I'm over it. I'm over having dodgy things happen and putting on a brave face...
So this is my list of crap pregnancy things!
  • Spotting
  • Subchorionic haemorrhage
  • Bleeding (full on!)
  • VERY restricted activity (for ~6 weeks of first tri)
  • Being told there was an umbilical cyst. Being told there probably never was an umbilical cyst
  • M/s till 16 weeks & a bit of vomiting (that's the one thing that wasn't too bad)
  • Being rushed to hossie by ambulance at 21.5 weeks and being told that bubs wouldn't make it (suspected prolapsed cord/sac) turned out to be prolapsed vagina. Cannula put in my arm because they thought I would lose so much blood.
  • Two more episodes of prolapsed vagina
  • Having hip problems to the extent I sometimes can't stand on one leg - unable to do any exercise
  • Failing GD screening. Failing GD fasting test by vomiting 1 1/2 hours in... diagnosis=inconclusive.
  • Testing BSL's and discovering I DO have GD.
  • Having the most selfish, lazy self-obsesssed, self-invited visitor (my bro) staying for NINE days while I go through all the GD crap.
  • Realising that while I already can't eat wheat, onion, most fruits, some vegies (pre-existing condition)... I NOW need to eat for GD as well as pregnancy!
  • Being told on Friday I need to start insulin on Monday cos my BSL's are too high
  • Finding out that hospitals want to induce insulin-dependant mums at 38 weeks.
  • HAVING PEOPLE TELL ME THAT EVERYONE'S PREGNANCY IS DIFFERENT AND THIS ISN'T TOO BAD!!!!
  • Having everyone say that everyone ELSE they know who's PG "doesn't look PG from the back" (I HATE that phrase).
  • Finding I can't sleep with DH cos I now sleep so lightly his snoring disturbs me - so sleeping on sofa-bed (which suits hip better) but I MISS MY CUDDLES!
  • Living on Rennies
  • Getting an itchy rash between my bbs
  • Getting more m/s again now
  • Feeling exhausted
  • Having to change my work finish date because I cannot cope with all this
  • Being told about "someone else that someone knew who managed just fine with GD"
  • Not being able to sleep in cos my back/hips are aching so much
  • Always putting too much pressure on myself to appear as thought i AM coping


And maybe it's wrong in a vent thread... but the saving grace in all this stress, frustration etc... is HAVING THE BEST LOVING DH IN THE WORLD! He has been there for me every single step of the way. And that has been no mean feat.