May 2017 Moms

Randoms & Questions 4/17-4/21

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Re: Randoms & Questions 4/17-4/21

  • hp_momma said:
    hp_momma said:
    I was reading over paperwork from the hospital with some "quick tips" with visitors hours and what not, and I found out there is NO wifi in the hospital. WTF?! How is this possible?!
    First world problem :lol: my hospital doesn't have wifi, but I mean I'll happily go without for the whole free healthcare thing :lol:
    Ha, I should probably take this mindset as well considering military hospital=free healthcare. 

    Hopefully it's a quick labor, quick stay, and their TV service is decent! 
    I upped the data limit on my phone when I had DS so I could play on Facebook etc without worrying, only cost me about $10 for an extra 2-3Gb is that an option for you?
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  • Checking in to say hi! It was a kind of busy/crazy week so I've mostly been lurking. I'm also a 2-3x/week hairwasher but pregnancy has made my hair so dry and ugly. I normally have very straight hair but now it's got just enough wave that it looks messy if I dry and don't straighten it. When I straighten it, it looks like straw. It's awful. I have t hardly worn it down in weeks. I think one time this month? So honestly it does t matter how dirty it is bc it's always in a ponytail. I hope it comes back toward normal when this one comes along!
  • Checking in to say hi! It was a kind of busy/crazy week so I've mostly been lurking. I'm also a 2-3x/week hairwasher but pregnancy has made my hair so dry and ugly. I normally have very straight hair but now it's got just enough wave that it looks messy if I dry and don't straighten it. When I straighten it, it looks like straw. It's awful. I have t hardly worn it down in weeks. I think one time this month? So honestly it does t matter how dirty it is bc it's always in a ponytail. I hope it comes back toward normal when this one comes along!
    I previously had extremely long hair and I ended up cutting it off for this very reason.  I was long overdue for a haircut but the pregnancy made my previously nice hair look terrible whether is straightened it or not.  So it's gone and so much better now!  I know my hair may take a completely different turn postpartum but I'm happy to be able to make it look a little nice for now since the haircut!
  • hp_momma said:
    I was reading over paperwork from the hospital with some "quick tips" with visitors hours and what not, and I found out there is NO wifi in the hospital. WTF?! How is this possible?!
    Oh we definitely don't have wifi either. I am actually just lucky that L&D/mother baby is in one of the few corners of the hospital that even gets cell reception! Most of the entire hospital is a black hole for any service, I was cursing it during my 3hr glucose tests last pregnancy. 

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  • hp_momma said:
    I was reading over paperwork from the hospital with some "quick tips" with visitors hours and what not, and I found out there is NO wifi in the hospital. WTF?! How is this possible?!
    Oh we definitely don't have wifi either. I am actually just lucky that L&D/mother baby is in one of the few corners of the hospital that even gets cell reception! Most of the entire hospital is a black hole for any service, I was cursing it during my 3hr glucose tests last pregnancy. 
    Yep! Hood was like this too. It was like you couldn't communicate to the outside world! We had a tv with cable in the labor & delivery room. My post partum room was the size of a closet. 

    I suggest filling an ipad with Netflix/Amazon downloads! 
  • @ChristinaWild that list is surprisingly hilarious!
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  • hp_momma said:
    I was reading over paperwork from the hospital with some "quick tips" with visitors hours and what not, and I found out there is NO wifi in the hospital. WTF?! How is this possible?!
    Oh we definitely don't have wifi either. I am actually just lucky that L&D/mother baby is in one of the few corners of the hospital that even gets cell reception! Most of the entire hospital is a black hole for any service, I was cursing it during my 3hr glucose tests last pregnancy. 
    Luckily I've been getting good reception during my NSTs which is on the same floor, so hopefully it's not a black hole over on the other side! 
    I'm just super thankful they change the policy in January to single rooms instead of share rooms! 

    @PartiallyDomesticated We usually get pretty close to our data limit, so that's a good idea to check and see if I can raise it for the month! 
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  • @BabyMC517 I'm glad you liked your hospital tour!
  • @BabyMC517 your hospital sounds amazing!
    Ours has wifi but it sucks. And the reception in L&D is no good. Anywhere else in the hospital it's fine. The last time we were in L&D H had to go out to the lobby to make phone calls. 
  • @BabyMC517 Glad you had a successful hospital tour!
  • Thanks! I'm glad it went well too! We go there for our classes and a friend of ours had her baby there 2 years ago so I saw it but never had a tour. We are there Sunday for other classes so I'm going to check out the wifi and ask about it...as long as I remember haha 




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  • I looked for a birth plan thread to post this, but I could only find a REALLY old one. I asked at my appointment today if our hospital was cool with delaying infant baths or if they were sticklers for getting them cleaned up right away. The midwife I saw said they would definitely delay it if I asked but that, in the meantime, they would be considered a 'dirty baby' and anyone who handled it would have to wear gloves. They would also have to go in an isolette (I guess instead of the regular open bed?) until they had had a bath. 

