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Hey, girls! One last check in before I go to the hospital tomorrow. I am nervous, anxious and excited all at the same time! Today I''m going out to the book store to get my little guy a book about being a big brother...I already have him a shirt to wear. He is so excited and has been Xing out a calendar since the beginning of January and said this morning, "I''m going to tell all my friends I''ll be a big brother tomorrow!!" I am super nervous, but our hospital is so great. It is just for women and babies, and is more like a hotel than hospital. They even give you spa robes and slippers, and can do mani/pedis if you want but I just got mine done yesterday. They offer a 4 course celebratory meal for two for the parents where they will take the baby while you and your husband eat the meal, but I don''t think I will feel up to that or if I''m even allowed to eat much at all after the c-section. I know Neatfreak said they allow solids now, but 5 years ago it was a liquid diet
. Anyway, I wish all the other close Mommies good luck...Mara, QT, RPS, GingerB and everyone else, I can''t wait to see pics and hear your stories. Good luck to everyone and thanks so much for sharing things for the past 8 or so months!
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Steph! Good luck! I thought about your son last night, and was wondering if he was still as excited as the day you all told him. His comments still make me teary!
ETA: I had another labor dream, and again only 5 minutes(!!)... but what was weird about this one, was that I had the one baby, but afterwards I knew that I still had to deliver my baby at my actual due date. It was like I was a surrogate for someone else WHILE being pregnant myself. I think that maybe my subconscious isn't quite n'sync with "reality" yet
ETA: I had another labor dream, and again only 5 minutes(!!)... but what was weird about this one, was that I had the one baby, but afterwards I knew that I still had to deliver my baby at my actual due date. It was like I was a surrogate for someone else WHILE being pregnant myself. I think that maybe my subconscious isn't quite n'sync with "reality" yet
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radiantgirl/chinacat - awww....can''t wait to meet your munchkins!
kim - your house is gorgeous!!
jcrow - with all the hospitals i''ve worked at, the L&D/maternity sections are always really nice. usually very homey/hotel like with softer lighting, carpeting/wood paneling. very soothing.
lovelylulu - since you started with insurance with your doc, maybe he''ll ride out the rest of your pregnancy with it? woouldn''t hurt to ask.
steph - so excited for you!!! can''t wait to hear your stroy and "meet" your new little man. and your current little man sounds like a complete doll, what a sweetie!
mara - i have been studiously ignoring the belly pic hints i admit
. actually hubbs is on my case about overexposure on the net and even if i cut my head out, he doesn''t want someone to recognize our house etc... etc... he really doesn''t ask much of me so, what can i say? your crooked belly pic made me laugh though cuz that is the exact same view i have. wonder if there is something about the right side that bebes love so much since it seems all our little ones like to cozy over to that one side.
as for me, still nothing. i know i''m only 38 weeks this week, but it''s kind of anxiety inducing to not have any signs of progression. any ladies out there who DID NOT have braxton hicks or mucous plugs or anything at this point and still delivered more or less on time? i almost wish i hadn''t had the 37 week u/s because now that i know how big his head is
i''m even more anxious about not being too late y''know? ignorance really can be bliss
we now have several talks a day with gingerbaby re: the importance of being on time
kim - your house is gorgeous!!
jcrow - with all the hospitals i''ve worked at, the L&D/maternity sections are always really nice. usually very homey/hotel like with softer lighting, carpeting/wood paneling. very soothing.
lovelylulu - since you started with insurance with your doc, maybe he''ll ride out the rest of your pregnancy with it? woouldn''t hurt to ask.
steph - so excited for you!!! can''t wait to hear your stroy and "meet" your new little man. and your current little man sounds like a complete doll, what a sweetie!
mara - i have been studiously ignoring the belly pic hints i admit
as for me, still nothing. i know i''m only 38 weeks this week, but it''s kind of anxiety inducing to not have any signs of progression. any ladies out there who DID NOT have braxton hicks or mucous plugs or anything at this point and still delivered more or less on time? i almost wish i hadn''t had the 37 week u/s because now that i know how big his head is
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ginger - Try not to worry. I had an internal check at 5:00 pm 37w5d and was closed closed closed! Nada...I had my son at 4:38pm 37w6dDate: 1/26/2010 10:59:26 AM
Author: gingerB
radiantgirl/chinacat - awww....can''t wait to meet your munchkins!
