Weekly chit chat February 21-27

[Mal85]

I guess this should have been started yesterday, maybe we've all lost the motivation to keep up!

How many of us are still pregnant? I know it's not many. This is the last week of February, hopefully we will all get to see our February babies! I know I'm crossing my fingers.

No excitement happening here. No impending signs of labor starting soon. My next appt is the day after my due date, I'm hoping I don't make it.

[BathrobeGoddess]

I'm here...41w 2d overdue...If this babe come like oldest will be born in the next 24 hours...if like younger dd it will be Weds. I had a GREAT day yesterday...felt well, had a ton of energy, slept great last night. Got up today after a great night of sleep and I feel so tired...bone tired...I must have done too much yesterday!

[AKislandgirl]

I haven't been keeping up with the weekly chats lately. It's harder to get on here with a 3 week old then I would have thought! We are doing well though. Fiona is 3 weeks old today. The sun is shining and the bike path near our house is finally ice free so we are going to head out for a walk after lunch. I've been dying to get out but its been so cold and icy!

Fiona is still getting used to the sling. She does ok in it if she has a full belly and I keep moving. We'll see what she thinks of it on our walk!

I hope the rest of these babies arrive soon! It has been so much fun to read the birth announcements. I'm tired and feel overwhelmed some days when I look at the dishes piled up or the laundry that I've been meaning to fold for the last week but I'm so happy to have my little girl and to be a mom. She's amazing and I feel so blessed to have her.

[LionTigerBear]

Hey everyone! Eliza is two days old now and I am already feeling restless with staying home all the time! I don't want to take her out yet, though, because it is so cold out. She was born during a snowstorm and we're getting more snow tonight.

My emotions are definitely very up and down right now! It is just a big adjustment. It is so nice having DH home, though.

BTW, THANK YOU to whoever told me about the Belly Bandit. I LOVE it!!! It feels very supportive. My belly still looks so huge! Can't wait to get my waist back.

[mamakaya]

i'm still here as well. my due date is the 27th and i'm starting to feel like maybe i'll actually see it come. my next ob appt is on tuesday and i know she's going to want to talk induction. she is very "by the book" and i know she feels her skills as an ob to "help" my labour along will probably be needed. its making me feel some stress that i don't care for.

last night, all through the night, i was having tons of really spicy uterine surges. this morning i ate my sensible breakfast thinking "well now i have some good food in my stomach for labour." i really thought it was it! i timed things at about 2-5 minutes apart, puttered around the house a bit, and then everything stopped. bummer lost some more mucus plug today but i'm starting to lose faith in that as a sign!

an off topic question: do or did you have any colostrum leak from your breasts before having your baby? i just ask because last time i was wearing breast pads by like 36 weeks and this time there has been no sign of any (despite frequent nipple stimulation to try to get things going!). i wonder if this means it will be more difficult to get my milk to come in this time? last time my poor babe drowned in my ample milk supply but i would rather have that than a hungry baby...

[AKislandgirl]

mamakaya: I didn't leak any colostrum before Fiona was born and I didn't have any trouble with my milk coming in. I hope the same for you.

[Jenivere]

I have never leaked ahead of time and never had supply problems.

[ewolthuis]

I leaked the first time I was pregnant, and this time I never did. My milk still came in the next day, like last time, although there was a shorter period of extreme leakage and engorgement than last time, if I remember correctly. Boobs are still tender, though, as I find myself defending them from my 3YO DS! Ouch.
Lucy Alice is 2 weeks one day today. How are everyone's nights going? Last night Lucy kept us up from about 11:30 until around 3:30. Argh!!! She just wouldn't sleep! I kept nursing her hoping it would help her conk out, but it never really did the trick....until the wee hours. Last night was the end of our two weeks of DH staying home, and he had to work a 12 hour shift today, so we were bummed to miss our sleep. And today, I jumped right on in to learning how to take care of 2 kids on my own! But, I must say today went very well. Lucy, of course pretty much slept all day! Hah. My 3YO doesn't nap anymore, either, so that kind of sucks for me. He does stay in his room and plays for almost an hour, but I just can't seem to sleep if he is up. Maybe in another week, I will be able to!
DS is doing pretty well with little sister, but he does some things to her that seem too rough to me. I am trying to keep our communication positive as much as possible, but it makes me really mad to see him be rough with her!
So that is challenging, too.

