Week of April 13..... - Page 2

[TalkToMeNow]

Oh, carbs!! Thats all I want! Or, I guess, wanted... I'm getting a bit more normal in my eating now. For a while there, though, I was coming up with as many ways as possible to cook a potato! And I bought a loaf of Asiago cheese bread and ate it in one day.

[jecaly]

asiago cheese bread: YUM.

my appetite and nausea are definitely getting more normal. i ate *two* salads yesterday. i'm ten weeks today--according to my preg books, all the organs have already formed and the sprout is 4 cm long: an official fetus! i'm starting to relax a little about whether this one is hanging on. my boobs are getting really impressive--i'm going to need to do some serious shopping soon.

i've ventured into the diaper buying arena: i've got a couple cotton nikky covers, a used wahm fitted, and a cute stripey wool jersey cover, so far, with more on the way. still trying to decide between prefolds and fitteds for the bulk of the stash, though.

how are you guys? are the sickies feeling a little better?

*j

[tuffykenwell]

Re: Scare with a happy ending

Originally posted by BabyOsMommy
I woke up with some pink discharge yesterday morning, and tried to shrug it off, but when it was still there later in the day, I panicked (more like FREAKED), and because I'd been feeling better over the last few days, assumed the worst and called my midwives. They gave me the option of an ultrasound or hcg monitoring(their first choice). I really just wanted to see that heartbeat, so I opted for ultrasound, which was scheduled for today.

This morning I woke up and felt better (actually worse, but nausea and dizziness was so welcomed), and no more spotting, and knew that everything was okay just by a feeling I had. I still went for the u/s, though because I thought that being stressed was probably just as bad as the u/s, so I went for my own piece of mind.

I am one of those people who is pretty anti "standard" US...but I do think if there is a reason for getting one you should. IMO that is the way they should be used. I agree that sometimes the stress of wondering what is going on can be as difficult for the baby and you to handle as testing. Not sure what I would have done in you situation but you shouldn't feel guilty at all!

I have had (and will likely have again if I get there) an US at 42 weeks to measure fluid levels and make sure everything is okay. If I had taken the information from the US I would have declined the induction of my son....oh hindsight can be a b***h at times! This time I will use the information gleaned from the 42 week US to negotiate for an extra week. At 43 weeks I will likely request another US and if the fluid levels etc are still fine I will push for another week....then I might consider induction with pitocin only (I am going for a VBAC so this seems the lesser of all evils...though it does increase my risk of rupture

Diagnostic tools *can* provide useful information IMO...

Steph

[scheelimama]

tuffykenwell,
I don't know how it works at the hospital, but I was induced with cytotec and it was much more gentle than pitocen. I know they like to hurry things along at hospitals, but you might request cytotec or something similar. It's just a pill that they insert into your cervix every 4 hours. You lay down for the first two hours so it can be absorbed and then you walk around for the next two hours so that contractions can get going. It usually takes 1-3 days to produce a baby. Some people will have their babies very fast with it. I was dilated to a 3-4 and maybe 50% effaced when we started around 9 in the morning and my midwife said that I would have a baby by that evening, but she decided not to come until the following evening. It was not painful at all until the next afternoon/evening when my body kicked into real labor. And that didn't last long. Anyway, I know you are hoping not to be induced, but I thought I would offer this alternative if you have to be.