The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 2

[Cinderumbrella]

Wow! It is painful to watch this guy dance!!!

ETA: Is anyone else watching Dancing with the Stars?

 

[bengalbelle]

*Warning* this is going to be long.
This is not the time or the way that I wanted to announce...but...I'm almost 9 weeks pregnant . Unfortunately, this pregnancy is not going as smoothly as my first. I'm miserable and hoping someone here has some answers.

First of all, for the past few days I haven't been able to sleep. I don't fall asleep until after midnight, then I'm awake on and off throughout the night. Even when I do fall asleep I'm aware that I'm not in a "good" sleep. I'm averaging 4-5 hours of sleep per night (and that is interrupted sleep).

Secondly I have a horrible headache on the left side of my head. I'm kind of stuffy so I figure that is part of the reason for the headache. The other reason is lack of sleep. By bedtime the headache is so bad I think it is part of the reason I can't go to sleep. Then it hurts worse because I'm not getting enough sleep .

I also have been breaking out in what Kate and I figure are hives. I'm not 100% sure about that since I didn't have them when I went to the Dr. They started a few days after I found out I was pregnant, and come and go.

So this is what I've tried for the headache - Tylenol and Benadryl. Didn't do a thing. Breathe Right nasal strips to help with the stuffiness. It helps a little.

For the insomnia - Tylenol and Benadryl. The Benadryl helped me fall asleep faster, but I was awake within an hour and a half of going to sleep.

Hives - Benadryl and Cortisone cream.

Once I started looking at everything I realized many of these problems seem stress/worry related. I'm a worrier and stress about everything, so this wouldn't be unusual.

So what am I stressed about? At first I thought nothing. Then I realized I've been sort of anxious since I found out I was pregnant. Don't get me wrong - this we wanted this and we're very happy - I just don't have the same over the moon sense of joy that I did with Christopher. I guess I'm worried about how another child will affect our family. We can afford another baby, but finances are still on my mind. Someone please (honestly) tell me this is normal.

I am also on prescription meds for chronic conditions. My dr. has assured me that he has patients on these meds all of the time, but all 3 at once?? I'm anxious that me taking the meds are going to affect the baby (I did do pre-pregnancy counseling/planning and the dr. said they were OK, I just still worry).

I am also due right when Christopher will be starting Kindergarten. We're also changing schools, so he won't have any of his friends from his current school there. He will be fine, but I worry that a new sibling, new school, Kindergarten is going to be tough for him.

So...everything is out there now. Can anyone say anything that will make me feel better?

How about techniques for relaxing?

Any home remedies for stuffy nose/headaches/insomnia???

I'm sorry to be such a downer. I just feel awful!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

let me begin with

 

[UP Disney]

if it makes you feel any better her baby is actually 4 months old!!

I can't be mad - being pregnant with Julia was the best diet I ever went on - I weighed 25 pounds 2 weeks after I delievered than the day I got pregnant and 35 pounds less than the day before I delivered -

I was wearing my jeans a week later!! I have learned I have no room to complain when women look good after having a baby!!!

I had only 2 pounds to lose from my starting weight the day I delivered Katrina. I was in my jeans the day I got home.

Don't envy me though. I spent the first 4 months of my pregnancy so sick I wanted to die if it was going to be like that forever. I'd have definitely preferred to have a few extra pounds to lose after the baby!

 

[Cinderumbrella]

1st- congratulations on the baby!! That is wonderful news!

2nd- try not to worry about the meds if a Dr. has cleared it.

3rd- do not worry about kindergarten, children are very resilient (did I spell this right?) to change.

Try a hot shower and bedtime, the steam should help the stuffiness and it could be very relaxing at the same time.

As for the anxiety, I am sending you a PM...

 

[UP Disney]

I know all about this with my dd who will be 13 in August. My dd doesn't have a boyfriend, but several of her friends change who they are "going out" with (which basically means they sit together and lunch and talk at school) constantly.

By the way, I have also found out by driving the swimming carpool that Rupert Grint (Ron from Harry Potter movies) is extremely hott (yes, there are two t's at the end of that word when used in the extreme). And British accents are "sexy."

Beth

Becky, my DD17, loves James & Oliver Phelps (Fred & George, Ron's older twin brothers). She even named her parakeet after Oliver. She has liked them since the first movie came out. Something about the red hair and accent I guess.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

now -

sending you hugs

I can't help you with the physical stuff - but ask your doctor about tylenol with codeine this was wonderful for me when I was pregnant with Nick and it worked wonders

now for the stress -

everyone worries about how #2 will change their family dynamic - and I PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE you Dawn - this baby will enhance your family and you will all love him or her more than you ever thought possible!!

and of course you will worry about the financial impact on your family - and all I can say - yes it will change your financial make up but you will be fine

so here are HUGS - if it helps - I could drink a glass of wine for you!!!

 

[dumby]

Dawn congrats on your pregnancy. Sorry I don't have any words of wisdom for you but here is some Hope you get to feeling better soon.

I do know that when I first found out I was pregnant with me second child (first one was 8 months old) I was so worried about how you could love another one like you do that first one. I was worried about how would I be able to provide for them both as the love I felt for my first child was so overwhelming at times. But I did and do love them both so very much and it is still overwhelming at times. I know have a 5-year-old DS that we have custody of and I love him just as much also. So it all worked out.

Hope this sounds right. I have a hard time writing down what I am trying to say sometimes.

Delinda

 

[ellenbenny]

Dawn, Congratulations! and that everything will be fine. I can't offer much advice, except to echo what others have already said. Everything will work out! Everyone does go through some amount of worry I think, especially with a second child, because you know so much more about what you are getting into the second time around.

I think the hot shower and/or bath before bed is a very good idea for both sinuses and relaxation. Hope it helps.

