December 5th - 11th Updates

[hairpin]

Thought I'd start a new thread going. :)

Old thread can be found here: http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=376060

How is everybody doing? Cathy, good luck with your appointment and finding out if you have twins. :D Exciting. :D

Eilonwy, I knit too, though not much lately. You should post some pictures of your what you're making. Would love to see it. :D As long as it doesn't ruin the surprise for anyone.

Last ultrasound the tech said that my baby had his feet in the lower left corner of my uterus and that his head is in the upper right portion. Which makes sense... I've been feeling most of the movement at the bottom. But today... I was having this stretching pain, I don't think it can be ligament pain, near my ribs on the right. I swear he must be trying to poke his head through. It wasn't movement, but it hurt! Maybe my ribs are just trying to move to make way for him?

Also sometimes I feel as if he's scratching at me or something. It's so weird, cause I feel this tuggging (?) on my right side like I'm being scratched.... So odd. I can't really tell by feeling my tummy where the body parts are yet exactly. How do you figure this stuff out?

[AdinaL]

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[eilonwy]

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I'm having major hormonal anger issues today. :( Every little thing that the kids do makes me want to smack them. :bag: I feel horrible and guilty, and of course they can't just leave me alone so that I get a chance to feel better, they have to get in my face and keep going.... :nut :irked: I'm just totally pissed off for no good reason. I'm sure it's hormones. :guilty Blech.

[Sadiebug]

Everything good here. I have my dr appointment on Wednesday and we'll talk more about my due date and such. I now understand all the back pain though lol.
eilonwy- sorry for the bad day. I have had those too lately so don't feel too bad. Its all hormones lol. :thumb

[hairpin]

Rynna, sorry today is stressful. It seems like it's going to be hard once the baby comes... managing everything. And I don't have the best temper. My husband is even worse. What do you do? Count to 5? I don't have kids yet, so I can't say I know what it's like. But my dog is driving me crazy. He's always been my dog, waiting for me when I use the bathroom. But now he's plum crazy.

I go to cuddle/talk to my husband and he pushes with his nose in between us. I sit watching TV or playing a console game and he leans against me and just looks up at me... staring?!? It's creepy. I go to the front of the house and close the doors so he can't get to me, and he just sits there staring at the door for me to come back. It's nuts. We are going to have problems when the baby comes.. :(

I'm going to try counting to 5 now instead of yelling at the dog...

[AllisonK]

Hairpin, a great site is www.spinningbabies.com it has great info on figuring out babies positioning.

SadieBug, U/S are not 100% accurate in figuring out due dates. Especially after the first trimester. If you do a search online a bunch of great info comes up.

Eilonwy, I know how you feel, my DD and DS are driving me nuts! I feel so bad when I snap at them. It does not help that it is freezing cold and they cannot go out to play as much. :(

Well we have an U/S today at 3pm to find out the sex. Our midwife does not care if we have one or not so there really is no other reason today. She would like to know the placental position as long as we are having one. So maybe later today we will know. :)

And I will eventually get my cards done for the swap. I have everything, I just need to package, address, and take to the post office. Oh, I hate the PO.
Allison

[Black Orchid]

Hi there! Its been forever since I joined in the chat thread. Things are just so hectic at this time of year!

Anyway, I have my 17 week check up tonight and I've begun Hypnobirthing classes... for those undecided, I seriously recommend checking into HB! I am really enjoying it and I think its going to help make a really amazing birth experience.

We're debating whether to get a script for the 20 week scan. My DH wants to in case there are problems... but I just don't want to risk something might show up as kinda wrong and jeopardize my birth experience. My BC will not deliver you there if you have any kind of risk. I went through ultra conservativism with my DD and it was nightmarish. They dx me as PIH, but my BP was hardly high and wasn't a problem... but I was classified as HR anyway!

It is sooooo cold here. I remember being really hot with my DD, but I am not this time. I am always freezing. It could be that we've been setting the thermostat really low and trying to save some $$$ and conserve energy. I don't know.

Anyway... DD is getting up. And I've gotta get ready for my appt. Looking forward to catching up!

[mommabear]

Hi! I haven't been around much -- we've all had pretty intense colds for the past couple of weeks, so I have been busy taking care of dh and ds (oh yeah, and trying to remember to look after myself too, lol!)

I am doing my best to catch up, but will probably just have to start fresh here.

Black Orchid, I am totally intrigued by hypnobirthing. Is there a website that you know of that can point people in the direction of classes in their area? TIA!

Time to go start dinner. Have a great night everyone!

[mirandahope]

I was feeling really hopeful about this pregnancy this week, until I wrote that I was! Then I had an anxiety attack, and now feel kind of .... blah? I thought for so long that I wasn't going to have a live baby, after losing Heather. Is it fair to expect that now with this one? Not sure what I need to feel better. Tired now, after spending a few hours working on DH's christmas present.

I also wonder where baby is, and also feel most movement in lower uterus. But sometimes I feel a movement like a whale sliding against the surface of the uterus. that feels neat. When DH puts his hand on my belly, I feel baby move underneath it, in response. :throb

So feeling vulnerable, nervous and like this: :hide:

[ZenMamaJen]

:hug mirandahope

eilonwy- I think we had the same day! But I'm going to blame mine on hormones and dd waking up for the last 3 nights at 3:30AM and chatting for an hour. Ugh. She's not distressed or anything, just chatty. :blah She sings the alphabet, and happy birthday...ugh. I just want to sleep! :(

Speaking of happy birthday, dd started talking today about singing HB to the baby. And she wants to give him a card, a hat and a teddy. I told her we have about 4 months to wait, but I think she is very excited to be a big sister! :lol

Can you believe the Eagles are losing 35-0 (yes, that's a ZERO) on Monday Night Football? I may just cry.

[AdinaL]

They aren't having a good season are they? :shake The broncos are - but I doubt they can oust the undefeated Colts...:irked:

I was having a fine day...until my DH came home and told me his work is changing insurance plans, and that after this baby is born - insurance is going to go from approx. $300/month to $500/month!!!!! :eek WTF?????

sigh.

[ZenMamaJen]

OMG, it's 42-0. How did that happen?:irked: Thanks for the sympathy, Adina.:crying

And I hear you, insurance sucks! If we had gotten our insurance through dh's work (for dd and I), it would have been well over $600/month. So we have individual policies. Luckily I found a relatively affordable one with maternity coverage. So we pay about $290/month. Which is still way too much, if you ask me.

[AdinaL]

Holy crap! Who are they playing???!!! That is bad!

