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

[milk_maker]

Just starting the weekly thread. Hope this one gets more traffic.

[amyandelle]

Well, I will be 7 weeks tomorrow :love
I am EXHAUSTED!! I have lost all ambition to do anything other than lay on the couch and be pregnant!! :lol My house is a HUGE MESS and all of the laundry is dirty but right now all I want to do is sleep :thumb I have really sore breasts and luckily Elle is very understanding when I tell her that my "Mee Mee's" hurt and she has to very gentle when she nurses. I am still really dizzy and queasy off and on throughout the day. That all being said I LOVE BEING PREGNANT!!!! :love :love :love
Amy:D

[Twilight]

I feel like hell and hate being pregnant! How can I want something so badly and hate it so much when it happens?

My kingdom for one minute of freedom from the nausea... :(

[raversangel]

i actually don't feel it too much yet...today i went on a walk and swelled up horribly though, so i guess long walks are out for a while!! i do get nauseated if i don't eat often...i think that was the problem when i am nursing at night and that is why i get nauseated at night when i nurse...my pubic bone hurts on and off...but otherwise i feel better than i have in weeks!! i'm so excited!!

[TesalynsMommy04]

I am feeling a lot better this week than last week (knock on wood). The nausea has pretty much gone away (Again knock on wood) and the pregnancy brain is starting to set in. This AM I woke up to take a shower like I always do, got into the shower and stood there wondering why the water wasn't working, called my husband into the bathroom to help me, and then he told me that the water was never turned on. I SWEAR that I turned it on... or maybe just thought about turning it on and never did... oh well! :) We told my parents last night and they were super happy. I asked them what they were doing for Christmas and they were like WHAT it's just EASTER what the heck are you talking about Christmas for already and I said well you'll have an early present and my mom and dad were both excited. We are telling DH's parents on the 26th because that's his dad's birthday. I went to the doctor today to get the urine test done to tell me that I'm officially pregnant, because you know that taking 6 HPT's that were positive couldn't convince me enough, and also because I needed something from the doctor stating that I am pregnant for WIC. They also uped my due date... It's the 18th of December now instead of the 19th... whooohooo a whole day. The doc doesn't think that I'll even make it that far! :) Let's hope so I don't want to be in labor in the middle of a snow storm! :) Alright ladies gotta go back to work. I'll do more personals tonight! :)

[mamabearsoblessed]

So far just wicked tired--- I mean flippin exhausted and the nips hurt quite a bit. Also have zero motivation I think cause I feel so tired, house is an absolute mess, it looks like a torando ripped through- I am not exaggerating:lol ! I am so thankful to be pregnant. I don't mind a single symptom and I get SICK so I figure its only a matter of time:)

[ATruck]

So far so good. I'm slightly queasy off and on, sort of like mild motion sickness. I had a fair bit of crampiness off and on over the weekend, but it's gone today. I'm only 4 weeks, so there's plenty of time to start feeling worse.

Eating has been unpredictable. I ate some cereal this morning- same kind I always eat- and it tasted like sawdust or something. Totally unpleasant.

I'm hoping that the morning sickness and super-tiredness holds off for awhile because we are going on a trip this Friday for 10 days.

Twilight-- sorry to hear that you feel so crappy. From past experience, when do you expect for it to let up?

Tesalynsmommy-- glad to hear that you are feeling better. That's funny about the shower.

mamabear and amy -- I hope you are getting as much rest as you can.

raversangel-- maybe you need some midnight snacks on the nightstand!

[Lisadeanne]

Super tired here. I am absolutely good for nothing after about noon and have been lying around like a lump. Real fun! I have zero motivation to do anything which is not good. I need to sew! My back hurts off and on and I have nausea off and on. More when I dont eat anything. All in all I am doing pretty good and extremely happy to be pregnant!!!

[emdeecee_sierra]

My breasts are hurting worse. Yippee!!!! LOL! Today I've even had a few times when they hurt as I reached for something. Soooo glad. And they are really getting to the stage where I wince. In past pgs, I've had strong symptoms, so this apparent lack so far has me ok, I'll say it, concerned. But I keep telling myself, never have I been aware I'm pg so early in my cycle (10dpo this time for certain), usually I've held out testing until AF was due or the day before. Then the morn.sickness would kick in a few days or so after getting a BFP. I know I'm just being typical worrywart me. So the few days I've known (been a week now already, wow!) have seemed more like a few months, what with paying so much attention to and hoping so fervently for symptoms. I have one more pg test that I planned on using maybe today, maybe Tue or Wed, but now I am afraid to use it, fearing that it won't be as dark a line as would make me not freak out. DH looked quizzical when I told him I still planned on poas- I explained it is mostly out of spite; last cycle had me completely fooled with 17 high temps and no sign of AF- I just knew I was pg. So, I poas one of the ones in the box and it couldn't have been more mockingly, startlingly blank. I was quite angry. And upset, and confused... so now I want to poas on the other one and watch it turn - ha! Maybe I'll wait until I'm feeling good and :sick so I won't have fears of a light line. And I'm happy to report that as I'm sitting here typing I'm feeling quite, um, ewwww :thumb

Twilight I'm so sorry you feel so yucky. :hug

Miranda- I don't think I responded to another post of yours, but YES, I do remember you from the TTC board!! I was so excited to see you are here!!! :bouncy

Well, my new puppy is barking for me, so I'd better see to her. :grouphug

[jenr]

I never get the usual symptoms: sore breasts, morning sickness, aversion to smells or food. But this time (#3) I am bone weary...literally I feel like laying down and sleeping for a month. I am also hypermobile (my joints slip in and out of place very easily) and I've felt my pelvic bones slip in/out a few times, but just have them readjusted by the chiro. I've also done something to my back and my sciatic nerve is killing me...looks like it's another trip to the chiro for me!!!

