Weekly Thread: Sept 28th-30th! - Page 6

[janasmama]

Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes

Will they do that if you aren't past 40 weeks? I shamelessly admit the thought crossed my mind.

I'm sure that's a highly individual thing between MW's. If you are this close to your EDD and asked them, I personally don't see why they wouldn't. But...it does hurt and it does make ctx come on strong.

[TaraRae82]

The missing MDC mama I was thinking of actually wasn't Carrie and I still haven't seen anything from her today.....I guess I'll put it out there....Where are you SonshineRae?! I hope you're not here because your baby has plans for you!

Changed, that's great the your appt went well and your BP didn't end up being a problem today!

Carrie, I will of course be thinking of you and your kitty. I know how hard it is to deal with a sick kitty (we had to put my beautiful black beauty, Scarlett, down just 2 weeks after we got married due to FIP). I'll be hoping she's just got a bug and they can do antibiotics to help her get better. Get better little Leeloo! :

[CrunchyDoula]

Hey Ladies! I feel like I keep falling further and further behind in these threads. I've read all of the updates! I'm sorry to all of you who are so uncomfortable and I think it is great that so many of you are doing still feeling so great!

I am doing so so. I think I've been really over doing it. I went out shopping yesterday and got ALL of the food that was needed to make the 30+ postpartum meals I'm going to make. But man it really took its toll on me. Today I helped my mom clean up her house, shes been working a lot, and then I met with my doula again, which always makes me feel so good!

I woke feeling very crampy today. My cervix is very very soft and easily 3cm. I couldn't help but panic a bit about it being so close to when this little guy is going to be here! It could really be any day, but I NEED to wait at least 4 days, but 7 would be ideal!!!

I've been feeling really lucky lately. I did a bra focus group at our local Bosom Buddies the other day which was really neat! For an hour and a half of a time you get to take ANY bra that you'd like. So I was able to get a really nice nursing bra that I never would have bought myself! And then the local massage therapy school is having a prenatal massage day, where they give out free massages to women in their 3 tri, and I get to go on Sunday (another reason I want this little guy to wait ) !!

So this week I'm booked! Tomorrow and Wednesday I need to spend cooking the ton of pp meals. Thursday I have the big Birth Center Group prenatal appointment where they go over everything that you need to know. Friday I want to attend the local LLL meeting. Saturday we are planning on doing belly pics and my belly cast and if we have time we are going to henna my belly too Then Sunday is the massage appointment. Then Monday I have my final appointment with my doula!

Okay...I'm just rambling on and on now...so I'll talk with you all soon!

[crabbyowl]

Crampy!

I've been noticing a LOT more BH, but today is the first time they actually hurt! I woke up to a dull cramping in my lower belly, and they lasted all day. They were really strong when I sat on the couch or was lying down, but much more tolerable when I was doing something else. Even moving from the couch to the dining table made a big difference. For a while I thought I might be in labor (I'm due October 8th), and was kind of disappointed to not be. Here's hoping it'll be soon, though! :

[Orionbelt]

Wow...I can't even possibly keep up with everyone in this thread. I love that we are such a chatty bunch!

AAM: I'm now 37 weeks and just so beyond ready for this baby to make its exit. I'm finding it really difficult keeping up with an 18 month old and a 2 1/2 year old all day long. Thank goodness DH is home more now. I don't know if I mentioned his new schedule for the fall (he is in the Navy but on course for the fall) but he is off Monday and Fridays, goes for a full day on Tuesday and just the mornings of Wednesday/Thursday. He doesn't really have as much time off as it sounds as he is doing courses and having to read a ton and write a ton of essays but it is nice having him home so much.

So I'm starting to get really nervous about going into labour. Not so much the labour part but the part where I need someone to watch my two little ones while DH and I go to the hospital. My Mom is coming down to watch them but she lives two hours away. She is planning on coming down Thanksgiving week-end (not this week-end but next) and staying so hopefully Baby #3 will hold off until then so I won't be so stressed out!

I can't believe that tomorrow is October...ummmm, hello, we are having babies in October! Yikes!

[janasmama]

Originally Posted by Orionbelt

My Mom is coming down to watch them but she lives two hours away. She is planning on coming down Thanksgiving week-end (not this week-end but next) and staying so hopefully Baby #3 will hold off until then so I won't be so stressed out!

Okay, it is early for me but I'm confused. Thanksgiving weekend?

It's 5 am here and I've been up for awhile. I started having mild, regular contractions last night around 8 pm and I didn't go to bed until midnight. I'm not sure how long I've been awake but I woke up to ctx and ended up laying on the couch b/c my son was in bed with me and I couldn't get comfy. I just couldn't go back to sleep...I woke up starving, wide awake....wanting to clean the floors and bathroom.

Finally I got up to get something to eat and saw that it was 5 so I went ahead and just got up. I have a MW appt today at 12:30 and I'm debating having her check me for dilation so I can set the pool up b/c I'm getting a lot of pelvic pressure and I had to poop (I never poop at 5 am )

We'll see.

