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post #61 of 88
3/22/07 at 3:38pm
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Well, I've had dreams too where I realize, oh, I've totally forgotten to ever breastfeed!, or some other nonsense. I don't think it matters; I have teaching anxiety dreams all the time, esp before the start of a semester (oh cheese! here I am in front of the class and I totally forgot to prepare anything! also I forgot to put on a shirt!) but they've never signified any actual unpreparedness on my part, you know? It's just my brain burning off steam.

As for the gender thing; I've wondered this too. I usually find that in my dreams any babies are of indeterminate gender, but then I usually realize they're girls. However, since I am sort of hoping for a girl, it feels less like intuition, and more like my "conscious" brain filling in. It'll be interesting to see how the dreams match up... Since you actually dream of giving birth to a girl, maybe that is intuition!

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post #62 of 88
3/27/07 at 1:53pm
Minnow--thanks so much for asking how I was feeling! I am feeling better, and as it turns out it was a bad case of the stomach flu. Dh came home with dd and she was throwing up, so the whole family just felt awful. Dh had already been sick, but it was hard on him watching the baby throw up for the first time...and hard on me as well. I am still having headaches, and have been flaking on work too...I feel totally guilty! I know its because I can't do it and that my body is telling me I need to take a break, but I have almost no leave left and am worried about maternity leave and how we are going to make that work!

Right after I found out I was pregnant, we decided to nightwean dd, sop that I could get more rest, which worked for aobut 4 weeks. Now we seem to be back in the up every 30 minutes routine, and near as I cna tell she isn't teething or anything, so I am totally : as to why. And of course, lack of sleep does not help nausea or the headache!

As for the dreams...I have had absurd dreams. I have dreamt that my mom induced me at 26 weeks, that I had a boy (before we knew we were having a boy) at home, and that I wouldn't birth the placenta so I had to beg my mom to take me in. We got to the hospital, left the baby in the car and were in there for hours. My mom forgot all about the baby andhe was blue and starving, but latched on and nursed beautifully and started getting his vigor back. Totally absurd! I had dreams of neglect with dd too...not sure what they meant, but I have yet to forget about her while awake !

I promise to come here sometime when things are going well! Its not always this way!
post #63 of 88
3/27/07 at 10:26pm
Is it just me or does it seem like the majority of us are having diff. pregnancies, what with illnesses and stuff all the time? Maybe it's b/c we were in our first trimesters still in winter when so many bugs go around; do you think?

Sabo- I meant to get back to you about the dreams a long time ago! Usually I can interpert dreams somewhat (if they are not my own), but honestly yours are so wacky I'm not even sure where to begin! Do you keep having them?

Forestrymom- Don't feel bad. I don't feel like you are complaining or anything. I think alot of us have had it rough this time. Its the perfect place to come share!
post #64 of 88
3/27/07 at 10:35pm
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Originally Posted by ~minnow~ View Post
So there's a wisdom teeth story?
Heh, yeah. Two weeks ago I spent the whole night awake DYING in pain from my wisdom tooth... it was to the point where I was asking DH to knock me out with the cast iron skillet The pain was SO far beyond labor & delivery, never experienced anything like it!

Anyway, went to the oral surgen refered by my dentist, they refused to treat me because I don't have an OB, and a midwife wasn't good enough for them.

Thankfully my tooth stopped hurting so I went home.

(Oh, and let's not forget that my granny called the oral surgen's office to make sure her credit card went through for the payment and they told her ALL about my visit including the fact that I am pregnant, nice. Way to ruin the surprise!)
post #65 of 88
3/27/07 at 10:38pm
I've been having dreams that the baby comes out and obviously isn't DH's baby. (Like as in the wrong race) Which if you knew me is pretty funny, I don't know that I've even carried on a meaningful conversation with a man besides DH in a couple of years

