Chat thread for another new week Aug 17-? - Page 5

[cakemama579]

Wht's the social network thing?  Count me in! Carrie, lead on!  How do we do it??

[love4bob]

I had a midwife appointment today, and I'm dilated to 4 and 30% effaced. I'm about halfway done and I'm not even in labor yet, haha! I'm really hoping that it happens this weekend. My due date is tomorrow!

[Lynann]

Carrie, I think you would be the perfect group leader.

PoetryLover, you definitely need to have your baby before me.

Lady Jennifer, yuck on that long prodromal labor. Glad you are staying positive about it though, and ready to wait if we must. I do kind of think Labor Day would be neat, especially as DS was a Memorial Day labor last year (although eventually born the day after.)

I think with all the start/stop contraction business that I might just be one of those women who takes their time to birth their babies. If I hadn't been given a c/s at 37 hours post ROM I would probably have labored for several more hours before finally birthing DS. I really won't be incredibly surprised if I go over the 24 hour mark this time too. While as nice 6-8 hour labor would be nice I'm not going to count on it.

Angie, its great that you're so far along before even starting. Hopefully you won't have much longer to wait to hold that sweet little boy.

I'm having trouble getting to sleep again tonight, as this baby is wriggling around, but they are so far down I can feel it in my butt, and its keeping me awake. So I'm brewing some sleepytime tea and hope that the baby will go to sleep soon so I can too.

[Jbouck5]

Have you all see the post about the social group thing?  I think it sounds neat.  I volunteer to be the group leader, or at least be a candidate if anyone else wants to be it, and we can put it to a vote.  I would love to keep our group going and going!  Sounds fun.

Carrie I think you would be perfect! Please count me in on the group, I would love to keep this good thing going! What do we need to do to join the group?

[love4bob]

40 weeks today, and no baby yet. I think we will walk around a lot today to try to get him moving. We can't do too much though because DH just got a vasectomy on Thursday and is still recovering!

[Baby_Cakes]

Oh you ladies are the best.  I'll see what I need to do to get the group started.  I don't think much will change, we'll still have our DDC the way it is, but instead of having a moderator, I'll be the "leader" and only ppl who are in our group can post.  Will help keep the trolls out at least, and feel more like a place we can really vent and get support.  Sometimes when our threads show up on New Posts we get unwanted advice from mamas who mean well but don't know our stories, and this will really help with that, I think.

Plus we can choose a cute thumbnail picture and whatnot.  Ha!  It should be fun.

AFus - The hurricane got downgraded to a tropical storm, so while that's a good thing it's still going to be an asston of rain and wind.  I'm hoping everyone affected is going to be ok.  You guys know the drama with my supposed best friend, right?  She was supposed to come visit?  Well, her wonderful hubby (who has her on a short leash) decided the threat of the hurricane was too much and whisked her away on a mountain vacation at a freaking huge resort and spa so she completely blew off her plans with me and all her NJ friends.  Good riddance.  Very convenient, huh?  I'm taking all you ladies' advice and I'm going to let her/the friendship go.  I'm over the drama, and if I were important to her in the least she would have at least felt bad and I don't think she does.  I think she more wanted to brag about this resort in WV.  So, whatever.  I'm certainly not going to reschedule her trip up to see me.  Oh - and I was invited to the bagel brunch.  I texted our friend who was going to host it (who has the same bones to pick with her that I do) and said we should still have the get together just w/o her.  Ha.

It's already pretty rainy, so we're all just having pancakes and coffee and hanging out.  Yesterday I watched both Nora and Finn for the first time for most of the day.  Whew!  EXHAUSTING!!  The hardest part so far is when Finn is screaming AND Nora is throwing a tantrum.  Her fits are few and far between but watch out when she has one!  At least we kind of had a good foundation going for dealing with tantrums before the baby came, so I'm trying to stick with the same approach, but sometimes it's difficult.  I know, it'll all smooth out soon enough, but in the meantime it's the hardest part.

Rooting for all of you due today, this weekend, and next week!  Come on babies! Come on out and play!!

[earth-mama]

Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes 

You guys know the drama with my supposed best friend, right?  She was supposed to come visit?  Well, her wonderful hubby (who has her on a short leash) decided the threat of the hurricane was too much and whisked her away on a mountain vacation at a freaking huge resort and spa so she completely blew off her plans with me and all her NJ friends.  Good riddance.  Very convenient, huh?  I'm taking all you ladies' advice and I'm going to let her/the friendship go.  I'm over the drama, and if I were important to her in the least she would have at least felt bad and I don't think she does.  I think she more wanted to brag about this resort in WV.  So, whatever.  I'm certainly not going to reschedule her trip up to see me.  Oh - and I was invited to the bagel brunch.  I texted our friend who was going to host it (who has the same bones to pick with her that I do) and said we should still have the get together just w/o her.  Ha.

