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Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

Congrats again Sunkist! Wesley is adorable. He got daddy’s hair.

Sha
Sorry that you don’t have any options. Continue thinking positive thoughts. L&D is really what you make it out to be.

anchor
Sounds like you had a great shower.
Sorry about the back pain. The support belt should help.

Amber
Wow you did get a lot done. Hope Piper will make her entrance to the world soon. Finger crossed that you don’t go in before tomorrow appt.
And FWIW, my water never broke on its own.

Mara
Yeah our taste buds are all wacky. I hope Thanksgiving dinner still taste good to me b/c I am looking forward to it.
My chiro said that pregnant body is like butter, take very little to adjust it. So even though we are more prone to pull things, they are easier to recover from.
Yay on deciding on the a3 and signing the papers. I bet you’ll love the new car once you get used to it.

Kimberly
Hope you feel better soon.
Aww how sweet that your DH bought something for the baby. I know you didn’t want to find out, but congrats on your baby girl.
Good luck with the new job.
Yay for outside kicks.

drk
Your room color sounds lovely. Do whatever you need/want for the baby’s room. It doesn’t have to be overly baby-ish. Everyone splurge on different things. We did paint Meena’s room knowing we’ll have to repaint it, which is fine with us. Baby #2 will share the room with M for the time being.
 
drk we are getting the graco snug ride for the car... i also found this website on audi lovers, there is an a3 thread that says what strollers and car seats fit into it and so i read that to make sure the snug ride would fit. it sounds like it fits in all areas of the back seat but depends on how tall you are aka how far you push your seat back. since you are pretty tall, middle might be better BUT a4 has a little bit more room than a3 so you might be fine with anywhere in the back seat. since i am 5'7" it said anyone under 5'8" could put it anywhere in backseat so i think we are good. and this is going to be my car, not greg's in general, so he will only drive it intermittently. i might put it in the middle anyway though just because it seems easier to see the baby. it has been a while since we test drove it but greg remembers it and said he was impressed with the level of room in the back seat. i do remember we both sat back there and thought it was spacious and we are both tall. someone else on the forum thread said they got 4 adults and a car seat in the a3 too so that helped me mentally.

for strollers, since the car is not that big on cargo space...we are looking at the city jogger mini or the valco latitude..i am leaning towards the VL just because i like the look of it better and it comes with a few more things standard than CJM, aka the graco adapter for car seat, and a rain cover, and also has a similarly small footprint and folds up nicely. i think on the forum they also said that the uppa baby fits nicely in the a3 so it would def fit in a4...but not sure what cargo differences are between the two. also greg is probably going to rig some type of 'shelf' in the back of the cargo area so that we can slide the stroller under there and then still put groceries and bags on top of it and segment out the space so it's more useful. honestly i have gotten crazy amts of stuff into our Mini so i am not too worried but everyone who likes to tell us we have to have a HUGE cargo area for baby stuff still freaks me out sometimes hahah.

for the nursery...i am a decor whore so i just love making new rooms and doing fun things in the house. i left the room yellow since that is what we painted it for our guest room when we moved in. i got the crib that coverts to toddler bed so that we can use it at least 3-4 years and the dresser should last at least til he is 9 or 10 i would imagine. i just love wall decor in general so that was the part i was really excited about..and i also tried not to get baby prints...but more 'boy' stuff so it lasts a few years. lastly, we have so many people giving us gifts that it would be impossible to not make the room cuter just with the gifts hahaa. you guys might find the same!
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Amber, I bet you go really, really soon because you got all that stuff done this weekend. All of my kids have been overdue, but they seemed to know when I was ready because I took care of that last minute stuff that I felt had to get done.

Kimberly, congrats on your daughter! Oh, you are going to have so much fun! My girls are 16 and 9 and are just amazing -- I think you develop a different perspective with raising girls v boys because you''ve been there yourself so you can put yourself in their shoes more easily.

