New Label For Your Consumption
I've decided to add a new label to the mix, preggo. I do this for a few reasons:
1. Some readers do not want to hear about pregnancy because it bores them.
2. Some readers do not want to hear about pregnancy because it is painful for them.
3. I want to be able to find preggo posts easily and I am totally selfish that way.
SO! If you see a post and want to weed out the preggo/baby shit, look at the label, stupid. Now, onward and upward. I read in many places that women will mash their breasts to determine relative soreness and a potential pregnancy symptom. Guess what? If you have to TOUCH them to see if they are sore, you're not pregnant. Because OMFG my tits hurt. They are like two hurty things attached to my chest wall. Don't even look at them because I might cut you.
The uterus? She's not a shrinking violet, that one. The ute is actively cramping on and off, and has been since implantation. It's not the horrible miscarriage cramping where you want to die, or even the miserable period cramping. Just a "hey, I'm working down here, dammit! Can you hold the noise?" from the good ole ute.
I have experienced no morning sickness to date (in any pregnancy ever) and my only tummy issue is the occasional "Oh I need to stop eating RIGHT NOW or I might barf at some point" and if I wait a few minutes I am fine to resume eating. Those of you that turn super bulimic during pregnancy hate me right now. Sorry! Did I mention that my tits hurt like a motherfucker?
My nose has been replaced with the bloodhound version. The other night I had to get out of bed and sleep on the couch because the sheets were SO nasty that I couldn't sleep. They hadn't been changed in a week and we both shower before bedtime. Teddy Bear thinks I'm crazy(er). The litter box makes me want to hurl and of course I can't change it myself. So I have to barter with the man or the boy to get some olfactory relief. Thank goodness my shit smells like roses.
My first ob appointment is a month away. I am debating on whether or not that is good. On one hand, it is not like they would do anything if I miscarried at this point. On the other hand, it would be nice to have a doctor's confirmation of the pregnancy. On the third hand (I'm using someone else's hands at this point), I know I'm pregnant so what's the point? If you have any arguments in favor of seeking a doctor sooner as opposed to later, let me know. I have been taking prenatal Rx pills since before I got pregnant, I'm not drinking, smoking, or eating cat feces so I think I'm fine. Unless you beg to differ. That's all for now. Super exciting, huh?
1. Some readers do not want to hear about pregnancy because it bores them.
2. Some readers do not want to hear about pregnancy because it is painful for them.
3. I want to be able to find preggo posts easily and I am totally selfish that way.
SO! If you see a post and want to weed out the preggo/baby shit, look at the label, stupid. Now, onward and upward. I read in many places that women will mash their breasts to determine relative soreness and a potential pregnancy symptom. Guess what? If you have to TOUCH them to see if they are sore, you're not pregnant. Because OMFG my tits hurt. They are like two hurty things attached to my chest wall. Don't even look at them because I might cut you.
The uterus? She's not a shrinking violet, that one. The ute is actively cramping on and off, and has been since implantation. It's not the horrible miscarriage cramping where you want to die, or even the miserable period cramping. Just a "hey, I'm working down here, dammit! Can you hold the noise?" from the good ole ute.
I have experienced no morning sickness to date (in any pregnancy ever) and my only tummy issue is the occasional "Oh I need to stop eating RIGHT NOW or I might barf at some point" and if I wait a few minutes I am fine to resume eating. Those of you that turn super bulimic during pregnancy hate me right now. Sorry! Did I mention that my tits hurt like a motherfucker?
My nose has been replaced with the bloodhound version. The other night I had to get out of bed and sleep on the couch because the sheets were SO nasty that I couldn't sleep. They hadn't been changed in a week and we both shower before bedtime. Teddy Bear thinks I'm crazy(er). The litter box makes me want to hurl and of course I can't change it myself. So I have to barter with the man or the boy to get some olfactory relief. Thank goodness my shit smells like roses.
My first ob appointment is a month away. I am debating on whether or not that is good. On one hand, it is not like they would do anything if I miscarried at this point. On the other hand, it would be nice to have a doctor's confirmation of the pregnancy. On the third hand (I'm using someone else's hands at this point), I know I'm pregnant so what's the point? If you have any arguments in favor of seeking a doctor sooner as opposed to later, let me know. I have been taking prenatal Rx pills since before I got pregnant, I'm not drinking, smoking, or eating cat feces so I think I'm fine. Unless you beg to differ. That's all for now. Super exciting, huh?