kim - your house is gorgeous!!
jcrow - with all the hospitals i''ve worked at, the L&D/maternity sections are always really nice. usually very homey/hotel like with softer lighting, carpeting/wood paneling. very soothing.
lovelylulu - since you started with insurance with your doc, maybe he''ll ride out the rest of your pregnancy with it? woouldn''t hurt to ask.
steph - so excited for you!!! can''t wait to hear your stroy and ''meet'' your new little man. and your current little man sounds like a complete doll, what a sweetie!
mara - i have been studiously ignoring the belly pic hints i admit. actually hubbs is on my case about overexposure on the net and even if i cut my head out, he doesn''t want someone to recognize our house etc... etc... he really doesn''t ask much of me so, what can i say? your crooked belly pic made me laugh though cuz that is the exact same view i have. wonder if there is something about the right side that bebes love so much since it seems all our little ones like to cozy over to that one side.
as for me, still nothing. i know i''m only 38 weeks this week, but it''s kind of anxiety inducing to not have any signs of progression. any ladies out there who DID NOT have braxton hicks or mucous plugs or anything at this point and still delivered more or less on time? i almost wish i hadn''t had the 37 week u/s because now that i know how big his head isi''m even more anxious about not being too late y''know? ignorance really can be blisswe now have several talks a day with gingerbaby re: the importance of being on time
Good luck to steph, mara, ginger & rps!!! Can''t wait to see your little babies
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Steph, best wishes for a very easy delivery and recovery! Your hospital sounds really lovely; I''m glad you are going to get some pampering, too. I''ll be thinking of you and your family!
Kim, I think I''d feel the way you do about the GD if I were in your shoes. It''s never a bad thing to eat a healthy diet, of course. I also think it''s prudent to question invasive procedures. It''s not like you''re absolutely, positively refusing to induce, for example, but rather finding out your docs reasons and seeing if they jive with your instincts. I''m glad you''re getting low numbers, too, in your testing!
Ginger, I can''t believe you''re at 38 weeks already! Think positive about your baby''s big head! Big head = big brain, right?
You can DO IT!
This is kind of a fly-by because I''m in the middle of work stuff, but...nothing new to report. LOL! That seems to be my daily thing. I had a few moments earlier when I felt sort of depressed about being overdue with no signs of baby coming soon. Then I got over it and remembered that no one has been pregnant forever.
The other night, we were watching some show on the travel channel about various restaurants. There was one that showed this burger: hamburger, cream cheese, fresh chopped jalapenos. OMG. I have been thinking about it since. I''m supposed to be making baked chicken tonight, but I may nix that and go for the burgers instead. YUM!
Kim, I think I''d feel the way you do about the GD if I were in your shoes. It''s never a bad thing to eat a healthy diet, of course. I also think it''s prudent to question invasive procedures. It''s not like you''re absolutely, positively refusing to induce, for example, but rather finding out your docs reasons and seeing if they jive with your instincts. I''m glad you''re getting low numbers, too, in your testing!
Ginger, I can''t believe you''re at 38 weeks already! Think positive about your baby''s big head! Big head = big brain, right?
You can DO IT!This is kind of a fly-by because I''m in the middle of work stuff, but...nothing new to report. LOL! That seems to be my daily thing. I had a few moments earlier when I felt sort of depressed about being overdue with no signs of baby coming soon. Then I got over it and remembered that no one has been pregnant forever.
The other night, we were watching some show on the travel channel about various restaurants. There was one that showed this burger: hamburger, cream cheese, fresh chopped jalapenos. OMG. I have been thinking about it since. I''m supposed to be making baked chicken tonight, but I may nix that and go for the burgers instead. YUM!
