Spoooooky Weekly Chatter: Oct. 31 - Nov. 7 - Page 7

[Queen of Cups]

3 for me - AWESOME!!!

[flapjack]

I've never heard of anyone posting "yes, yes, we're all about to go into labour MY WATERS JUST BROKE" on a message board before.
And the November DDC academy award for fortuitous fantastic fabulous timing goes to
(dah-dahdah dah dah) Three for me!!!!

[laisett]

yay three for me!

that was the funniest post i've read in ages...dh thought it was amazing, too!

had some good cramping/light cntx this morning, but they're gone.

the pumpkin pie i made 2 days ago is AMAZING. and almost certainly meeting it's ultimate demise tonight

[BensMom]

Man, I've been a crank butt today. I was up every 2 hrs to pee, but I was able to get back to sleep fairly quickly, avoiding coughing fits. But for some reason, I am exceptionally tired and irritable. Taking it out on DH, DS and the pets. I finally laid in bed and locked everyone out and napped off and on for an hour and a half. I really needed it, as I feel somewhat human again. I think my body is really being pushed to its max, being so pregnant and so sick. I really hope I can kick the worst of this bronchitis before labor starts.

Otherwise, we're just geting through the days here. NOthing exciting. I might go play poker tonight, one of my last poker outings for awhile. Since I am not sure that the (mostly) guys we play with will appreciate a nursing babe at the table. Although my neighbor said it would be an advantage - they would be trying so hard not to look at me out of their own discomfort, they would miss any "tells" I might give off.

Hope everyone enjoys this weekend. ANyone else keep thinking of everything being "the last"? Possibly our last weekend as a family of 3, last night was our last date before the baby, our last trip to Costco tomorrow.

[*Amy*]

Hey mamas. I'm excited for everyone in their pre-labor stages.

Remember how I had that horrific pain on my right side last week? Well it's back, with a vengence. I've been miserable all day and finally broke down and called my midwife to make sure it's nothing to seriously worry about. She said it sounds like either a bad muscle pull or nerve pain. There is literally no position I can be in that relieves the pain, and if I walk or move, it is so bad that it takes my breath away so I'm just sitting or lying perfectly still as much as possible. I've tried a heating pad too and it doesn't really seem to help. I have no idea how I'm going to sleep tonight though...

It's bumming me out big time.

[Queen of Cups]

Ugh. I've had big-time-nausea all day long. I'm also having irregular contractions and a ton of pelvic pressure. Yesterday I was in a great mood and felt fabulous, today I've spent all day on the couch thinking I'm going to yack. Except I did want some time alone so I went and did Christmas shopping. I'm about 90% done, which feels pretty good...

[Gunter]

I have been having contrax since 5:30am and they never really went away. So, yeah, they are here now. They totally take my breath away lately and are really intense at the peak. I am loving this process though. It's amazing how they are so intense and they they subside and I can go back to doing whatever I was doing with ease...like typing on MDC!

I am having a HB and don't want to take any drugs. I did start taking Arnica for bruising ahead of time (this morning) in case the babe comes soon. And, I took Hawthorne to lower my blood pressure. My MW suggested a glass of wine and a bath. But I am not really wanting to take alcohol either b.c I haven't had any since I found out that I was preggo. I have taken two baths today and had a home massage visit from my friend in massage therapy school! We used lavender oil...so nice!

Gentle birthing vibes to all you mamas doing that now. Strength and courage to the other moms in "practice" labor! I refure to call it false...ain't nothing false about it, if you ask me. Real stuff is going on!

[DreamsInDigital]

I had my home visit yesterday. The baby must have dropped because I was measuring 1cm less than last week instead of a gaining one. No glucose, ketones or protein in my urine again, which is awesome.
And also, I'm GBS negative! Yay!
My midwife brought the birth tub. It's HUGE. My birth kit also finally came in the mail, so I'm all set to have this baby. I don't need anything else.
I'm 38 weeks tomorrow and I really feel like nothing is happening soon. I'm coming down with some nasty cold and I'm feeling pretty emotionally burned out on stress so I'm pretty unpleasant to be around right now. I really want to meet my baby soon but there just doesn't seem to be an end in sight.
However, I just got a $300 paycheck I wasn't expecting for my paid time off from work. It's the only one of those I'll get, but one was good enough for me. I did some shopping online.
I took DS6 to see Chicken Little today. It's a really cute movie. We had a good time, so I'm glad we had the chance to do something alone before the baby comes. There's no telling when I'll have another chance like today where my parents have DS2.
I've been up since 5:30 again so I think I'm going to go eat some ice cream and go to bed. Hope everyone goes into labour right now. :LOL I can hope, can't I?

[PicnicBear]

Hmm -- 127 posts -- yikes, maybe I will have better luck keeping up next week -- I think I did post something earlier in the week but that seems like ages ago . . . I am 4 days from 40 weeks and, besides the stabbing cervical pain (the meaning of which is still unknown to me), I don't have any indication that this baby is coming anytime soon -- everything just seems to just be continuing as normal except that I get bigger and bigger and more physically uncomfortable and arthritic-feeling. Maybe labor will come on suddenly but I have a feeling I may be in for the long haul -- I have NO contractions (that I am aware of). Well, there's nothing wrong with having a baby at 42 weeks it's just funny I have NO signs of anything, isn't it?

