Pregnancy - October 2011

kcurtis05

Yay! Under 200 days to go! LOL

JKitty- hope everything goes well!!

ElizabethJ17

Congrats Melissa and good luck Jenna!

A few of my friends from school threw me a shower about two weeks ago. It was super sweet and I even got a target gift card from my best friend for $50!! I am so excited because I went on Target.com and saw one of the rockers is on sale for $99 so we are going to order that asap. We have our crib still need to pick up a few things like the rocker, mattress, matress pad and sheet, and some smaller things. We got about 4 or 5 boxes of diapers and a few containers of wipes already which will help a lot. Have any of you tried Amazon.com? My sister in law said they have super cheap diapers and they deliver them for free to your door step. I might have to look into that. Have any of you tried or heard anything about that halo clip that is the sids alarm? I saw a grandmother who bought it for her grandbaby and it ended up saving the babies life. The baby had stoped breathing and the alarm alerted the parents. They were feautured on the show the doctors yesterday. I might try to buy one of those too.
Well hope you are all doing great!

Lleldiranne

Hello ladies! I still lurk from time to time to see how everybody is doing.

Congrats Melissa! I look forward to reading your story. Love the name Connor :happy:

ElizabethJ - some of the other mama's have used Amazon.com. They said that if you prefer name brand diapers, it's a great way to go. You have to sign up for automatic shipments to get the best price, but they just order what they need, then cancel after the first order has gone through, so they only get one at a time (and wait till they need more before ordering again). As for me, we've been getting Wal-Mart brand diapers and they are pretty cheap and seem to work as well as Pampers from the hospital. Hope your swelling goes down.

calories - I set mine to gain 1/2 pound at first (I came in 2nd trimester) and then to gain 1 pound at about 6 months, but wasn't eating all my calories until the last month or so, so I only gained 18 total. If you're one who has to stay in the green (like I was) make sure that you set your calories high enough that you will be gaining the healthy amount for where you started

Jenna - good luck, I hope everything goes well next week. You'll have your little girl in your arms soon!

AFM - so glad to live near an excellent children's hospital! We had to do an MRI last week, which is not fun with a 3 week old baby. But they were so good with getting the IV in (for sedation) and monitoring him and making sure everything was going ok - and making sure I was doing ok too! And everything came back normal (they were looking for tethered cord).
We've started giving a bottle of pumped milk when I'm gone and he's doing great. I'm using the Medela hand pump right now, and get about 3 oz in 20 minutes, not bad at all. Hope to get an electric pump soon.

jsmith2377

connor arohana belleville was born at 2:36am on he morning of october 19th, 2011 he is just amazing!! will post the labour and dlivery story soon. breastfeeding is going well, though he favors a side from time to time, so we are working on that

Congratulations! I guess getting your bloody show meant something after all!

AFM: I'm finally getting a small taste of morning sickness but I keep expecting it to him me harder but it hasn't. However, I'm only 7 weeks and I already have quite the pooch. Anyone else start showing early? This is my second so I wonder if it has anything to do with it. Some of my students have already figured it out.

FitMommyLuv

10 WEEKS PREGNANT TODAY :bigsmile:
Still got only 2 weeks of bed rest left :ohwell: ...
My 3rd Month apt is November 4th and then my doctor said i can go off bed rest and start back my daily walking..
I want a special thank you :flowerforyou: to all who has been so nice and kinda and writting me nice things while i havent been able to do much...But my placenta is healing and the blood trapped under the placenta is reasorbing and no more bleeding yay!!!


Anyway-Hope everyone is has a great weekend!!!!!

KatalynasMommy

Had an appointment yesterday, Tummy measuring 36 and weight was 189.4. Doctor says everything looks good and baby is a good size, going every 2 weeks now.

mukie89

thanks for all of the kind words I thought id update my labour and delivery story while the baby is having a nap in the nursery:

So as you may have read, I had my 'bloody show' at about 12pm on tuesday. This was not accompanied by any unusual feelings, so i just carried on with my day as usual but filled my fiance' in on the goings-on. Though i did notify my OBGYN because he was breech and i was unsure if i was to do anything different because of that (besides wait), but she just told me to do everything as normal but to take it easy and watch out for any contractions or lack of movement.

