Week of August 9th - Page 3

[Piglet68]

I am so glad to hear I'm not the only one saddled with extreme exhaustion. I'm refilling my prenatal's today (man, I have been eating so much CRAP lately...guilt, guilt, guilt!) so hopefully the extra vits will give me a boost.

And now that I think I know what BH feels like, I have them every time I walk anywhere! I hope that isn't a bad sign. It's kind of uncomfortable, but not at all painful. I have to walk really slowly now, and it's driving me nuts b/c I'm normally a very fast walker.

I just can't believe how much this PG is affecting me. I don't remember feeling this "disabled" last time. I feel guilty, too, b/c it feels like I'm always complaining to DH and I want to cherish this, my last pregnancy, and cherish the life I'm growing inside me. But it's hard when your crotch hurts, your sciatic nerves won't let you sleep, and every time you walk more than a block it feels like your baby is trying to hatch out of your tummy through your abdominal wall!!

Okay, here's some fun/good news: I expressed a drop of colostrum today!!!! I was never able to do that with DD, but then I really didn't know how to express anyways. My breasts have suddenly started to fill up. Finally, my saggy floppy boobies are getting a nice round shape to them again! I really noticed it today in the shower, so gave it a try and...wow! Nature's Wonder Juice!

Well, it explains why DD is nursing more and sucking harder (and why my nipples are so sore!). She did sleep through the night last night, however, so hooray for small mercies. I am still nursing her to sleep. But I'm now trying to wean the morning wake-up milkies a bit. She loves to nurse after she wakes up, as she sort of "comes to" slowly, but I'm finding I can distract her more readily now and am hoping to get rid of that.

She does seem to understand that baby Sasha is going to have nothing but milkies, all the time, b/c he can't eat food. This was from one of the library books we got, and she keeps telling me that, lol.

Tomorrow is my 3 hour GD test. I may go home afterwards if I feel crappy, so if you don't hear from me, you'll know why, lol.

By the way, where is mirthfulmum??

[gottaknit]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one eating crappy food. I went to McDonalds last night at 9pm because I HAD to have a cheeseburger.

[Lucysmama]

I tried to upload a pic of dh and I to the yahoo group and it said our group is in violation of its quota.

Piglet- good luck on the GD test! I really know what you mean about BH every time you walk. I get them, too. I was at the mall yesterday bra shopping (ugh, you don't even wanna KNOW what size I am now!!!) and buying Lucy some socks. I was there maybe 45 minutes. I left feeling like I had just taken a beating in my belly and lower back. I was SO happy to get to my car and sit down! I can't believe I still have 8 weeks to go. I swear, I didn't feel this crappy until 37 weeks or so last time. Wonder what that means.....?

I have a prenatal tomorrow. Dh is coming with me - his first one. He is trying to take an active interest now in me and the baby, I guess. So, first we go to our therapy, and then to our prenatal....I am nervous about spending so much one on one time with him. I am alternating between wanting to punch him in the belly, cry, and hug him and say "We can get thru this." This is so hard! And I am SO hormonal.

We are moving into a new house (together) in a couple of weeks. We get the keys on the 23rd. I still feel very apprehensive about it, but if it doesn't work out, dd and I can always move back in with my MIL.

[krnflwr]

Originally Posted by Lucysmama

I tried to upload a pic of dh and I to the yahoo group and it said our group is in violation of its quota.

We might have exceeded our storage capacity on the Yahoo group. This is how I know to fix it (but if someone else knows better, please let us know!):
go to the yahoo group, go to the photos section, select your photo by clicking on it (to get the full sized version),
in the upper right hand corner of the photo box, click on "full size",
on top of the pic now, click on "delete full size only".
Then select "confirm delete".
If you do this for each pic you have uploaded, it will increase our storage capacity at the group site a lot.
The full size pics are only for ordering prints. The thumbnails will remain, so we can all marvel in each other's beauty.

[kraftykathy]

Hey mamas!

