Weekly Chat Nov. 13-18 - Page 2 « Back to Group Discussions

[writermama12]

Melany, Being alone so often must be really hard to cope with. I know that being home alone with my toddler during the day, from like 830-4, seems never-ending sometimes and I am just making due, trying anything I can to distract myself from being bored and lonely until the boys get home. But even when the house is full things aren't always peachy. Maybe you can find some way to get out with other people, maybe even other moms, once or twice a week. I don't know if you have other kids at home to care for or if you work full time from home, but sometimes working in a coffee shop or where you are sitting next to people can help with feeling isolated. I find that I don't need much, just a visit with a friend once or twice a week for an hour helps tremendously. 

[jodieanneanton]

rachelalle... someone on my pregnancy after loss board was able to eat jelly beans instead.  I will try to find out how she pulled that one off... 

In the meantime, I found this study...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10561636

Says jelly beans can be used for the GTT.  

[Melany]

Writermama: The kids are in day care, I treat it as if I am in the office. I wouldn't take them to work with me so I can't have them at home when I'm working, either. I've done the coffee shop thing on occasion, that's ok. For longer conference call days, it's a no go. I think I'm just REALLY feeling it lately. Started crying to Pete last night and told him we have to move back to Seattle. He's taking me serious, but I don't want to instigate that big of a change in all of our lives if it is hormone driven.

[maydaymom10]

Originally Posted by jodieanneanton 

rachelalle.[/
Says jelly beans can be used for the GTT.  

Yep. My midwife gave me the option if jelly beans, 3 musketeers bars, or pancakes! I'll probably do the jelly beans. With DS they had me drink white grape juice. I've never had to drink the orange goo. Yay! I do my test In about 3 weeks.

I'm a little behind as I'm visiting my parents this week. The trip was great. Of course ds is sleeping great so far, which. Is a nice break for the early and night wakings that have been happening at home. He's in the room with me, which I think helps. I get to go get a pedicure with my mom today. She has Alzheimer's, so it's a nice treat for her to get out ( she's beginning to struggle with personal care), for me to get a treat, and for my dad to get a break. It's kind of sad though because I try to talk to her about the new baby and she just doesn't get it. I'm usually ok with her condition, but I do get sad during times like this when I'd really like to talk about her pregnancies with my and my sister, but can't because she just doesn't remember. She's having a blast with DS, so that makes it a little better.

Well, I, off to get ready for the day. I'll try to catch up more later.

[nearlyelated]

I'm skipping the glucose test this time around.  The only risk factor I have is being over 25, and I had no issues last time.  That said, if I was allowed to do the jellybean version, I think I'd reconsider!

AFM - I got my u/s results this week and my placenta is posterior and away from the cervix (woo! backs vbac planning easier), and my cervix is a good length (a concern for me do to cervical surgery last year).  I booked the birth pool from the midwives, and signed up for their new group prenatal appointments.  They have a group of woman due around the same time and do their monthly visits as a group, and the blood pressure, listening etc before or after.  Should be interesting, I think they start in December or January.

I've also replaced my office chair with a birthing/exercise ball and have noticed my back feeling better.

In non-preggo news...

I'm going to a hockey game tonight (AHL) with DP, DS and some friends which should be fun.  And this morning my mom took our dog home with her.  The dog needs more attention and my mom feels she needs a push to get out of the house more, so it's win-win, hopefully things go well and she doesn't regret the decision.  I'm happy with the outcome too, since it means we get to keep the dog in the family and DS will still get to see her.  

[LightForest]

Re the glucose tolerance test: Last time around I drank grape juice, easy peasy! I haven't spoken with my current midwife about this, so I don't know what she recommends. Can anyone remind when we usually have that test? I'm currently at 24 weeks - my next appointment is at 25.5 weeks.

[jodieanneanton]

I don't know when the Glucose test is... Maybe someone else will pipe in about it.

AFM- Had a mw appt a couple days ago.  It went well... Heard baby's hb and guess what?!?!!?  Baby is already head down!!!  I had her palpate to check since I have not been feeling cervical kicks for a few days and the "bulk" of baby seemed to have shifted up a bit. I am a bit relieved (though I know that this vertex status could change at any time) because I was having a little stress in the back of my head about a breech homebirth. (Another thing to research, I thought!) Anyway... it made me happy!

Also, I realized that with the current pace of my baby making, I will have 4 kids when I am 30.  That is a far cry from my high school/early college days when my tune was "ugh.  I never want kids... If I do, I'll maybe have one.  No more.  They are so annoying.  And I definitely don't want one until after I am 30." lol.  (Oh, Jodie of 8-12 years ago... you have so much to learn.) I am so glad DD1 surprised us when she did (we were preventing when she was conceived). Otherwise, I would have never learned differently! :D  

Well, I am off (with chocolate milk and coffee in hands) to do a little shopping for our new place. :D  Should be fun! :D

Hope you all have a good day.