I also had a mw appointment on Saturday. We verfied the fact that I was feeling movement (felt and heard the baby kick at the same time with the doppler) good heartbeat... etc. DS was scared to death of the doppler, he kept trying to push it off my stomach... poor guy.
post #66 of 88
3/28/07 at 6:15am
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Originally Posted by takebirthback View Post
Is it just me or does it seem like the majority of us are having diff. pregnancies, what with illnesses and stuff all the time? Maybe it's b/c we were in our first trimesters still in winter when so many bugs go around; do you think?
I hope this is the reason and that it will get better soon! I do not usually catch every little bug but the first trimester was terrible for me. Now I would enjoy a few good weeks before seasonal allergies kick in. Given all the flower blooming and lawn mowing already happening around here I doubt it. I had better just enjoy a beautiful spring before the heat of summer arrives.
post #67 of 88
3/28/07 at 1:11pm
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Originally Posted by Daisie125 View Post
DS was scared to death of the doppler, he kept trying to push it off my stomach... poor guy.
Dd is petrified of it too...she screams and cries and swipes at it. Wondering how she will take to the delivery...bums me out in a way.

And what am I gonna do about this headache? Still here...
post #68 of 88
3/29/07 at 3:21pm
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(Oh, and let's not forget that my granny called the oral surgen's office to make sure her credit card went through for the payment and they told her ALL about my visit including the fact that I am pregnant, nice. Way to ruin the surprise!)
Wow. They could get into HUGE trouble from HIPPA violations. I'm thinking you could sue them for a mint. But I'd at least call and rant and point out the HIPPA and privacy violations so that they NEVER do something about that again. I'd talk to the oral surgeon and office manager. That is SO unacceptable. Also you need to educate them that a midwife has the same training as an OB just not surgical training. Equate it to using a Dentist or and Oral Surgeon for a filling, maybe then they'd get it.
post #69 of 88
3/29/07 at 6:49pm
Well, I wanted to come and post my good news! I finally called my mw this morning becuase I have had to leave work early 2 days in a row becuase of headaches, and at least one day last week. They are so much worse than they got with dd. I thought I remembered being over the headaches when I got into the 2nd trimester, but she told me weeks 14-18 are the worst for headaches, because estrogen production is prominent, and estrogen causes headaches. Anyway, I asked her what I could take, becuase I have been taking Tylenol (never took anything with dd, and feeling totally guilty, but I haven't been functioning) and its not working. She told me they could presribe something with a mild relaxant, tylenol and caffeine (can't remember the name) but that I could also have a cup of coffee and tylenol with lunch and see if that curbed it. I cut caffeine out whenI found out I was pregnant, but didn't start getting headaches until 3 weeks ago. I tried it and I am headache free for the first time in 3 weeks, literally! She told me one small cup in the am and one at lunch were totally fine--but not to "abuse" it. Oh, the relief!
post #70 of 88
3/29/07 at 6:51pm
forestrymom - so glad you found some relief!
post #71 of 88
3/29/07 at 7:06pm
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post #72 of 88
3/29/07 at 8:49pm
My chat blurb for today...

Tomorrow (Friday) is my 16 week appointment.

I plan on asking a question relating to a movement disorder I have had ever since 7th grade... first diagnosised as focal seizures then as Paroxysmal kinesigenic (action-induced) dyskinesia (PKD). I use to take Carbamazepine 3 pills 3 times a day over the years we have lessened the amount in an effort to have a healthy pregnancy. I was down to one pill as needed (usually ever couple weeks) BUT AMAZINGLY ever since this pregnancy and stopping the medication entirely the movement disorder has stopped! I think now that maybe it was more hormone related. I am just amazed that they have stopped 100% and I am taking no medication! I'm sure my Dr. will just say our bodies are amazing things when they are creating amazing lil' things and leave it at that. I still think it's crazy that they just stopped 100%! I love it! FREEDOM!!! This baby is special! I can't wait to tell it someday what gift it gave me durring it's pregnancy even if the movement disorder comes back later on.

Oh this baby also loves GRAPEFRUIT and popsicles right now.
post #73 of 88
3/29/07 at 8:59pm
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Originally Posted by thewaggonerfamily View Post
Wow. They could get into HUGE trouble from HIPPA violations. I'm thinking you could sue them for a mint. But I'd at least call and rant and point out the HIPPA and privacy violations so that they NEVER do something about that again. I'd talk to the oral surgeon and office manager. That is SO unacceptable. Also you need to educate them that a midwife has the same training as an OB just not surgical training. Equate it to using a Dentist or and Oral Surgeon for a filling, maybe then they'd get it.
Oh, I know, I just didn't feel like dealing with the office again. the Oral Surgeon treated me like I was a 14 year old drug addict when I asked what I could do for the pain.

