TTC and Beyond!

[Cowgirl07]

Blood test was a negative and progesterone level is dropping so af should be here sometime. She is renewing my prescription.

 

[TTCaWee1]

😢 sorry. I was really hopeful for you

 

[Ingodshand]

So sorry Katrina!

 

[frsttimemama]

So sorry Katrina!!

 

[goldstns]

Sry hun

 

[Cowgirl07]

Thanks ladies! I love all the support

 

[wavescrash]

Sorry Katrina :/ But at least you got quick results so you know where things stand! FX for the next cycle!!

 

[wavescrash]

I don't know if anyone would have any idea but posting anyway.

So Monday night Hannah spent the night at my mom's house. She came home with some scrapes and scratches from playing outside, no big deal. Wednesday I noticed this little bump under her arm by her armpit and figured it was a mosquito bite from playing outside. Today I noticed it looked more swollen and red and painful. It hurts to the touch, doesn't seem to itch her like a bite would.

I posted this picture (she wouldn't sit still long enough so it's a bit blurry unfortunately) on my local mom group on FB and asked their opinion and a couple suggested applying witch hazel, so I got some at work & just put some on while she's sleeping. Several people said it looks like it could be MRSA and to have her seen by a doctor. My mom apparently told Tyler she can't believe I think it could be that. I have no idea which is why I asked for opinions but I got so many saying MRSA, so of course I'm going to think it's possible.

Anyone have any input/ideas here? She's supposed to go to my Grandma's tomorrow for the weekend. I work at 11am and my Grandma was gonna pick her up from my mom's (since she babysits.) Tyler wants us to both call into work (I would either call off entirely or just go in late, he'd go in late) so he can watch Leah while I take Hannah to the ER just to be safe, before she goes off to my Grandma's for the weekend. I don't have insurance for her right now so I can't just make a doctor appointment, unfortunately.

Am I crazy for thinking of taking her in? I don't want to go for nothing, if it's just a bug bite... but if it were MRSA and I sent her to my grandma's all weekend, it going untreated, I'd feel horrible. But I know nothing about MRSA or if this could even be it.


Also, Leah seems to maybe have some reflux issues so I'm calling her ped in the next few days to schedule an appointment (her 4 mth check-up isn't until July 15 and that's too far away to put up with her screaming during bottles.)

 

[brunettebimbo]

Katrina I'm sorry

That looks like an infected bug bite to me. I'm not sure what I'd do in your position with insurance etc. I personally, if it was Tristan, would take him after a few days if it hadn't cleared up but I don't have to worry about cost etc here in the UK.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Waves is it warm? Firm? You could draw a line around the redness and if it spreads beyond the line then it's infected. Looks possibly infected to me but it's hard to tell

 

[frsttimemama]

Hard to say. Does look like it could be infected. Staph is a possibility always. Just hard to say. Go with your gut today after you see it.

26 weeks! Only 13 to go! Yay! (91 days! Not that I am counting.. lol)

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Waves- I wouldn't wait too long. Looks like a bug bite. A few years ago I got a spider bite on my leg and ignored it. It started getting really bad with lines coming out and going UP my leg. I could barely walk. It was so infected. When I went to the doctors, they told me I was really close to getting sepsis. Not trying to scare you, but if you are worried at all, you should get it looked at.

 

[brunettebimbo]

I'm crampy today and have lower backache. I hope it's nothing to worry about

 

[Cowgirl07]

Waves it looks infected to me, my friends little boy got into something and his eye swelled shut, he had to go on steroids. They think it was an allergic reaction to some bug or weed.
Afm cramps suck! I want to go back to bed.

 

[HWPG]

cramps really, truly do suck. at the first sign of pink/spotting, days before my period, i would start loading up on ibruprofen. then day of, i would take drugs, get my heating pad, and call in sick. so sorry K. blech!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Well.. I am not dilated or effaced AT ALL. Doctor said he couldn't sweep my membranes even if he wanted to. He said he highly doubted i'd be in labor before my next appointment next friday. So I go back on 6/27 for a 40 minute sonogram and to check to see if i've made any progress. If nothing happens over the weekend, I'm going to be induced on Monday 6/30.

To say that i'm upset is a bit of an understatement. I've felt SO rotten the past couple days, that I swore my body was doing something. This is exactly why I didn't want to do cervical checks. Nothing like feeling like your body isn't doing what it's supposed to. I know it doesn't mean much, but my doctor said the fact that NOTHING has happened didn't give him much hope. So here's to hoping that SOMETHING happens between now and next Friday. What it does mean, is that I know that I only have to endure 4.5 more days of work. I am leaving friday 6/27 at 1pm and that's it. So, there's that. Also, if I make it that far, i'll get to see Harper's little chubby face on the sonogram.

So going to go about my weekend as if i'm NOT 40 weeks pregnant and walk a lot, and maybe even do some swimming if it's warm enough.

 

[frsttimemama]

Sorry Katrina! I agree. They do.

Britt, so frustrating! I didn't progress on my own either. I was 1 cm for weeeeeks. Even after 3 rounds of cervadil being induced. So I feel your frustration. Hopefully your body decides it's tired of being pregnant. Lol. What about sex? I have read that can help.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Thanks Sandy. We haven't BD in months. Last time we tried it was extremely uncomfortable. Plus, I just really don't want too, and my DH doesn't really get into it when he can tell i'm not. I really don't want to do it just because It might help. I know that sounds bad, but i'm just not into preggo sex, especially THIS huge.

I feel like at this point, i'm just going to live my life. I'm not going to try all these crazy methods to make her come. She'll either come or she won't, and i'll be induced.

The pressure i'm feeling today is insane. I'm not sure what she's doing, but my stomach feels like it's going to bust open. Sitting down is REALLY not comfortable, and standing up does give me some relief. Of course I have a desk job, so i'm sitting ALL DAY.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Ugh Britt I'm sorry. That stinks.

 

[Lotalaughs16]

Katrina, I'm so sorry

Britt, sorry you haven't progressed...I can't imagine how you're feeling but at least there is an end in sight!

Waves, I am such an anxious person...I would get that checked out.