[dooney]

I have a headache.

I was thinking today that I need a vacation. My "wildest fantasies" all include things like finding a babysitter my 2-yr-old likes, long hot showers by myself, greasy comfort food, old Sealab episodes, and "just snuggling" with my husband. When I'm feeling really naughty, I even imagine soft new sheets on the bed.

[AKislandgirl]

Originally Posted by dooney

I have a headache.

I was thinking today that I need a vacation. My "wildest fantasies" all include things like finding a babysitter my 2-yr-old likes, long hot showers by myself, greasy comfort food, old Sealab episodes, and "just snuggling" with my husband. When I'm feeling really naughty, I even imagine soft new sheets on the bed.

So wild! Mine include sleeping 3-4 hours at a stretch and a big bowl of chocolate peanut butter ice cream! Oh yeah, and somebody to fold my laundry!

[monkaha]

I'm here, still pregnant, still contracting. The contractions are changing daily though, so he's gearing up for something, I think (hope). If he doesn't make an appearance before then, I'm scheduled to start induction Tuesday night with cervidil. I'm actually ok with that. After gearing up the whole pregnacy to fight induction if need be, I think I am truly at peace with the idea now. Weeks of prodomal labor will help that..... but really, I'm feeling trusting of my OB and ready to do this. (I would of course be more than thrilled if he came before then)

[Jenivere]

My biggest fantasy is my husband cleaning my kitchen from top to bottom.

[syrenatismommy]

i'm here(know im new to mdc) see doctor tuesday, hopefully good news!

[LionTigerBear]

Welcome to MDC, syrenati'smommy!!!

[juliebelle]

i'm here....due on the 28th. i am having more crampy contractions that feel more intense. nothing regular and nothing consistent. just sitting around on the birth ball waiting.

i had a midwife appointment today...declined any exam. head is way down in my pelvis...hence why my hips are aching bad. i don't feel like anything is imminent but then again it's my 3rd and things could change at any moment.

[Mal85]

So, I'm making myself feel better today. I have little to complain about... I'm not overdue (just 2 days from my EDD), I'm not having all the prodromal labor everyone else has been suffering through. It hits me sometimes when I read about all the new babies around here that I will be holding mine very soon. It's really hard to imagine that actually happening.

I've given myself a new mindset. I've waited 40 weeks already, it isn't going to kill me to wait a little longer. Once I have her, the excitement and anticipation of that day will be gone and over and although I will have her here with me, I will miss this. So, as difficult as it is to do, I'm forcing myself to be patient and enjoy these last few days (maybe weeks, but hopefully not) that it's just my husband and I... with quiet evenings and plenty of down time.

Tonight, we're going to a friend's house for dinner and to watch Heroes. Possibly the last time we'll get to hang out with our friends and it only be us adults... at least for a while anyway. And she let me watch the Oscars last night. I love to watch the Oscars and wasn't sure I'd get to see it this year, could have been in labor. Now, if only I didn't have to be at school... it is near impossible to concentrate on that right now!

[chaoticzenmom]

I'm still here. My due date is tomorrow. I'm not really showing that many signs of getting ready physically. I'm trying not to obsess.

I've been pumping colostrum so that I can try to get labor started....it's not working, but I do have some colostrum, so that's good.

Wishing the best for those of us still waiting.
Lisa

[syrenatismommy]

Thank you for the welcome Lion
&& Good luck chaotic!
I have a doctors appt tommorrow at 915 hopefully we get some good news! Trying not to be to anxious or stress so much, but just cant wait to see my little one

[Nillarilla]

My girlfriend came over and cleaned my house last night. How wonderful is that? It was so great to wake up to a clean house. My mother in law arrives this afternoon and she is a great cook so I am excited.

[dooney]

My husband might be losing his job this week, thus losing our insurance that allows us to go to Wisconsin where all the GOOD doctors are. I just lost my OB, I don't want to lose the midwife and end up at a whole new practice (which I hate and don't trust). I just got my 2yo an appointment with the urologist because his left teste won't stay where it's supposed to be. I'd have to cancel that as well as all checkups with our wonderful CPNP who is non-vax friendly. We'll be able to get IL "Allkids" insurance, but have to stay in state, eek. Cross your fingers he doesn't get the axe! They're cutting 50-ish jobs, and he's not all that high up the seniority ladder.