I think I'm the official old lady of the group here (unless someone older comes along). I'm Hope and I'm 35 but will be 36 on Jan 5. Dh (Greg) just turned 37 last Friday. We've been married 6 years and together for 13.5 years. My dd (Meta - named for my grandmother) will be 2 on New Year's Day. I live in Wisconsin and work for a university. Dh stays home with dd and runs an internet business out of our home. I travel some for my job (mostly to Europe but also some in the US and to Mexico) but won't be travelling any more for at least a year. I coordinate int'l programs for students. I really like my job and I'm ok with the fact that dh is the SAHD instead of me being a SAHM. I get to work 4 days per week and generally have a really flexible schedule so it all works out.
Dd was born exactly 6 weeks early and spent 10 days in the NICU. I pumped from the beginning and got dd to nurse whenever I was home (bottles of ebm when I worked, of course) at 3 weeks old. The NICU doc told me not to worry about nipple confusion as that was a lot of hooey. I believed her because that was easier than questioning. Luckily, my dd is a booby girl. She never got "confused" and although she is now weaned, she would probably go right back to nursing if I offered it to her (we just weaned last month). Unfortunately my cousin didn't have such luck with her dd who had one bottle in the ped ward due to weight loss after birth (pre-eclampsia induction) and that was it. She would not go back to breast even with trying SNS, etc.
Anyhoo, I hope that this bean stays in until at least 36 weeks. I'll even take 40 or 41 weeks. I just want to have the baby and bring it home right away. Dd came early because my water broke so I've been reading about factors that might influence that even though they don't really know why it happens. One factor might be vitamin C so I've been eating oranges and drinking OJ a ton.
This new bean will be born at the hospital like dd. We have a new birth center in town which would be great but my health insurance is an HMO and won't cover it. I also think I would have a difficult time convincing dh that a birth center is safe. But, this is a progressive town so I'm not worried about a hospital birth. They don't rush interventions and my birth with dd was great in spite of her early arrival.
wow, this is turning into a book - sorry! I guess this will be all for now.
Dd was born exactly 6 weeks early and spent 10 days in the NICU. I pumped from the beginning and got dd to nurse whenever I was home (bottles of ebm when I worked, of course) at 3 weeks old. The NICU doc told me not to worry about nipple confusion as that was a lot of hooey. I believed her because that was easier than questioning. Luckily, my dd is a booby girl. She never got "confused" and although she is now weaned, she would probably go right back to nursing if I offered it to her (we just weaned last month). Unfortunately my cousin didn't have such luck with her dd who had one bottle in the ped ward due to weight loss after birth (pre-eclampsia induction) and that was it. She would not go back to breast even with trying SNS, etc.
Anyhoo, I hope that this bean stays in until at least 36 weeks. I'll even take 40 or 41 weeks. I just want to have the baby and bring it home right away. Dd came early because my water broke so I've been reading about factors that might influence that even though they don't really know why it happens. One factor might be vitamin C so I've been eating oranges and drinking OJ a ton.
This new bean will be born at the hospital like dd. We have a new birth center in town which would be great but my health insurance is an HMO and won't cover it. I also think I would have a difficult time convincing dh that a birth center is safe. But, this is a progressive town so I'm not worried about a hospital birth. They don't rush interventions and my birth with dd was great in spite of her early arrival.
wow, this is turning into a book - sorry! I guess this will be all for now.
I'm a sahm, aside from working 4.5 hours a week as a veterinary technician. I'm quitting at the end of January though, as my belly is getting too big already to do some things comfortably.
U/s are notorious for being WAY off on weights, babe's position at an u/s is likely to change lots before actual labor, and pelvis measurements are more accurate when done by touch (which is an art, not a science). A thing to remember for stuck babes that I just read in Ina May's Guide to Childbirth - standing and applying pressure to the hips (use two assistants to press on either side), with knees slightly bent can unstick a baby amazingly. It creates more of an opening in the lower portion of the pelvis. Everyone should check out this book - it's great (though I still think that Ina May isn't quite radical enough for me 
). I hope though that your babe doesn't get stuck and you can avoid intervention. 
Who do you see at Midwife Advantage? I think they used to be out of Good Samaritan and I went to them for gyno as a teenager. I know most of the midwives in Dayton personally, but that's the life of the daughter of one. Even the midwives that we go to here know my mom and the midwives that taught our birth classes in Columbus knew my mom, as well as all the other midwives that I know, so we can chat about how various folks are doing.
I just wanted to make sure that you knew that! Didn't want to step on any toes. Hope your babe has ideal positioning and you avoid all that crap again. I can see going through with it as a VBAC too, since your doc is obviously gonna be paranoid. I really hope you get your VBAC. 
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