She seriously, seriously does. XD
My house has been honestly atrocious for most of my pregnancy because I've either been too sick, tired or in pain to do much about it. Yesterday she came over and between her, Zane and some stuff done by me, half the house is a clean as the first few months we lived here. My mom did all my dishes, for which I could not be more thankful as I HATE WASHING DISHES. I'd rather clean toilets than do dishes, I swear. Zane did a wonderful job on the floors too in addition to the basement cleaning he did the day before. It's really awesome having such a clean front-half of the house, now to just tackle our bedroom and the second bedroom so we can move stuff out and around. Oh, and the laundry. Uggh.
This last week has been "interesting" to say the least. While nausea seemed to have all but fled on a daily basis, I discovered a new pregnancy thing that flares up in its place - ultrasensitive smell with hyperactive gag reflex. I can't count the number of times I've thrown up just because a smell was funny. This went beyond the dog treat aisle at Wal-Mart and freshly cleaned public restrooms to something as strange as my OWN house from being gone all day and my nose adjusting to a different set of smells. Hopefully cleaning helps make my house less of an individual smell for me so that the change from outside to inside isn't so shocking. And it's not even BAD smells alone that set me off, or strong smells only, just ANY smell that can start my gag reflex.
Another strange thing - nipple tenderness. PAINFUL tenderness where I didn't have any before. I really feel it in the morning when I'm so cold that they tighten up really tight, which seems to be when the pain starts. Haven't had it today or yesterday, thank God, but now I'm not sure if it's just a regular pregnancy change or my idea of wearing a sports bra to bed now (to restrain my boobs from stretching my skin TOO much from being so free) was a bad idea, since I'm not wearing one now.
Wore my maternity jeans for Thanksgiving - they are still big on me, but I wanted to have stomach room since I had been getting sick so easil from smells. I figure the fact they still are a bit big now is a good thing so they actually still fit come April/May.
Linkspam for me:
16 weeks - StorkNet
16 weeks - About
16 weeks - American Baby
Month Four - Parenthood
16 weeks - Amazing Pregnancy
November - Pregnancy.org (altered date to line up)
December - Pregnancy.org (altered date to line up)
General Calculator - gives week count for any day
Months and weeks conundrum
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Sunday, November 26, 2006
Monday, November 13, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Appointment Update (13w5d)
My appointment yesterday went very well. xD All my previous bloodwork came back completely fine, not even any need for further thyroid testing (so the exhaustion was just the pregnancy, not something more). My blood pressure, like last time, was fabulous - not only by normal standards, but because I have had high blood pressure in the past during massively stressful situations and I was worried that would be the case now too. It's good to know any upset I've let get to me in the last weeks did not bring on any long-term BP issues.
Most significant of the appointment was, of course, that we got to hear the heartbeat. :) 152, which is very good, and he found it right off even if it wasn't incredibly loud. I was surprised, I figured it would be hard to find considering I'm overweight and the majority of that is my stomach area, so that was really reassuring. I -nearly- cried but I resisted, just because it was such a relief to have something normal happen. No panic that I'd have to get an u/s so I didn't lose my mind, just that reassuring whoosh-whoosh sound. Zane was cute, he actually called me his little baby-maker when we were at the window getting upcoming stuff scheduled. I call it now, I say he will cry when the baby is born
I've lost weight again, which I already knew from weighing myself at home. On my scale, I've lost about ten pounds since September, much of which can be attributed to not being able to eat a lot these last weeks as well as being overweight. Nothing to worry about as long as I don't continue to lose weight. I'm making a huge effort to start getting in 1500-1800 cals a day since that minimum is necessary for both pregnancy and breastfeeding. Keeping track of what I eat is tedious but is necessary for MY brain so I can start remembering how much food equals that calorie count and which is giving me the most protein, fiber, etc. For the last half-year or so I've not really had the same eating habits, which meant eating a lot less each day. We spent so much time in Wal-Mart after the appointment for groceries (since we were not healthy eaters before this) so I could stock up on fruit and veggies and whole grains, etc. Might as well eat -right- if I'm going to make sure I eat.
Next appointment is Dec 4, and the next blood tests then will be for spina bifida and Downs syndrome. We may skip the Downs testing all together because it can have a false positive, there's nothing that can be done medically anyhow by knowing and I absolutely refuse to undergo invasive tests that are the follow-up to a 'positive' knowing the risks in having them done.
