TTC and Beyond!

[TTCaWee1]

Mine is rock hard when I wake up in the morning but it's over my belly button. Not close to my ribs.

I got the over bump jeans. They are super comfy. Plus I don't have to worry about my crack showing!

That's so exciting you are feeling it! I've felt mine every day since Wednesday. It feels like a muscle quiver.

Here's my 17 week bump...

 

[frsttimemama]

A little caught up.. ha.

I love taking pics!!

Motherhood had great clothes and I got a few cute things from Target, too.

Go with your gut as far as childbirth. I wanted a c-section.. but never asked. I wish now I had because now I live with the question of whether she would have let me have one and avoided my little guy dying.. push for what you want is the moral of the story.

Hope you are all well. Rachel, you're Soooo cute!

 

[clynn11]

Such a cute bump Rachel! You're definitely showing but still so tiny!!! Lol. Lucky

 

[TTCaWee1]

Lol thanks ladies. Hoping I stay all belly

 

[Disneybaby26]

Lovin that bump Rachel!!

Is anyone using coconut oil?? I don't live the Pakmers so I thought if give the coconut oil a go and I looooove it, and it makes me smell like a magic cookie bar!!

 

[TTCaWee1]

I use Burt's bees mama bee belly butter. Love it. Never tried coconut oil but I can't stand coconut so I prob never will

Um where are all the other bumps??

 

[Disneybaby26]

16 Weeks...I wish this thing would pop, I just look like a fatty

 

[brunettebimbo]

your not fat!!

 

[jury3]

Kara-I don't think the Zofran works for me...I still get nauseous on it. I have noticed much difference. Just my luck lol
I've been using Stretchy, the stuff Tia and Tamera came up with. I couldn't stand the smell of the Palmer's stuff, way too strong for me. I thought about the Burt's Bees stuff too, it has a nice subtle scent.
You are definitely not fat, your bump is definitely tiny though

Rachel-You are definitely looking pregnant! It's crazy how everyone's bumps can look so different...

We went to our friend's 5th of November party last night. There were three other pregnant women besides me! lol That pretty much made up half the women there.
One of the girls is 24 weeks and I swear to you her bump looks no bigger than Kara's looks right now. I look way more pregnant than her lol This is her 2nd too.

 

[jury3]

As far as clothes, I've gotten things at Motherhood Maternity, Target and Old Navy. I have one pair of under belly pants and they are kind of uncomfortable right now bc they push right on the babies. I'm sure they'll be better when I'm huge lol I like the over belly ones right now.

Kara-You've got an avocado! 16 weeks!

Rachel-17 weeks!

 

[goldstns]

ugh, feel like crap. Alia is kicking really hard in my ribs. i didnt really sleep last night because i was in pain. i ended up in the ER yesterday because my dog broke and dislocated my finger. ugh it hurts and im scared to take anything but tylonel in small quantities.

 

[jury3]

Oh no Nikki! I'm sorry you are so uncomfortable. How exactly did your dog dislocate your finger? What did the ER docs say you could take?

 

[wavescrash]

Found this recipe on Pinterest. Not sure if it'd help with the nausea some of you are still battling but there's ginger in it so I'm sure it couldn't hurt.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/ginger-pear-muffins

 

[TTCaWee1]

Oh no Nikki!

Kara you are so far from fat!!

AFM, had some bad back pain at work today, figured I just tweaked my back so I took some Tylenol. The 4 hours later it was back with a vengeance.....so someone suggested I dip my urine. I didn't even think of that bc I've never had a uti in my entire life. Well raging bacteria and protein in my urine. Fml. I was pissed. But everyone said that it's just from being preggo. So one of our docs wrote me for macrobid and I gotta call the OB tomorrow. Ugh. What sucks is I had no warning other than back pain. No burning, nothing. Keep a check on that stuff ladies. I guess it's common in preggos esp in second tri no matter your history

 

[jury3]

Sorry to hear that Rachel...That's what my doc was worried about when I had pain the other day. They were mainly checking for any type of infections.

I am so freaking tired of being sick. I am sick today and I'm not even sure it's pregnancy related. I'm tired of missing work too. I've barely been able to eat all day, can't decide if I need to puke or poop but haven't done either! I wish I could either stop being miserable or at least not have to worry about working anymore so I could stay home and rest. I'm really scared I'm going to be miserable the entire pregnancy. I want to enjoy it

 

[frsttimemama]

Rachel, its so true. I had two while pregnant and no others in my life. The first time I had some bleeding at about 7 weeks.. UTI. The second time no symptoms at all.. just found on a routine urine dip. Hope you feel better soon!

 

[frsttimemama]

Julie, I hope you feel better soon!! That sounds just awful.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Thanks. It blows. I guess I'm lucky that I don't have burning but I'm slightly concerned that I have such bad flank pain. Just hope it's not a kidney infection.

Julie - hopefully you'll start to feel better soon as you get further along. Have you tried ginger? How much zofran did they give you? 4mg or 8mg?

 

[wavescrash]

Last pregnancy I got a super nasty, recurring UTI that had started to travel to my kidneys. I didn't have the typical UTI symptoms and went to the ER due to a horrible pain in my hip. It turned out to be the UTI working it's way up the "pipes" toward my kidneys but never made it that far. The pain was horrible though. I couldn't walk, the flank pain was so bad. But it wasn't yet up into my kidneys so you can have horrible pain without it turning into a kidney infection.

I had the same thing almost happen again this pregnancy. Had a nasty UTI without the typical UTI symptoms, flank pain, ureter pain so I just took a prescribed anti-biotic, upped my water intake and drank some cranberry juice and it quickly resolved itself.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Oh my. I hope this abx takes care of it. He gave me macrobid. My flank pain is horrible. It's going down my left butt cheek and wraps around to my left lower abdomen. I can literally feel the peristalsis in my ureters lol. I want drugs waaaaaa! I have a high tolerance for pain but this mofo hurts