TTC and Beyond!

[asmcsm]

It's 4am and I'm basically having a mental breakdown over cat urine. One of my cats, the youngest one, has been peeing on my carpets daily for like the last two weeks. Before it would only happen occasionally. But now with my increased sense if smell and an increase of urine, the smell is completely overwhelming me. I can barely walk through our hallway because the smell is so dense in that area. I find myself constantly gagging when having to clean it up and when walking through that area. I got up to go to the bathroom and found yet another spot, went to clean it up and basically just started crying. I don't know what to do. The litter boxes have been getting cleaned more often if anything.I tried cleaning my carpets the other day but it seems like smell is stronger and like she's just doing it more. Now I'm lying in bed unable to sleep because it's stressing me out and making me upset.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Have you tried lavender Hun? Cats are meant to help. I think lemon does too.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Omg something crazy happened overnight!!!! I kept waking up having to pee, I was drenched in a cold sweat all night and I just woke up with this horrible urge to pee and I noticed that my tummy was quite defined and hard laying on my side. So I rolled over and holy shit my stomach was hard as a rock and lop sided. I tried to take a picture of it but I'm not sure you can really tell in the pic. So weird. So I went pee thinking I was going to flood the sewers and maybe it was just my bladder pushing my uterus up and to the side....nope wasn't even much pee and I'm still lopsided. I swear my uterus moved at least 4 inches overnight. It's crazy. I've been having pinching flutter like feelings all week...maybe things were breaking loose lol. Ido you think that lopsidedness was the baby all curled up in one spot? It's starting to even out now and not as hard. I mean it was like an orange to the right of my belly button.

 

[wavescrash]

I know if I have to pee really bad I get Braxton hicks contractions where my uterus turns hard as a rock. Sounds like what it could be and if so I'd definitely say your uterus moved

 

[TTCaWee1]

Thanks! I thought about that but thought maybe I'm too early? It was so weird. I'm going to hold my pee as long as I can and see if it does it again. I just lauded down and checked and my fundus is now about 3 fingers below my belly button. It's crazy how much it changed overnight!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Lol Rachel!! Freaky!! This used to happen to my girlfriend, the baby would curl up on one side and make her tummy like a rock and the change position (or she would push him bc it was uncomfortable) and he would move and it would go away!

Ashlee- maybe rent one of those rug doctor things from hope depot and then start having the kitty maybe be more of an outside kitty? That really sucks. The dog shit in the house once a few weeks ago bc he got into an ate an entire chicken carcass and I had to open all the windows and leave the house for hours.

Afm- I'm starting to get really self conscious about not gaining weigh. I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow and I'm down a pound today. I feel like I'm eating but maybe not enough? I just eat when I'm hungry you know? I dunno, it's making me worried.

 

[wavescrash]

I've shared this a few times now so I can't remember if I mentioned it here or not but my friend just recently had her 2nd baby. She barely gained any weight in her pregnancy. Maybe 10 lbs total. She was losing at first and then would gain some, not gain any more for awhile and then lose a few pounds before gaining a couple more. She was always gaining only 1 pound between appointments or losing a few. They kept an eye on it but the baby was doing okay so they weren't too concerned. Anyway, she gave birth to a 9lb baby so we joked that the baby gained all the weight for her. I know it's hard not to worry but I'm sure you'll be okay

Plus you could be slow to gain now but maybe closer to the 3rd trimester start packing on some pounds. We all gain differently when pregnant.

 

[asmcsm]

Have you tried lavender Hun? Cats are meant to help. I think lemon does too.

After I freaked out I put lavedar scented carpet powder all over the hallway to try and help with the smell. It was so strong that I felt like I was going to puke. I left it till his morning but I had to close. Our bedroom door.

Omg something crazy happened overnight!!!! I kept waking up having to pee, I was drenched in a cold sweat all night and I just woke up with this horrible urge to pee and I noticed that my tummy was quite defined and hard laying on my side. So I rolled over and holy shit my stomach was hard as a rock and lop sided. I tried to take a picture of it but I'm not sure you can really tell in the pic. So weird. So I went pee thinking I was going to flood the sewers and maybe it was just my bladder pushing my uterus up and to the side....nope wasn't even much pee and I'm still lopsided. I swear my uterus moved at least 4 inches overnight. It's crazy. I've been having pinching flutter like feelings all week...maybe things were breaking loose lol. Ido you think that lopsidedness was the baby all curled up in one spot? It's starting to even out now and not as hard. I mean it was like an orange to the right of my belly button.

Totally normal for it to be a little lopsided. All my friends had lopsided Tummies cuz their babies stayed on one side. Crazy that it happened so suddenly!