Ellen

 

[bengalbelle]

let me begin with

That was fast (smilie won't work so ROFL)!

 

[babytrees]

Wow! It is painful to watch this guy dance!!!

ETA: Is anyone else watching Dancing with the Stars?

I have got to remember to come on AFTER my favorite shows are on so that I don't know ahead of time what's going to happen or who will stink up the dance floor!!

 

[Cinderumbrella]

I have got to remember to come on AFTER my favorite shows are on so that I don't know ahead of time what's going to happen or who will stink up the dance floor!!

Sorry to be a spoiler but I didn't think it is too much of a surprise who I am talking about....

 

[bengalbelle]

Wow! It is painful to watch this guy dance!!!

ETA: Is anyone else watching Dancing with the Stars?

I'm watching!

I'm trying to respond to your PM but it keeps telling me it can't find the server.

 

[Steamboat Marti]

Wow - we come back from a quick trip and there will be another DDA baby to love!!! Congratulations Dawn!!! I hope that the rest of the pregnancy goes much better than the first nine weeks. I'm not a hugely (is that a word Miss Amy??) religious person, but sometimes you just have to believe that things will work out the way that they are planned. That's how we've come to understand that our family will be a trio -- that's the plan for us! So try to sit back, take a break and ENJOY the fact that you'll be a mommy times two - and that there will be twice as much love in your heart for your new little one. I'd come visit if I could!! But since I can't - here is a

Congratulations to you and your DH and DS -- what a great family you are!!

 

[Princess Nancy]

You aren't that far behind me, so I think we could change it to:

We are not crazy, we are not crazy, We are not crazy!!!

I think we can yell it loud but noone in my house will believe it will yours????

 

[Steamboat Marti]

Before you guys give me a pile of cr@p for not posting my report -- I wanted to get the congratulations out first!! I'm working on a quick little trip report, and I'll post it soon.

In the meantime, I only glossed over the pages while we were gone. (sorry, there's too many of them!!!!) All I remember is that Amy apparently needs another manilla folder for some new kid on the block? And Steffy is a grandma again (congratulations!!). After that, it all becomes a blur.

I'll be back shortly with a couple of notes about our trip!!

 

[Cinderumbrella]

Get to it missy you've been back for almost 24 hours!

 

[babytrees]

*Warning* this is going to be long.
This is not the time or the way that I wanted to announce...but...I'm almost 9 weeks pregnant . Unfortunately, this pregnancy is not going as smoothly as my first. I'm miserable and hoping someone here has some answers.

First of all, for the past few days I haven't been able to sleep. I don't fall asleep until after midnight, then I'm awake on and off throughout the night. Even when I do fall asleep I'm aware that I'm not in a "good" sleep. I'm averaging 4-5 hours of sleep per night (and that is interrupted sleep).

Secondly I have a horrible headache on the left side of my head. I'm kind of stuffy so I figure that is part of the reason for the headache. The other reason is lack of sleep. By bedtime the headache is so bad I think it is part of the reason I can't go to sleep. Then it hurts worse because I'm not getting enough sleep .

I also have been breaking out in what Kate and I figure are hives. I'm not 100% sure about that since I didn't have them when I went to the Dr. They started a few days after I found out I was pregnant, and come and go.

So this is what I've tried for the headache - Tylenol and Benadryl. Didn't do a thing. Breathe Right nasal strips to help with the stuffiness. It helps a little.

For the insomnia - Tylenol and Benadryl. The Benadryl helped me fall asleep faster, but I was awake within an hour and a half of going to sleep.

Hives - Benadryl and Cortisone cream.

Once I started looking at everything I realized many of these problems seem stress/worry related. I'm a worrier and stress about everything, so this wouldn't be unusual.

So what am I stressed about? At first I thought nothing. Then I realized I've been sort of anxious since I found out I was pregnant. Don't get me wrong - this we wanted this and we're very happy - I just don't have the same over the moon sense of joy that I did with Christopher. I guess I'm worried about how another child will affect our family. We can afford another baby, but finances are still on my mind. Someone please (honestly) tell me this is normal.

I am also on prescription meds for chronic conditions. My dr. has assured me that he has patients on these meds all of the time, but all 3 at once?? I'm anxious that me taking the meds are going to affect the baby (I did do pre-pregnancy counseling/planning and the dr. said they were OK, I just still worry).

I am also due right when Christopher will be starting Kindergarten. We're also changing schools, so he won't have any of his friends from his current school there. He will be fine, but I worry that a new sibling, new school, Kindergarten is going to be tough for him.

So...everything is out there now. Can anyone say anything that will make me feel better?

How about techniques for relaxing?

Any home remedies for stuffy nose/headaches/insomnia???

I'm sorry to be such a downer. I just feel awful!

Dawn!! Congratulations!! and it will all work out in the end.

Have you tried reading yourself to sleep? That usually helps me but ofcourse not the last couple of night.

How about going and getting something just for you!! Doesn't have to be big just something that you know will help de-stress.

As for the headaches caffeine was the only thing that would make mine go away when I was pregnant. Pepsi was my friend, I know sacrelige(I know I mispelled that word ) in Diet Coke country here

Christopher is at that wonderful age of being pliable....while it might throw him for a loop for awhile I bet he'll be great!!


And remember some of the best stress relief is just plain ol' talking to friends and you've got lots of shoulders here to lean on.

 

[KMH1]

All I remember is that Amy apparently needs another manilla folder for some new kid on the block?

Um, no. That is Kate who is lusting after a 19-year-old.

Amy

 

[Steamboat Marti]

Um, no. That is Kate who is lusting after a 19-year-old.

Amy

Awww comeon - give the old lady a break - I turned 43 and all the brain cells went with age 42!!!