Weekly Chit Chat October 11th-17th - Page 3

[gumby74]

All this birthing action is making me jealous!!!

Mrscompgeek: Sounds like you are going to be having a baby tonite! Best of luck...I will be on here tomorrow stalking to see if there are any updates!!!!

Huck: Good luck to you to! I'm off to google what a birthing bar is


Kjs: I have a prof. who is truly nervous that I am going to have my water break in class one of these nights. She has never had kids and I suspect that is what is making her nervous. Your comment of the Target boys made me think of that! I have posted several times that there is no way I can DTD right now. The whole thought of it makes me cringe with pain!

Steph: 90% effaced holy _ _ _ p! I'm guessing you will indeed be seeing your baby sooner than later!!!!

[southernmommie]

I've been "clearing out" for 2 days now. What I mean by that is that I've had diarrhea for 2 days. Strong contractions again this evening. Bloody show both days. I'm so ready, but so impatient. If I am going through these contractions then let's get it on otherwise, I don't want to feel them at all. Ya know? Anyways. I'm off for a while. Gonna go and relax.

[mrscompgeek]

Nothing happening yet. Baby is moving a TON tonight, alot more than normal but no cramping right now.

[cileag]

I've been "clearing out" too today which makes me hopeful, but haven't had too many contractions at all. I'm trying not to get too optimistic. I've got to work tonight but did get the first 4 hours off due to low staffing need, so it's only an 8 hour shift which is good.

On the other hand, I can finally reach my cervix, so I know it's moved forward quite a bit and is a nice soft 1 cm dialated, probably 80% effaced which is nice to know. (Although I'm jealous of mrscompgeeks 3!)

[Nature]

Originally Posted by Pookietooth

Nobody has called to ask about me lately. I don't have much of an extended family or friends, so I kind of wish I had folks calling to ask. I guess the grass is always greener?

No one calls to ask about me or the baby either.

[Nature]

Still 2 cm's dilated, but now 50% effaced and my cervix is anterior.... which I wasn't last week. So my OB said it could be any time. They have offered an amnio to check for lung maturity because they know I'm getting nervous being so far away from the hospital and having such short labors. If the results are favorable they are willing to induce now. I haven't decided what to do yet.

Either way, the induction date of the 27th is set in case I don't go before then.

[yaya'smum]

I've feel like I'm making less progress this week than last. My BMs have totally changed, not as frequent/soft and the Bh's have seemed to subside, well the painful ones at least. I've been super stressed this week though, I wonder if that effects it???

[gumby74]

I think I lost some of mucous plug today. At least that is what I think I saw in the toilet? I feel so dumb when it comes to this. I'm a little nervous though because I really don't want this baby to come until about 8:30 on Thursday night. I have to take my sign lang. test on Thursday. If only I could get that message through to the baby!

[Spiralshell]

I am 37 weeks + 5 days today.
Yesterday I had my midwife appointment, and saw the other midwife in the practice from the one I usually see. She checked me out and did an internal, but said that my cervix was still way up, long, no dilation, no thinning yet. (I was curious, so I let her do this one, but I think I'm going to decline further internals at least until I have some signs of getting closer. With no mucous changes, no blood, etc. there doesn't seem to be any point to internals!)
She was REALLY concerned about all of my swelling in my hands and feet (which I have had since July -- it's become "normal' for me at this point!) and she sent me in for a fetal Non-Stress Test. So off we go to the hospital. My blood pressure in the midwife's office was 120/80, and in the hospital it was 116/78 -- not "high" by any means (hypertension would be over 140 systolic and/or over 90 diastolic). The kiddo's heart accelerated/decelerated just like it was supposed to, and my blood tests were all fine except for a slightly elevated uric acid.
So they sent me home with advice to rest. I swear I will wear holes in this couch, I've been resting so much! (while the house falls apart around me, I might add!)
So I have to do another NST next Monday. It feels like overkill, but if good NSTs make it so that I can keep baking this baby without having to discuss induction, then fine.

[kawa kamuri]

I lost lots of my mucus plug last night. Because it's the sort of thing I do I took a picture.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...al/Photo46.jpg

[firewoman]

Originally Posted by kawa kamuri

I lost lots of my mucus plug last night. Because it's the sort of thing I do I took a picture.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...al/Photo46.jpg

Awesome! She'll be here soon! Can't wait for the news you are in labor!

[Contrariety]

Originally Posted by kawa kamuri

I lost lots of my mucus plug last night. Because it's the sort of thing I do I took a picture.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...al/Photo46.jpg

Gross! I wish mine would come! I remember being *so* grossed out by what came out when I lost mine with DS. SOooooo slimy and long and mucosy. Gross!

Congrats!