Insurance is such a scam. :irked:

[lmonter]

I had no idea what position ds was in until my OB wanted an ultrasound at 37.5 weeks to make sure ds wasn't breech because I felt movement everywhere and the OB couldn't figure it out by feel. Turned out ds was head down, but with his hands in front of his face tickling me down there, with his butt up in my left ribs and knees/feet in my right ribs. Makes sense after the fact, but before then, I wasn't sure if I was having a baby or an alien.

I've also had a really short temper, especially tonight. Haven't felt any movement for a day, when lately I've been getting at least a few good thumps a day and some rolls or whatever. Ds is just getting into everything, I'm the only one that notices because dh isn't paying attention, etc. I just need a little vacation or something. But that just isn't going to happen.

On top of that, of the maternity clothes I just ordered from Old Navy, they screwed up. A shirt I was really looking forward to at least trying on (more than half the stuff looks horrible on me, it's hit or miss usually) turned out to be a pink angora hap from the Gap. They'll be hearing from me shortly. :irked:

And the kicker for me yesterday... Dh farted in bed a few times around midnight. It was 13 degrees outside, and we even put a giant box fan in the window and left the bedroom door open to air out the room for an hour. By 8am the smell had gone from you-can-taste-it to you-can-still-smell-it. I'm surprised there aren't holes in the sheets/blankets. Almost makes me hope this bean is a girl.

[eilonwy]

And the kicker for me yesterday... Dh farted in bed a few times around midnight. It was 13 degrees outside, and we even put a giant box fan in the window and left the bedroom door open to air out the room for an hour. By 8am the smell had gone from you-can-taste-it to you-can-still-smell-it. I'm surprised there aren't holes in the sheets/blankets. Almost makes me hope this bean is a girl.

:spitdrink :lol OMG, I didn't know Mike had a twin! :lol Honestly, sometimes he actually *wakes the kids* with is farts. :shake I have no idea how it happens. I'll awaken and think it was a really loud snore (yeah, he does that, too :eyesroll) and then smell it and hear one of the kids coughing and the other crying... :shake :lol It's always really funny to me, except in the middle of the night when the kids are crying from the stench. :shake

[steelcitysistah]

Hi mamas!

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their second trimesters! And warm, snug thoughts going out to all those mamas in cold climates - like me.... :)

A quick update for me.... Am 23 weeks today, feel like I'm getting bigger by the day and feeling the baby move regularly now!
The only thing our midwife was a bit concerned about at the last appointment is the fact that the ultrasound we had last month is showing that the baby is 2 weeks bigger than it should be.... He sent me in for a glucose test, to be sure I haven't developed gestational diabetes, and is considering changing my due date (from 4/4 to 3/24). Am not really too worried - really don't think it's diabetes and I know when conception was, so I think it's just one big baby (maybe it's taking after me - I was 9lbs 13 oz)! Hoping to hear from him today - otherwise just trying to relax and do my best to go with the flow!

Wish I could keep up with the boards more - it's amazing how much can happen between the times I'm able to check in!
If I can't stop in beforehand - I hope everyone has a wonderous and joyful holiday season!
Many blessings to all! :throb

[hairpin]

Almost makes me hope this bean is a girl.

Hahaha! As if girls don't fart... :) ((sigh)) Oh well. :)

Steelcitysistah, don't worry too much. I think everyone gets the gestational diabetes test, and ultrasounds are never exactly accurate. They thought I was measuring ahead a while ago, and then things seem to have gone back to the right rate. Even then not everyone develops/gestates at the same rate, so it's really not a big deal in my opinion.

Oh, it's funny how there are all these things written down on charts that I never hear about until the midwife/doctor decide it's not a problem. Odd.. I forgot to mention but at the last midwife visit, she mentioned my baby had a spot on his heart that they saw in the ultrasound. Not a big deal (no risk), she said, and I don't think so either. I'm not worrying about it obviously. I have a heart murmur that was picked up only in my 20's. And it's not the kind of murmur that risks heart function... so why sweat it. As long as it's not a problem, it's kind of interesting... like he has a tattoo on his heart. :heartbeat

I checked out that spinning babies website. There's still parts I think I don't understand, about how to lay a plank on a couch and lay on it for 20 minutes. I'm having a hard time visualizing. Anyways, I learned a lot about posture. It all started to make sense!!! After sitting correctly for about an hour, I felt kicks on my lower right side instead of lower left. And I slept on my left side, and this morning I felt baby kicks on the upper right side. So I think I got my baby to spin overnight!!! I might be over-anxious. But it's pretty cool. :D No more lounging on the couch, and hopefully no more sleeping on my right side. :D Yes, and more yoga!

[SSICDNGRL]

Hi Girls. I'm new... and Gillian. LOL.

I went for my first US last monday and she gave me no real info about the baby, other then it is a boy. Baby looked great and I got 5 great pics of him too! I had some fun shopping for him yesteday on a trip to the city.

I am finding that I am eitehr less patient with my 2 yr old, or she is pushing at me more these days. Both are totally feasable. Luckily all the amazing stuff about her is generally out weighing the "moments" we have.

I still have morning sickness, but eventually it will go away... I hope! LOL!

[2+twins]

Welcome Gillian! :wave

Black Orchid - I just started the Hypnobabies home study course. I'm really excited about it! I had a really hard time choosing which hypno method to go with but finally opted for this one since I'm already a CBE and didn't feel the need to take an actual class that was going to deal with mechanics of birth, etc. So I felt that a home study course was perfect and so far so good! I can't wait to try it out!!!

I have my next mw appt tomorrow. I'll be 22 weeks. This will be the first appt. my dh gets to go to so that's nice. I'm hoping he'll be able to hear the hb on the fetascope (should be able to as long as the baby isn't in some funky position). I also want to remember to ask if they can tell me how the baby is currently positioned. That will be fun for my dd's to know I think. I'm curious too if they can tell where the placenta is located.

Nothing else much going on. I had a super hormonal day the other day but that sounds like it's going around. ;) I'll update after my appt. tomorrow!