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Date: 1/26/2010 10:59:26 AM
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as for me, still nothing. i know i'm only 38 weeks this week, but it's kind of anxiety inducing to not have any signs of progression. any ladies out there who DID NOT have braxton hicks or mucous plugs or anything at this point and still delivered more or less on time? i almost wish i hadn't had the 37 week u/s because now that i know how big his head isi'm even more anxious about not being too late y'know? ignorance really can be blisswe now have several talks a day with gingerbaby re: the importance of being on time
delurking to say- Ginger, I went into labor with my first (my water broke) the night that I had just had an appt. with my OB earlier in the day and there was no progression, no baby dropping, nothing to indicate labor at all. I was 37 1/2 weeks. It seriously can happen any time. Try not to worry. I was dilated 3cm with my second for 3 weeks b/f I went into labor with her one week b/f her due date.
steph-just wanted to say best of luck tomorrow. I'm sure everything will go smoothly. Can't wait to see pics of your new baby!
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Chinacat - Yay, can't wait for our little ones to meet.
Ginger - I was only about 1 cm dilated and about 50% effaced with my last exam before my due date (Friday, due date was Sunday). I ended up going into labor early morning of his due date. I totally understand how you are feeling as regards to being anxious because I felt the same way too. I felt like the pregnancy was never going to end, but it does end. Your baby will come when he is ready. Though I felt like I was more than ready, nothing prepared me for how it was going to be with the baby outside. Hang in there! You are getting so close!
Steph - Good luck tomorrow and can't wait to see pics of your little man.
Ginger - I was only about 1 cm dilated and about 50% effaced with my last exam before my due date (Friday, due date was Sunday). I ended up going into labor early morning of his due date. I totally understand how you are feeling as regards to being anxious because I felt the same way too. I felt like the pregnancy was never going to end, but it does end. Your baby will come when he is ready. Though I felt like I was more than ready, nothing prepared me for how it was going to be with the baby outside. Hang in there! You are getting so close!
Steph - Good luck tomorrow and can't wait to see pics of your little man.
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still here! i have an appt at noon with my dr that i wanted to cancel because i feel like i will just be depressed if she says there''s no progress since last week. but she had no other appts later this week (closer to due date) so this is the one i got stuck with. after this i won''t see her til next week when i am overdue. but whatever, i figured i''ll keep it since my mani/pedi place is right near to the clinic so i might as well kill two birds with one stone and then i can ask her some other random Q''s i have been wondering about like why is my belly so crazy low and what the process is if i am 5/1/1 and go in and am like only 2cm dilated and don''t progress...do they send me home, do they put the pill on my uterus, what. i pride myself on asking my dr the most random weird Q''s but i think she secretly likes it.
but on the other hand i feel like there must be progress happening. last nite my back was killing me and i had horrible menstrual like cramps most of the night. but right around 3-4pm usually things peter out. same with when i have contractions. it''s funny but happens every night. i just figure one night it won''t stop and then we''ll know. i do still have chronic back pain this morning, its not comfy.
also belly is extremely heavy now and when i walk i feel like he might just fall out. my friend told me that is close to the end. i hope so! i am joking with greg that we''ll wake up one morning and he''ll be in bed with us going ''hi mom and dad'' hahaa.
yesterday i went out to walk and it started to rain. i made it 2 blocks, bah. today i wanted to walk before my appt and guess what, its raining! BOO.
i am enjoying my last few days (?) off before the kiddo comes though. i don''t recall who said it on here (ginger?) but i am really aware of how this is the ''last time we will XYZ''..whatever. these are the last days that we will have just the two of us (three with portia) ever again. and we''ve been together 10 years, so it''s a long time it''s just been the two of us. thinking about it makes me a little emotional actually. even though we got lucky on the first try, we never were sure we even wanted kids for so long that it almost sometimes seems surreal that we are just about to become parents.
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steph...good luck girl if we don''t see you again on here before tomorrow. i am so excited for you! and your hospital sounds great. can''t wait to hear the story and see the pics of your little man.
lulu, i am so sorry you have to look for a new OB at this stage but i agree better safe than sorry. my friend who had a pretty normal preg ended up having to have an emergency C after like 30 hours of labor and her bill was 80/20 and they had to pay 10k out of pocket when all was said and done. that''s just not something you want to have to do, esp if its like surprise!
