*July Moms* April 16-30 Thread - Page 2

[Michelle Leigh]

I just ordered the calm birth cd @ www.calmbirth.org & Having a Baby Naturally book @ www.half.com. I'm looking forward to reading this & listening to the CD.

[Foobar]

I will also complete my 30th week on Saturday!

I aplogize for not posting more. I have developed a nasty m/s which happens mostly at night. I have dropped some weight and my doc and I are talking about an antinausea med, but I doubt I would take it.... It doesn't stop the vomiting.

Moo is doing great. She is measuring just fine and moving around and poking me. Unlike Goo, we can now play "Name that body part!" I keep getting an oval shape that I am sure is the foot!

Keeping an eye on things with the doc (haven;t I said before that I LOVE her!) She is so calm and just loves to talk and make sure I am doing fine. I need to print out my birth plan again! HA! This time I know more of what to expect so I can go in knowing that everything I expect is going out the window!

I will need the GBS test as the hospital I am going to is a PITA about that and I was GBS+ with Goo.


Let's see, we painted the baby room, removed the yucky carpet and we have a new area rug for the hardwood floor. Added a new door to the room and have all of the furniture we need. I need to get Goo's infant clothes from the attic for Moo so I can have them ready. Yeah, I'd say I am nesting!

The placenta? I've decided that it will go as medical waste. I am not at all interested with keeping it or ingesting it. I know, what a werido I am!

Snowy Owl- I swear they ONLY show the births that are abnormal on that show. I've stopped watching it because it made me feel strange to watch all of these women suffering so much

[sweet tea]

Just checking in!
organizing and re-organizing everything
got the crib set up...and found ther perfect bedding for it on clearance at pottery barn!

got back from colorado and MIL doesn't know what heppened to my baby stuff...*sigh* it's not her fault, I left it at her place for 3 yrs...but now I'm outta all the diapers I thought I saved...SO been stocking up!

got my baby registry done and my mom's planning a shower for early June!

my next project is to re-vamp the laundry room...needs dry wall..new tile flooring and some love... I'll be spending a lot of time in there washing dipes, after all!

[Foobar]

Interesting. I was just looking through the hospital packet today and they have 5 pages on breastfeeding and how it is best and a special packet on circ and giving pros and cons. I thought this was really nice. They are starting to actually give options to people and give them research.


So refreshing to not have certain practices thrown at you...

[Snowbaby]

Hi everyone, it's been quiet for a few days so thought i'd get things going. We've gone to two sessions of our birthing class, which is led by a doula and lactation consultant and am ecstatic about the stuff that she's teaching us. DH is finally feeling supportive about us having a natural birth!!! (up to this point, he would poo-poo the idea each time I brought it up and I was getting very worried that he would really f*ck up my birth experience). He's not understanding why it makes sense to go without the drugs if you don't need them.

THAT being said, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes (I took the test because diabetes is very prevalent in my family - both sides - and contributed to the death of two of my grandparents and my father so I take it very seriously). With this diagnosis, it's very possible that I may need to have more medical intervention than I wanted but there'll be no way to truly know until the time is right. I'm meeting with a perinatologist and nutritionist on Thursday to plan out a diet and so far have been winging it ---- I MISS ICE CREAM!!

The patuti has been moving a lot lately and I have to say, those moments make it all worth it! I am now 27+ weeks and SO EAGER for the weeks to go by. At the same time, there's till so much to do. I haven't bought much of anything and am waiting for the Memorial Day sales to do the real shopping. Am having lots of mental nesting going on but physically I'm still not quite doing much ....... but I suspect this is the week where my nesting instict will prevail over my laziness!!

[Foobar]

Snowbaby-

Sorry about the GD diagnosis. That sucks. I would miss ice cream too.

Can you ask DH if he would take medicine every time he could? If you don't need it then why take it?

He'll come around... I am sure he is nervous of seeing you in pain... Men are such wimps when it comes to pain....

[midwifer]

Hello,
Wow, are we all getting very close. Sometimes I get really overwhelmed with the thought and want to get a ton of stuff done (I don't, however) and other times I am still very anxious for time to pass to meet this babe. Lots of movement and everything is fine as far as the prenatal path goes. I am noticing that I am getting tired out quicker and bending over is getting HARD! I need to start gathering items for the birth, but then again, if it is before 37 weeks I will need to go to the hospital so I still have a bit of time. I guess I am too tired to say too much.
Hope everyone is well....

