May 2002 Hipmamas - Page 3

[Pinfeather]

WHOOO STALEY! You go girl! Birth that baby!!

[Katey-Kat]

Oh my!

Staley, I know you probably won't read this, cause I'm sure you are a little busy right now. :-)

i just meant to read the posts really quick, cause I have so much to do this weekend, but last night I had the stragest dream...you were in it. We were touring the hospital where I am having my little one. What a coincidence! (ruhiel was there to...so now I wonder....) :-)

I'm so excited for you!

AnnaRed: I have 6 more weeks. :-( I am really getting anxious to have the baby with me. I was playing with my friends 7 mo yesterday, and I just can't want till I have my own little one to snuggle.

I'm starting to get a little panic-y about the birth...you see I misscarried last year at the time that I am due, this year. We discovered that the baby had died on the 4th of June, Dr. estimates that she died on the 3rd (and I had a strange feeling that day that something was wrong), and I had a D&C on the 5th. Now I am really upset at the idea that this baby will be born on one of those days. (I'm due on the 3rd) Those were the worst days of my life, really, and how will I be able to concentrate on what I need to do to birth this baby when I am so preoccupied with the one that died? also, that was the last time that I was at the hospital (same hospital) and saw and experienced all those "hospital-y" things.

I'm really mad at my self that I am stressing about this so much. I really want to enjoy the last few weeks of this, but I can't now.

Well I have house cleaning and baby shopping to get to. I can't wait to hear from you, Staley!

Katey-Kat

[playfulmama]

go staleyg... or i bet congrats on your little aries is in order at this point! LOL

This is getting so exciting! Can't wait for all of us to be complaining of lack of sleep, dirty diapers, etc!

That is such a nice story about your work place AnnaRed! I too feel pissed off about the kind of maternity leaves you all get in the states! it is like only the rich can spend as much time as they like (need) with their kids! I hope this works out for you... women do rock!

Mneek, I broke our vacuum too... or at least me and SO are afraid to open it... so with 3 cats in the house i just try (< operative word) to sweep often.

Katey Kat, so sad to hear about your loss. Good to talk about it though, and of course your new little one brings the pain back to the forefront! We are all here to listen as you mourn... try to let yourself celebrate as well! I'm sure the little one you lost is celebrating with you!

I'm off to meet some west end toronto hipmamas in a couple of hours! Feelin' kinda shy but am sure they will be sweet.

Are you out there luckydog6? How are things?

I wanna meet our bebe!

[Hueylene]

My goodness Staley you really wanted that baby by tonight!
I'm so excited for you. I hope all is going well. My thoughts are with you and your new family!
Huey

[starkitty]

Hi May mamas! I'm glad to see you all here from HP mama
I'll review my stats:
27
First babe due April 30 (8 Days!) but I'm not counting on it.
Possibly GIRL
Hospital with Midwife
Cat:1

I don't post a lot but I'd like to keep up with you guys, I can't believe were about to have our babies! Staley!!!!! Hope you are holding yours right now.
I'm all ready, DH put the swing together a week ago and it's just taunting me, like "I'm waiting, you have to get through giving birth before you can use me." I'm getting super anxious, I'm excited to expierence the birth of my baby. I just want to get it over with already.
I'm not totaly ready to give up the pregnancy though,
I'm one of those "love being preggers" ladies. I feel so sexy and beautiful most of the time and I love to feel her move inside of me. BUT, I will love when she's out.
Take care all!

[esperanza]

go staley go! tons of great birthing vibes coming your way, although by now you are probably safe and sound with your new baby!

i'm jealous! why oh why can't it be a few weeks from from now and my girls ready to come out? right now they are just taking turns pushing on my cervix, and trying to push their way out the sides.

has everyone else felt all glowy and beautiful and happy during their pregnancy?

because i really haven't. there have definitely been transcendent moments, but on the whole i feel big, grouchy, impatient and uncomfortable. oh well.

[Serenity]

Esperanza, I am glad you said that because I feel ungrateful sometimes, this being a healthy much-wanted pregnancy but I have not felt beautiful, glowy, and happy for much of it. And especially now at the end I feel so huge, uncomfortable, and crabby!!!

[FiberChick]

Wow! Go Staley.... or by now it should be congrats! You're on the other side.

Katey-Kat I'm so sorry about your stress. I hope you can try to think good thoughts about your little one-to-be and stay focused on that. Positive thoughts go out to you as May approaches.

Thanks for the cute bibs Peggieanne, that was so sweet of you!

