Queer and Pregnant Mar., Apr., May

[DM630]

If you want to be added, just post in bold with your due date. Also, if you have recently had your babe(s), please chime in with the name and birth date in bold. If your information is not correct or has changed, please also post in bold so that I can get it corrected!!

Queer and Pregnant


October 2008
TryingMammas, due 10/2008
HeddyBee, due 10/19/2008

November 2008
Melissa and Susan - due 11/21/08
Cartesia - due 11/27/2008

December 2008
Deah, due 12/4/2008
shaller (tiggerkong), due mid - December

January 2009
d80mama, 1/29/2009

March 2009
Erica12009, due 3/8/2009

April 2009
Kim&Brooke

May 2009
Ellie74, due 5/20/2009

June 2009
Nnejy, due early June

July 2009
QTRANDI, due 7/12/2009
Mommies_2_be, due 7/12/2009
ninefirefly, due 7/30/2009

August 2009
NYC AMU, due early August
DM630, due August 17
Raene and River - 8/23/2009

September 2009
Wazzmum, due September 3

October 2009
Jodybird511, due October 10
Travelgirlz, due with twins October 10
Mads-a-Mama, due October 25

November 2009
Deny Zoo29, due November 5
Turtle's Momma, due November 24
baby.fatty, due November 24
Scalpel, due with twins November 27

December 2009
Kelmendi due December 15

January 2010
KJM due January 1
Gloomcookie, due January 2
Carmen358, due January 5
Indigoscot DP, due January 18

April 2010
Kimlyn32, due April 4

Graduates!!! Yeeeahaaa!!
NZmumof2 (Anna, DP Leah), Florence born 1/23/2008
Jentina (Jen & Sarah), Ellis Thomas born 2/20/2008
msjodi, Delaney Cait born 5/1/2008
mamastotwo, Boy/Girl twins born 5/2/2008
thismama, Zelda born 5/6/2008
TheGirls, Alexandra Kathryn Stay born on 5/12/2008
rightkindofme, Shanna Francesca born 5/24/2008
MollyKenzie, Lucy and Edie born 6/18/2008
kk_davey, Grier born 7/7/2008
mamimapster, Jocheved (Julia) Hadassah Bat Sara V' Miriam born 7/15/2008
AngelaM (Angela), Ocean Rae born 8/10/2008
Venustx, Triplets!! Levi, Sage, and Jillian born 8/12/2008
Scalpel (Jess, DP Darcie), Alexis Jean born 8/29/2008
Becca, Phoebe Joy born 10/9/2008
JenInMpls (DP Jo), E.W. born 10/24/2008
Tigermiep (and dp M), Anders Xavier born 12/11/2008
MujerMamaMismo, Sebastian Felix born 12/21/2008
Simcon, Baby G born 12/28/2008
2happymamas (Jill & Kerri), Colette(Coco) born 1/5/2009
Starling and Diesel, Esme born 1/30/2009
Pigirl, baby born 1/30/2009
Giggleblue, Baby A born 3/16/2009
Pranava, Baby Zion born 3/24/2009
Quasar (and dp Smartycat), Baby Raymond Joseph born 4/5/2009
Heart-N-Bones, baby Ella Grace born 4/22/2009
Lexbeach (Lex and Lena), Baby Leo born 6/26/2009
JennM1021, Baby Alexander born 6/29/2009
Serenekitten, baby Asher born 7/21/2009

Recovering from Losses, to Rejoin Us Soon
Jen
Snoopy13 (JD)
pleasantlyfurious
Lemurmommies
Miss Scarlett
Astropeep and FozzieBear
ktcl (and dp Megin)
Milletpuff
Lyndzies

[giggleblue]

thank you for the new thread!!!

last night i was having contractions at 5 or so minutes apart - this may be tmi (sorry) but they made me feel as if i immediately had to poo. as soon as the contraction was over, i would feel normal again. i'm assuming this is a contraction, but i'm not sure????

thing is, i honestly don't know anyone who has gone into labor on their own. all the mothers i know personally have either had c-sections at 37 weeks or went to be induced at like 38 or 39 weeks.

i did some searching on message boards and it seems like everyone's labor starts differently anyway, so that didn't really help. i haven't lost my plug and i'm not having any show, so i assume that nothing is really happening.

i'm considering opting out of the cervical checks all together until i go into labor. i feel like knowing that i'm not making progress will do nothing but make the situation more stressful. thoughts??

[heart-n-bones]

Sounds like you're getting close to me giggleblue. How exciting!!

Thanks for the new thread DM 630!

[JennM1021]

Thanks for the new thread DM!!

Giggleblue...sounds exciting!!! Hang in there...and keep us posted when you can!!!

[pranava]

giggleblue - I wouldn't worry about not making progress at the weekly appointment. Some women are 3cm dilated for weeks and weeks and go 2 weeks past their due date. Other women are not dilated at all and go into labor early. You never can tell.

[Raene]

Originally Posted by pranava

giggleblue - I wouldn't worry about not making progress at the weekly appointment. Some women are 3cm dilated for weeks and weeks and go 2 weeks past their due date. Other women are not dilated at all and go into labor early. You never can tell.

Yup, I was 3 cm and the midwives got me all excited, and said I could go any day... ("could" should have tipped me off) and then 2 1/2 weeks later (a day after my due date) out she came. I almost think it's worse that way...the expecting something to happen when it's not ready to.

