Weekly Thread May 22-28 - Page 2

[henhao]

Hi all,

I made a big list of all we need to do before the Nugget arrives. We have to make a birth plan and I have to fill out an advanced medical directive (just in case).

It's nice to know other preggos are as sleepy as I am...It's hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago, I was hiking up mountains in the rain forests of Costa Rica and now I barely want to get out of bed. I think the difference is work. It's hard to sit at a desk all day and not fall completely asleep.

My goal for this weekend is to get the prenatal yoga and pilates back into my schedule. By the time I finish practicing self-hypnosis and working and cooking dinner, I am pretty beat and the last thing I want to do is exercise!

Overall, though, I feel great. I feel grateful and blessed for this wonderful health I have now.

Lots of love,
hh

[chiro_kristin]

Nab, can you describe the position of the band a little more? As in all the way across or one side, in relation to your front hip bone (the one that would stick out if we were really skinny) or your pubic bone... how thick is the band, etc.

[nabigus]

Kristin, it's the band from hipbone to hipbone, maybe an inch below my belly button (well, what's left of it) and above my pubic bone. I've tried consciously "letting go" of it while I walk, but that doesn't seem to work. It doesn't actively hurt, it's just a weird feeling. Since it's tightening over my bladder, it often feels like I need to use the bathroom right at the beginning of a walk, until I get used to the feeling again.

[heldt123]

Yeah, abs are getting a beating here too. Not as much the past week, but they had that really tight, almost sore feeling (mostly on sides and lower part) for a couple weeks at the beginnig of the month when I was popping out! Still trying to keep up with the abdominal exercises, but I'm lazy at doing them often enough to get any benefit from them. :

[ChildoftheMoon]

I have felt that same band of tightness as well and it is not a BH, curious what it is.

I am feeling the tiredness coming on too. Plus allergy season has hit full force! We had been blessed with lots of late season rain so I have had an easy time this spring. But this week the temps have risen considerably and the wind is drying everything out. It looks like snow outside with all the white puffs from the trees floating around, and it is making our whole family miserable with allergies! Hope it does not last too long. It actually makes me wish for the 110 degree weather to start so it will bake all the pollen away!
Other than that, all is well
Brandi

[AugustLia23]

Originally Posted by rainbowmoon

otherwise I have low grade heartburn now i was wondering has anyone tried homeopathy for heartburn? if so which remedy worked for you?

Try boiron's Acidil, it worked wonders for me, and still is now. I haven't tried anything else, but I haven't needed to. You can find it at whole foods or a similar store.

[ktmama]

Hi all. 27 weeks, two days here. Just getting my dd back to school after 12 days at home! Ugh...

Practicing living on one income is causing my dh severe stress and me great joy as I practice this daily discipline. Gosh I feel so good about it. Too bad he has to be soooooo stressed. Well, I finally decided to just let him have his stress. He doesn't get it that my doing it differently doesn't mean I'm not as committed as him. I am. I just put my energy where it's need, that's all.

I think this change in attitude will really help me feel more encouraged about quitting working and letting him support the family financially. That is a big step and I need to work on feeling good about it.

My "special" pain of this pregnancy is deep in my groins. I think it's due to overstretching in yoga, so I need to cut wayyyyyy back. So hard for this over-achiever! Been loving the pool, though and still walking quite a bit.

Hope everyone has a nice long weekend.

[heldt123]

Kate-that's cool you have such a nice attitude about going on one income. We did that for almost 2-1/2 years and will be going back here in a month or so (although I only "work" 2-3 days a week now). It is scary to think about sometimes, even after doing it. I always look back and think: "How in the world did we get through?" But we always found a way somehow, and I don't regret it at all. It is fun to see what you can get by on and what you can actually live without. Hubbies do tend to get pretty stressed being the sole breadwinner, s.

[ktmama]

Thanks for relating, Jamie. It's always amazing to me how really uptight people can get! BTW - I love the pic of your garden in winter. I'm a South Dakota girl and I can really relate to seeing that desolation in the winter. My sisters live in Minneapolis and I truly love being in MN.

[Yummymummy74]

Same old same old here.. really tired and mobility issues.. killer sacro pain if I sit for a bit and stand up I can barely move.. :LOL

just counting down till the end now LOL 11 weeks left does anyone here other than me NOT do that GTT stuff???

[Kaitnbugsmom]

POSSIBLE TMI AHEAD


ANything stronger than witch hazel pads I can use to get rid of some erupted hemmeroids? Let's just say kettle corn is not my friend after it's been around a couple days.....

