Randoms and Questions 3.6 - 3.10

Kipperoo

Thanks for the love, ladies! I'm fine, NST was perfect, and the insurance company tracked down the owner of the car that hit me! I had a coworker in the car with me and he was able to get the license plate and it turns out, we are both on Geico. Interestingly, the owner of the car is most definitely not the person that was driving (according to my Facebook stalking during the NST). I'm not sure how much damage there will be on the car...thankfully, it's the car that rarely gets used because we co-commute, but still a pain because we will need both cars while I'm on leave. But at least the baby is safe!! 

bacorrea

Hooray for tracking the jerk down! Way to go on your coworkers part by getting the license plate! So glad the NST is good! It's amazing all the things that happen to us while the babies are inside and they are never even phased. 

hp_momma

I hope Geico gave the owner a scolding and jacks their rates even more for "leaving the scene"! 
Ok maybe that was angry pregnant lady coming out... lol 

bacorrea

I'm going to tour the hospital tonight. I feel weird doing it at 30.5 weeks but this is literally the only day I have until then. My dad is going to watch DD for me. I'm kind of "meh" about going. It's so weird for me to be doing this at a civilian hospital this time around! On a fun note my brothers future MIL is the head of the baby nurses so I know I'm good to go on that end. 

hp_momma

Is it bad that I've never done a hospital tour? I did my birthing classes with DD1 at our hospital but never actually toured it (I had visited before to see friends babies). And with DD2 I did nothing for the new hospital. And this LO I feel like "meh" it's the military hospital, I walk around it every time I'm there for an appointment. 

L1C4gal

@Jkp7749 Sending lots of positive vibes your way! It must be tough to be away from your daughter, but it's great that you're getting checked out!

@Kipperoo What a crappy thing to happen (people can be such JERKS), but I'm glad you and the baby are safe! And how awesome that the insurance company was able to track down the other car! It seems like that never happens in real life. It's like a nice cherry on top of a crappy sundae

starphish18

You guys! The bump admins finally responded to our sticky/unsticky requests!

Hansolosparka

@Jkp7749 hoping that it was just some pee and you'll be able to go home!  Either way it's good you're getting checked out. 

I got a 131 on my 2nd attempt at the 1 hour glucose test so the doctor said she was fine with that since I don't have any other concerning factors. Yay!

bacorrea

hp_momma said:

Is it bad that I've never done a hospital tour? I did my birthing classes with DD1 at our hospital but never actually toured it (I had visited before to see friends babies). And with DD2 I did nothing for the new hospital. And this LO I feel like "meh" it's the military hospital, I walk around it every time I'm there for an appointment. 

I didn't do a hospital tour with DD because I was there walking literally every inch and didn't think it was a big deal. I did all the classes though. This time I thought it would be good, mainly because they are going to give me all the hospital registration information. 

MoshiMoshi7

@Jkp7749 hope you're hanging in there in L&D and that you get answers soon. Sending you positive thoughts and hugs.

@Kipperoo that sucks, I'm sorry you had to deal with all that today! I'm glad you and the baby are both good and that they tracked down the other driver.

I had my 30 week growth ultrasound today. The tech said LO is already weighing in at 4 lbs which terrified me a little. DS was a big baby and ultimately got stuck and ended with an emergency csection. My doctor still thinks I'll be fine for a VBAC, but my resolve definitely wavered a bit today. On the brightside, baby girl was moving so much today and it was fun to get to see her.

Jkp7749

Ok it was NOT amniotic fluid, thank goodness!!! I've been on procardia (sp?) and will get it every 8 hours... The contractions are much much smaller and way farther apart. I had mad bh with my dd so i assumed what i had been feeling was bh but last night and this morning they began to hurt and by the time my office did the nst i had 5 in 20 minutes registering 80 out of 100 ( although not very painful). My pulse won't come down from 120/130s for some reason. So im still in l&d for atleast until tmw, but looks like they'll stop and babies can keep cooking!!!

Its been nice to update and check in with yall bc other than dh and my mom i don't want to wry anyone irl, so thanks for all the support and encouragement! Sounds like its been a busy day for lots of us today!!