[StephM76]

Sprialshell- I have major swelling too, my feet and ankles are huge all day! My BP was fine, so my midiwfe told me to just do some walking. But how on earth are you supposed to go for a walk when your little sausage toes don't fit into sneakers?!

kawa- Holy moly thats a lot of mucous! I hope you get to meet your baby girl today!

[beatgenxer]

Originally Posted by kawa kamuri

I lost lots of my mucus plug last night. Because it's the sort of thing I do I took a picture.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...al/Photo46.jpg

Sooo gross AND awesome! Now I know what to look for
hope this means you'll be meeting your LO very soon

[astar326]

feeling down... today is dh and my 3rd wedding anniversary, but i can't take the focus off the fact that i'm 11 days over my edd and i'm nervous we won't get to have the hb we've been preparing for. we have an apt. with the midwife later today, so we'll see what they say. in the mean time i wish there was something i could do to get this labor going (i've been doing all the natural induction i can rrl tea, epo, walking 3 miles a day, and nipple stimulation. everything short of sex - i need dh to be on board with that one).

[mrscompgeek]

Originally Posted by kawa kamuri

I lost lots of my mucus plug last night. Because it's the sort of thing I do I took a picture.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...al/Photo46.jpg

Woo hoo!! Hope labor starts soon for you!!
I had a bunch of bloody show last night and some more this morning too! Who would have thought we would get so excited by blood?? Lol

[StephM76]

Originally Posted by astar326

feeling down... today is dh and my 3rd wedding anniversary, but i can't take the focus off the fact that i'm 11 days over my edd and i'm nervous we won't get to have the hb we've been preparing for. we have an apt. with the midwife later today, so we'll see what they say. in the mean time i wish there was something i could do to get this labor going (i've been doing all the natural induction i can rrl tea, epo, walking 3 miles a day, and nipple stimulation. everything short of sex - i need dh to be on board with that one).

Have you considered castor oil?

[Spiralshell]

Kawa -- thanks for that pic -- now I have a better sense of what to look for! (It always bugs me that no one ever has pics of this stuff. How does a newbie know what to look for? It's like when your doc asks if your monthly flow is light or heavy -- how the hell should I know? I have no basis of comparison!)

StephM76 -- We are sisters in swelling! My midwife wants me on the couch, feet above my heart. I couldn't go walking even if I wanted to -- no shoes fit, and my feet feel so stretched and horrible if I walk even a bit. Ugh!

Still, I'm annoyed at my midwife. She called before to "discuss what happened yesterday" -- she was worried at my "high" reading. (The other midwife took my BP three times. First time 138/90. Second time 120/80. Third time 120/78. Then at the hospital it was 120/80, 116/78, 120/78, 115/75, etc.) So that first reading was a fluke, right? New midwife, new cuff, I say that reading should be disregarded because it does not match, at all, any of the other readings. But they're acting like that's the only reading that DOES count, and we need to base our decisions off that reading. UGH! Finally I got her to agree with me that it was an outlier, but they're "still concerned". Sigh - that was NOT a real reading!
I am so afraid of induction leading to the whole cascade of interventions, and ultimately a c-section. She keeps insisting that her c-sec rate is 3%, but I'm afraid that I will be handed over from the midwives to the OBs in the practice, where the c-sec rate is 22%.
So she wants me to start drinking RRL leaf tea 3X a day, and taking 2 Evening Primrose Oil capsules 3X a day, so that I start to soften and get more ready. She seems insistent that I deliver early or on my due date, not later. I feel like the baby will come when he is ready!
Trying not to get worried or frustrated.

[TIFF4NY]

Originally Posted by kjs

Tried to DTD (??what does that stand for anyway)

Do/Did the deed!!

DH walked in the door from his trip yesterday ready to go. So we hopped in the shower and DTD. Nothing special happened but I had slight cramping shortly after when we were driving on the lovely California roads to our friends place. I've been taking EPO orally since last Monday and plan to start vaginally after this weekend. I have already warned DH that I want to do everything possible short of Castor Oil to encourage this LO to come on her own without any sort of induction.

I've definitely got the waddle going on and I feel like my legs have swelled a bit. They feel heavier and it's harder for me to climb up steps. I also grunt when I sit down... lol.

I really can't believe we're all so close or already have our LO's. Where did the year go?

[mrscompgeek]

Just got home from a walk with DH. We went to the park by his office over lunch break. I think he said it was 1 mile? Anyways, I definetly felt some intense BH in my belly during the walk. And when I got home and got out of my car to walk in the house it felt like the babys head has moved down. Maybe its just my muscles from the walk but it feels weird. Lol
I also am starving but yet dont feel hungry at all. I know that doesnt make sense but its weird. Like my stomach is growling hungry but nothing sounds good to eat. And when I do eat I feel nauseous. Still having some brown discharge now, its not bright red. Maybe the rest of the mucus plug? I dont think it could still be from the exam yesterday could it??