[Linnaea]

Originally Posted by jodieanneanton 
Also, I realized that with the current pace of my baby making, I will have 4 kids when I am 30.  That is a far cry from my high school/early college days when my tune was "ugh.  I never want kids... If I do, I'll maybe have one.  No more.  They are so annoying.  And I definitely don't want one until after I am 30." lol.  (Oh, Jodie of 8-12 years ago... you have so much to learn.) I am so glad DD1 surprised us when she did (we were preventing when she was conceived). Otherwise, I would have never learned differently! :D  

 I know what it's like to stick your foot in your mouth when it comes to making babies.  When I was younger I said that I would only adopt because bringing more children in the world is "selfish"   Well, I think biology took over because it makes much more sense to me now to make babies   I realized that it would feel much more natural to connect to biological children as opposed to adopted so this is the path I took instead. 

[spughy]

Ah, the proclamations of youth.  My mom always told me to wait until at least my late twenties to have children.  In fact, I think she offered to PAY me to do that, but sadly I have no written record of that. At the time I scoffed, but then reality intervened on her side and I had my first at 33 and now I'm 40 having my second.  And is it so bad??? No, not really, I guess.  I got a lot of stuff done in my late twenties and early thirties.  And my kid has definitely benefited from the extra life experience, patience, and vast swathes of purely trivial knowledge that I can draw on to answer random questions that ALWAYS happen when we are driving somewhere and not when I am comfortably plunked in front of a computer with easy access to Wikipedia. ("Mummy, why is blood red?") Not, of course, that my mother would have foreseen that... I think she was thinking along the lines of patience and financial stability.  Whatever.  Happy now mom?

Anyway, DD and I got back last night from our child-care stint in Van, and it went all very smoothly except my darling little niece was infested with viruses which she kindly shared - definitely with DD, who is already snuffly and coughing, and probably with me.  My body likes to take a few days to make sure they're nice and comfy before giving them free rein with the snot and all, so I'll probably feel crappy on DD's birthday on Tuesday if I'm gonna get sick.  But it was a fun trip, and DD really enjoyed it, so I'm glad we went.

Jodieanne - there are coffee places here that will make you a latte with chocolate milk.  Like a fake mocha, kind of.  Perhaps that's an avenue you need to explore.

Here I believe the standard time for the GTT 1-hour screen is 26 weeks. If you want to not use the orange goo, you can buy glucose at any bulk food store (usually sold as dextrose), measure out the amount (I think its 70g?), dissolve it in water and add a squeeze of lemon, that ought to suffice.  I would just personally rather know how my body is reacting to actual food, not some chemical concoction that I would never actually consume, so I'm just going to buy a glucometer and record my blood sugars throughout the day for several days.  I would think ANY OB would prefer that, if you don't want to chug loads of sugar.

[withlittlelungs]

Originally Posted by spughy 

Jodieanne - there are coffee places here that will make you a latte with chocolate milk.  Like a fake mocha, kind of.  Perhaps that's an avenue you need to explore.

Here I believe the standard time for the GTT 1-hour screen is 26 weeks. If you want to not use the orange goo, you can buy glucose at any bulk food store (usually sold as dextrose), measure out the amount (I think its 70g?), dissolve it in water and add a squeeze of lemon, that ought to suffice.  I would just personally rather know how my body is reacting to actual food, not some chemical concoction that I would never actually consume, so I'm just going to buy a glucometer and record my blood sugars throughout the day for several days.  I would think ANY OB would prefer that, if you don't want to chug loads of sugar.

Holy crap. Chocolate milk in coffee sounds amazing (and why didn't i think of that?!)
 

I think my MWs do the glucose test at 28 weeks. And I agree that I would rather my body be reacting to actual food and not that disgusting drink. 

AFM- We have our interview with an MFM/OB today. I'm crossing my fingers that this goes well, because I think she is our best bet. She is highly regarded for her VBACs (which I heard is something to look for when you desire a natural twin birth). We had a hellish weekend that ended up with us having to spend A LOT of money. I don't think we are going to be able to afford a home birth anymore (because now we have to catch up on all of our bills), so I really need things to work with an OB.
I have a huge list of questions that I need to be answered. I'm worried that it is going to cause an annoyance and that I will be labeled as a difficult patient. But after the delivery I had with DS, and with the increased risk of drs pushing a c-section on me this time around, I need to make sure all of my bases are covered. 
I'm prepared that I'm not going to be able to have the exact birth I desire if I deliver in the hospital. I am willing to be flexible with everything that comes up. But I at least need to know that I have the best chance of getting what I want.
Cross your fingers that I don't annoy the dr too bad!

[spughy]

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