[burke-a-bee]

I had my appt today with the midwife. I'm 23 + weeks and right on target. I think she has finally turned head down. I only gained 3 1/2 pound since the last visit which I am happy about. That puts me from 108 to 133. Alot to some but I always gain from the get go. My DH went with me to see where the birth center is just in case, meet the midwives and get some advice in case he has to deliver this one on his own. I had told them several times that my last birth was fast (35 minutes) but I think they finally took us seroiusly this time. They gave my DH a book called Emergency Childbirth. ( I think it was published back in the 70s but how much has changed with natural childbirth? ) We also talked about what to do if we come across things that have happened in my previous births. Two of my DSs got stuck at their chests and my last DS was born in the caul. They are going to give my husband some sterile tools so he can tear open the sack if there is a problem. This was the biggest ego booster for him. Catching the baby and having medical supplies, he thinks he's ready to deliver babies for a living. :lol
I honestlly think I can do it on my own. (He tends to panic when I'm in labor.) We'll see.
I keep forgetting that it's winter. It's 78 out and foggy. I hope everyone is staying warm.

[lmonter]

Hahaha! As if girls don't fart... :) ((sigh)) Oh well. :)
Nah, it's just my experience that girl farts aren't nearly as deadly as boy farts. Even ds is getting close to being able to clear a room, and he's only 2yo and 26 pounds! Think what he'll be able to do when he's fully grown. :wink

[AllisonK]

I checked out that spinning babies website. There's still parts I think I don't understand, about how to lay a plank on a couch and lay on it for 20 minutes. I'm having a hard time visualizing.

They could be talking about a slant board. This is a good technique later in pregnancy to try if baby is breech. I didn't go look so it could be talking about something comletely different though. :) Some women just lay on an ironing board. This technique turned my son from breech to head down.
Allison

[PheobNFam]

So, pregnancy is going well. I need maternity dresses! All of mine from last pregnancy are TOO SHORT! I just can't seem to find any good calf length ones for a decent price.

I'll be 22 weeks on Thursday. All is really going just fine. Baby kicks all the time. I have plenty of hip and back issues so I try to soak in the tub as often as possible.

Christmas speedily approaches! I have much to do, and only half the energy I need to do it! :irked:

I got my beads for the bead swap! :D So pretty!

[lmonter]

So, pregnancy is going well. I need maternity dresses! All of mine from last pregnancy are TOO SHORT! I just can't seem to find any good calf length ones for a decent price.
The only decent maternity dress I've ever found is this one (http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5870&pid=230759&scid=230759042). I really like it - nice and stretchy, very comfy. I don't even look pregnant from the front of it (the black one). I do wish it were about 2-3 inches shorter (so it'd hit me at the knee instead of below and it currently makes my legs look shorter), but nothing's perfect. I'm wearing it and a super-soft wrap/scarf to dh's company Christmas party next week. If that helps any. :)

[kyle98sean02]

My throat hurts so bad :( On Saturday, on the way out to eat for dh's birthday, I threw up and it was all acid. Well, it burned my throat so badly I am still in severe pain when I try to eat and drink. I brought my ds to the dr. for something else today and I mentioned it to him and so he took a look. He said I have actually burned my throat. He prescribed some antacid that I have never heard of and need to go look up and call my ob office on in the morning to double check the safety of. According to the dr. its safer then the zofran and he thinks I should be on it instead since I am not nauseus and throwing up food, but I throw up when I have too much acid in my stomach. It makes sense, but I am so sick of taking medicine all the time.

[PheobNFam]

The only decent maternity dress I've ever found is this one (http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5870&pid=230759&scid=230759042). I really like it - nice and stretchy, very comfy. I don't even look pregnant from the front of it (the black one). I do wish it were about 2-3 inches shorter (so it'd hit me at the knee instead of below and it currently makes my legs look shorter), but nothing's perfect. I'm wearing it and a super-soft wrap/scarf to dh's company Christmas party next week. If that helps any. :)

Cute... but I have to have sleeves! See what I mean... if it's not one thing, it's another. My Wedding Anniversary was on Monday, and for the occassion DH is taking me to a fancy restaurant (called The Compass) and out to see a Christmas Carol at the Herberger Theatre (big fancy place) on Saturday. I really wish I had something to wear.... Oh well. I MAY be able to get one of the dresses that's almost too short to work out well... I hope it's nice enough... :irked:

[Stayathomemommy]

wow everyone has been quick about giving updates. i feel behind. but i have an excuse! my youngest was sick with a high fever for 5 days finally i took her in and they told me after a blood and pee test that she had a UTI. we started her on antibiotics and cranberry juice and finally it seemed to be working, the fever was gone with in a couple of days and she was asking normal. i had to take her in for an ultrasound and x-ray to make sure the UTI didnt do damage to her kidneys. now last night she started sounding really congested, coughing more like hacking. then the throwing up and dry heaving...........opps dont want to make anyone sick. anyway so its been this on going thing, luckily no one else is sick here but its hard to do anything with my other two when the sick kid has to be held 24/7. so thats no fun.

i feel like my second trimester energy that was so awesome just left the building. my house is a mess and well i dont care! a thousand loads of clean laundry in the living room and total clutter everywhere! hopefully i'll get it back before i get too big to do some of the major deep cleaning that i was planning on doing before baby came.

but one thing i can be proud of is i made it to the post office!!!!!! it was a long wait but i got my cards and gift sent off for the swap as well as some other packages. now i am just waiting for my sams club greeting cards to be done and i can mail those off. i found a great new treat thats to die for so i am going to make that to send to family. then i will be able to concentrate on the real reason for Christmas. I love getting presents i just dont like being the Mommy who has to think of everything for family, In-laws, and so on.

hope everyone else is have a stress free Advent/pre christmas time.

[AdinaL]

I am having a down day. Haven't had one in a long time - but I am kinda depressed and lonely today. Sorta sucks. :(

Otherwise - tomorrow will be 21 weeks. :) Things are going fine. Slowly. Not ready for the holidays, still stressed about money.

I think I may just hide today. :hide:

[celestialdreamer]

I am having a down day. Haven't had one in a long time - but I am kinda depressed and lonely today. Sorta sucks. :(

Otherwise - tomorrow will be 21 weeks. :) Things are going fine. Slowly. Not ready for the holidays, still stressed about money.

I think I may just hide today. :hide:

:Hug Too bad you are far away, I'm feeling the same way today :( I haven't hung out with any friends in quite awhile so I'm starting to feel kinda isolated. I'm distracting myself by using this cool steam cleaner thing on my bathroom. Sadly, I'm quite amused by it :bag: My house is such a mess, I just don't have the energy to clean it like it needs. Feeling very overwhelmed by the amount of things I still need to make for gifts, and also we are doing some major remodel on our kitchen that we hope to have done for hosting Christmas dinner. I think I want to hide today too...there's a big pile of laundry in the closet that might work :lol

[AdinaL]

I think that if I could get the money thing under control and not feel like I am going to have to work after the baby is born, I would be feeling better. Right nowI just feel boxed in. :(

I may start buying lottery tickets...just in case. :lol

I have an enormous amount of crap to do before the holidays. Including about 2000 loads of laundry. Which sucks cause our bedroom is on the third floor, and the w/d is in the basement.

