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post #21 of 268
I got 3 "Where is the baby???" calls today. : And nobody even knows my EDD! My brother was like, "No, but SERIOUSLY, Katie, when is the baby coming?" I think he thought I was being coy when I said I had no idea. I explained how normal pregnancy lasts 38-42 weeks, blah blah. And he was like, "Well, I just have a lot of stuff to do in the next couple of weeks and I am curious as to when the baby is going to be born!" I was like, "Ummm, if it was up to me, I'd have a 2 week old, ok?"

He also told me that my GRANDPARENTS, who are in their 70s, are all kinds of wigged out about how the baby is not going to fit down MY birth canal. Apparently, my family finds it completely appropriate to talk about the size of my vagina to one another. I was like, "Do they know something that I don't about my yoni???" And my brother said, "Well, you know.....they think Lucy couldn't fit, so this baby won't either, and you're having this homebirth..." They think I am being a real moron even attempting a VBAC, let alone at home. Ugh! I just want to lock myself in a closet alone and come out when I have had my baby.

To top it all off, I have to go to yet another prenatal tomorrow and talk about how nothing has changed, how many BHs I am still having, blah blah. It's a depressing thought.
post #22 of 268
Hearing all of your cravings makes me feel SO much better...I've been feeling so guilty about overindulging. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I'm so envious of you ladies who can keep up here! I'm still checking in, and loving every minute of it when I get the chance to pop in. Still teaching...I think I'm crazy, but it's really going quite well. I swear part of my motivation to be there is to be surrounded by our incredible staff, a bunch of awesome women who couldn't BE more supportive and excited about this baby on the way - especially after our past troubles. Although, some of the parents at school are rude in the things they say. How dare I interrupt their child's school year by having a baby? How selfish! (Not said in so many words, but definitely insinuated...)

Soooo...I've got a whole lot of NOTHIN' going on labor-wise...although I could probably convince myself that I'm feeling things I'm really not.

Love reading the stories, welcome babies, hang in there everyone!
post #23 of 268
speaking of cheesy poofs, that's funny, i've been craving Andy Capp Cheddar Fries like crazy for the last two weeks! my husband has been to every store we can think of trying to find them, all they have is Hot Fries. but i need that cheesy flavor!

{{{hugs}}} to all the moody mamas out there!

Lucysmama, and anyone else who has people interested in their yonis ... you could start VNN, the Vagina News Network, to keep your family informed my in-laws haven't mentioned my nether regions per se but they seem quite freaked out that i'm past my EDD.

converse of food cravings ... what have your food aversions been? the aversions started early and have stayed with me. i used to love root beer, then the wintergreen part made me really sick. i haven't been able to eat any processed low-carb foods without getting horrible tummy cramps, i think it's the sugar substitutes. most of my aversions have been smell-based ... i can't handle "stinky cheese" i.e. anything with more odor than cheddar, even asiago and Swiss which used to be my favorites. i refuse to eat cantaloupe because it "smells like feet" which drives Pan nuts because he wants to know what i think feet smell like *lol*

peace,
meli
post #24 of 268
Quote:
Originally Posted by truebluexf
Maybe if I just start doing jumping jacks?
This cracked me up, because when I was overdue with Lucy, I would MARCH around the house every night. Knees up really high, march, march, march. Up the steps, march march march. Back down again, march, march, march. Every so often I would stop to squat. Not sure exactly what I thought marching would do....it didn't do anything. :LOL
post #25 of 268
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Lucysmama, and anyone else who has people interested in their yonis ... you could start VNN, the Vagina News Network, to keep your family informed


I've been completely emotional, too. Although it's been much better this week. Usually I'll start yelling at my dh, and he'll just take it, and at some point, he'll say something nice and sweet that makes me realize how rotten I am, and then I'll sit there simultaneously with tears streaming down my face and laughing. Pretty much just laughing at how amazingly trivial the things are that I get mad at him for!!!

QOTW: No specific cravings here. Love, love, love chocolate in small doses and itty bitty root beer floats (small scoop of ice cream, 1/3 can root beer) and ummm.... protein, too. mmmmmmmm....

Seems like Ekatherina had her baby??? Haven't heard from in so long!!! Hope she's doing well!
post #26 of 268
I just bought some Evening Primrose Oil tonight as well as some Bach's rescue remedy. I've scoured the last thread to find where you guys were talking about dosage- and I can't for the life of me find it. Sorry to be a pain, but if someone could remind me. The bottle says 1000 mg a day, but I think someone mentioned to take more - or was that just when you insert it?