MP...i mean to ask this yesterday but i guess i''m too focused on ''why isnt my child coming out yet'' hahaa. you said you had some sort of procedure scheduled i think today but were worried about your high fluid levels? did you ask your Dr if doing the procedure is still ok given the high fluid levels? and is your Dr worried at all about the levels? i don''t remember the background, too many posts. anyway i hope all is well.
ginger...no worries re the pic, but you COULD take it at the hospital at work HEHEE so the background is nebulous. i am all about seeing your belly girl. or just post a belly shot sans background lol. and re: people just going into labor, your chances are still as good as mine as delivering on time. my dr has told me that she sees people at like 39 weeks who are closed up tight as a clam and that night boom they are in labor. our bodies are weird. and that''s why even though i have all these ''signs'' leading up to something happening soon, my body could be like PSYCH and push me to 41 weeks!
QT..still here i see. drat these comfy kiddies.
kimi love the house pic! and re the GD, honestly when i read your posts i get a little irritated with your Dr because this reminds me of my coworker i mentioned. i feel like the GD label is kind of slapped around really easily nowadays, kind of like the whole ''lets schedule a csect at 37 weeks'' and actual GD does carry a lot of health risks and hazards with it, but i feel like the Dr''s are too lenient with the label. my coworker had a test at 12 weeks and Dr would not test her again, just told her she HAD it and that was it. Diet for the next 28 weeks and she prob has to go on time too. and this girl is TINY and her belly is TINY and her Dr says the kid is average size. So what the heck. Seems like at that point she should be able to say ok can we go an extra week. You too yanno? Anyway I hope you ask your Dr about it and speak up (don''t recall if you did, maybe you did already) but I am pretty bullish about certain things and I don''t necessarily just believe what Dr''s tell me...western medicine is so hit and miss anyway.
but on the other hand i feel like there must be progress happening. last nite my back was killing me and i had horrible menstrual like cramps most of the night. but right around 3-4pm usually things peter out. same with when i have contractions. it''s funny but happens every night. i just figure one night it won''t stop and then we''ll know. i do still have chronic back pain this morning, its not comfy.
also belly is extremely heavy now and when i walk i feel like he might just fall out. my friend told me that is close to the end. i hope so! i am joking with greg that we''ll wake up one morning and he''ll be in bed with us going ''hi mom and dad'' hahaa.
yesterday i went out to walk and it started to rain. i made it 2 blocks, bah. today i wanted to walk before my appt and guess what, its raining! BOO.
i am enjoying my last few days (?) off before the kiddo comes though. i don''t recall who said it on here (ginger?) but i am really aware of how this is the ''last time we will XYZ''..whatever. these are the last days that we will have just the two of us (three with portia) ever again. and we''ve been together 10 years, so it''s a long time it''s just been the two of us. thinking about it makes me a little emotional actually. even though we got lucky on the first try, we never were sure we even wanted kids for so long that it almost sometimes seems surreal that we are just about to become parents.
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steph...good luck girl if we don''t see you again on here before tomorrow. i am so excited for you! and your hospital sounds great. can''t wait to hear the story and see the pics of your little man.
lulu, i am so sorry you have to look for a new OB at this stage but i agree better safe than sorry. my friend who had a pretty normal preg ended up having to have an emergency C after like 30 hours of labor and her bill was 80/20 and they had to pay 10k out of pocket when all was said and done. that''s just not something you want to have to do, esp if its like surprise!
MP...i mean to ask this yesterday but i guess i''m too focused on ''why isnt my child coming out yet'' hahaa. you said you had some sort of procedure scheduled i think today but were worried about your high fluid levels? did you ask your Dr if doing the procedure is still ok given the high fluid levels? and is your Dr worried at all about the levels? i don''t remember the background, too many posts. anyway i hope all is well.
ginger...no worries re the pic, but you COULD take it at the hospital at work HEHEE so the background is nebulous. i am all about seeing your belly girl. or just post a belly shot sans background lol. and re: people just going into labor, your chances are still as good as mine as delivering on time. my dr has told me that she sees people at like 39 weeks who are closed up tight as a clam and that night boom they are in labor. our bodies are weird. and that''s why even though i have all these ''signs'' leading up to something happening soon, my body could be like PSYCH and push me to 41 weeks!