We sooooo want to move, but I just don't know how we can afford it. :( I so would like to buy a house NOW, just to have someplace that is MINE, and not have to conform to something that is someone else's and that I can't change. I feel like nesting, and yet can't, because out stuff only fits one way in this house.

I need to clean, knit, put together gifts.....bah.

How is that steam cleaner thingy? Is it the scunci one? I keep thinking about buying that thing, and seeing if I could get the mold out of our bathroom.

Good news - baby girl is kicking me, which makes me smile. :D

[surfmamato3]

I am sorry lots of you are feeling down and depressed. Here is hoping that you feel better soon and can enjoy this season.

I have an ultrasound tomorrow and then next week an appointment with one of the midwife's from my group. I am feeling better, no real appetite. Only a one pound gain so far but (started 30 over). I am swimming in the morning while the stars are still out and then it gets lighter and lighter. Usually there is a cruise ship in the bay all lit up on my way to the pool as I drive along the ocean, it's beautiful. I feel the effects of swimming all day long with way more energy and I don't get winded walking here and there. Also it has been a big help to my sciatica nerve as I haven't felt it in a good while...
Baby is kicking and it is a lot if fun. My kids kiss and hug my belly all day long. I need to finsh my families Christmas shopping and get it in the mail, my husbands side is done we mailed a box Monday as thier celebration is this Sunday in Lincoln Nebraska. My decorations are up and I play Christmas music often. Okay, I am rambling but things are good here...

[AdinaL]

Can I mail myself to you for New Year's? :D Swimming in Hawaii would sure be nice. I have never been there, and really want to go. My DH used to live there.

[AllisonK]

AdinaL,
I know how you feel about doing laundry. Our laundry room is two buildings away and it is supposed to hit a high of 24 today. So I am dreading laundry today. But I have a pile of clothes and the rug covered in puke that cannot wait anymore. Yuck!!!! Hope you have a better day!
Allison

[kyle98sean02]

(((Adina and Rebecca))) If it makes eiher one of you feel any better, its 1:00 here and I am still in my bath robe and I just dont feel like doing anything. I dont have any clean clothes to put on nor do I have the desire to get up and put in a load of laundry. I have a list a mile long and I do not feel up to doing any of it. You guys are more then welcome to come on over and plop down with me and do nothing as long as you dont mind the mess. Scott is gone for a week on a business trip and gets to eat at decent restraunts for free and gets to go watch the panthers play from box seats. Im jealous. I wish i lived close enough to town to have some pizza or something delivered. We dont have anything that will actually make a meal and I finished off the bread I baked yesterday so I will evedntually have to get up and go to the store. Hmmm.... does whole wheat noodles and frozen corn count as dinner?

[2+twins]

Can I just say how jealous I am of you Kimberly - being in Hawaii! That's my dream location.

My update: Went to the mw today (22 weeks). She said I was measuring 25 weeks (I measured myself 28.5 last week so I don't know which of us is off or maybe things are just lower today???). I'm up about 18 lbs. total. She said she could only feel one baby and would be surprised if there were 2. That was pretty disappointing b/c I so want twins, and this is my last shot at this. She just thinks I have a lot of amniotic fluid - not in a way to be concerned about but in a '3rd baby' kind of way. :crying I suppose we could still be surprised at the birth. I'm thinking this baby is a girl and of course we can't agree on a girl name. We've always struggled with those (still have the same boy name from my first pregnancy though) and of course we've only had girls so far! I have a list of names that I like and dh doesn't really even have a list but he doesn't like any of mine enough and honestly I feel like I've been picking girl names out for the last 6 years that there's no way I'm going to find some miracle name that I hadn't already come across, kwim? So I feel like one of us will be disappointed with whatever name is eventually chosen. Or perhaps she'll go nameless. :lol

I haven't really started xmas shopping except for my kids (which is done). I think we'll have to charge everything which normally we'd never do, but there's just no money right now. Yes, the money thing sucks. Adina, I hope you do win the lottery. It would be nice for one of us anyway. We were hoping to move (don't love the city we're in) but we've realized that it would be a financial disaster right now so we're gonna stay put for awhile. Older dd is due to start kindergarten next year and I really wanted to be in the new city by March so I could apply her to this charter school there (Waldorf). Now that that's not going to happen we've decided to homeschool (again, with a Waldorf curriculum), so that's my big news. I'm excited about it, but since it's so new to me it's hard not to feel a bit overwhelmed.

That's it for me. I plan to take new belly pics sometime today and update that thread with those later.

[FarmerCathy]

We're only having one baby. I was measuring 20 weeks instead of 17 weeks at my last appt. and this appt. I was measuring right on 21 weeks like I'm supposed to. My midwife felt a lot of baby in my belly at the last appt., it must have been fibroids. She says they're caused by all the hormones. My dh and I were a little nervous of the prospect of having twins. We are relieved to be only having one. It was a little much to think about having two right now. Whew! The baby kicked the midwife though when she was looking for a heartbeat. :D 160 beats/minute still.

I had some issues the other day with my dh too! He took it all too personally though. :irked:

Our baby will still be a surprise, but we think it's a boy.

:hug s to you all.

Cathy

[surfmamato3]

Adina (Can I mail myself to you for New Year's? Swimming in Hawaii would sure be nice. I have never been there, and really want to go. My DH used to live there.)

love-homebirthing(Can I just say how jealous I am of you Kimberly - being in Hawaii! That's my dream location.)

You guys are funny! :)

It is only pardise when you *don't* live here. Like dealing with the traffic and the no shopping (we only have wally world, K-mart and Macy's) slim pickens for dr's, an anti-vbac hospital, I could go on and on...

