Weekly Thread? July 16 - Page 4

[Cujobunny]

Josy, I'm going to log on later today when maybe you're done work so you better let us know what's going on! I hope it's the real thing.

I am officially done work yesterday was my last day! Now I just get to relax and get ready for babe. I'll be 38 wks on Sunday.

I do get quite hungry but then I can only eat a little bit before I get really full. Darn baby is squishing my stomach. and everything else...

Also, I am so sick of feeling so irritable and bitchy.. It's like nobody can do anything right. I do my best not to verbalize it but meanwhile in my head I"m just criticizing everyone and everything. I think not working and getting some rest will help that. I'm looking forward to chilling out and enjoying the last bit of my pregnancy and the last bit of ds being my only child.

I liken the way I feel to a mother cat about to give birth - I just want to go hide under the porch where noone can find me and bother me.

[josybear]

Originally Posted by PiePie

Josy, is today your last day of work? How far along are you again, 38 weeks?? the first thing i thought when i woke up this morning was, josy's in labor!

i'm due either july 24 or august 6 or somewhere in between, depending who you ask : so this baby is on time anytime between last week and the middle of august. and today IS my last day! my boss said not to bother doing anything and leave early (with pay for the whole day!) if i want but there's a/c here and none at home so i'm staying for as long as i can... i found the new harry potter book online and am enjoying that, as well as doing a token amount of work. i'm supposed to do a night shift tonight, but hopefully i'm busy having a baby. we'll see...

eta: cujobunny, the mama cat thing exactly describes how i've felt these past couple of weeks. and i bet it would be nice and cool under a porch...

[QueenOfThePride]

Originally Posted by Cujobunny

I liken the way I feel to a mother cat about to give birth - I just want to go hide under the porch where noone can find me and bother me.

I feel exactly the same way!

[PiePie]

anybody else having trouble with mainstream friends at this stage? i am. we are friends with another couple who are expecting, but the further along they go the more interventionist and consumerist they seem to me. i am angry with dh for listening to her pro-interventionist rhetoric. really, i am too polite to correct her when she tries to tell us that epidurals are good for baby -- dh should know better because he should have kept up with the reading i have assigned him. dh thinks i am not being evidence-based by looking only at my one-sided stuff and not reading her books too. so he credits us equally and thinks he is so great and open-minded and scientific.

his deeper issue is that i am judgmental of them. yes, i am. i want what's best for my child and i bring critical thinking skills to make those determinations, rather than using whatever i can find to justify whatever seems easiest for me. but i do not feel resentful of them because of what they are doing to their children, really i don't think that would upset me this much (frankly, their baby seems pretty hypothetical to me now compared to my own). it's more that i feel judged by her -- and therefore by dh -- because of what i want, that i am the one being judged. what it feels like to me is that i want to surround myself at this late stage with people who are supportive of my vision for me. if he were doing it, he could surround himself with people of all birthing philosophies if that were what made him feel great.

i can't believe he would be disagreeing with/questioning natural childbirth this late in the game.

[supermuma]

Originally Posted by josybear

i'm due either july 24 or august 6 or somewhere in between, depending who you ask : so this baby is on time anytime between last week and the middle of august.

Oh my, you sound like me. I am due either the 21st of July (ooh, that is today! ) or August 5th...depending on who you ask...

Okay, I am finally going to post a pic in the pics...since I FINALLY got around to figuring out how, yeah!

[dantesmama]

Good luck, josybear!

My best friend had her baby Thursday night, and yesterday we went over to visit. It's been about a year since I've held a newborn, and it always amazes me how tiny they are at first. Now that she's given birth, it's my turn! Yesterday I really thought I was going to go into labor last night or today. I just felt different somehow, can't really explain it. I woke up this morning and was like, "damn!" I'm 37 weeks and READY. I've been nesting like crazy (the other night I was up at 2am scrubbing the inside of the oven with nothing but a scrubby pad and elbow grease for over an hour). I've really enjoyed this pregnancy but I'm done now. I only have one pair of jeans and one shirt that fit me. Baby is very low and it's really uncomfortable. I keep having pretty strong contractions that come at regular intervals for a bit, then peter out. I'm thinking I'm going to up my RRL intake, spend more time on my birthing ball, and beg dp for sex (he's not into hugely-pregnant sex, so it's been awhile!) to try to get this baby out!

[Lady Lilya]

Well, my sciatica is improving. But it is still almost impossible for me to bend down or squat to get anything. I decided to brave making dinner tonight, even though DH said he would do it. I needed him to get pots out from the lower cabinet, to get the meat and spinach out of the lower parts of the fridge, and to put foil on the broiler pan (I don't like to scrub it). He also ended up doing about 3/4 of the dishes. I realized that to get close enough with my belly in the way, i lean forward. I wonder if that contributed to the sciatica.

