June 05 Mamas; Heather had a baby boy! - Page 2

[bamamom]

is there a list of hospitals in rural canada??

I can see us calling..."Yeah...her name is Heather...no, I dont know her last name...no, I dont know what she looks like...but she has a little girl named Sage....right, right....you're SURE you dont know if she's there??"

[bamamom]

Did I ever post our cmas pics??:

[PatsGrace]

Cute! Bama, you guys are SO cute!

And I'm just starting to think, Heather's in labor, hmmm, does that mean that I'm going to have to go into labor again too this year? Crap. I hated labor.

[mclisa]

Originally Posted by bamamom

is there a list of hospitals in rural canada??

I can see us calling..."Yeah...her name is Heather...no, I dont know her last name...no, I dont know what she looks like...but she has a little girl named Sage....right, right....you're SURE you dont know if she's there??"

Boy, she's going to love our speculations when she gets a chance to read them!

[mclisa]

I scored today. I stopped at the local bread store and there happens to be a food co-op next door. A few weeks ago I bought the one kind of rice cereal puffs that Claire can snack on there so I stopped in to get more. I peeked around the store and they had the products from just tomatoes that I order off the internet. Yippee! So Claire got some more freeze dried raspberries and for something new some dehydrated apricot pieces. She loves them. It kept her entertained while we were watching Ellysia at ballet. There were a couple of 2-3 yr old boys racing in the back. I could tell she was looking at them and thinking that that would be fun, but I kept her by me. No need to be the noisy one.

[hattoo]

Well, don't I feel like the star of the toddler board today!!

We went to the hospital around 8:30 this morning after dropping Sage off and of course my contractions slowed right down. I was only dilated 1 cm at the time, so my Dr sent me home. We've got to go back at 9 tonight. I was able to have a good nap this afternoon, which is good because my blood pressure is pretty high. That's really weird for me because it's usually low. Anyways, the dr's not too worried as my lab work came in fine. I'm bouncing on my ball to get my contractions going again. As soon as I lay down, they seem to stop but if I get up and moving they come back again.

We won't have internet access, but I'll post as soon as I'm home. Maybe I'll even get DH to. No - scratch that. I don't need him reading our girl talk!!

Sage is at her surrogate grandparents today. By 3 this afternoon, she still hadn't asked for us and was taking a nap. DH went over to drop off her snowsuit and sled so they can take her outside. He said she didn't really seem all that excited to see him. As insulting as this may be to our egos, at least we know she's in good hands, having a good time and we don't have to worry. He did say she looked a bit confused and sad when he left, but no tears! What a load off! That's been my biggest concern throughout this pregnancy and she seems to be handling it very well.

Thanks for all the good vibes, keep sending them please because this is the way things started when Sage was born (minus the contractions). I really want to progress.

[dynamohumm6]

Sending FAST birthin' vibes to you, Heather!
So glad that you don't have to worry about Sage.

[SharonAnne]

Ah Heather,thanks for checking in. I'm sorry it's slow going so far. Sending you some fast labor vibes

[bamamom]

watch out heather, that's how labor with started, but i ignored it. I thought it was BH, and in fact it was early labor, quite painless. Even slept through it. By the time it was real, it was really real!! As in, he was coming out!

[anabellee]

is there a list of hospitals in rural canada??

I can see us calling..."Yeah...her name is Heather...no, I dont know her last name...no, I dont know what she looks like...but she has a little girl named Sage....right, right....you're SURE you dont know if she's there??"

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good luck heather! sending you speedy labor vibes!

....this means that i'm next my countdown ticker is down to 30 days. wow.

walking and stumbling- we do this daily, he rolls his ankles a lot too but i'm guessing it's from my crappy ankle genes and from his inability to do anything carefully or slowly. he wipes out good atleast once a day. since he's started walking, about 5mths now, he's had 4 bloody lips all resulting in a bruise and fat lip for a few days. dh and i are both majorly clumsy though so he could have inherited this too

cute pictures bama!