If you ever do make it out here though let me know!! :thumb

[eilonwy]

Wow. I had to do laundry last night. It was bitter freaking cold, and I had to *drive* to get it done. Two gigantic hampers which are very difficult to lift when you're just pregnant enough that bending over and lifting things is a lot of work, plus detergent and my backpack (gotta keep myself entertained while things go round). I'd give my eye teeth to have a washer and dryer in the basement, even though it would necessitate me walking down three flights of stairs and into a spider-infested room with a door that hasn't got a knob or even a handle, so you never really know if it's closed until the key does or doesn't turn in the lock. :lol '

We're going to have to do laundry again very soon, too; we ran out of disposeable diapers, so we've been using cloth. This is very difficult, because BooBah has grown since we moved (and started using the crappy sposies) and now needs a large cover or at least a medium that doesn't fit so snugly. BeanBean wore "petite" sized Fuzzi Bunz, for example, for about a year; BooBah can't wear them at all, because she's got hips and buns (BeanBean never had buns, not until he was nearly two, and he still doesn't have hips). The medium proraps colors (one of my favorite covers, they're so freaking sturdy!) are way too tight for BooBah. :shake We've only got three of the larges, so of course we have to wash them by hand each night and use them the next day (if she doesn't poop in them) but there's still the matter of cloth diapers being an item of laundry which simply cannot wait for a week. :shake And BooBah pees more than the average child; BeanBean was a heavy wetter, but he had nothing on BooBah. :shake It's not her fault, it has to do with her kidney issues, but it really sucks. She can literally float out of bed! I know what you're asking-- if you can knit, why haven't youmade her any new soakers?! Well, I have no idea what happened to my diaper pins, of all things. :shrug I only had four of the nice, dritz pins ever, and right now I can find one. I've had lots of the cheaper, dollar-store pins but I haven't seen any of them since we moved. :shrug No snappis, no pins, and we use prefolds... so soakers just won't do the trick. :( Blech.

I'm feeling tired, lazy, and miserable. I did make it to the PO yesterday, but didn't get my swap gift sent because... well, if I tell then my giftee will know what it is! :lol Anyway, I should be able to mail it out early next week, Tuesday at the latest. I'm also going to be finished with the soaker I'm working on for the MIN thread, so I'll be mailing four knitted things out at the same time. :thumb I may actually finish this soaker sooner than that, because it's super mini. :love I knit really quickly, when I have the things I need (wool, lanolin, needles, semi-free arms) and tend to get a lot of work done in the car, so if I haven't finished it by Friday afternoon (which I may, as I said it's really little) I'll definately finish it Friday night (when the kids are driving MIL crazy and I go hide in the den :bag: ). After that, it's washing and drying (which takes a really long time when you haven't got a line :rolleyes) and mailing. :thumb I'll even take pictures. :D

Despite my miserable laziness, BeanBean did some good homeschool stuff today, totally his own decision and with only minimal cooperation from me (which is saying something, because his "work" requires massive amounts of parental involvement most of the time). He's very excited about it all. I have to say, I think it's really cool to be awakened by a little boy saying, "Mamma? Are you awake? I want to talk about nouns now." :love It makes me feel like I might have a real chance of pulling this off in real life (as opposed to all of the grand theories that I've had since I made the decision to home educate my kids when I was 12 :lol). :thumb Home education rocks!

Adina-- it is a bummer to think about working after you have a baby. :hug I have to say, though, that despite the fact that I love being with my children and that I'm very excited about home education, I'd really love to work a job for about 12 hours a week. Just to get out of the house and feel like somebody in the world actually saw me as contributing to society. :o

Wow. I really need to come up with something to say that isn't complaining. It's hard, though; December really sucks. :lol Let's see... I was able to do a good deed for someone, that was nice... oh, and I found my measuring tape. :D

BooBah is naked. Time to find out why. :o

[squeakermansmom]

I think that if I could get the money thing under control and not feel like I am going to have to work after the baby is born, I would be feeling better. Right nowI just feel boxed in. :(


hey all - i haven't posted here in weeks.....just busy. everything going well, baby is moving which is great, i love the feeling. i was getting pretty bummed b/c i started getting new stretch marks on my belly (at 22 weeks) - so discouraging. but then i wanted to smack myself for even feeling so vain about something like this. we really feel so blessed to pregnant, so i'm trying not to even give a second thought about it (works most of the time anyway) :D i really feel HUGE already, like my belly just can't stretch any more. i have no idea how i will make it to 40 weeks.

adina - your post really spoke to me....i feel the same way. my boss and i have agreed to let me work 2 days a week after the baby is born which really isn't that bad. but, working at all means i have to think about certain logistics, like pumping, childcare, etc. i'd so love to be able to stay home but my income is more than half of our total income so it would be a huge change for me quit. i think i'm in denial.....

[lmonter]

Rynna - I have no idea about your finances or house setup, but would a little portable washer be an option? One that hooks up to a faucet or something. I've seen gals post about it over in Diapering before. :)

Lanna

[AdinaL]

Rynna - I am glad that my w/d is in the basement! :lol I remember the laundromat trips - hated them. :hug

Okay - actual pregnancy question....do preggo UTI/bladder infections feel the same as non-preggo UTI/bladder infections? I have had a lot of non-preggo ones...and I don't THINK I have one now -but my lower abdomen/uterus/abdominal muscles are sore today - like only when I walk around, I am fine while sitting. Everything feels achey and sore...:irked: That is not a symptom I have had with UTIs before, and peeing feels normal.

I just want to rule that out. I think it might be from having sex the other night. :lol since those muscles haven't been used that way in a while...or it could be my ab muscles trying not to give up the ghost, or my uterus stretching...:lol

[AdinaL]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA I think I just answered my own question....:lol

I told DH about the aching...and he looked at me and said, "well try and lift both knees up." Which I did...and it felt like I had worked out too much.

Seems it was the sex after all...:laugh:

[lmonter]

I told DH about the aching...and he looked at me and said, "well try and lift both knees up." Which I did...and it felt like I had worked out too much.
:lol
Just wait till you're further along. Muscles can get pretty sore. :wink

[FreeSpiritMama]

I love my midwife:D

21week appt today, measuring right on dates and everything great (she told me not to worry at all about low placenta, its a bonus its posterior and at 18mm I am already ok for a vaginal birth :thumb In the UK we have a free healthcare service and homebirth is a legal right but the downside is you could have any midwife turn up for the birth:( My midwife really wants to be at our homebirth and is going to make sure she is oncall for me from 37weeks :love, this means so much to me isn't she great :D

[kyle98sean02]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA I think I just answered my own question....:lol

I told DH about the aching...and he looked at me and said, "well try and lift both knees up." Which I did...and it felt like I had worked out too much.

Seems it was the sex after all...:laugh:


It SUCKS being on pelvic rest. I was kind of happy about it at first, but now between the dreams and just not having anything for so long.............Off to bake more brownies :lol

I hope everyone is feeling better today. I am going over to my friends house and we are going to sew diapers and bake. She has the most adorable 1 y.o. twins.

