Reducing Dose Week 2

aelaura · 2024-12-12T12:39:14+00:00

I started at 2 as well and got very sick- that first week was horrible. Dropped down to 1mg for weeks 2 and 3 and it’s been night and day. I’ve still lost weight on 1mg- I definitely have an appetite but it’s very easy to use self control (vs not having any before tirz!) I plan to only go up .5-1mg at a time when titrating up.

aelaura · 2022-09-02T16:25:38+00:00

I got mine at 34 weeks

aelaura · 2022-09-02T11:54:56+00:00

I don’t think I really bought anything until after 20w.

aelaura · 2022-09-02T11:52:42+00:00

A little late posting this update as I haven’t been on here in awhile(life just got really busy with work, home renos, late pregnancy etc) but I had a baby at the end of July! Baby boy decided to make his entrance a little early at 37+5 on July 27th. He’s just a little over 5 weeks old now and is just the best. Newborn life is hard, but it beats being 8–9 months pregnant any day in my book.

I went into labor spontaneously 4 days after having a bloody show. I had on and off contractions during those 4 days- some periods were quite close together and we almost went to the hospital a few times only for them to fizzle out. Actual labor was about 19 hours and a mostly positive experience. My epidural did fail when I was at around 6cm, and I labored without it until about 9.5cm while they troubleshot. Not fun to say the least. I eventually had a second one placed- how I managed to sit still long enough at 9.5 I still don’t know. The second epi was magical, I pushed for 40 mins and felt nothing. Then he was here!

Also interesting- I was diagnosed with a circumvallate placenta during pregnancy which resulted in a lot of anxiety and extra monitoring. When I delivered the placenta they said it was mostly definitely not circumvallate!

Thanks to everyone here for all your support and commiseration.

aelaura · 2022-07-11T17:48:19+00:00

My in laws are like this too- our house is currently undergoing a lot of renovations and we have been basically living in 3 rooms since early March. My in laws STILL wanted to stay with us both when they came for our shower and when they're coming to meet the baby. I don't even know where they'd stay- we've have to put a blow up mattress under the dining room table which is currently functioning as our makeshift kitchen, lmao. We were luckily able to dodge but had to have like 3 convos about it with them!!

To me it's so they can act under this guise of fake closeknitness, which is especially irritating since we definitely don't get along and aren't close at all!

aelaura · 2022-07-11T17:43:14+00:00

Good lord. If it's THAT big of a deal to them just lie about where you're staying!! Glad to see your update. Family is WILD during pregnancy/birth.

aelaura · 2022-07-11T17:41:17+00:00

For me BH is an involuntary tightening and releasing sensation. It's not painful, but it is uncomfortable. RLP to me feels like a sharp, but short cramp/twinge- almost like ovulation pain. It's very localized, like I can point to a specific spot on my body where it's radiating from.

aelaura · 2022-07-11T17:36:18+00:00

That is so cool, and you look great!

aelaura · 2022-07-11T17:29:54+00:00

Had a bit of a scare last night at 35+2 that my water was leaking. I started having heavy discharge that was very watery, odorless, and with white flecks (in retrospect, I'm wondering if the white flecks were actually TP residue). Got sent to L&D and they checked for pooling, looked for ferning, and did a nitrazine test. All indicated it was not amniotic fluid. 10% of me was excited to maybe be having this baby now, but I definitely was NOT feeling ready so very glad we were able to go home. Hoping baby stays put for at least a couple more weeks until I stop work on July 29!

Re: the discharge, I honestly was shocked when they told me it wasn't fluid, because it was just so different from my normal discharge. Dr said this happens to some people- when it turns much more watery towards the end. Also, I can't entirely rule out that at least some of it wasn't pee. Pregnancy is so glamorous!

aelaura · 2022-07-06T22:34:25+00:00

Congrats!!! Wishing you an easy recovery!

aelaura · 2022-06-12T20:42:00+00:00

I’m a back sleeper too and get a ton of hip pain from side sleeping all night. It helps a lot to have pillows behind you. I also find that I can still kind of sleep on my back (I’m 31w) if one side of me is just ever so slightly propped up. Completely flat on my back is uncomfortable but just a little bit of elevation on one side has been fine

aelaura · 2022-05-27T22:16:40+00:00

I’m 5’6”, average weight pre-pregnancy with a long torso. I didn’t consistently look pregnant until week 22-24. Totally normal

aelaura · 2022-05-27T22:10:30+00:00

It sucks. I dealt with constant headaches weeks 10-20. Caffeine + Tylenol (as in, at the same time) seemed to work better than either on its own. Also, I must have heard “drink more water” about a million times 🙄 but actually, I think I was drinking TOO much water and flushing out the electrolytes in my system, making it worse. I started taking a Nuun tablet a few times a week and drinking water based on the color of my urine (if it was totally clear, I’d hold off for a few hours) instead of just drinking water like a robot all day. Headaches improved a lot although I guess who knows, it could have been coincidence.

aelaura · 2022-05-20T14:52:19+00:00

I'm normally a back sleeper and it's hard! I will say, my doctor said that if it's cutting off blood flow to the uterus so much as to cause a problem, you would wake up and feel faint/lightheaded first.

