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I love you honey, but get out of me!!

My due date is July 18th and I am almost 34 weeks pregnant. The third trimester has been by for the hardest one for me. My back hurts so bad, and Im finally sleeping... but eight hours isnt enough i sleep way past that and Im still exhausted and falling asleep! I really can't wait for him to be here.. but I just wish my due date would just hurry up! I've been really thirsty and goodness I am HOT.. I can't believe Im going to be pregnant in July!! So.. that's my story... I have it out of my system now so i feel a little better. good luck to all the mothers to be out there and I feel for all of you because I know what you all are going through.

Julia

abdomen pains every day

am a mother of 36 six years a singl e mother this is a third child .my baby is kicking several times a day and i eat more than necessary.my last piriod were before twentieth december 2008 IM STAYING IN RURAL EREA where there are no ultra sound .im crazy to know if im carried a boy or girl my other problem is that father of my baby is not there for me but he cant wait ot see.ialmost fight every time we see each other ,this is fustrating me,.im always tired and having back pains .idont if il cope with exam next month.

zinzi

Long wait!

Hiya, i am 20 years old, and 33 weeks pregnant with twins (boy/girl). I wasn't that shocked when i found out i was having twiins because there are that many sets in my family i was almost garenteed them, me and my boyfriend were very happy though. i had the most greatest pregnancy up until 7 months, before 7 months i had no strech marks, no complications, no scares, no pain, no trouble sleeping. Then it all came in one, i was experiencing exessive back pain, abdional pain so the hospital asked me to come and see them, they kept me in over night and gave me two injections of steroids for the babies lungs. the back pain has worsened, my legs are swollen, and recently i woke up with a really sore armpit with a little pea sized lump, it terrified me but just turned out to be strain because of the growth of my breasts. the pregnancy hasn't been that good for me but i love the fact that i am going to have a lil boy and girl soon to show to the world and show them what i and my boyfriend have created, its a hell of a wait, alot of work but i guess in the end it is so worth it when you couldnt imagine loving something so much in all your life "the love of your child" i cant wait!!!!! sarah x x

Sarah Louise

Adding to the family

My name is Ashley and I'm the mother to a wonderful 2 year old son. I am also pregnant and this time its a girl! I'm excited and really scared as my due date gets closer and closer. I'm living with my finance's parents because we lost the apartment we were living in. We have nothing ready and it's not looking good for finding a place soon.
My finance and I were not expecting our 2nd child so soon but I wouldn't change anything. I'm excited to meet my little girl to balance out my family.
I am getting too big to be comfortable anymore and my back is killing me but I guess it's a small price to pay for creating a beautiful baby. I'm in week 32 and I have a scheduled c-section on May 22. Times ticking till I finally get to meet her, Irelynn LeeAnn. My son is going to be such a wonderful big brother too!!

Ashes

Complicated AND High Risk

I got married in May, and found out I was about 3 1/2 weeks pregnant in August. From the very beginning
I was categorized as high-risk since my sister-in-law was born with severe spina bifida (which can be genetic). I also was in a car accident that royally screwed my neck and back as well as causing me to develop arthritis, DDD and Fibromyalgia, so I was categorized as having a complicated pregnancy from Day 1. I accepted all of this, especially after having 2 miscarriages, and being told my chances of conceiving were only 25%, and that my actual chance of carrying a child to full term (or close to) were less than 25%.

I was so excited, I didn't care about the morning sickness, for the first 20 weeks... Until I barely gained any weight... that's when my doctor diagnosed me as having hyperemis gravidis (spelling?) or SEVERE morning sickness which required me to take prescription medication just to keep WATER down. I ended up losing over 16 lbs, and I was SO scared. Then, around 24 weeks, I developed SPD, or severe loosening of the pelvic girdle, which makes walking, sitting, sleeping, everything essentially so painful. I've been on modified bed rest since 4 months!!! This was due to the morning sickness, and the SPD just confirmed it.

Well, at 33 weeks, my psychiatrist noticed I was having heart palpitations, so I mentioned this to my OB, who sent me in for an EKG. This came back as me having tachycardia AND left atrial abnormalities... so I was sent to a Cardiologist (after my OB scared me and told me it might come down to an emergency c-section to save my life rather than letting me go into labor naturally). After having all the tests that the Cardio ordered, the results were finally in... My tachycardia (too fast heart beat) was within safe range for the most part, so postpartum I will be rechecked and most likely be put on heart medication to regulate this condition. ALSO, he told me that I have a few leaky heart arteries, which are common, but need to be monitored. THEN he tells me that although my thyroid tests were normal, it was enlarged, and now my OB is going to send me in to see an Endocrinologist.

Oh, did I mention that the amount of protein in my urine has been slowly increasing, so I am borderline pre-eclampsic, and at 33 weeks, I was already thinning, so I'm at a high risk of pre-term labor.

All of my life I have dreamed of having children, but given the way this pregnancy is going my hubby and I have talked about this being the only pregnancy, although we both want to have one girl (which is what we are having) and having one boy...Our final decision maker will be what the doctor recommends and how labor goes (IF I get to labor that is, still might need to have a scheduled C-section.)

I know this will sound stupid, but because of all the complications so far, I haven't had a baby-shower, and I just found out that the "friend" who was suppose to throw it completely FORGOT, so I'm really depressed over this, which is silly, but I just wanted one day to focus on the positive - and to be spoiled... Mu hubby works so hard to try and support us in this economy, but we are barely making it since I can't work, and had it not been for my dad, and his dad, we would only have a few outfits... Thankfully for grandpa's we have almost everything we need!!!! And my best friend is really trying her best to help as much as possible (she has 3 boys, one's 6, one's 3, and one's 9 months...)

I'm not trying to scare anyone, I just desperately needed to vent!!!

Heather-Marie