January 2015 Due Dates
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well things are a bit crummy right now. My mom went to be with Jesus this Christmas. I live in Seattle and everything is happening in Missouri, I am just about 38wks pregnant and theres no way I'm allowed to fly at this point and even driving is out of the question (2000+ miles) Im about 3.5cm dilated and 80%effaced so everyone is telling me to stay home. I don't know how I will handle for the rest of my life that I wasn't able to attend the funeral. Obviously I haven't been eating well, pretty upset and alone all the time. I lost a couple pounds but I think today my appetite is kicking back in. I just feel so alone cause everyone else from my family are all together and they have each other to keep company and to comfort. I have no one. My husband is at work all the time and isn't able to stay home or come early cause he's super busy with jobs right now. I don't feel like doing anything but sit in my feelings and mope around but that's impossible because I still have 2 kids to take care of and make food for and clean after. The people in Missouri are amazing support network, they are providing meals for all of the family and visiting them at their house. No one has offered to bring over anything for us, everyone texts me and says they are sorry and if I need anything to let them know, I definitely am no going to tell people to make me meals and come clean my house. Lol I feel like I have no one to talk to cause everyone is busy doing their own thing and too busy to talk to me. its just a depressing situation right now and doesn't help one bit that my husband isn't being very supportive at the moment. This shall pass to I guess. He says he will need to stay with me more after I have the baby so he's trying to get as much work done now as he can. I understand that, but I am down right depressed and just need adult conversations and a hug . anyways ,that's whats happening here
I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my Mother Dec 22nd, 2005 when I was in high school. She had a liver disorder & died all of a sudden in her sleep. If you need to talk, don't hesitate to message me! I sit alone in a hospital bed 24/7. And no one has offered to help babysit my toddler, come visit me, nothing. I've had to call & ask people to visit me! After you have the baby, maybe in the summer, you can visit your moms grave. I didn't go to my moms funeral, but visit her grave, which has helped. Hang in there!0 -
Thanks ladies! I was having 2-3 contractions every 10mins for an hour & a half. So painful! It's less now thank goodness! I've been doing stretches, which has helped with muscle soreness from laying in this bed. Got my IV out, which gives me a lot more freedom & less pain! Dr is afraid my water will break if she checks my cervix so I have no idea how dilated I am now! Easily 4+cm.0
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Alex, I hope things start looking up for you. It sucks that nobody has offered to watch your toddler. Do you not have family in you neck of the woods? Keep your chin up. Soon enough you will have your new bundle of joy and this period will only be a memory.0
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Binky_Muffin wrote: »Alex, I hope things start looking up for you. It sucks that nobody has offered to watch your toddler. Do you not have family in you neck of the woods? Keep your chin up. Soon enough you will have your new bundle of joy and this period will only be a memory.
Thank you! Most of my family lives out of state. I have a younger sister who works full time & is afraid of kids & my grandmother, who can't watch her longer than an hour or two before she gets too worn out. My husband's family left for a 3 week vacation to Mexico.... But one of his sisters stayed here so she's watching my daughter. I hope I have the baby before school starts back up because she goes to school full time, as well as my husband & my daughter goes twice a week. At least this too shall pass & won't last forever.
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Hey everybody, happy Sunday! I'm 36 weeks today!
I'm thinking about and sending positive vibes to Alex and cocolo. Hope you're both hanging in there.
Today I did a deep clean on the nursery, dusted, cleaned the window, swept, mopped, etc and tightened up the bolts on all the furniture. My mom had mentioned when we were putting it together that I should go back over and tighten them before the baby comes, and I was surprised some were actually pretty loose! Bags are packed... Just waiting...
It's going on 8 pm and I keep forgetting I don't have to work til my last day on the 29th! I realized I've only ever taken a full week off work for our honeymoon, 5 years ago.0 -
Hope everyone had a nice Christmas.
I had my 36 week checkup on Tuesday. She checked my cervix and said there's no way I'll make it to my due date of January 18th. I had a LEEP done back in 2007, which shortened my already short cervix. We discovered the shortness back at 20 weeks. She said I'm only 1cm dilated but I'm 80% effaced and very soft, and she thinks the only thing keeping me from being further dilated is a small band of scar tissue from the surgery.
How is everyone else holding up?0 -
I'm exhausted and constipated (TMI, I'm sorry).
My weight is up alot thanks to holiday festivities.
I got some much needed things for Christmas. New camera, so now I can take pics of baby. Quilted Vera Bradley bag that I'm going to use for baby. Now I just need to do some last minute things before baby comes and if I ever get a burst of energy I'll do some cleaning and take down my Christmas stuff.