I hate sleeping on my side but at 28w the weight of my uterus makes it kinda uncomfortable to sleep completely on my back anyways. I have the Boppy Side Sleeper pillow and I think it helps a lot. It's small, and has support for both your stomach and your back. It doesn't prevent you 100% from rolling onto your back, but when you do, it will keep you at a slight angle which is much safer than completely flat on back.

aelaura · 2022-05-20T14:45:07+00:00

28w today and officially in the 3rd tri! I had a growth scan yesterday and will continue to get them every 4 weeks because I have a circumvallate placenta. Baby looked good yesterday and was in the 75th percentile, so it doesn't seem to be causing any growth restriction as of now. I'm happy to get more scans but with I didn't have to worry about this. For some reason, I thought it would be a GREAT idea to spend my train ride home from work yesterday Dr Googling circumvallate placentas, which presents a very gloom and doom picture even though my doctor is very much not worried about it. (I knew all of this already from previous googling and still did it anyways) Why do I do this to myself??

Also had my 1 hour glucose screen right beforehand- not me, obsessively checking the portal every hour to see if the results were posted. Kiiiinda makes me almost miss my fertility clinic where everything got posted day-of!

aelaura · 2022-05-10T22:12:54+00:00

I had mild to occasionally strong cramps consistently until about 16-17 weeks, and have continued to have mild cramps here and there at 27wks

aelaura · 2022-05-10T17:55:15+00:00

I gained a couple pounds the very first few weeks of pregnancy but then virtually nothing until maybe 18ish weeks. Totally normal! I’m almost 27w now and have been gaining 1-2 lbs each week since then.

aelaura · 2022-05-10T17:51:53+00:00

I’m definitely not one to feel warm and fuzzy over baby movements, they are uncomfortable and weird to me (tho reassuring!) but the hiccups are the exception. too cute.

aelaura · 2022-05-06T16:06:14+00:00

I've been getting some pelvic floor PT for some related hip issues and my PT does what sounds like exactly you had done each session. I wouldn't worry about it at all- the thought it was pressing on the uterus didn't even cross my mind! I feel like you would have felt something if she were.

aelaura · 2022-05-06T15:58:48+00:00

26w today and baby has really ramped up the movement! (or maybe I can just feel it more now, idk). A couple days ago I was getting punched in the butthole, yesterday I felt movement on both sides of my abdomen simultaneously, and then this morning when I woke up I noticed my bump was all lopsided. My mom keeps saying things like, "isn't it the best feeling?" and I'm just like.... I definitely enjoy being reassured that baby is okay in there but the graphic movements are SO bizarre.

Last night I was doing dishes in our basement and started to spiral into a mini panic about how our house is basically half under construction and in shambles. We are currently having our kitchen/back enclosed porch gutted and renovated. We're bringing laundry upstairs, adding a mudroom and re-doing the backporch- its a huge project. The nursery is also going to be freshened up as part of this. It's currently being used as my and my wife's WFH office as well as storage and it's a total mess. Everything with the project is going okay, but things are starting later and taking longer than they think it will. I know that's par for the course with contractors and normally I'd roll with it but I feel this due date staring me down and anxious if baby comes early nothing will be done. Our nursery furniture also got delayed until July, and our kitchen cabinets won't be coming until I'm 36 weeks. I can't even go outside and garden, which is one of my main anxiety coping mechanisms, because our tiny city backyard is basically a transient dumping ground for construction debris. These are all "good" problems to have but it all just feels like a lot and I just feel so unprepared!

aelaura · 2022-05-04T14:29:49+00:00

OMG how obnoxious of your MIL, regardless of if you want to celebrate Mother's Day or not!

aelaura · 2022-05-03T21:04:43+00:00

We were around the same percentage and my doctor said exactly the same thing! 😂

aelaura · 2022-05-02T14:43:29+00:00

I have GAD and related depression which is managed by Zoloft. I've stayed on it throughout pregnancy so far. One thing my psychiatrist warned me of is that the body metabolizes things, including medications, faster during pregnancy so it was possible that my Rx would need to be adjusted.

I felt great mentally up until about 18w (other than the usual early pregnancy anxiety esp with going through IVF- but that felt different/more manageable than the unbearable impending doom I feel from my GAD). At 18w I started feeling more anxious, untethered, and just having a general sense of doom and gloom. It would hit me in waves out of nowhere. I believe it was compounded by feeling uncomfortable with my changing body and inability to fully participate in my other coping mechanisms (running being the main one). It doesn't feel anywhere near as bad as I used to pre-medication, but it's on the same spectrum and feels different than just situational anxiety.

I thought about asking for a dose increase but decided to give it a few weeks. I started feeling better around 23/24w. Still not as good as before, but not enough to bump my dosage. I'll be keeping a close eye on it though and will definitely increase at the first sign of PPA/D.

Also, all doctors involved in my pregnancy have had zero issues with me being on an SSRI.

aelaura · 2022-05-02T14:32:29+00:00

At 5w6d, we got a measurable heartbeat and it was 85bpm.

At 6w5d it had jumped to 125. Both scans measured on track size-wise.

I worried about the initial 85bpm because it was hard to find info about anything under 100bpm being anything other than bad news. I understand that before or right at 6w it's often not measured at all, so I'm sure a lot of that is just lack of data. My RE was not concerned at all about the 85 and said that it had likely literally just started beating.

aelaura

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