Well, I've been meaning to post this week, but I just haven't felt up to it, though I've been checking everyday. I have an abcess tooth and it's just killing me! The dentist can't fit me in until Friday and I know I'm going to need antibiotics for this one! So my latest pregnancy complaint is the fact that there is almost no pain relief that I am allowed to take for this. I've been using tylenol (for the first time in any of my pregnancies) and although it worked for a couple of days, it barely touches the pain now and does nothing for the swelling. My right cheek is swollen like a chipmunk. Argh!!!!
My husband has had several abcess teeth and says nothing worked for him besides ibuprofen. Not even codiene. Unfortunately ibuprofen can be harmful in the third trimester. So none of that for me, unfortunately.
I am taking echinacea, garlic and vit C, to help boost my immune system in the hopes that my body will fight off the infection. Anyone have any other ideas? I barely slept a wink last night.

Katie, good luck with your big day tomorrow. I hope it all goes well.

Kathy

[gottaknit]

Sorry to hear about your troubles, Kathy! You could try gargling with diluted tea tree oil. It has anti-mircobial properties. The med school where I work has been doing some research on tto mouthwash to prevent and treat gum disease, and it seems to work. Good luck!

[Court]

I'm so sorry about your tooth Kathy, that sounds awful! I don't know of any remedies, hopefully Friday will get here soon.

I deleted the full size versions of my pics too, so you should be able to post your picture now Katie!

Had my midwife appt. today and all is well, baby is still head down, bp is low. She also said my iron levels were really good from the bloodwork they did last time. I asked about discharge - thin and milky is okay and normal - that's just leukkoreah, which I don't know how to spell. If it gets thick and yellow-grey, then that indicates bacteria or vaginitis I guess. Cottage cheese and itchy is ofcourse our good friend yeast. Anywho, every since I mentioned it here, I haven't been having any problems with it, guess I scared it away. I told her how it was kinda yellow one day, but then it went away and she said that's fine, they sometimes come and go. Okay and that's the last I'll say about discharge I swear!

And bluehalo - your picture is gorgeous! What a hot mama I don't think you need a disclaimer when the main page is a painting of a nudie mama and her baby, guess maybe I shoulda warned people too.

Congrats on the colostrum piglet, how exciting! And I get those BH while walking too, it's ridiculous, along with the sciatic nerve throbbing. After a 30 minute walk, I feel disabled as well. And none of my furniture feels comfortable. The only place that I really like is the driver's seat in my car. I have it reclined just so, and it gives just the right support.

Well, I'm gonna go try to find something to do besides eat

[3bees~1flower]

UGGGHHH! all after noon my stomach has felt like it's gona split in two...i don't think it's contractions b/c it's constant...hurts the worst when i'm standing up....i have had this feeling before but more of a dull ache, this today is more sharp. hope it gets better b/c we are going camping tomorrow night and will walking around the state fair all day on fri.

sorry 'bout the tooth, Kathy, OUCH! that's a pain you just can't get away from!

Katie, hope your big day goes well tomorrow...i understand how you feel with not knoweing whether to hit him, hug him, leave him...that's what my SIL has been wrestling with for a few months!!

Courtney...glad you yeast scare wasn't anything! say, could you add me to the Yahoo group, i'd love to see what you all look like! i have no idea how to post a picture, but would still like to put faces with names. how do i go about getting onto it once you add me?

Piglet....sorry you're feeling so exhausted! hooray on the coloustrum...i have never been able to express anything while pregnant with any of my pregnancies. good luck with the morning weaning.

talk to you all later!

[mirthfulmum]

I'm still here. I have just been so swamped with school work and mommy work and general pregnancy tiredness that by the time I finish reading everyone's posts I am too brain dead to write up a response.

Just gotta get this last paper done and then I can participate in nomal life acitivities again!

[Lucysmama]

Letia, you have been so quiet lately....you ok, hon?

