Daily Chat ~ April 4th

[*Amy*]

Good morning ladies. I completely missed yesterday's thread so I hope everyone is doing OK.

My happy news for the day is that I get to have a pregnancy massage this morning, AND I actually slept pretty well last night! I am so glad it's Saturday!! Also in the good news column: I've decided Monday is going to for sure be my last day at work (yay!), though I'll probably do a little work from home if the babe isn't here by Tuesday/Wednesday. AND my stupid MIL, who was supposed to arrive today, won't be here til Monday! Woot!

Hey, I thought this would be kind of fun...I went to our roll-call page so we could see who all's due date is today. Some of the babies are here already!

HAPPY DUE DATE, MAMAS!!!!!

April 4th
username: buckeye_mama
baby number: 2
gender:

username: dex_millie
baby number: 2
gender:

username: doglady
baby number: 1
gender: Want it to be a surprise, but not sure if I'll be able to hold out!

username: Elroebot
due date: 4/4 (wouldn't you know it, 4 was always my lucky number!)
baby number: 1!
gender: we'll be finding out!

username: KnitLady
baby number: 1 m/c and 1 DS
gender:

username: lj2blessed
baby number: our first!
gender: "Imani"

user name: Munkeesmama
baby number: 4
gender: (for now anyways, subject to change at a moment's notice.)

username: scraphappy-Red
baby number: #4 (but 6th pregnancy overall 2x )
gender:

[*Amy*]

Oh, I forgot to say, I have been having dreams every night for the past few nights about losing my mucous plug. I swear, I'm just about wiping myself raw the past couple of days hoping to find *some* evidence that it's coming out!! :

[Murph12334]

was having a few contractions last night but it wasn't anything - boo!
Ah well.
Taking my dd for an easter egg hunt and we have to be there at 10 so it's getting up early and everything for us - dh better get in the shower or i'll yell at him.

[Bexo]

I am due a week from today, and so far I've just had some cramping on and off. I'm thinking it's probably the baby's head engaging. So I think I have at least another week to go since I've had no other signs!

[Peony]

I slept ok last night as well. : I'm jealous of the massage, I have a gift certificate for one that I have really been wanting to use but never get a chance to schedule an appointment.

[nancy11]

Two BH last night, and terrible sleep.

On the bright side, pizza for breakfast!

[FischK]

I slept quite well, except for a brief interlude in the wee hours of the morning. But I got to hear the birds singing and that made up for it. Then slept until 10. Now getting ready for a late breakfast before going in to work. Luckily this is the last Saturday I am doing this for a while.

[MelW]

Yesterday I lost bits of blood-tinged mucous through the day, and was very crampy all afternoon. My sister was leaving town for her boyfriend's sister's wedding and was due to get on a ferry at 3. So I called her to give her a heads-up- we had a back-up childcare plan, and I just wanted to let her know that things might happen while she was away. So she cancelled her plans and stayed in town : I love my sister! Now here's hoping I'm not the one who cried wolf...

I had a beer before bed and things settled down. I slept amazingly for five hours, and then was woken by Neela yelling. She has gasteroenteritis, and my husband and I spent several hours dealing with puke and poop Luckily the homebirth supplies come in handy- we had electrolyte drinks well stocked and lots of extra towels, waterproof pads and other stuff easily on hand.

So... this seems to have knocked out whatever early labour I may have been in. Now I'm on laundry duty. The silver lining is that by round three she finally learned how to puke in a bucket, so her bed and the couch were hit, but our bed was spared Mel, ever the optimist

[FischK]

MelW, sorry to hear about your night, but I hope things will be progressing for you well this weekend.

Btw, I am at 37 weeks today. Finally full-term!

[dawncayden]

: yay to good sleep!

Poor Neela. Cayden also knows how to vomit in a bowl Its pretty great having less clean up now.

My mom gave me a two hour massage last night, so I'm feeling pretty great

[nancy11]

Originally Posted by FischK

MelW, sorry to hear about your night, but I hope things will be progressing for you well this weekend.

Btw, I am at 37 weeks today. Finally full-term!

<< me, too!

[Gnatty]

DH is working today, which is good because he'll be taking time off after baby's arrival, but it really doesn't feel like a Saturday. Sad.

I think I'm going to make a pound cake today. I found a great sale on butter a week ago and stocked up, and then our family sent us home with three dozen eggs and four gallons of milk (they farm, and it is spring, so the time of plenty!), so it seems like a good time. Plus I LOVE poundcake and want to freeze one for after baby. : After DS was born someone gave us a poundcake, and I kept it in the freezer and would just slice off a big hunk and eat it half frozen with a big glass of milk. A great (if maybe not ideal healthwise...) fast snack for that first period when all the help leaves and you don't have things together enough (or the energy) to make 'real food.'

I hung the diapers on the line today. DS enjoyed that- I had him on my back in the mai tai, so he just hung out. He loves being outside! Then since we were outside already and it was so pretty, I picked a bunch of daffodils and dandelions and put them in the kitchen windowsill. They look so cheerful! Hopefully they'll encourage me to finish off the rest of the dishes that I've been procrastinating on!

I found a semi dressy maternity outfit from last time that I haven't worn yet. (It isn't easy to nurse in, so I hadn't unpacked it, but DS is nursing way less so it will work now.) I'm not wild about lavender jumpers usually, or enormous coordinating sweaters, but at this point, I was so thrilled to find that I had a "new" outfit to wear to church tomorrow that it didn't even matter. Hopefully it will help compensate for having to deal with the (well-intentioned, kind, excited-for-baby) people who say things like, "So, no baby yet?"

"Uh, yeah, actually, we did have the baby, but we left it home with a sitter." (PLEASE! People, it is totally obvious I haven't had the baby yet! I know it is only small talk but still!)