[sweet tea]

I am having trouble deciding on a birth class~ just posted a lil poll in the main july thread~ please go vote!

I've already gotten the comment~"so anyday now, right?"

here are some updated belly shots~ 27 weeks now...I feel sooo huge!

http://photos.yahoo.com/sunpharee

anyone else brave enough to show off the belly? I'm so curious!

[Danesmama]

Hello all
Snowbaby - sorry to hear about the GD diagnosis. I go in for my test next week - my dh is a medical student (soon to be doctor), so he won't hear of me skipping the test. I failed the first one with ds #1, so I'm expecting to have to do the three hour test as well. Good luck with your diet modifications - I hope it goes well.

I have been doing well lately - I'm pretty tired and had some sort of 24 hour bug yesterday, but overall I'm feeling good. I'm beginning to feel very big now too, which is fun!

My dh doesn't understand the desire to do a med-free birth this time around. With ds #1 he was very supportive and thought it was great that I wanted to go pain-med free. This time around he has had his rotation in obstetrics where he saw a lot of different births and said to me, "If you can lessen the pain with medication why wouldn't you?". Oh well, he knows that ultimately the choice is mine and will be supportive of whatever I choose.

Glad to hear so many are doing well!

[Foobar]

Stacey-

Only a person who hasn't been around pregnant women would say that to you! You look great for 27 weeks!

[gigismom]

Stacey

You look beautiful!! Every woman carries differently and as such "looks" more or less pregnant than the general public thinks she should. I've been getting the "oh my god, you have 10 weeks left and your that big" looks lately, too. Who cares? What business is it of their's anyway? I have been measuring big throughout this pregnancy. For example, I am currently 30.5 weeks and measure at 33 weeks so I guess on average I am bigger than most at this stage. This does not bother or worry me bc I already birthed a "big" baby at 8lbs 9oz and I feel good. So I just keep grinning when the questions keep coming....
jen

[majazama]

I'm 30 weeks and I think I look like I did at 40 weeks with my last pregnancy. My belly is sticking way out (for me, anyways). Everyone can tell I'm pregnant now, no hiding it. I'm gonna post a pic soon, too! I'm becoming so computer-literate because of mothering.com....

Some lady said to me the other day,"You've got a small little lump there, hey".... ah, O.K.... when was the last time YOU were preganant? 48 years ago, perhaps. Arg... I said to her, "my mom thinks I'm a lot bigger right now than I was at 40 weeks with my DD".... "and she was 8 lbs. 7oz".... then someone said,"yep, you're about the same size I was at that time" .... and her baby was 6 lbs. at birth.

At that time, even my midwives didn't think my baby would be very big "won't be a 9-pounder, that's for sure"... : I just hold my babies differently than most mommas because I'm tall with a longish torso AND my uterus is "retroverted".

[Threefold]

I hate those comments on belly-size. Seems like everybody has a preconceived notion of what you *should* look like and too many feel free to share it.
I didn't look pregnant with ds until I was nearly 30 weeks, though of course it was obvious to anyone who knew me. This time I am much bigger, and I get comments ranging form "Whoa! You're big!" to "that's a tiny belly there." Sadly, many of the "tiny" comments come from friends in playgroup. Do they think this is a complement? Well, I hate it.
Whoosh, I'm grouchy and feeling icky, not quite nauseous, but my stomach is definately "off" and everything takes so much effort. This feeling seems to come and go and I don't know what triggers it. I hope it passes soon.
Sorry to be so negative.

[Foobar]

Dalai-mama

Don't apologize....we all have those days!


I just had someone ask me today if I was pregnant. Um, YEAH! Hello? I am just about 31 weeks pregnant here!

In truth, my belly is small, but that is because I carry deep. This means I have had someone pounding on my lungs and organs since 20 weeks. I haven't been able to breath right since then! AUGH!

So, yeah, I look cute and small, but I have a bruised rib cage and I can't breath...I would take a belly out to Indonesia instead of this!

Sorry, now I'm on a rant...

I am setting up some photos tomorrow. Maybe I'll post them

[majazama]

Foobar, I made the mistake once of "assuming" someone was pregnant.... asking her when she was due.... and she wasn't!! She wasn't "overweight", but she had a big belly out front. Ooops~Next time, if I thought someone was with child, I asked if they were (pregant) before asking them when they were due. :LOL

[Foobar]

Hmm, hadn't thought of that. I mean to me I look really pregnant...
But that could happen... Although this woman was pretty stupid and kept telling me I was due in September based on my size!