We Made It! Chat Thread - July 25 thru AUGUST 1!! - Page 2

[greencarnation]

I am almost jealous of those of you with ctx!  I've noticed maybe two in the last two weeks!  I know I don't notice most of them because it's my first.  I've had my mw comment that I was having one and I felt nothing!  I tried to feel my cervix the other night.  It's way softer than non pregnant cervix, but I think it's still closed. 

I feel like nothing is happening!!! I see my mws on Wednesday, so maybe they will have some news that I cant tell.  I did decide to start taking 1300 mg of EPO daily, and we have been having sex nearly every day. (Thank you chiro for fixing my hips so they don't hurt!)

But hey, it's our third anniversary and my FIL gave us money to get a nice dinner!

[SynEpona]

EB, sounds lovely about your DH doing all the cooking & your box of girly goodness from your friends! What a great day :)

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I hope those of you suffering from false labour get a break from it, or it quickly turns to real labour & you get a baby! I would be so frustrated.

I've just returned from my U/S ...and baby is breech today. She wasnt' on Thursday. My next MW appt is this Thursday, she might not be breech then... I'm not really sure what the point of today's U/S was at all ... except that the MW have to confirm breech positioning in week38 b/c of their practice protocols. I suppose I could take the pulsatilla again,as that does make baby flip out of breech,but only for a few days, then she's back to breech or transverse again. I think she flips or doesn't flip at her whim, it just happened to coincide with the days I took the homeopathics ....

[mamamerle]

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Originally Posted by *Jessica* 

Any tips on how to get labor rolling?  I'm starting to dilate (1cm) and efface (70%), with baby at -2 station and a very, very soft cervix.  Let's get this show on the road!

Let me know when you figure that out. I've been 1cm and 80% effaced with a squishy cervix for two weeks.   The contractions that seem to do nothing and the wicked pressure is getting old. Add in 24 days of 100+ degrees weather and you have one cranky mama here. *sigh*

It'll be over soon, right? RIGHT?!?

[Italiamom]

Birdie, I am SO glad to hear your MIL is being less of a pain than you thought she'd be.  It's kind of the same way with my own mother...  On the one hand, she drives me bonkers, but on the other hand, she keeps DS from driving me bonkers!  I'm glad that things are currently not as miserable as we all thought they might be for you right now!

EB, all of those things sound so lovely and THOUGHTFUL.  Getting packages is just the best!!  I'm so glad to hear about anything to lift your spirits!!  Also, if your DH has a good lemon cupcake recipe that he is willing to share, PM it to me.  I LOVE lemon cupcakes, but I have yet to find a recipe that bakes up to my high high cupcake standards.  I can do the frosting no problem, but I've tried 3 lemon cake recipes and none of them have been what I've been wanting.

[Jbouck5]

Wow! I had quite the morning. First off my tooth is OK!!!!!!! I am stupid and forgot that I had gotten a root canal done on that one 2 years ago, but never got the crown put on. Dentist took one look at it as said, "oh yeah that's just what happens to them after you have a root canal". So I just have to get a crown on sometime after the baby is here, but it's not an emergency, and it's not a healthy tooth gone bad, which is what I was so scared of. Yay!

The I went to meet up with a person from craigslist to get the last piece of baby gear that I wanted, so now I'm set! I'm stoked, because this thing would have cost $40 new, and I got it for $15.

When I got back to the parking lot to pick up my car, the guys who park the cars there told me they never were able to get the key to turn because the wheel was locked. This happens all the time with my stupid car, so I just thought no big deal you just have to hit it a little bit and it un-jams. Well I sat there in the hot sun for 45 mins trying to get the stupid thing to unstick and it would not budge. I was starting to go into panic mode because even though the attendants were being nice to me and trying to help, I could tell I was really in their way because that lot is super busy. This whole time I was trying to call DH to ask him what to do, but he wouldn't answer his phone, which is soooo annoying to me. I didn't know if I should call a lock smith, a tow truck, or what. Eventually I did get a hold of DH, and got a tow truck out and the guy even was nice enough to give me a ride to my house on the way to the shop so I didn't have to take a cab home. So it all worked out just fine in the end, but man was I stressed, and hot, I think I sweated out about half my body weight in the car. So I am laying on the couch and chugging H2O for the rest of the day. Laundry can wait until tonight.

