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Re: Pregnancy and Stage 5 Endo....HELPFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon Aug 7 18:25:12 2006
Dear PennyDoll, Here's where the women get separated from ... well, I don't know what, but you've got a rough road ahead of you if you're feeling this bad at 14 weeks. You asked for advice/suggestions/info/whatever so here's my $.02 keep what makes sense to you and just pass over what doesn't. I'm not interested in debating any of this with anyone. You are at a crossroads in your life and this is where you make the decision to do what's best for your baby or what makes you feel better. People may or may not judge you but only you can make this decision and it has to be one that YOU can live with. Don't listen to anyone else's "I could NEVER do THAT!" because quite frankly, they really don't know what they could or couldn't do when faced with the same situation. #1 stop looking for pain relief in the form of a pharmaceutical product because you are pregnant and your baby will not tolerate it well. Tylenol is your only pharmaceutically safe option. Try using other pain relief methods such as relaxation, massage and meditation, accupuncture, etc. CAUTION: NO HOT TUBS! (unsafe rise in body temperature). Try calling a pain management center near you and talk to someone about the options available to a pregnant patient. This is their area of expertise and if anyone would know what can be done for you, they would. #2 Why are you and your husband fighting? You only need to answer this question to yourself, not to me and not to this board. If you are both beyond exhausted then I strongly suggest you remedy that situation first. If you can manage it try taking a weekend away from home, phones, internet, bills, and problems and just be together. So what if you spend the entire weekend in bed napping - it's what you need. If you can't manage going away then try making the rest of the world disappear for a bit and unplug the phones, turn off the computers, rent a weekend's worth of DVDs order some food to be delivered and just try to rest, recuperate and recover a bit. #3 Your pain is not psychological in it's entirety. You may be having an exaggerated respsonse due to the overwhelming fatigue and exhaustion but that is just as real too. If your doctors are being as unsupportive as your post makes them sound then you need new doctors. You do not need the added stress. #4 Reduce your stress (this goes for your hubby too!). Find ways to simplify as much of your daily life as you can. Use your free time (both of you) to prepare for the week. If you both have mon-fri lives then use the weekend to cook some things ahead that can just be re-heated during the week when you're more tired and stressed. Get a slow-cooker if you don't already have one and make at least one meal per week in it - you'll be so glad on the days when you have no energy or strength left in you to cook a meal. You just put everything in it in the morning, turn it on and when you come home it's ready to eat. #5 Refocus your energy and attention to the baby you are carrying and what life will be like after his/her arrival. Learn to knit and make a blanket - the quiet activity will help soothe you. As badly as you may be feeling physically - it's nothing compared to the empty aching longing that so many of us feel that there is no pill or surgery for. There are so many women on this board and in the world who would gladly go through what you are if it meant having a baby to hold afterwards. I do hope this helps you and that you are able to find some relief for your pain soon and that you and your husband are blessed with a beautiful, healthy, happy baby.
At Mon, 7 Aug 2006, PennyDoll wrote:
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