Late August Chat Thread - Page 4

[snuffles]

Christine, I will be thinking about you tomorrow!

I am now 2 days late.. had an appt with my midwife this afternoon. She did a pelvic and it didn't tell me much. The baby has dropped a little bit and she said I was maybe 50% effaced but my cervix was still so far back, it was hard to tell dilation with her stubby fingers. So, just waiting for nature to take its course.. I'm going for a NST and ultrasound on the 31st if, of course, I don't have the baby by then..

My parents are in town for the delivery and are leaving on Sunday.. I'm pretty sure I won't have the baby by then. It makes me feel really guilty. If I don't have the baby, they won't see her until Christmas.

I keep having false labor starts.. starting to wonder if my body is ever going to go into full labor!

[magemom]

My milk is in, my sister is crazy, my grandmother is seriously ill, today is DH's birthday - I am done in.

Good thing about the milk, meconium is out, pee count is up. My sister wants to know when I will be arriving in Virginia in October. It is a 2 day drive but I can't tell you till day 2 if we are goingt o stretch it to 3. now that my family and I are on speaking terms, I find out the test results from my grandmother's laatest scan is not good. She has started chemo and this may buy her another 3-18 months. She is not getting sick fromt eh chemo, and that is apparantly a bad sign. if she is sick it is working... the cancer has spread from her lung to her lymph nodes and liver. coworker told me to call if I need anything and she brought dh's birthday cake since I am not driving. I think I will try one more day witht eh codine and then stick with Motrin. If I slowed down I might heal some- or at least remember to take the meds before the pain is too bad.
oh, and dh is not helpful enough. yes he is driving all over, but he is on his computer right now. ok, i am too, but he didn't help get the other boys down. tomorrow he can take the little boys and go to work- i will sleep. work called today so i could be part of the team meeting. i said today wasn't a good day. another coworker is out with hip replacement (her hip arrived on schedule) and i asked which was cuter- my baby or her hip. she said she didn't keep her hip. i went to sleep right after that and ryan cooperated!
off to bed again. hopefully i can sleep 2-3 hours this time.

i am sending out all my labor vibes- my afterbirth pains need a new home!

[lena_girl]

Magemom, LOL, you are coming here, and I hope to be going there! Where in VA are you going?

So I have the whole taking care of two kids thing down pat, I've sometime got the attempting to do dirty dishes while taking care of two kids down, but I'm no where near having the finding time to take a shower so I don't stink while taking care of two kids things down. Anyone else?

So I've finally come to terms with the fact that Sara has skin issues and can't handle wool, so I have to sell it all SO bummed. I spent a lot of time finding all the exact wool I wanted for the diaper covers and soakers/longies, getting appliques, choosing colorways. Oh well. I should have known. My mom and husband have skin issues, and DS does too.

It's quiet on the board, who's out there having their baby!?! I want more birth stories!

[magemom]

Lena, I grew up just outside of Richmond ina town called Midlothian, DH is from Powhatan. We both lived just off route 711.

I am sorry about the wool problem. I am not brave enought to attempt wool.

Today is a sleep day. That is all I plan on doing. All the kids are elsewhere and DH is at work so it is me and Ryan. He is currrently over my knee thinking about burping. If I could convince him nursing while I lay down in a good thing life would be excellent. As to how do I do it? 14 year old. I highly recomment getting one of those first. Yesterday was DH's birthday so I bit my tongue. Today however, if once he is home he is as helpful, I will yell. Or maybe be chillingly quiet. But I have some words for that man.

I hope to get my birth story done at 1 week. I thought to do it yesterday but I slept amost all of my alone time and I bet I will do it again. Time to go back to bed!

[Jlcampbellkidz]

Magemom: So sorry to hear about your grandmother. Lots of prayers for you and the rest of your family.

Lena: I am not sure how I have done it all yet. Taking care of my two has pretty much been a breeze. For showers I put up a gate to keep my daughter out of trouble and put in a video and put the baby in the fisher price take a long swing in the bathroom. But now that I am watching my two daycare kids that has been a different story. I try to stick to the normal feeding schedule with the two girls and 9 month old boy and still BF Gabi on demand. I've even somehow got all the kids to nap at the same time! The 9 mo. old is my biggest struggle. He's not so small like Gabi but not big enough to play with the girls. So he wants quite a bit of my attention. It's sometimes hard to do when Gabi is ready to nurse but we have coped pretty well.

