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Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

Congratulations Mara!

QT, thinking of you!

Lindsey, thanks for the update. You''re in my thoughts.
 
Mara, congrats on baby T!
 
Steph- Congrats on Evan!!! That picture of Evan and Andrew made my heart melt. Hope you're doing well!

RPS- Rock star delivery mama!!!! Love your candor and your attitude. Welcome Benjamin!!!!

Mara- Congrats on Baby Boy T! Can't wait to see pics and hear your story.

All the Houston ladies- Wonderful to meet you and see all of your cute preggo selves. Jcrow, Meresal and Ginger are gorgeous preggos, no matter what they say. RadiantGirl's son is gorgeous and a perfect angel. Unlike O! Now that I've met you, really can't wait for your little ones! We will definitely have to do another GTG with all the babies next summer.

Hudson- Aww, sorry, but your post made me laugh. I wish there was some way to have men experience what we experience. Tell him you are GROWING a HUMAN and it would make him grumpy too.

QT- Thinking of you and wishing you an easy peasy induction and delivery!

Lindsay- You are amazing. Andrew is so lucky to have such a strong mama. So glad you have comfort with your team this time.
 
Congrats Mara and Greg. Can''t wait for the birth story and pics.

Lindsey
Glad you are doing well.

Thanks for all your thoughts. The pitocin was started about 15 mins ago, so I am just relaxing.

ETA: Nurse just checked me, and said I am very sensitive to the pitocin since I am already having contractions.
 
Mara, congratulations!! Can''t wait to hear all about it and see photos!

qt, thinking of you today. Hope everything goes smoothly.
 
Date: 2/1/2010 12:22:13 PM
Author: qtiekiki
Thanks for all your thoughts. The pitocin was started about 15 mins ago, so I am just relaxing.

ETA: Nurse just checked me, and said I am very sensitive to the pitocin since I am already having contractions.
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Oh yay! You''re moving right along, I bet your LO arrives asap!
 
Congrats Mara and Greg on the birth of you son!! can''t wait to see more pictures of him!


qt-you are too cute posting from the hospital woman!! I hope everything things moves along quickly and will be looking for an update as soon as you can!
 
Congrats Mara!!
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QT~Sounds like everything is going smoothly. Won''t be long!! Thinking of you!
 
Congrats to Mara and Greg on baby T!

Good luck, Qtie!!
 
QT- Don''t know if you are checking this, but I had to be induced and once I got the pitocin and the epi, I went from 2 cm to 9 cm in like an hour. They even turned off the pictocin after just a few hours b/c I was doing fine on my own. I got pitocin at 3 or 4 am, the epi at 7, when they turned off the pitocin, was to 9 cm by 8 am and O was delivered by noon. So here''s hoping it does the trick for you and you meet your little one soon!!!
 
congrats on all the new PS babies!!
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hope steph, RPS and mara are all enjoying time with their little ones. good luck to you qtiekiki, hopefully not much longer now !!
 
GO QT!!! Good luck!
 
Congrats to Mara & Greg! Welcome to the world, baby T.
Can't wait to see pics and hear your birth story.

QT- I'm thinking about you, girl!
 
Lindsey, thanks so much for posting your informative updates about your Rh situation. I am really praying for you and your new baby - but it sounds like you have a fantastic dr. and nursing staff this time around, so it seems like they are really being proactive about making sure that you deliver a healthy baby. You sound really positive, and I hope that all of the PS dust coming your way is going to make for a joyous delivery.

QT, I am so excited for you! Good luck for an easy birth!
 
Just popping in in wish a CONGRATULATIONS to RPS and MARA on the births of their sons!!
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I also wanted to let Q know that I''ve been thinking of her today - good luck mama!
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little boys everywhere!! Huge congrats to RPS (rock star mama) and Mara! Can''t wait to meet your little guy too.

QT- Good luck! You''ll do great
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Mara~ Congratulations on Baby T!!! Looks like you may have had a pretty smooth delivery based on Alj''s posting times!!! WAHOO!!! Can''t wait for pics and story!!


QT~ I''m sure you''re completely underway by now!! GOOD LUCK for an easy labor and delivery and perfect little one!!
 
Well, after my issue with MIL last night, and her pitting DH against me, by calling him when she knew he wasn't home with me...

