Hey ladies,

Okay, so this is my first pregnancy and so far as I know, my BP is not high (of course it was taken three weeks ago when I wasn't swollen) but in the last two days, my legs, ankles and feet are totally swollen...to the point where the skin on it feels like it's asleep, you know? well, maybe you don't. It's weird, I've never had this before so I don't know. But I have noticed in the last couple weeks, that if I'm walking for any length of time, my hands get HUGE!!!

I've had my feet up all afternoon and it hasn't seemed to help...

Also, here are two other issues that I'm hoping some of you can help with...

TMI warning: have any of you experience loose bowels a lot during your pregnancy? It seems like if I do have a BM (sorry TMI) it's because I have loose bowels...I get it really bad when i'm walking...what's up with that?

Finally, I'm 20 weeks and I haven't felt the baby move...well, I probably have, but I can tell you it doesn't feel like butterfly kisses or anything everyone says it should be like...it feels like one big gas bubble moving from one side to the other....could that be it? My boss said she didn't feel anything from her first baby until really far into her pregnancy so I'm not worried, plus at our ultrasound the baby was moving so much the tech couldn't measure her! so, I don't think anything is wrong.

Thanks for your help...I'm just a first time mom watching her body be taken over by an alien.

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Liz (age 25)
~ Tricia (DP) (age 38) Been together 2.5 years.




Carol Kathleen born April 7th, 2009