Weekly Thread 4/16 - 4/22 Let the symptoms begin! - Page 2

[Bethkm]

So nice to see all you newly preggers joining! Zion, I can totally relate to your fears. I would second the suggestion to get a quantitative HCG drawn and then repeat after 48 hours. My numbers more than doubled this time (as with my only other successful pg) and it really helped me relax. I still look for bleeding every time I go to the bathroom, but I'm not as worried.

I'm 7 weeks today and really feeling the nausea/food aversion/exhaustion. It's hard to keep this a secret as I feel like it must be written on my forehead. For one thing, my jeans don't fit anymore so I have to come up iwth clothes I can wear. I got 2 new pair of maternity pants yesterday that don't have a panel so I'm hoping to wear them discretely...

We told our parents over the weekend, it's nice to have some other people know who can pray and who are ready and willing to help me. They are all close by and MIL is retired and will help me when I need it. We'll tell the rest of the fam after we see/hear a heartbeat at my appt in 2 weeks.

ATruck: I think it's normal for symptoms to come and go at the beginning. If you are like me, a week from now you'll be cursing the fact that you wanted to feel nauseated in teh first place! Hang in there.

milk_maker: I agree about the crap (mostly advertising) that you get at prenatal appts and childbirth classes, etc. I hate it when companies try to hide the fact that they are advertising with "articles" and the like. GOod for you for not taking what you don't want. And epecially the formula crap!

[sophiamama]

Hey all!

Today I am 6w4d pregnant and I'm right there with you.....I'm exhausted. My parents were here for Easter and Monday we spent all day out looking at our new house, at the mall, lunch at the park, etc. I was so tired that I couldn't get up off the couch Monday night and yesterday I had no energy to do anything! I managed to sweep and load the dishwasher this morning before wanting a nap. Other than the exhaustion, my boobies hurt and I'm queasy a lot of the time, though it isn't as bad today as it was over the weekend. I'm also feeling super fat and want to break out my maternity jeans just so I can be comfy!!!

I'm feeling nervous about this pregnancy, not so much that something will go wrong, just all the things I have to get done! We are moving in a little over a month, but before we can move in the whole house needs a major cleaning and painting, plus all the packing, cleaning, etc from the apartment and then the unpacking when we get moved. The idea of expending all that energy makes me want to cry! I know we will have help and all, I am just a little overwhelmed about getting all this stuff done.

milk_maker: totally understand how you feel about the new mom packets....our hospital gives out "breastfeeding mom" bags, which contain forumla samples.....irks me to no end!

((hugs)) to the other mamas who aren't feeling well...hopefully in a few weeks we will ALL be feeling better!

[pebbles1977]

Hi all!
My breasts continue to be really sore, but the cramping has let up. It's only occassional now. The exhaustion is crazy though. I feel like I need a nap every day. My hormones are also messing with my emotions. Add to that nosey family members who want to tell me how fat I'm going to get and why would I do this/do that/what am I eating, etc - I've not been a pleasant person lately!

[Twilight]

Man! I don't even get junk. I got a welcome book from the hospital, a welcome book from my clinic, a refrigerator magnet and a few business cards. Were any of the samples cool?

[zion]

I did get a quant drawn today as I posted in another thread. It was 78. Not too bad. Anything over 75 at this point is normal. So it's ok. She wants to recheck it in a week. I would like to have it redrawn friday but she wanted me to wait so we can see over a several day period how the numbers are rising(hopefully). This kind of makes sense. I can do the math and figure out how high it should be in 7 days. we'll see.

