Yeah, so I'm getting scared. I've had pitting edema for a week, but only in my ankles and legs and it goes down with rest and I've been keeping it under control by drinking water and tea and all the other stuff.
Now I've got my second *bad* headache in a week. I'm not usually prone to headaches. My blood pressures have been fine. In fact it was slightly lower last week than it's been--probably bc I'm on vacation from school.
But tonight I have the headache and my whole body just seems pulsy, if that makes sense. There's pounding in my head, if I close my hands I can feel them pulsating. My hands are a bit swollen. I feel awful.
I've eaten a ton of protien today and have have probably enough to drink. Liquids are really grossing me out. Not so good with eating either. I haven't eaten much but beans and cheese and milk today.
I'm 38 weeks as of today. I'm actually so ready to go late that I haven't totally finished getting my homebirth supplies together yet (herbs for pp baths are on the way. Other than sorting through the deep-freeze to pull out some broths and things for labor that's the last thing), but I'm also getting nervous about the headaches and swelling and things.
It seems the wonderful gloriously-pregnant-and-enjoying-it part is pretty much over. The past several weeks I've done pretty well at recovering from an episode of depression (mostly med-free
) and DH and I have both been just at home the past two weeks. But DH just got hired today--this should be good, but bc he's going back to school and I'm in school, it's part-time and pays basically what unemployment is paying--also we both start new semesters this week, him on Monday, me on Thursday, and between work and school and such I am really gonna miss having him around all the time and being able to just relax.
It would've been kind of nice for the baby to decide to come a bit early. I knew it wouldn't be fun starting a new semester at 38 weeks pg--I have to do this for financial reasons--but with the swelling and the feeling rotten and now with a new job in addition to new semesters, I feel like I have to just kind of pick up and go on when I'm so not ready. I just wish school and the new job and everything else could just be a couple of weeks after the baby instead of a couple of weeks before.
But somehow I don't think I'm likely to go into labor in the next 24 hours, so this will a mid-semester baby, as expected.
Oh well.
I just hope this headache/swelling/feeling icky issue isn't a problem. I need to become one of those super-competant women who work right up to labor. I'm just *so* not feeling up to it at the moment.
Now I've got my second *bad* headache in a week. I'm not usually prone to headaches. My blood pressures have been fine. In fact it was slightly lower last week than it's been--probably bc I'm on vacation from school.
But tonight I have the headache and my whole body just seems pulsy, if that makes sense. There's pounding in my head, if I close my hands I can feel them pulsating. My hands are a bit swollen. I feel awful.
I've eaten a ton of protien today and have have probably enough to drink. Liquids are really grossing me out. Not so good with eating either. I haven't eaten much but beans and cheese and milk today.
I'm 38 weeks as of today. I'm actually so ready to go late that I haven't totally finished getting my homebirth supplies together yet (herbs for pp baths are on the way. Other than sorting through the deep-freeze to pull out some broths and things for labor that's the last thing), but I'm also getting nervous about the headaches and swelling and things.
It seems the wonderful gloriously-pregnant-and-enjoying-it part is pretty much over. The past several weeks I've done pretty well at recovering from an episode of depression (mostly med-free
) and DH and I have both been just at home the past two weeks. But DH just got hired today--this should be good, but bc he's going back to school and I'm in school, it's part-time and pays basically what unemployment is paying--also we both start new semesters this week, him on Monday, me on Thursday, and between work and school and such I am really gonna miss having him around all the time and being able to just relax.It would've been kind of nice for the baby to decide to come a bit early. I knew it wouldn't be fun starting a new semester at 38 weeks pg--I have to do this for financial reasons--but with the swelling and the feeling rotten and now with a new job in addition to new semesters, I feel like I have to just kind of pick up and go on when I'm so not ready. I just wish school and the new job and everything else could just be a couple of weeks after the baby instead of a couple of weeks before.
But somehow I don't think I'm likely to go into labor in the next 24 hours, so this will a mid-semester baby, as expected.
Oh well.
I just hope this headache/swelling/feeling icky issue isn't a problem. I need to become one of those super-competant women who work right up to labor. I'm just *so* not feeling up to it at the moment.
I'd call your midwife too, just to be on the safe side....
