Well... I'm back after several days away for a wedding and a surprise 70th birthday party out west and another two hour GTT this morning...
I knew about BG's news, but I'm so happy to come back today and see good news from Possums and Megan. It's such a huge relief!
I've got a lot of catching up to do, and a lot of resting and recuperating - I've had a severe hayfever flare up while we were away (half the family was having troubles yesterday), and the drugs I can take for it leave me feeling very dopey and sleepy.
I feel pretty ordinary, but Munchkin is happy as anything - all that sugar with the GTT and he's been kicking up one hell of a storm!
possums - gl with OB appt this arvo - hoping you get some answers to your questions
as for me - was thinking yesterday that ms was supposed to get worse, not better, so early on - i'd had mega queasies early, but seemed to have to pretty under control - all i've had is low grade nausea... hmmm - WHY? why curse myself like that?? haven't actually been sick (due to luck and good control i think!) but have been running to the loo/grabbing a bucket so many times today! woke up fine, mildly queasy during shower, ate toast on the way to work like every day. ended up having to take maxalon at work after less than an hour - which was a bad omen to start, and just after i took it, got a tickle in my throat that just wouldn't quit! every cough was like a precursor to being sick - and for someone with an upchuck phobia, that's really not nice! spoke to my supervisor to get alternate duties (i work on the phones in a call centre and had been forced to hang up on someone to run to the loos just in case) - and while i was talking to her was nearly sick all over her, so i flexed off for the day, came home to bed for a while. feeling mildly more human now, but not much! doesnt help that i was struck down by the constipation fairy on the weekend, and yesterday finally got movement again, but went to the other extreme, so i'm paranoid about being sick and the pressure causing an oopsie! i'm so glad i'm pregnant, but not loving all this stuff going haywire with my bod!
Possums - GL with the OB today... can't wait to hear all about it!
BG - you poor thing! I had MS pretty bad from 6 weeks 3 days through until just before 12 weeks... so I feel your pain! I was also having to take Maxolon on a number of days just to make it work. Make sure you eat regularly even though you probably don't feel like it. The midwifes put me onto eating icy poles - which helped keep my sugar levels up when I wasn't able to eat. Also I was told that the main thing in the early part of pregnancy to ensure is that you are keeping hydrated. The OB told me that even if you are not able to eat much - that is not a concern. The little one will take what it needs from you, it just means that unfortunately you may feel like crap! But he said it is important not to get dehydrated. The midwifes told me to drink diluted juices (1/2 juice, 1/2 water) as for some reason I got an aversion to plain water early on!
And above all remember - MS is a good sign that things are going along well. And it does get better I promise you. I now feel on top of the world and very rarely even feel nauseous and have not been sick since about week 10.
Possum, good luck with your OB today...how exciting!!
Janie, I just looked at your ticker and saw you over 15 weeks know...amazing
BG, no MS for me but the thought of throwing up always makes for me to call out for my mum. You would think at the age of 30 I would have grown up a little by now
Hope you are feeling better soon....
TL, love the new Avi
BW, welcome back and am glad to hear little Munchkin is kicking up a storm for you!!
Megan, congrats on your scan sounds like everything is going on schedule...
AFM, nothing new only 6 more sleeps till my first scan. I should be 6 weeks 3 days by then. I am so worried I feel like I can't get truly excited that I am finally UTD until I see a that heartbeat.
I don't seem to feel PG. I get some cramps from time to time during the day and the thought of chocolate and coffee still makes me want to gag!!
Anyway betta fly and do some work
BG- sorry you are feeling so sick, but at least it's a good sign that things are happening in there.
Janie- i too can't believe how far along you are...it seems like yday we were in the TWW together
and yes, come on LTTC ladies...get those BFPs happening and get over here
nicole-- not long now until your scan which is exciting and a bit nervewracking...
afm- just working and trying to get organised at work before i head out for my OB appt.
Also worrying because I don't have MS! lol I also find my BBs are more tender some does than others...do others find that?
i've still been eating (thankfully) - just not loving the nausea side of things - i know if i could just throw up, i'd prolly feel better, but i can't seem to! i figure i'm almost 7 weeks now, so i have to expect to feel a bit crap - just wasn't expecting it to hit so hard so suddenly - a slight increase with some warning would have been nice! came home and slept a while this morning, have had some steamed rice, and about to go and find myself some toast for lunch. think i was asking for trouble when i agreed to have dinner with bro and his family last night - we normally have meat and three veg - but he decided to have pizza! uh oh!! pizza is definitely a no go for a while!
poor DH is at work, and worrying about me - i can't help but get upset when i feel sick - i hate throwing up! so i was talking to him and he could hear how distressed i was, and kept saying he felt so bad being so far away. he's called me twice just to check on me since i've been home...
can anyone suggest any other ways to keep ms at a minimum - at the moment, i have sea bands, blackmores ms tabs, and maxalon (this is the first time i've needed it in a fortnight). have ginger bikkies at work, wholemeal crackers, fruit tingles...
ETA - nicole - i called in at mum's for comfort on the way home! don't get along that well with her, but i needed SOMEONE - but she was getting ready to leave, so i stole a bucket for the car and had to drive the rest of the way home feeling all teary! d'oh!
I'm with Janie on the icy poles for m/s. Although not that appealing at the moment with the Melbourne weather! I had a bit of a Callippo addiction for a couple of weeks because it always helped settle my stomach after dinner when I have been feeling the worst. I have also heard lemon juice in water first thing helps the m/s. I have been having that for months before being pg though, so can't say if it's helped really...but I am rarely sick until the afternoon.
BG - other foods that helped my nausea were fries (potato), potato crisps - basically anything with potato in it - there were times when the only thing that got me through was potato... must be something to do with the carbs. The other was green apples - I have never eaten so many of them in my life!
Nicole - I know I can hardly believe it myself when I look at my ticker... I'm only 5 weeks off half way! My work trousers officially no longer do up over my belly as of yesterday! In some ways it seems to have taken forever, and in other ways it is just flying by. Don't worry about the no MS thing at this stage... mine hit me on the day of my first scan which was 6weeks 3 days (same as you!)... but hopefully you will be one of the lucky one's who doesn't feel sick at all. I agree with you about that first scan... I felt exactly the same way. Once you see that HB then it all sets home that it is actually real... It truely is one of the most amazing moments of my life seeing that HB for the first time.
Lots of to you all.
P.S. Loving how busy this thread has got... Come on all the girls in the LTTTC thread, lets keep up the recent trend of BFP's... we are dying to see you all over here... lots of to you all.
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