Queer and Pregnant: October, November and December - Page 15

[SwtRainbowBrite]

Hello All! I thought that it might be time transition from QC and to speak up and Introduce myself.... I am SwtRainbowBrite and after 3 miscarriages, an infant loss, and 12+ months of TTC my Fiancee and I are finally pregnant!! I am very apprehensive about this pregnancy and honestly I will be holding my breath until my viability ultrasound next week, but in the meantime I am just excited that I was able to get pregnant! Currently our little appleseed's estimated entrance into the world is dated as July 2, 2012. I am in the process of assembling a dream team of High Risk Obs & our Home Birth Midwife until we are clear that everything is ok with the pregnancy and that there is no sign of the rare heart abnormality that my DD had. 

I already know some of you from Queer Conceptions but I am so excited to be with all of you on mine/your pregnancy and Birth journeys 

[julietea8]

Welcome, SwtRainbowBrite and congrats!!! I look forward to hearing about your sticky babe and healthy pregnancy.

Isa, that's hard and scary, but I'm thinking good thoughts for growing belly cramps.

[2ezforyou]

Update from the south: I woke up yesterday with a yucky headache and felt like my blood pressure was up a bit. Luckily, I had a doctor appt scheduled for 10 am as I am supposed to leave today for 10 days in Nashville for work. At the appointment, I learned that my BP was indeed up 142/85 and there's protein in my urine. UGH!!! My worst fears - pre eclampsia. After bloodwork, my doc gave me the diagnosis of high levels of uric acid, and not pre e...yet. Today I begin a 24 hour collection of urine sample and more bloodwork on Wednesday. I have an ultrasound scheduled for Friday morning as well to check out the baby's size, fluid level, etc. The baby seems to be fine and active, while my body is sore and feels like it's going to tear apart most of the time. Needless to say this isn't exactly how I wanted to end my career this year or the last few weeks of pregnancy.

[seraf]

Boy. 9 pounds. I thought he was stuck, we were on our way to the hospital and made it about 2 minutes from home. He was born in the car. He was yelling so we came home. Vitals are good and he is nursing.

[KSDoulaMama]

Originally Posted by seraf 

Boy. 9 pounds. I thought he was stuck, we were on our way to the hospital and made it about 2 minutes from home. He was born in the car. He was yelling so we came home. Vitals are good and he is nursing.

Wow! Glad to hear he is healthy... Amazing how intuitive we can be- didn't you say you were concerned he'd be born in the car? Hope your recovery is easy and you are able to enjoy this time with your little one! Can't wait to hear more when you are up to it.

[Mizyellow]

He is beautiful, I can't wait to meet him! You amaze me Sara. Congrats guys!

[DAWNMP1]

Wow!  An eventful night!

Seraf ---   Congratulations and welcome to your baby boy!!  So glad to hear he got here safely and is already nursing.   You have such amazing instincts!  Can't wait to hear all about it when you are ready. 

 

And Welcome RainbowBrite!!  It's so good to see you over here!  Fingers crossed for your US!

Ez, so sorry to hear you are having some worrying signs, but it sounds like you are managing well and taking smart precautions.  Hope your tests come back showign it was just a blip.

Hi to everyone else!

[seraf]