Jbouk, I hope the dental appointment goes okay.  Can pregnant women have the happy gas?  I could use a few minutes of happy gas right about now!

Thanks! They won't give you the laughing gas, I tried when I got a filling back in Dec, and they said nope. Good thing I didn't need it today!

Fantastic!!  I love the quote: "For me, the eating had felt so unimaginably good. It had felt like a warm blanket of comfort during 9 months of discomfort. It was what had kept me going as I deprived myself of every other vice that pregnancy refused me."  Which is pretty much how I feel every time I stuff my face with cookies.  My body is so darn miserable...  At least my mouth can be happy!

Yep, that is exactly how I feel too! If I can't have a cold beer on a hot summer day, at least I can have a little extra ice cream!

[Baby_Cakes]

Nothing is happening labor wise for me either, but I'm not due til the 16th so we shall see.  I'm sort of not letting my brain go there til I know if I can birth at home or not.  LOL.  I should find out tomorrow or Wednesday what's going on.  Sigh, I'm just not feeling very optimistic, so all the kind words from all of you really helps!  Makes me think maybe I have a chance!

I just got back from taking DD to the movies for the first time ever, and OMG.  That was an adventure.  It was fine, we managed, but man, she wouldn't sit STILL!  I let her roam our row a bit, luckily it was only us and one other mom and child there and she wasn't really bothering anyone.  After the FIFTH trip to the bathroom after she asked to go, where she would sit on the potty but then declare she didn't have to go anymore, my fuse was a burning a little short!  I still have no idea where she put all that soda!  Then we finally make it to the end of the movie, she's happy as a clam, I'm frazzled -- and it's POURING rain.  And I parked far away b/c I didn't want the car to get another ding.  Ugh.  Of course.

Jbouck - I'm so happy your tooth is nothing crazy to worry about!  That car trouble sounds pitiful though, something that would TOTALLY happen to me.

[Emerging butterfly]

Italiamom....Lemme see if I can locate it...it is super yummy due to the addition of lemon curd....home made...mmmmmm.....I won't be able to get to it today, but I've written it down as a TO DO. )

[Peony]

Way too hot here, I am dying.  My legs feel like they weigh 500 lbs because of the edema, the hotter I get, the worse I swell. Some clouds are finally rolling in, so hoping for rain to cool things down. It is official, I have zero energy these days. I've been waking up with painful contractions in the early morning hours, the last 3 days I think. For my previous 3 labors, that is exactly how they started, woke up with contractions around 5 am every time. I can tell these aren't the real deal, certainly feel like it, but I just have always known when it was and wasn't. So far anyway. I'm SOO crampy all day long, back killing me. 38 weeks and 2 of my children have been born this week but I refuse to think it could be soon. That is what I thought last time and then I went another 3 weeks past this. Now, if I am still pg in a month then I'll be pissed! 

[elevena true]

italiamom-     do you know of the west burnside chiropractic clinic? they are at 2nd and west burnside, and have appointments open for all. it is super easy to get in asap. on thursdays i see an intern named chris, but i like him because he is very mellow and just had a baby---he was adjusting his wife all through her pregnancy. they also charge based on income, but don't require proof of income. i know you have insurance, but it sounds like your insurance doesn't offer much in the way of chiro coverage. this is where i am going, and i have taken some doula clients there as well. it is a really secret and yet amazing resource. i want your poor hips to get some relief!! i know how much i was dreading labor whilst feeling such physical limitations, but things have seemed to shift in a better direction for me, hip and pelvis wise.

hooray for packages of baby things!!! my 15 year old nephew is visiting, and brought sweet baby presents from my sis. including things i had passed to her after my girls for her girls....i had forgotten them, but i loved them, and now they've made it back!! and baby socks!! something i didn;t want to have to buy for whatever odd reason.

