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post #21 of 85
9/15/10 at 9:47am
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i'm on the opposite end of the spectrum, im scared baby will be HUGE, im measuring two weeks ahead and all ive done this whole pg is pig out on fish to the maximum safe amount limit every week hhaaha i love it! i was 10lb 1 at birth, ds was 8lb 12 and im 5ft 9 tall so i have a sneaking feeling this baby is gonna be a 9lb+ side-splitter haha

funny though - im measuring ahead and yet everyone comments on how i only look 7 months gone max..... weird how u can measure big but be small.... hmm.....

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post #22 of 85
9/15/10 at 11:09am
Good morning. I have my non stress test this morning. Last week went well. Although when they strapped me and tilted my chair back, I *almost* had a panic attack. I had to drink something and start reading my book to sidetrack my mind like right away. I'm hoping I will be use to it this time and not go through that again. Good news is that at my midwife appt on monday, I was measuring exactly on my week and not ahead. Hubby thinks I'm not going to due date. He predicts about 38ish weeks.
post #23 of 85
9/15/10 at 11:37am
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How is everyone staying patient? I had DD1 at 37w and was convinced I'd go to 42w so there was never any "hurry and get here feeling" with her, it was more like "please please stay in there so I can get thsi stuff done". Now I'm 36.5w with this kid and just so done. Iw ant to get through labor, I want to see and hold my baby, etc. I'm trying so hard to enjoy the last bit of time with DD as an only, but it's hard.

I honestly am not so patient with this one, my last baby was a month and a day over & I have NO clue how I was so patient with him. This time I just want to get done with work next week & I want him to get here & get it over with! I told my husband if he isn't here by his birthday (10/18) that I'll be really considering some natural induction.
post #24 of 85
9/15/10 at 11:42am
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i'm on the opposite end of the spectrum, im scared baby will be HUGE, im measuring two weeks ahead and all ive done this whole pg is pig out on fish to the maximum safe amount limit every week hhaaha i love it! i was 10lb 1 at birth, ds was 8lb 12 and im 5ft 9 tall so i have a sneaking feeling this baby is gonna be a 9lb+ side-splitter haha

funny though - im measuring ahead and yet everyone comments on how i only look 7 months gone max..... weird how u can measure big but be small.... hmm.....
I've been measuring right on from the beginning, my other 2 always measured big so I am hoping this one will be smaller than them or at least about the size of my smaller of the 2, lol.
post #25 of 85
9/15/10 at 12:19pm
well with ds i measured waaay ahead the whole time, with this one i measured two weeks behind until 35 weeks them BAM now im measuring 2 weeks ahead. weird

i think it may be because the past few times theyve tape measured me DD has had her feet stretched out and her head dis-engaged, it's the most uncomfortable (for me) position she gets in and i cant breathe, when i've tape measured at home when she is more settled she normally measures only 1 cm over max
post #26 of 85
9/15/10 at 12:23pm
ooh and BIRTHNUT if you dont mind me asking....a month and a day overdue!? sheesh i'd be using a crowbar to wedge her out by 42 weeks lmao
post #27 of 85
9/15/10 at 12:34pm
I saw that NP at my OB's office today, SO glad to there instead of the clinic! 3x as fast and everyone is so much nicer. Anyway, baby looks great, definitely head down and settled in, she said it would take a lot of work for him to flip around. Swabbed for the group B and did a check, not dilated, of course (I know I can refuse internals, but I don't mind, once I start dilating at least it helps me feel like I might actually have a baby some day, haha). She told me to bring my birth plan next week when I see the OB and they'll put a copy in my chart so that way if I get stuck with who ever is on call they'll know everything has already been discussed and okayed by my OB. Not concerned though, I had a birth plan last time with the same hospital and OB and practice and everyone was great with it. So anyway, I'll find out next week at my appt what the GBS result was. Visits every week from here on out, !
post #28 of 85
9/15/10 at 1:12pm
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Good morning. I have my non stress test this morning. Last week went well. Although when they strapped me and tilted my chair back, I *almost* had a panic attack. I had to drink something and start reading my book to sidetrack my mind like right away. I'm hoping I will be use to it this time and not go through that again. Good news is that at my midwife appt on monday, I was measuring exactly on my week and not ahead. Hubby thinks I'm not going to due date. He predicts about 38ish weeks.
That's EXACTLY how I am during my non stress tests too. I get nervous for some reason. Yesterday I brought crackers and water to snack on and played Solitaire on my phone and it helped a lot!
post #29 of 85
9/15/10 at 1:51pm
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[url]funny though - im measuring ahead and yet everyone comments on how i only look 7 months gone max..... weird how u can measure big but be small.... hmm.....
I've been measuring right on track this whole time, but just this week and last week I've had people at work ask, "hey, are you pregnant?" One of the people who asked last week was a secretary who sits right by the elevators and coffee room, so I must walk past her at least 6-8 times a day, every day, throughout this entire pregnancy. She said, "I didn't even notice until this week, you must've just popped." Uh, yeah, I guess. lol. But I'm tall, like you (5'8") and on top of that I have a long torso, so there was plenty of room for the uterus to grow up before it grew out. I definitely don't *look* 8-9 months pregnant in a stereotypical way.