DRK, you aren''t the only one not doing a big-deal nursery. We''re not even doing a nursery at all because we co-sleep. I found with my 3rd that I actually was able to get my rest much better with him with me, so I''ve done it with the 2 kids after and will do it with this one, too. SO''s mom offered to buy a crib, but I had to tell her thanks but no thanks because I know we won''t use it and I hate to have her waste that money. I''d much rather she chip in for the Medela Freestyle that I plan to buy.

About your water breaking...

This used to be a big fear of mine because I thought it would be terribly embarassing if it happened in public OR it would be a mess to clean up if it happened at home. If I remember right, it''s only about 10% of the time that the amniotic sac ruptures before labor starts, so most women aren''t going to have to worry about it! The other thing is that once you stand up, the baby''s head kind of acts like a stopper, so it''s likely the flow would slow down to a trickle. Not a single one of my 5 labors have started with my water breaking.

You can take vitamin C in late pregnancy to help strengthen the amniotic sac. I take 1000 mg. a day, but I also do not take a prenatal vitamin so there''s no conflict.

When I was pregnant with my younger daughter, I was sleeping with my middle son in his bed. My husband (at the time, now ex) had smashed his ankle falling out of a tree and had those rods and the big stabilizer thingy on his leg. He was finally able to sleep in our bed, but if I slept with him and moved, it caused him pain, thus my reason for sleeping with our son.

One night I woke up totally soaked from the waist down so I thought my water had broken and I got all excited! Yeah, as it turned out, my son had wet the bed.
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Gender specific things: I found some great green, yellow, and patterned onsies cheap at Century 21 (in NYC) that I purchased. I'm not changing the registry (except perhaps bedding) as we plan on having two kids and gender neutral seems only logical. I don't mind some pink and purple but I don't want the kid to look like a marshmallow, just like Mara doesn't want a smurf baby.

Drk/Nursery: We're moving once we sell a house, so I have no concrete nursery plans at this point. I'll probably do a bedding set and some cheapie wall hangings/decoration, and my husband is staining his childhood desk and dresser to match the kids' crib but we are definitely not going all out. And I'm not doing anything close to a nursery in this house, so she may end up in a pack'n'play until we move. We'll see how it goes. I've picked a crib that converts (crib/toddler/full bed) and we're hoping to use it for a long time.

Vesper, thanks for sharing! That makes me feel better.

Mara, glad you picked a car, I'm sure you'll grow to like driving it.

Thanks, vesper, monkey, mara, skippy, sha, and qtiekiki. It's actually made the baby a bit more human/real knowing that it's a girl.

Sha, I had absolutely no gender preference or feeling one way or the other. My husband does know and he's feeling a bit guilty, which is silly. I never go through his things, or do his laundry, so the fact that I emptied his suitcase was not something he could have anticipated. Poor guy he did such a good job keeping a secret.

RPS, I'm excited about our girl, and would have been equally as thrilled to have a boy. This will be fun!

Qtie, my husband is so excited, which has made it a lot of fun.

Now we're in the midst of a name war. My parents don't like the girl name we're leaning strongly towards, but they love the name that's second on our list. I'm getting close to saying "We're done talking about this" because it's a bit tiresome, they got to name their kids and now it's our turn. I wish I'd never said a word.
 
Thanks for all the congratulations. Here is a picture of Olivia taken when she was 1 day old.

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SOOOOO CUTE, November!!!! Olivia is precious!!! How''s motherhood treating you? Hope all is well! Congrats again!!!!
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I also wanted to share my birth story with everyone.

