week of October 18....who's birthday is *this* week? - Page 2

[3bees~1flower]

39 wks 1 day

Congratualtions. bluehalo!! welcome baby Noah!!! you *know* i love that name...my current baby is a Noah..he was 2 in June!!

saw my dr today and all is well...i'll see again on Thurs. for all my pro-op stuff and then Friday at 8:00 CDT (:LOL) i'll be having my baby

And, to those who STOPPED gaining weight....you can just keep that info to yourself.... i have still been gaining a 1-2 a WEEK....but it's mostly water, so that's not so bad, i guess.

so this is how my week goes till Friday:

Mon was a dr appt.
Tues a freind and her two boys are coming to visit in the afternoon and then my sister and her dh are coming over in the evning to help dh move furniture.
Wed my sister is going with me to the city to have the boys' school pictures taken...(i do them at sears, way cheaper than getting the school's pictures.)
Thurs i have to go back to the dr to get blood work done and he has to do my history and physical for surgery....in the evening we will deliver the boys to my sister's where they will stay overnight and then dh and i will go out for supper. and while i am at the dr in the morning a carpet guy will be coming out to our house to lay carpet in the boys' room.
FRIDAY is BABY DAY!!

Speedy labor thoughts to you all!!

Carrie

[Lucysmama]

Welcome Noah! Congratulations, Christine! Rest up and enjoy your newborn!

I wondered why nobody was posting on the thread....duh, it's Monday and there's a new one!

Not much to report here. Musta been something in the air, I got no sleep last night, either. I just tossed and turned and peed a zillion times. Weird dreams about feeding lizards hard-boiled eggs, whatever that means. Had some contractions, but nothing noteworthy....I have another prenatal in a couple days (at 41 weeks, 2 days) and I am going to ask my mw to strip my membranes if nothing has happened by then.

Much love to all you mamas out there in preggo land, and those in blissed-out baby world.

[momadance]

3 centimeters -1 station and smooshy!!!

I'm so happy I asked her to check me!!! Although baby is post. He's LOA and way down low!!!!

Oh happy day!

[blessed2bamommie]

my babe is low too ..I kinda figured and she confirmed. I declined an internal.

Glad to hear yall are well, meli.

I'm hungry. *sigh* I need to work on my birth music....and double check my phone list....tomorrow I'll have to tackle the cleaning, laundry was overwhelming enough.

[True Blue]

So would I be a mad Mothering mama if I decide to have my mw sweep my membranes or something tomorrow??? I'll be 39 weeks. I didn't do anything interventionist with DS, got checked for the first time at just about 40 weeks and he was born 3 days later. I'm really just getting a little nervous about this baby's size...if mw still thinks the baby was 8lbs 2 weeks ago, that means it's more like 9lbs now....and growing...and while yes I know my body can birth a baby I grow it just makes me nervous to think about delivering close to a 10lb baby. Am I nuts? Would it be wrong of me to try to speed things up at this point?

[mirthfulmum]

: : Noah :

Congratulations Christine!!!!!

Sounds like labour and delivery was a lot of work but I'm thrilled that you have a sweet healthy little boy to reward all your hard work.

[AnnR33]

Amy-I'm sure your midwife can tell you more than me but if she thinks it's fine then do what you feel is best for you! I know what you mean about birthing a big baby-that's one of my fears too. I'm expecting about a 9lber and that makes me a little nervous! I mean I try NOT to think of just how these babies come out and when they are 9lbs-yikes!

Yeah, keep your weight loss to yourself I gained 5 lbs in 1 week! I know I ate more junkfood than noraml-we made Halloween cookies, etc but OMG-I didn't expect that! My m/w just laughed and said it was no big deal. To her maybe-I can't even get the clothes out of the dryer lately! LOL

Take care all
Ann

[bluehalo]

Just popping in to share a quick picture...

http://www.motherspirit.net/htdocs/d...7645ee1782.jpg

Birthing vibes to all the mamas needing them! Hope to catch up soon...

[OakEmber]

Congratulations Christine and family!! Welcome Noah

Awww Amy s...I personally don't really put too much faith into the weight guestimate thing, even by a skilled midwife...our body has ways of tricking even the best of them. A friend of mine, not to scare you, delievered a 10lb 7oz boy that blew everyone away since they totally expected that he'd be average. So, I really wouldn't do it for the reason of being afraid of having a big baby, besides you can deliver a big baby!!! But, I also don't really think that stripping the membranes is so bad...it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't so I don't think it will do anything if it is not time...that's just my personal humble opinion and I am sure that others might disagree. It is something I'd personally do but not until 41 weeks...HTH.

