Sept. 04 Moms - June thread (week 1)

[Mom2baldie]

Okay Im going to go ahead and start this since Caroline thought it might be a good idea!

Have a great day everyone!

[chrissy]

just subscribing to the thread.

still puking.

jen, are you feeling any better?

[CdnAloha]

Good idea on going weekly!

I read BlueViolet's post with great interest. I totally agree. It was well written. I know that when I get hurt or am sad - or life is just intense, I turn into myself and want to be alone, so I am thinking that will be how I want to birth.

I think my main mw is very oriented to that, but the back-up seems a bit more involved. I've only met her once though, so I'll have to feel her out. Like other posters I am aware of getting intimidated by the presence of others and how it effects my 'performance' per se.

Caroline, how are the allergies? What meds do you take? I just started taking Chlor-tripolon antihistamine but only at night cause it knocks me right out. I have to cut the pills in half or else I'm stoned for the next 24 hours! Needless to say I can't imagine how I would react to drugs during labour...I am so sensitive to anything I take.

Vicki - good luck with your sewing. I love it. It's so satisfying to finish a project.

Speaking of, we just finished painting the baby room. It looks great with the sandcastle mural. I'll post pics soon and let you know when they are on Yahoo. That and I finally have a belly to photograph. You will see me yet ladies!

All the best on this rainy Tuesday - at least here.

Julia

[banana girl]

Hey All!

No time to chit chat, just saying hello... had super crazy, way too busy, lots of fun, but exhausting weekend. all i want to do is SLEEP, but instead must sort 3 days worth of mail. Bah humbug!

Will post later
Anna Banana

[JenInMpls]

RABBIT RABBIT!

Sheesh, when I logged on this morning and saw all the new threads, I figured I had missed my rabbit rabbit chance for sure.

Chrissy - thanks, I am feeling better, I think my Kali bichromicum was the exactly right remedy yet again, I only took two doses and started breathing a little easier. Now I'm still stuffy - I know that singing is going to be pretty funny today, but perhaps I'll just let the kids do the majority of the singing - but at least I can breathe out of my nose and it doesn't feel like my face is on fire. Yet.

Lazuli, welcome back if only for a little while.

Mum2tori, so glad you got your peanut butter. I know the feeling, I get really out of sorts when my almond butter jar is empty. I have found the only way to get exactly what you need back from the grocery store is to write an excruciatingly exact list - instead of mineral water, I have to write "1 liter Apollinaris mineral water" and then I actually get what I want! On the first try even!!! It also helps Jo navigate a store she really doesn't like going to (she actually only hates the parking lot, but it's always the start and the end of the trip, so...)

Julia - yah, rainy here too... will it ever end? Actually, yes - Wednesday and Thursday here are supposed to be totally sunny. Fingers crossed!

OK, enough, I actually have some real schoolwork to do, and then I have to go pick up some cardstock on the way in to school... I hope I can get it all done in time to teach!

jen

[sistermama]

Melanie - good job on the bunkbeds! Doesn't it make you feel so good to finish something like that? I bet the kids love it.

We had a fun weekend. My sis and BIL came down yesterday and we cooked out and swam, etc. Jack had a blast. Back to work today though... But I only have to work three days this week and then we are going to the beach condo for the weekend.

Jack just came and told me, "Poo-poos on potty, Mommy" and then actually went and did it!!!!! Hooray! A diaper break of even a month would be so lovely.

[cottonwood]

Sarah, I just realized that your son and my daughter have the same birthday! (Different year, though, she was born in '01.) I know, it's so nice when they start using the potty. We have a little wood one for her, so I still have to clean it, but it's *still* better than changing diapers. And she just recently started being able to go overnight without a diaper! Hallelujah!

[wardermom]

Sistermama, it does feel great! But wouldn't you know it, after "nap time",dd showed me that one of the slats on the bottom is broken. Too rambunctious jumping is my guess. Of course she blamed her older brother, and I'm sure it wasn't him. It's just so hard to keep anything nice around here.
That particular dd woke up with an ear infection in the night. Poor girl.

[banana girl]

So i'm not the only sniffly headed, coughing mama? I was wondering if it was allergies?? pregnancy?? the weather?? It hasn't gotten really bad, BUT is highly annoying none the less. I also have been having a nagging feeling of nauesea lately. haven't actually thrown up, BUT have felt queasy and wondered if i might.....

Wearing my wedding band on a chain around my neck, it hurts my finger enough that I kept taking it off... got really papranoid I was gonna leave it somewhere and never forgive myself, so around my neck it goes!

