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Posted 12/10/2014 3:42 PM (GMT 0)
I have a daughter who has just started seeing a counselor for some issues and when she told the therapist her mom had fibro the therapist asked what my pregnancies had been like. When my daughter told her I had been sick from morning to night and had two preterm deliveries the therapist said she lots of woman with fibro who had difficult pregnancies.

Just wondering if others here on this blog had experienced difficult pregnancies and deliveries?
Posted 12/10/2014 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
Don't get me wrong, I love my kids and all, but I'd not choose pregnancy again, EVER! I was so sick I had to quit my job in the day and sleep in the bathroom at night. I was sick for the first 4 months and miserable to the last day.

I breastfed and almost constantly felt like I had an infection although I did not.

Jen
Posted 12/10/2014 6:00 PM (GMT 0)
Hmmm, interesting. My pregnancies were "normal," but definitely not easy or enjoyable. The first wasn't too bad; during the second was when I realized something weird was going on with my body, and by the third, I'd thought long and hard about it because I already had chronic pain, though I didn't know why. My morning sickness was way worse this time, and it just went downhill from there.

I'll be interested to see whether this seems to be a pattern with us.

Debbie
Posted 12/10/2014 10:11 PM (GMT 0)
With my first-born, I only had morning sickness (very, very mild) twice, not even vomiting--just nausea. This baby was over 9 lbs., so yes, labor was painful, and I came close to a Caesarean birth, but another doctor came and assisted with the birth, using forceps. Other than being in labor for several hours (anyone who has given birth knows about the back pain, etc.) it wasn't an unusual pregnancy, labor, or birth.

Sadly, I lost a baby in a miscarriage with my next pregnancy. I just had the feeling something just wasn't right, but I didn't know what. The baby died at between 8 and 10 weeks. I had already bought a few baby clothes and we were so excited to be pregnant. This was a very devastating loss.

With my youngest, I had no nausea or morning sickness at all. But, I began bleeding at about 4 months, and yes, I was scared it was another miscarriage. Happily, though, things turned around. Baby was fine! :) Labor was fast and it wasn't as painful as the first time. Delivery was much easier, too.

The only 'glitch' was that with both babies, I had very severe tearing--to the point where a gyn doctor suggested I may want plastic surgery(!) But I just did lots of Kegal exercises (still do, just for 'maintenance.')

(BTW:  My fibro symptoms started (though mildly, back then) a few years before my second pregnancy.)

Posted 12/10/2014 10:21 PM (GMT 0)
Hmmm, that's interesting. I had a difficult pregnancy (bed rest) and an extremely difficult delivery.
Posted 12/10/2014 11:42 PM (GMT 0)
Luvz, I had one 9 lb baby too, and one 9 & 1/2! The other was just over 7.

And for whatever reason, I guess the way I'm built, I always carried very low and waaay out in front. I looked 7 months when I was about 3...and I still have quite a tummy today.

Debbie
Posted 12/11/2014 12:12 AM (GMT 0)
Ditto on the tummy, Debbie. I remember being about just barely 'maybe' 3 months pregnant, and the librarian in our town asked me if I were pregnant!

My full-term babies were (first-born) 9 lbs. 8 ounces and (youngest) 8 lbs. 10 ounces. I think the one weighing 8 lbs 10 oz should have been born first, don't you think? :)
Posted 12/11/2014 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, that might have made the second a little easier!

My biggest was my first, too. And labor was a nightmare...both times (I had to have a C-section with my last. )

Debbie
Posted 12/11/2014 2:43 AM (GMT 0)
It is interesting that pregnancies were brought up. Something I have wondered about is how my morning sickness could be reduced by staying up as late as possible and sleeping in as late as possible.

It is like this weird illness. I feel better if I stay up late and get up later. Mornings are just nasty, the earlier the nastier.

That seems really odd. You'd think it would related to the sleeping schedule versus daylight schedule. It's as if my day clock is messed up.

Jen
Posted 12/11/2014 4:00 AM (GMT 0)
I have that problem too, Jen. Every night I plan to get to bed earlier, and I never make it. My body seems to like the night and hate the morning, too.

But I don't want to be like this! I know if I could just get over the hump, I could change. It's not fun being out of step with the rest of the world.

Debbie
Posted 12/11/2014 11:19 AM (GMT 0)
I used to be a real night owl, too. I still seem to feel my best in the evenings, unless fatigue decides to kick in, and though I try hard to get to bed by 9, it's sometimes a battle. I get up with hubby around 5, but must confess that some days, I need to sneak back to bed by around 6:30 for 20 minutes or so.

Mornings are hard, though when I can do it, it feels great to start the day early and get stuff done.
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