[2happymamas]

Originally Posted by Raene

Yup, I was 3 cm and the midwives got me all excited, and said I could go any day... ("could" should have tipped me off) and then 2 1/2 weeks later (a day after my due date) out she came. I almost think it's worse that way...the expecting something to happen when it's not ready to.

Yup. I was not dilated AT ALL and had Coco 20 hours later.

[starling&diesel]

I was clueless and had cramps for about a week and lo and behold I was 4 cm and 80 % effaced when we went in for our midwife to induce me with the wretched verbena cocktail. Ya never know.

[giggleblue]

thanks guys! i'm toughing it out. the same thing happen again last night. i don't know if i can take two or three weeks of this!

starling&diesel, i may have to ask you about that little verbena cocktail at some point...

[lexbeach]

Originally Posted by giggleblue

thanks guys! i'm toughing it out. the same thing happen again last night. i don't know if i can take two or three weeks of this!

The same thing happened to me for weeks at the end of both pregnancies. It was totally tormenting the first time (we went for many a long walk, hoping to "get things going" believing that "this was it"). The second time, I hardly even paid attention, and the experience was much more peaceful. So my advice is to try to ignore it, don't time how frequently the contractions are coming, don't wonder, "is this labor?!" When you're really in labor, you'll know. And try to think of the contractions simply as what they are: your muscles strengthening and preparing for the labor which is soon to come.

I also avoided all cervical checks/vaginal exams in pregnancy (except for when I really thought I was in labor at 35 weeks (really I was birthing some kidney stones )) because the information tells you nothing, and the idea of anyone entering me at that point was so unappealing.

Try to enjoy these last few days/weeks . . . someday you really will miss having your sweet baby inside you.

Lex

[ktcl]

Hi folks!
I'm here for as long as I'm here... let's hope the full 40 weeks!
I'm due November 15th
I have promised myself that I am not going to resist getting happy about this baby despite the 3 miscarriages. I know this one is it. WE've temporarily named the embryo "warm" (for many reasons) and I feel good to already have a a name so I can talk to the being growing inside of me and let him/her/it know that I want him/her/it to join us on the outside when ready!

Not much in the way of symptoms yet. I'm fine with that. Friday (tomorrow) and Monday I'll do blood tests to see the status of the HCG.

Anyway, I just wanted to dive in and join you guys (again)! And have fun despite my worries.

[DM630]

Congrats Ktcl. Wishing you a happy and healthy 9 months

[JennM1021]

It is so great to have you back!!!! Congrats Katie and Megin!!!!!

:::

[heart-n-bones]

Congratulations! And lots of prayers for a happy, healthy, full term pregnancy!

[Raene]

Congrats, Katie and Megin!!!! ::

I'd love to know what others nicknamed theirs in the beginning! What a great topic. We called ours Sticky Bun so it would stick, stick, stick.

[lexbeach]

Originally Posted by ktcl

Hi folks!
I'm here for as long as I'm here... let's hope the full 40 weeks!
I'm due November 15th
I have promised myself that I am not going to resist getting happy about this baby despite the 3 miscarriages. I know this one is it. WE've temporarily named the embryo "warm" (for many reasons) and I feel good to already have a a name so I can talk to the being growing inside of me and let him/her/it know that I want him/her/it to join us on the outside when ready!

Not much in the way of symptoms yet. I'm fine with that. Friday (tomorrow) and Monday I'll do blood tests to see the status of the HCG.

Anyway, I just wanted to dive in and join you guys (again)! And have fun despite my worries.

Hooray, Hooray!!! :::

Zeben was due 11/13 (born 11/14) and I really loved the seasonal timing of the pregnancy (not too big in summer, but big enough that wearing a bathing suit was pretty fun . . . and then right when the dreariness of winter is approaching, you get a brand new baby to distract you, just in time for the holiday fun!).

Stick, baby warm, stick!



Lex

[lexbeach]

Originally Posted by Raene

Congrats, Katie and Megin!!!! ::

I'd love to know what others nicknamed theirs in the beginning! What a great topic. We called ours Sticky Bun so it would stick, stick, stick.

We were boring and mostly called ours "the baby." Sometimes I also called him (and still do), "the bean." For a while we also called the baby, "Koa" since that was going to be the name if we were having a girl, and possibly for a boy too. Now we mostly call him by what we think his name is actually going to be: Leo (Zeben says "Lee-lo").

Lex

[serenekitten]

Yay! :

Originally Posted by Raene

I'd love to know what others nicknamed theirs in the beginning! What a great topic. We called ours Sticky Bun so it would stick, stick, stick.

My DPs actually called it "Peanut" a couple weeks ago, and I melted. Still, once in a while they still call it the Parasite.

Me, I call it the Nudger, 'cause it likes to nudge me throughout the day.

[smartycat]

: : Congrats Megin and Katie!! : :

I will be excited for you. May your stay here be a long and healthy one!!

AAU: We had one baby shower on Wednesday. It was thrown by the neighborhood group that Quasar's parents belong to. What a wonderful and generous crowd!! This weekend is our big family and friends shower and I can't wait to see everyone there. We set up some of the nursery yesterday (finally)... Seeing the crib set up was making everything seem so much more real!

How are pranava and giggleblue doing? And if MamaBear is still lurking... HI! You must be getting close too!!

[ktcl]

We should probably be taken off of the "recovering from loss, waiting to rejoin" since we've now rejoined.

No symptoms today. I wish I could just be happy about that!