As I posted earlier, my water broke around 7:30 Thursday evening when I was out to dinner with a friend. I was not expecting it at all, since the day before the doctor had told me that I was nowhere close. I had also read that a very small percentage of women have their water break and of those most are at home during the night. Well, I guess there is always an exception to the rule because I was in the middle of a crowded restaurant. Also, I think the experience of water breaking is different for everyone, because this was definitely a gush. My pants were soaked completely through, the seat at the restaurant was soaked, and I continued to gush water until I got to the hospital (maybe it''s a difference of leaking vs. breaking). I called DH and told him we were on our way home and to get ready to go. He thought I was kidding at first. We got to the hospital around 8:30 and got checked in. I got hooked up to a monitor for contractions and one for her heartbeat. I was having contractions but couldn''t feel them and was dilated to a 1. The on-call dr. decided to wait and see if things would happen naturally, but they didn''t and he started pitocin around 3. I could start to feel contractions, but they weren''t bad at all. Around 7, my own dr. came in and told me I still wasn''t making progress. He turned up the pitocin and also broke a pocket of water that hadn''t broken. Olivia was facing posterior and she moved down into the borth canal and was pressing on my tailbone. The contractions weren''t bad at all, but the back labor was the worst pain I''ve ever felt. I felt like someone had a knife in my back and was twisting it. I tried sitting, standing and laying and notihng helped. I was actually in tears, especially since my dr. had said it could be another 10-18 hours since I wasn''t dilating. By 10 am DH told the nurse they had to do something because I was in so much pain. They agreed to check me again and I was at 6 cm. so they called the anesthesiologist for the epidural. All I can say is that she is my new best friend. I am generally squeamish around needles, but getting the epidural was not bad at all and the relief was immediate. I didn''t feel another contraction and was able to rest. At 11:30, the dr. came back and told me I was at 10 cm and ready to push. I was both excited and terrified. I was so ready to meet Olivia, but scared of pushing. Turns out there was nothing to worry about. I pushed for about 40 min and she was born. I could feel the pressure of her head, but no pain. They handed her to me as soon as she was born. There are no words to describe the feeling of holding her for the first time. I did have a 2nd degree tear, but since I was holding her as I was stitched, I didn''t even really notice. They left DH and I alone with her for about an hour, which was really nice and I definitely recommend it (DH had called our parents when I started to push, but we had them wait until we were moved to the maternity floor (L&D is on a separate floor). We also tried nursing. After that, we were moved up to the maternity floor to our room and Olivia was taken to the nursery for testing. Our parents got to watch her get her first bath through the window and then everyone came to our room. We kept Olivia in our room the entire time. Yes, it would have been nice to get some sleep, but I couldn''t bear to be separated from her. We came home Sat. and have been settling in.

Overall, the entire experience was very good. I was pretty nervous about the whole thing as I don''t have a high pain tolerance, but was plenty surprised. Our doctor and nurses were great. My recovery has also been great. I got up and walked around right after delivery and never needed anything more than a motrin. Today, 4 days post-partum I feel completely normal.
 
Aw, November, she''s a precious little thing! Congrats again! Thank you for posting your birth story, too -- I love reading them. It''s funny that people have been talking about their water breaking and it''s fairly uncommon for it to happen before labor starts...and it happened to you.

I''m glad that you are up and around and feeling normal. Just please, remember not to do too much and to give yourself plenty of time to rest.

Kimberly, if you were having a boy, I would have told you how lovely it is to have a son because they get very protective of their Mamas. If I needed help from my boys, I know that they''d be there for me in a flash.
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A child is a blessing, no matter which gender.
 
Date: 11/16/2009 3:45:19 PM
Author: rockpaperscissors67
Kimberly, if you were having a boy, I would have told you how lovely it is to have a son because they get very protective of their Mamas. If I needed help from my boys, I know that they''d be there for me in a flash.
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You have the best of both worlds, RPS!

November, she''s darling. Take good care of yourself and Olivia.
 
Oh November! she is just beautiful! What a sweetheart - and I''m glad to hear your birth story went well, despite soaking yourself at dinner. I''m sure it happens a lot more than we realize!
 
sunkist and NovemberBride, Wesley and Olivia are so adorable! I hope you are both enjoying motherhood!
 