I got no sleep at all. I cried until I got sick, then I slept for about 45 minutes at a time, until I woke up at 4:30 and got ready for work, 2 hours ealier than I normally do. I got online and she had sent another email after we went to bed, saying that she has decided that she will just throw a second shower for her family and friends another time.
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So, after she caused all of this other drama by dragging it out for an entire weekend by ignoring my calls and texts, she decides it wasn't necessary anyway. Nothing is ever good enough. She gets what she wants, and it becomes about something else, then she gets what she wants with that, and it becomes something else. I just don't get it. She wanted the shower on Sunday, so we changed it and I told her that my friends would plan everything like originally planned, and instead of everything just being fine, she has to immediately make DH and I feel like sh*t by telling us how hurt his grandmother was... and when I reply back that everyone is invited and that I assumed that her parents would be on their family list, she THEN says that she'll just put together another shower anyway.

DH called her this afternoon, and is supposed to give me an update after work. He was mad this morning because at that point he felt like she was just trying to cause drama. We would rather have one shower that involves everyone... we really don't want his mom planning a separate one. We both agree that is definitely not a good idea, and we will more than likely be right back here in the same arguement in a month.

HH- I'm sorry to hear about your arguement last night. I was rigth there with you. Though I haven't had any serious mood changes and have only found myself really mad maybe twice since getting pregnant, the two swings that I did have were boderline deadly. DH and I were arguing last night, and I was frustrated that he wasn't listening to what I had to say, and I let out a grunt type of thing (real attractive, I know
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). Well, DH thought that mocking me and doing it back was the best option at the time... I nearly lost it. I don't think I have ever been so mad. I made my way to the bathroom for a few minutes and when DH came in he looked more scared than I have ever seen him. I don't think he will ever mock me again.

Maybe if some of you post more pics of your gorgeous new beebies I will feel better.....
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Mer- Sorry to hear your MIL issues aren''t getting better. I know it''s easier said than done, but I really think you and DH need to get on the same page with regards to your MIL and have a general strategy in place to deal with her. She is only going to get worse when this baby arrives and it''s going to be a lot harder for you to deal with in the newborn foggy phase. Maybe some others that have had similar issues with MIL''s can chime in and give you some advice????

For example, what would she do if in reaction to her request to move the date, you simply and SWEETLY said, "Oh, I wish we could, but unfortunately x, y and z and therefore we really can''t. " End of story, end the email or phone call and move on. If she calls screaming at your DH, have your DH repeat whatever party line you decide on, but always keep it respectful and sweet, as if you''d really like to help her out but you just can''t. And then don''t discuss it with her anymore. I think also you may have to change your expectations of her. She is what she is and expecting her to be different is just causing you disappointment. I know it''s so easy to say "set boundaries" when it isn''t my MIL, but I think you are going to have to for your sanity. Big hugs to you, I know it''s hard to deal with.
 
Mazel Tov to Mara and baby T! and RPS, love Ben! Yay QT, almost there!


Linds, thanks for keeping us updated. Thinking of you! wow, 20 weeks! You guys are going to make it through this difficult time. Thank goodness you have such an on the ball nurse! Hoping you don''t need to get the transfusion soon, but good to know that they are so proactive and really really looking this time.

DrK, can''t believe you are at 33, so so so awesome! You must be like a size 10 now with your yoga girl! ;)

Mer, your MIL continues to be quite something. Good luck with her, so excellent that your DH is calling her and working to stop her cycle of insanity. She was going to make it into her own shower from the get go, ask her if she could just for the sake of the baby and her DIL just do what you want for once. Just a difficult situation all around.

Sorry HH, hugs. gah, yeah. you know what i mean. btw which magic beans did you go to? yes, more boston gtgs are in order!

MP, just hugs, loved your lady gaga comment last night.
 
Thanks ladies, I promised Tacori I''d get off my pity pot and stop posting lame comments about it on PS! Rachel, we went to the one at the Derby St. Shops in Hingham.
 
Just checking back to see if there''s news from QT yet - hope all is going smoothly and that she''s holding her LO in her arms now!

Quick Mara update: Mama, Dad and Bebe are doing great. Greg''s changed the first dirty diaper about 2 hours ago.........YAY for Dad!
 
Date: 2/1/2010 3:41:36 PM
Author: ChinaCat
Mer- Sorry to hear your MIL issues aren't getting better. I know it's easier said than done, but I really think you and DH need to get on the same page with regards to your MIL and have a general strategy in place to deal with her. She is only going to get worse when this baby arrives and it's going to be a lot harder for you to deal with in the newborn foggy phase. Maybe some others that have had similar issues with MIL's can chime in and give you some advice????

