Pregnancy – August 2011

AnneElise

Hey ladies, Just wanted to let you know that I still read up on all of you Hope everyone is doing well!

Elise is doing great, time is flying by!

xoxoxo

mukie89

Rachel- hope your first few days are going smoothly :flowerforyou: looking forward to hearing from you

jen- I hope that you have no pre-e this time around! fingers crossed

caperfae- I would totally feel the same frustration surrounding the little girl at the baby shower. Of course its natural for her to want to poke around but its her guardians job to respect the situation and you by stopping her. frustrates me when parents seem oblivious to their child doing something obviously inappropriate, makes it awkward for those around. I hope you appointment went well and that all is fine

ronya- that mural is AMAZING!! is your hubby a professional artist? and can he come and do our nursery?:laugh:

julz- yay for finding a new vehicle that does the job!!

Danielle- Wow those are beautiful maternity photos!! especially love the ones with you and your hubby

anne- how is everything going with you and baby?

so god showed himself to me yesterday in the form of skinny maternity jeans!:laugh: I found them at motherhood maternity, they fit great, are soooo comfortable and have seriously made me feel 100 times more comfortable in my own skin I paired these jeans with a summery light purple and white stripped maternity t-shirt and i feel like a new woman. After some shopping therapy hubby and i decided to walk home which was fine until i got diarrhea half way home:ohwell: the cramping was horrible but we luckily managed to find a restroom before things became truly unbearable haha, so much for a romantic walk home :laugh:

Although the shopping increased my endorphines i still couldn't help feeling like i was closer to 80 years old yesterday, with the niggly back pains that are creeping in and shooting pains in my thigh every so often when walking. Im also abit bummed out that my morning sickness has again reared its ugly head:sick: luckily its almost always during the morning hours of 9-10am so i can mentally prepare, but this is something I could definitely do without.

Can anyone believe that its almost September??? soon we'll have lots of mommies holding there LO's in their arms how exciting!

JKilty

Finally, I have the time to catch up on this board! If I miss anyone, I’m sorry!

Congrats, Rachel!

Anne- Love your picture of Elise! She’s beautiful!

Danielle- Great job on the maternity pictures! I need to get those done. I think we’re going to have my husband’s cousin do them. She is fantastic (and affordable)! I’m not looking forward to those checks…ugh!

Julz- Glad you found a vehicle! That must be a relief. We’re going to try to go in our little Corolla as long as possible! Fitting the baby in isn’t the problem…it’s trying to find space for my 70lb lab! Especially because we live a little over 3 hours from my family and one hour from his. Good luck with school! I’m so glad I took this semester off…but it feels weird that I’m not taking classes, since I’ve been in school for what seems like forever!

Ronya- What an awesome mural! Love it!

Caperfae – Glad you got a lot of good stuff at your shower! Cake sounds so good right now…haha!

Lindsey- Only a few more days!

Melissa- LOVE my maternity skinny jeans!!! I know I’ll love them even more when I get to wear my boots and scarves with them this fall! Glad you had some good retail therapy :happy:

Thanks to all of you who commented about daycare! I did read every response, I just didn’t have time to respond! I wish I was able to be a stay at home mom, but it’s really not possible right now. We would struggle financially if I did, but more than that, because I am doing grad school through my employer, I would have to pay all the tuition back if I quit. So, I will have to keep working at the University for two years after I finish my degree next December. We did find a couple of good leads on home day cares though! We meet with one tomorrow night and another the next night. One of them is where my husband’s cousin takes their son. I’m really hopeful about that one because she is inexpensive ($85 a week…when we were expecting to pay $130ish) and she is a stay at home mom with only her two kids and our cousins little boy. The other lady has more kids at one time, but has been doing it for 21 years, so we’ll see. Fingers crossed, but it’s nice to have options!

I had another ultrasound the other day to see if my placenta moved up and it did! So happy about that! Now if all goes well, I won't have to have a C-section. I also found out that I will have to do some extra tests when I get closer to the due date because I’m on blood pressure medicine. Not sure what that will involve, but my Dr isn’t concerned yet. AND I only gained two pounds since my last visit (1 month ago)! I guess walking 1 hour minimum every night is really paying off!

I will be camping with my in-laws this coming weekend, so I’m praying it won’t be too hot!

Hope you are all having a great week!

Caperfae

Appointment update - Just as I suspected, they (the nurse and nutritionist) told me I have to increase my carbs in order to lower the ketone spillage. So I bought a burger at Wendy's on the way home and it was DELICIOUS. The nurse said it was easier and safer to compensate the high glucose numbers with the insulin than to have my body burning off the fat and energy that the baby needs.
I have basically been living off very little carbs and a lot of salads the last few months because I was scared to raise my blood glucose too much. Now I am going to have to retrain myself to have a slice of bread or bowl of cereal among other things. We'll see what the ketone situation is for the rest of the week and I have to call them with my glucose levels and my ketone results on Friday.