We also did some laundry. He had to get the laundry basket up off the floor for me, and the pair of socks that had missed the basket. He had to get the detergent out of the low cabinet. A couple of times I dropped items of clothing, and he had to pick them up. When it was time to hang things on the line, he did about half and I did about half, working at the same time. When the basket was full of wet laundry, it was difficult for me to carry -- especially through the narrow doorway to get outside. You have to carry a bulky basket kinda off-center. When we got to the doorway, I had to ask DH to take it.

My poor kitty was pretty freaked out by my condition. Thursday night, when I was the worst, I was making a lot of noises from the pain pretty much every time i moved. She kept hovering near me and meowing. I had DH give her fresh water, dry food, and a can of wet food. Still she hovered, so I know she wasn't just asking for something. She is very attached to me. She spends about 90% of the time within 5 feet of me. I guess I gave her a scare. Earlier today she spent some time on my lap looking up at me lovingly.

I watched Meet Joe Black on TV earlier. My comment: it was trying to be a better movie than it was. It overdid it trying to be romantic and dramatic.

[Lady Lilya]

Originally Posted by dantesmama

Good luck, josybear!
It's been about a year since I've held a newborn, and it always amazes me how tiny they are at first.

Thank God! They are big enough to carry and push out as it is!

[lyttlewon]

Originally Posted by wendyland

You learn something new everyday. I didn't know this.

I used to have an article that summerized it very well but here is at least one you can look at. It is well covered in journals just difficult to find online abstracts.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...RVAbstractPlus

IgG levels in maternal and umbilical cord serum after vaginal delivery and after elective Caesarean section.

Concentrations of IgG is maternal serum and in umbilical cord blood were determined in two groups of patients: one group had spontaneous vaginal deliveries and the other elective Caesarean sections. Mean umbilical cord serum IgG after vaginal delivery was significantly higher than the mean value after elective Caesarean section. The difference between the maternal serum IgG livel and the umbilical cord serum IgG level increased as did the duration of labour.

[PiePie]

I am not doing well today. I was pretty much in bed, asleep, for most of the day.

I had a UA VIOLATION amount of work to get done, which I haven't even started. DH is on my case to quit work, but I can't when I am this far behind on stupid paperwork without jeopardizing a future reference. I just want the clock to stop!

[mama2walden&luna]

Originally Posted by PiePie

anybody else having trouble with mainstream friends at this stage? i am. we are friends with another couple who are expecting, but the further along they go the more interventionist and consumerist they seem to me. i am angry with dh for listening to her pro-interventionist rhetoric. really, i am too polite to correct her when she tries to tell us that epidurals are good for baby -- dh should know better because he should have kept up with the reading i have assigned him. dh thinks i am not being evidence-based by looking only at my one-sided stuff and not reading her books too. so he credits us equally and thinks he is so great and open-minded and scientific.

his deeper issue is that i am judgmental of them. yes, i am. i want what's best for my child and i bring critical thinking skills to make those determinations, rather than using whatever i can find to justify whatever seems easiest for me. but i do not feel resentful of them because of what they are doing to their children, really i don't think that would upset me this much (frankly, their baby seems pretty hypothetical to me now compared to my own). it's more that i feel judged by her -- and therefore by dh -- because of what i want, that i am the one being judged. what it feels like to me is that i want to surround myself at this late stage with people who are supportive of my vision for me. if he were doing it, he could surround himself with people of all birthing philosophies if that were what made him feel great.

i can't believe he would be disagreeing with/questioning natural childbirth this late in the game.

OMG, I have had issues with my more mainstream friends ever since dd was born 2.5 years ago! I judge them, I do, I admit it. I used to prize myself for never judging anyone, I was soooooo "live and let live" until I became a mom. I still am to a large extent, but there are parenting issues that just get my dander up BIG TIME. I have a girlfriend that asks for the maximum amount of painkillers while in labor, plus the epidural. I have friends that spank, in fact, I think they all do. It really pi$$&$ me off. Things like that, ya know, they bother me. I guess I do pick and chose what I get upset about. I don't get upset with them for vaxing or circumcising, although I disagree with it. I'm always happy to hear if they skip a shot or decide not to circ. It's weird. One good thing is, dh doesn't take other sides or try to be the great open minded mediator. He agrees with me on a lot of things, but some things he just keeps quiet about. He lets me rant. I feel bad, though, I shouldn't be so opinionated about what other people do with their kids. It's not nice of me. :

[mama2walden&luna]

Josy, keep us posted!

[josybear]

i feel like i'm on the brink of the real thing but just can't make it, you know? yesterday afternoon things petered right out, after 24 hours of ctx. walking 20 feet or nursing my son or a million other things start them back up instantly, but they fade right back out. i just want this pregnancy to be over but it wants to drag on and on and on...

[supermuma]

josy, I am completely with you on this josy. I can really empathize with how you feel..I feel like your posts could be mine! Last night I once again had contractions, pressure, sharp pains down my legs with each contraction and period like cramping....woke up several times in the night...and then this morning woke up like nothing had even happened. I think I fell asleep at about 5 again (for REAL sleep) *sigh*..this is getting REALLY REALLY old.