November, congrats, she is a doll!!!
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November - Olivia is so precious. Look at her big eyes. So cute. Glad you are feeling normal already. Take care of yourself and her.
 
november - wow! olivia is gorgeous!!

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re: nurseries... yep, we''re not doing much either. we''re converting our guest bedroom into the nursery. we''re lending our extra bed to hub''s parents since they were looking to buy one anyway. i have a full bedroom set that i have broken up between the guest room and our master bedroom. so, the nursery will have a dresser + mirror. and a nightstand. we also have a secretary in the guest room which may or may not stay. if it stays it will only be for a year. we''re going to look for a crib and possibly a glider. we''re not painting. we probably won''t put up much if any artwork. i guess we should put up curtains [there are faux blinds now].

speaking of a glider rocker - is it necessary to have one? yes, i plan on bfeeding. no, we don''t have another rocker anywhere in the house.
 
november - just read your birth story. incredible! it''s so helpful to hear that you are feeling normal so soon after giving birth!
 
JCrow/Glider: I''m going to have John stain his rocking chair from childhood and put a pad of some sort on it, we don''t have one anywhere else in the house. We''re not going to get a glider (at least that''s what I''ve decided for now). My sister BF w/o one, most people I know did and it wasn''t an issue, I think it''s all about comfort and personal desire.
 
Jcrow - rocker/glider is not a necessity. I didn''t have one, and EBF since birth. I BF mostly in bed with pillows behind my back. I actually didn''t like the glider much when I used one at SIL''s house, but for others, it''s wonderful.
 
November - Thank you for sharing your story. Olivia is so precious!
 
Just popping in with a HUGE CONGRATS to Sunkist & November.

Your little ones are just precious!
 
November, what a beautiful picture of Olivia!
 
JCrow, a glider is probably not a necessity, but it is REALLY nice to have one. Not only did I use it for nursing, but I also used it to rock my son to soothe him, and he loved it.

He''s 3 now, and I still read to him in the glider every night and rock him and sing him a lullaby before he goes to bed - he still really enjoys it too.
 
Date: 11/16/2009 2:54:39 PM
Author: NovemberBride
Thanks for all the congratulations. Here is a picture of Olivia taken when she was 1 day old.
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Congratulations, November!
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She''s beautiful.
 
Just to chime in on the waters breaking thing... mine broke at 11am, I''d been on the phone to a friend while sitting on the sofa, had a physio appointment at the hospital, so got up to get my coat and there was sudden gush of water - my trousers were soaked through but it wasn''t like a waterfall or anything. The biggest problem I had was that DH was in one bathroom and our cleaning lady in the other and I was stuck there dripping all over the floor!

Contractions didn''t start for another few hours, and then very mild and building up. The hospital booked me in for an induction 36 hours later and sent me home. Here they don''t start induction or antibiotics until 36 hours as it reduces the chance of ending up with a c-section and most women have gone into full labour by then anyway. However they don''t do internals and you are told not to have a bath etc to reduce any chance of infection.

PSers seem to have an above average incidence of waters breaking early - it''s only between 5-10% usually.

ETA: I can totally see how someone could think they just peed themselves. Even when I got to the hospital they gave me a special pad I had to wear for 20 minutes that turns a certain colour if it''s amniotic fluid and another if it''s just pee... seems like a lot of women confuse the two!
 
November, I love the picture!! What a serene little thing. Thank you for your birth story, it''s really interesting to read the different ones.

JCrow, we got a glider, but only because my aunt wanted us to have one. She''s been helping out with my cousin''s three sets of twins and said it was absolutely a godsend. So it was the gift she insisted on getting for us. If not for that, we would have gotten a rocking chair from ikea.