    For those of you 'in the know,' do those measures sound normal? Should I roll with it, or are those reasons enough to consider just going ahead with the bath? 
  • FTM...why would you delay the bath? I haven't read anything about doing that. 




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  • I don't know what baby is up to in my ute but all her movements are in totally different spots these last couple hours. I'm half afraid she flipped from her beautiful head down position. Surely I would have felt that? She's been head down essentially my entire pregnancy. I need x-ray vision!
  • At our hospital parents give the first bath, usually the day after birth and they are handled normally until then. I'd be annoyed if my dr would've said something like that.
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  • @Louise_Belcher @absbubbs Im WAY behind, but here's my speal:

    I have long hair and while it isn't thick, there's a lot of it. Its a pretty normal texture, not fine but not real frizzy. It also holds water you like wouldn't believe so it takes a good 45 min to an hour to blow dry.

    I used to wash daily, I thought my hair was nasty on the 2nd day. Then I got tired of blow drying it every day so I'd skip a day on the weekends. Well, I noticed if I used mousse when I blow dried (looking for volume!) that it wouldn't seem greasy on the 2nd day and I attempted extending into the 3rd day. I did that for a while and pushed it to 4 days and now 5. I cut the mousse out years ago and around when I was doing every 3 days. It just doesn't get bad/ greasy any more until about day 4. Day 4 or 5 I'll do dry shampoo or baby powder. Now, with pregnancy I notice it definitely needs dry shampoo on day 4, its harder to go as long. Honestly though, your body just stops producing that oil as frequently after time. I also rarely blow dry it now. I go to bed with it wet on wash days. Sometimes it's still to damp in the morning and I'll have to whip out the blow dryer.
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  • I miss my wedding ring so much :( My hands swell no matter what when its hot and well, this is Arizona so it's been off for weeks now. I'm hoping it can go back quickly after the baby comes.
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  • Random question. When you're having a contraction (BH or real deal), does the baby stop moving?
  • @starphish18 That's an interesting Q! I don't know that they do move much during contractions specifically BH. But I think the purpose of the true labor contraction is to move the baby down but not sure if it's voluntary on the babies part. I do recall during real labor contractions with DD she had the hiccups for like 20mins and those little movements along with the contraction intensified the discomfort so much! But I guess that would be involuntary movement anyway. 
  • @erinh2005 Interesting. I'm curious because I felt like I might have been having a BH contraction, but I wasn't positive. My belly was definitely more firm and I felt a little crampy, but it was different from the previous BH I thought I had. I did notice, however, that the baby stopped moving during it, and then started right up again once it was done.
  • @starphish18 - I don't remember ever feeling baby move during a bh. 

    @nda_roxybabe - so when you were doing mousse did you apply it everyday or only the first day?
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  • @starphish18 I think when I had a BH (or what I'm assuming is one haha) he didn't move. When he started to move again I was like ok it must be over. 




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  • @starphish18 I have Braxton Hicks all the time and I never feel baby move during. Not only that, I was having a ton of Braxton Hicks yesterday pre-surgery that they were picking up on the monitor. I couldn't feel baby moving at all during them but he/she was super active in between.
  • Good to know, thanks all! Pretty sure my BH have just ramped up a bit today. Granted, I haven't had much water, so that might be the culprit.
  • Shucks, I just found out I'm strep b positive. It makes me nervous! 
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  • Has anyone found anything that helps rib pain? My ribs have been so painful off and on the past few days. There was a couple moments when it took my breath away . Warm showers help a ton but I cant always hop in the shower. 
  • @lrwardrop let me know if you figure something out! I don't have it all the time but when I do man does it hurt and nothing seems to help! Warm bath did a little, back rub from H, I get on all fours or hang over something to try and get him to move so he's not up against my ribs. Maybe that will help? Or maybe get some icy hot or tigers Balm if it's more of a soreness that way. I keep forgetting to pick some up! Tigers balm worked gear for my lower back at the beginning! I had the patches. 




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  • @RainyDays86 that's exciting news! Congratulations! I'm glad you're doing so well that they're letting you escape :blush:
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  • @BabyMC517 I'll let you know if I discover anything but I'm guessing it won't resolve until baby is born. 

    @RainyDays86 yay for going home! Being able to sleep in your own bed is the best.
  • Congrats on going home @RainyDays86!
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