I had a growth ultrasound today. Baby is estimated to be 6 lbs 15 oz. DD1 was born at 38w6d at 6 lbs 7 oz. I'm not sure how I feel about this one being bigger, lol.0 -
I finally finished my house cleaning list. I'm so happy it's done. The only left to do is transporting baby stuff to the cottage and getting the room setup there. We're not decorating or anything. Just putting things away and setting up the pack n' play.
I've been really tired lately. I have to take a lot of breaks when doing any cleaning. Things are just getting more difficult and I'm really slowing down. Oh well. I'm done pretty much everything. I just have to pack my hospital bag and I'm all ready. 0 -
That's awesome you got your cleaning list done. I cross one thing off and add two... If I brought her home today, I'd be totally fine. The things on my list aren't really necessary.
I had no appetite today and started feeling really queasy after dinner and still feel like crap. This is the way I feel when I'm about to start my period, and it makes me wonder if I'll be going into labor soon. I have a feeling it's going to suck from here on out. Bleh.0 -
Still feeling awful. Flu like symptoms with no fever. Feeling some contractions followed by intense nausea. Can't eat.0
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That sucks. Hopefully it will pass. I've been feeling ok lately. Just some cramping and not sleeping well at night. I've been at the cottage for a few days. We had a super bad storm when driving down. DH plowed the driveway right away in the event we have to make a hasty exit if I go into labour. Luckily, our cottage is only 1hr20minutes to the hospital. We are also serviced with the provincial police and ambulance. I would use them as a last resort. I'm back in the city for the night since DH has to work today and tomorrow, and then we are heading back tomorrow afternoon for a couple of days.0
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I'm nesting like crazy today. I think I overdid it on the activity though.
Had my 37 week OB appointment today. GBS came back negative (yay!). Got some paperwork that I have to bring with me to the hospital when it's time. I'm a little disappointed though, no cervix check. Guess that will be next week.0 -
I'm all better now, must've had a 24 hour bug. I rarely ever get sick like that. I'm 37+3 today and had an appt this morning. No change-still 1cm dilated and about 80% effaced. She did say she could feel baby's head engaged in the pelvis, so that's good. Any time now... She said if it comes down to it and the scar tissue holds out to my due date, she could just snip it and I should dilate quickly.
Anyone doing anything fun for NYE? We've got nothing going on.0 -
Nothing going on here... I plan on sleeping. lol0
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I hope everyone is doing well and that 2015 started off on a good note.
We didn't do much. Spent some time at the cottage but I'm back home now for a couple of days and I'm heading back tomorrow afternoon. We will stay for a few days.
We have some wicked cold weather heading our way, so I'm going to pull out my sewing machine and make curtains for the nursery at the cottage. That will keep me busy for a few days.
Had an OB appointment last Friday and she estimated the baby will be born between 6 lbs and 7 lbs. I'm happy about that weight. Should make things easier for me. I was born at 6.5 lbs, so it kind of follows our family pattern.
Furthermore, I'm going to ask about a possible planned induction if I pass my due date. The reason being is that my hubby is a pilot and he booked 2 weeks of holidays starting Jan 15th. I don't want to go over my due date too much because I could have this baby when my hubby is due back at work. LOL.
I'm looking forward to reading everyone's updates this month.0 -
How's everyone doing? It's so quiet these past couple days!
I had an OB appt. on Monday and I'm 2cm dilated. I've also been set to have an induction on Thursday the 15th, assuming I don't go on my own before then! Excited and ready!!0 -
It has been so quiet! I know a couple mommies are already holding their babies-congrats to you!
I had very mild contractions last night for about 4 hours. They were 10-12 minutes apart for about 2.5 hours then about 8 min apart for 1.5 hours. I fell asleep and woke up a couple of times feeling some pain, but obviously no baby for me yet!
Headed to the doctor this afternoon and anxious to see what she says. I have that scar tissue on my cervix, and when she felt that over 2 weeks ago she said we could snip it when I get closer to my due date. So, maybe we'll schedule that today! I thought I wanted to experience the whole, going into labor at home, oh it's time, get in the car! kind of experience since both of my sisters were scheduled induced, but now I'm thinking different. I've been reading about the scar tissue caused by LEEP procedures, and there are so many variables (just like everything else in pregnancy I guess), but now my fear is I will go I to labor, drive an hour to the hospital, and be turned away bc I am only 1cm dilated. Or, I'll be admitted and not progress and they'll try to give me a c section without listening to me about the cervical scar tissue. ORRR, the tissue will break, sending me into labor and I'll be already fully dilated behind the scar and have the baby in the car!0 -
I don't know if I'm dilated or not. My OB didn't check yesterday. Doesn't feel like anything is happening. I'm due in one week. I'm heading to the cottage again today and I'm staying until Sunday or Monday. If I go into labour, I have a 1.5hour ride to the hospital. I should be ok. 0
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Just got back from the doctor. I'm 100% effaced and still 1-2 cm dilated with the scar tissue really being the only thing there. We scheduled my induction for next Tuesday, 01/13 (night, so she will probably be born Wednesday, 01/14). I talked to her about my concerns and she agreed that they are legitimate and why we decided it's probably best to schedule it. Although she assured me that if the scar tissue breaks loose, I should still have plenty of time to get to the hospital. She thinks it's more likely I would go into labor and have painful contractions and that scar tissue still hangs on.
