tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post805607708111950381..comments2023-05-03T04:12:14.004-05:00Comments on Romancing the Stork: Talk me down? Please?Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10660985580732553593noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-63709550711065401792011-10-24T15:27:27.013-05:002011-10-24T15:27:27.013-05:00Hello, I am 30 weeks pregnant with kiddo #3. DP ...Hello, I am 30 weeks pregnant with kiddo #3. DP carried #1 and I carried 2 and 3. The constipation is bad! Especially, the first trimester. I suggest adding a fiber cereal to your diet, eat apples and drink TONS of water. That helps...but still...eek. <br /><br />I'm afraid that until you have the baby in your arms you're always going to think something is wrong. Perhaps it's that we want these little beings so badly and we're just scared of losing them. <br /><br />Best wishes and good luck!Two Mamashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859688484145684024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-31222438619295420982011-10-24T14:24:53.205-05:002011-10-24T14:24:53.205-05:00I had one of the most TERRIBLE bouts of constipati...I had one of the most TERRIBLE bouts of constipation that was incredibly painful and ended in an emptying out not unlike what you mentioned (although I believe mine was spurred on by a giant glass of prune juice). I was in my first trimester, and I was TERRIFIED. I had the worst pain from the bloating and gas. It was awful. I remember feeling oddly well the next day, and there were plenty of days when all symptoms mysteriously disappeared only to reappear with a vengence the next day. Hang in there! It's so hard during the first trimester, and it sounds like everything you're going through is so normal.<br /><br />On a side note, to combat the digestive issues, you might try taking probiotics regularly. They help immensely. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-60387466767554168732011-10-24T13:18:39.878-05:002011-10-24T13:18:39.878-05:00Well, I definitely had really bad constipation in ...Well, I definitely had really bad constipation in early pregnancy. So bad, in fact, that I convinced myself around 9 weeks that the second embryo we transferred had implanted in a tube and I was having an ectopic pregnancy and the tube was rupturing. It was really, really terrible and painful. So it makes sense that you are feeling at least a little better after the purge. I also had bad 'gut' feeling for pretty much my entire pregnancy. It's just worry and not to be trusted - hang in there, buddy.Inlocoparentishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059703882013864643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-55887079423501542152011-10-24T11:26:38.582-05:002011-10-24T11:26:38.582-05:00Seems like every time you write, you take me down ...Seems like every time you write, you take me down memory lane. Read this: <br />http://alittleturtle.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/help-needed-on-a-hard-day/<br />and then read this: http://alittleturtle.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/the-kids-are-all-right/<br /><br />Hang in there mama. Those babies are just fine. But I remember how fucking scary it is when you stop feeling like total shit for 5 minutes. I don't miss those early, scary days...not at all. <br /><br />Hugs.tbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845011825238450567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-8207115356352473092011-10-24T11:22:02.600-05:002011-10-24T11:22:02.600-05:00No real experience with pregnancy yet but praying ...No real experience with pregnancy yet but praying you feel better and sending calming vibes your way. Hugz!Emily @ablanket2keephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398858102692984237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-50356131250311483802011-10-24T11:08:45.243-05:002011-10-24T11:08:45.243-05:00OH, and if you can get your hands on some crystall...OH, and if you can get your hands on some crystallized ginger (trader joes or whole foods maybe?). <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-34274478912401394482011-10-24T11:07:50.954-05:002011-10-24T11:07:50.954-05:00Phenergan is my nausea drug of choice (promethazin...Phenergan is my nausea drug of choice (promethazine). It makes me sleepy, but it works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-48619651101195154102011-10-24T10:28:37.212-05:002011-10-24T10:28:37.212-05:00my advice is to call your ob, but not for a quicke...my advice is to call your ob, but not for a quicker appointment (because those babies are FINE) but for a new prescription. zofran is the devil and there are better anti-nausea meds that will not bind you up. after about a week on it, i was SO constipated i was *sure* i had, er, "expelled" the pregnancy i was carrying too. [i hadn't, so mark me down in the column of a pregnancy surviving severe abdominal distress & SEVERE puking]<br /><br />after that "episode," i decided the zofran wasn't worth it, i'd rather puke. luckily, my doc prescribed a different drug (that i cannot for the life of me remember the name of right now) and it stopped the puking without having such a disastrous effect on my digestive system. don't suffer, there are better alternatives!anofferingoflovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14787985680863798995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-33329974527960106052011-10-24T10:23:27.628-05:002011-10-24T10:23:27.628-05:00I always got that "something must be wrong be...I always got that "something must be wrong because I don't feel pregnant" worry during my pregnancies and both were absolutely fine.<br /><br />Constipation is awful during pregnancy and I'm sure some of your discomfort was related to that. You would have noticed had you done something to the embryos because it wouldn't come out in your poop. I'm sure they're fine. They are so small and unrelated to your intestines that any kind of pooping wouldn't knock them out of there.<br /><br />Besides, I know of many women who tried doing the whole castor oil to upset the tummy and start contractions at the end of pregnancy and it didn't work. Severe upset tummy at the end of pregnancy doesn't knock out big, term babies so why would it knock out two healthy wee ones in your womb?<br /><br />That's my hopefully calming words. I know it's rough but your body will change as it adapts to the levels and you'll get that scare time and time again that you don't feel as sick as the day before. You know this but I'm just saying this to reassure you. Hang in there.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492898465897070415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335973539292414851.post-7308504147298025862011-10-24T10:23:12.639-05:002011-10-24T10:23:12.639-05:00I had a pretty decent bout with the stomach flu ea...I had a pretty decent bout with the stomach flu early on in my pregnancy, and I thought for sure there was no way my two could be ok. It's so so so scary, but embryos and fetuses hang on through MUCH worse. You'll be ok. And soon you'll be far enough along to get a doppler and it will save your sanity (as it did mine). <br /><br />Hugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com