Short story. I woke up at 1AM on 11-1-11 with irregular and uncomfortable contractions. I knew it was labor but it didn't seem intense to start. I got up, swept the sawdust from last night's headboard project, went back to bed for a while. After a bit I got up and folded some baby laundry. I took a shower and assured Sara there was nothing to do yet. I set up our supplies and went back to bed again. Sara and I both got up around 4. I went back and forth between showers and the bath and the birth ball and the toilet. I got some bloody show and we watched some Netflix and I was disappointed that my contractions were still irregular, tho they were surely more intense. We walked up and down the sidewalk a couple of times. Around 6 I told Sara I needed to go to the hospital for drugs. They were not nice contractions and I felt like they weren't doing anything. While Sara packed up a hospital bag I started feeling pushy, and I said, we can't leave now, we will have the baby in the car or they won't give me drugs anyway. Sara went back to bed (she was fighting morning sickness the whole time) while I lay in the shower drifting in and out of sleep. Finally the contractions were awful and I was convinced he wasn't coming out. So I told Sara I wanted to go to the hospital and get everything checked out. He was still moving. More than any of my babies during labor, so I knew he was somewhat ok, but I was bleeding and worried. So I couldn't even dress myself and I lay on the floor while Sara put my socks, pants and shoes on while I had a couple of contractions on the floor. I'm telling you, it felt like crap. It felt like really hard contractions, not like the relief of pushing. We walked down the stairs, got in the car, I was sitting on 2 towels and off we went. Sara told me it was 7:20 when left the house and I was cursing not leaving at 6 for drugs. Well, we got right out of town and I told Sara to find a pull off. She pulled over immediately and I told her there was a head coming out of me. She asked if I wanted her to go back home and I said, "no time! There is a head!" Well, it wasn't a head, I was simply exploding but the wrinkly soft head came out about the same time Sara got to my side of the car. There were several gushes of water as his different head parts and shoulders and body were delivered. Sara said, "it's a boy! What do I do?" I asked if she could pick him up. She put him on my chest, dried him and covered him with one of the towels for the very brief drive home. She got my mom so they could both help me inside. They took lots of pictures while I delivered the placenta and we nursed, ate and did vitals.

The kid is huge. 9 pounds, 22 incus long. Big round face and we think he has my mouth. Head full of dark hair. We will go see lots of doctors this afternoon. I will put up pics when I get by a real computer but Sara already has one on facebook.

He doesn't look like a Riot. It looks like his name is Shay Brock at the moment.

[qmama42]

Seraf--

Congrats on your baby boy! How exciting! I was waiting with bated breath to see how he was going to enter the world and sure enough, a car birth! I'd love to hear more details when you are ready to share. Great job, mama!

Rainbow--Welcome! I'm so glad you finally made it; I have been following your journey (and your frustrations) over on QC. May you have a healthy happy 40 weeks here!

Dear Universe, 2ez already had enough drama with the SCH at the beginning of her pregnancy. Can you please just let her relax at the end of the preg? Love, qmama.

Isa--Good luck at the appointment today. I hope everything is normal and perfect inside. Healthy growing baby/uterus vibes to you!

Sara--Glad to hear that you're starting to feel a little better. May you settle into that 2nd tri quickly!

AFM--I've got a check-up with my OB today. Hoping it is uneventful. I will be 25 weeks tomorrow and have a 1hr GTT scheduled for right before Thanksgiving. My dear friend had her baby girl last Friday. After a horrendous 46 hour labor, her advice to me was to skip the VBAC and schedule a c-section. I seriously got to thinking about it...but I'm staying on course and still planning for a VBAC and hoping my labor will be easier than hers was.

In other news, we bought a new car over the weekend. Decided to go for the 2012 Prius V (a larger version of the Prius). Our first ever new vehicle. Love it, love it, love it. It meant trading in our truck, but when we woke up Sunday, we were still lesbians, so it's all good.

Oh yeah, I know it's widely available and not all that expensive, but if there are any newly pregnant mamas out there who would like a brand new unopened bottle of vit B6 to combat the evil, but reassuring m/s, let me know. I'll mail it to you free.

[DAWNMP1]

Wow!  Seraf, you really an amazing strong woman (and so is Sara!).  What a story!  Congratulations again!

I love the name.  Shay was one of our top name choices for a boy and I love it paired with Brock.   And what a cool birthday -  11/1/11!  We were sort of hoping that our little one would come today for the fun birthdate.  Can't wait to see pictures! 

I'm guessing we're next unless we are missing someone?

[lisedea]

Threadcrashing to say.....congrats Seraf!!!

[AmandaHope]

What a morning on the board!

