Beginning June 12th.............(weekly thread) - Page 3

[Pepper]

Raina, I found a link for you:

Constipation in the breastfed baby

Jennie: Mastitis

If you haven't already, bookmark www.kellymom.com. I found it invaluable in the first few weeks and months (even years!) as different issues arose. It's a great site.

[angel04345]

Congrats Sharon anne! girl:

Pepper! We are due the same week and I am all crampy today too! So don't say it could go on for a week! I am all set with it going on for a week! Its not horriable its actually very similiar to how I always felt right before a period and at the begining of the pregnancy when I was sure I would have a miscarriage! Its managable and of course I am not getting my hopes up!

I got some EPO though. So I was going to start taking that. How do the rest of you use it? I was thinking 2 capsules a day? Someone talked about inserting it vaginally? I am not sure about that! How many do you use? Would you still take orally as well!?

Maybe tonight DH and I will try to get things moving! TMI I know! Well have a nice day ladies I am going to go swimming and maybe after that go into labor! Deliver a little later this evening and and then I'll just rest! :LOL

[bamamom]

Angel, I take truckloads of EPO by mouth. I haven't stuck it up in there yet, my cervix is so soft there's no need to!! I honestly take upwards of five EPO's in a day, and sometimes more! It won't hurt you, you can't overdose, so just go for it!

[bamamom]

And woohoo Sharon Anne!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go get some sleep girl!!

[Pepper]

Originally Posted by angel04345

Well have a nice day ladies I am going to go swimming and maybe after that go into labor! Deliver a little later this evening and and then I'll just rest! :LOL

I like that positive thinking, Angel! Sounds like a good plan to me :LOL

[NightOwl]

37 weeks 5 days...

almostfey: So sorry about your kitty. (hugs)

Oh...I can't wait to see SharonAnne's little girl! I bet she's so cute!

To everyone else: I can't wait to see all of your babies! All the cuteness there will be!

So, my little guy is still posterior and won't budge. Un-freaking-believable. He was in optimal LOT position for so long. Then decided to move to (I think) ROT as he dropped. Lovely. : Every time I feel him move now I get upset because the movements are just a reminder that he's in the wrong position. I'm trying not to stress about this. But when I had prelabor the other night the pain was really bad in my back. I'm not actually scared of having back labor. but I am scared that him not being in the optimal position could cause a long labor leading to complications leading to interventions. My biggest fear is ending up in the hospital. I've just got it all worked up in my head that if he doesn't move #1 I will go way over my due date and/or #2 I will end up with some horrible birth experience. Please tell me it's not as dire as I'm making it out to be! Hate to say this, but you people have me terrified after all the talk about posterior babies. I wish I'd never heard of optimal foetal positioning because it's not working for me and just has me a nervous wreck. Ugh...sorry to complain. I see my midwife tomorrow...hopefully she'll be able to help.

And because of all this worry about baby's position I have gotten to the point where I am just over being pregnant. I had a fit the other night and was pacing around the house ranting about how I am not doing this anymore. haha...as if I could've just had the baby right then. My only consolation is I'm thinking that maybe me getting to this point mentally means he will arrive soon. Sort of like when you're in transition and you get the feeling of not wanting to do it anymore it means it's almost time.

[bamamom]

N Owl,,,welcome to the end of pregnancy! It is so common to feel that way, and fwiw, if it's any consolation my baby has turned ROT too, or maybe even posterior. And I'm ok with it. Birth is a hard thing, but most important of all you have to turn your mind off and let your body do the work. If you go into this labor all scared and constantly telling yourself " He's in the wrong position and that's why this hurts!! It's not gonna workk!! "" Then your labor may follow in that direction. It is so hard to let go of the control and just allow your body to do it's thing, especially when it's harder than you could ever imagine, and it will be. But you'll go one rush at a time, and smile and breathe and sleep between and then it will be over. And you will be so so proud of yourself. You'll feel like climbing a mountain, or maybe something a little less strenuous :LOL . You will be empowered. I have walked this road before and I am about to walk it again, and all of us are right here going through it too. so dont despair over the baby's position, he could still turn LOT. And if he doesn't, you'll be ok!!