for all the mamas having labor psych outs...i feel like i keep getting tricked, too. i will get several rounds of pretty serious contractions over the course of a few hour spread, and then....nada. i think things happen that shift my energy, like having to be sharper with the kids, etc. but i have had some crazy nesting urges, and have gotten major things crossed off of my list! things i had even felt okay with not happening..... and now they are done!! yes! i have had three very similar labors, so i don't know why i would expect this one to go differently, aside from the fact that babe has thrown me for a few loops already. my previous babes were at 41w8d, 41w7d, and surro baby at 41w 5 days. with each of them i woke up in the night with contractions, going bcak to bed as long as i could until i had to really rock and concentrate through them. my mucus plugs? all lost in active labor. so really, i feel like my body has a pretty set pattern, and yet i still get duped! maybe i feel extra tricky because i did have an odd cycle, so my ovulation could have been at a different time. regardless, i know baby will make their grand entrance soon, and i am so tingling thinking about meeting my new little babe.

squeeee!

and in less exciting news, our family just can't keep the germs away....little guy that we babysit brought a stomach bug over, which woke my older girl in the middle of the night, alternating between puking and pooping. poor babe. she is still in and out of sleep, even puking up water and ginger ale. again, once i thought i had all the laundry set to go. no chance. bleh. hope my girlie feels better.

[mareseatoats]

I can't believe how close we are to August, either! Although Sunday was 35 weeks for me, so 5 weeks to go still. It seems so far away, but I realized that it's only 35 days and that doesn't sound like so long. Got our prefolds today and have been washing and washing and washing them -- I like the unbleached ones so 4 washes hasn't proven to be enough.

I thought this video was really sweet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbx3ECKvt60&feature=player_embedded

Carrie - I really hope everything works out with your platelets!

Emerging Butterfly - I'm so happy you're getting all that love and support.

[Imprint]

Jill's experience I can't even imagine - I am so impressed with how well you've managed and keeping Reed put this long! - but Mamamerle, Jessica, and Elevena, I'm right there with you.... As of Thursday, I was 70% effaced, very soft cervix, 1 cm dilated, and baby boy's head at -1.  Crampy mild-to-moderate contractions that clearly aren't more than 'prelabor' are continuing and, thankfully, intensifying enough that I'm hoping we're within a few days of actual labor starting.  The way it's been the last couple of weeks is fine, but tiring.  Even occasionally feeling like someday, I really will have these babies is definitely an upside; and my doctor did exclaim over my cervix behaving beautifully (responsively, to very little, for a first-timer - after staying long, firm, and closed till 35 weeks).  I keep being torn between wanting things to really get going, and wanting to take advantage of the time I have to rest and accomplish the few things I have left.  The o.b. said I could try nipple stimulation, if I wanted to, and I could always try walking a lot more, etc....  Tomorrow we'll complete 37 weeks.  It's also four days before my mom HAS TO LEAVE.  So I think I may try to get things going a bit more, tomorrow, if they haven't picked up, overnight....

Warm wishes on platelet results, a happy blessingway, a happy anniversary, everyone feeling well, or making progress, and babies who aren't vertex turning!

[Baby_Cakes]

My platelet count was higher than ever before!!  166!!  I'm cleared for my homebirth!!!!  

[PoetryLover]

Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes 

My platelet count was higher than ever before!!  166!!  I'm cleared for my homebirth!!!!  

Woo-hoo!! Yay!!!! Go you!!!

[Imprint]

Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes 

My platelet count was higher than ever before!!  166!!  I'm cleared for my homebirth!!!!  

Yay! Yay! Yay!   I am so happy for you!!!
 

[happylemon]

Carrie!! I am so happy for you! What all have you been doing to get them up? I have a blood draw Wednesday and am very nervous about it. Mine keep going down. Although my midwives said they would be fine as long as they stay above 70, which I know is different from what your midwife said, wonder why the difference? Mine was 129 last check.

[greencarnation]

Yay Baby Cakes, that's awesome!

[zombie_bride]

Happy to hear you can home birth!!!

[Baby_Cakes]

Thanks everyone!!!!  I'm totally thrilled beyond words!  I really had my doubts all day.  This is just really awesome news!!
 

Originally Posted by sarah2881 

Carrie!! I am so happy for you! What all have you been doing to get them up? I have a blood draw Wednesday and am very nervous about it. Mine keep going down. Although my midwives said they would be fine as long as they stay above 70, which I know is different from what your midwife said, wonder why the difference? Mine was 129 last check.

