Expectant parent club! Where the pregnant people hang out.

[SpringChickens]

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Sounds like fun! Can I come too?

I'm sure I need a few more chicks too...

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

LOL Sure! the more the merrier!

Actually, this is the first "kid free" trip my hubby and I have ever had!!

 

[SpringChickens]

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Awesome!! What kinds of chickens are we getting?

Gotta love kid-free trips!!

 

[Ms.FuzzyButts]

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I don't think it has anything to do with the uhmm, prenatals.

I thought so too, at first.. But even though my body has regulated to the prenatals, sneezing is still very tricky. I have to lean over first, then sneeze... Helps tremendously!!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Or pull your legs up as you sneeze. You'll look silly but it keeps it from hurting.

 

[suzettex5]

If being constipated is an issue for any of you out there, I found a yummy solution! I bought a big box of 'Fiber One' brownies that are really good, ninety calories each, and boy oh boy, they sure got me (and everyone else in the house, LOL) going! I would suggest not eating more than 2 in one day unless your desperate, and if you do, make sure you have TP, a lock on the bathroom door and some free time cause things WILL get moving!!!

 

[rcentner]

Ms.FuzzyButts :

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I don't think it has anything to do with the uhmm, prenatals.

I thought so too, at first.. But even though my body has regulated to the prenatals, sneezing is still very tricky. I have to lean over first, then sneeze... Helps tremendously!!

I used to get that when I would roll over in bed in the middle of the night. panicked my dh when I would be writhing in bed for a few moments...he is used to it now. I no longer get those in bed, and it seemed to stop all together for a few weeks, but now it is back. Now that he has dropped my lower abdomen/pelvic area cramps when I have been standing too long. Looking forward to not having that anymore.
In hindsight, the 2nd trimester was the best and the 3rd trimester was fine until he dropped. Now I am experiencing more pains and with each new pain I wonder if I am going into labor...oh nope, just gas, lol.​

 

[MrsKemmerlin]

I was curled up in a ball while laying in bed when it happened

I'm sure it just caught me off guard, hurting so bad, but now that I know what comes from it.. Gonna have a death grip around my knees from now on! Well, until I get belly

Buttttt I'm so glad to know all this crazyness is normal, even though it hurts like the dickens!
And boy will I be trying the Fiber brownies, I am the biggest sucker for a brownie!

DH better watch out, I might just "forget" to mention their purpose, hahaha! "What!? My little piggy can't lick the scraps off of your plate!? And you didn't even give him a piece before you ate it!? Here Hunny, I bought you some brownies!"

 

[kelseygirl707]

UGH! I am ready to kick this boy out!!! Yesterday around noon, I got a sudden migrane that brought me to tears. Hubby took over for me at work as soon as he got off school, so I could go home and nap in a dark room, which helped, but it was still there until about 8pm. Then because I napped I couldn't fall asleep until almost midnight, then got up to pee at 3:45 and couldn't fall back asleep, just kept thinking how great it would be if Luke was born Easter weekend, because Hubby has the entire following week off school. Finally fell back to sleep around 4:45, just to have my alarm go off at 5am. Usually DH's grandma sleeps until 8:30-9:30, so I tried to nap when I got here, but didn't get a chance to lay down until 7am, started to doze at 7:15 and she woke up ready to start the day at 7:30

! I need a vacation from my life, LOL. I was so annoyed that I was looking up natural ways of induction, lol. This boy better be nice to me, or I am going for that pressure point on my pinky toe... Then he'll be in for it, lol!

I have my next check up on Friday, I am hoping they do a vaginal exam, as I have yet to have one this entire pregnancy, and I am hoping I am starting to dilate and efface. Although I have a friend who is 38 weeks, and has been 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced for 2 weeks, they thought she would go into labor last week, but she still hasn't, so I guess just because you start, doesn't mean labor will happen sooner.

So that is my sleepless whinefest for the morning, how is everybody else today?

 

[SpringChickens]

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At least you're close! One day at a time is the best way to take things, or at least it was for me. Unfortunately, vaginal exams don't tell you anything! I was 3+ cm, 80% effaced for over 3 weeks before I finally had my DD (and I was induced...) - my doctor kept telling me that she thought she'd see me in there any day in labor, but that never happened! Then there was my SIL who came in for a labor check 6 hours before she had her baby and they sent her home because she wasn't dilated at all! Everyone is different...

If you are anything like I am, you'll get your hopes up for every little twinge for the next few weeks until you finally have him! My DH and I were walking 4 miles every evening trying to get her out, but she was pretty stubborn about staying in!!