QT..still here i see. drat these comfy kiddies.
kimi love the house pic! and re the GD, honestly when i read your posts i get a little irritated with your Dr because this reminds me of my coworker i mentioned. i feel like the GD label is kind of slapped around really easily nowadays, kind of like the whole ''lets schedule a csect at 37 weeks'' and actual GD does carry a lot of health risks and hazards with it, but i feel like the Dr''s are too lenient with the label. my coworker had a test at 12 weeks and Dr would not test her again, just told her she HAD it and that was it. Diet for the next 28 weeks and she prob has to go on time too. and this girl is TINY and her belly is TINY and her Dr says the kid is average size. So what the heck. Seems like at that point she should be able to say ok can we go an extra week. You too yanno? Anyway I hope you ask your Dr about it and speak up (don''t recall if you did, maybe you did already) but I am pretty bullish about certain things and I don''t necessarily just believe what Dr''s tell me...western medicine is so hit and miss anyway.
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Good luck to all you soon-to-be mommies! I keep checking in for updates
And just FYI, back when I was preggo (which feels like decades ago, but was really only two years ago!), when I was 36 weeks along with my twins I had an appt. at 1 pm and I was 1 cm dilated - the doctor said we looked in good shape for the scheduled c-section the following week. Well ... 12 hours later, my water broke and I was in labor. So just another example of having to expect the unexpected, ladies! And not to get too hung up on dilation either.
And just FYI, back when I was preggo (which feels like decades ago, but was really only two years ago!), when I was 36 weeks along with my twins I had an appt. at 1 pm and I was 1 cm dilated - the doctor said we looked in good shape for the scheduled c-section the following week. Well ... 12 hours later, my water broke and I was in labor. So just another example of having to expect the unexpected, ladies! And not to get too hung up on dilation either.
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Date: 1/26/2010 1:10:00 PM
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still here! i have an appt at noon with my dr that i wanted to cancel because i feel like i will just be depressed if she says there''s no progress since last week. but she had no other appts later this week (closer to due date) so this is the one i got stuck with. after this i won''t see her til next week when i am overdue. but whatever, i figured i''ll keep it since my mani/pedi place is right near to the clinic so i might as well kill two birds with one stone and then i can ask her some other random Q''s i have been wondering about like why is my belly so crazy low and what the process is if i am 5/1/1 and go in and am like only 2cm dilated and don''t progress...do they send me home, do they put the pill on my uterus, what. i pride myself on asking my dr the most random weird Q''s but i think she secretly likes it.
but on the other hand i feel like there must be progress happening. last nite my back was killing me and i had horrible menstrual like cramps most of the night. but right around 3-4pm usually things peter out. same with when i have contractions. it''s funny but happens every night. i just figure one night it won''t stop and then we''ll know. i do still have chronic back pain this morning, its not comfy.
also belly is extremely heavy now and when i walk i feel like he might just fall out. my friend told me that is close to the end. i hope so! i am joking with greg that we''ll wake up one morning and he''ll be in bed with us going ''hi mom and dad'' hahaa.
yesterday i went out to walk and it started to rain. i made it 2 blocks, bah. today i wanted to walk before my appt and guess what, its raining! BOO.
i am enjoying my last few days (?) off before the kiddo comes though. i don''t recall who said it on here (ginger?) but i am really aware of how this is the ''last time we will XYZ''..whatever. these are the last days that we will have just the two of us (three with portia) ever again. and we''ve been together 10 years, so it''s a long time it''s just been the two of us. thinking about it makes me a little emotional actually. even though we got lucky on the first try, we never were sure we even wanted kids for so long that it almost sometimes seems surreal that we are just about to become parents.