[BennyPai]

I have a massage gift certificate to use, too. My midwife gave it to me two weeks ago, and it's time to schedule that massage!! I woke up at 4:30 and finally took a bath around 6 so I could get back to sleep.
I think I may have slept in today if it hadn't been for the neighborhood dog who woke me up digging through a garbage bag I left on my back deck ...

There is a parade going on right now, and I'm sure it's beautiful - part of the Azalea Festival. Is it terrible that I don't want to go?

[wobblykate]

Originally Posted by *Amy*

Oh, I forgot to say, I have been having dreams every night for the past few nights about losing my mucous plug. I swear, I'm just about wiping myself raw the past couple of days hoping to find *some* evidence that it's coming out!! :

i had a very realistic dream last night about my water breaking...very disappointing :

Originally Posted by Peony

I slept ok last night as well. :.

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Originally Posted by MelW

Yesterday I lost bits of blood-tinged mucous through the day, and was very crampy all afternoon. My sister was leaving town for her boyfriend's sister's wedding and was due to get on a ferry at 3. So I called her to give her a heads-up- we had a back-up childcare plan, and I just wanted to let her know that things might happen while she was away. So she cancelled her plans and stayed in town : I love my sister! Now here's hoping I'm not the one who cried wolf...

I had a beer before bed and things settled down. I slept amazingly for five hours, and then was woken by Neela yelling. She has gasteroenteritis, and my husband and I spent several hours dealing with puke and poop Luckily the homebirth supplies come in handy- we had electrolyte drinks well stocked and lots of extra towels, waterproof pads and other stuff easily on hand.

So... this seems to have knocked out whatever early labour I may have been in. Now I'm on laundry duty. The silver lining is that by round three she finally learned how to puke in a bucket, so her bed and the couch were hit, but our bed was spared Mel, ever the optimist

yay for bloody mucous and puke in a bucket:: (don't hear that every day). Hope the labor picks up again.

I had cereal for breakfast and I'm hungry again.:

[MelW]

I was wrong about the bucket- it's still "hit and miss". So far our bed is still okay, but I think it's the only puke-free zone in the house.

I just made a run for more electrolyte drinks, gingerale and emergen-C. Here's hoping I don't catch it too (or if I do that it triggers the labour and birth!).

It's 9:45 and I'm already bored. Our plan for the day is to let Neela watch as many movies as she wants, and try to keep her in one place with a bucket nearby. Maybe I'll knit something for the baby...

[wobblykate]

Originally Posted by MelW

I was wrong about the bucket- it's still "hit and miss". So far our bed is still okay, but I think it's the only puke-free zone in the house.

I just made a run for more electrolyte drinks, gingerale and emergen-C. Here's hoping I don't catch it too (or if I do that it triggers the labour and birth!).

It's 9:45 and I'm already bored. Our plan for the day is to let Neela watch as many movies as she wants, and try to keep her in one place with a bucket nearby. Maybe I'll knit something for the baby...

sounds pretty miserable...good luck

[nancy11]

My cat puked again... does that count? There is no "puke free" zone here. The bed has been hit before.

I hope she feels better soon.

[FischK]

Originally Posted by nancy11

<< me, too!

Congrats! And I hope your cat feels better soon!

Originally Posted by Gnatty

I think I'm going to make a pound cake today. I found a great sale on butter a week ago and stocked up, and then our family sent us home with three dozen eggs and four gallons of milk (they farm, and it is spring, so the time of plenty!), so it seems like a good time. Plus I LOVE poundcake and want to freeze one for after baby. : After DS was born someone gave us a poundcake, and I kept it in the freezer and would just slice off a big hunk and eat it half frozen with a big glass of milk. A great (if maybe not ideal healthwise...) fast snack for that first period when all the help leaves and you don't have things together enough (or the energy) to make 'real food.'

Poundcake sound awsome. I want some too.

I changed my plans, and I am now helping DH drywall the new office, an important step in getting the old office ready for the baby. For the last month, I've let DH strip the three layers of wallpaper and knock the plaster off the walls by himself, but I'm getting too impatient to let him finish the drywall by himself. And surprisingly, it is actually fun to do some remodeling for a change. Now, I'm taking a break while DH is picking up some lunch. So hungry.

[riversong]

OMG, stomach viruses are so miserable. I am so thankful that dd has good control of her vomiting now and will wait for a bowl or toilet to throw up. I can't tell you how many times in the past I had to wash puke out of her (formerly long) hair in the middle of the night. She has had many stomach viruses. I really hope you don't get it, MelW!

I'd love some pound cake, too!

[Murph12334]

38 weeks today

I'm totally exhausted. Went to an easter egg hunt and then a home and leisure show. Got a free mini massage, eh...she wasn't that great though.

Last night had a bunch of fresh pineapple. Now I so want more! I heard you have to eat the core part to get the good stuff that some say helps ripens you, but that's ok, because the core hard part is my favorite part.

Still having some contractions here and there...no normal pattern or nothing. I told baby he's welcome to come out now and we're all excited to meet him. I took a bath last night and it was SO SO nice and relaxing! I think I'll have to take another one tonight!

Got news from my mom that grandpa passed away. he was pretty old and had servere dimentia (totally spelled wrong i'm sure). He's been in hopsice care for about a year so it wasn't a surprise or anything. Even before that I wouldn't see him a lot at all and even when i did he had no clue who i was. Knew I was one of my mom's kids, but never could remember my name, even when I was little. I'm more of a feeling of sad for my mom. She's visited once a week (or more) since he went into assisted living over 5 years ago and recently had been going every day. It's been tough on her since the other sister and brother were NO help at all! Oh and I can't go to the funeral or anything. It'd be an hour or a little more away and I have quick labor so totally out of the question.

I need to go take a nap now