Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

[mela lu]

Date: 4/26/2009 2:51:16 PM
Author: mia1181
I think she''s waiting for the thread to be unlocked in order to put them in the proper place.

Come on Admin!!!!!

Yup! you got it mia

Court - I''m hoping things get going for you tonight or tomorrow. I''ve heard quite a few stories lately of people going into labour the day before thier induction day. Quite literally, the baby is ''scared'' out of them

. tee hee.

COME ON ALILA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[natalina]

Mela- You. Are. A. Stinker!

Nice hallway! I love the drapes and can''t wait to see the rest! Come ON admin! Please unlock!

Courtney- Ooohhh you''re SO close! Even if you go til tuesday that''s only another, what, 36 hours? Yippee!

 

[Courtneylub]

Can''t sleep! Going through all senarios in my brain and it won''t stop. I hope my LO is healthy.

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Courtney, I can only imagine the thoughts running through your head. I hope you''re able to get some rest, though. It''s good for the baby (and will be good for you when labor comes!) and worrying doesn''t help anything, as I''m sure you know. I have no doubt that all mommies have moments of worry and wonder at a time like this, so it''s typical to be feeling like this now. Have the BH gone away?

A friend of mine at work is going into today for an amnio to see if her son''s lungs are developed enough to be induced. She''s had a time of it being pregnant and has an issue that can put the baby in danger, so just as soon as he''s developed enough, they will induce. She''s hoping today he will be born. Or tomorrow. She''s really due 5/10, but has Cholestasis and won''t go full term with this baby. Anyway, I''m thinking about both of you today (and tomorrow) and praying for wonderful deliveries of babies and wonderful times as brand new mommies for both of you!!

(PS-Once the nurseries thread gets re-opened, are you going to post pictures?

)

 

[Courtneylub]

Thanks fisher. The BH''s haven''t gone away and they got more intense last night, borderline painful. I felt them in my back a few times. I''m trying not to worry, but it''s just hit me that I''m giving birth tomorrow. My brain won''t listen to me when I tell it to stop!

I hope your friend''s delivery goes well. I''m sorry she had such a rough pregnancy.

I''m having DH take some belly pictures tonight and I''ll take more of the nursery too and post those as well. I''m sure I won''t be sleeping much tonight, though I''ll try!

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 4/27/2009 8:15:48 AM
Author: Courtneylub
Thanks fisher. The BH''s haven''t gone away and they got more intense last night, borderline painful. I felt them in my back a few times. I''m trying not to worry, but it''s just hit me that I''m giving birth tomorrow. My brain won''t listen to me when I tell it to stop!

I hope your friend''s delivery goes well. I''m sorry she had such a rough pregnancy.

I''m having DH take some belly pictures tonight and I''ll take more of the nursery too and post those as well. I''m sure I won''t be sleeping much tonight, though I''ll try!

Hey Courtney,

Just to let you know I''m thinking of you and hope that everything goes to plan and you have as easy a time of it as possible (you deserve it after all the pain you''ve done already over the last 40 weeks!!!)

Can''t wait to meet you little girl.

All the best

P xx

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Yeah, somehow, to know the actual day you'll be having the baby would be more stressful for me (I think, anyway) than to just know it's coming *soon.* In your situation, I'd be absolutely nuts with running thoughts. My friend at work was talking on Friday afternoon (her last day at work until end very end of July) how surreal all of it is... that she's going to be a mom and has no idea what to do with this baby once it's actually born. She said she's so excited, but terrified. She can't wait to hold him, but doesn't know what happens after that. She's scared of pain during delivery and after, scared of the baby having any issues from her condition, scared that her step-daughter will not adjust to the baby. She's worried that she won't remember the CPR and first aid stuff she learned. She's worried that she and her husband won't bond with the baby. She would laugh and giggle over the excitement and tear up over the emotional connection she already has to her baby, and then tear up when she was talking about the things she worries about. The funniest was when she was talking about baby boys peeing on their parents during diaper changes and she laughed because it was funny, then cried because she didn't want to be peed on and then she felt bad for not wanting to be peed on, since her son wouldn't be able to control it. So many things to take in all at once, and although this is something most women go through, it's so different and so personal to each of us.

