I'm incredibly stressed at the moment. I'm so scared about the way things are heading with this pregnancy. Things are going along the same lines as they did with Dylan and that ended up with a blood clot on my lung.... and I'm really frightened and convinced that it's going to happen to me again.
This condition, this Polyhydramnios, puts me at a bunch of risk too, but in the immediate present it is making me feel so very uncomfortable. The bump HURTS..... everything has been stretched so big so quickly and I can barely waddle around. It's OK as soon as I get up in the morning but the second I do anything, even something really inoccuous like loading the washing machine, it begins to hurt. Alot. It aches and pulls and makes it really difficult to get around. It gets worse and worse as the day goes on and by the end of the day after being up and down like a yo-yo after the kids, guests, etc, it's agony.
I'm also really scared that the placenta is going to become detached - Placenta Abruption. A problem which this fluid issue can cause...... something they thought I had with Dylan, and something I'm apparently at increased risk for without this added to the mix, because of the other problems I have. Apparently they can put you on bed rest with all this going on. I don't want to go on bed rest... but at the same time I'm struggling to keep going day in day out with little rest.
Actually, today I have managed to get some rest..... we had a thing tonight for Dylan's cub scount troop at this redneck raceway place. The cubs were performing the opening ceremony... followed by an evening of demolition derby's, school bus racing, etc. I was looking forward to it because I wante dto see D's ceremony and also wanted to see H's little face when presented with a real version of something he's really into....(car racing) but by late afternoon I can barely sit down so there was just no way I could go, and the others went without me. So I have been able to rest more than usual, but I still feel like crap. And wishing I could have seen the racing.
(end of woe-is-me rant)
Posted by katie at April 8, 2007 01:07 AMOh Katie, this sucks. I'm so sorry. I'm desperately thinking of anything I can possibly give in terms of advice or anything.
Nora's bump was absolutely *massive*. I was on crutches part of the time because my knees went with the weight of it (I was a lot fitter second time around). I ended up wearing a whole bunch of strapping which was at least marginally useful?
Sounds like cutting out the sugar / non-complex carbs has made a massive difference too - you know, that could really slow things up.
Do you think that you guys might be able to bear the debt weight of having like a housekeeper or something for the remainder of the pregnancy, to keep the pressure off you? My personal view is - fuck the laundry, you know? Money is something that can be regained. your health, and the health of your lovely wee girly (not to mention the wellbeing of your lads) is sooooo much more important than money.
I'm not suggesting bedrest, but you're reaching trimester no3 anyway, which means if you were having a "by the book" pregnancy (ha, as oppose to one with kids) then you should begin to start slowing down anyway - never mind with all your problems. Oh, love, I really wish I could be there to help. It sounds bloody awful.
Sending as many good vibes as you can handle!
xxx
Posted by: Cait at April 9, 2007 07:14 PM