As for patience, I'm sooo ready to be done with work for now, I'm still burning the candle at both ends and I'd like a break. On the other hand, I'm not ready for the baby to come (so much left to do!), so I'm not impatient for that yet.

The good news here is that baby flipped head down almost a week ago, and (knock on wood) has stayed that way so far! Everytime he starts wiggling, though, I start to worry he's going to flip back to breech, but so far he's behaving himself. DH and I pretty much settled on a name this weekend (yay!) and we had a nice meeting with our doula this week. Most of the construction we were having done on our house is complete, so we can now start getting things in order and getting the baby's nursery ready. DH finished the major exam he had been studying so much for, and he thinks it went ok (won't know the results for a couple weeks). And I'm still feeling pretty good, only slightly huge and narcoleptic. So, things are shaping up ok. I just totally can't believe that this baby is going to be here in about a month (my EDD is the 15th). That blows my mind. With DD, the pregnancy seemed to drag on FOR-EV-ER, but this time it feels like I just got pregnant a little while ago and it couldn't possibly be almost October already.
post #30 of 85
9/15/10 at 1:53pm
Just got back from my 37 week appointment. No group B strep! I'm very relieved about that. Baby's still head-down and wiggling around a lot. I'm getting so freaking excited to meet this little person that it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. S/He's been bouncing on my cervix and bladder a lot this past week--makes it interesting when I'm trying to carry on a conversation with someone at the same time!
post #31 of 85
9/15/10 at 3:56pm
Just got back from my NST this morning. Baby is head down still from last weeks appointment. They couldn't get a picture of one of my quadrant so my number isn't as accurate as it would be, but my fluid is still in the normal range even without all 4 numbers. Baby was VERY active during the whole monitoring! I also had a contraction the minute they hooked me up. I had 3 the 20 minutes I was on the monitor but they felt like BH's to me. I hardly felt them at all. But she assured me that the monitor does not pick up BH's. So funny. Here I thought I was just having a bunch of minor BH's. I'm still on standby for another ultrasound for a growth scan this Friday and my OB appt is on Monday. I'm not even 34 weeks. So many appointments and too much time to go.
post #32 of 85
9/15/10 at 4:01pm
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ooh and BIRTHNUT if you dont mind me asking....a month and a day overdue!? sheesh i'd be using a crowbar to wedge her out by 42 weeks lmao
LOL, yeah everyone asks me when I tell them that "THEY let you go over that far???" Well I had an awesome homebirth midwife with him & I trusted her when she kept assuring me everything was still ok, I actually was in labor 66 hours with him so he wasn't quite a month over when I went into labor. i did end up having a cesarean with him, but only because I was sooooo wore out after 66 hours. We transferred after my water had been broken for 48, but the hospital was awesome letting me continue to labor & just giving me antibiotics as a precaution for my water being broken so long. When he was born they estimated he was 43 weeks 4 days, but I'm not sure how they figure that one out, I charted so I knew exactly when he was concieved. He would have been due June 27th, but came July 28th.
post #33 of 85
9/16/10 at 4:23am
naa it's not that im surprised "they" let you...it's up to you to have final say... just more of OMG i can't imagine being pregnant for another 6.5 weeks *shudder* yeah even just saying that makes me feel all ARRRHHH! i think by 41 weeks i'll be ready to lay down and give up. i already feel 40 weeks now though haha come out come out baby!
post #34 of 85
9/16/10 at 12:13pm
I was told flat out that I will not be going past my due date since I'm labeled GD. So now I'm contemplating having this baby at home if I go past due date, or even laboring as long as possible at home before heading to hospital even beforehand. I don't want to be hooked up constantly just because I'm GD. And they aren't that friendly with a non-high risk pregnancy, so I can just imagine all the "help" I'll get with a not so regular pregnancy. I just ordered my Hypnobabies and will get it today or tomorrow. I'll be needing all the calming vibes I can get.
post #35 of 85
9/16/10 at 2:25pm
I did my pregnancy photos yesterday.. I chose a pediatrician.. I got the car seat installed this morning (I'm not mechanically inclined enough to trust myself so I had a highway patrol car seat certified tech do it ).. the dresser will be delivered this evening.. and now I'm just packing my bag and doing some last minute house stuff just in case I get induced tomorrow.. I'm hoping that by tomorrow evening I will be able to report that I didn't need to be induced but I sure feel better having some things done just in case..