[Frigga]

Originally Posted by plagio

Hmm -- 127 posts -- yikes, maybe I will have better luck keeping up next week -- I think I did post something earlier in the week but that seems like ages ago . . . I am 4 days from 40 weeks and, besides the stabbing cervical pain (the meaning of which is still unknown to me), I don't have any indication that this baby is coming anytime soon -- everything just seems to just be continuing as normal except that I get bigger and bigger and more physically uncomfortable and arthritic-feeling. Maybe labor will come on suddenly but I have a feeling I may be in for the long haul -- I have NO contractions (that I am aware of). Well, there's nothing wrong with having a baby at 42 weeks it's just funny I have NO signs of anything, isn't it?

I was the exact same way with both my boys! It was torture. I got huge (with 10+lbers! Both child and placenta!!) and could hardly move with no signs of impending relief! This time, I have pubis bone bone pain, and a sore syatica(sp?) if I bend over too much, but other than that pretty good! I hope your able to hang in ther and get a little relief now and then!

[HoneyTree]

Plagio, my EDD is Friday, and I just can't imgine anything happening by then, either. The baby has dropped some, but is not totally engaged (still lots of movement), and none of the other "signs" seem to be panning out for me. But since we're due on the early end of November, I'm sure we'll have lots of company should we go 42+!!!

[MamaFern]

we have the same EDD, but im really not sure when this baby is coming now..

[Kavita]

plagio--the stabbing cervical pains are due to pressure and effacement, so something IS happenning!

"Early labor preview" here this morning too--I woke up at about 5 with contractions. They weren't too frequent or long, but somewhat painful, like menstrual cramps. (And when I say painful I mean only in contrast to the painless BH tightening ones.) It was not really comfy in my back, and gave me a real yucky rectal-pressure-pain-hemmehroidy throbbing feeling. They were semi-regular but not so much that I wanted to bother timing them at that point, but I couldn't really go back to sleep so I got up and decided to break out the Recharge (since I've been mildly dehydrated and I really LOVE Recharge and water's been making me feel sick.) I started cleaning the house and doing laundry. Contractions continued through two hours of dishes, laundry, washing sheets, kitchen cleaning, and moderate organizing. I realized how much I do NOT want to go into labor with the house such a mess and me not having had a chance to have a couple of days off from work! And so far, it seems that I may get my wish because things have tapered off somewhat now later.

Which is good. Especially good is that we are getting a lot accomplished! Which was in the plan for today anyway, but there is a certain additional fire lit under me and DH!! He got right up and started painting and installing the quarter-round floor moldings in the spare bedroom--I think I am going to move the bed into that room, we put down nice bamboo hardwood flooring instead of the yukky carpet we have in the other bedrooms, and it's recently painted and currently uninhabited. It's a pretty room, and it's in the SW corner of the house which according to feng shui corresponds to the maternal and to earth energy. Yesterday we saw the midwife and then after the appointment since we were so far (2 hours north of us--yuck!) we went to Ikea on the way home. We wanted to get a sheepskin for the baby, since they have them cheaper there, and we ended up getting a bunch of other stuff, including some lamps for that room and some other home decorations. DH is determined to get the moldings done, clean up that room, clean everything with my bed and move it into there, and get everything all set up. And then clean the den and set up the birth tub in there, and help me clean the rest of the house. Of course, sometimes he over-optimizes, but he's in there working away right now. And he took a break to make breakfast, and made me a really awesome omlette! And we took the dogs to Petsmart to get groomed--baths, shaving, brushing, nails and ears! I just can't take the shedding right now--we get big tufts of dog hair around everywhere, and we have been Swiffering DAILY!! Getting them shaved especially cuts down on that mess a lot. I have a doggie clipper and have done my best to do haircuts on them, but frankly it's just too much work for me right now, and there are too many other things to do, and it hurts my back to be bending over doing that even when I'm not even pregnant, and my back is especially hurting today, so that's out!

Blah, blah, blah . . . I think I am going to put in another load of laundry and then try to take a nap!

[PicnicBear]

So, it looks like babies might not want to come around the 10th or so -- for whatever reason -- or maybe they are all rascally-types who are playing tricks on us already and plan to take us by suprise. Glad to know the stabbing pain is productive though! I told DH to just ignore my random grimaces in the middle of conversations.

So, my friend from childbrirth class just had her baby and she was supposed to be 3-4 weeks behind me. I talked to her today. Since she had her early she didn't have the HB that she was planning, but it all turned out OK, although it wasn't the way she had envisioned, due to the fact that she had PROM sometime last week and I guess she was leaking for almost a week or so but the docs maybe didn't pick it up, then she went into labor on her own and when she went to triage they said her waters were broken, so the labor just progressed on it's own -- even though the baby was early (36 wks, I guess) she was 5.75 lbs and healthy and is BF fine). And I thought I was going to be telling *her* my birth story first -- wow!

That got me wondering about how easy it is to dectect PROM and if that's something Drs and MWs should be more on the look-out for -- I heard they can rupture and but sometimes you don't get the full gush if babe's head is plugging the rest up -- I wonder how much of an infection risk it really is -- it makes me wonder why the docs didn't notice it when she told them she was leaking and didn't know what it was.

Kavita -- you got the sheepskin at Ikea! I look at those each time I have been there, for $20 -- but always decided against it -- now I am jealous! How many did you get?