**April Bunnies 2015**

[northern_me]

I have a question. I have nerve pain going down my right side right down to my thigh on the back of my butt/leg. I'm assuming this is sciatic pain.

However, on my left leg on the front of my thigh and down over my knee cap, I'm getting this icy cold burning feeling and my leg goes numb. Is this related or could it be a total other nerve issue?

This has been this shittiest week. Between the death of that baby at my work, the terrorist attacks in Quebec and Ottawa, the gunman in Halifax, and now someone (apparently a young person) in my small town has been hit and killed by a car tonight. 9/10 chances I know them but their identity hasn't been released yet. I have been on high anxiety alert for days.

 

[maggz]

Oh my counting I really feel for you, and I agree it's a weird policy. Sounds like your little one is a trooper though and will hopefully be unfazed by all this

So... this just happened today... and I swear I don't need to poop! I'm wondering what happened since Wednesday when my stomach was absolutely flat! I can suck it in with great effort but the lower stomach still bulges out a little when I do that. It's pretty firm but not rock hard - what do you think? Bloat or bump? I go back and forth so much!!!

 

[maggz]

northern that's rough.

 

[northern_me]

Wow that's a fast bump!

 

[maggz]

Right I'm like really?? I'm guessing it's gonna go down some over night... to be continued

Oh and sorry about your legs, but I have no idea if it could be related?? Is it any better now?

 

[Christina86]

decided to weigh myself today. Either my scale has gone crazy and is way off. Or I lost 21lbs since August 27th (when I found out and my morning sickness hit hard).

 

[counting]

I actually do see a maternal fetal medicine specialist on November 13th(19w4d), as part of my 20 week scan because I am high risk for some genetic issues so I go to fetal assessments and treatment to get my ultrasound. So at least I have that. Unfortunately they will not refer me there for this issue though, as not yet 20 weeks. So frustrating. Today the doctor was going to send me up to get my cervix and stuff measured on the high risk floor(FATC), but changed his mind after doing a pelvic because he said my cervix looked and felt great. On one hand, I am glad that he was so confident just from checking it out and not measuring, on the other hand I would much prefer the actual ultrasound measurements and that kind of thing.

Northern- I totally get the stress. I live just outside of Halifax proper(Until August I lived there), that is where I go for all my prenatal appointments. Scary stuff, hoping it will all calm down soon

 

[Perplexed]

Counting: I'm so sorry about your bleed! i can't imagine how you must be feeling. Did you have a sch in 1st tri? how long have you been bleeding for? did they see where your placenta is currently? I'm glad they were confident from checking your cervix. I hope you can get answers soon. Is there anyone else that you could see?

Northern: The first thing sounds like sciatic pain but no idea what the other one is. I'm sorry about your anxiety. I know how that is as recent events around here do make me quite anxious and I just can't function like that sometimes I want to live in a bubble and not be a part of the rest of the world.

Maggz: I think that's your baby bump!

Dd is currently sleeping on my boob. I didn't breastfeed and haven't for a long time. these days I mostly put her in bed next to me if she wakes up early. Today she was calling me, "mamamama". I don't think she knows that I'm mama but I felt like I missed her. I can't explain what it is that I felt but I missed our early morning cuddles when she breastfed in her new born days. So I brought her into bed and cuddled her on my chest. She started looking sleepy (she was active and excited in her cotbed) and fell asleep in 2 minutes! When she's awake I feel the way she looks changed a lot from the newborn days but when she's asleep she looks exactly the same.

I think I really want to find out what I'm having. It's weird but I feel like I don't know who the baby is until I know the gender...probably bc we already have the names ready. I won't budge on the boy name and DH won't budge on the girl name (both names were my idea and I don't like the girl name anymore!). I have a new girl's name that I really love and DH likes it but says we can only use it after we've used the other girl's name first. But we both said we're taking a break after this one!

 

[Beanonorder]

Northern sorry so much has been going on that causes worry. That's kind of how I feel everyone I read news from back home.
I can't comment on the leg pain but I hope it clears up soon.

Counting I'm sorry you aren't really getting answers. Its good you saw a heartbeat and that your cervix is still closed. Will keep you in my prayers that all remains as it should for your whole pregnancy.

Dini my dh wasn't on anti depressants during my first pregnancy and he kind of shut down in the same way. His father wasn't exactly any kind of role model and it turned out that he was starting to worry what kind of a father he was going to be. Its hard to go through and u hope he opens up to you soon.

Maggz I'd definitely say that's the start of your bump!

Christina I wouldn't be surprised if that weight loss was accurate. You have been pretty sick! The battery in my scaled died a couple of weeks ago so I haven't weighed myself for a while. I'm really hoping I haven't gained anything! I went up to 75kg with dd and I don't want to exceed that this time. But as I'd put on some weight when I fell pregnant I am closer to that target! So if I start gaining already there is no way I'll stay under that.

 

[GreyGirl]

Definitely a little bump they're I think

 

[RebeccaR19]

Counting- I am sorry you still had a bad experience with a different doctor. I hope you have some better luck when you see the maternal fetal specialist. Thinking of you and keeping you in my prayers until then. I hope all goes well for you.

Perplexed- I feel the same way. I feel like I don't know who baby is until I know the gender. Do you have any feelings about what gender the baby might be this time?

Maggz- Wow! What a baby bump! It looks like you popped!

