'Fab'ulous testers and supporters; 58 bfps

[FLArmyWife]

onerth- I hope AF goes away soon

HOpe all our ladies are doing wonderfully

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

still bleeding... Urgent care ( its more of an on call dr than urgent care) said theyd give me BCP.



wasted, busted cycle. I wasted my FE.

 

[lenorajoy]

So sorry Onerth! I'm assuming you're being given birth control to help regulate AF?

 

[AugustAngel15]

Onearth- Hope AF disappears soon!

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

So sorry Onerth! I'm assuming you're being given birth control to help regulate AF?

yeah.

 

[Angelique76]

Morning ladies,

I have my checkup, after Dec 2016 mc and D & C, this Wednesday 1 Feb. I am so nervous as they tested the POC and I will find out what was wrong. I have been dreaming about this every night. I keep dreaming that the doc tells me it's something I did and that nothing was wrong with baby. Lord help me! I am nervous and anxious but also happy to know and move forward. I had my first cycle since D & C and it was right on time, as if I were never pregnant.

We will start TTC in March again. On one hand I can't wait, on the other I am so friggin nervous.

So sorry OneEarth. xo

 

[AugustAngel15]

Morning ladies,

I have my checkup, after Dec 2016 mc and D & C, this Wednesday 1 Feb. I am so nervous as they tested the POC and I will find out what was wrong. I have been dreaming about this every night. I keep dreaming that the doc tells me it's something I did and that nothing was wrong with baby. Lord help me! I am nervous and anxious but also happy to know and move forward. I had my first cycle since D & C and it was right on time, as if I were never pregnant.

We will start TTC in March again. On one hand I can't wait, on the other I am so friggin nervous.

So sorry OneEarth. xo

I hope you are doing well Angelique! I'm glad you got AF and it was normal timing. Hopes for a future sticky bean!!!

 

[FLArmyWife]

angelique- I'm sorry your dreams are being so mean. Our subconscious can be a real witch sometimes. I'm sure it was nothing in your control.

onerth- i'm so sorry girl

lenora, august- how are y'all feeling?

how you hanging in beth?

 

[lenorajoy]

Angelique - I'm so sorry you're having recurring dreams about it. I hope your appointment Wednesday gives you some answers and some peace.

AFM - I had a bit of a rough weekend sleep-wise. Friday night I woke up around 1:30 so nauseous I thought I might actually throw up. DH was awesome and made me some tea in the middle of the night and got the bathroom trash can (just in case), Tums, and some mints to suck on. I never threw up, so I'm guessing it's thanks to hormones, which are going crazy at the moment! I have acne popping up everywhere, too, which I'm prone to anyway, but I don't normally have it on my chest! Saturday night my hip joints were so achey I woke up about every hour to turn over, which of course was painful in my pelvis, and whenever my pillow pressed against my belly it hurt like I was squishing it. Thankfully the aching wasn't an issue last night and I slept great, so I'm not a zombie today at work.

I have an appointment today at 2:30, so hopefully we'll find I've progressed more this past week. And I can finally get my midwife to call in a prescription for some meds for this stupid thrush that just refuses to go away! I've had it since Christmas.

 

[AugustAngel15]

angelique- I'm sorry your dreams are being so mean. Our subconscious can be a real witch sometimes. I'm sure it was nothing in your control.

onerth- i'm so sorry girl

lenora, august- how are y'all feeling?

how you hanging in beth?

I'm feeling ok. Lots of pressure and hip pains. I feel her moving waaaaaaay down low. But I still feel her in my lungs too. Lol. NExt appt is Wednesday for her growth scan. If she drops below 10% I will be induced. Scary.

Fla- How are YOU doing? How is sweets?

 

[lenorajoy]

August - We're still in a race! I feel almost constant pressure now, either in the back or the front, which means I pretty much always feel like I need to go to the bathroom. Even if I've just peed, I can literally sit back down on the toilet 30 seconds later and pee again! Thankfully that doesn't happen with #2, though that's been more frequent and even softer lately. TMI: straight diarrhea yesterday!

I'm pretty sure baby tried to punch his/her way out of my uterus last night while we were catching up on some Bones after dinner. Baby was squirming all over the place and just as I was saying to DH it's hasn't been often lately I've been able to watch my belly move much, PUNCH! I'm not sure if baby was kicking off my ribs or the top of my uterus or something and smashing its head into my cervix or if it was just a hand up there by the head punching me. Either way, ouch!

 

[FLArmyWife]

lenora- We are HUGE bones fans (hence Sweets as little man's nickname). If we ever have a girl we're naming her Temperance.
Also the softer stool is your body preparing for labor. It does a "clearing out" typically leading up to delivery

August- oh man I'm hoping her growth scan goes well and baby is allowed to come on her own terms, BUT if you are induced just know she has had plenty of cooking time and should do just fine out in the world especially with the marvels of modern medicine

I'm doing ok. Just been super busy trying to keep up with a very active toddler. Yesterday we drove to Orlando to be with family and celebrate a gaggle of birthdays (Sweets [the 24th], my mom [the 31st], and my MIL [feb 2]). My SIL and her husband opted not to come but I was ok with that. As of right now DH and I are the only ones that know what they are going through so we opted to visit them after.
Today we have Sweets official 1yr appointment with his pediatrician which means shots! He normally only cries a few seconds but it still breaks my heart.
But yeah, just trying to scrape by. We were told originally that dh's pell grant money for school would be deposited the 2nd week of Jan. Well it has YET to hit so we've been scrambling to make sure bills are covered. Lack of money meant we got nothing for Sweets for his birthday but he was spoiled by our families yesterday so that helps some.