Today is my 39 week appointment with my old OB! It''s sad how excited I am to see her. I compared it to a bad date- the stand in OB was cold, fast and wouldn''t help me sit up. My regular OB takes her time with us, helps me sit up, is gentle and friendly. I would definitely not marry my stand in. I''ve made it this far, I wonder how much my vaginal status has changed- 100% effaced? More dilation? I guess we''ll see what our next step is today. I''m kind of excited! Then again, I am SO tired of everyone calling us. I snapped at my dad yesterday because he called for something then said, "And how are YOU feeling?" I said, "I''m feeling like I''m very tired of people asking me that. I hear it SIX TIMES A DAY. I''m FINE. WHY DO PEOPLE ASK ME THIS?" He said, "Well, it''s because you''re PREGNANT." Yeah, apparently other than being incredibly impatient with that question, I''m feeling pretty darn good.

I must say the only thing I''m REALLY thinking/worrying about is the family and what''s going to happen while I''m in labor. Now, if I get induced, I assume it''d be early morning. I''m THINKING I''d be okay with having visitors during the laboring. Since our hospital keeps the husband, mom and baby together for two hours in the labor/delivery room post birth, the family won''t be able to see us then. So they may be waiting for a LONG time. I''ve mentioned my unease at having people waiting for me to do something. My dad said, "Everyone loves you and wouldn''t be impatient about waiting." Yeah, I don''t give a crap if THEY are impatient. I just really really don''t want to know there is a posse of people out there waiting on us. That''s just not helpful. So if it all happens earlyish (say early afternoon), perhaps they can come visit post birth, when we''re moved into our postpartum room. Two at a time, as per hospital rules. If I go into labor in the middle of the night, or late at night, I REALLY don''t want to call everyone. Why bother waking up the parents if I don''t want them there, or they aren''t allowed there at the time? So they can sit up awake and worrying? Wouldn''t it be better if they just got the call after we''ve had her to say, "Guess who came? Come see her! Bring me candy and ice cream!"

Sorry, now that it''s apparent I''m NEXT here, I''m trying to process everything. Any advice, tips? Anyone have their labor & delivery parent plan set?
 
amber - ikea has rockers? i should check them out! i found a glider + ottoman for a steal at bassatt, but it''s not as comfy as others and i''m not in love with the fabric + wood color. on the other hand, i don''t want to pay a fortune for something i won''t have more than a couple of years.

i''m so excited that you get to meet up with your original ob! yay!!!!
 
Date: 11/17/2009 10:45:37 AM
Author: AmberWaves
November, I love the picture!! What a serene little thing. Thank you for your birth story, it's really interesting to read the different ones.

JCrow, we got a glider, but only because my aunt wanted us to have one. She's been helping out with my cousin's three sets of twins and said it was absolutely a godsend. So it was the gift she insisted on getting for us. If not for that, we would have gotten a rocking chair from ikea.

Today is my 39 week appointment with my old OB! It's sad how excited I am to see her. I compared it to a bad date- the stand in OB was cold, fast and wouldn't help me sit up. My regular OB takes her time with us, helps me sit up, is gentle and friendly. I would definitely not marry my stand in. I've made it this far, I wonder how much my vaginal status has changed- 100% effaced? More dilation? I guess we'll see what our next step is today. I'm kind of excited! Then again, I am SO tired of everyone calling us. I snapped at my dad yesterday because he called for something then said, 'And how are YOU feeling?' I said, 'I'm feeling like I'm very tired of people asking me that. I hear it SIX TIMES A DAY. I'm FINE. WHY DO PEOPLE ASK ME THIS?' He said, 'Well, it's because you're PREGNANT.' Yeah, apparently other than being incredibly impatient with that question, I'm feeling pretty darn good.