[NightOwl]

ok...TMI question related to my last post...

Some of you may remember that the other night DH and I were intimate and that put me into false labor for hours. And someone said that maybe I wasn't going into labor because of the posterior position. And maybe the contractions were working to turn him. So, I'm wondering, maybe if we're intimate again and it gets the contractions going again then maybe he will turn. Is that possible? What do you guys think? I was thinking that we wouldn't be intimate again because of the false labor. But now I'm thinking that it might do some good to go through that back pain again if it'll turn him. I'm thinking that I could try the hands/knees and knees/chest positions during the contractions and maybe then he'll turn. Hm...just have to wait for DH to finish his project for school.... :LOL

[bamamom]

N Owl, I can't see that it would do any harm. It'll either work or it wont :LOL

[NightOwl]

Originally Posted by bamamom

N Owl, I can't see that it would do any harm. It'll either work or it wont :LOL

very true :LOL

[sinsaratea]

Fey: I'm sorry about your cat (((hugs))))

Well, cleaning last night didn't do too much for me except get the bathroom clean. DH still needs to mop the floor so i can put my new rug in. now for the rest of the house. :

feeling rather nauseous today. all i've had was some lemon yogurt.

later ladies.....

[punkprincessmama]

Hugs for Fey and Jenny.

Night Owl, i think bamamom had some great advice about your situation, so I won't repeat her post :LOL From what I've read, having sex will only send you into labor if your body is allready ready. Pre Labor is a good thing for many reasons, one of which being helping your baby into a better position. So I say go for the sex!! Really, my advice would be to have all you can now because it will probably be awhile after the little one comes

sinsaratea, i'm sorry you aren't feeling well today

[Pepper]

NightOwl, you are still 37 weeks and change, right? You still have over 2 weeks until your due date so probably what you're feeling is just your uterus practicing contractions. It may or may not be because your baby is posterior. If you were past your due date and having stop and go contractions that were painful and keeping you up and exhausting you then I'd say baby's position might be causing it but it's still pretty early for you.

Bamamom had all good suggestions--especially about trying to let go of focusing on the position and stressing over it. Trust that your body knows what its doing and maybe spend some quiet time affirming that your body will work perfectly to birth your baby.

[organicbanana]

de-lurking for a moment...
i'm in the throes of a spring purging/cleaning wave, but i had to post some stuff on freecycle, and i thought i'd stay online for a few, in the hopes that someone would respond quickly to the stuff i'm trying to rid myself of...

we've been doing the frequent sex thing too, in hopes of making some progress, but i'm not noticing any changes in my cervix thus far...*sigh*
it's still 6 days until my original due date anyway, but i thought some effacement and dilation couldn't hurt and the effort is fun in any case...

but i'm getting so impatient... and then i have guilt... ahhhhhhh, end of pregnancy woes.

i can't wait to hear from sharon-anne!!! all these june babies are coming so fast now - love it!
just waiting til it's my turn now...

good luck hawaiisunflr! - keep us posted!

[PatsGrace]

38 weeks

Wow--there is really something happening with everyone...where to start?

Almost Fey: So sorry about your kitty!

Jennie--Ouch, good luck.

SharronAnne--!!!!YEAH!!!!

Jes--Good Luck!

And to all of you ladies with cramps and twinges: How exciting! Keep us updated as you feel like it.

Went in for my weekly visit today. Have I mentioned how much I love my OB? She helped ease some of my breastfeeding concerns: I thought that bringing in my pump just in case the baby has a hard time latching on at the start would be a good idea. Well, the hospital has a good pump for emergencies, but she said something interesting. In her experience some people spend so much time pumping and trying to make the whole breastfeading work that they get too stressed out and then it doesn't work. She said more people should go into it with confidence and not worry if it doesn't work right away, the baby will be fine and that it's good to spend your time at least trying to breastfeed rather than just pumping. A pretty relaxed view, I thought.

My newest stats:
Baby has dropped lower to a -1
Cervix has effaced more to around 70%
Dialated to a 1

Yippee!