For example, what would she do if in reaction to her request to move the date, you simply and SWEETLY said, 'Oh, I wish we could, but unfortunately x, y and z and therefore we really can't. ' End of story, end the email or phone call and move on. If she calls screaming at your DH, have your DH repeat whatever party line you decide on, but always keep it respectful and sweet, as if you'd really like to help her out but you just can't. And then don't discuss it with her anymore. I think also you may have to change your expectations of her. She is what she is and expecting her to be different is just causing you disappointment. I know it's so easy to say 'set boundaries' when it isn't my MIL, but I think you are going to have to for your sanity. Big hugs to you, I know it's hard to deal with.
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China, thanks for your reply. I'll try to explain a bit more. What I highlighted, is exactly what I did. I told her this on Friday when she initially asked, and that is when she didn't reply or return my call until last night at 8. And then when I told her the same thing, she called DH, knowing he wasn't at home.
To be honest, I wouldn't have minded moving the date, if she had just asked politely and not been so secretive and catty about the whole thing. Why couldn't she just call and explain the situation, rather than going behind everyone's backs. The text she sent DH before calling him, said, "Call me. I am trying to please everyone." Dramatic much?

DH was irritated with me because I was being stubborn. Which I can understand. I didn't want to give into another one of her damands without so much as a please or a thank you. DH is willing to call and tell her all of this, I am just the one that is scared to have him do that. Liek you said, she is set in her ways, and it is my job to get over it and deal with the fact that she isn't going to change. I don't want to cause unfixable drama, and with her, I just never know how she is going to react to anything. Usually if you say something that hurts her (which would be me jsut expressing my feelings), she immediately becomes defensive and comes back with 5 things that hurt you 10x worse, and it just isn't worth it. I also don't want DH getting screamed at by her. It hurts me to see him get so upset.

DH tried to explain to her that my friends are throwing the shower, and her reply was, "Well, they haven't tried to call or contact me about planning. How am I supposed to know that?" We are just now 2 months from the shower date. She wanted to start planning over 4 weeks ago, and everyone else had tons of things going on. I don't know how DH is supposed to respond to that?

I set boundaries after the wedding. I promised myself that she would never plan anything for me again. This has happened before, and I saw it coming. All I did was ask her if we could use their house for the shower, and this is what it turned into. Her printing out cake ideas and wanting to "get together" to pick out invitations.

The only tiffs we have had since the wedding, have come into play when she is planning something, and I feel like she is "over-stepping" what is necessary. (The traveling nurse that we don't need at 8 weeks old, and this shower date drama.) I tell her what DH and I want, and it just goes in one ear and out the other. I know that boundaries are necessary and I thought we had a good one in place. I'm still a bit confused how this all happened.

It is just better all around if her concentration isn't on DH and I. Whenever she focuses on something/someone that becomes all that she thinks about, and "you" end up being what stresses her out. I guess just below the radar is what I shoot for.
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Swimmer- I wish that DH's call was going to do something, but I am fully aware that it will not. He is just calling her to try and expalin that we don't want her planning a whole other shower. As for her just letting us do what we want, the last sentance of her last email said, "It's your baby and your party, so do what you want." Ok, thanks? I feel like I am arguing with a teenager. Why all the cattiness? I don't understand why the short underhanded comments are even necessary?
 
Not holding the baby yet. I am progressing slowly, and I just get the epi. So now we wait, according to OB.
 
Wow this thread is on fire
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Mara, congratulations to you and Greg on the birth of your son, cant wait to ''meet'' him
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QT, hope all is going well
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Lindsey, still sending happy baby vibes your way for a smooth pregnancy and birth
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Date: 2/1/2010 4:27:46 PM
Author: qtiekiki
Not holding the baby yet. I am progressing slowly, and I just get the epi. So now we wait, according to OB.
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Ohh my Qt! You are getting so close!
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I love these mid-labor updates!

ETA: Way to go Greg!! What a proud papa!!
 
Date: 2/1/2010 4:23:58 PM
Author: meresal


Date: 2/1/2010 3:41:36 PM
Author: ChinaCat
Mer- Sorry to hear your MIL issues aren''t getting better. I know it''s easier said than done, but I really think you and DH need to get on the same page with regards to your MIL and have a general strategy in place to deal with her. She is only going to get worse when this baby arrives and it''s going to be a lot harder for you to deal with in the newborn foggy phase. Maybe some others that have had similar issues with MIL''s can chime in and give you some advice????

