|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:56 pm
Just some more questions.
Is Dyslexia normal when you're pregnant. I have horrible troubles typing anything and when it comes to numbers... I might as well be a 5 year old. I can't say what I picture, and I'll write them down backwards... same with postal codes. I don't know if maybe it was my job because thats all I did was work with phone numbers and postal codes, but either way, I'm dyslexic.
I pee way too much! I'll have to pee about every half hour to every hour, it depends on how much water I drink. More water means more pee for me. During the night I have to go at least 3 times. If I don't the next time I wake up I'll have to run because I'm afraid of not making it. I know as a pregnant woman you pee a lot... but even when i had my last kid I didn't have to pee that much. Once a night was fine for me.
I've got that chemical thing where your hips and other joints crack more than they should. The doc told me to be "less active" I don't do much as it is. I wake up, feed/play with my daughter, work... well I don't have to anymore, come home play with her some more and then go to sleep. Also, I don't want to become one of those preggos where they're muscles suck at labour because they didn't do anything. So any suggestions to this one at all would be great! Especally if it'll reduce the popping, it's just soo loud!
Now for my last question. My right side of my stomach will feel like it's all pulled really badly. I can't walk, and I can bairly sit up it's that bad. When I had Lydia I would get it just above my hip when I would walk around... but this is everything from my belly button around to my back, and my ribs to my hips. It just started yesterday. It's probably normal, but I just wanted to know if there was anything I could do to help it not hurt so much... at least so I could walk around.
Again thanks to anyone who helps!
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:20 pm
Answer to the first three: yes, all perfectly normal. Though you already pretty much answered your own question about every pregnancy varying. wink
With the cracking and popping/pain, if it's in your pelvis and pubic muscles, you could have SPD this time around. I had it with my son and it was terrible. I couldn't even roll over in bed at night without hearing these sickening grinding crunching noises and I'd be in pain. Sometimes my pelvis would just lock up and I couldn't move at all. They're not entirely sure what causes it, if it's the relaxin or something else.
Uterus size: I'd imagine it varies depending on size of child involved, where they decide to hang out, and fluid levels. Some babies carry lower, some higher.
Sex drive: same thing. But it's very hard to feel like being intimate when it hurts.
As for your last question, I'm wondering if you aren't having hemmoroids. I have never heard of what you're describing, so I'm unsure. Out of all your questions, that's the one I'd for sure talk to a doctor about or else see if you can't call a nurseline or something like that. Everything else falls into the parameters of "normal" from all my reading and personal experience. 3nodding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:51 pm
Would I ask the doc about the SPD thing then? Also is there anything that can be done about it if I do happen to have it?
Is there maybe a way for it to not hurt during intamacy? I would like to be intmate again, I mean hell it's what got me here in the first place. But even reading stories or doing other things that would get all uppidity don't anymore. That should at least work shouldn't it?
I thought hemmoroids were little, sore bumps on your bum. I'm kinda really embarassed to ask someone in person about it. What makes it really bad it it gets hard to clean sometimes, I'll go through so much toilet paper gonk
Oh also about the size thing, the baby's head is right down by my cervix, I can tell when it moves it's head... it hurts. Could it just be a really BIG baby?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:43 am
~   ~
I don't think there's much you can do for the pain. It's one of those like it or not eventually sex is going to be hard to have when you're pregnant things.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:30 pm
For the baby's head, that's what made being pregnant with my second SO uncomfortable and sex unenjoyable. I had a high sex drive, but it wasn't fun to actually do the deed. It's hard to gauge the size of a baby by position, I think at one point we ALL think we're going to give birth to a 10 lber! It could be just how the baby and uterus are positioned, more elongated.
For the sex issue, I found for us doing something focusing on each other (ie. toys, cuddling, other acts) made it somewhat bearable for some type of sexual satisfaction. However, I'm of the mind if you don't feel like doing it and it really hurts, DON'T do it. I totally disagree with the "Take one for the team" mentality. Your partner and communication should be understanding! Really, it's not uncommon to have a loss of sex drive, even after the baby is born.
As for hemmoroids, DON'T be embarassed! A lot of times, I would just blurt the word out for a problem and the doctor would all ready know where I was going and talking about. Have you tried using the flushable wipes? I know they can make it easier on a sore bum, clean better, and some even have aloe and lotion in them. Hemmorroids are just varicose veins on the a**s.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:22 am
Actually my first was almost 10lbs. She was 9lbs 6oz. I got lucky and didn't rip open, I tore a bit but nothing that had to be stitched, I think being in water before I gave birth helped a lot!
Also, is it normal to have a very active baby in the womb? I don't think it ever sleeps. And when it gets really active I feel like a punching bag. Like it'll move for a good 10 to 20 minutes, the take a few minutes rest and the go again. It is always moving so it seems! I know people say that every pregnancy is different but damn, this one is so different I don't think I'M the same person!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:28 pm
My son was like that in utero: that was our big joke, the never-sleeping baby.
For SPD, no, they can not do anything to treat it, sadly. You can try a maternity belt and see if having it support some of the weight does anything, but other then that, you have to power through it until the birth. Mine cleared up almost completely immediately after the birth.
Luna is correct though: hemmoroids are varicose veins, so trying wet wipes to get clean could help as well as making sure to drink enough water and eat more fiber to help keep things moving. Easier said then done when your intestines are all smooshed against your back. You get them from having to strain alot using the bathroom and from all the weight when you're on the toilet. They're very common for pregnant women to get (also very common post birth from the strain and pushing), nothing to be embarrassed about and your doctor will have seen it a lot. Best to get it checked out and find out if you can used the medicated wipes or anything.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:25 pm
Ok, thank you everyone. It's nice to get answers for once. I'm sure later on I'll have more questions, but you have answered the ones I have now. Again, thank you!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:00 am
That pain in your stomach... Although this is late and crap I experianced that.
D; It's gas.
That one thing made me not bashful about farting ever again.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:59 am
My brain was totally frazzled when I was pregnant.
Unfortunately, it hasn't really improved, a year later sweatdrop
Gas hurts a lot more when pregnant too. Totally unfair.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