After work I went to harvard square on the subway to meet a friend from my mommies-to-be group. We did a 30minue walk around the park and then went out for a mexican dinner (a bold choice now i think about it :laugh: ). At around 8pm i got back on the subway home, and on the way i was feeling a little discomfort in my lower back on and off the whole ride, about every 10 minutes or so. My fiance' met me at the subway station and i mentioned the odd feelings to him, but we both agreed it was probably nothing. After walking home my hubby and i lay down in bed to watch some television, when the odd back pains i was getting started to intensify and were accompanied by a slight tightening of my lower abdomen. After about an hour of this my fiance' and i decided to ring the doctor, as we estimated the pains were about 7 minutes apart (but not excruciating, just uncomfortable). The doc told us to come in, but sounded like he was unconvinced that it was labour.

It was about 10:30 at this point. My hubby and i ran around like headless chickens, throwing what we thought we may needed in a bag (yes, we still hadn't packed a hospital bag).It was also at this point that i had a short emotional outburst, crying because of the overwhelming an unexpected fact that this could be it! Our neighbour then drove us to the hospital, where i got into a wheelchair and got wheeled upstairs. They placed me right onto the fetal monitor and after a few short minutes the pain showed up as contractions , and it was at this point that they intensified. They checked my cervix for dilation and to everyones suprise I was 2cm dilated and contractions were 5 minutes apart! From then it was all on, they booked the OR and told us that at 12:30 pm I would be giving birth via c-section.

I was so excited!! as was my fiancee (though i could also see the shock) haha. We were made to wait until 1:30 before entering the OR, at which point i was taken in alone and given a spinal tap. The spinal was horrible, as a trainey doc was the one doing it and they took 20minutes of poking and proding until they found the right space. the medication took instant affect and i was lifted onto the operating table. My abdomen was splayed out in a frog-like shape (like when u do breast stroke while swimming), my arms were spread out in a t-shape and a sheet was placed above my breasts which blocked my view. At this point my fiance' came in wearing his scrubs, sat by me and the c-section began. It was amazing how much I could feel, they honestly pulled my abdomen back and forth so hard that my whole body was rocking. It felt like being unzipped. My fiance' and i stared at each other in an almost romantic moment the wole time, chatting about what he may look like. About 20 minutes later we heard "i see a foot!", and after some extremely intense pulling up under my ribs i felt the baby leave my body, and then heard that gorgous cry!!!! I burst into tears as they lifted him above the screen to show me him, before taking him to the end of the room for nathan to cut the cord. i lay there crying with the biggest smile on my face until my fiancee brought him up to my face, so i could stare a his gorgeous self while they sewed me up.

Once closed up, they lifted me onto the recovery bed and handed connor to me. omg it was the single most amazing feeling of my life!!! to finally see, feel, smell and be able to love on this gorgeous little man who id ben thinking about every day for 9 months. About 20 minutes into the recovery process i attempted breastfeeding and i went great! i fed for 15 minutes from both breasts straight off, and he was unusually awake the whole time.

You think you know how amazing it will feel to have ur little one with you, but its better, soooo much better! you just cant believe how much love you have for them, and how happy they make you. I couldnt have wished for a smoother delivery, or a more gorgeous little man, who btw was born officially at 2:36am at 7lb 5oz. Im in love with my little family and i feel sooooo blessed connor arohana belleville is perfection!

R_mageddon

10 WEEKS PREGNANT TODAY :bigsmile:
Still got only 2 weeks of bed rest left :ohwell: ...
My 3rd Month apt is November 4th and then my doctor said i can go off bed rest and start back my daily walking..
I want a special thank you :flowerforyou: to all who has been so nice and kinda and writting me nice things while i havent been able to do much...But my placenta is healing and the blood trapped under the placenta is reasorbing and no more bleeding yay!!!


Anyway-Hope everyone is has a great weekend!!!!!