Do you journal? One thing that might help clear your mind some (maybe) would be to write to the baby, you know the day before she's born. Like a personal welcome she can read later in life. I think that's precious and might help with some of the anxiety and running thoughts, too. I do that (which I guess could be classified as nuts) by writing to my baby (you know, the yet-to-be-conceived-or-born one) and it totally helps me to release some of the anxiety and also makes me feel more connected to being a mother one day. Or write to your husband, who's about to be a daddy! I bet that would be a special memory for him to look back on, too...

Anyway, enough rambling from me. I'm very excited for you!!! You're going to have a baby and be a mommy and your life is going to be so much richer for the choice you've made to raise a little one up!! And I love the pronounciation of her name... it's gorgeous!!

Praying for your family as it grows!!!

 

[Mandarine]

Hi Court!!!
Thinking of you today and sending you calming and happy thoughts!!!

Tomorrow is a great day for a birthday...it is also my birthday!!

Mela The nursery looks so pretty form the hallway!...can''t wait to see more!!

NYC How are the beautiful little ones doing??


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Well ladies, wish me luck!. Today we got for the second try of the nuchal translucency ultrasound!. I''m hoping Baby A cooperates as we already have a good measurement for B. Thing is they have to get both on the same day in order to do the blood test. I guess since the actual blood test is not very accurate, we just wnat to make sure we get a positive kind of measurement on A like we did with B!. Then we go back on Thursday for the cervical lenght u/s. So for my birthday I''ll get to see them both twice this week

Happy Monday!

M~

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Mandarine,

Happy almost birthday, girly!!

I was wondering... do you call your babies by different names? I was just wondering about that with relation to twins...

 

[Courtneylub]

Thanks, Pandora. Not just for the well wishes, but for being a wonderful help throughout my pregnancy. It''s been great to talk to someone else with back pain and you''ve really helped ease my mind about it all.

Well Happy early Birthday, Mandarine! Mine is actually today!! It''s cool because my dad''s was yesterday, mine today, and little Alila''s tomorrow.

Oh wow, Fisher. Your friend is worried about a lot more than I am! I think I''m mostly just anxious and want her to be perfectly healthy. It''s just WOW...I''m bringing a life into this world TOMORROW.

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Happy Birthday, Courtney!!

You''ll be getting an AWESOME present tomorrow!!!!

(Yeah... my friend is incredibly emotional without pregnancy hormones playing a role... and with them... even more so! She has a mother who is less than approving of every choice she makes, and causes her to second guess everything... it has made for a very nervous person. She''ll be fine, though.)

 

[mela lu]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY COURTNEY!!!!!!!!!!!

Hang in there - tomorrow is your big B-day pressie!

Mandy - GL with the scan, and holy moly PS''er Bday''s - I''ll be shoutin'' out your B-day tomorrow

(Along with Alila''s)

YEY Birthday Girls!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Courtney Good luck tomorrow, you are in for a wild ride! Labour isn''t as bad as some say, IMHO, it is exciting and wild and overwhelming and interesting. If you can and are interested, I recommend that you avoid the epi just for a *little* while so that you can feel what labour is like! I am glad I know what contractions feel like and also that I laboured for a while feeling everything. It all added to the memory and the experience and it may help you progress faster in the longer run. The epi was great, though, I''m not gonna lie!

And ENJOY the raging natural high you get when baby is born! Best drug evah!!! I know you will do great! And remember, tell every health care practitioner you see: "Protect the perineum!" That was my mantra! It will make recovery so much easier.

 

[robbie3982]

Courtney, I can''t believe you get to meet your baby tomorrow! That''s so exciting! Happy birthday!

Mandarine, happy early birthday!

Fiery, the party was fun. I definitely got stares for being pregnant and in bars though. Oh well. DH came and got me around 11. One of the bars we went to was within walking distance from our house. No one would let me walk though or I would have. At least it wasn''t far for DH to go.