Next Tuesday I have to put my daughter on the school bus for the first time then I have to get ready for another diabetic clinic appointment and right after that I'm off to a prenatal appointment. It's going to be a very hectic morning to say the least.

abeare

Ronya, $8.50?!? That’s so wrong! That’s sad that the people caring for our children are paid less than a person working at a mall! Something’s not right with that situation! I know that my MIL who is an early childhood educator gets paid $25/hr and has fantastic benefits. For instance, women that get pregnant in her field (and nurses, and a few other professions) get an automatic paid leave once they get that Dr.s note saying they’re pregnant (because they are in high risk jobs for infections) and then after delivery they get the regular year leave, and most Government daycares pay the full salary for that year.
BTW I love the mural! So cute!

Lindseyjones, best of luck this week!

Little Spy, thanks for the info, I think it’s sad that you guys get so little time with your bundles of joy. In Canada, it’s a little different. The mother can either take 6month and her spouce take the other 6months, or she take a full year and the spouse gets 5weeks. They are currently trying to get it set up in the courts that parents of multiples each get a full year, but only a few couples have been given that, and had to go to court to get it granted. But it’s in the making. I should mention that the year off is not fully paid, the first few weeks is somewhere near 70% of your salary, then you go down to almost half, but most companies have a top up policy, where they pay the difference of what the Government will give you.

Muki, so glad to hear the shingles are clearing up! & gotta love that shopping therapy.

Mathjulz, A week? That’s all you can take before going back to school! I feel for you! You must be supper woman to take all this on, I tip my hat to you missy! Glad you enjoyed your supper.

Scorpiomom, thanks for that link, I was just thinking about kegels today and how I needed to start a regular routine. I think I just might do squats and leg stretches instead.

Caperfae, Glad you enjoyed your shower! But wow, that is annoying that the parent wasn’t controlling their child. It puts everyone else in an awkward situation because you don’t feel like you should be disciplining someone else’s kid, especially when the parent is there!
Correction, at least it wasn’t the parent, but comm’on grandma!

Dpage, love the pics!

To anyone I missed, sorry it wasn’t intentional!

Ash,

Lleldiranne

Any updates on Rachel yet? I hope all is well!!

I hope she doesn't mind me sharing -- Baby Avery Elizabeth arrived yesterday. Mom & baby are doing well and we'll hear more once they're released from the hospital (likely Tuesday, according to Rachel).

Yay! Glad to hear it! It sounds like maybe in Canada they keep mom in the hospital longer than here in the US. Congrats Rachel!

I had to stay 2 nights after a vaginal birth so I think 3 nights is pretty typical for a C-section.

I must have counted days wrong, I was thinking it was 4 nights. Rachel had a c-section? Missed that. I agree that at least 3 nights is pretty typical for that.
Hope to hear from Rachel soon!

Lleldiranne

Danielle - love the maternity pics! Especially the silhouette one.

Jenna - good luck with the daycare. It can make all the difference in the world, knowing your little one is in good hands.

Caperfae - yay for more carbs, at least in my opinion. How about fruit? (Anything to keep baby and mommy healthy!)

Abeare - It's also right before fall break, so I may get 2 full weeks off, lol. I only have class for about 3 hours a day, and hubby will drive me for a while (rather than me taking train) and have baby right there, so it won't be too bad. Yeah, I'm nuts. But hafta keep the scholarship!!

AFM - Quick dr appointment today. Last time, I thought he said it would be strep B test today, but now he says next time. Which is 2 weeks; next time I go in to doc I'll be full term! (still have NST this week and next, plus US next)
I have to remember not to get cake from Costco, or at least not to bring leftovers home. It's killed my nutrition this week. Going over on fat, even though I'm not on calories, is not making me too thrilled. Aargh, where did self control get to? lol!

