july 3rd - 9th... the weekly saga continues - Page 2

[swedemom]

so who's left....nbeauty and obanana: ? any others?
Pepper: the pics were great, the one of you is like the biggest YES!!!! photo ive seen

sara: that was so nice to read about your DH. im the same, i was so critical how uninvolved he was with this pregnancy....but when it counted, he really was there.

im 3 days PP and everything is OK, im waiting for the horriable....all the hormones going crazy feeling to kick in. im so happy BFing is going much better, with DD it was 2 weeks of 'please just open your mouth and eat' but this little guy got it from the start. he does throw up alot though....hope that ends soon.

ok, still have so much catch up reading to do

labour vibes for the home stretch crew!

[NaturalBeauty]

Yes sad to say, Im still pregnant.

Obanana I SO feel you. I am SO fustrated. I am now 9 days past my due date. Never had to deal with being this late before. How do I keep from worrying? Why am I so late this time? Could there be something wrong? Are my dates just really off? WHAT?!? I go for a Bio-Physical Profile today at 1:45. And then to my midwifes house for the Non-Stress test and my appt. Hopeing all goes well.

Watched the video from my last sons birth yesterday with my mom. It was nice to see it again to remind myself of what I had a good grip on and what I need to remind myself to stay calm over. I did great except for when the baby crowned. I pushed him down with one push and just SCREAMED the whole way down. It burned so bad! Ofcourse he was 9lbs so I guess I had a right to freak a bit, lmbo.

Anyway, jsut trying to stay cheerful. Had lots of family come over yesterday for the 4th, had a cookout, and then took the kids to see some fireworks. But was depressing again when I woke up this morning still preg. (In the past all my labors have started between 11 and midnight).

Okay got to run, my daycare boy is here.

Jamie

[dynamohumm6]

Jamie, hang in there. I was feeling the same way, my son was 8 days "late", my daughter was 10 days "late". Instead of worrying about it next time, I'll know that my babies tend to be around 41.5 weeks.

You will go into labor! I know it's frustrating, just try to trust your body, and if you can, go get a pregnancy massage or a pedicure or something else to make you feel better

[SharonAnne]

I'm feeling for you guys who are still pregnant. I can imagine myself in your shoes, and it ain't pretty.

Hang in there, we're all proud of you guys!

(Yeah, like that helps at ALL :LOL)

[mcs]

oh, poor mrs. bannana- maybe your fingers are swollen? I hope i hope that you and natural beauty both have a nice relaxing day today. All holidays bring pressure and the 4th is such a sappy holiday for me w/out having it set as a benchmark. It brings that "country time lemonaide" feeling to me- the fourth of july?! Where is my summer- oh no! I should be spending care free days at the swimming hole...
we went to a bbq yesterday and eisa was able to fit into her first
"real" outfit- an adorable little dress w/ red, white, and blue calico that my mother bought for her. She looked so funny to me in something more than a tee shirt and diaper- like a baby doll or something to show off. and she was a success- i feel like such a star when i hold her and the eyes close in- oooh, let me see the baby.....then her diaper leaked on an imaculatly clean gay friend! He handled it very well- by choosing to believe that it was just sweat. ok. so thank goodness that day is over b/c i thought that i might loose my mind w/ the all day all night fireworks in my neighborhood. i hate the city- where is my swimming hole?
mcs

[punkprincessmama]

hi mamas, i cant wait to catch up with everyone here. my little one is one week old allready. ive started working on the birth story and trying to download some pics, can't wait to share with you all.

much love and blessings to all ~~~

[mamgirl]

Jaime and Or ban

I so much feel for you guys. Come here as often as you want to complain, kvetch and whine. We aren't going anywhere, and we will always listen with the utmost compassion (unlike Dhs and ILs sometimes...). I so much hope today is your day!

[Pepper]

Obanana and NaturalBeauty, thinking of you

pprincess, I can't wait to hear about your dd's birth and see the pics!

[miamommy]

No time to type but still here catching up on everyone!

Pepper: I love your pics! Especially the one where you are smiling with pure joy, awesome!

OBan and Natb - We're still here!