Katie- sorry your family is being so annoying about your due date. I would have been livid if I knew people were discussing my ability to birth my child. You need to be hearing supportive things right now, not doubts and worries. People (like my mom) keep asking what my EDD is, like it means something- so I just say, "well I'll be 40 weeks on the 21st, but the baby could come anytime..." They act as if I have 2 heads when I say that, it's like no one believes me.

Hmm, maybe we haven't heard from Ekatherina because of the time difference (her being in Japan and all). But, I have a feeling that she may indeed have her baby....she was having lots of cramps....
post #27 of 268
No no everyone, I'm still pregnant.......Court is right time difference is the reason why i don;t write while you do...between you and JApan where i live...i was so happy in the morning because i was having some strong contractions all night and woke up with this cramping and backache..lost some part of my mucus plug also..but my mw called she said she wants to come and check on me (i actuallly felt disappointed because i planned to go for shopping and walking to speed things up) and now she came and checked me (only externally) and said that the baby won't come out before a week or so...!!! but how can she know?? i mean i still have cramps and stuff and I AM GOING for a long walk but can she be wrong??? please tell me she can be wrong because im feeling sooooooooo down, since i was expecting that something will happen between today or tomorrow...could she tell that because my BP was 90/60?? (same throughout pg).....i mean is there some way to tell that the baby isn;t coming...i do feel him low and his head really low...and do feel pain like he is going down....ok ill stop nagging sorry but big big for all of us who is waiting waiting waiting ....hold on!!! akh reading mirthfulmom post brought my mood up...after all its all worth it to hold ur baby...just a little waiting..no?....
cravings... since my dh is feeding me ONLY healthy food all my pg i can say i craved everything unhealthy... i did buy yesterday chocolate but can't eat it as much as i can (dh is watching me all the time )...but well at least i know i have chocolate near me......
Lucysmama ....don;t care about what they say...you will show them all you can do it...noone knows ur body better than you.....
much much borth vibes to everyone....
post #28 of 268
Ekatherina - I don't THINK there is anyway to tell when a woman will deliver, even if you exam her internally, but especially if you only examine her externally!

I wouldn't give up any hope, but I would plan to be pregnant for at least another week since you are still awhile from your due date, and it is your first baby. Statistically, you are likely to go to or a little beyond that. Probably not what you want to hear, huh? But keep going for walks, maybe have some sex if you feel like it, and some orgasms, and that'll help the baby along!!!

to all of us still pregnant! We sure are taking this baby-cooking seriously, aren't we?!?!

ETA: Happy Due Date to me!
post #29 of 268
in love....

Hello everyone! I will post a proper birth story asap, just wanted to pop in and say hello. came home today, a bit overwhelming at moments (DD wants only me now) but overall i'm very happy!

can i just say it's so nice to not be pregnant anymore? :LOL don't worry ladies, you will all be here soon! of course, i'm in recovery from surgery, so no more active than i was a couple days ago, but at least my clothes fit a bit better.

oh yeah, anyone want to explain to me how I gave birth to a 7 lb 8 oz boy, but have only lost FIVE pounds?

emily did SUPER while i was in hospital. in fact, she and DH are in bed asleep. he put her down. with me here. and she didn't ask for me or milkies. omg....this is huge to me. sasha and i will be joining them in bed shortly.

i'll try to write more soon. just wanted to say hello. felt all the love from you ladies, missed you all tons.

i love having a teeny tiny newborn again!!
post #30 of 268
Welcome Home Piglet! So glad to hear from you. Glad things are going well and hope your recovery is quick. Can't wait to hear more.
Blessings and much rest
Ann
post #31 of 268
OMG! You all have to go to the main Mothering page (click at top left) and scroll down to the bottom where it says "Home Birth video" on the right. Click on it and be amazed at how cool this is! I want a video/picture diary like this!
It's awesome!
Ann
post #32 of 268
....eeeeeeeeeey congratulations Piglet....!!! so so nice to hear from you again..i dreamt about u yesteday...well only know u from the picture.. but i can't remember what were u doing in the dream...can't wait to heat ur full birth story....
thanx a lot Lucysmama, well i know because its my first pg it might go beyond DD...but...u know......
my dh doesn't want to walk with me and doesn't want to have sex because he says he want FULL-TERM baby......yeah of course...i tell him it's not you who is pg after all!!!
did I tell you he was feeling that "he was having contractions last night!!" :
post #33 of 268

40w 3d

Congratulations, Piglet!

