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I am swelling in my feet and at night in my hands, and I gained a few pounds, but the check today was great. No headaches or spots, no protein in my urine and my BP was really good.

So except for feet that look a bit swollen sometimes and pain in my "Mommy Muscle" from pulling my groin bowling last Sunday, I am still doing really great.

They have no pools for me right now : because of all the others due, so I am kind of worried I will go into labor and not have the pool here. I am counting on that for relaxation and pain relief. I will be SO ticked off if I listened to them and didn't order my own, only to be left with no pool.

If they get the loaned dopplers back before I give birth, they will loan me one so in case my water breaks and I am nervous until they get here, I can check on the heart beat. I am really just a wee bit nervous about a prolapsed cord, but they also made sense with a story abount someone with cord compression issues recently. If on her left side or on the toilet, the fetal heart tones were in the 80's, but if on the right side, they were great.

They said call AS SOON as I feel I am going into labor because too many people wait and then they can't get comfortably set up with oxygen and meds, etc and have literally seconds to catch the baby. If there are problems, they really need that oxygen set up, etc.

Anywhoo, a good appointment and I am less worried about all this swelling!
post #2 of 6
do we women even have "groin" muscles?

i'm glad your MW appt went well. if i were you i'd get my own aqua doula tub or something cuz that isn't assuring enough. if you really want one, yeah, that's what i'd do......can you rent one from a local doula, maybe?
love,
lis


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Originally Posted by GinaRae View Post
I am swelling in my feet and at night in my hands, and I gained a few pounds, but the check today was great. No headaches or spots, no protein in my urine and my BP was really good.

So except for feet that look a bit swollen sometimes and pain in my "Mommy Muscle" from pulling my groin bowling last Sunday, I am still doing really great.
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Glad to hear everything checked out so well! Aren't you glad you didn't give into the pressure of the other mw and change to a dr/hospital birth! You've done so amazing, getting as far as you have!
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Sounds like a great appointment, Gina! I'm glad that things are going smoothly for you as we get down to the wire... I know you've had a lot of worries about this birth earlier on in the pregnancy. Yay for good BP! Yay for no protein!
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They have no pools for me right now : because of all the others due, so I am kind of worried I will go into labor and not have the pool here. I am counting on that for relaxation and pain relief. I will be SO ticked off if I listened to them and didn't order my own, only to be left with no pool.
I was kinda worried about this too. My MW has 5 other moms due right around now. One of them gave birth last week but didn't have the tub, so my MW picked up the tub from someone else and dropped it back off after the birth. That was very reassuring to hear! Luckily, someone else gave birth last weekend so we got our tub and did the hose test run and are ready to go! Hope it works out for you Gina. Everything else sounds like it went well!
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Glad to hear everything checked out so well! Aren't you glad you didn't give into the pressure of the other mw and change to a dr/hospital birth! You've done so amazing, getting as far as you have!

YES! And every time I hear her voice I want to smack her

She was pushy about checking me yesterday (I didn't allow it) and she was not happy about the expected head count at our house for the birth AND she was so concerned over the low crampy cx's she wants me to call her if they change AT ALL. I didn't say so, but WHY?! I am not calling unless I go into labor, so BOO on her.
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