The 'big' u/s is scheduled for Dec 11th - I'll be 18 1/2 weeks then so they'll be able to check for gender as well as everything the u/s is meant to check. We'll definitely be finding out the gender then as long as the baby cooperates. The first person to say "but what about the surprise?" is going to get a smack. ;) It's still a surprise, just earlier! And, of course, there are no guarantees the tech will see what s/he needs to see or be able to say with any kind of certainty which gender, but I'm hopeful.
Sciatic pain seems to be lessening a bit - it comes and goes in stages. I can go to a chiropractor as long as they know I'm pregnant, but I'm still leery of the idea because any chiropractic or manipulations by gen practitioners I've had done has always been rather... not rough but enough to make me not want anyone I don't trust a LOT to do any of that.
Bought The Girfriends' Guide to Pregnancy and Pregnancy and Birth, Your Questions Answered this weekend while at the mall, the first because I've heard it is just hilarious (and the raves I've heard were right! though I am aware the author is not a proponent of natural childbirth and nursing, but that doesn't deter me from a good read) and the second because I really liked the format of the book. I -was- going to get the day-by-day guide I mentioned but decided I'd rather have these two instead. They are added to:
- Everything Pregnancy Book I bought when we decided to start TTCing. Great book, the sections geared towards expectant fathers were really great.
- Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year, which I got FOR FREE from a State Farm Insurance link someone gave me during my second pregnancy and the book I recommend everyone get even if it's not the State Farm deal because it is a great book with every bit of information you could imagine wanting to know inside and not presented in an OMG SCARETACTIC kind of way. More encylopedia than threat. xD
- What to Expect When You're Expecting, but the only reason I have it is that I got it and "Your Baby's First Year (A Similac gift)" for 50 cents. I'm not really a huge fan of the 'What to Expect' books but I read it all anyhow keeping in mind what I had already learned online from research and forum friends so I didn't drive myself completely nuts after reading it.
I also checked a few out from the library at one point, but damn if I can remember what they were!
Most significant of the appointment was, of course, that we got to hear the heartbeat. :) 152, which is very good, and he found it right off even if it wasn't incredibly loud. I was surprised, I figured it would be hard to find considering I'm overweight and the majority of that is my stomach area, so that was really reassuring. I -nearly- cried but I resisted, just because it was such a relief to have something normal happen. No panic that I'd have to get an u/s so I didn't lose my mind, just that reassuring whoosh-whoosh sound. Zane was cute, he actually called me his little baby-maker when we were at the window getting upcoming stuff scheduled. I call it now, I say he will cry when the baby is born
I've lost weight again, which I already knew from weighing myself at home. On my scale, I've lost about ten pounds since September, much of which can be attributed to not being able to eat a lot these last weeks as well as being overweight. Nothing to worry about as long as I don't continue to lose weight. I'm making a huge effort to start getting in 1500-1800 cals a day since that minimum is necessary for both pregnancy and breastfeeding. Keeping track of what I eat is tedious but is necessary for MY brain so I can start remembering how much food equals that calorie count and which is giving me the most protein, fiber, etc. For the last half-year or so I've not really had the same eating habits, which meant eating a lot less each day. We spent so much time in Wal-Mart after the appointment for groceries (since we were not healthy eaters before this) so I could stock up on fruit and veggies and whole grains, etc. Might as well eat -right- if I'm going to make sure I eat.
Next appointment is Dec 4, and the next blood tests then will be for spina bifida and Downs syndrome. We may skip the Downs testing all together because it can have a false positive, there's nothing that can be done medically anyhow by knowing and I absolutely refuse to undergo invasive tests that are the follow-up to a 'positive' knowing the risks in having them done.
The 'big' u/s is scheduled for Dec 11th - I'll be 18 1/2 weeks then so they'll be able to check for gender as well as everything the u/s is meant to check. We'll definitely be finding out the gender then as long as the baby cooperates. The first person to say "but what about the surprise?" is going to get a smack. ;) It's still a surprise, just earlier! And, of course, there are no guarantees the tech will see what s/he needs to see or be able to say with any kind of certainty which gender, but I'm hopeful.