I've not been around much and missed your scare. I'm glad to hear that everything is healing and that it looks like the baby will be ok. Take care of yourself!

mukie89

engorged breasts and sore, cracked, bleeding nipples- pretty unbearable :sad: watching my new little man is the only thing providing relief

Lleldiranne

engorged breasts and sore, cracked, bleeding nipples- pretty unbearable :sad: watching my new little man is the only thing providing relief

Ouch! No fun! I hope you can see a lactation consultant. If your nipples are cracked and bleeding, there is a chance he may not be latching just right. A LC can help you make sure it's going smoothly. In the mean time, hold him so his tummy is right to yours (so he's not turning his head) and make sure he opens his mouth wide and then pull him in to you. If he has to "chew" his way on that could cause a lot of the discomfort. Lanolin cream helps ease pain, and as long as latch is good pain should start to ease off. Hang in there! :flowerforyou:

Scorpiomom222

engorged breasts and sore, cracked, bleeding nipples- pretty unbearable :sad: watching my new little man is the only thing providing relief

With my daughter, it was UNBEARABLE for a week. It didn't matter what I did, it just didn't stop hurting until my body got used to my nipples being used. I think the oxytocin my body released when breastfeeding also helped with the pain too. Bear with the pain, you'll get through it, and seeing a lactation consultant like Julz said wouldn't hurt either. Best wishes!

M_lifts

i thought id join in this thread if its ok. I have a daughter that is going to be 3 in january and we decided yesterday that we want another one! after being convinced we'd stick to only one! basically we got a bit carried away on monday and im now in the middle of a two week wait! eek! anyhoo if we arent lucky this month there's always next month! so fingers crossed

Scorpiomom222

i thought id join in this thread if its ok. I have a daughter that is going to be 3 in january and we decided yesterday that we want another one! after being convinced we'd stick to only one! basically we got a bit carried away on monday and im now in the middle of a two week wait! eek! anyhoo if we arent lucky this month there's always next month! so fingers crossed

Fingers crossed for you guys! Good luck TTC (trying to conceive)!!!

M_lifts

Just a quick question: im in maintanince mode after hitting my goal in april. How have the weight gain been for u all? I dont want to put on 40)bs again! Although I will be more sensible second time around. Any runners here? Ideally I would like to continue for as long as I can

Scorpiomom222

Just a quick question: im in maintanince mode after hitting my goal in april. How have the weight gain been for u all? I dont want to put on 40)bs again! Although I will be more sensible second time around. Any runners here? Ideally I would like to continue for as long as I can

I'm a runner. Though I had to stop at 20-something weeks because it was starting to hurt. I've been walking and doing light weight lifting. With my first 2, I gained 50 lbs and then 65 lbs. This time, I don't think I'll even hit 35. I've only gained 28 and only have 4 weeks left to go. Nesting, here at the end has also served as a good calorie burner for me. I cleaned for 6 hours straight a couple weeks ago and burned 909 calories. lol

AnneElise

thanks for all of the kind words I thought id update my labour and delivery story while the baby is having a nap in the nursery:

So as you may have read, I had my 'bloody show' at about 12pm on tuesday. This was not accompanied by any unusual feelings, so i just carried on with my day as usual but filled my fiance' in on the goings-on. Though i did notify my OBGYN because he was breech and i was unsure if i was to do anything different because of that (besides wait), but she just told me to do everything as normal but to take it easy and watch out for any contractions or lack of movement.

After work I went to harvard square on the subway to meet a friend from my mommies-to-be group. We did a 30minue walk around the park and then went out for a mexican dinner (a bold choice now i think about it :laugh: ). At around 8pm i got back on the subway home, and on the way i was feeling a little discomfort in my lower back on and off the whole ride, about every 10 minutes or so. My fiance' met me at the subway station and i mentioned the odd feelings to him, but we both agreed it was probably nothing. After walking home my hubby and i lay down in bed to watch some television, when the odd back pains i was getting started to intensify and were accompanied by a slight tightening of my lower abdomen. After about an hour of this my fiance' and i decided to ring the doctor, as we estimated the pains were about 7 minutes apart (but not excruciating, just uncomfortable). The doc told us to come in, but sounded like he was unconvinced that it was labour.

It was about 10:30 at this point. My hubby and i ran around like headless chickens, throwing what we thought we may needed in a bag (yes, we still hadn't packed a hospital bag).It was also at this point that i had a short emotional outburst, crying because of the overwhelming an unexpected fact that this could be it! Our neighbour then drove us to the hospital, where i got into a wheelchair and got wheeled upstairs. They placed me right onto the fetal monitor and after a few short minutes the pain showed up as contractions , and it was at this point that they intensified. They checked my cervix for dilation and to everyones suprise I was 2cm dilated and contractions were 5 minutes apart! From then it was all on, they booked the OR and told us that at 12:30 pm I would be giving birth via c-section.