Labels: Preggo
posted by Sam at
8:33 PM
9 Comments:
My main symptom of pregnancy was that my boobs hurt something fierce. I could just tell I was pregnant with my second child because my boobs hurt SO BAD. (actually, now whenever I get sore boobs I think - oh no! am I pregnant? (we're not trying - so it wouldn't be a good thing.))
The other symptom that I had right at first is that coffee started tasting bitter. Immediately. I LURVE coffee - and I remember crystal clear saying to someone - damn this coffee tastes bad, and he thought it tasted fine (he and I have similar coffee tasters.) That was a big tipoff I was pregnant.
I am done with having babies - but I love reading about pregnancies. So, I will continue to read your preggo labels.
yay! I wanna read! Always interesting to view other's experiences!
I'm jealous that you've never had morning sickness.. it sucked! :P
I think the first appt. is just to say congrats, then the next is blood tests??
given that i am a veteran, i always got a blood test the moment i had a positive pee test...but i didnt get an ultrasound until 12 weeks or so...
i didnt get sick with either of my pregnancies...i couldnt go down the coffee aisle, but i have no reason to go down there anyway...
my boobs were super sensitive too...it was crazy bad...especially when i had two people who wanted to touch them all the time... *sigh*
peace...
Sam, For the snot nasties - try saline nasal mist. Twice in each side and blow, once an hour. Non-medicated, can't interfere with anything, clears up to a sinus infection and helps with many allergies (my doctor said so). Inexpensive, over the counter. No side effects.
And if you are getting heartburn, that is reflux (stuff sloshing up out of your stomach). When that happens at night or other time you are laying down, you risk acids getting into the sinuses and causing acid burns there as well as in the throat (what we call heartburn). Reflux is the primary cause of chronic sinus infection, and can damage teeth by eroding tooth enamel.
Emergency antacid? Small sips of liquid. It washes the acids from the throat back into the stomach. Note - you don't want much, since the problem started with the stomach being full. Chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, and onions all tend to relax the sphincter that keeps stomach stuff in the stomach.
I remember when the first came out with movie guidelines, and PG for Parental Guidance was changed to GP. Good Bible Belt folks used "PG" to mean 'pregnant', but polite folk didn't *say* pregnant. Later they changed the GP back to PG. I guess people have preggers, 'bump', pregnant, preggo, gravid, gestating, and Up the Pole now. (I love 'The Snapper', an obscure Colm Meaney picture set in Ireland.)
Blessed be!
Oh is THAT why you felt the need to come and be such a see-you-next-Tuesday all up in my comments section? I oughta covertly contact The Chicken and bribe him to sneak up on you and give you a purple nurple. That'd be HILARIOUS. Sure, the heir might die, but the spare is on the way...
It IS super exciting. First, the good ole ute made me laugh out loud (you should TOTALLY PUT THAT IN ALL CAPS..heh)
Second? When I was pg, my dishwashing soap made me gag. I could smell a dish in the sink from the BEDROOM. It took us 15 minutes in a store with The Man holding each bottle for me to sniff and me going, 'NO. NO. AW HELLS NO.'
Good times.
WOW! Congratulations, Sam. :D And you are so right about the boob thing; when they are sore, pregnant boobs, you don't have to poke at them to "test" them. You can feel them if you inhale too robustly!
Congrats! Have a happy and healthy 9 mos!
(Nacom comment)
Hey!
I'm visitng you back from NaLeavComMo. Since like 75% of my public posts are about pregnancy, you can totally get your preggers-fix there!
My early symptoms were mostly painful! I had cramps/backpain like woah, and upset stomach, and hip/joint pain! I remember thinking, why didn't anyone tell me pregnancy HURT so much?
But it all went away, and I too, escaped throwing up! (Though I had a few weeks of nausea, more like the I've been reading in a car kind... not the oh my god i'm gonna throw up right now kind).
Good luck & come back to visit my blog!
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