Daily thread - Thursday - 08/07 - Page 2

[Shiloh]

okay midwife #4 rocked.
she reviewed my chart measured me said I am over 38 weeks
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Just like I've been freakin saying...
said lots of sex, castor oil,nipples...

and if we'd been able to sort it out she would have stripped me TODAY!
Just knowing I was heard and not crazy!
She thinks baby is around 8lbs (like 7.5-8lbs)

So my primary I am supposed to have the home visit with I am begging to come over and strip me (we are friends) so it could be any day (the stripping) in the next week! Midwife 4 said one week TOPS...
hope is kept alive and dh doesn't thnk I am so hormonal....

[holothuroidea]

I'm glad your care provider issues worked out, Shiloh.

This is WAY TMI, but I'm going to say it anyway because I need to tell someone and I don't want to gross out DH, who has been grossed out enough already. Ok, you've been warned... Last night I had a BM the size of a SOFTBALL. I kid you not, and about as hard as one too. It was so incredibly difficult and painful. I really just could not believe it... I was so shocked. : Yeah, that was traumatic so I needed to talk about it...

At least now I know my perineum can stretch. *heavy sigh*

I know that's really gross, sorry.

I'm a huge space cadet today... I can't concentrate on any one task so I've been pacing around the apartment aimlessly. I need to get motivated to do something or maybe I should just take a nap.

[lil_earthmomma]

I'm popping in, this is my first daily thread post.

Life has been so crazy and emotional the last couple of weeks that I've barely had time to think let alone post.

My sister is going through a really hard separation with her abusive husband, and it's taking it's toll on the whole family. Crying has caused some intense bh, but nothing to get excited over.

My home visit was today, and I was shocked when my mw said I would be taking my gbs test next week. Last time around I didn't do it, and that seemed like the option they encouraged, due to all the false results that the swab causes. This time around, this mw said they encourage everyone to get the swab done because on the off chance that your babe needs to be transfered, if you have a negative result they don't do as many invasive tests on your nb. (Lumbar puncture etc.) So now I feel totally backed into a corner. I don't want an iv of abx during my homebirth, but what if my result is positive. Blech, I just thought this was one stress I didn't have to deal with. Last time they brought the abx, told me that they would offer them if any of the risk factors presented, and they didn't.

Aurgh. Sorry, I love my mws I'm just frustrated with the system.

[Shiloh]

my midwife said even if I was positive its only really necessary when the baby hangs out in the birth canal too long or the water breaks without labour other than that (she said) the baby doesn't have enough time to culture enough bacteria...

so just pray for a speedy pass through the birth canal...