I was so excited!! as was my fiancee (though i could also see the shock) haha. We were made to wait until 1:30 before entering the OR, at which point i was taken in alone and given a spinal tap. The spinal was horrible, as a trainey doc was the one doing it and they took 20minutes of poking and proding until they found the right space. the medication took instant affect and i was lifted onto the operating table. My abdomen was splayed out in a frog-like shape (like when u do breast stroke while swimming), my arms were spread out in a t-shape and a sheet was placed above my breasts which blocked my view. At this point my fiance' came in wearing his scrubs, sat by me and the c-section began. It was amazing how much I could feel, they honestly pulled my abdomen back and forth so hard that my whole body was rocking. It felt like being unzipped. My fiance' and i stared at each other in an almost romantic moment the wole time, chatting about what he may look like. About 20 minutes later we heard "i see a foot!", and after some extremely intense pulling up under my ribs i felt the baby leave my body, and then heard that gorgous cry!!!! I burst into tears as they lifted him above the screen to show me him, before taking him to the end of the room for nathan to cut the cord. i lay there crying with the biggest smile on my face until my fiancee brought him up to my face, so i could stare a his gorgeous self while they sewed me up.

Once closed up, they lifted me onto the recovery bed and handed connor to me. omg it was the single most amazing feeling of my life!!! to finally see, feel, smell and be able to love on this gorgeous little man who id ben thinking about every day for 9 months. About 20 minutes into the recovery process i attempted breastfeeding and i went great! i fed for 15 minutes from both breasts straight off, and he was unusually awake the whole time.

You think you know how amazing it will feel to have ur little one with you, but its better, soooo much better! you just cant believe how much love you have for them, and how happy they make you. I couldnt have wished for a smoother delivery, or a more gorgeous little man, who btw was born officially at 2:36am at 7lb 5oz. Im in love with my little family and i feel sooooo blessed connor arohana belleville is perfection!

CONGRATS! I am so happy for you!

amy_36

I am finally ready to "out" myself on MFP.

I hope you don't mind me joining in! This will be my 3rd baby. I have 2 boys already. They are 16 and 8. Yes, we do wait a long time between kids but that is just how our life has worked out. I have been nauseous all day, everyday so far so exercise has been out of the question other than my short walk to and from work each day. I am 37 yrs old, will be 38 when I deliver. I have had 2 csections so I will be having another this round.

H&H 9 mths to you all!

Caperfae

Popping in (because old habits are hard to break) even though I am 3 weeks postpartum, LOL.
Congrats to the new moms and the newly pregnant and best wishes to the ones who are trying!!

All is well here. Autumn nurses a lot during the day and night and I give her 2 ounces of formula before bed to help her feel full longer so we both get a better stretch of sleep.
I wasn't prepared for the nipple pain in the first week or two when she first latched on (Medela lanolin cream is awesome by the way). It's all good now though but she did have one bad latch a few days ago and bruised me. She has impeccable suction, LOL

She is a very good baby. Very mild mannered and laid back. Completely different than her big sister.

helenmelon29

Bump

M_lifts

Just a quick question: im in maintanince mode after hitting my goal in april. How have the weight gain been for u all? I dont want to put on 40)bs again! Although I will be more sensible second time around. Any runners here? Ideally I would like to continue for as long as I can

I'm a runner. Though I had to stop at 20-something weeks because it was starting to hurt. I've been walking and doing light weight lifting. With my first 2, I gained 50 lbs and then 65 lbs. This time, I don't think I'll even hit 35. I've only gained 28 and only have 4 weeks left to go. Nesting, here at the end has also served as a good calorie burner for me. I cleaned for 6 hours straight a couple weeks ago and burned 909 calories. lol

thanks! that helps. im hoping to be able to do similar. nice to know that it can be done properly.

Scorpiomom222

Just a quick question: im in maintanince mode after hitting my goal in april. How have the weight gain been for u all? I dont want to put on 40)bs again! Although I will be more sensible second time around. Any runners here? Ideally I would like to continue for as long as I can

I'm a runner. Though I had to stop at 20-something weeks because it was starting to hurt. I've been walking and doing light weight lifting. With my first 2, I gained 50 lbs and then 65 lbs. This time, I don't think I'll even hit 35. I've only gained 28 and only have 4 weeks left to go. Nesting, here at the end has also served as a good calorie burner for me. I cleaned for 6 hours straight a couple weeks ago and burned 909 calories. lol

thanks! that helps. im hoping to be able to do similar. nice to know that it can be done properly.

