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Stupid Questions 5/1/17
msashley2010-2
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It has been awhile since we've had one of these! I think it's an appropriate time since most of us are at, a little past, or creeping up to that halfway point!
Anyone have any dumb questions they'd like to ask?
Don't be shy!
(I also cannot contain my joy that we can gif again!)
Anyone have any dumb questions they'd like to ask?
Don't be shy!
(I also cannot contain my joy that we can gif again!)
Re: Stupid Questions 5/1/17
My question was: will I need to bring my own baby supplies (diapers, etc) to the hospital when I deliver, or will they provide them??
Answer: they will provide! And depending on the hospital, you may get a ton of stuff to take home, or just a couple days (you can ask for more details when/if you do a pre-birth walk through/tour). Also to note: take EVERYTHING they bring to your room home. They can't put it back in storage after it's been in a room, so better to take it home than it end up in the garbage.
My SO is totally disinterested in most things baby related, including the movement. I'll be all excited and tell him to come and feel the baby and he will keep his hand on my tummy for two seconds and when nothing happens he just gets up and walks away.
BH contractions?
Pretty sure I had neither with DD and don't think I've experienced anything like that thus far.
My question..... My breast pump is arriving... is it totally dumb to just.. "try it out" .. before nipple stimulation causes preterm labor? ...
*goes to hide in shame*
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
Has anyone else been feeling baby move on the inside for weeks but has yet to catch feeling it from the outside? I'm like, am I just really bad at the timing or is my placenta THAT in the way? Are any of you anterior ladies feeling outside movement?
There's been a couple times where I thought *maybe* I felt it, but it's like I feel it so much stronger internally that I like can't tell if I also felt it outside.
Braxton hicks feel like a tight hug around the waist. Some painful some not.
RLP feels like a super sharp pain really low. It's usually brief and happens from a quick movement like a sneeze or standing up.
BH contractions are usually relatively painless but is a bit awkward and uncomfortable. Super tight feeling from the inside and as they get stronger tight on the outside too.
Anterior Placenta - this is my second one. I am 22 weeks and can feel some outside movement, but not nearly as strong as on the inside. Also it's the really big kicks I can feel on the outside. I typically have to push pretty hard on my belly to feel them. As the pregnancy progresses and baby gets bigger, you should feel more. The baby will be bigger than the placenta and you'll be able to feel around the placenta. That's what happened to me last time.
Breast Pump. I never tried mine. I'm not sure of that magic time nipple stimulation can cause preterm labor, but the stimulation can cause your body to start producing and you don't want to lose hat precious colostrum.
DH being weirded out. I've heard of lots of husbands feeling that way. I think it's pretty normal. Maybe he'd be more interested in other things, like reading or talking to baby. Baby steps might help him along. Let's be honest, it sometimes can look and feel like an alien and be a bit weird.
Me & DH: 31 | Married: 5.4.13 | TTC: April 2016 | BFP: 1.8.17 | EDD: 9.13.17
RLP to me felt somewhat like pulling a muscle. Such as if you go to exercise and don't warm up first. Just that feeling of stretching with a little pang of pain.
As as far as why baby moving creeps DH out, I'm not sure. He just says it's weird or like an alien rolling around in there. But he thinks it's adorable watching our old dog feel baby move. Our bully boy has to lay his head on my belly everyday. Laurel will usually kick where his face is. Is she kicks somewhere his face is not, he has to move his face over where she just kicked. It's so adorable!
For me RLP is really sharp stretching near the hip bones. BH aren't painful for me, it's hard to describe but it feels like my normally soft squishy uterus just goes completely hard like a basketball. It's uncomfortable but not painful for me. Some people have painful BH, but if it's hurting in your back as well and you're having more than a few you should call your doc asap
RLP is something I usually feel when standing up, and it's a sharp pain, generally on both side of my uterus. It goes away in a couple seconds/ pretty quickly.
BH contractions are interesting, and vary from person to person. My bff didn't have them until 38w with her first, but felt them from 24+ with her second. I feel them pretty often, it's a tightening of your uterus. It can be uncomfortable, but it should never hurt. With DS, I had them at the end every time I stood up. They usually go away with water and putting your feet up for a while.
Anterior Placenta - This is my second AP as well. DH just felt DS2 last week, but only because he did some sort of super man kick on my stomach. I just started feeling him more often from the outside, I'm at 21w. It will come!
Breast Pump- I realize they seem cool now, but I swear it's not as exciting as they seem, haha. There is the chance of nipple stimulation causing preterm labor, but I don't know when exactly that becomes a major factor.
DH being weirded out by baby- Eh, I wouldn't take it personally. FWIW, I thought it was weird with my first pregnancy, it doesn't bother me this time around. Towards the end, baby kicks are so common that you don't notice them as much anymore, anyway.
DS2: EDD- 09.08.17
BH feel like a tightening all in the belly. Uncomfortable, but not painful and go away fairly easily with lying down or chugging some water. I never had them with my first baby, but I did have them starting at 22-23 weeks with my second baby.
Hospitals provide so so so much stuff for mom and baby, leave space in your bag to take it all. (All the heart eyes for the witch hazel pads and mesh underwear!)
I guess you *could* try out your pump but it's gonna hurt like no other without the milk. I wouldn't do it. Plus you want to keep all that colostrum in you for baby to get after they're born. That stuff is gold!
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My dumb question is has anyone used a maternity belt like the picture? Is it worth it?
... It also makes me look more pregnant in my opinion which isn't a bad thing. Lol
ETA: the one on Amazon was only $18 and with prime there was no shipping. Totally worth it even if I don't wear it all the time. Which I think I will.
eta & @Souptin
That's the one I got! They have multiple sizes. Reviews said not to buy big even if you're tempted to... From what I can tell so far that seems to work... There's plenty of growing room.