The office I work at gives nursing moms a breastfeeding "manual" distributed by enfamil. Kind of bizarre. I can't bare to give them to the mama's. They would be better of getting on the internet or checking with LLL. Thankfully the practice I work at very srtongly encourages breastfeeding. I just can't justify supporting a company who sell formula!! And formula samples in the breastfeeding mom bags?!!!: What a set up for failure."Here's some info on breastfeeding but when it doesn't work here are some formula samples!!"" BOOOOOOO

[She2dancer]

Hi Mama's

Hope everyone is feeling better than I am lol

Until about two days the only symptoms I had were sore bbs and constipation...Now at (6 weeks today) my bbs are even more sore, constipation worse, I almost fainted on the subway yesterday, and now I think I am getting sick (my throat hurts tremendously and I have a small fever - which worries me to no end) -- to top it all off my DH and I have my two nephews (7 and 4) staying with us for this week (their spring break). I took the week off of work a long time ago to take them sightseeing around the city...and I have been practically sleepwalking through the museums..... oh well ---- one minute at a time ----

On the plus side - no morning sickness so far - aside from the brief episode on the train yesterday morning, but I think that was because I left the house without eating or drinking anything....may I add - lesson learned.....

[Sophiasmomma]

HI Guys!! I didnt see this this thread before ...

I am 7 1/2 weeks and exhausted.. I did manage today to go for along 25 min walk and it really made me feel alot better.. I had a tough choice either a nap or a walk .. Anyway I think I am really going to make a huge effort to walk every day even if its just around the block

[milk_maker]

In the welcome packet I got a

New Parent magazine
similac coupon
cord blood registry coupon
direct TV coupon
booklet on Playtex products
JCPenny's photo coupon
free subscription of New Parent
A+D ointment sample and coupon
free subscription of American Baby
8 books for $1.99 if I join a book selling group
geico info
Target gift registry catalog (we don't have a Target on the island)
A few handouts about prenatal screening, fitness, birth classes
Pregnancy guide

I turned down over half the stuff she had (diapers, formula, nutrition drinks by enfamil, and enfamil prenatal vitamins). Not a very good haul if you ask me.

[milk_maker]

Ugh! Anyone else get round ligament pains yet? They didn't start this early last time but I've been doubled over everytime I sneeze. Ouch!

[emdeecee_sierra]

A Beautiful Sight

This afternoon I 'caved' and poas again on my last hpt. I was a little, scratch that, LOT nervous about how dark it would turn. I was toying with waiting until tomorrow, hey, it's actually today already, when I am 5 weeks. But, my MW is in her office on Wednesdays, so if I wanted a chance to reach her and not leave a message for her to return in the next few weeks I needed to call today. So, I poas first. OMG, the pg line turned so dark, so fast, way before the control line and is so much darker than the control line!!! Yippee !! Then I called MW, and my first appointment is set! She mentioned 12 weeks, I asked if I maybe could come in earlier, she was fine with that, so I asked around how early can you hear a on doppler, so we set it for 9ish weeks. That will be right before MIL comes to visit; I was toying with whether or not we should tell her then, and I suppose that would be the same time we would tell DC. Unless DH spills the beans prior to that.... Doesn't matter all that much I guess. Just would be nice to have just heard the heartbeat and be really confident.

I need to get out the journals I kept from previous pgs; might clear up my wondering when symptoms developed.

MW asked how I am feeling, gave her the quick list of mild stuff, and to my mention of slight, occasional nausea she made "oh, poor you" sounds but I hastily added that I am perfectly OK with it and in fact wish it was more pronounced She probably thinks I'm a little loopy lol.

Better head for bed it is so late :

[miranda]

Yeah Sierratahoe!

I'm right there with all of you tired mamas. Although, I don't help the situation any by taking the kids for walks and to the park and playing physical games with them. But, hey, I'm well aware that in about 5 months I'm gonna be waking like a penguin and I'll be lucky if I can get to the corner without being winded. Gotta do it when I can.