I must say the only thing I'm REALLY thinking/worrying about is the family and what's going to happen while I'm in labor. Now, if I get induced, I assume it'd be early morning. I'm THINKING I'd be okay with having visitors during the laboring. Since our hospital keeps the husband, mom and baby together for two hours in the labor/delivery room post birth, the family won't be able to see us then. So they may be waiting for a LONG time. I've mentioned my unease at having people waiting for me to do something. My dad said, 'Everyone loves you and wouldn't be impatient about waiting.' Yeah, I don't give a crap if THEY are impatient. I just really really don't want to know there is a posse of people out there waiting on us. That's just not helpful. So if it all happens earlyish (say early afternoon), perhaps they can come visit post birth, when we're moved into our postpartum room. Two at a time, as per hospital rules. If I go into labor in the middle of the night, or late at night, I REALLY don't want to call everyone. Why bother waking up the parents if I don't want them there, or they aren't allowed there at the time? So they can sit up awake and worrying? Wouldn't it be better if they just got the call after we've had her to say, 'Guess who came? Come see her! Bring me candy and ice cream!'

Sorry, now that it's apparent I'm NEXT here, I'm trying to process everything. Any advice, tips? Anyone have their labor & delivery parent plan set?
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Amber, I would totally not want people sitting there waiting. Labour can take a looooonnnnngggg time and you don't want to feel any pressure to 'perform' in x amount of time etc

You also don't know what might happen - if my parents had decided to come to Daisy's birth they would have been sitting there for 4 days before seeing us. We were only allowed 2 named people into L&D and the names had to be given in advance. You didn't move to postnatal for a good 3-5 hours after the birth. Then you could have 2 visitors + father after 3pm on the postnatal ward (fathers at any time). I was in HDU for 2 days and only DH was allowed in at all.

I don't get why people would want to be there so early? Give the poor parents and baby time to recover and bond and get breast-feeding started first for goodness sake - they're not going anywhere!
 
This is the chair we were going to get

Pandora: My point exactly!!! WHY wait there? I don't understand it! Do you really want to harass a person when they just had a baby? I understand being excited and wanting to see her and all, but at the expense of our bonding and our "family" time?
 
thanks amber, that''s not too bad of a chair. the glider + ottoman we found is $170. if it''s still there.
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the big problem i have [and i''m sure you can relate] is that most of the chairs are for tall people! i can''t touch the ground. or my back doesn''t touch the back! so annoying. all the ones in baby stores are too big for me!
 
November, Olivia is precious!

Jcrow- Waht about Ikea. Their chairs seem to be lower to the ground. Not a "typical" rocker, but a good comfortable chair.

Update: Stabbing pains in my hips for the last two days. Things are moving. I went thru lots of old pictures last night from college and realized how in shape and tiny I was just 3 years ago, and my skin was perfect! Don't get me wrong, it's not like I've blown up, but I used to be all muscle and now it's loose, everywhere. DH fianlly took the computer away...

I just have this fear that I will never look good again after having a baby. All you hear is, "Nothing will ever be the same", "your abs will never be flat again", "Everything is stretching", etc

Did anyone go thru this stage?
 
Amber, I''m glad to hear that you''re still doing well! I''m convinced that all of the frustrations that come with the end of pregnancy are just to teach you the patience you need as a parent. After the first couple of late babies, I quit telling people my due date and gave them a time frame. This time it''s the end of January. That''s it. Don''t call me and ask if I''ve had the baby because it''s not like I''m going to do so and then keep it a secret(*).

I generally prefer to tell family *after* the baby has arrived, too. My parents live several hours away so they wouldn''t rush down to wait while I''m in labor. SO''s parents will probably know when I''m in labor this time because SO wants to take our 3 year old over there, but I''m really hoping that I''ll have the baby while Will is either at day care or here asleep. Then we can ALL go to MIL''s house to visit.

(*) Will was born at 7:40 on a Tuesday night when my older kids were at their dad''s. The next day I went to day care to pick up my then 6 year old. She could tell something was different right away, but it took her a minute to say, "Did you have the baby??" LOL! I still looked quite pregnant and the baby was at home with his dad waiting for us.
 
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