a few days or so after getting a BFP. I know I'm just being typical worrywart me. So the few days I've known (been a week now already, wow!) have seemed more like a few months, what with paying so much attention to and hoping so fervently for symptoms. I have one more pg test that I planned on using maybe today, maybe Tue or Wed, but now I am afraid to use it, fearing that it won't be as dark a line as would make me not freak out. DH looked quizzical when I told him I still planned on poas- I explained it is mostly out of spite; last cycle had me completely fooled with 17 high temps and no sign of AF- I just knew I was pg. So, I poas one of the ones in the box and it couldn't have been more mockingly, startlingly blank. I was quite angry. And upset, and confused... so now I want to poas on the other one and watch it turn - ha! Maybe I'll wait until I'm feeling good and so I won't have fears of a light line. And I'm happy to report that as I'm sitting here typing I'm feeling quite, um, ewwww

Twilight I'm so sorry you feel so yucky.

Miranda- I don't think I responded to another post of yours, but YES, I do remember you from the TTC board!! I was so excited to see you are here!!!

Well, my new puppy is barking for me, so I'd better see to her.

[jenr]

I never get the usual symptoms: sore breasts, morning sickness, aversion to smells or food. But this time (#3) I am bone weary...literally I feel like laying down and sleeping for a month. I am also hypermobile (my joints slip in and out of place very easily) and I've felt my pelvic bones slip in/out a few times, but just have them readjusted by the chiro. I've also done something to my back and my sciatic nerve is killing me...looks like it's another trip to the chiro for me!!!

Jennifer

[bc1995]

I am not having much in the way of symptoms yet. I had a day or two of metalic taste, my nipples are a tad sore when ds2 nurses, I am more tired than usual, have a wave of naseua here and there mosty when I haven't eaten in a while, and my belly is starting to grow a little.

[raversangel]

raversangel-- maybe you need some midnight snacks on the nightstand!

i have a box of saltines by the chair now its surprising how much it helped!!

THANX!!

[Twilight]

Atruck, last pregnancy the nausea kind of let up a week or two after the first tri ended... so I have what, six or seven weeks left of this maybe?

I think it's harder on me this time around because last time I had a desk job and could take breaks whenever.. I'm on my feet so much now and DD isn't napping... so it's hard.

I am very entertained by how the symptoms are so similar between all of us and yet some women LOVE being pregnant and others HATE it. We feel physically the same but the mental state is so different. I never feel like I wear pregnancy well! I love being a mom - but if I could make DH do the pregnancy I would be all over it.

Interesting how fatigued everyone is too... that is definitely my biggest complaint... I'm just wiped out!

My first appt is tomorrow. It won't be very exciting, but what the heck!

[mother_sunshine]

Mamas.


I'm super tired and unmotivated too. And super spacey and forgetful. My breasts still hurt a lot. I have light nausea in the am only. And I'm feeling melancholy lately over the idea of dd no longer being an only child.

[basset]

No symptoms yet... But I can sleep on command! I don't think it is being pg, I think my 3 girls just wear me down these days!

[ATruck]

My symptoms have actually lessened the past few days, which is nice in some ways, but it makes me a little nervous. I haven't been queasy, and though I am tired, I'm not completely exhausted all of the time. It's still early (4.5 weeks).

It doesn't really feel real-- I keep forgetting that my body and life is going to change profoundly (hopefully!)

Twilight .. it IS funny how some love it and some don't. The jury is still out for me.

Anyhow .. I hope you are all doing well, getting rest, and riding out the sickness.

[ATruck]

oops== double post

[zion]

Hi mamas!! I introduced myself on the sticky thread. I am very newly pregnant. We lost a pregnancy last year. I am a nervous wreck. I am 15DPO/ 4 weeks 1 day. I got my BFP on saturday and it has been VERY faint. Last time it started out faint but got darker and darker every day. Digital said positive. Today it was very faint again!!
What experience do you mamas have with this?

I am trying to keep up with every one. I am a little hesitant to get too attached to any of you mamas because I still can't believe I am pregnant and I feel like this could be over and day!! Hopefully I will be spending a happy and heathy 9 with you all!! I just need some reassurance!! Some PG symptoms would be nice!!

[ATruck]

Hi zion!

Welcome!
I'm also very newly PG (4 weeks, 3 days). I haven't been nervous since finding out over the weekend, but I noticed today that my light queasiness has subsided, so I can feel a little bit of fear creeping in. I am not thrilled to be "losing" symptoms (though at least my breasts are still sore )
What is helping me to take my mind off of those fears is to focus on the things that I CAN do something about-- eating really well, making sure to exercise each day, getting enough sleep-- since there isn't anything that I can do if there is something wrong.

It's obviously very natural to feel the way that you do, after having lost Sadie ( ... so very sorry).
You could wait a few days before poas again... and maybe every brand doesn't get darker and darker. I took 2, on 2 consecutive days, and they looked the same.

Anyhow-- I'm glad that you are here, and I'm sending you sticky, sticky baby vibes.

[milk_maker]

Welcome zion. Have you considered getting your HCG levels tested? Maybe that will help to relieve your worries.

I regisitered at the military clinic yesterday. I decided that I'm going to do some prenatal care through the military so that I can get the U/S for free. Once the U/S is over and I'm secure in my midwife's care I will probably just stop going. They all know I'm having a homebirth and I got some strange looks yesterday, but I'm used to it.

The nurse did try to push formula samples onto me as well as prenatals made by enfamil. I straight out told her that I'm a "boob nazi" and that I can't allow myself to use products created by the formula industry. I also told her that I only take health food store quality vitamins, not vitamins loaded with artificiality and dye #s. Thankfully she laughed and asked if I attend LLL meetings.

Still, it was kind of sad to see all the junk they give new mothers. I refused over half of it and I still filled a bag with magazines, articles, samples, and well...junk. There was only one small flyer with LLL's meeting time and place printed on the back. I think I'm going to have to talk to someone about that and see about getting more breastfeeding supportive information into the new mother's packages.