Gabriella will be 4 weeks old tomorrow I weighed her on my baby scale this morning and she is 11lb. I have not measured her so not sure if she grown in that way but she sure looks like it. She is sucha big girl. But so sweet.

Gentle labor Vibes to all who need it right now!

[kimberlylibby]

Laurie, You rock for being able to do the daycare kiddos on top of your two!

I'm just not having good luck with sleep at all. Unrelated to the kiddos.... wellllll, it would help if Libby wouldn't get up at 5 or 6 every morning!!! But Katie is only nursing 2x between 11-6, so she's not hard! I'm just so exhausted I can barely function.

Physically, I feel absolutely normal. Just exhausted.

I wanted to go to LLL Laurie! But Libby decided she was willing to take a morning nap and I fell asleep!! I take advantage of all sleep opportunities right now!

I'm not trying to be a big whiner! I love my girlies to bits! And this is a season... and someday I will get more sleep

Kimberly

[~*~MamaJava~*~]

So i feel like such a goober this morning...

we actually went to the hospital and had to leave

i had cramps all yesterday morning and after my u/s they graduated to contractions, just mild ones but quite regular. i took a bath and a nap, and they continued, and started getting really uncomfortable. had dinner, had a shower...kept on contracting. so at that point i'm thinking, hey, this is the real thing. my water hadn't broken and i had no bloody show, but from what i understand, that isn't absolutely necessary in early labour.
we went to bed really early just in case. i woke up 2 hrs later with contractions 2-3 minutes apart lasting 1 minute, feeling them strongly in my back and thighs. i waited awhile, then phone the OB unit and woke up hubby. we have a 1/2 hr drive to the hospital, and we had to drop off our son as well so it was about an hour trip, I didn't want to wait til things got hairy.
contractions continued through the car ride etc. we got to the hospital and things started to peter out as the nurse checked us in. she left us for about an hour and i couldn't seem to get back to where i was when i left home. then she came in and did my vitals and an internal, and they just quit. Totally.
so we went home.
i CAN'T BELIEVE i did the false alarm thing, i feel like a total goof.
i cried all the way home. I'm so sick of these days and days of cramps and contractions getting me nowhere.
dh was really supportive last night. this morning he's frustrated. i think he figured we'd go to sleep and have to get up and leave again...but we didn't.
yuck.
hope somebody's having a baby! send me your labor vibes! i've had it!

[lena_girl]

I'm sure it did something, at least getting your muscles ready. You'll have that baby soon. I know it feels like forever, but you're almost there!!!

[frognladybugmama]

ok, yeah so i've gone MIA...lol, life with three is chaotic! one was a breeze, two was pretty easy...three??? sigh...i'm finding it hard to even read much let alone post. jake and shelby are definitely showing signs of jealousy now. they are sweet as pie to the baby, but are defiant (jake) and grumpy (shelby) towards me sometimes since i have to spend so much time nursing the baby. he's been growth-spurting since about 10-11 days old i think and now he's a little over 3wks old! but i think he's gained at least a pound if not more since his 2 wk checkup! oy, and don't get me started on taking three out in public! i've got a double stroller but miss independent doesn't like to ride for long and so she and jake are running in opposite directions laughing at me while ian fusses to nurse...mind you, this is all happening in a checkout line at jcpenneys...we'd only been in there about 25 mins to exchange some too small/wrong season outfits...anyways!

other than being tired, i'm doing good...i'm enjoying my "herd"...they're such a blessing

my best wishes to those who've had their babies and to those who haven't! :::smooches:::

[Dodo]

Hey, TheBenjies, we're in the same boat. I contracted painfully all yesterday afternoon and evening only to have them peter out sometime in the middle of the night. I did get my dd's labour support person into a tizzy unnecessarily but luckily held off on calling the midwife. In fact, I'm still contracting every few minutes, just not in a painful or overwhelming way. I too feel but am trying to ignore dh's disappointment. I think that we both thought that it would simply pick up again when I got up this morning.

Instead of feeling let down, I feel more excited about the baby and about the chance to experience birth again. Regular contractions certainly make it seem more real!

[Jillybean]

hi all,

just checking in to see if there are any new babes. hope to hear from christine soon!

thebenjies: don't feel bad about the false alarm, i would have thought it was labor,too. and i agree, i'm sure it did something.

I am recovering from mastitis today. fun stuff that : feeling much better today but still not great, just trying to rest as much as possible.

lots of labor vibes to those due or overdue and waiting. sorry so short, i am nak and rather slow about it still!