You're welcome. I just wish that I was able to be more active. But at this point, if I were more active, I'd be a miserable, contracting mess. lol

mukie89

anne- thankyou

today was a much better day then yesterday. im 5 days postpartum after my c-section and i managed to go for a small 20 minute walk and have napped a little throughout the day. connor was fussy last night, not going to sleep until 4am but then he slept right through until 9 which was a godsend!

He pees and poops like a sailor! :laugh: and thinks its hilarious to pee everywhere as soon as we take his diaper off lol. He's feeding every 3 hours on the dot at the moment which is nice and predicatable, and he feeds for about 40 minutes each time. hes already back to his birth weight which i find amazing, his cheeks are getting nice and chubby

he loves me singing to him and gave me a big gummy smile this morning for the first time, made my heart melt!!!

congrats to all of the newcomers this forum was somewhat of a lifeline during pregnancy so make sure you post alot, that seemed to make it work the best

andreamichelle82

Hello ladies!

There are a few familiar faces on this board from the TTC board.

After exactly a year of trying, my husband and I finally got out BFP this past Friday! We actually were in the infertility doctor's office that morning, scheduling my IUI for this month - how ironic! We are ecstatic!

I am a little nervous - I've been very very lightly spotting since Saturday and have had very light cramps every once in a while. I have an appt with my ObGyn on Wednesday, and am counting the minutes to it. We have been waiting so long for this and don't want to lose it!

I can't wait to get to know you ladies! Have a great evening!

chelledmal

Congratulations Melissa! So happy you have your little one to hold now!
Good luck Jenna! Hope all goes smoothly for you!
Lindsay and Scorpiomom are getting close too! Anyone else I miss due really soon? I can't remember as I'm not looking at the threads...

Finally all moved into the house minus some odds and ends to put away! Thanks for the support during this past month! I have been dealing with a heck of a stomach bug since Thursday! I've thrown up so many times I've lost count! My husband got worried about me Saturday- I was sort of not responding because I was so dehyrated. I finally kept some gatorade down for longer than an hour, so no hospital for me! I've finished throwing up, but have been nauseated for the last 2 days. I feel like I'm starting my pregnancy all over again with the sick stomach!
25 weeks now! Starting to look at bedding, and carseats, and all the other little bitty baby things that are so fun to look at. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone by compared to my first! I have a midwife appointment on the 4th. My birthday is the 6th, Thanksgiving, Christmas, David's birthday, our anniversary and then it's BABY TIME! I looking forward to all of these events to keep me busy.

Welcome to the newbies!
Good luck to those of you who are TTC
Hope everyone else is doing well!

jsmith2377

Felt really nauseous for the first time today. Still feeling it. I got that really HOT feeling wash over me as I was teaching and had to sit down. I was secretly plotting which students would get hurled on
I have duty outside today during recess and here in Arizona it is still way HOT, in the 90's. I have comptemplated asking to be switched for today. I'm going to fill up on water and hope for the best for now but if it seems like too much then I'm just going to have to go inside.
I'm almost 8 weeks and getting on the scale this morning, I noticed I am up 3.5 lbs but I suspect some of that is bloat. How much did everyone else gain in the first trimester? I was hoping for none. Oh well...

mukie89

quick update:
breastfeeding has improved dramatically throughout the week (connor is a week old today). all signs of engorgement, cracked and bleeding nipples have all disappeared! yaaaaaaay!!! i think this is due to more consistent feeding (every 3 hours), good latching and limited pumping.

connor had his first peadiatrician appointment the other day and literally peed all over himself and projectile pooped all of he docs office, i would have been mortified if it wasnt so damn funny!!!:laugh:

FitMommyLuv

Mukie89->omg my son did that his first visit too..I laughed along with the nurse though so no harm..
Glad the breast feeding is going better!!!!!!!

sandijones5783

12 weeks pregnant today!! Almost to the 2nd trimester! !! I have only gained 1.4lbs so far! Got a doctors appt on Tuesday and hopefully get to hear the heartbeat and find out when i can find out the sex cause i want to know now lol

jalyner

Hello, ladies,
I'd like to offically join the pregnancy group. I'm 5 weeks along, so it's brand new. Hubby and I are very excited! Looking forward to sharing each others' experiences. Lost one at 3 months back in March and we've been TTC every since. Finally happened. YAY!

ElizabethJ17

Can it be December already?