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| at least it's not pink |
| 08.19.05 (6:31 pm) [edit] |
Well, I went to see the OB-GYN today. By the time I got there, I was in tears from the pain. The terrible, burning, awful pressure. I hobbled into the office, got weighed, and waited for the doc. The good news is, Baby is doing fine. His heartbeat is strong, and he's moving around in there to a backbeat only he can hear. Oh, and I gained weight, which made the doc happy but scared me a bit because it seemed fast, but it's all in *him* apparently, so I was ordered not to panic. Oh, yes -- the reason for the crippling, embarrassing pain? Something along the lines of a prolapsed uterus, which basically means my insides are collapsing a bit. Just like your boobs, I guess your reproductive organs submit to gravity and the shuddering weight of carrying a human lifeform within several times. I'm fortunate enough that nothing is dangerously low, just low enough to exert too much pressure on my pelvic bone and some big nerve nearby. The solution is to take it easy and wear a special support brace. It looks like a jockstrap for women. You'll have to take my word for it; I'd link to it but I'm too embarrassed because a few people I know in real life actually read this from time to time. It's strange as hell but the woman at Positive Care who fitted me told me it works like a miracle and she's sold more than 35 within the last few months. Either the docs get a kickback or this really works. I was more able to actually stand up straight and walk a bit better with it, and the PC gal said that if I put it on first thing in the morning I should notice a big difference. Let's all hope so. |
posted by: almsthvn (reply)
post date: 08.22.05 (3:51 am)
jockstrap always makes me think of jocularity. I dunno why.
Oh I hope it works for you, hon!!! Crossing fingers toes and boobs for ya!
posted by: themarina (reply)
post date: 08.22.05 (8:17 am)
I hope it works too! Whatever needs to be done to make life a little easier! :)
posted by: islandArtist (reply)
post date: 08.22.05 (5:05 pm)
Where the hell was this help from my OB/gyn?????? I was in agony for at LEAST half of my pregnancy. I would have saved a lot on advil if I had only known...
posted by: JT (reply)
post date: 08.23.05 (2:22 am)
Reply to: islandArtist
I have the greatest doc ever.
posted by: suzoates (reply)
post date: 08.23.05 (6:56 pm)
Elizabeth dropped when I was 28 weeks pregnant, man was that painful, wish my Doc prescibed that thing for me. I'll know for next time!
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