Wow Carrie, that's some week you have planned! Ohh you must be so excited knowing you are so close

Court- WTG getting some meals made I was gonna, I swear, LOL...but with Dh being home still he can do the cooking. We did buy some frozen stuff too at least, but I just am too lazy at this point to make anything from scratch. Sounds like things are getting very productive on your end (:LOL, almost erased that because of how it sounds, then I thought, nah, it's about right, hehe)

Kathy- That is so absolutely sweet your son doing that You guys sound wonderfully, blissfully happy right now...it's so touching

I'll touch on Letia's QOTW- My fall back prediction was always the 20th (Wed.) but I hoped it would be sooner than that so of course now I am hoping that Wed., if not sooner of course :LOL It was also the day Ember predicted so that would be neat (she just pointed to it on the calendar). We were talking about animals before and whether they sense things and I swear my dog has been staring at me all day like he expects something to fall out of me at any moment,:LOL. Also, since I had been thinking all along that Oakley would be early and he's pretty much not I am now wondering how much he will weight...I am now thinking over 8lbs (Ember was 7/11)...I'm thinking 8/2-8/4ish and since I know the sex it's the part I am looking forward to finding out

[Momma2LiamandTara]

Happy Birthday Noah!!!

: :

Welcome to the world Noah! You're a handsome one! Congrats Christine!!

[Momma2LiamandTara]

Has anyone had any sciatica pain?I called my doc today becuase i'm having a bad pain behind my right knee. They had me come in for a u/s to rule out a blood clot. Well they found one but determined it wouldn't be causing my pain. It feels like a pulled muscle but it's not getting any better. It's been painful since sunday morning. I can barely stand on my leg. It's okay if i;m moving but if I'm standing still it hurts really bad. I have to sometimes stand like a flamingo when I'm doing soemthing where I have to stand still. This really sucks!!! Too bad you can't have Ibuprfen while pregnant that would take this pain right away!! Tylenol doesn't do squat!

Well I'm going back to lay down! Congrats to all the ones who just had their babies and happy birthing/laor vibes to all who need them.

Carrie :

[Ekatherina]

Gongratulations, Kristine!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...Picture of Noah is adorable!!!! hope you recover quickly...
Momma2Liam, sorry about the pain you are feeling... I PMed you since I had sciatica my myself hope the information would help...about kozy yes shipping prices are huge.. but i'll try to get sewing machine...and maybe find similar pattern because i really liked the kozy-style..
Mandi, u can talk to me about not-gaining weight... I haven;t gained almost anything in past two months.......but well im not eating very well...my mw didn't seem concerned but dh is going crazy and tries to feed me on every occasion possible...
everyone who is thinking about diapers, I was to diapering forum and it helped a lot but still have tons of questions...i bought my diapers: they look like one circle diapers when you open it....so it is in two layers but only sewed at the ends and not attached longitudinally....do i make any sense?? so when i dry them they open and become like chewing gum....!!!! should I sew them on the sides that are not sewed??? or just iron them after drying??? (i don;t have an iron ) ....any suggestions???
3boyz4us, How nice that u know when ur baby will be born... i'm so excited for you...
Kathy, I alsways read ur posts like some kind of fairy tale...imagine farm...three lovely children....chicken...ahhhhhhhhh and back to looking around me and hating this big big cold city im living in.....

[gottaknit]

39 weeks 1 day!

Meli - I just read Willow's birthstory. You did so awesome!! I am so impressed. Your hospital and the staff there sound great. Can I ask what your chant (om mani padre hum) means? Take your time processing the ceasarian birth; I imagine it must be a bit of a shock.

[ameliabedelia]

Carrie, that is so exciting about Friday!! I wish I knew my babies birth date!! You have such a fun week planned!! I am trying to keep busy with fun things, to make the time pass!

Amy, I don't think there is anything wrong with having the midwife sweeping your membranes, but I also dont' think you should put much stock in her guesstimate of the baby's weight. I would just use Mickade's birthweight and the birthweight's of your mom's and mil's babies as better estimate. I think it tends to be genetic. So, if Mickade, your mom's and your mil's babies all fell into a certain weight range, you baby probably will be in that range as well.

Christine, your pictures are great! I can't believe you are home from the hospital already after a c-section. WOW, I am sooo impressed!

momadance, that is great news about your baby being so low and your cervix being in such good shape!!


