The Pregnant Womans Moan Thread.

5 penguins bars wrote: »

Your S is the same age as my R if that helps

OMG. . . :eek: i think i know. . :eek: congratulations

yes 6 weeks left it's flying

I'm 28 weeks pregnant.

I have high blood pressure issues, so have to avoid salt, and fat, and putting on any weight (since the beginning of pregnancy), which I have managed to do.

2 weeks ago they discovered gestational diabetes, and in my attempt to manage it without injecting insulin, I have discovered I can have 0 sugar, and almost as few carbs. I'm basically on atkins, which isn't all that terribly healthy for me, or for the (extremely wriggly) baby. AND after all the effort it has taken to stick to that diet (and I have stuck to it) it now looks like it's not enough, and I'm going to have to go on insulin ANYWAY.

Every time I feel the least bit sorry for myself, I start boohooing uncontrollably, and I can't stop, and it's embarrassing that it really only happens in front of the doctors or the midwives, and they're being sympathetic, 'IGNORE ME, I'M NOT HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, I'M JUST PREGNANT AND EMOTIONAL FOR NO REASON, STOP ASKING WHAT'S WRONG, BECAUSE I CAN'T RATIONALLY EXPLAIN THE SNOT POURING OUT OF MY NOSE'

I live in Monaghan, and am having the baby in Drogheda, which means I'm going to have to drive for an hour every time I want to see my obstetrician, or the midwife, or the diabetes doctor, and with a 'high risk' pregnancy, that's going to be a LOT.

I can't exercise, my pubic symphysis has separated, and the most exercise I can do is a tightly controlled waddle, knees together. My other pelvic joints have recently started cracking loudly every time i sit or lie down, or stand up, which means they're on the way out too.

Oh, I have had precisely 1 bowel movement in the last 10 days.

I HAVE 12 MORE WEEKS OF THIS!

Right now, I'd really just love a proper sandwich, or a bowl of cereal, or a great big baked potato, never mind a big plate of chips or a doughnut.

This diet is requiring me to cook a LOT more, and even seems to result in twice the amount of dishes to wash.

This complaining lark is quite therapeutic, I should have done it sooner, I'm now starting to see the funny side of all this.

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

Wow that's some time you're having Foxinsocks :eek::D I was only going to moan about iron tablets and the side effects no one warns you about

Hope the next 12 weeks fly for you!

Oh, I'm on the liquid iron... what a treat THAT stuff is!

PS, no moan on this thread can be described as 'only', please feel free to rant!

Oh dear god foxinsocks, you are having a rough time
Sounds like you're coping a hell of a lot better than I would though- well done.
can you swim at all or would that wreak your puic joint as well?

Which iron are you taking foxinsocks and hannibalsmith?
I'm on the liquid spatone... probably no help to you foxinsocks if you can't have any sugar, but I find it's ok in orange juice.

and hannibalsmith... hope you come up with something inventive and fun to make the hubby pay!

I'm 39 weeks tomorrow and i'm so sick of being pregnant now!
I'm an emotional mess every single night... the poor boyfriend is getting no sleep with my sobbing over the stupidest things- at the moment we're stopping our 2 dogs from sleeping in our room and leaving them downstairs at night- it's ridiculous, but my dogs are my babies and it's breaking my heart cos one of them is sad
But I know it wouldn't really be healthy for the baby to be sleepingin the same room with doggy hair and stuff in the air.
My bump feels massive, even though I'm not really that big. I'm destroyed with stretch marks on the underneath part of my bump and the itch is driving me nuts. Guh!
I've never fantasised so much about pain! I just want to go into labour now please!!!

liliq wrote: »

Which iron are you taking foxinsocks and hannibalsmith?
I'm on the liquid spatone... probably no help to you foxinsocks if you can't have any sugar, but I find it's ok in orange juice.

Probably makes no odds to you now Liliq, because you've only a week or 2 to go, but Spatone is useless. Hardly any iron at all in it, hospital say it's only the same as a bowl of cornflakes. Read another poster say that their consultant said you may as well throw it over your shoulder for all the iron it gives you!
I was on Galfer, but my box is finished, so using up the Ferrograd C I was on before I was pregnant. Some people have been told not to take this & others have been told it's fine, so taking my chances til I get a minute to get more Galfer or normal Ferrograd.

I'm nearly 37 weeks pregnant and i literally want to pull my little girl out of me. I've had terrible sickness up to this point, every morning without fail i wrap myself around the toilet bowl!!

Have everything going! Finding it hard to walk even tho i'm still working in a shop, i give that up next week... have to roll myself out of bed now, have terrible pubic and hip bone pain. lacking alot of sleep, get up nearly every half hour at night to pee :mad: can only lie on my left side because she curls up on the right hand side of my tummy. i'm so so uncomfortable!!! Plus the daddy doesn't wanna know her!

oh and did i mention the bad constipation and piles :eek: Thats why i've come to the decision that this little girl is gonna be an only child, i don't think i can ever go through another 9 months of this

I huff and puff like a 60 stone man, can't take my shoes off at this stage and when i manage it the grunts and groans out of me would scare anyone!
Heartburn is the worst tho out of everything i'm going through, I just hope the minute i have her all this horrible stuff will leave me alone forever.

I really do feel for you chattychick. I am wondering if any of your health consultants have suggested any alternative medicines, like acupuncture. Have not tried them myself but I have suffered from migraines for years (touch woods its been a few years since last one) and I can imagine you would try anything that is safe for you and babs, they are so painful I cant begin to imagine what it is like with being pregnant as well.
Talk to your doctor about it, acupuncture is normally considered safe during pregnancy, worth a shot.

All the best and let us know how you get on

freudiangirl wrote: »

my moan today is about iron tablets - galfor ones!
meh meh meh

i have to take one tablet every 2 days(i only started this week) but find everytime I take it after my dinner- my main meal of day,I get terrible tummy cramps. I get them for the night and morning after I take them. - very uncomfortable.
Now i know i have only taken 2 tablets but don't think I can suffer on for the next 9 weeks if I have these side effects.

Any advice appreciated?
I was hoping to avoid iron supplements as I was taking my pregnancy vitamins all throughout but at least I got to 30 weeks without needing them.

I was taking other iron tablets called Feroglobin, they were meant to be slow release so a bit easier on your tummy, maybe give your doc a ring and ask is okay if you change.

I had bad experiences of iron tablets on first pregnancy, they made me throw up every day which in my mind totally defeats the purpose of them, but with these ones if I took them at night they weren't too bad, only got sick twice on them. Might be worth a shot.

I'm 18 weeks and due my first baby in January. My complaint is that every woman I seem to come into contact with feels the need to tell me their most horrific chidbirth stories. The pain, the blood, the guts..... it's just lovely. As if I wasn't nervous enough.... To make it worse, they only seem inspired to tell these stories when they find out it's my first baby!!!

My moan today is that I was hooked up to get my 3rd ECG test of the day and 101 blood test of the day in hospital, and work kept trying to ring me, then they text me to see if I will be in work on Monday as they are down alot of staff due to annual leave .... and the hospital are wondering why my heart beat is through the roof! I thought when you have a cert to be off work, then they would leave you alone...wonder if they will ask me to come back into work in the afternoon when I give birth, like you do when you go to the dentist and bring the new baby to take some messages!