[Meli65]

OrganicBanana and Natural Beauty -- hang in there! Picture that old poster with the kitten hanging from a tree....

I missed Pepper's pictures We have a whole mess of "booby pictures" that the midwife took -- so far, the only person to see them is my mom. I mean, really, who else is going to want to look? Which reminds me that I must show my MIL before she leaves tomorrow.

After that bumpy beginning it's been mostly fine although I am looking forward to getting back to more or less normal -- I'm getting my strength back and feel ready to tackle two kids on my own. Wow!

I wonder if anyone else has felt this -- I have been mourning my daughter who isn't, just a little bit and feeling rather jealous of all those who did have girls and can dress them up in cute little outfits, etc. On the other hand, I do feel hugely relieved that Dan is so healthy, as I was pretty scared of birth defects all along -- I mean, really, thank God he is OK! But I wonder if anyone else is feeling a little sadness, too.

[twouglyducks]

Man, Pepper I missed your pics.
Sorry... not much typing time. Hope all the babies are doing well. And to our 2 pg. moms, {{{{hugs}}}}

[sinsaratea]

hey mamas!

well, rhiannon had her first well baby visit today. she has already gained over her birth weight and grown a half inch!!! she is one week old today.

so i'm sad becuase breastfeeding isn't happening. i've been pumping as much as i can and the rest has been formula. i promised myself that i would NOT beat myself up about it. however, the dr. today (got the recc off the local thread on here) is getting me set up with the lac. consult. at the hospital and said "Look, if we had to stop it all today and only give her formula she could still be happy and healthy. but we WILL get you breastfeeding." i was so happy to have the support and confidence of the doc, but also the reassurance that i wasn't neglecting my child. i know he could see the look in my face when i had been talking about the difficulties we had.

I LOVE MY BABY!!! i just wanted to say that......

I hope to find time to actually respond to everybody else's posts.... i've been trying to take mental notes on people i had questions for and things to say!!

alright, i have to go drag DH away from his model cars so i can pump again and then make him clean the cat boxes. :

[NaturalBeauty]

First I want to say *Thank you!* to all of you mamas that are still here supporting us last 2 pregos. I am especially grateful since I was a late addition to the board. This preg has been so stressfull! Not beacuse of the preg but beacuse of the timeing. Lots of stessfull changes and etc. Anyway, beacuse of all the new changes I wasnt able to activly participate until we got moved in and settled. And sicne then you guys have been great!

Meli - I do know what your feeling. When I had Donovan I was expecting a girl. Not beacuse of a U/S but because of *intuition* and want. Anyway, when I had a boy I was disapointed a bit. But ofcourse deep down I was happy to have a healthy beautiful boy. But I do still SO want another little girl to dress up. I love to sew and while I do sew for my boys I want(ed) to be able to sew some adorable lil girl outfits. Now that I am preg again, we cked and got confirmation of the sex and we are having another boy. So much for my lil girl dream. But again I am happy that he is so far a healthy baby and wouldnt change anything. But we will proberly have another baby and will again hope for a girl. It runs kinda deep for me... long story short I lost a little girl baby in miscarriage and I want to give her another change to join our family and share our lives. Besides... I joke with my hsuband that the boys had to jump ahead in line so that wed have them, beacuse had we had another girl instead of Donovan we might have descided not to have anymore babies. Who knows?

For my own personal update......
The Bio-physical Profile went well. Everythign looked and sounded good, NST at teh midwifes also went well. Found out Im dialated to 3 and stretchable. Midwife thinks that we may have a baby tonight. Im not so sure.... maybe. Im one of those woman who walk around dialated to 3-5 before starting labor. Will be soon tho and thats good beacuse Im still bored off my butt! lol

Last thing I want to ask is anyone interested in a newborn gift exchange? Id love to gift out a few gently used cloth diapers that I have here that I dont need as well as some baby clothes (I have boy, girl and gender neutral) Bought too much and didnt get rid of much when I had a garage sale. Anyway, if anyoen is in need of soem newborn diapers or clothes lmk!