Our air is broken. We have 2 units that control the house and the one that controls the living room, dining room and kitchen is dead

. We had someone come out to give a quote and they said it''ll be about $4500 for a new one.

. We really want to refinance our mortgage soon (should save us about $200/month), but we''re most likely going to need to put more down since we did 100% financing and they''re only doing 95% at this point. We definitely can''t swing the refi (unless our house appraises for about 10k more than we paid) AND a new air conditioner when I''m going to be taking unpaid time off, so I''m thinking we might just not replace it at this point. The last few days have been really hot and I don''t think it''s been unlivable. It''s pretty unlikely that it will get much hotter than this at any point during the summer.

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Pandora,

I sent you a message about adoptions in the US through means of the Genetic disease thread... I didn''t know where to put it, but I know you''ve asked about adoptions here a few times in the past. Thought I''d throw down my brief knowledge of it for you.

 

[Clairitek]

Delurking to say, Courtney- I''ll be thinking of you tomorrow!

Robbie- Have you considered the cheaper alternative of purchasing a few window units? Might seem like wasted money in the long run since once you replace your central air you won''t need them but it would at least bring temporary relief for a few hundred dollars. I can''t imagine being in your 3rd trimester and then dealing with the stress of having a newborn baby and having to deal with the heat on top of that.

 

[Courtneylub]

Thanks, Mela! Can''t wait to see the rest of your gorgeous nursery!

Dreamer, good advice! My plan was to wait until 4cm to get that epi, but we''ll see how intense they start out with the potocin.

Thanks, Robbie. That stinks about your AC! I can''t imagine if ours went out in Houston.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 4/27/2009 9:48:59 AM
Author: Courtneylub

Dreamer, good advice! My plan was to wait until 4cm to get that epi, but we''ll see how intense they start out with the potocin.

I don''t know how it will be for you but the earlier contractions for me were very managable. It wasn''t until about 2-3 hours in that they became very painful. They start the drip/dose low and then increase it every 5 minutes of something, so it ramps up the intensity over time. I hope it goes really well for you! You are already more effaced and dilated than I was (water broke) so I think it will be smooth sailing!

 

[ChinaCat]

Morning ladies-

Running to work, but wanted to post a pic. Can''t seem to get it together for Fridays.

This morning, at 25w1d. Be back later to comment and catch up. Happy Monday!

 

[Courtneylub]

China, you look SO cute! I love your outfit.

Sounds good, Dreamer. Thanks for putting me at ease!

 

[Mandarine]

Thank you Fisher!!!! I don''t call them by different names... just my little ones, little beans, little gummy bears, the kiddos, "los bebes" etc

. If I am talking about one in parcticular I say A or B...and I have a feeling, based on the ultrasounds, that A is a little trouble maker and B is more laid back

Court, thank you Happy birthday to you!!!!!!

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Then I don''t have to convince you how awesome April is (diamonds!) and how good Tauruses turn out to be

China You look great!!!!!!! very cute!!!

******

We just got back from the ultrasound!

Babies measure 12w6d (they always measure a couple of days ahead) heart beats were sycnched at 151. The tech was able to get the nuchal fold measurement for both and they were both under 2mm! (1.4 and 1.7) which is great!!!

. So happy baby A cooperated this time and even waved at us during the scan (we saw the little fingers!)

It''s crazy how much the babies grew form last week!. No wonder I''ve been tired!

. Yesterday afternoon I told DH I was going to lay down for 10 minutes and 2 hours later woke up wondering how long I had slept for!...lol

The tech also mentioned at my cervix lenght scan in two weeks (I''d be 15 weeks) they may be able to tell me what team we''re on!. I can''t wait to find out!

 

[DivaDiamond007]

Courtney - I can only echo what Dreamer said in her post about labor. I was in labor for about a day and didn''t even know it

It honestly wasn''t that bad for me. I labored on my own until I was 8cm, which is when I got an epi. I thought that I could do it naturally, but I wasn''t about to find out the hard way

I''m tiny and even though my son was born at 36 weeks, 4 days, we was 6lbs, 7oz and I had a 4th degree episiotomy. The recovery was far worse than labor/delivery for me because of that. Good luck and I can''t wait to meet your little girl!