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

knock on wood, i *think* AF is trying to stop! Im down to that weird mixture you get at the end of AF where its light mixed with CM.

 

[AugustAngel15]

Onearth- Good to hear! I hope that witch gets her stuff together! Pep talk your uterus! Lol!!!!!

Fla- Happy birthday Sweets!!!! Eeeeek shots!!! I bet it breaks your heart but it's for the best! Being an adult really blows. Bills suck! I hate when things get messed up.

I know she has had plenty of cooking time. I just want whatever is best for her. Although, the selfish side of me is SO OVER BEING PREGNANT! These last few weeks have done me in. The stress of dealing with all these scans and what ifs. And then the constant "oh what was that?! Am I in labor?" And physically, my hips are trying to say that they quit. I had my ACL replaced in February of last year. The chemical your body releases to soften your hips and cervix affects all tendons. Because my tendon is yet to be "fully established", it is really being affected. My knee constantly hurts. My ortho told me this would happen. I just didn't think it would be this bad. It is usually 3 years before a new ACL will be "fully established"(unless you are a athlete that they give steroid shots to and what not). At this point, I think my knee is worse than the hip pain and pressure. I've been icing and elevating as much as I can. Back to doing post op exercises to try and relieve the pain.

 

[lenorajoy]

Aww, I didn't make the connection! I miss Sweets on that show... He was awesome. We're tyring to get caught up on the last season so we can start watching the season that's just started. We've still got quite a few episodes to go. The sad part is then we have to wait a week between episodes like everyone else! Angela and Hodgins have been breaking my heart this season!

I've just caught up on your blog this morning and it sounds like Sweets has made some huge changes since his birthday! It's funny how they seem to suddenly change overnight, and rather bittersweet.

Sorry things have been so tight financially. Hopefully the grant money will come through soon. If it's any consolation, Sweets will never remember who did or didn't give him gifts for his first birthday. He won't feel he's missing out on a thing!

 

[lenorajoy]

August - Ouch! I hope that knee pain lets up soon for you August. That sounds awful, especially on top of all of the other stuff going on with prep for labor.

Onerth - I hope AF has decided it's time to be done so you can move on! Ugh, long periods are terrible.

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

Thanks! LOL @ pep talking.

Fl- I agree that sweets wont remember at all. Im sorry about the money issues. It will all get better!!
the kids 1st b-day from memory::
DS: His dads side was involved for once and demanded we have it at their clubhouse. I remember he had an elmo cake. He got a guitar.
DD1: We did a smash cake in our kitchen. Just us. No presents or party.
DD2: she was VERY sick and in the hospital. No party, presents or people.

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[lenorajoy]

Update after appointment: I've dilated a little more (my midwife said definitely a full cm, maybe a little more), but now I'm 60% effaced! Progress!

I started having contractions yesterday that were definitely a different kind. Definitely painful and required concentration on breathing and seemed to start in my back and wrap around the front. I was having these contractions while in the waiting room. My appointment was supposed to be 2:30 and I wasn't called back until well after 3, so I was in there a while having contractions. I had one good long one as I was called back and weighed in that didn't let up until after I sat down on the table to have my blood pressure taken. My blood pressure was high (155, though she didn't mention the bottom number), so my midwife took my blood pressure again a few minutes later when she came in the room and it was still 140. After my appointment they sent me to the lab to give urine and blood samples to test for preeclampsia. They should have results back tomorrow, and if anything comes back abnormal they'll induce me.

I don't have any other symptoms of preeclampsia that can't be explained by other things, other than possibly overactive reflexes. I gained a few pounds in the past week, which was a little odd since I had lost a little and then stayed pretty steady for a week or two, but I did eat more junk than normal this weekend and my body has a history of responding quickly to bad eating habits on the scale. The high blood pressure could have something to do with the contractions I was having right before it was checked, especially since a few minutes later it had lowered some. Plus I'd had a lot of salty foods and some fried foods the past couple of days. The only thing that seemed odd was when my midwife went to check me, my leg jerked really fast as soon as she touched my leg (I'm pretty ticklish and jumpy in general) and I accidentally kicked her. Not hard at all, but she said it was a first. So perhaps that's related to preeclampsia?

I was woken up last night by some pretty painful contractions that started in my back. I have no idea how long I was having them as I didn't look at the clock until I realized they weren't stopping and figured I should see how close together they were. I actually felt the need for some counter pressure, so they must have been pretty decent contractions. Baby was squirming around during these contractions, so that probably added a bit of pain. I've had some of those contractions this morning as well. Hopefully this means either way it won't be long until baby decides to make an appearance regardless of a possible induction date!

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

Lenor- Thats exciting!!!

Af is gone today!!

 

[lenorajoy]

Yay for AF finally being gone!! Hopefully things are more regular for you from here.