Sciatic pain seems to be lessening a bit - it comes and goes in stages. I can go to a chiropractor as long as they know I'm pregnant, but I'm still leery of the idea because any chiropractic or manipulations by gen practitioners I've had done has always been rather... not rough but enough to make me not want anyone I don't trust a LOT to do any of that.
Bought The Girfriends' Guide to Pregnancy and Pregnancy and Birth, Your Questions Answered this weekend while at the mall, the first because I've heard it is just hilarious (and the raves I've heard were right! though I am aware the author is not a proponent of natural childbirth and nursing, but that doesn't deter me from a good read) and the second because I really liked the format of the book. I -was- going to get the day-by-day guide I mentioned but decided I'd rather have these two instead. They are added to:
- Everything Pregnancy Book I bought when we decided to start TTCing. Great book, the sections geared towards expectant fathers were really great.
- Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year, which I got FOR FREE from a State Farm Insurance link someone gave me during my second pregnancy and the book I recommend everyone get even if it's not the State Farm deal because it is a great book with every bit of information you could imagine wanting to know inside and not presented in an OMG SCARETACTIC kind of way. More encylopedia than threat. xD
- What to Expect When You're Expecting, but the only reason I have it is that I got it and "Your Baby's First Year (A Similac gift)" for 50 cents. I'm not really a huge fan of the 'What to Expect' books but I read it all anyhow keeping in mind what I had already learned online from research and forum friends so I didn't drive myself completely nuts after reading it.
I also checked a few out from the library at one point, but damn if I can remember what they were!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Second trimester! And sciatic nerve pain, oww (13w) [linkspam]
SECOND TRIMESTER OH MY GOD.
*breathes* I made it. Okay, that's all the celebration I'll do right now until the doctor's appointment, but it feels good to say that.
Also, I'm actually not crazy! Oh shut up, at least not as far as feeling huge pain that made no sense to have. I've been having sciatic nerve pain since yesterday, to the point I was in tears last night because I could not get one comfortable spot to be in to lay on the couch or even sleep in the bed. Walking was nearly impossible at points yesterday. I woke up today with the intent to find something on non-med pain management for general sciatic nerve pain and instead I found a link specifically to sciatic nerve pain in pregnancy. It didn't even occur to me to chalk this up to pregnancy at ALL, I just figured I'd managed to screw up my back somehow, even though I hadn't been DOING anything to have messed it up. So my uterus is happily camped out on that nerve, apparently! Which is a bit of a problem, as I can't exactly do stretches to allieviate the pressure, but it does tell me that there is movement/growth (I hope?) going on in there to have things suddenly start pressing on the nerve.
I think I will go lay down for a bit now in hopes I can sit upright later. Doubtful though, with the couch we have. *glares at it*
Linkspam for me:
13 weeks - StorkNet
13 weeks - About
13 weeks - American Baby
Month Four - Parenthood
13 weeks - Amazing Pregnancy
November - Pregnancy.org (altered date to line up)
General Calculator - gives week count for any day
*breathes* I made it. Okay, that's all the celebration I'll do right now until the doctor's appointment, but it feels good to say that.
Also, I'm actually not crazy! Oh shut up, at least not as far as feeling huge pain that made no sense to have. I've been having sciatic nerve pain since yesterday, to the point I was in tears last night because I could not get one comfortable spot to be in to lay on the couch or even sleep in the bed. Walking was nearly impossible at points yesterday. I woke up today with the intent to find something on non-med pain management for general sciatic nerve pain and instead I found a link specifically to sciatic nerve pain in pregnancy. It didn't even occur to me to chalk this up to pregnancy at ALL, I just figured I'd managed to screw up my back somehow, even though I hadn't been DOING anything to have messed it up. So my uterus is happily camped out on that nerve, apparently! Which is a bit of a problem, as I can't exactly do stretches to allieviate the pressure, but it does tell me that there is movement/growth (I hope?) going on in there to have things suddenly start pressing on the nerve.
I think I will go lay down for a bit now in hopes I can sit upright later. Doubtful though, with the couch we have. *glares at it*
Linkspam for me:
13 weeks - StorkNet
13 weeks - About
13 weeks - American Baby
Month Four - Parenthood
13 weeks - Amazing Pregnancy
November - Pregnancy.org (altered date to line up)
General Calculator - gives week count for any day
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