[Pepper]

Melissa, weirdly, I have been doing a bit of mourning the little boy I was sure I was having. I had so many vivid dreams of him and had spent a lot of time anticipating him that it's taken me a few days to get used to having a girl. I brought two sets of hats and booties with me to the hospital, one pink and one blue. The pink one I never even took the tags off of because I was sure I wouldn't need them and could return/regift them.

Upon returning home and unpacking my hospital bag I found the precious baby blue hat and booties, and I cried. In between my sobs I said, "goodbye little boy..." and then I looked over at my daughter and knew that she was the one meant to be for me. She was the one I intuitively knew. She was the one who I had bonded with. It was she who chose me as her mom who I would learn from.

Melissa, I know that Daniel is the same for you

[mcs]

I just looked through all of the recently posted pictures- wonderful! all of them! It is so much fun to see all of your faces after reading your voices. Plus, I think that there is not much in the world more beautiful than a mother with her just born baby. congratulations again and again to all of us and an early congratulations to a few- your moment of sweaty beauty is coming soo soon. mcs

[Pepper]

I couldn't agree more, mcs. The faces of the June women - every single one of them - are about the most beautiful that I have ever seen. Birth pictures - sweaty, tired, hair mussed, crying, pained - all of it is so precious and raw and fleeting.

I'm such a birth junkie! The nurse asked me about 20 hours postpartum if this was our last and I actually said, "maybe?" (and this was after I half-joked with my doula just after the birth that maybe a planned c-section is really the way to go )

Oh lordy help my poor dh!! :LOL

[twouglyducks]

Pepper, great pics!!! Too bad hubby sucks with a camera... didn't get any of me right after birth. And none since that are decent. I'm getting weepy right now thinking of all the pics I've missed and how my little Gwenny is already past the newborn stage...

[jerawo]

About another one...

I always thought I'd want many many years between my children, but I'm already thinking about #2 and thinking very close in age may not be so bad. I think part of it is that I'm still a little disappointed Ely wasn't a girl. I was so hopeful, but I did think at the beginning we'd have a boy and even though later on I wasn't so sure I was right. It is okay to be sad about this, right? I still love him tons and can't believe he ended up with red hair.

[famousmockngbrd]

Hey, mamas -

Just thought I'd check in and see who's left - hugs and labor vibes to organicbanana and NaturalBeauty. You will be holding your babies soon! Really!

As for us, Madeline Sage was born on July 3rd (barely) at 12:05 AM. It was a super fast labor, once it got going after a longish early labor. It was so fast, in fact, that the midwife missed it entirely and we ended up having an unplanned UC - my DH caught her. She was out in maybe 5 pushes. It was intense and crazy and truly an incredible experience, but one I am not anxious to repeat, lol.

Anyway, she was 7 lbs. 14 oz. at birth. She was weighed today and she has only lost 2 oz., so apparently she is nursing well. My milk came in last night and I am having engorgement issues. : I have cabbage in my bra as I type this, lol.

I will keep checking in for the last of the birth stories - and I'll see you all on LWAB -

-Jen

[PatsGrace]

Well, I didn't expect this problem! Titus is sleeping really well, and I seem to have lost the ability to sleep altogether! I had a 2 hour nap today which was my first in 24 hours, now I'm wide awake waiting for him to join me to eat...

I think that everytime I close my eyes I think of random events over the past few days and they are so overstimulating I can't stop and relax.

Jen--wow! you and I were laboring at almost the same time! Titus was born at 10:11 pm, just two hours before Madeline!

For everybody else who had their babies while I was away, I just have to say that our group has the best taste in names, I love them all! And I also love seeing all the labor and baby pictures...it makes it all so real.

My milk is coming in too..my boobs are like big heavy torpedos

OK, you can tell I'm rambling, I swear I really am tired, just trying to convince my brain of that!

Pepper--when they put the babe on me and dh said "it looks like we have a boy" I thought "so that means there's still a chance it's a girl?" I felt like someone had replaced my baby with this little man. It was a weird feeling and I felt guilty for a while...but you're right, the babes we have are the ones we are meant to have.

And much love to you women still pregnant...

--Grace