Weekly, July 11th - 17th!!! - Page 3

[BinahYeteirah]

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Jeanette - It sounds like you had a great time. A Blessingway and a heated birth pool with bubbles, you're set.

MF - At least you know it's soon, right?

Pom - Soon she'll be one week old. Aww... I remember being a big drippy mess. I wonder if I'll have that again. You aren't tandaming, are you? I'm hoping I can skip the drippy part (and the sore part, please G-d , since I'm still bfing my 3 year old. We'll see.

Shay - I am sorry that your mother cannot be with you at this important time.

cheeseRjedi - Why is the latching problem your fault? I hope your babe gets better at latching. I had a hard time with latching with dd when she was born. She just didn't seem to open her mouth wide enough. It got easier though. Everything does full circle, though. Now that she's 3 she doesn't like to open big enough either.

soccerchic21 - I hope you will forgive me for hoping you have news.

mmgarda - It's cool that your dh will be catching.

Leos - I hope everything is going well with you and baby.

Well, I have 5 days until my due date. Dh and I went to buy dd a car seat today, but didn't come home with anything. I figured I would get a forward facing seat for dd, and let the new baby have dd's convertible. Apparently the last time Australian car seat ratings were published was 5 years ago. All the recommended models aren't being made anymore. Arg. I could go on, but it's too boring. At least consumer reports does the rating every year for American seats. Maybe I'll have my Mom bring me a seat from the US, but I don't want to make her schlep it. Walking around the mall we went to was hard for me. I got tired and the baby felt low and I couldn't keep up with dh.

[leosmama20]

Okay, I am sending good mental vibes out to all of the still pregnant mamas because I know it can be such a mental and emotional challenge at the end.

I was going to reply to some stuff but now I can't remember what I was going to say! LOL Oh, on the clot thing, seriously, splat. I was nursing and had a big contraction and could feel it moving out. I actually managed to get down to the floor to clean it up a bit and get it flushed down the potty. It was too gross to leave for someone else to clean up.

We are all doing okay. Dh had to work until 9 every night last week and I am pretty much exhausted. He is also going to be working all day today. They are moving a bunch of people around and the timing was just really bad.

Nursing is going sooooo well. Thank goodness~! I am so thankful on this one, I can't believe my luck.

On the bad side, I have really bad hemmhroids (sp?) that have gotten worse and worse each day to the point now that I am in so much pain I can hardly move around. What to do? Arg! I have done EVERYTHING I can think of (you name it, I have tried it) and it is horrible. I don't have my 2 week appt until Wed but I am going to call in the morning. I am just so upset by how bad this recovery has been. I am just in so much pain from both my bottom and vaginally, having what feel like menstral (sp?) cramps and headaches.... and I am still nauseated a lot and have no appetite. This just royally sucks. I can't be the mom I want to be if my body won't work!!!!

[cheeseRjedi]

Binah, I just felt like the latching problem might be partly my fault because I couldn't get my nipple to stay big enough to get to the roof of her mouth. I would get it big enough and she would stay on for a minute or two, then when she would fall off, it would be flat again.
She is doing much better though since my milk has come in though. She really only needs to use the shield when we try to nurse sitting up (I'm working on that) because she likes to nurse lying down, or when she is being really fussy (which has only happened one or two times).

[JeanetteL]

Big sigh. Prenatal today - baby is now breech. I was on such a high...and now I feel like I just got the wind knocked out of me. I'm trying to stay positive, baby has been shifting positions so much that I think he/she still has room to move, but it was so unexpected at this stage of the game. I was pretty sure it was breech when I got up this morning, but was so hoping the midwives could tell me otherwise.....


Jeanette

[VioletMommy]

Jeanette-yikes, so sorry about the baby throwing such a big wrench in your birth plans. Maybe since it was so sudden, it will only be temporary. There's a lot of things to try to get the little one back in place, and I imagine you're looking into all of them. Best wishes to you.

Leos-you need hugs and help! Is anyone staying with you? You should just be taken care of so you can spend all your time admiring your baby!

Shay and Pom-I don't have my mom with me, either. She died when I was 12, which was over 15 years ago. I'm surprised at how much I haven't thought of her throughout the pregnancy, perhaps because it's just been so long. It makes for difficult associations, though, because for me, mother=death. Here's to building new and beautiful relationships with our babies, and having the grandmothers they never knew shine through them in one way or another.

Well, tomorrow is my due date! Nothing going on, though. I'm thankful to be in a good mood today, because I've been horribly bitchy on several occasions. Every little thing just seemed to go wrong this week-trivial things, but they drove me nuts. I even lashed out at my sweet man a few times, which I felt terrible about. He's been so marvelous that he doesn't deserve my attitude. My doula came over on Thursday and gave me a wonderful massage and worked some accupressure points. I felt tight and anxious, but that helped immensely. There are points on the legs that are used to induce, which I didn't do, but she said that when she works them on pregnant women, they always go into labor within a day or two. Something to consider for all you past-due and desperate mamas. Apparently, the energy on the right side of the body is being held by the baby, and the left side is the mom. So, if the points are tighter on the right side, then the baby isn't ready, and if it's tighter on the right, then the mom is the one who's holding back. It's a good way to tell if the points should be stimulated.
I am looking forward to the next birthing story!!!

[Shanana]

So sorry for all of you who are missing your moms. That must be very, very hard.

Melina, how exciting that DH will catch and wants to be involved that way (especially if he's squeamish, lol)!

Pom, I hope the hormonal roller coaster ride settles down soon ...

Binah, hope you're able to get the car seat thing sorted out. No reviews for 5 years, huh? That's annoying ...

Leos, glad to hear the bfing is going well, but sorry about the exhaustion and difficult recovery. I hope your doc is able to help you out with the hemmorhoids -- sounds like no fun at all .

Cathy, glad to hear the bfing is going better. Very encouraging!

Jeanette, your Blessingway sounded sooo lovely ... what a wonderful thing! But I'm so sorry to hear about baby turning breech. How very disappointing and stressful. I know it doesn't mean he/she won't turn again, but I can understand how upsetting this is. I'm sending turning baby vibes your way.

Violet, glad the doula offered some relief. That was interesting to read about right side vs left side. Good stuff to know ...

Soccerchic HAS to have had her baby by now, right?

As Pom would say, new week, new thread, folloooow meeee! (Man, I just looked and I typed a NOVEL ... sometimes I think it's a bad thing that I can type so fast :LOL ).

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...07#post3474907

Shana
EDD 7/29/05

[Pom]

Originally Posted by VioletMommy

Here's to building new and beautiful relationships with our babies, and having the grandmothers they never knew shine through them in one way or another.

Violet - that's so beautiful. Yes, to new beautiful relationships!

[mmgarda]

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Well, had bloody show yesterday morning, a few contractions and passed some mucus.

Then. . . . NOTHING.

Sigh.

[Pom]

Arrrrghhhhhhh! COME ON BABY!!!!!!!!!! It's hot here in LA!!! Mama wants you out!!!