[bluehalo]

Anybody scored some good fluff lately? I got a "Little Gems" nursing necklace last week, and love it, am wearing it already

Anyone else making lists of what they need to do/buy before it gets to be time for these babies to come? I need to get some breastpads, have been looking at Lilypadz too, interesting concept. Oh, and I realized tonight that I hadn't even *though* about baby announcements. I want to find a very special gift to give to Ethan "from" the new baby. Not sure what though. We're very fortunate that there really isn't anything we really *need* ... just some misc. "wants" floating around my head (a lambie, a tiny bunting, etc. etc.)

[Lucysmama]

Hey.....I am having trouble uploading pics to the Yahoo group. I did it before, but now it doesn't work. :

Can I email two pics to someone, and they can try???

[Court]

I'll pm you and you can e-mail me...maybe I can get it to work, since I'm the moderator.

[OakEmber]

30 weeks

Hello again everyone...glad to see that no one had there babies while I was gone (and there is a bit of seriousness to that b/c it's been on my mind now that I am 30 weeks that my great nephew was born at 30 weeks 2 days...such a weird thing to think about!! BTW- he is now 16 months and totally fine, right on "schedule" for 16 months)

Ahhh...what a relaxing time we had at the cabin. Can you believe that all of us slept in until 9 every morning?

3boyz- I love the name Selah Grace...either spelling, I think it is one of those names that is starting to become known so I don't think the pronouciation thing will be a lifelong hinderance for her, even with the original spelling. I think that Lauryn Hill has a daughter named that, or maybe it's another celeb.

Kathy, yikes that tooth trouble doesn't sound like fun at all!

Piglet (or shall I say Mariah, I had no idea!) congrats on the apt! I wouldn't worry about it being dark in pictures, it might not be that bad in real life...I think that all our pictures of our house seem dark too really.

Lucysmama- that's great that you have already seen a therapist together and are working on things.

Hmm, what else can I think of. Oh yes, join me to the outgrowing clothes club...it's been so hot that I haven't been wearing my jeans in a long time and I was quite surprised when I discovered how tight they are while camping. Luckily they still fit :LOL but I can't seem them fitting for another 2 months!

I have been eating fairly poorly too, I just don't have the energy to prepare anything! I know that I am not getting enough calcium, I have even been getting the odd leg cramp and I never had them last time. And so I am trying to do better with the calcium and to remember my prenatals, especially for the iron.

About the BH someone was asking about how they compare to real labour cx and although it is different for everyone of course, for me they feel pretty much the same except during a BH only a certain spot is hard and during labour of course the whole uterus is...it wasn't more painful for me, just much more intense and it would be so strong I would be imobolized and have to hold on to something until it was over but otherwise the same, I was still able to talk through them...mainly just to marvel that I was stuck :LOL it was quite amuzing to me.

QOTW- I am nesting in splurges, I definately feel it more this time but I don't have the stamina to follow through on my urges all the time so I don't know if that is considered true nesting or not!

[blessed2bamommie]

:LOL Yeah, Katie! After that BH marathon stopped! I felt like I had been in a fight on Tuesday at my appt! I looked at the beginning of the week. I've deserted yall to hang out at diapering! : That was my original hangout and since I'm soooooo understocked....

let's see since I've been here I've gotten...
a noah's ark fmbg from her stocking a couple weeks ago
a VK farm print fitted from the tp (homage to my family's heritage)
a LC wool cover with pastel serging from the tp
And I'm workin on customs with two wahms


I'm glad ur still around Katie. I'da missed ya! Glad to know yall are getting some therapy! I seen ya in around....I been looking at any BBH that I come across...nothin so great tho that I've seen secondhand...

Let's see...what else at 5 am when I should be sleeping b/c I have LLL in a few hours...but good I was up checking my email for stockings...if I was knocked out cold like I was I wonder if I woulda heard my stomach rumble announcin I had the runs...: Wonder if it was the frozen yogurt with my lactose intolerant self... :LOL Well, it was late and I knew it wouldn't set me on fire. Thought I would check yall out while I'm sittin here! :LOL Gotta love a laptop (and these long cords dh got which we will *have* to break down and do wireless b/c I have determined they are dangerous! )

QOTW: just the thought of what I have to do stresses me out! : Maybe later today... I *definately* need to get on the ball tomorrow! But, then again, I shopped all yesterday for dipes so I *did* get something accomplished; just not in the apt. :

Can't remember what else to reply to....