I finally got my box of stuff from Old Navy.com that I ordered on Thanksgiving day and they sent me my order twice. One box even had a Banana Republic skirt I didnt even order in it. I need to call them this morning and see what I need to do now. If they decide to let me keep it (yeah righ :lol) i'd be happy to gift the extra velour pants here ;)

[aprilushka]

Hi all

It's been a very hard couple of weeks online in another group I'm on (Allison K will know what I'm talking about) so that's pretty much all I can think about, but I'm pretty sure everything is okay with baby. I have another u/s on Jan 9 to follow up on the minor kidney issue which chances are will not even show up on the next one, but we'll see. I'm drinking a tad less water this time before going, I don't care what they say-- my bladder will be plenty full without me having to be in constant pain during the car ride which can't be good for me (last time I couldn't find the place b/c it's in some apartment complex and there's no sign-- I had to pee behind a dry cleaners I was so desperate-- not going to repeat that experience in frigid Jan weather).

Tomorrow I go to the dermatologist -- I had had these wierd huge pimple type things on my eyelid that were not like normal pimples, but I was pretty sure that was what they were b/c I had one that came and went away, then got another while MIL was here. She kept bugging me to do something about it, put something on it, which I didn't do feeling instinctively it would be worse. But I finally said I would make an appointment with a dermatologist to get her off my back, since I wanted to start seeing one yearly anyhow to have someone tracking my moles, many of which are hard for me to see. We have skin cancer in my family, so I think it's prudent of me to start doing this. Getting an appointment with a dermatologist on a day convenient to me entailed a 6 week wait (oh, and I love the fact the answering machine says, if you have an emergency, call 911-- gee, thanks for the tip, ha ha, I guess there are no dermatological "emergencies"), and of course the pimple thing is long gone. I never told MIL (now gone back to Mother Russia) that it was going to be a wait so she probably thought I was ignoring her again, oh well. But I was right, it went away on its own and was probably a pimple. Geez, I just rambled on about my skin blemishes, sorry. This pregnancy has given me quite a few and the last one didn't-- wonder if that means it's a girl. :D

I'm also going to the chiro tomorrow which I don't know if will ultimately make a big difference but I feel better after and if there's any chance it will help avoid a posterior baby I'm going to do it.

We're supposed to have a big snow storm here this weekend, I want to buy DS a sled since we have a nice little hill in our back yard-- I know skiing is not a good idea at this stage (21 weeks), but a little gentle sledding with DS should be okay? Does anyone know?

[AllisonK]

Aprilushka,
When I went for my U/S I did not, not pee for two hours. I waited until about an hour before the appt and slowly started drinking water. About 1/2 hr before I really chugged the water down and my bladder was plenty full by the appt time. It was not as uncomfy yet and they actually had to have me empty it for the U/S.
I too am constantly thinking about the other list. It overwhelms me at times. I just don't understand. :crying
I think sledding is perfectly fine. I have been going out with both of my kids for the past two weeks. Great excersize pullling my 2 yr old back up. I love sledding!! If you are really worried ask your MW/OB.
Allison

[AdinaL]

I would think that gentle sledding is fine. Just not super steep hills with the possibility of hitting anything. :hug

Woke up in a better mood today....now, I need to do laundry until I fall over dead. :lol

But my friend lent me her bread machine- so I may have to make some bread today. :)

[eilonwy]

I would use the "stop if it hurts" rule when it comes to sledding. If your son is too heavy for you to lift/pull comfortably, don't do it. :D I can't imagine that sledding would be a huge falling risk... whenyou're sitting down, you don't have the major center-of-gravity issues what make things like skiing or skating more difficult for most people.

Of course, the last time that my mother went roller skating she was 8 months pregnant, and I've done some pregnant roller skating myself. :D If you're a confident, comfortable skier, why not give it a try? You may have to learn to lean a bit differently than you normally do on the slopes, but you might be surprised at how naturally it comes to you. :thumb

I'm in a pretty good mood today, too, except that we have no real food in our house. :o No cash, either. Ramen noodles for all! This is great for BooBah, who actually needs more salt in her diet than the average person, but it tends to leave me and BeanBean with headaches, and of course Mike can't eat noodles for dinner (too many carbs)... We might still have some fish in the freezer from this summer, though. :scratch The kids have also had quite a bit of Pediasure today, thank goodness for that stuff. Here's the worst part of all: I don't want to cook! Not even ramen noodles! :nut Being a grownup sucks today. Well, except for BeanBean's complete fascination with his "lessons." :thumb That's pretty kick-ass. :D ( :topic Adina-- are we allowed to say "ass" here? Because I can stop.... :innocent)

[aprilushka]

Oh, I'll make him walk back up the hill ; ). It's not that tall a hill, it's in our backyard.

As for skiing, I'm not very good, though I fall less these days. But we only go once or twice a year and I'm just not that good. Last time I tried it at around 12 weeks and fell on ice and after that I decided I'm not doing it again in pregnancy. I think it's only worth it for those who are pretty good.

[AdinaL]

:lol You can say ass. :D I say it all the time! :lol

[mirandahope]

I am still reliant on my anti-nausea pills, but this week, after 15+ weeks....I can eat onions and garlic again!!! and I ate rice today! I had some veggie sushi from a place around the corner!! Suddenly, the whole world opens up to what I can tolerate! How amazing. I ran into a doula friend of mine whose pre-natal classes we'll take in the new year, and she said, "Well, welcome to the second trimester!" I've been here for a while, but now that we're in the 22nd week, things are changing!! I wonder if I will be able to slowly decrease my pills at some point!!!? I am not brave enough to try yet, but I love being able to eat whatever I want and the idea that I can stand going to a restaurant!

[eilonwy]

We'd have no place to put a portable washer. :bag: If we had one, we wouldn't be able to do important things like open the oven or refrigerator doors, and I don't just mean while it's running. The scary part is, the kitchen in this apartment is at least twice the size of our old one! :eyes:

I had some spotting today. :( It totally took me by surprise, there was no reason in the world for it to happen... :shrug I'm still feeling the baby move a lot, but I'm nervous. Not nervous enough to call the doctor (long distance and I have no idea where my calling card is) but nervous and weirded out. This is an odd time for random spotting to begin, dontcha think? :scratch

Ultrasounds-- Do you really have to have a full bladder? Man, that *sucks*. I don't; in fact, if my bladder is too full they'll wipe off the gel and tell me to go pee before they start. :lol Natural bladder states for all ultrasounds, and sometimes I have to pee in the middle anyway (the tech can always tell, and they'll send me :lol).

