March Chat ****** IT'S OUR BIRTH MONTH!!! ******* - Page 12

[A Mom's Love]

I'm 39+3 today & am having the hardest time eating.  Anyone else?  It just feels like there's no room down there anymore, even to drink water. I'm getting stomach upset on & off.  I'm ready for baby to come!  

[Jayray]

Had my 38 week appointment yesterday.  It was uneventful.  The midwife did say she thought I had an upper respiratory infection and that I should wash my hands.    I actually started feeling a little bit better yesterday and feel better today.  I'm hoping to not be sick for the birth-day!!  Also have had some moments of crazy-hormonal-ness.  One night I was laughing at something not so funny with my husband and crying because I was laughing and then I was crying and my husband was really freaked out.  It was funny.

DS is being kind of weird.  I have kind of been a shut in for the past week and I think he's bored.  Things won't be boring for long!!

[forest~mama]

A mom's love- I did have that problem but now that baby has been dropped for the past few weeks, I have much more room for food. Yesterday I ate so much food I probably gained 5lbs!

[Mayfly]

Originally Posted by forest~mama 

A mom's love- I did have that problem but now that baby has been dropped for the past few weeks, I have much more room for food. Yesterday I ate so much food I probably gained 5lbs!

That's me too! I didn't gain for a couple weeks and never really felt hungry but now it's different story.

I'm so, so happy it's Friday!! It turns out that my dad will be staying for 2 weeks (not just my mom). DD loves Gramps and he can really play and watch her so I'm looking forward to that. Maybe DH and I can go on a date or something. Maybe we can go to a hotel and take a nap. We haven't gone out alone together since she was born.

Runner: That was an interesting article on the moon. We'll see what happens. I'm due the 22/23 and had DD at 39/6 so it's possible.

Marissa: I hope something starts up for you!

[forest~mama]

Blood tinged mucus over here! I know it may be nothing because I drop mucus like every 3 days for weeks, but first time it had blood in it. I'll take it!

[A Mom's Love]

Originally Posted by forest~mama 

Blood tinged mucus over here! I know it may be nothing because I drop mucus like every 3 days for weeks, but first time it had blood in it. I'll take it!

How exciting...

[rockycrop]

Originally Posted by forest~mama 

Blood tinged mucus over here! I know it may be nothing because I drop mucus like every 3 days for weeks, but first time it had blood in it. I'll take it!

I hope you are close!!

I'm just checking in.  Still pregnant, nothing going on with my body at all right now.  I'm sick of the teasing, and ready for the main event!  My parents took DD for today and tomorrow, so that is nice.  And it's a beautiful day today, so that helps lift my spirits as well.  

[Marissamom]

no baby here yet. I did wake up with one eye really swollen and gunked up. I'm trying to get over a cold, so I know it's from that, but I keep finding mucus in my eye. 

[katroshka]

Had a midwife appt this morning. I can't believe it after last weekend, but my dilation and effacement are the same as last week! My cervix is still posterior and baby hasn't moved down enough yet to rupture my membranes, though I don't want to do that anyway.

BUT... I asked my midwife about castor oil and she was like, "yeah, you want to do that tomorrow morning?" She said they use it all the time at the birth center and that she did it with her first and that she didn't think it was bad at all, and certainly way better than having pit in L&D. This weekend would be great for me, next weekend not so much, so I'm pretty sure we'll be doing it tomorrow! That is, if the contractions I've been having since she swept my membranes again stop (which I'm sure they will, sigh). She said to call the birth center in the morning before taking it, make sure they have a  room and nurse available for me and if they do then to blend it with ice cream.

I talked to a friend today who did it with her first and then had AROM with her second and she said the castor oil was hands down way better than AROM. So after doing some research yesterday and talking to my midwife and this friend about their experiences I am feeling pretty good about, I just hope it works! I'll be so bummed if it doesn't.

Of course, if I'm going to do this I'm going to need to get more sleep tonight than I did last night-- I couldn't get to sleep until probably 1 or 1:30 (though I slept for about an hour through a show earlier), and then MIL called us from Chicago because of the tsunami alert, haha. We really laughed about that, but she hasn't been to San Diego and I'm sure in her head we are close to an exposed beach and everything is flat like in Illinois. We ended up getting a 2 ft surge, so not exactly worth waking up at 5:45 am! Weird morning, though. I tried to get back to sleep but was hungry so I got up a little after 6 and both daughters were up and all awake, so we looked at some news videos from Japan and then my phone rang just once, it was my stepmom so I called back and she had called by accident.  So lots of action really early, when we are normally all asleep. Well, DD1 is often up when I get up, she's an early bird. The rest of us are night owls though.