Hey! I woke up and thought I should check and see if Terri stocked (FMBG), who bought the nb turquoise cover! I *know* it was somebody....

I keep thinking back over the thread and I can't remember if there was anything I wanted to reply to...

Well, I guess I should go back to bed...yeah right....: I probably really should...


btw, make sure yall contractors are drinkin plenty of water! dehyration can make u contract! Oh! the doc said ur pee should be light yellow to clear.

OK....now that I'm tmied yall for the rest of the week! :LOL

OH! etaa: I'm measurin one week ahead.... My friend said it had to do with the size of the baby...just a little big...the folks at church feel validated. They kept sayin it and twins. Now the last one....: Not knowing sex, like dh said is ok...but....not knowing someone else is in there.... Dh swears one is hidin behind my kidney, ever since he say the multiples show and they found one, course there was bout a litter in there! He's done a 180 and is sayin girl, he says that maybe he's sayin girl b/c there's a boy *and* a girl... I can't commit to that...although I reaaaaaaaaaally want a healthy baby and after last year I am *surely* not just sayin that, I think his girl may have a wee wee. :LOL

Oh! Carrie!!! I thought of the group Selah when you mentioned that name! I was wonderin!

So far our children have no middles...I guess at least they have firsts...Arrington (nick: Aaron) and I'm considering William b/c seems like dh *does* have a bit of an issue with naming after his bio dad. Williams is his step. Arrington is our family. And Mikayla (a bit popular apparently) but not in this area it seems.

I want a moon pie...: I'm *not* going to discuss my hot dog cravings! :LOL The childbirth instructor gives out nutrition stars... that's pryin! :LOL

Ok, really leavin....*shake* dh...can you get me a moon pie? :LOL He's never had to make a trip out..so he better be happy...but he works hard and is tired so I'll leave him alone....need chocolate moon pie....

[ameliabedelia]

Finally getting a chance to check in here. I have been reading all week, but not really having the energy to post.

We are at my parent's house now, and have been busy. DH has been going on job interviews like crazy and applying a lot. We have 3 really good job possibilities in the works, should know by early next week (and they are all pretty much in our top living area choice, so that is good). I have been going on lots of these interviews with him, just taking dd and taking her to a park, so I can see the area and scope out housing possibilies while he is there. So, keeping my fingers crossed he gets one, we are able to find a good apt. and will have to move agian by Sept. 1st. So, things are kinda stessed now, but at least we are at my parents and they help a lot. Plus, there are lots of people around who entertain DD and I don't have to do hardly any cooking or cleaning here. So, no nesting for me yet. We don't even have a house yet.

I don't feel too uncomfortable yet. The hardest thing is I have NO patience for DD. NONE, Nursing drives me up a wall. I am seriously trying to cut her back, but she resists it sooo much. So, nursing is a serious trial, and so is being patient. Normally, I am a super patient mommy, but all my patience seems to have gone out the window. Plus, I don't know where you get these toddlers that just entertain themselves at home all the time. DD is not terribly good at entertaining herself. It is a good thing I am so committed to gentle discipline, becaues I am seriously tempted to slap her little hands every time she want to nurse and starts fiddling with my breast or slap her legs when she starts kicking me, or spank her when she won't go to bed. All totally bad things to do, which I am glad I am so against doing them, that I don't. I just grit my teeth and try really hard to find something else for her to do. and distract her. I would hate to think what I would do, if I wasn't so committed to gentle parenting. It is only my strong resolve to never hit or spank or slap or yell which keeps me from doing it.