It is 2:30 and I can't sleep. My midwife came this evening for an appointment and did an internal exam while she was here. I was about 1.5 cm and 60-70% effaced, baby at 0 station although in a kinda funky position. Shortly after she left I started to get all crampy feeling. I tried to sleep but that didn't last all that long.

I don't know what I'm feeling- are these contractions or am I just REALLY constipated? Up until now, I've never even had so much as a Braxton-Hicks, so I don't have anything to compare this to.

My stomach also hurts. I had a kinda light dinner, so I'm not sure if I'm just hungry and should go grab a bowl of cereal or if I'm about to puke...

How the hell can my husband sleep so soundly right now???

I'm off to try a shower...
post #34 of 268
Welcome Home, Piglet and Baby Sasha. :

Happy due date, Katie! Sorry your family is being such a pain. You would think people would have more common sense. How in the world do they think the human race survived if all woman weren't equipped to give birth normally.

Futuremama, sending some birthing vibes your way!!
post #35 of 268

37 weeks 6 days

Congrats Piglet!! I've been thinking about you! I'm so happy to hear things are going so well.

Katie, I'm :LOL sitting here picturing you marching around the house....that's something I can see myself doing!! :LOL

Ekatherina -- tell your DH you ARE full-term, heck I'm full term and I'm due 5 days after you are!! Get him in bed! Oh no I don't think she can tell much of anything from an external exam, things can change so fast.

So ew I don't know if I can do this whole inserting EPO every night. It's kind of gross later on!!! My panties full of oil in the morning. Blech. Court, I think someone mentioned 2000mg by mouth and 3000mg internally per day. I've only been inserting 2000mg bc I can't imagine the mess it would be with 6 pills instead of 4.
post #36 of 268
: yayyy Piglet and Sasha! :

Ekatherina i'm totally confused also, you're not alone! it's so hard being a "first timer" and not knowing exactly what's up. i try to trust my instincts but then my body does something strange and i freak out. the nice strong surges i'd been having stopped totally, a few yesterday morning then poof! gone. i keep waiting for pink discharge or a mucous plug, nothing, i feel like i'm corked as tight as a wine bottle! i just keep reminding myself "my body and the baby knows what to do, trust trust trust."

i'm so jealous when i read about a midwife coming to someone's home for exams! if i ever do this again i definitely want to do a homebirth

peace,
meli
post #37 of 268

38 wks, 2 days

Quote:
Originally Posted by Piglet68
oh yeah, anyone want to explain to me how I gave birth to a 7 lb 8 oz boy, but have only lost FIVE pounds?

First CONGRATULATIONS!! : can't wait to hear your story and see pictures...

as far as the weight loss thing....you may have gotten pitocin after the birth to help your uterus clamp down and that can cause water retention, so i bet you just haven't gotten rid of much extra water yet. HTH!!

Jillerinia....loved your pictures! aren't big babies fun?
post #38 of 268
Piglet, when I had Miles, the day after giving birth I weighed MORE then when I went in to have him

Man, I'm so sorry to all you mama's who are so anxious to have your baby's! A baby is full term on the baby's terms! Why does everyone keep saying full term is 38 weeks? because that's when the lungs are done cooking? or cause that's when it's ok to have a section? I don't get it? I asked my mw, and she said full term is 40...



Off to story time and gymnastics!
post #39 of 268
Futuremama, sorry u can't sleep...most awful feeling to me...and u know what is the worst thing with this cramps..when i normally had cramps (my periods) i would lie on my belly and they will go...but i can't do that now......
Meli, that was excatly what i said to my mw today, when she wanted to examine me internally...(i hate that) ...i said i trust my body and my baby... we don't need to be checked...she was very nice and didn't argue...hold on! i can feel we are so close now....:
i went for a very very very long walk...my feet hurt...but im happy i did this cause now cramps got stronger......i bought some herbs for the herbal bath...i keep thinking about Ashlee and her herbal bath with her cute baby...under the candle light...it just seems so perfect...so i got some herbs but couldn't find all of them...will go for herbal hunting again tomorrow...
post #40 of 268
Oh, I forgot to add something, We concieved Reed the 1st night of dh's granny's funeral. Yesterday we heard his grandad passed away due to a massive heart attache, and the 1st day of his funeral is tom. my official "due date".. I just think it's wild how the universe works. We lost granny, and life was created inside, and we lost grandad, and now life's about to begin out here with us..... The universe is so poetic
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