ElizabethJ17

Hi everyone! Well it has been a bit chaotic around our house lately. Week two of school just ended. I still love it so hopefully that continues lol. My daughter is now 20 1/2 months old and we decided it is time to take her nuk from her. First I cut a bit of the tip off and told her it was broken well she still sucked on it and seemed to like it more because she was playing with it and sticking her tongue in the open end lol. So hubby took it and cut it pretty much completely off. She wssn't too happy. We just kept telling her that it was broken. Night #1 went okay it took her about 20-25 minutes of crying to fall asleep which is not typical. She goes to daycare for a partial day today so I can work on some homework then I bring her to the pediatrician this afternoon for a regular check up. There are no nuks in her diaper bag and we collected all hers from daycare yesterday so hopefully the daycare lady doesnt cave or allow her to find anyones at daycare. I wish we would have done this a long time ago it probably would have been easier. I feel bad with her crying but I know we need to nip this in the butt now. I certainly don't want to try getting her off of it when the huge change of having a little sister comes. She had her "broken" nuk in her crib last night but obviously couldn't suck on it. This morning she didnt even bother reaching for it when I got her up so maybe that is a sign she doesn't want it anymore. That is pretty much the excitement around here.
A girl from my program who I have a few classes with asked me the other day who was throwing me a shower. I said I wasn't having one since this is my second baby and she said she wanted to throw a small one for us friends at school. That was super sweet and I am pretty excited for that. I will admit we have a lot of the necessities already like clothes, burp rags, etc but it is always nice when someone gives you something to help you out.
Hope you are all doing great. Baby is moving around a lot now which is always fun. We have our echo for the babies heart in two weeks. Can't wait to see the little one again.
Thought I should add our daughter is only allowed her nuk at nap times, bedtime and in the carseat when she might nap in the car. Even though we limited it to these times it is still hard to break her from it.

Caperfae

Oh I remember weaning my daughter from her soother. It went better than expected. We just cut down the availability little by little, bedtime and naps only. Then she got in a habit of chewing the tips off so it was safer that we just took it away completely. We didn't plan on her being a soother baby but she was in the NICU and the nurse gave her one without asking. Not a huge deal .. and what's more adorable than a baby with a soother in their mouth? LOL

Planning on getting some housework done later this morning. Looking forward to some retail therapy on the weekend for baby stuff. My daughter starts school Tuesday and she still needs a backpack. Nothing like leaving things to the last minute!!

Ketones were small this morning so the carbs are doing the trick thankfully.

RFrick

Hi everyone!!!!! I think I'm caught up now. Just going for a short post to check in right now and I'll try to get pics and my story on in the next couple days. Nikki Rose was born Friday at 11:12 am. She weighed 5lb 12oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. We are both doing fine right now, but we are having to take her in for blood work every day to make sure her jaundice doesn't get out of control. Hopefully it will be down today instead of up and we can quit doing that.

ron2282

Thanks for all the nice comments on the mural. He worked really hard on it, and I’m soooo happy with how it turned out.

Caperfae – there were a bunch of kids at my shower too. But my cousins, who were helping me with the presents, did a good job of getting them to settle down. I’m glad all you have to do is increase your carbs, hopefully that will take care of everything.

Julz – yea for finding a car!!! Oh and my self control has gone of the window the past week or so. I can’t believe we’re so close!

Danielle – that’s dove with an olive branch in its mouth next to the giraffe. I wanted him to make it a big bigger but he was trying to make all the animals proportioned to their actual sizes. I know I said it on the other thread, but I LOVE you’re pictures!!!

Melissa – no he’s not a professional artist, this is just fun for him. He probably could make a living doing that but he doesn’t want to turn it into a “job”. Yea for retail therapy! Oh and I’m right with you feeling like I’m 80 years old. Hubby and I went a walk the other night and I started to get horrible pains from my behind down my thigh. Our normal 35 minute walk took well over an hour I was going so slowly.

Jenna – glad everything looked good at your ultrasound, awesome on the weight gain! Have fun camping!!!

Ashley – I think it’s time for me to move to Canada! :laugh: How are you feeling? Any morning sickness yet? Hopefully you’ll be one of the lucky ones who don’t have it.

Elizabeth – that’s so sweet that she wants to throw you a shower at school!

Regina – congratulations!!!!!

We have a meeting with the pediatrician tonight. Hopefully all goes well and that will be taken care of, one more thing crossed off my list!

LittleSpy

I must have counted days wrong, I was thinking it was 4 nights. Rachel had a c-section? Missed that. I agree that at least 3 nights is pretty typical for that.
Hope to hear from Rachel soon!

I think it was 4 nights total, but 3 nights for recovery.

Lleldiranne

Regina - congratulations!

Caperfae - glad you got ketones under control

Ronya and Melissa - I'm feeling old, too. Hips are hurting a lot, and it make me waddle (which I'd hoped to avoid, lol), and I feel like I need a nap or early bedtime far too often. Honestly, if it weren't for my hips and having to go in for an NST every week (a bit inconvenient) I wouldn't be ready to be this close, but as it is, I am really hoping that this baby comes early.