Mara - It sounds like you are definitely making progress and contractions feel just like that...painful menstrual cramps. I wouldn''t be surprised if you go very very soon. It definitely is a very surreal moment to think that it will no longer be just the two of you. I know people say it all the time, but it''s so true. Things will never be the same again. You can''t just walk out of the house whenever you want to anymore. The simple things you used to do becomes much harder after the baby is here. I used to hate hearing people say this to me, but really enjoy these last few moments by yourself, with your hubby before the baby is here.
Good luck and hope we hear some news from you soon!
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You are SO close! I bet he will be here within the next few days for sure.
And yes, I have a colposcopy scheduled for 3 today
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Thanks girl. I went walking four days straight last time, and ended up giving birth 4 days before my EDD. So I am hoping the walking will work this time too. I started walking on Sun, so it''s only been 3 days. I did 2 miles on Sun, 3 miles yesterday and 3 miles today. I guess what''s hard for me this time is that I didn''t feel any cramps or contractions prior to actual labor last time, but this time I had cramps and contractions here and there (making me more anxious).
Mara
Yeah our little guys are too comfy in there.
Boo on the rains. It''s supposed to rain this afternoon here, so I went for a walk in the morning.
ella
I had no progress at my 39 weeks appt last time, and gave birth 3 days later. But even knowing that isn''t helping me with the anxiety. hehe.
MP
Good luck with your colposcopy today. I''ll be thinking of you.
Thanks girl. I went walking four days straight last time, and ended up giving birth 4 days before my EDD. So I am hoping the walking will work this time too. I started walking on Sun, so it''s only been 3 days. I did 2 miles on Sun, 3 miles yesterday and 3 miles today. I guess what''s hard for me this time is that I didn''t feel any cramps or contractions prior to actual labor last time, but this time I had cramps and contractions here and there (making me more anxious).
Mara
Yeah our little guys are too comfy in there.
Boo on the rains. It''s supposed to rain this afternoon here, so I went for a walk in the morning.
ella
I had no progress at my 39 weeks appt last time, and gave birth 3 days later. But even knowing that isn''t helping me with the anxiety. hehe.
MP
Good luck with your colposcopy today. I''ll be thinking of you.
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Thanks for all the good thoughts and wishes, ladies. I hate the waiting part. My husband must be getting anxious, he keeps sending me texts all day from work giving me updates on how many hours are left till we meet our little guy. Hope you all have a great rest of the week and I will post pics as soon as possible!
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Thank you! I have to be in at 5am, with the surgery scheduled for 7, so bright and early but that''s good since I doubt I will sleep a wink tonightDate: 1/26/2010 4:43:54 PM
Author: Kaleigh
Good luck tomorrow Steph!! What time do you go in??
MP hope your procedure went well.
Mara, hoping your doc said progress IS being made, sure sounds like it.
To everyone else that is due, hoping it won''t be too much longer!!!
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Yay Steph! It''s so cool you guys know when you are going in.
So my update.. back from the Dr and I am 1cm. She also stripped my membranes, owie. I have heard of it working for a few women so let''s see if I am one of them. We scheduled induction for Feb 6 but she says she thinks I will go naturally before that, hopefully! She said I have dropped more as well. I won''t go back to see her again before induction, but I am happy that for induction she will be my Dr, because at my hospital it''s an HMO and they rotate Dr''s so she won''t be my Dr for delivery if I go naturally but she is working Feb 6 so that is why we scheduled induction then. So on one hand I am bummed not to have her naturally but if I HAVE to get induction, I am glad it''s with her and the dates worked out.
It''s still raining on and off but I am hoping to get out for a walk. My back pain is chronic when I stand or walk and I def feel sore and stretchy down there. Fingers crossed.
Good luck at your appt today MP and hope everything turns out fine.
Lindsay, hope you are getting your amnio results back soon and everything is fab.
QT you go girl with your crazy multi-mile walking self. Surely that has to pop the kid out right??
