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post #1 of 22
12/12/06 at 1:50pm
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so I swear someone needs to invent toilet paper on a stick. I am finding it increasingly difficult to properly wipe my butt, as I can no longer reach it. Just thought I'd let you guys know.
post #2 of 22
12/12/06 at 1:57pm
!!! I had no idea where you were going with the title of the thread!!! hahaha...

Every week at the midwife I have to pee into this tiny little jar with an opening the size of a quarter...I can't reach to see, never mind try and get any in...
post #3 of 22
12/12/06 at 2:17pm
well hey, me too. my sweet dd loves to wipe mama and have me wipe her though, so it's not too bad.
post #4 of 22
12/12/06 at 2:32pm
Yes, the butt-wipin' is tricky at this stage in the game!!!

Putting my shoes on is also an olympic event.
post #5 of 22
12/12/06 at 3:27pm
I don't remember ever having this problem with my first two, but man oh man could I use some tp on a stick this time!

Denise- I am also having problems getting my socks on. Thankfully for shoes I always wear slip ons.
post #6 of 22
12/12/06 at 3:30pm
OMG! I'm having the same difficulties...but more reaching around the hump to wipe pee. I don't remember this from my first either!
post #7 of 22
12/12/06 at 4:32pm


I am so glad not to be alone here. I can't reach anything anymore. DH put my socks on for me this am. I was just wearing sandles and skipping socks, but the chiropractor said they are throwing my back out. How much longer?
post #8 of 22
12/12/06 at 4:51pm
they have invented one:
http://tinyurl.com/y6qy5h (scroll down to almost the bottom of the page)
post #9 of 22
12/12/06 at 5:03pm
I have no idea what you ladies are talking about.....but I am often a week or two behind some people in this ddc (due the 31st). So maybe a couple weeks from now?
post #10 of 22
12/12/06 at 7:20pm
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Originally Posted by fek&fuzz View Post
they have invented one:
http://tinyurl.com/y6qy5h (scroll down to almost the bottom of the page)
OMG, it exists!!! that's just crazy. And here I thought I had a brilliant original idea... sigh, back to the drawing board.
post #11 of 22
12/12/06 at 8:12pm
Hahahahaahaha I'm having the same issues. I even thought I was finished peeing this morning, but more came out when I tried to wipe so I ended up with a wet hand. At least I can still reach the sink to wash them afterward!!

Anyone else feeling guilty in the amount of trees you're killing these days as a result of peeing so often? It's times like these I wish I used cloth TP!!!

My OB's office used to have these really cool cups with handles, and it was AWESOME!!!!! However, apparently the guy they used to buy them from is trying to get someone to purchase the patent from him so they don't have them anymore. Back to regular cups, and I missed and only managed to get a tiny amount in the cup at my last appointment because I couldn't reach all that well.

Putting my shoes on is always accompanied by lots of grunting these days as I try to haul my leg up and reach over to put them on and tie them... not fun!!
post #12 of 22
12/12/06 at 8:15pm
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Originally Posted by MotherWhimsey View Post
OMG, it exists!!! that's just crazy. And here I thought I had a brilliant original idea... sigh, back to the drawing board.
Just don't click on the first link that comes up if you google "toilet wiper handicap", it's a creepy site about little people who will wipe your bum for you.
post #13 of 22
12/12/06 at 8:18pm
post #14 of 22
12/12/06 at 8:22pm
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Originally Posted by KrystalC View Post
Hahahahaahaha I'm having the same issues. I even thought I was finished peeing this morning, but more came out when I tried to wipe so I ended up with a wet hand. At least I can still reach the sink to wash them afterward!!

OMG ME TOOOOO! I have perfected the 'rock forward-pause-rock back-pause-rock forward-pause-wipe' just to make sure I get it all out before I put my hand down to wipe!!! Plus, it's not like I can SEE what I'm doing...I just have to feel it out..and my 2yr old INSISTS on sitting on my lap when I'm pottying so one more obstacle...rock forward-balance toddler-pause....*sigh*
post #15 of 22
12/12/06 at 8:39pm
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Originally Posted by KrystalC View Post
Anyone else feeling guilty in the amount of trees you're killing these days as a result of peeing so often? It's times like these I wish I used cloth TP!!!

Putting my shoes on is always accompanied by lots of grunting these days as I try to haul my leg up and reach over to put them on and tie them... not fun!!
:

I could have written that post...that is exactly how I am feeling! I think we go through a roll and a half of TP everyday (it is just DH and I....and DH doesn't use all that much TP.....)
post #16 of 22
12/12/06 at 8:41pm
The rock forward, rock back thing just doesn't work anymore!!! I swear I could urinate after drinking a single raindrop. Hell, the other day I sat on the toilet for 15 minutes trying to get out those little trickles of pee since I was tired of going back and forth to the bathroom!

Prodromal labor has one benefit.... it's good for squeezing the pee out. Contraction while on the toilet = pee!!! And for added fun, sometimes you're not even on the toilet!!
post #17 of 22
12/12/06 at 10:22pm
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And for added fun, sometimes you're not even on the toilet!!
nah, you haven't seen anything till you've tried projectile vomiting and peeing on the floor. Both times I puked, pee came out so fast that my urethra hurt the rest of the day. I must have peed a gallon... then again, there was the added benefit of not having to pee for at least a whole five minutes after peeing so much.
post #18 of 22
12/13/06 at 12:41am
See now I knew exactly where this thread was going. Wiping, peeing in the cup, (I think I only got about a tablespoon in last visit), and I'm strictly slip-on shoes here, and while we're on the subject I could really use a shave and a hair cut, but not the kind any barber gives.
post #19 of 22
12/13/06 at 1:01am
Hahaha at least I can reach my armpits still! It's the little things in life!!!

Hey, MotherWhimsey, I guess since you're brave enough to talk about vomiting and peeing on the floor I can fess up to my little mishap last Monday. Well, I posted that it was coming out both ends and you can only choose one or the other when you have one toilet and the bathroom trash is totally full right? So... thought I was done with one and got off the toilet to puke.... uhm.... not done! You're not alone!!!
post #20 of 22
12/13/06 at 2:24am
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Originally Posted by KrystalC View Post
Anyone else feeling guilty in the amount of trees you're killing these days as a result of peeing so often? It's times like these I wish I used cloth TP!!!
I was. ran out of tp in the bathroom though, and snagged a washcloth, been doing the pat-pat dry around the cloth, then toss it in the laundry hamper LOL. I may switch us to cloth now, since it's been so much softer than tp!
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