ElizabethJ - sounds like you're going in the right direction with the weaning from her Nuk. My kids never took a pacifier; it was annoying at first since they wanted to nurse all the time, but it was much easier later on with no additional weaning :laugh:

AFM - made a lunch today (as usual) and left it sitting on the table at home! :grumble: Fortunately my husband is picking me up in a couple of hours, so he can bring me food then. I did end up having to buy a snack from the campus bookstore, though, especially since I swam this morning, because I was feeling a bit unwell and shaky.

jenzimmer

Hey ladies! Getting closer! Hope everyone is well. I did something really stupid today. We had a lunch in at work and it was a potato bar. Not thinking ( I have GD) I ate a potato with the works. Then after looked it up, 64 carbs just for the potato! CRAP! :noway: I get 45 carbs per meal! Oops! Guess I'll be walking tonight! :laugh:

joonzgurl

Avery Elizabeth’s (LONG) Birth Story

Thursday August 25th- 41 Weeks 6 Days Gestation

Had to be at the hospital to start cervidil induction at 8am. Had cervidil inserted around 9am and it did little more than make me uncomfortable and have mild contractions that did not increase at all. Baby was not engaged and still high in my pelvis. Dr. came back to check me a few times through the day, and not much had happened. We were sent home overnight on a “pass” and told to be back again the next morning at 8am for round 2.

Friday August 26th – 42 Weeks Gestation

Arrived at the hospital on time and had cervidil inserted around 9:30. Almost immediately contractions began, and I was not coping well at all on the monitor I was meant to be hooked up on for 2 hours, to ensure there was no hyper-stimulation. I was coping so badly that they removed me from the monitor after only 20 minutes. I was having bad back pain, and started walking around, using the tub, shower, etc. to try and get things going. At 11am Blair called my Doula and asked her to come. She arrived at 1, and when the Dr. checked me at 2 or so I was at 2cm, still posterior, head not engaged, and cervix was still hard. That was frustrating. Went to the bathroom and cervidil fell out. Things started getting hot and heavy after that, and coping became much easier as my body took over and contractions began coming naturally. Dr. checked me at some point that evening and I was at a 3, and 90% effaced. They were very happy with the progress. Contractions began coming hot and heavy, about 1 and a half minutes long and 2 minutes apart (so only like a 30 second break) sometimes one after another for up to 5 minutes. I began to vomit, but generally speaking was coping well and was confident that the baby would be there soon. After a huuuge long contraction, I made the (what I now believe to be bad) decision to get in the shower. It was about 10pm or so. After that labour slowed down, and I started to get frustrated. Dr. checked me close to midnight, and there was little change, maybe close to 4cm but not much. Finally at 1:30am when contractions had not picked back up they encouraged me to take some morphine so I could sleep, because the next day could be a long day. I kept having some contractions through the night but managed about 4 hours. My AMAZING doula slept in her car.

Saturday August 27th- 42 Weeks 1 Day Gestation

By morning labour had stopped. I was very upset. The dr. came and and talked to me- told me that she was not confident, especially since the baby was still high and thought I would probably be needing a c-section, but if I wanted I could start on
Pitocin for a few hours and try. I cried and cried but finally started Pitocin. She did not want to break the bag of waters because of the possibility of cord prolapse. I started around 9:30 or so, and by 10:30 I was in heavy labour again. The nurse was wonderful and did not require me to be attached to the monitor, only to be checked every 15 minutes or so. It was similar to heavy labour the night before, with contractions about 1.5 minutes long and 2 minutes apart. When the dr checked me at noon I was at 5cm, but head was still high (though had dropped slightly). Decided to break the water- and it was meconium stained. After the water was broken I was suddenly 6cm and the head dropped slightly. This is when things got really bad. Coping became impossible, and I could not empty my bladder although it felt like I really really needed to. It was excruciating. I moaned and screamed, tried to shower, and nothing worked. The dr came back around 3pm, and there was no progress, the head was still high and was starting to swell. That was the worst news of my life. That is when surgery became inevitable, 29 hours after beginning induction #2.

They got me in there quick, and our beautiful girl was born at 4:33pm. Recovery has been long and hard so far, I am still sooo sore. WHEN WILL I FEEL HUMAN AGAIN? I have yet to sleep much- I can only seem to doze and have weird body tremors on occasion that yank me out of sleep. I am afraid I will run out of pain meds before the pain goes away. (there was a lot of pushing on my ribs, lungs, etc to get her out of the small incision, and multiple attempts before the spinal was successful)
First night home last night, and it was AWFUL. She had bad gas and cried for hours and hours.

Breastfeeding going pretty well, she is latching good and milk is in. Everything is overwhelming though. Will be back when things settle down a bit.

Avery- 8lbs 5oz (inflated due to iv fluids) and 20.75" long.

Lleldiranne

Rachel - congrats on your little girl! She's darling. I'm sorry that it was so hard, you are a trooper! I'm glad nursing is going well - that's one less thing for you to worry about, any way. I remember feeling so not human and so tired after my first, and it was nothing like your story. Hang in there, and take care of yourself and Avery; let hubby do everything else (and what he doesn't do can wait). As for the pain meds, don't feel afraid to ask your doctor for more if you're still in pain when they run out. (((HUGS)))

Lleldiranne

Hey ladies, it's a new month! We're rolling over into September, so here's the new thread:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/332516-pregnancy-september-2011

(hoping I did everything right, lol)