Seth is doing great-- he's up to 5 lbs as of yesterday, gaining an ounce a day on breast milk (despite their concern that we should be giving him high calorie formula instead-- hellooo, breastmilk is the perfect food, right?) and we are finally getting the latching on thing working right.
I am feeling better too. I took my last blood pressure med this am, the doctor will hopefully give me a clean bill of health tomorrow.
I was realizing yesterday that I miss feeling the baby move around inside. Everything has been so focused on my belly for so long and now there's nothing there but some flab.
I know these sound like wierd thoughts but the change back from pregnant to not is stranger than I expected.
My mother leaves saturday and although it is really time for that to happen I think we will go through some stress when it hits home that this is the way things are going to be-- reality with baby.

Hooraay for the SAHD!! My DH really, really wanted to do that but his job has the bennies and much better pay.
My temporary boss was asking when I might come back. At my shower-after-the-fact last friday, my whole office showed up at my bosses house and we really cleaned up with the gifts. These people have only known me for three months!
I got my going away card (I was in the hospital on my last official day of work) and my boss wrote something about saving a place for me. It was so nice. But, now I've got to figure out if and when I could. We had planned on me being a SAHM for a few years and the idea of trying to arrange suitable day care is frightening.

Okay, who's next to birth?

[Ravenmoon]

Well here i am at 42 weeks and counting.This is my third and i've never been overdue before!I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed to say the least.All of my April hipmama friends have given birth already.I'm hoping this won't be a May baby though because then i will be seriously overdue.Good luck to everyone else!

[staleyg]

I DID IT!!!!

oh my goodness mamas! sorry to leave you hanging. i was in labor for 36 hours!!! my beautiful baby boy, satchel, was born at home, drug free, sunday night at 7:55pm. that was the hardest thing i have ever done! my midwives and my dh rock and so does my precious baby. i am already majorly sleep deprived and am still recovering from the 36 hour marathon!! all i can say is WOW. i will post my full birth story and a pic asap. probably this weekend. thanks for all the positive birth vibes!! can't wait to hear how everyone else does!! yeooooooooooow!!!!!!!!

[BattleAxe]

Yay Staley!!! Congratulations on your baby boy, and on making it to "the other side"!!!! I am so excited for you and can't wait to hear more details - in the meantime, rest, love your baby, and rest some more!
-love, anna

[Electricita]

Staleyg - You did it!!! We want pix!

God, I can't believe that's going to be me soon...Due date 1 week away today but I have a feeling this baby's gonna let me wait it out - and some....

About glowing: I had been feeling pretty good for most of the time, and physically I am still totally fit for fight, but then in the last few weeks this sense of dread has crept over me - not about birth (at least not consciously) but about all kinds of other nasty things that could happen to me or someone I love. It is SO hard to deal with your head sometimes...But then I talked to another mama who had gone through the exactly same thing during her pregnancy and at least for the last two days I've been able to keep morbid thoughts at bay....Has anyone else had to deal with that?

[Hueylene]

Oh Staley-
I'm crying here. Sosososososososo happy for you! Thanks for letting us know all is well. Now, go get back in bed with your boy.
You did it, you ARE a hipMama.
Much mama-in-waiting love,
Sarah
Huey

[Serenity]

Congratulations Staleyg! Can't wait to join you!

Electricita: I'm right there with you on the morbid thoughts thing. I spent a sleepless night contemplating life and death issues--mine, baby's, MIL (she's due for surgery next week). Birth seems close to death in many ways and requires your surrender to your body to get through. My midwife has told me that its completely normal to feel anxiety, irritability, emotional towards the end because our hormones are changing again back to their prepregnancy state. It is like a bad case of PMS and I've definitely got it.

[AnnaRed]

CONGRATULATIONS STALEYG!!!!!

I am so happy for you!!! I can't wait to hear your story - 36 hours - woman, you are a rock star. I like the name Satchel.

Fiber- I'm so glad Seth is doing so well and the breastfeeding is working out now. I like his name too!

My midwife just left here...it was our first home visit. She brought me a huge bag of stuff for the birth. Makes it seem awfully real all of a sudden! Wow. Am I doing this?

We can't quite tell if the baby has dropped but we think so. I can breathe now and heartburn is pretty much gone and i can hardly walk. I still have 4 1/2 weeks but we'll see. I look so huge. She took one look at me and i could tell she was shocked. This baby is pooched way out in front. Way, way, out. My skin hurts so badly because its pulled so tight.

I have been relatively glowy the whole time until now. Now I am a little grumpy because i am so cumbersome, i feel super unattractive (shallow, i know, but its starting to get to me) and i feel like dh isn't "present" enough. I feel emotional in the same way I did at the very beginning so i know its the E word - estrogen.

Do I sound ungrateful or what? I have a wonderful dh and this has been pretty smooth for the most part - i just feel grumbly and my lower back hurts. On that note, I am off to make a garden in the back yard....

I really want us to stay in touch through all of our births!

[Katey-Kat]

Staleyg! Way to Go!

I am so so so so happy for you! 36 hours. Wow. I can't wait to see pix, but be sure and get your rest. You SO deserve it!