[2+twins]

With my first dd I had to do the full bladder thing for the ultrasound. I was shocked when this wasn't required with my 2nd dd. I think the big difference is in skill level of the tech and the equipment used (I asked b/c I found it so odd!). It sucks to ask a pg woman to down all that water and then hold it! Oh, and my first u/s (the standard 20 week one) lasted 45 min. which they told me was to be expected and the 2nd one (different place) was only 15 min.!

[nighten]

I used to have probs with ovarian cysts and always had to drink lots of water prior to those u/s but since getting pg (even at the very beginning early on) I've not had to drink anything prior to any u/s. No mention of it actually, neither before nor during.

It's because the water puffs up the bladder so the sound can go through it, yes? So then does your bladder move aside during pg?

Because I started showing really early too so if so, maybe my bladder got pushed aside early on? I'm seriously short waisted and convinced that everything is getting pushed OUT FRONT since there's no room at all in there. Who knows. It's odd though to hear of them making a pregnant woman have a full bladder -- seems somehow wrong to me. Or cruel.

(Great, and now I have to pee. *laughs*)

[FarmerCathy]

aprilushka- I have this wierd pimple thing that went out of control too. I'm thinking about asking my midwife if I should wait and see if it clears up or if I should see someone about it. It's almost dime sized right on and above my right eyebrow and has scabbed over and is red. I put some aloe vera on it so maybe that will help, but I also have this lump thing in front of my ear that appeared about the same time and don't know what that is about either. It is hard and very sensitive to the touch. Very wierd. What do you guys think I should do? I think I'm going to have my hubby look at it tonight.

Cathy

[BetsyPage]

Oh, this is so weird... I watched the video from dd's birth (well, not birth, right after she was born) and I forgot how HUGE I was at the end!!! :blush All of the sudden it made me feel like I have a LONG way to go, I'm really not feeling that big yet!

Oh, and it should be ILLEGAL to film a mom walking, full-body, one day PP. Seriously illegal! I am still cringing! A full preggo-belly but no baby in there is NOT attractive! Dh looked at me and said, "Can I say 'Teletubbies?'" I seriously had a jiggly teletubby belly! :lol

[aprilushka]

aprilushka- I have this wierd pimple thing that went out of control too. I'm thinking about asking my midwife if I should wait and see if it clears up or if I should see someone about it. It's almost dime sized right on and above my right eyebrow and has scabbed over and is red. I put some aloe vera on it so maybe that will help, but I also have this lump thing in front of my ear that appeared about the same time and don't know what that is about either. It is hard and very sensitive to the touch. Very wierd. What do you guys think I should do? I think I'm going to have my hubby look at it tonight.

Cathy


I saw the dermatologist today, but by now the thing I had under my eyebrow went mostly away. He says it's common to get cysts in the eyebrow area and that the best thing to do to make them go down is to put a wet damp cloth on them for 10-15 min a day. Of course, no picking, poking, etc at it. He said if they hurt really bad or don't go away then one should go in to have it checked out (good luck getting an appointment though-- took me 6 weeks, geez!) In the very worst cases eye doctors remove them surgically (yuck).

[eilonwy]

Well, I've developed a really painful, itchy rash all over my forearms and hands... :shrug I've never had anything like this before. Between the rash and the extremely painful dry skin on my face, I think I may lose my mind. I'm also feeling like a wrung out dishrag, I want to do nothing but sleep all day... :nut I'm going crazy. :lol

[2+twins]

Oh, this is so weird... I watched the video from dd's birth (well, not birth, right after she was born) and I forgot how HUGE I was at the end!!! :blush All of the sudden it made me feel like I have a LONG way to go, I'm really not feeling that big yet!

Oh, and it should be ILLEGAL to film a mom walking, full-body, one day PP. Seriously illegal! I am still cringing! A full preggo-belly but no baby in there is NOT attractive! Dh looked at me and said, "Can I say 'Teletubbies?'" I seriously had a jiggly teletubby belly! :lol

You know what's funny? I felt incredibly hot looking after the birth of my first dd (like the day after). I remember catching my profile in the mirror and saying to dh, "Look at me - I'm hot!". Of course, looking back at pics of me then I most certainly was not, but the difference btwn almost 42 weeks of pregnancy and then after the birth was pretty good (I looked only like 5-6 months pg!). :lol I have some pics of me with dh, older dd, and my new baby a few hours after her birth and my stomach looks really hideous. I've cropped as much as I could of that out of photos I showed the families. :D

[FarmerCathy]

aprilushka- Yes, this is one of the things my midwife says it could have been. I finally broke donw and called her yesterday. I have another in front of my ear. I keep feeling it everyday to see if it has gone down in size yet. It feels like it today. She told me to take 2000mgs of panothenic acid and to put alternating fungus cream and neosporin on the one that looks awful. It burns and itches now. It looks so terrible though. It is dime size and I feel like everyone is looking at it. But also at the same time I broke out in this rash in the crease of my elbow. It looks like what I used to get when I carried hay with bare arms, but I've always had long sleeves a sweatshirt and heavy jacket on lately when I put hay out for the goats. So, I don't know if it's associated with the other things on my face or what, but man they itch like crazy. I've never had so many skin related problems in my life.

Anyway, baby has been kicking like crazy the last 3 days. I played with it this morning before I got out of bed. I poked and it kicked back several times. Really cool when you can interact with them. :thumb

Cathy

[kyle98sean02]

Anyway, baby has been kicking like crazy the last 3 days. I played with it this morning before I got out of bed. I poked and it kicked back several times. Really cool when you can interact with them. :thumb

Cathy

Hee Hee i was doing that last night. I cant decide if he's playing with me or I'm bugging him :lol Its cool to see my tummy moving all over the place now as he moves. I still cant feel body parts when I push on him though. I think my extra padding is making that harder this time.

[FarmerCathy]

Is anyone else having a blah day? I'm just don't want to do anything today. This may be TMI, but I think part of it is my dh doesn't want to have sex with me b/c he thinks about the baby now. I feel huge, but I want him to want me. Is anyone else having this problem, this is our first baby so that is probably why, but I'm feeling a little unwanted at the moment. Maybe it's hormones too. Sigh...... I made him read the section in my pregnancy book by Dr. Sears where it addresses these issues to men, but it's not helping anymore. :(

[nighten]

For some reason this past week I've been exhausted -- not sleeping well and I feel bigger, even though am measuring the same (at least around the poofiest part of my tum -- not sure about lengthwise) -- but I feel bigger, a lot bigger, and sort of all the sudden-like. Anyone else having this?