So much baby movement lately! it's actually starting to get... dare i say it.... Annoying! It is starting to be uncomfortable at times, and distracting. but it was super fun to share with everyone during our visit out of town. My tummy was groped by so many members of my family..... and nearly everyone got to feel movement! That was fun! But constant sharp kicks while trying to eat dinner was really bothersome.... oh well, good with the bad! And I do love knowing the kids alive and kicking... is very reasurring.

How do you go about drawing the line with what you can and can't do? I definitely overextended myself this weekend and am now paying the price.... It's hard for me to admit that normal stuff is tooooo tiring for me. Traveling in the car, sleeping in weird beds, waiting too long for food to be put in front of my face.... carrying bags and groceries...... preparing for company....i can't seem to draw the line, put my foot down... say NO. Any helpful hints or suggestions? It isn't Jerome who asks too much of me... it's me that asks to much of me!

Jeez am i hungry! and it's an hour till my lunch break! snack time i guess.

Love to All
Anna Banana

[Caroline248]

Originally Posted by blueviolet

Sarah, I just realized that your son and my daughter have the same birthday! (Different year, though, she was born in '01.)

Linda, my daughter is 7/23/01!!

Caroline

[hjohnson]

Hi ladies! Just a quick "Hi!" from me and then I need to go. Christohper has a fever of 101.9 so I am getting ready to try lukewarm bath to see if it might break. I think the eye teeth are flaring up. DH and I had fun Sunday night at the Coca-Cola 600. We didn't have fun being surrounded by sloppy drunks though. I think some of them had been drinking since 6am this morning. I don't mind drinking, in fact if I wasn't pregnant, I probally would of had a beer or two at the race. It is the people who go to the race just to drink that drive me nuts. The guy next to me drank 12 beers in 4 hours. I hope he wasn't driving home.

[badomama]

Hi all,
I almost have daily access to a computer again. Anna, it is great to hear that you are feeling so much movement. I can't wait for kicks to become distracting. I am getting a little of the alien belly phenomenon, and it cracks me up to no end.

I just started babysitting 4 days a week for a friend who is finishing school. I'll probably do this for a month or so. Her one-year old is great and good practice for me to get into the habit of being calm and focused on one thing (person).

I have my first real midwife appointment tomorrow. They barely accepted me since I am already 25 weeks without a regular provider. Good thing I've got a small folder of "history" from Tanzania to give them tomorrow. I can't wait to find out more about this midwifery practice. I'm going in based on a good reference and nothing more (no time to ask too many questions).

Must read something before little one wakes up,

Steph

[Kabes]

Hi all,
By the time I joined last months post was just too overwhelming for me!

Heather & Melanie - I hope your kiddos are feeling better soon.

Sarah- YEAH!! on Jack's potty training, Cecile was a late trainer (She is 3 1/2) and has just learned since I've been preggo. Whew- I thought for sure I was going to have 3 in dipes for awhile.

Anna & Jen - Me too with the sniffles and cough. I have a feeling its pregnancy related. I got this way with my last pregnancy too. Mostly its just bothersome at night.

I am so tired. When I am pregnant by body likes to switch days and nights. Anyone else? At night I just can't sleep but I during the day I live for nap time. I could stay up all night easy peasy. Oh well, atleast I can get some house work done late; I just feel like the girls aren't getting enough attention.
Kara

[banana girl]

Welcome again Kara!

The daytime sleepyness is just about killing me today.... but it's my own fault for doing WAYYYY too much this weekend.

Hey Steph good luck with your midwife appointment, let us know how it goes!

Anna Banana
p.s. I REALLY hate my job today..... grrrrrrr!!!!

[chumani]

Good afternoon ladies!!

We had a great weekend. Dh set up a pool for the kids, not too deep, with a slide and they have been having a blast! He did a ton of Honey-do stuff while I sat around trying to keep this baby in. He even hosted a bbq Sat and did everything! It was so nice to have friends over without being stressed. He is so wonderful!

On the baby front I am having to go back on full bedrest indefinitely. At my midwife appt this a.m. babe is at 0 +1 station. I am dilated 3 stretchy cm and very effaced. This baby is so well engaged that fundal height measures 2 cm smaller than 4 weeks ago! My midwife feels that the baby is growing by palpating.

Linda- I loved your post on the last thread. Thank you so much!!

I hope all of you with the sniffles/pukies feel better soon!!!

Have a great day!!
Sarahb

[indiana ima]

Starting a new thread every week is a great idea. Thanks!

I was so hideously exhausted yesterday but today I am feeling MUCH better, even though the kids and I had a pretty active morning. We went to the public library (I LOVE our public library) and then to the supermarket. Anyone else shop at ALDI, or a similar (discount) market?

I got my sewing "homework" finished and I'm looking forward to class tonight. I hope I walk out of there with a completed project. It's just a little reversible tote bag, but I picked exceeding cute fabric!