In total, I increased my protein (trying to get to 90-100g per day), started taking Floradix (2x day), continued taking the Yellow Dock tincture (2x per day), supplemented with vitamin C, completely cut out all carbonated beverages (save for the 2 Dr Peppers I had last week, lol) and tried to eat much less processed food and more whole, healthy foods.  My last draw was 129 as well.  So between then and now, it jumped from 129 to 166.  My very first blood draw had it at 138.  So, I'm floored it's as high as it is!  My mw wanted it at 100 or higher, so this is just amazing and awesome, and worth all the effort!!

I was having so much trouble picturing a hospital birth. I'm so happy I get to keep my dream.  I'm breathing much easier now!!!

[Italiamom]

Green Carnation -- Happy anniversary!!  Dinner is always better when someone else is paying, in my humble opinion

Rochelle -- the flipping would make me crazy...  How long after you take the pulsatilla does it take her to flip?  Is it something where it happens quickly and you could take it when you first notice contractions?

Janie -- It WILL soon be over.  Just not soon enough!!

Jbouk -- is your car a Subaru by any chance?  If it is, it's the wheel lock.  Super annoying, not sure why it comes on.  But if you wiggle your steering wheel back and forth, and kind of torque on it, while at the same time trying to turn the key, that'll unlock it.  If it's a Subaru.  If it's any other car, ugh, that sucks!!

Carrie -- You BRAVE woman, for taking a kiddo to the movies alone.  You are more woman than me!  And, oh yeah...  CONGRATS ON THE PLATELETS!!!  We were all rootin' for ya!

EB -- Adding lemon curd to anything will make it fabulous.  I'm anxious already!!  If I have to wait until the end of August for a baby, I can at least try to bake the anxiety away

Peony -- I'm so sorry about the swelling.  Just so sorry.  It's such a gross feeling.  Ugh.

Elevena -- Thanks for the recommendation!  The funny thing is, DH has gone there before, when we didn't have insurance.  I don't know why I didn't think of it *face palm*.  And I'm sorry to hear about the stomach bug!!  I'm hoping it is just the universe getting ALL the sickness out of the way in your house before a little one arrives.  Watch, you'll all be well all winter long...

Mareseatoats -- I love getting new diapers!  But hate stripping them.  I've found that adding a big canning pot of boiling water to one of the loads will equal at least a couple washes.  It's a process...

Imprint -- sending you opening cervix vibes!  The nipple stimulation when DS nurses gives me crazy contractions right now, so I bet it would work...

AFM -- So I had ordered 2 cases (24 bottles) of coconut water from Vitacost, so I can have plenty for labor, and then some extra to have for hot days.  I occasionally buy cases locally, and ordering it through Vitacost saved me more than $30.  Not shabby.  When I placed the order, I purposely ordered 24 instead of 20, because there are 12 bottles to a case.  When I've bought cases locally before, they normally come in a cardboard half-box, and they're shrink wrapped in there.  Basically the same as any other bulk beverage.  So I get my order today and, OMG!  They individually wrapped each (PLASTIC) bottle of coconut water in 4 feet of bubble wrap.  Then, they packaged 3 bubble wrapped bottles into enormous plastic ziplock bags.  And then mailed it.  So instead of just getting 2 normal cases, I got 24 plastic bottles, wrapped in 96 feet of bubble wrap, and then put into 8 giant thick plastic ziplocks.  Are you KIDDING ME!?  The coconut water comes in a plastic bottle.  WHY!?  I'm happy about saving the $30, but the guilt of ALL that plastic.  You do not need 96 feet of bubble wrap to ship 2 cases of PLASTIC bottles.  There is no chance of shattering!  ACK!

So if anyone was wondering, my birthing beverages come complete with heaps of liberal guilt
 

[Ree Tee]

BabyCakes, glad to hear your platelets are up and you can home birth!

I'm impressed by how many of you are experiencing contractions. I don't believe I've had any yet (false or real) but this is my first pregnancy so I'm not entirely sure (I've had some occasional, funky pains here and there).

My shower is Sunday (July 31). I've been peaking at my registry and am soooo glad that people are actually buying me cloth diapers, which is the bulk of what I need. Also, I recently ordered some all-in-one diapers and just got 'em. Never thought I'd say something like this but - -  they make me so happy! They're so cute and will soon be worn by my baby!

I survived the NYC heatwave, and finally dropped off lots of clothes at Buffalo Exchange and Salvation Army...I'm trying to clear out our tiny apt and make room...clean, etc...

Wow, it's almost August...Cheers!!