After we left I started having contractions again. 45-60 seconds long every 9-11 minutes for about an hour. Now they've stopped again.0 -
How exciting!!! I'm due Friday but it doesn't feel like anything is progressing.
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I finally caught up on y'all's posts! Hope you ladies are doing well! Baby Ben is a bit cranky, but is doing well. My incisions from my tubal & bladder repair are healing up. I'm 137lbs so I've got a ton of weight to lose. I can start working out in March. It's been quite a journey & I'll be excited to get into a routine again!0
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Had my baby! Isla Rebecca was born 1/15/15 @ 11:58am weighing 7 lbs even and 19 inches long. Delivery was pretty quick. Went in at 5 am for my induction, got to a room at 6, got admissions done, hooked up to IV's. Pitocin at 7, water broken at 7:30, epidural at 8 and she was out in 3 pushes just before noon. Short and sweet. PP healing has been alot easier this time around than with my first... which I find strangely odd, but I'll take it! lol 0
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Aww she's beautiful. I found that post partum healing was easier the 2nd time around as well. Labor was 6hrs after my water broke with #1 & only 3 1/2 hrs with #2.0
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Chelsea Grace was born on January 17th at 10am weighing in at 6lbs 11oz and 19" long. I went to the hospital at 7am and she was out at 10am. No time for an epidural or morphine. Did it the old fashioned way. It hurt like a mofo but I pulled through. DH was a superstar.
The doctors were amazed at how fast I progressed during labour considering it's my first baby. They also commented I was a good "pusher" and I had very strong abs. There was a medical student present at the birth and he thought that the natural birth was so easy that he would recommend to all of his patients that they deliver in this fashion. The OB looked at him crookedly and said that my case wasn't very common. LOL.
Anyhow, my PP healing is going well. I walked 1km yesterday. It felt great to get out of the house. I'm going to walk again tomorrow.
Chelsea is such a laid back baby. I'm in awe really. I hope things stay the way they are. LOL.
I tried nursing at the hospital, but we were having issues with the latch. I tried several times with no success. After two hours of full on crying, I wanted her to have some formula and I started pumping. I've been pumping lot's and giving her breast every feeding. We are still supplementing with formula. My supply is increasing a lot so I should be able to feed her about 75% breast milk and 25% formula in one day. I'll be happy with that ratio. I'm pleased that she got colostrum. 0 -
Congrats! That's great to hear! I also didn't have time to get an epidural like I did with my first. The pain was awful, but luckily labor was quick. I also pump & breastfeed. Since Ben was a preemie & was either tube fed or bottle fed, he prefers the bottle. He can go up to 3 days with refusing to nurse. Today he nursed about half the feelings, it really varies from day to day. Great job staying active after birth, it'll help a lot with healing. Enjoy your little one!0
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It's been so awesome seeing everyone announce their baby's birth and seeing all the adorable new little baby faces!
Last time I posted was the night I went into labor. My contractions picked up as my husband was cooking dinner. So, I was eating ribeye steak, baked potato, and salad between contractions. I called the doctor after about a half hour and he told me to wait another half hour to see if they continued. After I hung up with him, the next contractions were 8 minutes apart. I was so paranoid about going to the hospital and being sent home.After an hour and 40 minutes of consistent contractions 5-6 minutes apart, we headed to the hospital.
When the nurse checked me in triage, we believe she popped the final little bit of scar tissue that was there. We got to the hospital at 8:45 pm and Lillian was born at 8:37 the next morning. I had an awesome labor and delivery. I pushed 7 times and took 37 minutes. It was the best experience of my life.
Lillian is a tiny thing, only 5lb 12.5 oz at birth, but she's gaining nicely. At her 2 week checkup last Wednesday, she was up to 6lb 5oz.
I nursed in the hospital and the first 2 days we were home. The second day we were home, she didn't poop at all so I decided to pump so I'd know how much she was getting. I felt really overwhelmed trying to pump enough so I decided to pump when I could or felt like it, and started formula too. I had a bit of the baby blues and pumping made me feel really poorly. I would get really nauseous, I had no appetite, and had diarrhea (tmi?). Lilly seemed to like the formula a lot better too so when she hit a week old, I put the pump away.0 -
Congrats! I'm glad labor went well! And do what feels right for you. Pumping definitely sucks. Enjoy baby & hope you're able to get some rest! 0
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