big crymommy
pity poor milo - he has a loon for a mother.
exhibit a: when the cavs lost to the pistons yesterday in game 7 of the best-of-7 series, i bawled like...well, you know. this is the end of the playoffs for us, while detroit will almost certainly go on to win the nba championship. and over this, i cried my eyes out.
after i dried my face off with my shirt (because i'm classy like that), i considered that i was sad because this was the end of cheering for z. because no one can pronounce "zydrunas ilgauskas" (the name of the cavs' 7'3" starting center), he is known popularly as "z" or "big z." when milo's gender was still unknown and we called him the little zygote, we in part shortened it to "little z" in honor of our favorite center. all season, as we watched the cavs, when big z would score, we took it as a sign of little z's success, and we cheered for both z and z. now that big z's season is over, to what will i superstitiously attach my hopes for little z's success?
exhibit b: i have cried off and on all day today about having nothing to wear. i am truly in dire straits. i can live with alternating two pairs of pants and two skirts (leaning heavily on one pair of pants in particular) but i am out of tops. i have outgrown almost all of them. i have two shirts left i can wear with any dignity. even my beloved maternity tees, which i have paired with jackets and cardigans for all my pregnancies, have failed me now. i am getting too heated to keep a jacket on, and they are too casual and too small and too short to wear without a jacket.
part of the problem is that i bought my warm-weather tops early in my first pregnancy, while this time around i'm hitting the heat at the end of the pregnancy. everything is exactly opposite this time, seasonally speaking, and i am unprepared. the other problem is that i have resisted buying anything new, since i am in the home stretch of my final pregnancy, which is nice and financially prudent and all but may leave me only able to leave the house when wrapped in a bedspread - or not able to leave the house at all.
justin offered to take me shopping friday, but we have a full day of glucose testing and produce shopping and baby gear transporting and parent feeding. also, justin hates to shop; he'd rather have his eye gouged; i know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he loves me to have offered to go shopping, but it would be painful to both of us. so i'm going to leave work in a few minutes and bravely try to find something to cover the hump + flap combo i'm sporting. wish me luck. i need it desperately. if i don't find something, i may cry even more.
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has anyone had braxton-hicks contractions this early (approx. 28 weeks)? i thought it was supposed to be more of a first pregnancy thing, and not this early in any pregnancy. i had them with hans, but starting at about 33 weeks. i've been having them all afternoon, mildly, and it's just weird. they're certainly not the real thing - at least i know the difference now - and i'm not spewing any liquids or other goo, but it makes me feel weird. i don't want weirdness. i want only normal occurrences.
exhibit a: when the cavs lost to the pistons yesterday in game 7 of the best-of-7 series, i bawled like...well, you know. this is the end of the playoffs for us, while detroit will almost certainly go on to win the nba championship. and over this, i cried my eyes out.
after i dried my face off with my shirt (because i'm classy like that), i considered that i was sad because this was the end of cheering for z. because no one can pronounce "zydrunas ilgauskas" (the name of the cavs' 7'3" starting center), he is known popularly as "z" or "big z." when milo's gender was still unknown and we called him the little zygote, we in part shortened it to "little z" in honor of our favorite center. all season, as we watched the cavs, when big z would score, we took it as a sign of little z's success, and we cheered for both z and z. now that big z's season is over, to what will i superstitiously attach my hopes for little z's success?
exhibit b: i have cried off and on all day today about having nothing to wear. i am truly in dire straits. i can live with alternating two pairs of pants and two skirts (leaning heavily on one pair of pants in particular) but i am out of tops. i have outgrown almost all of them. i have two shirts left i can wear with any dignity. even my beloved maternity tees, which i have paired with jackets and cardigans for all my pregnancies, have failed me now. i am getting too heated to keep a jacket on, and they are too casual and too small and too short to wear without a jacket.
part of the problem is that i bought my warm-weather tops early in my first pregnancy, while this time around i'm hitting the heat at the end of the pregnancy. everything is exactly opposite this time, seasonally speaking, and i am unprepared. the other problem is that i have resisted buying anything new, since i am in the home stretch of my final pregnancy, which is nice and financially prudent and all but may leave me only able to leave the house when wrapped in a bedspread - or not able to leave the house at all.
justin offered to take me shopping friday, but we have a full day of glucose testing and produce shopping and baby gear transporting and parent feeding. also, justin hates to shop; he'd rather have his eye gouged; i know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he loves me to have offered to go shopping, but it would be painful to both of us. so i'm going to leave work in a few minutes and bravely try to find something to cover the hump + flap combo i'm sporting. wish me luck. i need it desperately. if i don't find something, i may cry even more.
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has anyone had braxton-hicks contractions this early (approx. 28 weeks)? i thought it was supposed to be more of a first pregnancy thing, and not this early in any pregnancy. i had them with hans, but starting at about 33 weeks. i've been having them all afternoon, mildly, and it's just weird. they're certainly not the real thing - at least i know the difference now - and i'm not spewing any liquids or other goo, but it makes me feel weird. i don't want weirdness. i want only normal occurrences.
posted by laura at 6:32 PM
12 Comments:
I thought i heard that you feel BH contractions earlier (or stronger) or something after the first pregnancy. I didn't really feel them the first time around and was told that i may feel them this time... i mean next time...
And i hope you found some clothes!! i hate it the frustration of not having anything that fits!
Toga! Toga! Toga!
I have a few maternity shirts and a few regular bigger size shirts. If you don't believe that bad luck travels, you are more than welcome to them.
I had braxton hicks ALL THE FREAKING TIME starting at 25 weeks, when i was admitted to the hospital for preterm labor. Then they figured out they were just BH. Totally normal.
RAch
since every pregnancy is different and all, perhaps you could run the BH's by your doctor, just in case?
I have been having braxton-hicks, too. Doc said that was normal but to make sure there was no "regular pattern" to them. He also said if they persist, drink two glasses of water and lay on your left side. If they don't go away--call your doc.
And the clothes issue! Yikes! Am I really that much bigger this time? If only it wasn't inappropriate to go to work in my sweats--then I'd be golden!
Like rach I also had BH all the freaking time with O, so it seems normal to me.
Go buy some clothes!
I had BH early as well.
Steal your husbands clothes!
What size are you? I have some tank tops and stuff. It's hot here (plus pregnancy hormones), so I pretty much only have summer stuff.
I also have a few new tops that I probably won't wear b/c I'm bigger than I thought I'd get. Lemme know if you want 'em. I keep thinking I'm having BH's too, but to be honest, still haven't figured out what they're supposed to feel like... Don't feel bad about the crying. I think I've got pre-partum depression these past few days, and have also been crying like crazy. I'm off my meds and got into a fight with DH, which doesn't help...
Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I had Braxton-Hicks contractions (not painful) starting at 20 weeks and they were VERY frequent. Way more than 4 an hour. I ended up in L & D five times and my cervix never changed (until 36 weeks). I was induced at 37 weeks due to concerns over pre-eclampsia. So, I guess I am saying, don't worry. Talk to your doc next time they see you and take it easy. It was clear that exercise of any kind made mine worse. Also, drink tons of water...I mean it--tons!
Thanks for your message, Laura. I'm feeling a bit better, I suppose. I'm glad we met, too--it certainly helps to know I'm not alone in all these ups and downs. My email address is aj204 at columbia dot edu.
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