Oh speaking of unexpected and just as another example of how weird our bodies are. Dr was telling me that she had a patient who was 3cm for a few WEEKS and was just walking around normally. They stripped her membranes like every week for 3 weeks and NOTHING. She told me every time she''d see her next appt she was like REALLY ARE YOU REALLY STILL PREGNANT???? So it just underscores how crazy it can be! Some people are 0 anything and then boom labor and other people walk around for weeks half open before labor. Our bodies def don''t make it easy on us hehe.
I also asked her about how long we could stay at home before coming in because of the few stories I have read on here recently about women going in at like 5/1/1 or around there and it being another 20 hours before they are ready. She said that is not uncommon (for that to happen) and agreed that basically once you come in it becomes more clinical.
She said because I have had an uncomplicated preg and I am Strep B neg that we can stay home as long as we want...basically until I feel like I *need* pain assistance from them. Otherwise she is like you just come in, they put the IV in and have you walk around and if you don''t need that then just do it at home. So I was happy to hear that, because I really didn''t want to feel like we HAD to go in at 5/1/1 and then have it be 20 hours of drama in the hospital. Keeping fingers crossed that we can do that and nothing weird happens. Anyway..just some food for thought for other pre-Moms maybe thinking about the same thing.
So my update.. back from the Dr and I am 1cm. She also stripped my membranes, owie. I have heard of it working for a few women so let''s see if I am one of them. We scheduled induction for Feb 6 but she says she thinks I will go naturally before that, hopefully! She said I have dropped more as well. I won''t go back to see her again before induction, but I am happy that for induction she will be my Dr, because at my hospital it''s an HMO and they rotate Dr''s so she won''t be my Dr for delivery if I go naturally but she is working Feb 6 so that is why we scheduled induction then. So on one hand I am bummed not to have her naturally but if I HAVE to get induction, I am glad it''s with her and the dates worked out.
It''s still raining on and off but I am hoping to get out for a walk. My back pain is chronic when I stand or walk and I def feel sore and stretchy down there. Fingers crossed.
Good luck at your appt today MP and hope everything turns out fine.
Lindsay, hope you are getting your amnio results back soon and everything is fab.
QT you go girl with your crazy multi-mile walking self. Surely that has to pop the kid out right??
Oh speaking of unexpected and just as another example of how weird our bodies are. Dr was telling me that she had a patient who was 3cm for a few WEEKS and was just walking around normally. They stripped her membranes like every week for 3 weeks and NOTHING. She told me every time she''d see her next appt she was like REALLY ARE YOU REALLY STILL PREGNANT???? So it just underscores how crazy it can be! Some people are 0 anything and then boom labor and other people walk around for weeks half open before labor. Our bodies def don''t make it easy on us hehe.
I also asked her about how long we could stay at home before coming in because of the few stories I have read on here recently about women going in at like 5/1/1 or around there and it being another 20 hours before they are ready. She said that is not uncommon (for that to happen) and agreed that basically once you come in it becomes more clinical.
She said because I have had an uncomplicated preg and I am Strep B neg that we can stay home as long as we want...basically until I feel like I *need* pain assistance from them. Otherwise she is like you just come in, they put the IV in and have you walk around and if you don''t need that then just do it at home. So I was happy to hear that, because I really didn''t want to feel like we HAD to go in at 5/1/1 and then have it be 20 hours of drama in the hospital. Keeping fingers crossed that we can do that and nothing weird happens. Anyway..just some food for thought for other pre-Moms maybe thinking about the same thing.
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Mara,
What does 5 / 1 /1 mean??? Five minutes apart??
Your Doc sounds great. I hope she will be there to deliver you. Stripping them membranes often does get things going..
But what she said about the woman who she did that to 3 times?? Wow, never heard of that before, LOL!!!! That poor woman!!!
I swear this is why women do this and not men!!!!
What does 5 / 1 /1 mean??? Five minutes apart??
Your Doc sounds great. I hope she will be there to deliver you. Stripping them membranes often does get things going..
But what she said about the woman who she did that to 3 times?? Wow, never heard of that before, LOL!!!! That poor woman!!!
I swear this is why women do this and not men!!!!
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