SA-too funny about the cow! Spud has finally learned how to say "moo" and will moo at his stuffed cow

pgmichelle-woot for the food finds! i'm always excited to find stuff for Spud here locally instead of having to order it or drive to St.Louis. who would have thought feeding our children could be so difficult!

[mclisa]

I'm checking in for the Heather update. Good luck today! It sure sounds like it is the real deal. Ah for the wait...


Claire is pretty good at walking. I credit that to walking late (15 m.) More coordinated by then rather than the 10 m. walker. She loves running up and down our halls. If it is wet she'll slip and wipe out, but generally does quite well.


I think back in the other thread someone asked why I've been induced each time. Maddie was 11 days late. Ellysia was 2 days early, but my water broke and no contractions after 12 hours. Claire was 7 days late and was having low heart tones so we didn't want to wait much longer. It just seemed safer to have her out in case it was something like the placenta or my hormones that was causing the low rates. So I'm expecting to go late this time too, except Ellysia was an April baby and she came sort of early...so maybe there's hope yet.

I've often wondered if the reason I've had a hard time keeping up my milk supply was the fact that I don't have spontaneous labor. No way to study or prove that, but it is interesting that oxytocin is involved in both matters.

[SharonAnne]

No update from Heather? I wonder if she's run back to the hospital yet....

DH and I thought it would be fun, since Joey was sleeping already, to play the Dubbaya drinking game during the State of the Union last night. Now I have a headache and can't remember much of what he said I'll have to find it online later and rewatch, without the alcoholic beverage Of course, I didn't drink all that much, truth be told. I'm just a super lightweight since I've hardly had anything to drink in, oh, about three years. :

[bamamom]

State of the Union: not much to see, except that i found it extremely amusing to watch Bush with his VP over one shoulder, and Pelosi over the other and you could tell she wanted to chunk her microphone at his head a few times. There were a few things she agreed with, and clapped for, otherwise she sat there and chewed her mints

[mclisa]

I didn't have the TV on last night so I missed the prez. I knew I would get caught up this morning and hear how each side was spinning it anyways on the morning news shows.

Go Heather go!

[dynamohumm6]

Originally Posted by SharonAnne

No update from Heather? I wonder if she's run back to the hospital yet....

DH and I thought it would be fun, since Joey was sleeping already, to play the Dubbaya drinking game during the State of the Union last night. Now I have a headache and can't remember much of what he said I'll have to find it online later and rewatch, without the alcoholic beverage Of course, I didn't drink all that much, truth be told. I'm just a super lightweight since I've hardly had anything to drink in, oh, about three years. :

"hard work"
"workin' hard"
"patience"

if you just used THOSE THREE PHRASES you'd be fubar'd in a matter of minutes!!
/speaking from experience

[bamamom]

explain that game....I've never played that one

[SharonAnne]

Basically, you choose what phrases you expect to hear a bunch and drink every time you hear it. My personal favorite is "nucular" :

We were real dumb and decided to drink at every standing O, too. Oy vey :

[SharonAnne]

Oh, and....Emmy I'm shocked that you played the Dubbaya drinking game.

[dynamohumm6]

Originally Posted by SharonAnne

Oh, and....Emmy I'm shocked that you played the Dubbaya drinking game.

In the past - I refuse to watch him speak anymore.

(or, I'm maybe perhaps not allowed to watch it anymore unless I can refrain from yelling obscenities at the tv, which may or may not happen 30-45 seconds into any speech that comes out of that man's mouth).

[anabellee]

Originally Posted by dynamohumm6

In the past - I refuse to watch him speak anymore.

(or, I'm maybe perhaps not allowed to watch it anymore unless I can refrain from yelling obscenities at the tv, which may or may not happen 30-45 seconds into any speech that comes out of that man's mouth).

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