[audsma]

I can't believe it's the last day of September, and there are 6 pages of this thread!

I'm sorry for all of the extreme discomfort some of you are experiencing. I remember the heartburn from DD. Now, it's only this right side of my sacrum/hip that's doing my mobility in. I'll call the chiro today and see about an appt. tomorrow to hopefully remedy it.

Crunchydoula- wow! You have a great week ahead of you. Remember to let yourself be off your feet during some of that food prep-- it sounds intense! I love the deals you found, with the bra and the massage. We are going to try for our pictures this week too. DH is excited to do the belly cast, although I will not with his dad here! DH is pushing toward his own deadline before the arrival of this little one-- to get the new house drywall ready.

Yesterday I cleaned the carseat bases and reapplied the newly washed cover. I also organized all of the larger sized baby clothes and packed them away in a single place instead of various and sundry boxes. I packaged up all of my maternity clothes that I can no longer wear, for the next lucky woman in my community who might need them. Today I may just tackle the closet and drawers in our room. Oh, and I got the baby changing table cleared of clutter and set up with the changing pad. Now all I have to do is detail the cars, install the bases for the carseat, and hang the pictures, and that part will be done. After that it is a slow, methodical deep clean of the house, which my mom would be willing to do when she's here in November, so I don't really have to worry much about it if I don't want to.

I took DD out to lunch yesterday to Olive Garden (her fav. restaurant-- b/c they have mac and cheese and breadsticks, I guess). Thanks to my MIL who gave us a gift card for OG at my shower-- not knowing Dh now can't stand dining there. We did our Target returns and got the crib bedding. If this little one is anything like DD, however, and refuses to sleep outside of body heat/boob proximity, I'll return the crib stuff.

Oh, and for those of you who look for who's especially quiet on the boards-- I check only in the early mornings, but if sleep trumps MDC I can be off for a day. My mid-day posts are really a fluke since I rarely open the computer past 7 AM.

Have a great day finishing off this thread, ladies. I'll read it before I post to the daily thread tomorrow. OCTOBER, oh my goodness!

[Orionbelt]

Originally Posted by janasmama

Okay, it is early for me but I'm confused. Thanksgiving weekend?

Sorry, should have clarified...I'm in Canada and Thanksgiving Week-end is in less than two weeks so I could be eating turkey while giving birth to a turkey!

[Changed]

Originally Posted by janasmama

(I never poop at 5 am )

I don't either but for the last few days that's what has been waking me up in the morning. Pleasant huh? Then I'm fine all day long until about 4 pm when the contractions start. They last until I got to bed and then one wakes me up every few hours and I go pee. *repeat*

[NDFanatik]

WOOT WOOT!! I'M 37 WEEKS NOW! Okay, soo... One more week and then maybe Miss Katherine can decide to come out? I really don't care as long as she's here by her due date, lol... I NEVER wanna go overdue again! That was torture!!

Okay, that's all I wanted to say, lol.

[CrunchyDoula]

Yay, Mothering is FINALLY back on!!!

[crosscat]

Originally Posted by Crunchy Doula

Yay, Mothering is FINALLY back on!!!

Just as I'm getting sleepy and thinking about going to bed!!!

Hope everyone had a good day. I wonder if anyone had a baby today???

I had an OB appointment this morning and I'm now dilated to 3 cm, my mucous plug is pretty much gone, 75% effaced, and baby Calla is in a good position at station 0. My OB says anytime this week; Calla just has to decide which day she wants to be her birthday.

BTW Hypnomamas - My OB said she's helped three hypnomamas birth recently, and that it worked great for all of them. I hear great things about hypnobabies all the time, but I still found that reassuring and thought I'd share.

Take care! Tomorrow is OCTOBER!!!:

[TaraRae82]

Originally Posted by Crunchy Doula

Yay, Mothering is FINALLY back on!!!

I know!! I've been checking all day in between cleaning, oil change appt, workout and it's FINALLY back! It does look a bit different.

We have an u/s appt tomorrow at 2:30 that I'm not thrilled about but I do feel we're doing the right thing in doing it. We need to re-check the measurement of the renal pelvis of the baby as it was "mildly enlarged" at the 20wk one. We're not terribly concerned and neither is our doctor but we all agree that it's probably best just to be cautious. I'm having a hard time admitting to the fact and not feeling guilty that this is our 3rd u/s when I didn't want any to begin with. But, they've all been discussed with us, and DH and I feel they're necessary so I keep telling myself that. It's not helping much. Oh well. Hopefully the u/s will also show that fluid levels are good and baby isn't posterior (OB thinks maybe baby is). It's being ordered as a limited OB u/s to check only those few things.

[Baby_Cakes]

Hi Guys! How funny that MDC was down on a day that I didn't log on! I would have been so frustrated!

Audsma - Good job getting all that work done! Just reading it made me exhausted! I packed up all my old maternity clothes a few weeks ago, hopefully someone else can use them sooner than I will!