Jennifer

[bc1995]

I am not having much in the way of symptoms yet. I had a day or two of metalic taste, my nipples are a tad sore when ds2 nurses, I am more tired than usual, have a wave of naseua here and there mosty when I haven't eaten in a while, and my belly is starting to grow a little.

[raversangel]

raversangel-- maybe you need some midnight snacks on the nightstand!

:lol i have a box of saltines by the chair now :lol its surprising how much it helped!!

THANX!!

[Twilight]

Atruck, last pregnancy the nausea kind of let up a week or two after the first tri ended... so I have what, six or seven weeks left of this maybe?

I think it's harder on me this time around because last time I had a desk job and could take breaks whenever.. I'm on my feet so much now and DD isn't napping... so it's hard.

I am very entertained by how the symptoms are so similar between all of us and yet some women LOVE being pregnant and others HATE it. We feel physically the same but the mental state is so different. I never feel like I wear pregnancy well! I love being a mom - but if I could make DH do the pregnancy I would be all over it.

Interesting how fatigued everyone is too... that is definitely my biggest complaint... I'm just wiped out!

My first appt is tomorrow. It won't be very exciting, but what the heck!

[mother_sunshine]

:Hug Mamas.


I'm super tired and unmotivated too. And super spacey and forgetful. My breasts still hurt a lot. I have light nausea in the am only. And I'm feeling melancholy lately over the idea of dd no longer being an only child. :(

[basset]

No symptoms yet... But I can sleep on command! I don't think it is being pg, I think my 3 girls just wear me down these days!:zzz :zzz

[ATruck]

My symptoms have actually lessened the past few days, which is nice in some ways, but it makes me a little nervous. I haven't been queasy, and though I am tired, I'm not completely exhausted all of the time. It's still early (4.5 weeks).

It doesn't really feel real-- I keep forgetting that my body and life is going to change profoundly (hopefully!)

Twilight .. it IS funny how some love it and some don't. The jury is still out for me.

Anyhow .. I hope you are all doing well, getting rest, and riding out the sickness.

[ATruck]

oops== double post

[zion]

Hi mamas!! I introduced myself on the sticky thread. I am very newly pregnant. We lost a pregnancy last year. I am a nervous wreck. I am 15DPO/ 4 weeks 1 day. I got my BFP on saturday and it has been VERY faint. Last time it started out faint but got darker and darker every day. Digital said positive. Today it was very faint again!!
What experience do you mamas have with this?

I am trying to keep up with every one. I am a little hesitant to get too attached to any of you mamas because I still can't believe I am pregnant and I feel like this could be over and day!! Hopefully I will be spending a happy and heathy 9 with you all!! I just need some reassurance!! Some PG symptoms would be nice!!

[ATruck]

Hi zion!

Welcome!
I'm also very newly PG (4 weeks, 3 days). I haven't been nervous since finding out over the weekend, but I noticed today that my light queasiness has subsided, so I can feel a little bit of fear creeping in. I am not thrilled to be "losing" symptoms (though at least my breasts are still sore:thumb )
What is helping me to take my mind off of those fears is to focus on the things that I CAN do something about-- eating really well, making sure to exercise each day, getting enough sleep-- since there isn't anything that I can do if there is something wrong.

It's obviously very natural to feel the way that you do, after having lost Sadie (:hug ... so very sorry).
You could wait a few days before poas again... and maybe every brand doesn't get darker and darker. I took 2, on 2 consecutive days, and they looked the same.

Anyhow-- I'm glad that you are here, and I'm sending you sticky, sticky baby vibes.

[milk_maker]

Welcome zion. Have you considered getting your HCG levels tested? Maybe that will help to relieve your worries. :sticky

I regisitered at the military clinic yesterday. I decided that I'm going to do some prenatal care through the military so that I can get the U/S for free. Once the U/S is over and I'm secure in my midwife's care I will probably just stop going. They all know I'm having a homebirth and I got some strange looks yesterday, but I'm used to it.

The nurse did try to push formula samples onto me as well as prenatals made by enfamil. I straight out told her that I'm a "boob nazi" and that I can't allow myself to use products created by the formula industry. I also told her that I only take health food store quality vitamins, not vitamins loaded with artificiality and dye #s. Thankfully she laughed and asked if I attend LLL meetings. :lol

Still, it was kind of sad to see all the junk they give new mothers. I refused over half of it and I still filled a bag with magazines, articles, samples, and well...junk. There was only one small flyer with LLL's meeting time and place printed on the back. :( I think I'm going to have to talk to someone about that and see about getting more breastfeeding supportive information into the new mother's packages.

[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.:lol 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?!!!:irked: What a set up for failure."Here's some info on breastfeeding but when it doesn't work here are some formula samples!!"" BOOOOOOO:angry

[She2dancer]

Hi Mama's

Hope everyone is feeling better than I am lol: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:innocent ...

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:lol .. Anyway I think I am really going to make a huge effort to walk every day even if its just around the block:thumb

[milk_maker]

In the welcome packet I got a

New Parent magazine
similac coupon
cord blood registry coupon
direct TV coupon :scratch
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]

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 :bouncy !! 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 :heartbeat 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 :bag:

[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 :bouncy 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:o . 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:crying (and be glad of it at least:D ).

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

[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. :lol