As far as pregnancy symptoms go, I'm almost a textbook case. Super sensitive breasts, constipation, non-stop weeing and morning sickness. Yup, I've had them all. Thankfully most of these particular complaints melted away around week 8. Now I'm faced with a couple of new challenges: fibroids* and indigestion.
Sorry if it's TMI (too much information), but I find it fascinating (and slightly horrifying) that my insides look like a bag of golf balls. Every time I go for a scan the doctor dutifully measures all of the fibroids, the biggest of which is now 9cm x 7cm and growing. If I lie down I have got a seriously wonky stomach, with one bump low down and one - thanks to Mr Enormous Fibroid - by my belly button. At this rate I'm going to have a camel's hump not a bump!
Fibroids are actually pretty common and there's nothing you can do about them during pregnancy apart from pray they won't get much bigger or cause too many problems later on. (Thanks to my GP on this score, for pointing out that fibroids can get as big as footballs and result in a birth that makes a Nightmare on Elm Street look like a nice day out at the shops).
I have a feeling Mr Enormous Fibroid is now starting to move in on my stomach's territory as for the last two days I've had indigestion pains, another well-documented pregnancy symptom. So I've stocked up on the only indigestion tablets allowed for pregnant ladies and a large supply of peppermint tea. Fingers crossed!
*Fibroids are non-cancerous tumours which grow outside or inside the womb. (Outside in my case!)
good job you have scans in these modern times or you might think it was triplets!
ReplyDeleteThe thought had occurred...it certainly looks like it!
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