AAM - Had a mw appointment today and I met the new midwifery student working with the practice doing, I suppose, her clinical hours for school (I didn't know I was going to be meeting with her before I got there) and she seems lovely. Green, but lovely.

Anyway, the baby looks fine. She is *low* in my pelvis, HR was 150, and she's moving around a lot still. I asked them to check me and I'm still only about 1 fingertip dilated and maybe 50-60% effaced, but both my midwife and the student said it doesn't tell you much about what's going to happen, only what's happening right this minute. I knew that, but I wanted the status update regardless, lol

So, alls good on that front.

Tomorrow we are taking Leeloo to the animal hospital for x-rays. 2 out of the 3 markers for liver problems came up on her blood panel. The good news is that it probably isn't cancer, but the bad news is that liver failure doesn't sound good either. She is so lethargic on the cipro that they prescribed for her, and she's still barely eating. I am beside myself with grief. It's almost unbearable. I keep having to compartmentalize and not think about her in order to stay in one piece.

Ugh, I feel like the stress just doesn't end. It seriously went from having problems with my Mom to my poor cat being sick. I didn't get to even catch my breath. It just goes to show that life does not stop for anything, it keeps beating at you - and what doesn't break you can only make you stronger.

[freedak]

I truly wish I could keep up with the chit chat threads and all the other threads, but I just don't have the energy! I'm so excited to see all the mamas giving birth to big, healthy babies, and I feel empathy for those of you in discomfort!

I'll give a quick update on me, but it's not pleasant. Last week's BP was pretty high, but I tried not to stress about it too much. I called the office on Friday because I had a 2-day headache, and the mw suggested I buy my own BP cuff just to make sure it wasn't getting out of control. Went back to the mw today, BP is still high, some protein in urine, and gained 4 lbs. in the last week. Needless to say, I am extremely unhappy and worried! I am doing a 24 hour urine collection, and she drew blood to test for liver and kidney functioning. I should know what's what in a couple of days, I guess. The thing that REALLY sucks is that, if I DO get induced, my care gets transferred to the OB/Gyn in the practice, and I'm really not fond of him. He's okay, but I've heard some negative stories. If it does turn out that they want to induce me, I'm going to see my acupuncturist to try to induce on my own...if that happens, I can still deliver with the midwives. I'm just kind of down right now, but I'm hoping for the best. Expecting the worst, but hoping for the best...

[HeddyBee]

Originally Posted by crosscat

Just as I'm getting sleepy and thinking about going to bed!!!

Hope everyone had a good day. I wonder if anyone had a baby today???

I had an OB appointment this morning and I'm now dilated to 3 cm, my mucous plug is pretty much gone, 75% effaced, and baby Calla is in a good position at station 0. My OB says anytime this week; Calla just has to decide which day she wants to be her birthday.

BTW Hypnomamas - My OB said she's helped three hypnomamas birth recently, and that it worked great for all of them. I hear great things about hypnobabies all the time, but I still found that reassuring and thought I'd share.

Take care! Tomorrow is OCTOBER!!!:

Yay for October : )

I did NOT have a baby today, lol. I'm at 37 weeks and 2 days. I am happy to hear of more good experiences with hypnobabies. I know it's been helping me stay relaxed!

Does anyone else have trouble driving these days? Between my short legs and large belly, I can't make the steering wheel fit comfortably. Sigh. So I'm really stuck at home aside from the bus. Luckily we have free public transportation here...

I have been feeling more menstrual-type cramping and a few more ctx, so it feels like things are warming up. But this being my first, I don't know what to think.

[janasmama]

I didn't have a baby today either although when I'm up and walking around it certainly feels like I could get the baby out with just a couple of pushes...if only my cervix would open.

I had my appt. today...the baby's head is much lower than last week and is into my pelvis...I didn't need the MW to tell me that since I can feel it.

Here's hoping that I can sleep tonight because not getting much sleep makes me a wreck during the day.

[JMarie930]

Wow - everyone sounds so busy! Today was my birthday, so I did a whole lot of nothing. It was wonderful. I actually stopped by work because one of my co-workers made me a cake (she didn't know I wouldn't be in...) and chatted with people for a while. Picked up DS at school and took him in for a haircut, then we met DH after work for dinner at Cheesecake Factory. I love me some cheesecake! It was so good, but I could hardly eat anything. I feel like I have so little room left, I think my stomach is now halfway in my throat some days. But it was a nice day. Hot (96 degrees when I picked up DS...), but nice.

LO is moving around like crazy, and (TMI warning) I've been having upwards of 4 BMs a day (SO not like when I was pg with DS!). But I can tell she's still pretty high and I'm fairly certain I'm not dialating at all. It's just odd. I did wake up last night with some darn strong twinges in my cervix, but my uterus wasn't hard or anything. Strange, no? Maybe she was just trying to punch her way out. I'm just happy I passed the 35w2d mark. Next goal is 37 weeks for me! I hope everyone has a wonderful night and plenty of restful sleep.

[NDFanatik]

happy birthday jennifer!!!!!

[Amber Lion]

: Jennifer!