PREGNANCY CHAT - All stages welcome!!

Sapphire
I am sorry to hear you are having so much trouble sleeping! I remember how miserable it was to be tired and feel like there was no end in sight.
Are you using extra pillows for support at night? I used a pillow for my head and then two pillows for my body. I would lie down on my side with one pillow partly under my upper body - torso/belly area and then I would put one between my legs.
Sometimes I would have DH stuff one behind my back so I could sort of sink into that one and not feel like I was completely on my side. That seemed to help. Also, a protein snack at night would help me. I would also often take Tylenol and on occasion, a Benadryl. I also slept partly sitting up (propped up on 3 pillows) because I had really bad heartburn from 33 - 37 weeks. I think I probably slept the best like that. I also slept on the couch a good bit too. Wow! I had forgotten how difficult it is to get comfy while pregnant! : )

You may already be doing all of this but sometimes it helps to know you are not alone! I have been there! I know how much a good night's sleep would be right now!

I am so freaking sick(physically) right now. After nursing Jayden back to health, I now have something, but don't know what it is. My head hurts, throat, I keep coughing so now my chest hurts. Yesterday I had the chills but no fever. I am taking robatussin(sp?) tylenol(regular) and cough drops. I feel like crap. The little kept giving slobbery kisses all last week on my mouth, the little disease host!! I hope I don't have the flu. As long as I don't get a fever I am going to work tomorrow. I don't have anymore any kind of days left to miss work, and I am not opting for a no pay day, unless they MAKE me go home. I look even worse than I feel. And it happened so fast! I woke up yesterday with a slight sore throat and a light headache, and by evening, I was done for. And to top it all off, I can't sleep. No position is comfortable, either my back or my legs hurt after lying there for a while. DF(I guess he's still considered darling or devoted, or whatever held my tummy and massaged my hair in and out while he kept falling asleep. It was cute, the thought was there for him, but his body kept making him fall asleep, then his hand would get heavy on top my head, and I'd move, which would wake him up enough to rub my head again until he then proceeded to fall asleep again! I couldn't sleep anyway, so it didn't matter. I guess I'll lie down again and hope sleep claims me, though I doubt it.

It's official, well it depends on how you look at it. I was diagnosed with swine flu today at the ER. But all they did was listen to all my symptoms and say yes, you have swine flu. They said that they are no longer testing because so many people who have come in with these symptoms have tested positive with it, that they are now just treating it. So, depending on how you want to look at it, it's official. I just know that I feel SUCKY!!! And now I can't go to work for a week! And I don't have the time off, so it'll be no pay . They even made me wear a SARS mask(sorry if I offend anyone, but that's what I call them). Now I'm back in the bed. I just took 2 tylenol, 1 tamaflu, 1 prenatal, 1 vitamin d3, and a vitamin c all washed down with a taco supreme and a large glass of "lots of pulp" orange juice.

oh no cherry, feel better hun im so sorry you had to get this crappy swine flu on top of everything else your going through now!

AWW hope you get better soon hun nothing worse then being sick with no pay i can assure u i know the feeling that's why i got go work after 4 weeks off i originally wanted take 2 weeks but i was in so much pain, Hope you get better soon hun

hope you feel better,d3 will really help hunny! I think I posted an article about it in the forum news section.PLease keep takiung it.it destroys the outer cells of the virus!Feel better xxx

Oh no Mscherry42 listen you'll be alright as will your bubba in your tummy just ensure you don't get overheated if you do get a temp take a cool bath and drink plenty of fluids! {{hugs}} Get better soon!! x

That is terrible news Ms. Cherry! I hope you have a speedy recovery! Get lots of rest and take care of yourself. I am thinking of you!!

oh mscherry- i hope you recover quickly and im sure bubs will be fine xoxoxo

Sorry been MIA, we went away for the weekend, whichwas nice, but i have been having cramping and lower back pains ( like period pains) since sunday they come and go and are quite bad at times. also have radiating leg and somtimes groin pain, which i had efore my bleeds this pregnancy. It is very scary, however i can feel and still hear baby heart beat which is wonderful. I have a hosptial app today so will be telling them. its been quite a few days now and i dont think its stretching pains as they feel fully like af is coming. Im sure all is fine, i just wish they would go away

hope everyone is doing well

I am better everyone. Thanks for the kind thoughts. I still have a bad cough and I still get weak without much effort(some of it could be preggo related too). Now Jayden is acting like she wants to get sick AGAIN!! She's the one who got me sick. Her nose is just really runny, but now it's thicker. I'll watch it of course. I just feel like I'm getting bigger by the freaking day. DF bought me this really cute(non maternity) hot pink and black sweater that has a big belt to go with it. I tried it on and it fit too close. He's taking it back for a larger size, but it really shows off the bump. When I get it back again, I'll take a pic and post if for my recent bump pic.

Sparkles,
I hope all is well with baby. Glad you can hear the heart beat as that gives comfort in a moment of unknown. Take care!!

Hey ms Cherry!Been waiting for your news.Glad you are recovering,albeit slowly, and I really hope baby girl doesnt get sick again.hugs
How's everyone else doing with their pregnancies?

MScherry, I'm so sorry that you were so ill. I hope you get your strength back soon. xxxxxxxx

Georgi where are you? I havn't been on much but I see you havnt updated your L&D post! Are you ok? Please let us know! xxx

sorry I've been away for awhile, I've been really stressed out lately with everything going on and having trouble keeping up with it all. I think of you ladies often.

Sparkles, I hope you are okay and your appt went well and that the pains are nothing to worry about.

Georgi, I haven't seen the post Angel is referring to but I really hope you are okay!!

Mscherry, I hope you're getting better! tamiflu should make the flu last a shorter amount of time and not be as severe, so fingers crossed it works for you. I'm in a similar situation:

Things have been a bit exciting here, but not in such a great way. DH got sick yesterday, he very quickly came down with a cough and fever late afternoon/evening. As soon as we realized he was getting something, I left to stay with my parents. We do know a few friends who have had H1N1 - we weren't in real close contact with them before, but something is going around in our circles. Anyway. My parents wanted me to stay with them, as did DH, just in case I could escape whatever he has. So I was there last night, went to work today and had a slight headache. I get to work and find out my boss came down with the flu last night and is home and already on tamiflu due to her asthma. And another coworker is also home today feeling under the weather. My headache continues and then I start feeling really weak, which apparently is exactly how my boss' illness began. I phoned my OB and explained everything to the nurse, she spoke with my OB and called me back. They put me on tamiflu both as a precaution and also to treat whatever I may have picked up. I had to cancel everything at work for the week and go home, which I did.

The whole thing is scary and of course I'm most scared for the baby. So far I'm still okay - no fever, just a headache and really weak - but even taking tamiflu scares me even though I know the risks of flu complications are way worse than any risks of tamiflu. The whole situation is just scary, I cried a bit before taking the first pill just because I couldn't believe this was all happening. DH and I managed to get the H1N1 vaccine on Saturday even (no small feat right now in my province), but it takes 14 days to build immunity so it's not helping us now. They're not testing people for H1N1 unless there's serious complications, so we'll never know for sure what's going on.

sorry for the novel. I just wanted to let you know! i'll either be MIA for awhile, or maybe I'll be on all the time if I'm home sick and feel up to it, we'll see!