Honestly, I HOPE they do it to someone else who has the time energy & means to sue.
post #74 of 88
3/29/07 at 10:11pm
Forestrymom, I am so glad you are feeling better and found a solution you can live with.

Isn't it amazing what our bodies do during pregnancy? I love that you are not having to take your medication during right now Throwabouy.

Sadly, I am having the opposite luck. I have photo-reactive hives. It boils down to an allergic reaction to the sun. It is pretty bad. If I take the garbage out early am w/o protection they show up so it doesn't take much sun. Right now they are are on my neck, chest, back and beginning to appear on my arms. I have been told so many things: sunscreen (helps prevent), high dose topical steroids (scares me right now but helped in the past), daily antihistamine (haven't tried yet, worried about daily med while preg/nursing even when I am told it is safe), stay inside (try telling my family). They itch! I only sought treatment in the past because they got infected. Right now I am using calendula without much luck. Ideas?
post #75 of 88
3/30/07 at 11:24am
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Originally Posted by forestrymom View Post
She told me they could presribe something with a mild relaxant, tylenol and caffeine (can't remember the name) but that I could also have a cup of coffee and tylenol with lunch and see if that curbed it. I cut caffeine out whenI found out I was pregnant, but didn't start getting headaches until 3 weeks ago. I tried it and I am headache free for the first time in 3 weeks, literally!
When I get bad headaches and migraines, that is the best relief. Lavender oil helps a little. So glad you are now headache free.

takebirthback: Since last I posted, I had two more dreams. I can't remember the first, except that it was a girl and in the second I gave birth in my family's town, about 1 1/2 hrs away and then left my mom to watch our little girl for a couple of days right after while I went back home. DH and I had just bought a house and found a plaza in our new town that had a Kissaluvs diaper shop. We were also looking for an infant car seat, but the store didn't have any.

Later, I had a dream about a new candy. Don't get excited; it was disgusting . . . chocolate-filled Skittles. Yuck!!

In real life news, dh and I are going to Belgium next week and right after we get back, the 20 week ultrasound. So excited. I get to gorge myself on Belgian chocolate while my dh discovers new beers and then a week later, we get to see our baby for the first time!
post #76 of 88
3/30/07 at 1:46pm
so i keep having dreams that dh is either cheating on me or leaving me. i know it's a whole security and vulnerability thing since the pregnancy. the strangest part is that he would never ever. i mean, this guy is golden when it comes to that. he would never even look at another woman, let alone hurt me like that. and yet, these dreams keep coming!

oh, and last week, i dreamt that i gave birth to a tea bag.

where is my mind?:
post #77 of 88
3/30/07 at 1:48pm
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In real life news, dh and I are going to Belgium next week and right after we get back, the 20 week ultrasound. So excited. I get to gorge myself on Belgian chocolate while my dh discovers new beers and then a week later, we get to see our baby for the first time!
we get to go to ireland directly after our 20 week ultrasound! we're so excited. dh was born and raised in dublin, and we're actually going for a wedding. i'm just so excited to see his family and our friends again with a little belly on me! midwife said that it was the perfect time for me to take a trip.
post #78 of 88
3/30/07 at 8:53pm
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oh, and last week, i dreamt that i gave birth to a tea bag.
What was that like? Was it RRL tea?
post #79 of 88
3/31/07 at 12:09pm
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oh, and last week, i dreamt that i gave birth to a tea bag.
It made my dh laugh too.
post #80 of 88
3/31/07 at 1:17pm
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Originally Posted by forestrymom View Post
I tried it and I am headache free for the first time in 3 weeks, literally! She told me one small cup in the am and one at lunch were totally fine--but not to "abuse" it. Oh, the relief!
Glad you found something... this is one of the main reasons I haven't given up coffee I don't drink a ton, but I hate headaches!

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