Jkp7749

@MoshiMoshi7 is 4 lbs big for 30 weeks?? One of my twins was 3 and a half at my 30 week scan so maybe mine will be good sized too! My dd was just shy of 9 lbs and also got stuck and ended in emergency c. Im planning a csection this time anyway but fingers crossed for you that your vbac works!!!! You got this

WombThereItIs

hp_momma said:

Is it bad that I've never done a hospital tour? I did my birthing classes with DD1 at our hospital but never actually toured it (I had visited before to see friends babies). And with DD2 I did nothing for the new hospital. And this LO I feel like "meh" it's the military hospital, I walk around it every time I'm there for an appointment. 

I did the tour last time and it was kind of weird since my husband works there. They got to a bit about neonatal resussitations and I was just like yeah.... you call my husband. Got it. Haha.  

vrj0522

@Jkp7749 - So great that was just pee and that contractions have slowed down. FX you go home tomorrow!

@Kipperoo - I'm glad you and baby are doing fine and that your co-worker got the license plates of the other car!

My insomnia caught up to me today. I've been dragging all day and been 0 productive. Luckily, it's DH's birthday and we're going out so I don't have to worry about making dinner. 

KMD1106

I barely had any Braxton Hicks last time and no real contractions because of planned breech csection. How can I tell if it is Braxton Hicks or something to be concerned about? I've have 3-4 times in the last hour where it's been tightening that's a little painful (nothing unbearable). 

pshaortao

starphish18 said:

You guys! The bump admins finally responded to our sticky/unsticky requests!

Yay finally! I was so sick of them not responding that I sent them a PM. Who knows if thats what did the trick

MoshiMoshi7

@Jkp7749 She said it's 75th percentile, which isn't huge but makes me a little nervous, like maybe I should just stick with a repeat C-section.  Thanks for the encouraging words, I'm trying not to wimp out 

SKZW

@MoshiMoshi7: It's fun to see all the movements, right? Overall, your appt seems like it went okay, which is good news! I try to remind myself that, even though people who read an u/s are professionals and know what they're doing, there's always a bit of leeway/best-guessing going on. If you were told 4 pounds, the reality might be slightly less. The Bump says 30 weeks is around 3 pounds, with a half pound and a half inch gain every week. To me, it seems like you're maybe above average, which isn't too scary, right? (But given your previous emer c-s, I can totally understand the wariness.) It sounds like you're doing great!

L1C4gal

vrj0522 said:

My insomnia caught up to me today. I've been dragging all day and been 0 productive. Luckily, it's DH's birthday and we're going out so I don't have to worry about making dinner. 

@vrj0522 Today is my husband's birthday too!

hp_momma

I guess tonight will be the night I'm thankful for pregnancy insomnia! DD1 is my allergy kid (dairy and dogs) and she broke out in her eczema rash today. I gave her Benadryl tonight and then she started to say her tongue hurt a little later, which has me worried because my own allergic reaction is swelling of the tongue/mouth. It didn't look any different and she said it was just in one spot, but it's hard to get a 5yr old to explain if it's tingly or feels swollen. I know the Benadryl will help if it is a reaction but I'm sure I'll still be up most of the night checking on her out of worry! 

ShadeofGreen816

Thanks for the well wishes everyone!! Thankfully my headache did go away, which is great because I had one of the busiest days I've had in a LONG time at work. Thank god I got to pull the pregnancy card because I got my whole break but I did stay over an hour late to finish my charting etc. 

@Jkp7749 I don't think I've ever been so happy to know someone peed themselves! 
@Kipperoo that sucks about your accident but awesome they were able to track down the owner of the car! 
I had other things to say and people to tag but I'm too tired to find them right now! Thanks ladies and here's to hoping we get some sleep tonight

Jkp7749

Im so frustrated! My nurse is so very obviously annoyed bc she sucks at monitoring the babies and keeps having to come redo everything and  it takes her an insane amount of time to find them (one time took her literally as long as it took us to put together a 100 piecepuzzle). On top of that, they kept saying my contractions were gone and i kept explaining that while they were much less frequent, i can feel and see my stomach contracting. Aftwr bugging them a few times they checked the monitor and i was right, it had gotten wrapped up in all the other chords and wasnt even reading my belly. Once they got it right they saw i was still contracting and gave me more procardia. 

mdlorenz

@Jkp7749 Ugh - some nurses have all of the luck and sweet personality, and others .... push the monitors into your belly so hard you'd think they were monitoring your spine. So frustrating. I hope you have a good tracing and better nurses in the future!

mrsrep123

Just read like 90 posts... WOW! So many of us had quite the day, but...

@Jkp7749 I'm glad it wasn't amniotic fluid and am hoping those contractions stop real soon. Boo to having a crabby/annoyed nurse... call her/him out on it... that should get her/him out of the funk. 