 

[ChinaCat]

Courtney- Thanks. I finally broke down and bought a few things at Pea in the Pod, which were a bit pricey but worth it. I hope to look as good as you when I am where you are! I know you feel huge, but you really were "glowing" in your last picture. I can't imagine what the anticipation must be like! I said earlier, my BFF is also due to be induced on Tuesday and we keep having that conversation. Like she knows she is having a baby, but just can't even get her head around it. It's too big and surreal. Can't wait to see pictures of Alila- I have a feeling she is going to be gorgeous. And your nursery!!!! Please post pics whenever, you know, you have a free minute.

I am so excited for you! Oh, and happy belated birthday!!!!!

So April 28 seems to be "the" birthday for gorgeous girls- we've got Alila, my BFF's baby (who I am sure is going to be a girl and is going to be gorgeous as well), Jessica Alba, Penelope Cruz, and our own stunning Mandarine. Hmmm, must be something in the water on that day.

Robbie- That sucks about the A/C. So you would have it in the bedrooms and such? How hot does it get where you are? There is no way we could live without A/C here, but I used to live in CA and it was rare to have A/C and we really didn't need it except for August. Our A/C just broke in our place, but we are only renting so our landlord had it fixed. But we are set to close on our first house THIS FRIDAY

. I am excited, but when the A/C went out, I was thinking, oh gosh, when it's our house WE are going to have to pay for it. Welcome to the world of responsibility, huh? Hope it all works out for you guys.

Mela, seriously. Pics please! I am having SERIOUS trouble with the nursery and need help!!!

ETA: Thanks Mandarine. And so glad the little ones cooperated! You're in the fun part. Feeling pretty good, getting to see the little ones, about to find out the sex. Enjoy it!!!!

 

[fieryred33143]

Yay for meeting Alila tomorrow!

Can’t wait to see her!! And Happy Birthday!!

I had an appt this morning. My placenta moved up (yay) but now she’s breech (boo). She has plenty of time to move though so I’m not worried about it and neither is the doctor. I knew she had moved because last week there was so much movement and when I slept on my left side, she didn’t squirm.

She weighs 2lbs14oz. According to the Dr. she’s in the 50th percentile. Fundal height is exactly 29cm so I’m measuring on time. I’m also on the every two weeks schedule now. When I get back from Vegas, I’m going to set up pedi interviews because I need to select one soon.

Oh and she has HUGE cheeks. At least it looked that way in the u/s

. We couldn’t get a good picture of her because she was facing my back. I was going to do the 4D but if she''s faced that way, we won''t get a good shot so I may just skip it. Poor girl has hiccups though and was very unhappy when the Dr. tried to get her heartbeat. She kept kicking and then moving.

 

[robbie3982]

Claritek, I hadn''t really considered it. I was thinking that we could try switching out the overhead light for a ceiling fan to see if that would do anything. If that doesn''t work, perhaps we''ll try a window unit.

China, cute pic! Yup, we''d still have it in the bedrooms, and DH recently moved his office down to the basement (used to be our tv room, but we moved the big screen upstairs so that we could still have an office and a guest room) which is very cool throughout the day no matter what the temp is, so the places where we spend the majority of our time would still have air. It doesn''t usually get much hotter than it''s been the last few days here. It was supposed to be 87 yesterday! DH said he''ll put a baby pool in the living room for me, lol. I still can''t believe it''s this hot in April. Congrats on closing on your house soon!

Mandarine, that''s great about the good u/s!

 

[fieryred33143]

Ok and now my catchup...

Mela-Tu eres mala! The teaser pic looks awesome though. I can''t wait to see it. The fabric you have shared with us is beautiful so I know the room is also beautiful.

Robbie-That sucks about the AC

. I would double check though and make sure it isn''t because its clogged. We were quoted also $5,000 to replace our unit. When our handyman came in to work on some other stuff, he said it didn''t need to be replaced it was just clogged. He charged us $30 to unclog it and its been fine ever since (this was 2 years ago).