[emdeecee_sierra]

Ok, so I pulled out my pg journal from DC#1- and spent a few hours laughing and bawling. It was very emotionally upsetting and draining, reliving all of that. The worst was reading about all the dreams I had that foretold my terrible experience in hospital with the c-section and them taking my sweet baby from me and me not seeing him or holding him for 15 hours. But also I was cracking up at the things I was saying about some stuff, thinking, hey, I'm pretty funny LOL! So anyway, I found it interesting that I did not develop queasiness until I was into my 5th week, and it didn't become full-blown 24 hour yuck until into week 6. Whew. I do remember with DC#3 that I began feeling a bit queasy a few days after my bfp and thus af being late; DH had commented, intending to insinuate mind over matter, that I was only feeling gross because I knew I was pg, "How come now that you know you feel sick?" I responded, uhhh, because I'm pregnant? Knowing now or not, hCG is circulating around and my body is responding to it....? So I am happy to report that this morning I constantly have been feeling a tad gross I was also reminded from my journal that, while 24hrs in duration, the nausea was always worse in the afternoons. I think my journal from DC#2 is stored electronically on a computer we don't currently have set up, and I don't think I kept one for DC#3 . I'll have to start one for this time; this is most likely my last time being pg. Maybe I'll blog... but what I don't like about blogging is that it seems like they are all publicly accessible; is this universally true? I want to be able to write names out fully and not in code in case some internet weirdo is reading my blog or stumbles upon it.

Oh, that was another thing about my poas yesterday- it was bittersweet in that was most likely the very last time I'll ever see a BFP (and be glad of it at least ).

Hope you all are feeling ok and that your little ones are growing big and strong!

[ATruck]

Sierra and Harmony-- glad that you guys are getting those "extra positive" BFPs.

Sierra -- thanks for posting that stuff about how you didn't get sick before until later, into your 5th or 6th week. Helpful for those of us late December due dates who only have passing nausea. Though after reading how awful some people feel lately, I am kind of hoping it never happens for me.
and Sierra, you can password protect your blog- not that I personally actually know how to do that. surely some of those blogging sites (like blogspot, or whatever) offer that as an option ..?

Is there any correlation btwn how nauseous of a person you normally are, and how sick you get during pregnancy? for instance-- I am someone who gets seasick and can't read in the car- does that make it more likely that I will have a lot of morning sickness, or does it not work that way?

milk_maker -- I don't have round ligament pains and it sounds like it is something I really don't want! Is it a constant pain, or only when you make certain movements?

My cramping is sort of back, only it is not really cramping .. more like just a dull pain in my lower left abdomen. I've had it on and off since before I got the BFP. I keep telling myself that Blasto (uh, that's what we are calling it- short for "blastocyst") is trying to dig in, not get out. hopefully, that is true!

Anyhow, ladies-- I hope that you are all well. I'm off on a 10 day trip, so I won't be around .. I will catch up once I am back. I'm hoping that my morning sickness doesn't decide to kick in until we return... not sure how great it will feel to be standing in a 100 degree desert (we are going to Oman) wanting to barf the whole time!

[milk_maker]

Yawn!! I've been waking up super early lately. Part of it is nice because I get some ME time, but on the other hand, I'd really prefer not to wake up at 6 am because I'm so exhausted by lunch that I'm falling asleep into my meal. Luckily, DS has been taking 3 hour naps since I've gone off my coffee (I don't even want to get into how guilty that is making me feel) so I've been taking good naps lately. Yesterday, we both got in a four hour nap! After I got over the whole groggy wake up period I felt like a new person.

Round ligament pains are sharp stabbing pains in your groin. They usually happen when I make a sudden movement, sneeze or laugh or even cough, and when I lift something heavy like my son. They don't last too long, but they were pretty bad the other day. They tend to happen more when I need to drink water and I have not been good about eating or drinking.

Am I the only one who just can't bring herself to eat? It's like ever mouthful has to be chewed and swallowed with certain precision or else I want to spit it out. Nothing tastes good and nothing is appealing. My sense of smell is totally off right now and my taste has gone out the window. The only thing I want to eat is sushi. I've been hitting up the local Sushi Man in the next town over almost daily. Shrimp Tempura rolls, Spicy Veggie rolls, and California rolls are my salvation. Here in Hawaii you get big hand rolls that aren't cut into maki so you just grab it and bite off big mouthfuls. It's the bestest idea ever! I don't know WHAT I'm going to do when I go back to the mainland. I have a daily sushi habit of about $5...on the mainland it will be closer to $15.