This whole thing is still so unreal to me. I set up the baseinett (I can never spell that), and it just seems to sureal that in a few weeks there will be a baby in it. I wen't baby shopping with DH (who is getting more and more involved, much to my relief) and I think I am in denial about the size of this kiddoo...I kept picking out these cute little outfits, they looked like the right size to me...till DH pointed out that they were for PREEMEEs, they all said 3-5 lbs. yeah. DD was 8.2 lbs, and DS was 7.8, so I don't think so. The other stuff all looked so BIG. I found some really really cute stuff though.

We had our last Dynamic Birth class last night. It was great. I am SO glad that I took it. I have 6 more weeks, at my next Dr. apointment he will do an internal exam to see if we are getting close at all. I have a very strong feeling this will be a may baby, but since my other two were late, I'm trying not to get my hopes up, or when I go into the middle of June, I will be VERY unhappy.

Off to get the kids from school. I can't wait to see who will be next!

[FiberChick]

Woooooohoooooo!

Sorry about the smiley, Huey, but I had to do it for Staley.

Staley, WAY TO GO, GIRL!

36 hrs, wow! How beautiful is your Satchel? The most beautiful in the world, I'll bet.

Of course, now I'm under pressure. If you get your birth story and pic up before I do, I will be so, so lame. Of course it's been almost 4 weeks for me now, and there really isn't any excuse, is there. sigh.
Atually I'm not sure about how to post pics here, and since Staley has been our internet savy mama, I don't know what I'll do about my photo.

[BattleAxe]

ah yes, who's next... (RavenMoon, I sure hope it's you - 42 weeks??? You strong woman, you...)

Serenity, I know exactly what you mean by the hormonal stuff - I totally lost my marbles at DH and DSD last night, for no particularly good reason, and after blowing up at them and then sobbing for a while and then apologizing profusely, I realized I had just experienced the equivalent of a really, really bad case of PMS. Until then, I hadn't had any serious mood swings for quite a while - despite the constant aches and pains, throwing up every morning, restless nights, and worrying about every little twinge, I've been in good spirits throughout this trimester. Not now. I'm done glowing, dammit...

And the "nursery" is all but finished - I gotta say, DH (with a bit of help from my mom and dad) did an amazing job of transforming a dark, dingy 6 x 7 foot closet into a wonderful little space, with frog borders and a small fish tank and shelves and repainted crib and dresser. He even built a changing attachment for the crib that folds down from the wall. I'm just about done with my sewing spree; I just have to finish up the quilt and then I'll have completed the whole linens side of things. And we got more than enough baby clothes from DH's sister, and picked up some essentials at last Saturday's shower, too. We just need to rig up a bedside sleeping arrangement (bassinet? combo thingie? basket?) and we'll be set.

So, come forth, Lazarus! Okay, I'm jumping the gun and should give the little guy a few more weeks of belly bliss... if it could possibly be blissful being cramped up in the belly of his cranky, barfing, shuffling, moaning, rolling-over-fifteen-times-a-night mama.

Okay, enough outta me. Hang in there, almost-there-mamas! And Staley and Fiber, I hope your boys are doing great (and that you are, too)!

-love, anna

[esperanza]

yay staley!!!!!!!!!

yup, i think there's definitely something hormonal in the air. prob doesn't help that my sleeping is shot!

at least the heat has gone away, and this weekend we are getting a whole new influx of baby stuff, so that's more to look forward to. my hospital bags are packed and ready, and we have car seats. my husband has an odd fascination with the whole mucus plug thing. i don't really get it, but he asks me if i've seen my plug yet all the time!

glad i'm not the only one lacking glow. thanks, mamas.

[CosmicMama]

Woo Hoo Staleyg!!!!

Congrat Staleyg- so did you make that Aries cut off mark? WOW - 36 hours and still DRUG free at home - you go girl. I love the name Satchel. Can't wait to see a picture but as it's been said - just make sure you get some rest for now. Anyway so so happy to hear all went well and you have your little one.

Fiberchick - glad to hear you are well also. Sounds like Seth is gaining weight and doing well and glad to hear you are good too. With you and Staleyg with your little boys - I want mine too!!!

Hope maybe Ravenmoon (42 weeks- yikes!) and Electricita have joined your ranks- can't wait to tell them congratulations also!!!

Me- I'm hanging in there. I only have another 2 weeks left of work to go (last day 5/10) and my due date is 5/15. I'm hoping he comes on Mother's Day - would like to celebrate that with a baby to hold in my arms .

I can barely take work anymore - this week had to work a 12 hour day on some stupid project... I am still catching up rest wise from that. Can't sleep well and generally just cranky and uncomfortable. Nope- no more glowing from me either. Need to get my act together and pack a bag, do some laundry etc... hoping to find some time for that this weekend.

Anyway- just saying HI. This is so exciting to read about all your precious babes coming into the world... can't wait to join your ranks!