March 27 - April 2 Update Thread! - Page 3

[Titus2fam]

I'm having a hard time emotionally. I've had such friendship troubles during this pregnancy~one even told me that the idea of calling to talk to me made her sick to her stomach. We were supposed to meet tomorrow to return books to one another, but she said she's still struggling with her relationship with me, so we won't be meeting. I am one wounded puppy! and I feel sooo misunderstood.... (((((HUGS))))) sandi

[Daphnes_mama]

Originally Posted by Titus2fam

I'm having a hard time emotionally. I've had such friendship troubles during this pregnancy~one even told me that the idea of calling to talk to me made her sick to her stomach.

What the .... ? Why on earth would anyone say such a terrible thing to someone who is supposed to be their friend? Frankly, you don't need to be around that kind of attitude. Is she jealous or something? Seriously, you and the baby should stay away from such toxicity. Sounds really childish to me.

[JenniferC]

Hi Sandi,

Is it because you and your friend have conflicting parenting styles? I know that sometimes that can cause serious rifts in friendships when there are strongly held yet divergent parenting styles between friends *hugs*.

[nighten]

{{sandi}}

I'm so sorry I lost one of my best friends over this pregnancy -- sometimes people just can be cruel.

I'm sorry your friend is being so harsh.

[kyle98sean02]

Sandi. What a mean and selfish sounding person

[FreeSpiritMama]

s Sandi & Renee, its a tough time to find out who your real freinds are

[Carley]

Sandi what a horrible thing for someone to say, especially someone who is supposed to be your friend

everyone, thank you for the support. so much for trying to hide from everything.. it is all over every media! not surprising, but makes it hard to stick to my plan of avoidance. we're going to volunteer park for a daytime memorial for our aquaintance who was killed today. i think some good hugs will be healing. i really need to see my dear friend who survived... i'm so thankful he's ok and so sorry for what they all experienced. the survivors will never be the same. what a horror story.

on a positive note it's so nice to see happy healthy babies being born! the cycle of life sure is dramatic.

to many more beautiful babies!

[celestialdreamer]

s for Carley & Sandi!

39 weeks and I feel HUGE! My MW appt today went much better than last week. My BP was 116/78 which is normal for me, baby is measuring good (she thinks he's a good 7 1/2lbs already which is bigger than dd was at 41w!) and everything else was right on track. So we are still just waiting... She did say that she thinks that this baby will come soon since it seems like my body is having somewhat of a hormonal shift. She also gave us 'midwife's orders' for DH and I to have an evening out without dd ASAP. So my MIL will watch her tonight and we are going to go out to dinner. We've been kinda grouchy with each other since he's sick of me constantly cleaning :

I'm thinking the baby is coming soon possibly for a strange reason. I had a dream about a month ago that I looked outside in the yard and my first daffodil bloomed so I knew I was having him that day Sounds weird, but its stuck in my head, so I am constantly looking at the window to check on the progress of this one daffodil that has just been STUCK ready to open. Well this morning I went outside to go to the MW and it had bloomed I know...I'm

[FreeSpiritMama]

Hope that daffodil is a sign Becca , have a fun night out with DH

[aweynsayl]

Ooh, i love it... hope it's true! so funny, i totally forgot we were THIRTY NINE WEEKS today.

I *suck* at telling when contrax start and stop. I'll just suddenly realize I'm uncomfortable, and why that is. DH laughs at me that I'll not know I'm in labor til it's too late, and the baby will just pop out. Well, we can dream, right?

Hugs to everyone who have sucky friends. I've lost some too this pregnancy, but not because of the pregnancy, because of other life stuff. So sad.

But I have to say-- having you all is really helping me these past few weeks!
kisses to all!

[Citykid]

Gosh, it took me all day to get through this thread (work just keeps getting in the way ).

Boovert - that really does sound weird about your mw. Do you have enough time to decide to do it at your house instead, and would that be better? It's weird to bring her food in her own house. If that's how it ends up, just tell her to order pizzas and you'll pay - you certainly don't need all that extra work.

Carley, Sandi, Renee - Sandi - that sucks!
Rynna - mazel tov on the van!

Black Orchid - I'm here! I'll be with you til May I bet. I was holding off posting until I had my mw appt last night.

Baby is head down (little dance).
Baby is head down (little dance).

I saw the not-so-good mw last night and dh is finally convinced that she is not nice. I hate it when people treat me like I'm being a baby for trying to avoid an IV. I hate IVs. They hurt. Luckily the good mw was there just to do paperwork so I whispered her my questions when the other one wasn't listening, and she's taking care of me. They took my gbs test and I should find out by Monday - think good thoughts for me!

My ankles swelled like balloons in the last week, just when I got settled in my late-pg wardrobe of almost all skirts. I'm going shoe shopping this afternoon, hoping maybe some slouchy ankle boots will hide them.

We finally made some appts to interview pediatricians. The first one is tomorrow and I have to go by myself - need to draw up a list of questions tonight.

And, I went swimming on Sunday and it gave me such a kick in the pants to realize how out of shape I've gotten. So I've actually made it to the gym yesterday and today as well! I'm proud and I think I feel better already.

Another long post from me. Sorry, ladies.

[celestialdreamer]

Originally Posted by moosemommy

Ooh, i love it... hope it's true! so funny, i totally forgot we were THIRTY NINE WEEKS today.