China-You''re adorable!

Mand-Glad the babies cooperated

 

[Sabine]

Oh gosh Courtney, I can imagine why you are having trouble sleeping, I''m so freaking excited for you for tomorrow! That has to be such a crazy feeling! What time do you go in? Good luck!

Mela, can''t wait to see the finished pics.

China, you are so tiny! Don''t know if that''s what you want to hear or not, but you look great either way. But I seriously feel like I was as big as you when I was at about 16 weeks.

Robbie, glad the party was fun and it really stinks about the A/C. I think ceiling fans are a good idea if you don''t end up getting any wall units.

Fiery, yay for the placenta moving up and the good measurements, and I have all the confidence that she will turn for you. I''m so curious as to what hiccups feel like because I don''t think I''ve actually felt them at all yet. I feel tons of movement and kicks and twinges that feel like they could be a hiccup or two, but nothing regular.

Mandarine, yay for a good NT scan!

The heat this weekend seriously kicked my butt. It was 90 here. I''m not a huge fan of heat to begin with, so I was miserable after just taking my dog on a quick walk. I REALLY hope we get a few more weeks of moderate weather before summer really starts or else it is going to be a loooooong summer for me.

 

[E B]

Oh meeeeeelaaaa...where are you with pics of that gorgeous nursery? How long can you leave a bunch of pregnant women hanging for?

Courtney- Tomorrow''s the big day! I wish you the best of luck, hon- I can''t wait to see photos your little girl.

Mandarine- Yay for great NF measurements! Are motherly instincts telling you anything about the sex(es?) of the babies?

Robbie- Ugh, I''m sorry about your A/C, but I''m glad you still have it in certain (very important!) parts of the house. We went a summer with A/C just in the bedroom (a portable unit, blah) and practically laid in bed all summer, but we were in California and it was BLAZING hot.

China- You look great! A perfect pregnant belly.

I''m late with my belly pic (aren''t I always?) but here it is. I look smaller than I really am, thanks to the angle. DH is pointing down instead of up this time, but heck, why not post a (somewhat) flattering shot while I still can?

I''m going to be buying fabric for nursery curtains (to dress up the blah white walls) so I might need some opinions later, if you all don''t mind!

 

[nycbkgirl]

Happy bday to the april ladies!

Court- I can''t wait to hear and see all about baby alila...I know how hard it must be waiting around but I can''t believe its actually happenin!

M- congrats on a good and cooperative nt scan...mine was same way..had to do it a few times.
My lo''s are doin great but me...not so much lol...my pain is subsiding and I''ve stopped painkillers and am able to do stuff on my own now w.o. Soley relying on my wonderful dh! I had episodes of the "baby blues"...its just really hard with 2...but I have sooo much fam help..my sister lives right next door and she even takes a baby for the nightime so we have 2deal with 1 at nite and my mil stays from 8am -3 so we can sleep and go places. I think im mostly upset bc dh goes bak to work next week and he works 4pm-3am and it will be hard w.o. Him bein around all the time.its also hard to deal with the families clashing. Its just a lot to take in and there were times when I questioned if I was capable of all of this. But its gettin better....sorry for the rant..aren''t u glad u asked how everything was going lol...

Mela- still waiting...patiently...!

...on way 2 look at minivans

 

[Sha]

Cute bellies, chinacat and ebree!

Mandarine - I'm glad your ultrasound went well!

Fiery - your little girl sounds like she'll be a cutie! I love fat cheeks on a baby - so cute!

I had my first doctor's appointment and ultrasound today - at 7 + weeks. It was soo exciting to see the little baby and hear the heart beating! Makes it seem so much more real. (There's a little baby inside me!

) He said my due date is December 5th - but I think it's actually later based on my O date. I'm planning to tell my parents on Mother's day - by inserting the ultrasound pic in Mommy's Mother's Day card. She's going to be so surprised! Just this weekend she was bugging me about "nothing happening as yet on the TTC front" and I had to bite my tongue because I didn't want to tell her then!