Oh, and stupid question but can relaxin (or whatever) make your legs get sore just from sleeping?

I woke up with really sore thighs yesterday and I did absoultely nothing at all the day before, that I can recall, that was out of the ordinary. But it's hurt liek crazy going up and down stairs past two day.

Oh, and my face had started breaking out again but the I realized it was because I accidentally bought the lotiony kleenex ugh. Used nearly a whole box before I realized what I'd done.

Pulled out the humidifier this week too -- I'm not sure my sinuses have ever been this dried out....thank heavens for plain old saline nose spray.

Two weeks 'til Christmas! Oh boy, I've got stuff to do *laughs*

Night all -- hope everyone has a good week!

[aprilushka]

Is anyone else having a blah day? I'm just don't want to do anything today. This may be TMI, but I think part of it is my dh doesn't want to have sex with me b/c he thinks about the baby now. I feel huge, but I want him to want me. Is anyone else having this problem, this is our first baby so that is probably why, but I'm feeling a little unwanted at the moment. Maybe it's hormones too. Sigh...... I made him read the section in my pregnancy book by Dr. Sears where it addresses these issues to men, but it's not helping anymore. :(

Actually, yeah and I'm a little PO'd at DH b/c the second time around he should know better, but he has these wierd Russian cultural fears I think he's had a hard time getting over (a lot of people over there still think it can hurt the baby).

It was like 3 weeks at one point, I was having erotic dreams every night (sorry for the TMI) and I had to drop hints for a few days straight, geez. Part of the problem is we don't go to bed at the same time and I'm almost always asleep by the time he comes to bed, but when it gets to be long enough, I'm like yo, wake me up, really! Unfortunately for physiological reasons I don't enjoy it as much as non pregnant, but I still need it for God's sake. I'm 13-14 pounds up but I'm not THAT much bigger than my normal self.

Sorry, guess I've been waiting for a while to get that one off my chest.

[hairpin]

Is anyone else having a blah day? I'm just don't want to do anything today. This may be TMI, but I think part of it is my dh doesn't want to have sex with me b/c he thinks about the baby now. I feel huge, but I want him to want me. Is anyone else having this problem, this is our first baby so that is probably why, but I'm feeling a little unwanted at the moment. Maybe it's hormones too. Sigh...... I made him read the section in my pregnancy book by Dr. Sears where it addresses these issues to men, but it's not helping anymore. :(

Yeah, I've had this problem ever since I told him I was pregnant. I'm ok about it, though because he does make the effort to still make me feel special even if we're not on the same schedule we used to be on. Honestly I don't find it that easy anyways now that I'm big. Hehe.

Hopefully he's still telling you all the good things he likes about you and giving you affection even if it's not completely what you want. That seems to help a lot for me. Sometimes I think it's better. Cause I don't have to work so hard. :D

[eilonwy]

Wow... I think I'd probably kick Mike. :lol Our biggest problem is that we never both seem to be awake while the kids are both asleep... :o It's not going to hurt the baby, it's just fine... but perhaps you could ask a question on the "I'm Pregnant" board? I'd be shocked if nobody else had had to explain this to their husbands...

I'm having a crappy day, too. I'm just so irritated with the kids, everything that they do just drives me :nut up a wall. I can't take it anymore! I just want to be left alone for a few hours without any major destruction happening. :(

I'm going to do laundry tonight, even though Monday night is the *worst* night to go to the freaking laundromat. We have no choice; we've got cloth diapers and tons of laundry everywhere (my son threw a nearly-full gallon of lemonade down the freaking steps, just to PISS ME OFF, I'm sure :irked). Yesterday I was in too much pain, because we spent the day looking at washers and dryers. We found a really nice washing machine and a dryer that was on clearance because it was a floor model of a discontinued one, and it would have been doable between the 10% off for a new credit card and the week of vacation that Mike cashed in and the tax rebate coming in the spring... but Mike didn't qualify for the credit card, so we're pretty much out of luck. It was very depressing, and of course I'm irritated and bummed, but Mike was absolutely heartbroken and very upset, because his credit has only recently become bad (he's got some medical bills that are now seriously overdue). So I couldn't really say that much or just burst into tears, because Mike was on the verge of tears himself and that would have been too much, but I felt like i was miserable and tired and in pain for absolutely nothing at all...

Anyway, I'm going to the laundromat tonight even though it will piss me off even more; it will be full, crowded full of people, I won't get to watch what I want on television (or even anything half-way decent; what is it with the :censored that people watch, anyway?!), I don't have a CD player or anything like that, so I can't just block it out and I'll probably have to listen to something that makes me angry and depressed like Special Victims or the Idiots On Parade Show... oh wait, that's the news. :irked: :rant: :splat

Argh. I'm ticked off for no reason at all... or maybe for every reason. :nut Yuck.

[AdinaL]

:hug Rynna. That sucks. :hug

I am here....and apparently have a cold...or allergies, or something. I am totally stuffed up. It is bad. Or it just may be that my nose and sinuses dried out last night and now are freaking out.

:shrug I dunno, I just want it to stop. At least it is moving now - as opposed to last night when it just felt like someone had put glue in my nose. :(
And to top it all off....I am a mouth breather, always have been, and last night my gums dried out....behind my front teeth (this happens sometimes) and cracked...and bled.

My entire mouth was black this morning, my throat hurt, super gross! :gross

sigh...maybe I will go back to bed.

[aprilushka]

I think he "knows" it won't hurt the baby from an intellectual standpoint, but like a lot of ingrained cultural stuff, it's in your subconscious and hard to get past totally.

It could be something else though -- 7 year blahs maybe, and even if I tried to be Ms Sexy it probably wouldn't work because I think in his mind sexy and pregnant don't really go to together, even if sex is technically okay.

Ach, now I'm really feeling blah.

[nighten]

Rynna, I keep hoping I win the lottery because if I do, I'm mailing your ass a washer and dryer. I'm serious. It makes me :( to read your posts because I think of the house I sold a few years back and I left a washer and dryer there. I wish I hadn't now, cuz I'd have an extra.

<big hugs>

Lord but my sinuses hurt!! Anyone recommend a good a humidifier/vaporizer thingy? The one I have barely works -- it's really old. It's more like it tries to work or thinks about it then decides nah, I'm too tired, -- here's a little spittle of pretend mist.... (Adina I'm sorry about your throat -- it sounds horrible. Have you tried a humidifier? I'm miserable but at least I'm not sick. Just head aches a lot from the dry air.)