[kaPOW!]

bleh. tomorrow all the grandparents are getting together (with me and the brood) for dinner. so, it's likely going to come out to my dad and stepmom that i'm having a home birth. SO not looking forward to this!

[Banana731]

my dh showed me how to fix my posting problem! yay!

[forest~mama]

Sorry Sara- why will it come out? It was nice the first time around when nobody knew we were having a HB. This time around everyone knows and certain peeps think we're crazy but oh well!

[forest~mama]

Good banana-I just replied to you thread

I think I'm going to take a hiatus from the DDC. I wish you all amazing peaceful births. I'm having some depression issues and seeing all the early and on time babies is not helping me. There have been a ton of babes born the past few days! I'll likely come back on after this stubborn girl is born. I'll miss the updates, but I think overall it will help my mental state if I back off. Good luck ladies!

[Lousli]

Forest-mama, I'm sorry you're feeling down.  If it helps any, I have had my baby and I'm bonding well with her, but I'm still having some depression issues.  I hope maybe we can help support you.  But if you need to take a break, I understand.

[kaPOW!]

because all the other grandparents know. he and stepmom are the only ones who don't. this is a "pre-birth get-together" so i imagine a lot of questions about the birth, the transition to two, etc are going to come up. luckily, in a group setting perhaps it won't be as bad as it *could* be. but i won't be surprised by a phone call later on, either.

if you guys want to bombard me with "home birth is safe" statistics and resources, i'd love it :D

[katroshka]

Took castor oil half an hour ago, here's hoping it works!

Last night as I was going to bed I thought I wouldn't end up taking it after all as I was getting these really strong contractions that were absolutely killing my lower back. I was like, "great, I'm finally in labor and it looks like I have back labor!!!" After an hour or so of breathing through them I started to get a pain down through my right leg, like I had had it in a funny position for too long or something, so I got on my hands and knees and rocked my pelvis back and forth for a while. Then I went to the bathroom and had some soft stools, came back and rocked some more, then the pain went away and the contractions started slowing down and easing off. Geez! I think baby had gotten herself into some weird position, but she feels like she is back in a good one now.

Anyway, still having some light contractions this morning, but definitely not enough to make me think I shouldn't bother with the castor oil.

So hopefully you won't hear from me for at least a day or two, keep your fingers crossed for me!

[Sandrine]

Forest~mama , take care of yourself!!! you will be miss but we understand.

[Banana731]

Originally Posted by forest~mama 

Good banana-I just replied to you thread

I think I'm going to take a hiatus from the DDC. I wish you all amazing peaceful births. I'm having some depression issues and seeing all the early and on time babies is not helping me. There have been a ton of babes born the past few days! I'll likely come back on after this stubborn girl is born. I'll miss the updates, but I think overall it will help my mental state if I back off. Good luck ladies!

Can't wait till you come back with your new little one! Peace to you Forest!

Originally Posted by katroshka 

Took castor oil half an hour ago, here's hoping it works!

Last night as I was going to bed I thought I wouldn't end up taking it after all as I was getting these really strong contractions that were absolutely killing my lower back. I was like, "great, I'm finally in labor and it looks like I have back labor!!!" After an hour or so of breathing through them I started to get a pain down through my right leg, like I had had it in a funny position for too long or something, so I got on my hands and knees and rocked my pelvis back and forth for a while. Then I went to the bathroom and had some soft stools, came back and rocked some more, then the pain went away and the contractions started slowing down and easing off. Geez! I think baby had gotten herself into some weird position, but she feels like she is back in a good one now.

Anyway, still having some light contractions this morning, but definitely not enough to make me think I shouldn't bother with the castor oil.

So hopefully you won't hear from me for at least a day or two, keep your fingers crossed for me!

Will do! I bet you're getting a lot of work done with all this warming up...

KaPow- Check out Henci Goer, Jennifer Block, and Marsden Wagner. I bet they all have websites ( i know the first 2 do) or online articles at least.
 

[Banana731]

So not much going on for me on the baby front, that's a-ok with me. Mom gets here in 3 days. I will be 39 weeks tomorrow and some of the local ladies are throwing me a blessingway tomorrow, that should be fun!

My youngest is suffering pretty badly from a mild cold we all seem to have gotten, I mean so mild we thought it was allergies from the spring thaw here. But she is just coughing and wheezing something awful. Anyone have any natural fixes for that?

[Marissamom]

I realized last night that baby's head is so low that it's almost completely past my cervix. he's going to have to get higher if he's going to come through the cervix. looks like lots of cat-cow for me.