Are you ladies feeling "ready" if baby decides to come early? What's left on your list of things to do?
post #36 of 85
9/16/10 at 3:58pm
arrgghh seems like I'm in the same boat as some of you. Have bi-weekly non-stress tests because of pregnancy induced hypertension which is regulated by blood pressure meds. Well seriously bugs me the baby is fine, today they said that he has an extra beat in his heart. She's like it could be from some type of stimulant like coffee and its not a big deal but now they want me to do a weekly ultrasound for the baby's heart. I really dislike these late-preg tests because they are so inaccurate and the docs are just trying to cover their butts. Get this the doc said wow you're baby is huge, I'm like uh you have no way of knowing because your test could be up to 2lbs off. Gearing myself up for a fight to not get induced.
Also seriously annoyed to have to go to the docs 3x a week for expensive tests that create more issues than they solve. Can you tell I'm grumpy? Thanks for letting me vent ladies!!!
post #37 of 85
9/16/10 at 3:59pm
i'm readyyyyy

hope your little one can bake for a bit longer virgo, at the same time it's also exciting to think we could soon have another october ddc arrival to swoon over lol

hope you're getting lots of pampering and being looked after well, goodluck!
post #38 of 85
9/16/10 at 5:27pm
At what point do you go in for early labor? I'm trying to tell myself that its just strong bh's and that I can wait for my appointment on Monday to talk to my ob. I have an ultrasound on Friday, not that they could tell anything though. It's just a growth scan. But these bad boys are getting stronger. Especially in the back. I'm probably just being scared that I'm not full term even though these probably aren't doing anything to begin with. I should just suck it up huh.
post #39 of 85
9/16/10 at 6:09pm
I went in for early labor about two weeks ago - I was 33 weeks and NOT wanting another preemie. With ds I was like you and kept telling myself to wait, it was ok and not real labor .. and then my water broke. I was not about to let that happen again. And when I went in, I was contracting and they were able to stop them. So I personally would go in and get checked vs. going into labor before 36 weeks. 36 weeks is my personal cutoff where I feel comfortable just letting things happen.
post #40 of 85
9/16/10 at 6:12pm
Contractions being felt in the back is one of the hallmarks of real labor. If they don't get better with rest/hydration, it's worth getting checked out. (I had some that I was feeling in my back a few weeks ago, but they went away when I drank a bunch of water, so I didn't get checked. If they'd continued, I would have gone in.)

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