Oh, and my "bad" news: I got ANOTHER yeast infection, this time totally external and even a bit on my thighs. : ICK. She also said this is really normal after you lose your plug because there's just so much extra moisture leaking everywhere. So, off to treat that.

--Grace
Due 6/28 with a :

[NightOwl]

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I'm feeling much more calm about the whole baby's position thing now.

So, uh...what are these twinges and pains I'm getting in my cervix? I'm getting some pains in there that I don't think are from the baby's movements. Do the pains mean my cervix is doing something?

And I had the most interesting dream. I dreamt that I was on this sort of quest and in the dream I was my baby. The dream had this weird video game feel to it. There were levels and I was on a quest for something, not sure what...I think the goal was just to be born. Each level was a giant womb and to get to the next one I had to go through the birth canal! :LOL But I remember that when I had to go through I felt scared because I knew my head would have to mold and that was a scarey idea. So, it was like I was feeling what the baby might be feeling if he knew what was in store for him. Really strange. But geez...I don't even know the last time I played a video game to where the dream would be like that. But many of my dreams are in a video game format. Not hard to tell that I was born in 1981. :LOL

[PatsGrace]

Ah, dreams.
Here's a funny one I had last night that shows me maybe I'm spending too much time on this board:
I was sitting at an outdoor cafe on a streetcorner when a car drove by and honked. It was Pepper and we were so surprised to run into eachother. Then a few more cars went by with personalized plates reading: dani76, Nightowl, Almostfey and a couple others....we were like "Wow, what a funny coincidence!" So we all sat around with pregnant bellies and had lunch and chatted (no one had had their baby yet in the dream).
Now that's werid 'cause I don't even know what most of you look like...

--Grace

[sinsaratea]

Ha! Like your dream grace....

i have come to the conclusion that i do not do housework during the day. its just too hot. i should be out running around with my mom or something. enjoying summer instead of sitting here in this house. done and done! now i won't feel guilty when i don't get to stuff in the daytime

i'm still in my pj's!!!! its a quarter to 5! fabulous!

i want more PM showers to come along. i got mad the other day when the weather person said "wow, we really dodged a bullet since there's no rain today". i mean come on! i see dodging a bullet as, oh, a tornado didn't touch down or something major, not life giving, air cooling rain. :

man, i have been randomly ranting for the last few days. i think i will go do something productive!!! :LOL

[Pepper]

39 weeks tomorrow

Grace, what a funny dream :

NightOwl, your dream is probably about your feelings about transitioning to a mom

I just got back from a little shopping trip (one more father's day gift for dh and something for the kids to open from the baby) and boy was everything and everyone annoying me. I had to wait in a big line at REI and damnit I felt like they should have let me go right to the front Did they not notice that I'm hugely pregnant and having a hard time standing in a line?? : I actually honestly thought that someone should have let me go first And then I was all muttering to myself about how selfish they were with their slender bodies and normal weights just standing there effortlessly almost mocking me! Oh man I am irrational!

On the upside, I will be 39 weeks tomorrow and I am really excited about that I really wanted to make it to as close to 40 weeks as possible--or even over a few days and it seems like I have a great chance of that happening. Hooray !!

[Karennnnn]

I've had some good ones but can't really think about them off the top of my head.
However, my son had a great one the other night!
He said he dreamt that I had the baby and I wasn't even yelling or screaming or anything! And that there was no blood!
Oy you should see my lawn. It looks like someone gave it a botched haircut. And today is the hottest day of the year so far by the way.
Ligament pain today When I walk it looks like I'm power walking because I have to pump my arms back and forth. For some reason that helps. Maybe I'll lay on the sofa most of the day tomorrow. Last time I did that while having ligament pain it went away with rest.

Fey--I'm so sorry to hear about your kitty. Did your kitty die or is he/she at the hospital right now?
When my son was 2 months old my cat died. I still can't get over it. I can feel your pain, big time. Don't be afraid to be depressed and upset about it, just let it out. I have him in his little box and I'm still looking for some place better to place his ashes. Wah.
We got another cat soon after who really took to my son but it was a mistake. I think I actually loathe this cat at times and to get back at me, whenever he curls up near me he FARTS on me. We got one too quickly. So just be careful with that!
Take care
Karen