[christeenybeany]

Hello all, this is Josh, Christine's husband. I hope I'm doing this right.
Thomas Allen was born at 4:39 pm on 8/26
Christine did a AWESOME JOB! Just a brief run down of events. We got to the hospital around 6:30 am. We were induced somewhere around 8:00 in think, after all the paperwork and enima(sp?). They gave christine petocin throughout the day, although not as much as I guess you would say normal. She labored until about 4:15 or 4:20 (it was all blurry then) and at 4:39 a 9lbs 9oz, 21 inch long, 14 inch head, bouncing baby boy came into the world. And oh yeah, SHE DID THIS ALL WITHOUT PAIN MEDICINE. I was soooo impressed. She is doing pretty good with recovery and Thomas is nursing very well. She is up and moving around and we should go home tomorrow afternoon. Christine will submit her birth story some time this weekend.
Thanks for all of your support. It has really helped Christine get through this pregnancy I know.

Josh

[magemom]

Thanks Josh-y poo (lol)

Awe Christeen!! Congratulations!!!

[rochellep3]

Count me in the false start category. We're doing it at home with my mom attending, so there's noone to call and nowhere to go, but I have definitely thought, "this is it!" more than once. (About 3 times actually.)

I'm having terrible allergies on top of it, so sleep is a rare commodity around here. Thank goodness I'm somewhere that I can't get many phone calls. It's bad enough getting all the looks from the people who can't believe I'm still pregnant. My dad and in-laws are leaving today to go to a wedding. My in-laws will come back if I have the baby, but not my dad.

I'm trying really hard to stay positive-so much so that everyone tells me, "You're not miserable enough to have that baby yet!" I'm about to start growling at them and telling them that I COULD be a whole lot grumpier if I thought it would do any good.

Gotta go blow my nose...again.

Looking forward to hearing Christeen's birth story! It sounds like you did great!

Rochelle
Mommy to Meg 5/00, Peter 6/02, #3 way overdue

[SamuraiEarthMama]

nak

congrats, christine! can't wait to hear your story...

more soon... we are all well here.

k

[sylvi76]

Congrats Christine!! What a feeling, those first few hours.

Finally got my Anna to latch on yesterday! So ever since she'd been on and off my breast, never for more than 10-15 minutes at a time, but hey, its a start. I am SO relieved to think that maybe I won't have to pump forever. Had a wonderful LL leader stop by my house yesterday, can I just say that woman could ask anything of me, and I'd likely do it. Who knew there were such helpful kind women who do things like come over and help another woman learn to bf, just because they want to? She is a volunteer, and was 1000x more helpful than the professional LC I had in on Monday. Anyways, blessings to them both.

I don't think Anna has the latch thing totally down pat though, as it really hurts when she sucks sometimes. Sometimes it doesn't hurt, sometimes it does. Both the LC ladies had told me that when they are latched on correctly, it shouldn't hurt? So we are learning.

My sister has been here for a week, and I'm dreading Sunday cuz it means she is leaving. But Mom will still be here for a week or two.

Hope all the other new mama's are doing well and getting enough rest. And to all the mama's waiting.....good luck.....your wee one will be here any moment now!

[kimberlylibby]

Yay Christine and Joshypoo!!

Rebecca, Just to give you hope, Libby didn't latch until 10 weeks old.... and she was fine after that She just "got it" at 10 weeks old and never looked back

[sylvi76]

10 weeks!!?? Wow. Kimberly, what did you do for those first 10 weeks? Pump and gave it in a bottle??

[LizaBear]

Hi all.

Heather Elizabeth made her grand entrance at 1:50 yesterday afternoon, less than 2 hours after the begining of labour. She was born at home, into my hands, as my husband, our son, and our doula cheered me on. A midwife (not ours) arrived about 30 minutes later.

She weighed in at 8 lbs, 12 oz - was 20.5 inches long, and left mama with nary a tear.

[frognladybugmama]

congrats christeen and lizabear! i'm so happy for you both!

so who's left now? rochelle, dodo (dear ole dodobird <EG>), mat4mel, and thebenjies? i hope i've not excluded anyone, but i'm afraid my brain is mush after 3wks of not sleeping!

and lena, i thought i was mad at you when you said you can get back in your 4's...then i tried on a pair of my larger fitting jeans (a sz6 <EG>) and THEY FIT! now if only i can get the 4's back on soon!

well, gotta run...working on dinner, washing clothes/diapers and trying to keep an eye on my crew