Benadryl also makes me wired! Or it just doesn't work. I tried Unisom the other night, it's also on my doctor's "safe" list and is similar to Benadryl I think. Anyway, it definitely but I felt real groggy the next day and then slept even worse the next night. But, you could try it. All the different antihistamines work a little bit different for different people I think. I used melatonin for a while but it says on the bottle not to use if you have an endocrine problem (like my thyroid problem), so once I read that I stopped using it. For now I am mostly dealing with just getting very little sleep.
MA, glad you got checked out and Amelia looks nice and healthy and ACTIVE!!
Good thing you mentioned the endocrine issue because I have type II diabetes and hypothyroid.
Good grief!
Well, ((sigh)) I was doing some research on Amelia's breech position today. There's a website a friend of mine gave me called spinningbabies.com
The website is supposed to help women understand their baby's positioning and gives ways to help them prep baby for proper positioning in time.
At any rate, I was looking up breech on there to see different methods of turning Amelia and at which stage I should start to get concerned. In the process I found some information on heart shaped uterus'. It was then that I learned with bicornate uterus' usually have issues with breech babies. Some turn, some need assistance and many often are delivered by c-section.
I was a bit frustrated reading this as my Dr. and Nurse know I have a bicornate uterus. Why didn't they let me know this could be an issue with breech babies?
Had I known this earlier I may have been able to work on methods for repositioning her during the second trimester. It turns out that the best time to do this is in second trimester up to 30wks. Well this wk I'm 30wks.
The article said that if the reader is at 30wks you can try...also a chiropractor could help (Well lucky for me good ol' NY State Chiro's aren't allowed to touch pregnant women I was told).
What WAS said is that where cases of c-sections are concerned, advocating to wait on scheduled c-sections is a positive thing. It is said that waiting until actual labor will produce pregnancy hormones both mother and baby will need. So waiting for a c-section at time of labor is beneficial.
This is NOT good news for me as I wanted natural as I had with Jackson. Nothing about a c-section was what I wanted unless of course it was in Amelia's best interest in which case I'd have no problem.
I knew something was up because Jackson was breech the whole time (though it was still early) and Amelia seems to LOVE this position and while she's wiggly, she doesn't really move from breech much. The heart shaped uterus is making sense as to why she hasn't moved. It will only be worse as she gets bigger because there won't be a whole lot of room in there.
SO, Now I have some answers in my own research however I'm trying to keep a level head that maybe she'll be one of the ones that turns quickly before it's too late. Just going to take a whole lot of prayer!
It's not the end of the world, but I had hoped for a more positive pregnancy for me that could go somewhat smoothly.
Who am I kidding?!
very painful 
it's chocolate brown and will look gorgeous in our newly painted lounge (we've gone with a soft green colour to brighten the walls and a sage coloured soft feature wall so will decorate with neutral furnishings)
Luckily I've been able to move forward, I know our son is being well cared for in heaven and it helps to know I'm moving TOWARD him and not away. It's just these little things that creep up and tend to get the better of me.