It's already pretty rainy, so we're all just having pancakes and coffee and hanging out.  Yesterday I watched both Nora and Finn for the first time for most of the day.  Whew!  EXHAUSTING!!  The hardest part so far is when Finn is screaming AND Nora is throwing a tantrum.  Her fits are few and far between but watch out when she has one!  At least we kind of had a good foundation going for dealing with tantrums before the baby came, so I'm trying to stick with the same approach, but sometimes it's difficult.  I know, it'll all smooth out soon enough, but in the meantime it's the hardest part.

Good for you for deciding to let a bad 'friend' go.  Sometimes it is really hard to do that, but it sounds like a good decision for you!

I have been caring for Lily and Jonas by myself for almost 2 weeks (during the week).  It is challenging.  I find the same thing you have that it is hardest when Lily and Jonas are both crying/screaming/etc.  Yesterday was the first day that Lily really needed a nap (she still likes to nurse to sleep) and Jonas was very much awake--this was very hard because she kept asking me to lay down with her and Jonas would not let me put him down.  Eventually he fell asleep and I was able to lay with Lily   

The hardest, for me is establishing a good morning where both Lily and I get breakfast.  I always get Lily breakfast, but sometimes I don't have time to get myself anything.  It is getting better though.

[FischK]

I've been reading the thread, but my brain seems unable to retain most of the info, so I'll skip responding to everyone individually for today. For those of you still waiting: may this be your weekend! For everyone else, I hope you and your LOs are doing great!

AFM, I'm still waiting. I slept terribly last night. First, I had an epic birth nightmare, and then I was having ctx. Of course, just false labor, but it kept me awake through most of the night. When I finally fell asleep at 7 am, DS decided he needed to see me and show me his rubber duck collection. And then, and hour later, he was back to cuddle. So, I ended up getting up and as soon as I was up and about ctx and cramps stopped. Bummer. I am very ready for this kid to come out. Very ready.

Since we're going to be homebound tomorrow - Irene's going to pass through for most of the day, probably dumping lots of rain on us - we're probably hitting the road today. We're thinking a walk along the coast and maybe some shopping in outlet town south of here. DH urgently needs some business clothes for his clinical in the fall. Classes start on Monday - booh - and he's getting nervous about not being entirely ready. I'm still hoping the baby will make an appearance before that. BBL.

[Lynann]

For all of you preparing to face or facing Irene this weekend, may she blow past with hardly a notice. We had her Thursday and had to drive an hour each way for my MW appointment in the rain. But then DH is used to hurricane weather having lived in Florida since he was 5.

Carrie, I'm glad you've decided to be our leader and that the new group will protect us from the trolls. I've noticed a few really vocal ones on the homebirth and UC forums recently and they are just really tiresome. I'm also glad you and your other friend have both realized the absent friend isn't worth the bother. It does sound like she only keeps in touch to boast, and people like that are so not worth the energy they take up. I hope you have a really nice brunch with your friends and can show off your precious little Finnley.

FischK, I totally understand the brain melt, especially with the lack of sleep. I took forever to get to sleep last night because the baby was moving around so much. Then I got woke up from a deep sleep by pain in my sacrum and hips. For a few seconds I thought "this is it" but it wasn't. I do hope you manage to get some time to catch up on sleep today. I've found that Sleepytime Extra tea and Tylenol PM are pretty effective at getting me some sleep and both were recommended by my midwife.

AFM, today is our 4th anniversary. We're celebrating with coffee and donuts and just relaxing today. I haven't had any contractions since Thursday night which I'm glad to have a break from. I'd rather just wait until it is real labor. The baby is so low in my pelvis I can hardly sit properly without feeling like I'm squishing this LO. I think the baby is playing a game of "how low can I go and not come out" which is a bit annoying, but hopefully will lead to an easier labor when the time actually comes.

[Imprint]

I am popping in literally JUST long enough to say, I WISH I could catch up and visit with all of you.  I am thinking of everyone, even in the absence of details about how things are going for all of you.  Warm wishes and love to you all....    I hope I'll be able to carve out little bits of time better, in coming weeks.  Off to nurse the babies....  

[FischK]

ETA: I had a really stupid question about the note on top of the forum page. I didn't even know there was such as thing as the "Intuitive Forum." So, disregard this post, and happy Sunday.