Ashlee- maybe rent one of those rug doctor things from hope depot and then start having the kitty maybe be more of an outside kitty? That really sucks. The dog shit in the house once a few weeks ago bc he got into an ate an nature chicken carcass and I had to open all the windows and leave the house for hours.

Afm- I'm starting to get really self conscious about not gaining weigh. I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow and I'm down a pound today. I feel like I'm eating but maybe not enough? I just eat when I'm hungry you know? I dunno, it's making me worried.

I'm planning on it, I can take it. I don't want my kitties to be outside though because we live on a busier street and lots of neighbors have dogs. My cats are used to my dogs who won't harm them. Also I've always had outside cats and they always get sick or hurt and you don't know what from and then it stresses me out. It's been worse since I've gotten preggo. Even the dog who is 3 yrs old and potty trained has peed in the house a couple times. I know that sometimes dogs will do it when you're pregnant but I can't find anything about cats doing it.

Don't worry too much Hun, I'm sure you'll gain the weight that you need to

 

[HWPG]

Ashlee, any chance your cat has a UTI? Peeing more frequently is a sign of that.

 

[asmcsm]

Ashlee, any chance your cat has a UTI? Peeing more frequently is a sign of that.

I took her to the vet when it first happened and they gave me antibiotics in case it was but its happening still

 

[MrsAmk]

Anyone have EWCM while pregnant? Ill be 9 weeks tomorrow and noticed a lot of it this morning while going to the bathroom....it was shocking b/c I havent seen that in a long time! I read online that it could be your mucus plug but its sooo early for that.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Not ewcm but definitely an increase in cm for sure! I'd chalk it up to hormones, I'm sure it's pretty normal.

I swear I just had some very weird little twitches in my low uterus area. Could be muscle spasms or something but I'd love to believe that maybe just maybe it was bubba

 

[asmcsm]

I have had a ton of creamy cm and I've seen some ewcm kinda mixed in sometimes.

Woohoo 6werks today! Halfway through first trimester! Only 5 days till babies film debut
I worked at a high school dance last night and my boss took a pic of me and hubby, he tagged me in it and wrote "ashlee and chad...and baby???" Gah! No one is supposed to know yet!!! I texted his wife and asked her to change it. Hopefully she will before everyone wakes up and sees and floods me with questions

 

[Disneybaby26]

Omg Ashlee- I'd be pissed!! Can you take it down?! It's a cute picture though!! Lol

 

[asmcsm]

Omg Ashlee- I'd be pissed!! Can you take it down?! It's a cute picture though!! Lol

Im not pissed, just hoping that not too many people notice. I texted his wife since she knows that we aren't telling yet(don't think he did), she apologized and said she'll make him fix it

 

[asmcsm]

Just checked, he fixed it

 

[TTCaWee1]

Happy Sunday ladies!! 15 weeks today woot woot! I had my weird lump again this morning. I guess it's my uterus being pushed up by my bladder.
Had a crazy looong day yesterday so today I am being lazy. And cleaning of course, but more lazy. I am still in my pjs....we went to the southern ground music festival yesterday from 1p-10:30p. We would have left earlier but Zac Brown was the last one to play and obviously the one we went to see. So DH got wasted then wanted to go out with some work people. So we did. Ugh...I was a trooper though, I still hung, sipping my water with lemon. I was starving though so we stopped at Steak 'n Shake on the way home...it took at least 15 min to get our food in the drive thru and I had to listen to DH and his drunk friend the whole time, while I'm tired, starving, sore, and tired of being the only sober person the entire day...so then we finally get our food and it was horrible. The fries were like 40 hours old, cold, unsalted, stale, soggy...just disgusting. So I cried. And cried and cried. I was so mad and DH couldn't stop laughing bc I was crying over French fries at 3am. I was laughing too but bawling my eyes out at the same time. I have to admit it was pretty funny that I was so upset over some stupid French fries.

 

[wavescrash]

Lol when it comes to food while I'm pregnant, I get the same way... If it's not exactly how I was expecting, I get super emotional over it lo.

 

[MrsAmk]

So I listened to baby's hr just now, and it was SO fast....like scary fast of 185. I am just so worried its way too fast....when I was in labor, Silas' hr was great until it shot up to 180s a couple minutes before he came out and well....he came out and wasn't alive. Freaking out.......anyone's baby have a super high heart rate?

 

[goldstns]

DH went to "Daddy Boot Camp" yesterday to learn what to do as a daddy. He said he really liked the class and learned alot! He has told me about somethings he learned. I can also say I LOVED the class because I think it taught him to be more compassionate to me being preggo and complaining. I get lots more kisses and caring for.