Seraf and Sara: Congratulations!!!      I can't say I'm surprised at the car birth, but it is awfully exciting, nonetheless. Seraf, I'm sorrry to hear that the cx were so painful.  Must be because your little boy is so BIG!  With his already nursing well, I bet you'll have a vigorous, healthy boy on your hands with the extra resources to sleep nice, long nights in no time at all.  I'm thrilled for you all and hope that your transition is easy with very little baby crying.  And Shay Brock is a fabulous name.  Sara: I can't believe you caught him!  Did you really stay calm and collected?  I'm impressed.

Rainbow: Welcome to Q&P!  After all you've been through, I'm hoping for a healthy, easy pregnancy and a very healthy baby for you and your DP.  Hang in there during this nerve-wracking first trimester.  We're all here for you.

Isa: Sorry you're feeling nervous.  That's a terrible feeling, I know.  I had a big emotional scare around 16 weeks.  The baby was fine.  I hope your appt today is reassuring.

EZ: Ugh.  Can you possibly take it easy over the next few days at least and let some others do the work for the big event?  Maybe get some prenatal meditation tracks off itunes?  I'm crossing my fingers that your body can balance itself out with a bit of help. 

Dawn: You're up!

Qmama: You can totally do the VBAC.  Every birth is different, but not all of them are even very painful (neither of mine were bad except when I was on pitocin).  You're strong, and it will feel so powerful after your c-section last time. 

Hi to everyone else. 

[qmama42]

Seraf--Crosspost. Whoa! Sounds pretty dramatic! Awesome job on delivering such a big baby unassisted. I've only seen you in pictures, obviously, and you look pretty tiny. The name is great too! It goes well with Ari and Osha's names. Can't wait to see pics!

[LibraryLady]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Seraf!!!!!!!!!!  What an amazing story!!!!  Welcome to the world little boy~ scaring your mamas to death!!!  You are a superwoman for sure! And Shay is a great name. Congrats to you both!!!!

Rainbow~ So glad to see you here! I certainly understand your apprehension, but I hope this is the magic bean. Stick li'l un!!!

Isa~ History nerd that I am, I LOLed at your WWI Dachshund/French Bulldog hostilities.  Now I'm imagining you bringing in a few English Bulldogs and maybe a Kentucky Coon Hound to help settle things once and for all.

Hello and love to everyone else~ I have a million books to shelve and I'm totally sleepy from watching two episodes of The Walking Dead before bed last night and then having zombie apocalypse nightmares.  My own fault, truly.

[DesertSunsets]

Happy Birthday, Shay!! Congratulations to you both, Sara and Seraf. Can't wait to see pictures of your large bundle of joy

[carmen358]

Congratulations, seraf and sara!!!!!! Welcome to Shay

[LibraryLady]

I'll post a better Halloween pic later, but my fussy baby mama sistahs will appreciate this lovely family portrait.

(DP is the Woodswoman and is NOT threatening Alice with a hatchet, despite appearances...) 

[AmandaHope]

Library: Such a poignant family photo!  I love the concerned look on both of your faces.  Thanks for posting.

[mami2mami]

Seraf and Sara- You two truly amaze us!! 9 lbs!!! Shay is a beautiful name and we hope all went well at the doctor. Can't wait to see pics of your expanding family. Sara you had to be terrified, I know I'm freaking out about it and all is already well with you guys. Seraf get some rest you deserve it after power sawing a new head board and giving birth. Congratulations!!!

More personals later ......... quick hello to all!!

AFM: We had a wonderful time trick-or-treating with the kids yesterday. On a brighter note DP and I made it to the court house yesterday and got our civil union license. We scheduled our ceremony at the court house on November 15th!! Hoping and praying while I am sitting here contracting that the baby waits for our union to be official in a couple weeks before making it's appearance. Here is a pic of DD and DS in their costumes:

[starling&diesel]

Shay, dude!  Way to make an entrance, baby! 

And congratulations to Sara and Seraf and Osha and Ari! 

Great work, Seraf!  And so awesome that you guys turned the car around. 

Can't wait to see pictures!

(more later, baby wants booby)