I will try to touch on the QOTW as well. I am going to say Oct. 20th, just because that is my MIL's birthday and it would be "just my luck" that my baby would share a birthday with my MIL. However, there are lots of other family birthdays it could be on, DH's aunts (twins) birthday is the 19th, his sister's birthday and my mom's birthday is the 24th and DH's brother died on the 25th (MIL does NOT want the baby born on that day, but DH doesn't care). I have a friend whose birthday is the 28th, my sister's birthday is Nov. 2nd and another friend whose birthday is Nov. 9th. So, I know lots of people who are campaigning for me to have the baby on their birthday. :LOL

I am not really having any prelabor signs, so I don't know. But, then I never really had prelabor signs with dd, other than a little bloody show,...I don't think I am that sensitive to those thing. I still think I will go early. DD was 10 days early and all my mom's, grandmother's and MIL's babies were early, so I would really being bucking the family, genetic trend if I go late. I am not worried about giving birth to a big baby. DD was 6'12" and all my mom's babies were in the 6-7 pound range, and I think MIL's were as well. I don't think we have the big baby genetics in us.

[bluehalo]

Originally Posted by ameliabedelia

Christine, your pictures are great! I can't believe you are home from the hospital already after a c-section. WOW, I am sooo impressed!.

oh honey, i'm definately not home yet ... sorry if i was misleading...

[Lucysmama]

41 weeks :

Momadance - YAY that your cervis is doing so well! I bet you'll have a pretty quick and easy birth, being that it is so favorable and you are overdue already.

Amy - I'd just see what your midwife says about stripping your membranes. I personally am going to have it done in a few days at a little over 41 weeks, but I think there is a big difference between doing it a week before your EDD and doing it a week or so after. It's obvious that YOUR body is ready, but maybe your baby's isn't. Don't fear a too-big baby!!! Your body will grow the perfect size baby for you! (Hee hee, I am having to tell MYSELF that too, so I definitely understand the sentiment!)

Christine, Noah looks so beautiful and perfect! How are YOU feeling?

QOTW: I don't have a back-up prediction. I totally thought I'd have the baby by now, so all bets are off. I do think I will have it in the next week, but that's not exactly rocket science since that'll put me at 42 weeks.

[OakEmber]

Christine- I am so impressed, you are able to post from your hospital?!! Sending you quick recovery vibes. I hope that you are feeling OK not just physically too . Oh Noah is SUCH a darling...he looks so peaceful! Hope that Ethan is doing well at home and adjusting to being a big brother.

Momadance- I forgot to comment about your cervix (LOL)...that is so awesome! Can't wait to hear how it goes for you

Carrie- What a bummer having extra discomforts to deal with : I hope that it all goes away soon!

[JenDoula]

Hello ladies! I don't post here much, but my EDD is tomorrow, and I'm still pregnant too I need to come here for some respite, since the other message boards I visit are filled with people either getting induced or sectioned, and I can't take it anymore, LOL. I think I've read maybe 2-3 October birth stories on there that weren't induced, and there's at least 50 that have given birth over there. Sad, and scary.

Expecting to go up to another week, since Adam was born at 41 weeks. Have a doc appt tomorrow, then will call to update the midwife. Everything's ready for the homebirth and the baby, and my cloth dipes finally shipped today! They're supposed to come next Monday, I wonder which will come first: baby or dipes? LOL. Anyone placing bets?

[BeansMomma]

Just a quick note to congratulate our newest arrivals and wishing speedy recoveries to moms.

So, I have a question... does the baby *have* to drop in advance of birth for first time moms? I keep reading that most babies drop about 2 weeks before birth for first time moms, but I don't think my baby has dropped at all - and due date is Wednesday this week.

Not to sound too disappointed, though; I feel I have so much to do before she arrives. Today was my final final day working, so no more excuses. I'm selling my condo (a rental property) and I'm supposed to close next week. I can see it now - going into labor at the start of signing those reams of contracts, ha ha.

[gottaknit]

Hi JenDoula! I happened to surf over yesterday to the October due date club site I used to frequent before discovering MDC... arrrrgghh. I haven't read anything there in months, and I'm so glad I found MDC. It gave me high blood pressure just reading a few of the birth announcements.

One very funny post I saw regarding "Where is your baby sleeping?" said that her DH is "really into co-sleeping", so they "let the baby sleep in our room in his carseat. Unless he won't stop crying, then we put him in his swing." : Poor baby...

Hope everyone is doing well. Should we have a contest to guess who will birth last this month (or next)? Or is that just too cruel? I have a feeling I'm going to go waaay overdue. And have the biggest baby, too.


Susan - I don't think there are any hard and fast rules about labor and delivery. I'm sure there are plenty of babies that don't drop before labor. I couldn't tell the baby had "dropped" until the midwife confirmed it, so maybe she has and you just can't tell. Hang in there!
BTW, what are "Orange rolls"? Those are some strange cravings you're having! :LOL