We are going to the pumpkin patch today. And I think I'm more excited about it than my son is! Ha! So, in the past few days, I started liking the name Colleen so much that I found myself calling the baby Colleen. And I decided I LOVE Colleen Paige. Just as I was thinking that, my mom texted me saying "Colleen Paige would be nice." And I said, "Did you just read my mind?" But I seriously love it. I told my mom that I couldn't let myself get too attached to it but that I kind of wished she was my husband right now because the name would be decided. I am really hoping I can get him to like it. Because it is extremely hard not to get attached. As soon as I thought of it I thought, "That's the baby's name."

 

[Lithodora]

Also, hello! It's good to see you around! How are you doing? How is your pregnancy coming along?

Hi I'm doing fine, I just don't post here anymore because I can't keep up and I'm not used to the format of addressing everyone with every post, in Ireland we do very short self centred little posts for the most part! We just read others posts and reply if needed, so I can't adjust and would look rude if I stayed posting that way here. I read from time to time.

 

[Dini]

I have a question. I have nerve pain going down my right side right down to my thigh on the back of my butt/leg. I'm assuming this is sciatic pain.

However, on my left leg on the front of my thigh and down over my knee cap, I'm getting this icy cold burning feeling and my leg goes numb. Is this related or could it be a total other nerve issue?

This has been this shittiest week. Between the death of that baby at my work, the terrorist attacks in Quebec and Ottawa, the gunman in Halifax, and now someone (apparently a young person) in my small town has been hit and killed by a car tonight. 9/10 chances I know them but their identity hasn't been released yet. I have been on high anxiety alert for days.

You are NOT alone in the weird numbness!!! I am having the same problem on my left leg, pretty much in the same location you are describing! Mine stops at my knee cap but goes above mid thigh and it is only on the front, actually toward the outside. It's been like this for a week since the back pain got worse. I did some searching and a girl at work had the same problem and it was blamed on sciatica. I'm trying not to worry about it really, the circulation seems fine, I'm betting its that damn sciatic nerve. My back pain has been tiresome, and it radiates to my left hip. The massage yesterday helped my pain but not the numbness. I have a feeling we are stuck with this for a while.

 

[Dini]

Okay so Happy 15 weeks to me!!! Yay!! Lol, I feel like 16 is a milestone so can't wait for that!

Maggz, I vote bump! My lower tummy is getting firmer and a bit rounder but not so anyone could tell since I have that nice layer of fluff over top and for some reason my upper abdomen (gut) is getting bigger. I do not approve!!

So DH came home in a much better mood yesterday even though he had a bad day at work, maybe me being worried made a difference. We even talked about baby a bit, and he brought me these Goldfish crackers he bought at the store Thursday and said "I got these for you". They were BABY Goldfish lol, he said it was the only reason he bought them, made me feel so good. We even had sex for the first time in about 3 weeks. I really hope things are going to get better from here.

Well ladies, I'm off to my friends baby shower, hope you all have a wonderful day!

 

[xanzaba]

Hi ladies. Sorry there is so much stress going on, but hopefully this will be a nice chill fall weekend, and the craziness in the air will subside and DHs will return to their loving selves.

My parents are Canadian (I actually am too, though I've never lived there) so I grew up appreciating the differences. I know that each incident affects Canadians to a degree that Americans cannot really comprehend. Without sounding macabre, I wish it were more like that here, where we are numb to violence unless children are injured or multiple people are killed. I try to live in places in America where violence is not the status quo. It's something I will never get used to here, and actually am applying for jobs on both sides of the border.

Everyone having concerns, you will be in my thoughts.

For now, I'm going out to the farmers market, then DH and I decided to get an espresso maker. Just had a pumpkin spice latte for the first time. I can't believe I missed out on 30+ years of pumpkin spice lattes! Now I need to be able to make them at home, with decaf espresso. I just hope I still like them after I'm not pregnant anymore

 

[maggz]

Dini - haha aw baby goldfish that's so cute!

xanzaba I agree about Americans being desensitized to shootings and such. Which is a part of why it would be so hard to get any kind of gun control laws passed here. I really feel for all you Canadians right now, so much happened in such a short period of time!
The first police shooting in Iceland happened last year, the everyday police officers don't carry guns, but the swat team does and was called in and they shot and killed a mentally disabled man. They held a press conference after where they said they were sorry that it had to come to this. All my American friends and DH think it's ridiculous and laugh at little innocent Iceland that never wants to do harm - but I'll take that over the opposite any day!

Ugh I'm still trying to get over this cold, I'm working tonight and I'm not looking forward to it! Sneezing + working at a restaurant is not a charming blend.

 

[xanzaba]

Bump photo from 16 weeks. Unfortunately it is sideways...

 

[Tove]

Cute xanzaba! I have to ask, are you tall? Because I'm quite short and I'm wondering if that's why my bump is so big already, maybe it doesn't have anywhere else to grow but out

 

[xanzaba]

Yep, I'm 5'9 with a long torso, so I'm with Maggz on impatiently waiting the bump. Also my first pregnancy and I hear that makes a difference. I swear my bump looks big to me, and DH keeps joking about how pregnant I look. Even when I wear something baggy he says "You still look pregnant". Ugh, men!

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Being your first deffo makes a difference I am the size now I was at 20 weeks with my eldest. I am short though (5ft 1) but I would say I am even the same size as I was at 16/17 weeks with DD2.

My muscles are had it