@Kipperoo yuck! T-boned! Ugh! Glad you and baby girl are doing well and high-five to your co-worker for getting the plate. Karma will get that jerk-hit-and-runner for sure!

@ShadeofGreen816 Glad your headache subsided. But why do we always have bad shifts when we either got no sleep or feel like sh!t? Heard a full moon is rearing its ugly head... beware the next couple of days. 

My random: I think baby boy has stayed head down all day because the pressure is "like whoa!" And I was able to breathe even after I ate dinner. 

Jkp7749

Thanks @mdlorenz... I hope at shift change  get  better one!

@mrsrep123 my husband almost did... He saw her rolling her eyes about having to move stuff again and was super ticked about it. I ended up crying (mainly bc i haven't slept but 2-3 hours   each night for the past three nights) and decided i didn't care if she was pissy about stuff. I moved as many times as it took to get comfortable and then i finally slept anyway, 
I bet it felt good to breath do much easier! Its strange being out of breath from eating haha

ShadeofGreen816

@mrsrep123 That is so the truth! I didn't realize full moon was on the way. I work Sat/Sun and I'm in charge   oh well. I am off Friday at least. 
I was feeling like a special snowflake because I have been having such an easy (relatively) pregnancy but this week third tri hit hard and has knocked me on my butt. I'm glad for a day off tomorrow and my spring break next week!

kns1988

@Jkp7749, keep advocating for yourself! You know what your body is feeling better than the nurses do. 

BabyMC517

Getting ready to start my 3 hr GTT...came prepared with a book and headphones to watch Hulu or Netflix on my phone!   

Kipperoo

@Jkp7749 , that sounds so frustrating. Even if the monitoring is set up perfectly, the babies can shift/things can change. She shouldn't be grumpy about having to adjust them. That's just annoying. How are you feeling today?

@BabyMC517 , good luck with your 3 hour!! 

@hp_momma , fingers crossed it wasn't a major allergic reaction. It is so hard to help kids identify pain...I don't have a 5 year old, but trying to do it with my 2.5 year old is nearly impossible. 

BabyMC517

Thanks @Kipperoo! There happens to be 2 other mamas here getting their 1 hr test done. We are all a within a week of each other! 

Kipperoo

@BabyMC517 , that happened at my 3 hour, too! 3 moms there to take the 1 hour. And then I was left behind to finish my test, lol...

BabyMC517

@kipperoo at least we have some solidarity while we're here! They both have other children too and we're telling me about their past tests which was nice. One failed and then passed the 3 hr and I think the other past her 1 hour with her last baby. I'm hoping and praying I pass! I was like 12 points higher than what they wanted. 

Jkp7749

@Kipperoo it was so frustrating, esp with a lack if sleep and all the bands digging into my already itchy pregnant belly! 

But the monitors are off!!! Still getting contractions when med is running out but theyre sending me home with meds and ill see them monday unless something else happens!!!! 

RainyDays86

Glad to hear it @Jkp7749!  And good luck @BabyMC517

BabyMC517

Thanks @RainyDays86! Just finished! Now off to get some food!!

achays11

That's great news @Jkp7749! Praying nothing eventful happens over the weekend. 

hp_momma

All is well with DD1 this morning, just her minor allergic reaction of the skin rash. The tongue pain must have been a fluke.
I can't figure out what is making her skin break out though. I know there are a few other allergy moms here- do any of you know if I'm supposed to get her re-tested for allergies every so often to check for new ones? Her initial allergy test was when she was 18months old. 

WombThereItIs

@hp_momma we did allergy testing at 2 after we had self identified egg and dairy at about 6-7 months old. Our allergist said we could wait a couple years and then come back around 4 or 5 and do some blood work to see if some allergies resolved or if he would be a good candidate for desensitization. She didn't mention routine testing for new allergies so maybe you could call and ask? Or more likely see if your PCM will put in a new referral to go back?

Jkp7749

Dds are pretty severe but we go every 6 months so far... Havent tested for new ones though..  Do you mean the skin test? Our ped offers that if we want it, but thats not the type of allergy dd has. 

Squirtgun

@hp_momma we go back yearly to monitor allergies. I think it really depends on your allergist! (And maybe your insurance too? Not sure about that.)   It wouldn't hurt to call your pediatrician or allergist and clarify whether you should have her rechecked with the symptoms that she has been having.