I still have no clue about BH. Sometimes I get a feeling which kinda feels like a menstrual cramp, so maybe that is BH. Hard to tell. I also get the feeling of baby pushing against me, but I always thought it really was just the baby pushing against me and not BH. But, maybe it is BH. I have no idea. I never felt them at all with DD, but I must have had them since at my prenatal visit before I gave birth (5 days before DD was born) I was 3 cm dilated and 75% effaced, and I hadn't felt a thing. I just don't think I am very sensitive to those types of things.

I still walk for about an hour a day several days a week, but I have been going slower lately. I think that is why I am not too uncomfortable, I think it helps a lot. But, I am feeling HUGE, and also outgrowing my maternity clothes. I need new pants, my other ones are too small. Plus, I have also been eating lots of crap lately. My parents just have lots of chocolate and junk food around the house, which of course I HAVE to eat. So, I feel guilty about that. I am also really bad about protein. What do you all do for protien. I just feel I have been cravinb carbs lately, and eating not enough protein. I try to eat a protein shake each day, but I don't really like them much.

Well, I am sorry to all those having problems. s to everyone who needs them (which sounds like just about everyone). I hope we all feel better soon and things work out for all of us, and we have healthy babies, but not until we are full-term!

[Jillerina]

Just checking in really quick while I am procrastinating. Today is the day I'm supposed to get everything ready for our family camp weekend... blah! I don't feel like doing laundry, or baking, or shopping! I made a list at least thats a start right?

Went to my 2nd midwife appointment on Tuesday - I love this woman! She is so nice and friendly and funny and open. I got to feel my baby's head and bum... only problem is the head is UP and I'm 32 weeks! The midwife says not to worry about it yet because she could tell that there was still quite a bit of room for babe to move about in. I guess that explains the amazing acrobatics I've been feeling in my belly - sometimes I swear this baby is trying to get out through my bellybutton.

Another very cool thing that has started happening is DD is starting to show a lot of interest in the baby all of a sudden. This makes everything so much more exciting...every morning when she wakes up Clara turns over to me and lifts my shirt and kissses my belly and says "good morning baby!" It is the cutest thing EVER!!! Stuff like that makes the discomfort and fatigue all worth it while waiting for our baby to get here.

Piglet, I'm finally ready to make my birth prediction... I'm gonna say I've deliver my baby on October 6th after 6 hours of labor.

[ameliabedelia]

Oh and my birth prediction is Oct. 17th after 10 hours of labor.

[gottaknit]

Hi. Yesterday I was having lots of clusters of BH contractions. Like five within 30 minutes, then it would go away again and come back an hour or so later. Is this something to worry about? They don't hurt, it just feels weird.

I'm in the process of getting a new midwife. We decided our midwife is just too medical and way too busy. It is impossible to get ahold of her and she's really bad at returning phone calls (sometimes it takes two weeks!) I wouldn't mind if I were planning to give birth in the hospital and knew that whoever was on call was who I'd get, but for a homebirth I feel I need a bit more consistency and reliability.

Anyway, the midwife we're meeting next week is someone here on MDC and she seems so nice and gentle. And available. She only does homebirth, so I don't have to worry about her being on call at the hospital when I go into labor. It's quite a weight off my shoulders.

Well I decided to cave in and register for baby gifts. People keep asking what we want and where we're registered, and I think it annoys them when we say, "Uh... we don't need anything.." So I found this website www.findgift.com where you can create a registry of whatever you want from whatever stores you want. It just compiles it all in one place. You can be vague and list things without specifying a particular brand or store, or you can link to a specific website where the gift can be purchased. Very handy!

I'm off to my first LLL meeting! Exciting!

[blessed2bamommie]

Nancy, is your new mw Pam?

I've got a registry at findgift too. If you wanna see mine my last name is Johnson. I'm having...: 3 showers so I'm registering there and at Target and I started one at Baby Depot. (Burlington Coat Factory). Target is on the south side of the city of one of my showers and BD is on the north.

Hope LLL is good! I just came back :nana.