I *suck* at telling when contrax start and stop. I'll just suddenly realize I'm uncomfortable, and why that is. DH laughs at me that I'll not know I'm in labor til it's too late, and the baby will just pop out. Well, we can dream, right?

You are crazy moosemommy! I am counting down EACH day I can't believe we are so close! I have a hard time even noticing I'm having contractions anymore because I've been having them for weeks. I was at the MWs today and she went to feel the baby's position and I started having one without even noticing until she said something....THEN I noticed that yeah it kinda hurt Made me wonder how many I'm having now. I like how your DH thinks, thats exactly my hope for myself!

[Titus2fam]

Y'all, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness! I was in tears earlier, as the last thing my friend said was that she had written me a letter. However, she decided not to send it because it sounded so mean. THANKS A LOT! LOL! Anyway, y'all are the brightness to end my day with~I sooo appreciate that! and I'm sooo sorry that others have had such losses during this pregnancy as well.

Happy birthing to all! (((((HUGS))))) sandi

[azzuranotte]

I don't even know where to start. Last week my fil had a heart attack. He's home now and doing alright but it was definitely a rough couple of days. He was in the hospital from tuesday night until saturday afternoon. My dh took that time off to stay with him. So this week starts out normal. I go to my dr's appointment yesterday and my blood pressure is like 150/90 or something like that. They took it 4 times, 1 right after the other. I tried to tell the dr to wait and take it again after I had relaxed. (I was a little uptight after waiting an hour knowing my sis, who was watching dd, had to get to class, plus the GBS test I had to take.) So I was sent up to be monitored. I called my husband to let him know what was going on. Everything ended up being fine. My bp went down to it's normal range. All my lab work came back normal. And after being there for 5 hours I finally get to go home. I do have to joy of collecting my urine for 24 hours though. My sister missed her class.

So I call dh to let him know everything is fine. He's like ok, so you're not hooked up to any monitors that will register your bp spiking. I'm like ok what is going on. He says "I might have broken my elbow." He did. And his job didn't want him to go to the dr's. He goes to see an orthopedist on friday and will probably being on disability until at least the end of april. There are + and - to this. He was real worried about not being able to get to me when I was in labor. At this point it's funny. Who can do less. He can't move his left arm at all. I had to put on his socks this morning and button his pants because he couldn't. Neither of us can lift much. He can't drive. This may be problematic for labor. He says he'll drive, I'm just going to have to shift. It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks.

[habibekindheart]

I'm not due til April 28th (but I always go early)...I've still got some brewing time left

[Titus2fam]

I had another GREAT appointment with my midwife! I will be 39 weeks along on Friday, but we discussed my “usual” patterns and are expecting another late baby. That is just fine with me, as I’ll be able to get more done. I know this baby will come at the perfect time! We also discussed who I am created to be, again looking at my “usual” patterns labor-wise, and so I have realistic labor expectations. I may have pre-labor that could prove uncomfortable and difficult for days! My babies never drop until I actually go into labor, and I never have any Braxton Hicks and such~all the work has always been done during labor. Everything at this point is true to who I am and always have been~LOL!

Christine, I'm sooo sorry for all you've been going through!

(((((HUGS))))) sandi

[nighten]

Oh my gosh, Christine, that sucks!

And Carley -- I'm sorry about your friends -- I thought I'd said that in an earlier post but I didn't.

Well I spent the majority of last night in the bathroom, miserable, fighting the urge to vomit, and dealing with stomach cramps. My digestive system is WAY unhappy with me right now -- I don't know if it was the BK Whopper I had on the way home from lamaze last night or pre-labor or what but holy crap.

I can handle pain. I can't handle nausea like that. Tell me labor isn't mostly nausea, please! If so, there's no way I'll be able to do it drug free. By 4:00am I had sucked down two phenergan. (Thank GOD for phenergan -- I was so miserable I was crying and I felt terrible because DH has to be at work by 7 and he kept waking up to check on me.) I finally fell asleep, mostly propped up, around 5 something and slept off and on until noon. I'm so thankful I got to sleep that late. If it was some kind of bug then hopefully I've slept through the worse of it. But I still had some stomach cramps and potty issues after I woke up so who knows...sigh.

Anyway, I'm with moosemommy -- I can't tell when contrax start or end -- I just am aware that they "are" -- though the instructor said once a pattern is established, i'll be able to tell. I sure hope so. I haven't been able to tell with BH unless it's the kind you get from standing up when you have to pee.

I cancelled my chiro appt for today because I don't want to go anywhere plus last time I went I ended up in worse pain than before.

Gonna eat "sick" foods all day and do absolutely nothing but lie down and maybe crochet and watch TV and read. I'm scared to death that the nausea will come back. If that's labor, I'm screwed....and for the first time, I'm scared.

[AdinaL]

Do be prepared to be nauseated. I have several friends who throw up repeatedly during labor. So it is possible.

[JenniferC]

I threw up twice during labour, and I was also thinking, oh God, please let it all not be like this, and it wasn't, thank heavens, but there were a few heave worthy moments.

Yetserday afternoon I started having either VERY VERY strong BHx, or very light Contrax, but they are irregular, I slept last night etc. etc. Sigh. Lots of bowel movements though. Hopefully this is a sign that baby is coming to me soon!

[nighten]

Originally Posted by AdinaL

Do be prepared to be nauseated. I have several friends who throw up repeatedly during labor. So it is possible.

See that really terrifes me because when I throw up I can't breathe and I panic.