[ktmama]

N - I don't do prenatal testing of any kind except initial blood work and monthly UAs.

[ChildoftheMoon]

No prenatal testing here either.

[chiro_kristin]

No prental testing here either, Marsupialmama. Oh I take that back. My MWs do a urine stick with who knows what tests at each prenatal, but I don't ask for it and the only thing I would change from that information is increase my water intake.

[AugustLia23]

No prenatal testing here either, and no adverse reactions from it(not that I'm expecting there to be any, but everybody else is).

[nabigus]

For those interested, there's a book called "Expecting Trouble: The Myth of Prenatal Care in America" by Strong--a fascinating read. (It's more of an epidemiological study, rather than a guide for individual women.) Here's one review:

"Drawing from the literature of medical and epidemiological research, Strong"a second-generation obstetrician"presents compelling evidence that prenatal care in the United States does little to improve birth outcomes. The current trend toward universal prenatal care is fueled not by evidence that it is effective, he argues, but by unexamined assumptions as well as political expediency and economic greed. While stressing that access to prenatal care should not be impeded, Strong recommends that the technology and costs for uncomplicated pregnancies be scaled down, noting that prenatal care for these pregnancies could be shifted from obstetricians to midwives whose care is as effective but less costly. Obstetricians, in turn, could then focus on what they do well"assisting pregnancies with medical complications that respond to treatment"and the routine use of costly, high-tech procedures that do not improve outcome could be halted. In support of his vision, Strong explores a range of medical and public-policy issues currently under debate. Provocative and stimulating, this book performs a valuable service by bringing evidence on this vital issue out of the research literature and into public discourse and providing the tools for a long-needed paradigm shift. Recommended for public and academic libraries."
Noemie Maxwell, Seattle Midwifery Sch.

[heldt123]

Well, I didn't let them do the triple screen, but they do the urine thing each month and I let them do the diabetes test as I wasn't concerned about having it anyway and didn't feel like aruging about it. I guess I would want to know if I did have gestational diabetes, not because I would worry about a gigantic baby, but just so I would watch what I eat more carefully (need to do that anyway).

[EStreetMama]

Marsupialmama--
I also declined the GTT which pissed the doctor off. Now she wants to monitor fetal growth by ultrasound for the rest of the pregnancy.

I have no symptoms, have just now gotten back to my prepregnancy weight, and she actually told me to try to gain more weight, my fundal heights are fine, the 22 week ultrasound showed him growing at the 50th percentile ===and yet she wants me to do a bunch of ultrasounds for large-for-gestational-age???

Does that make sense to anyone else? I think we are going to decline, or do ONE only to humor her, but I know this all stems from declining the GTT. I am kind of concerned about the repercussions of declining now. The thing that pisses me off is that she keeps saying that I am autonomous in my care. Lip-service.

All of this just makes me more mad that my insurance won't cover midwifery so I could work with a rational professional on this, and more mad that my DH isn't supportive of borrowing money to have home birth. And it's getting late in the game, too. Do midwives accept transfers late in pregnancy? I have warned the doula and DH that I could get to the end and refuse to go to the hospital!!! I think one more bad OB appointment could tip DH over the edge though, so maybe it could work out in the end if we can find a midwife late in the game.

Anyway, everything else is fine. Baby had some hiccups which is interesting. We're getting a lot done around the house (when I'm not resting on the couch and trying to think of something to eat!)

I hope everyone had a nice long weekend and is feeling well!!!!

--Adrienne

[heldt123]

Originally Posted by Adrienne

I also declined the GTT which pissed the doctor off. Now she wants to monitor fetal growth by ultrasound for the rest of the pregnancy.

I have no symptoms, have just now gotten back to my prepregnancy weight, and she actually told me to try to gain more weight, my fundal heights are fine, the 22 week ultrasound showed him growing at the 50th percentile ===and yet she wants me to do a bunch of ultrasounds for large-for-gestational-age???

Does that make sense to anyone else? I think we are going to decline, or do ONE only to humor her, but I know this all stems from declining the GTT. I am kind of concerned about the repercussions of declining now. The thing that pisses me off is that she keeps saying that I am autonomous in my care. Lip-service.

How annoying! I think doctors do stuff like that as some sort of a power trip to try to "prove" that they are superior or something. Like if you don't do exactly what they say, everything will go wrong.

That's why I decided to just do the stupid test. I figured having a UC without telling the OB would be enough of a shock wave for them, didn't need any other harrassments to worry about.