For example, what would she do if in reaction to her request to move the date, you simply and SWEETLY said, ''Oh, I wish we could, but unfortunately x, y and z and therefore we really can''t. '' End of story, end the email or phone call and move on. If she calls screaming at your DH, have your DH repeat whatever party line you decide on, but always keep it respectful and sweet, as if you''d really like to help her out but you just can''t. And then don''t discuss it with her anymore. I think also you may have to change your expectations of her. She is what she is and expecting her to be different is just causing you disappointment. I know it''s so easy to say ''set boundaries'' when it isn''t my MIL, but I think you are going to have to for your sanity. Big hugs to you, I know it''s hard to deal with.
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China, thanks for your reply. I''ll try to explain a bit more. What I highlighted, is exactly what I did. I told her this on Friday when she initially asked, and that is when she didn''t reply or return my call until last night at 8. And then when I told her the same thing, she called DH, knowing he wasn''t at home.
To be honest, I wouldn''t have minded moving the date, if she had just asked politely and not been so secretive and catty about the whole thing. Why couldn''t she just call and explain the situation, rather than going behind everyone''s backs. The text she sent DH before calling him, said, ''Call me. I am trying to please everyone.'' Dramatic much?

DH was irritated with me because I was being stubborn. Which I can understand. I didn''t want to give into another one of her damands without so much as a please or a thank you. DH is willing to call and tell her all of this, I am just the one that is scared to have him do that. Liek you said, she is set in her ways, and it is my job to get over it and deal with the fact that she isn''t going to change. I don''t want to cause unfixable drama, and with her, I just never know how she is going to react to anything. Usually if you say something that hurts her, she comes back with 5 things that hurt you 10x worse, and it just isn''t worth it. I also don''t want DH getting screamed at by her. It hurts me to see him get so upset.

DH tried to explain to her that my friends are throwing the shower, and her reply was, ''Well, they haven''t tried to call or contact me about planning. How am I supposed to know that?'' We are just now 2 months from the shower date. She wanted to start planning over 4 weeks ago, and everyone else had tons of things going on. I don''t know how DH is supposed to respond to that?

I set boundaries after the wedding. I promised myself that she would never plan anything for me again. This has happened before, and I saw it coming. All I did was ask her if we could use their house for the shower, and this is what it turned into. Her printing out cake ideas and wanting to ''get together'' to pick out invitations.

The only tiffs we have had since the wedding, have come into play when she is planning something, and I feel like she is ''over-stepping'' what is necessary. (The traveling nurse that we don''t need at 8 weeks old, and this shower date drama.) I tell her what DH and I want, and it just goes in one ear and out the other. I know that boundaries are necessary and I thought we had a good one in place. I''m still a bit confused how this all happened.

It is just better all around if her concentration isn''t on DH and I. Whenever she focuses on something/someone that becomes all that she thinks about, and ''you'' end up being what stresses her out. I guess just below the radar is what I shoot for.
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Swimmer- I wish that DH''s call was going to do something, but I am fully aware that it will not. He is just calling her to try and expalin that we don''t want her planning a whole other shower. As for her just letting us do what we want, the last sentance of her last email said, ''It''s your baby and your party, so do what you want.'' Ok, thanks? I feel like I am arguing with a teenager. Why all the cattiness? I don''t understand why the short underhanded comments are even necessary?
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Mer- Oh dear.
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Didn''t realize that, sorry if I was telling you things you already know! Her comment above is so passive aggressive. Umm, yeah it is your baby and your party, that''s the point.

And I get why you''re being "stubborn", because you are trying to set boundaries with her.

Below the radar is key, sounds like. Good thing you are moving soon!!!
 
Mara: Congratulations on you baby boy! Wish you a fast and pleasant recovery! Can''t wait to see pics of your big little boy!

QT: Thank you for the update and glad you are getting the epi relief... I was sooo happy once I bit the bullit with my first one and took it after 40 hours... who knew it would make it so much easier! Good luck on your progression and wish you a happy, safe delivery!
 
Date: 2/1/2010 4:27:46 PM
Author: qtiekiki
Not holding the baby yet. I am progressing slowly, and I just get the epi. So now we wait, according to OB.
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Glad you got the Epi.. I hope it helps to speed things up. Sending dilation vibes your way, hehe!!! Good luck, and thanks for the update!!!!
 
qt, I''m glad you got the epi. Hope you can get some rest before the big show!!! Thanks for keeping us updated!
 
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