Hmm, I was about to sign off to shower while my older girl napped on the couch, (my son is at preschool) but just 2 seconds ago she gasped and sat up to watch the rest of her show. She slept for about 20 minutes. She never sleeps that briefly unless something external wakes her. Maybe that was what the gasping was about? I don't have a clue!

About birth, I am definitely not one of those animals that needs darkness and solitude to birth. I am a loud, show-offy broad, actually. After my older daughter was born I held her in my arms (I hadn't even really looked at her yet, didn't even know for sure she was a girl) and yelled "My baby!" over and over, maybe 5 or 6 times. It was completely involuntary, just what I needed to do at that moment. It was quarter to 1 in the morning, too, so I might have bothered some neighbors!

[Mom2baldie]

Sarah,

Congrats on Jack pooping in the potty! Paityn isnt that far yet, but she will tinkle in her little seat whenever she doesnt have a dipe on. One thing at a time...

Steph,

Good luck with your midwife appt tomorrow! Let us know how it goes!

Also, thats great that you get to babysit before your baby arrives. When I was pregnant with my 1st I was terrified because I knew NOTHING about babies/kids at all. (My son was a very unplanned pregnancy). It was def. a shock for me to have a child after my life up until that point.

Wow Chumani!

Are you really nervous or pretty calm about everything going on with the pregnancy? Your post sounded very cool and collected...

Chrissy,

I hope you start feeling better soon! Its so hard to be sick when pregnant.


I am getting ready to look for some LLL meetings in my area. I am wondering if they meetings with tandem nursing being the topic?

[sistermama]

Sarahb - sending you sticky vibes - hold that baby in there! Glad you had a fun weekend.

Anna - my jumper just recently got a lot less irritating (hate to call it that, but sometimes true!), so maybe some relief is on the way! My friend, a nurse, who works for Healthy Start just told me some of her clients have asked if they could smoke a joint to "get the baby to stop moving so much"!!!!! Uhhhh - NO!

Vicki - I think we're in the same birthing club! I had about 10 people in the room with me when Jack was born - after about 30 hours of walking around in front of them stark naked and shouting orders.

[JenInMpls]

I've been trying to figure out if Sprout's activity is tied to something I do or eat - there are times when it's so thumpy in there, but it really doesn't bother me unless the thumping is low, on my bladder or cervix. I've been trying to figure out what's thumping me - hands, feet, elbows, head - and haven't been that successful, so I'm going to ask the midwife to show me how to palpate my belly a little so I can at least make heads from tails!

Sarahb I'm thinking stayin'-in thoughts for you!!!

Kara - the exhaustion seems to come and go, but yes, I do tend to fall asleep later. I could sleep in til 10 every day though without a problem! I seem to be waking up every day at 5 and having difficulty falling back asleep at that time; I don't know why. It may have been the weekend and the disruption in rhythm; I am a very rhythmic person and terribly ritualistic (oh, the nature of the phlegmatic temperament) and when that gets thrown off, most everything gets thrown off. Jo was reading Winnie-the-Pooh last night at 11:15 trying to put me to sleep. Didn't work, for the first time in a LONG time!

OK, time to make some dinner. We have a prospective doula coming over at 7; funny enough, she lives one and a half blocks away.

OH! The tile company finally called about our bathroom and they're going to be here to do it while I'm away at camp! Woo hoo! I wasn't looking forward to living with my mom or with friends while they were working on our bathroom.

AND! Our "adopted college kid" arrives tomorrow! Yippee! She's returning home from Germany and it sounds like she had a great time.

jen

[chumani]

Lynsey- I feel pretty calm a lot about this pg. I don't feel there is anything wrong with the baby (I don't feel a lot of movement, so I have been worried about that). I do have a fetoscope that I listen with A LOT. I was really hoping that once the placenta healed, which it has, that this would all just go away. I have another appt with the back-up OB this thursday that I was hoping I would be able to cancel. I think I will go though in case this baby does come early I want a good relationship with a dr. and the hosp. We also need to figure out how we would pay for a preemie birth. So far we have been paying out of pocket for the u/s and the other dr visits (only 2 so not too bad$) We have insurance for the kids through dh's work, he is also covered through work. To add me would have been $400/month!! which is ridiculous! For all 4 kids it is only $125/month, dh's work pays his portion of the premium. It will all work out though. I feel really peaceful about whatever happens. I went through a stage where I was so resentful of all the ctx etc. I even had a couple of days where I was so angry that I won't be able to wear the cute summer pg clothes I bought to show off my tummy(i've never been pg over the summer before so I was really excited to get new clothes!). It seems silly to me now, a full term baby is my ultimate goal but at the time it was rough! Wow this has turned into a long post! Thanks for being here to listen to my whining!!

Have a wonderful day!!
Sarahb