@friends-fan Not sure their policy, but mine called me a few days later to tell me all my results look good, but your doctor may just choose to personally review the results if there’s no worries.
@faithmovesmountains the nurse did tell me that if I didn't hear that it meant good news. Idk I'm SO nervous! I'm hoping to not hear anything, since it would be bad news if they called. Thank you ❤
Has anyone ever overdone it physically while pregnant? I did a workout today that I thought was ok, but I got cramps at the end and afterward, the ended up with vomiting and diarrhea. It's been about 90 mins now and mild cramps come back when I stand or move for more than a minute or 2... I think it's fine and I just need to chill, but does anyone know?
@morgantu I would rest and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. I had something similar happen in my last pregnancy and I think dehydration was the real issue. Take it easy for the rest of the day!
@morgantu I’m with @rachelredhead definitely take it easy and maybe give yourself some TLC too - Kristin McGee’s 10 minute prenatal restorative yoga has been my jam when I need to relax, I feel like I could melt into the mat
@morgantu With my first I went on a way too long hike and literally had to sit down in the road while SO ran back for the car and for help. My cramps were sooooo bad I was convinced I had really harmed the baby and literally couldn't stand or walk for about an hour afterwards...and that's when I was in super good shape and exercising regularly. This time around any physical exercise sends my head into the toilet for hours afterwards and I get serious cramping...so I've just put a hold on it. If my body temperature rises too much I just can't tolerate it...that includes showers (which also make me throw up incessantly). I find that I have a much harder time tolerating heat in 2nd and 3rd tri with all 3 pregnancies. Like everyone above said, hydrate, rest, and make sure to stay somewhere you can stay cool! I hope you feel better soon mama!
Thank you all! I'm feeling pretty much better after chilling on the couch , takeout, and lots of water. Plus I'm feeling baby a good bit this evening, which is reassuring.
Ok...so, anyone have experience with circumcision? I would love to hear any and all experience and expertise on the subject. Also, when did you have it done? Is it done in the hospital right after birth? I don't know anything about this subject as this is our first bot and it is causing me allllll kinds of stress....
@Panaceia A is circumcised, had it done the next day was gone for a half hour tops and came back calm and normal. You just throw a crap ton of aquaphor on it for the next week or so to keep it from chaffing in diaper. But for us, it was super simple and never bothered him.
@Panaceia Similar to gembud, they took DS the next day to do it, he was calm returning. What they did not tell me was that he wouldn’t want to nurse for a while afterwards and so being freshly postpartum I bawled when my baby who had latched so well suddenly didn’t want me. lol
His was what they call a plastibell circumcision, though, so we were told not to touch it with any product and just be careful but keep it clean and dry. If I recall his umbilical stump actually took longer to fall off/ heal than his circumcision.
@gembud@faithmovesmountains Thank you! Did you just tell them before the birth that you wanted him circumcised and then they just do it at the hospital? Are you allowed to stay with baby if you want?
@Panaceia I told them before birth and confirmed after, and yes it was done right in the hospital. Sadly, neither I nor my husband was allowed to go with him, but I don’t know if that’s every hospital’s policy or just ours.
So, we had our AS Tuesday morning. I decided it was a good idea to get online and read the ultrasound report, even though the tech told me all looked good, I felt there were a couple areas she spent more time on. In the report were 2 notes. 1 was that there was very mild dilatation to right left renal pelvis and there's a note about the brain as well thats sounds very daunting. Diffused choroid plexus something or another. Now as you can imagine I am freaking out. Both say could be anatomical variations, one was possibly due to technical error. Both recommend a follow up ultrasound. The only bloodwork I really had done other than routine was second trimester serum screening, which my dr determined was negative. My dr office was closed today so no call. Tomorrow I expect a call...they have a no news is good news policy. My husband says I should've never read the ultrasound report and I know he's right. I was happily oblivious and maybe its absolutely nothing. Now I'm ranting, I apologize. Just looking for some input, opinions, similar situations?
@Panaceia our first’s circumcision was done 2 days after birth because they had to call in an OB to do it. They typically give tylenol just before to help with pain afterward. I did have to hand express and spoon feed for a couple hours after as the tylenol made him pretty sleepy. The LC that came to see us just afterward explained that was normal. As far as home care, lots of aquaphor and non-woven gauze. Our son did cry incessantly every time he urinated (so every 30 mins) until we changed him-my postpartum hormones didn’t fare well the short period of time that happened. I know there are a few different ways they can do it, I would ask what technique is used at your hospital. Also ask about infection rates/complication rates. I have personally watched a few circumcisions done during my OB rotation in nursing school and would really recommend you didn't stay with baby. There are always multiple people in there with him including your nurse and they bring him back as soon as possible.
@friends-fan They found that DD1 had a dilated kidney at my anatomy scan. It definitely freaked me out. They monitored her for the rest of the pregnancy through ultrasound and the kidney remained dilated. They did an ultrasound after birth (maybe a week after?) and it had resolved its self on its own. They told me at the time that the equipment now is so so sensitive compared to what it used to be so they pick up so many more little things than they would have years ago and very rarely are any of the little things anything to worry about and they usually resolve on their own. Hearing this definitely made me feel a bit better! I am sure everything is great and I hope you get a call tomorrow so you can get some peace of mind ❤
@night_nurse Thank you so much for this detail!!! I will make sure to stay away. I honestly likely wouldn't be able to handle watching anyways...I don't do well when my kids are in pain. Is there a specific procedure that I should be looking to avoid or that I should be hoping to get?
@friends-fan I’m sorry that you had little warning of what the radiology read would say. I totally understand your concern. I would call your OB in the morning and not wait to see if they call. Your husband is right that it could mean nothing, ultrasounds are pretty limited diagnostic studies, but I also would trust your OB’s version of “looks good” versus the tech’s. I believe it is standard practice though for the radiologist to immediately contact the ordering doctor (or whomever is on call if the office was closed) and document in the report who they talked to if there were any critical findings on the scan. I hope you get some answers tomorrow.
@Panaceia thank you for the reassurances. I'm sure they are being overly cautious and maybe I will get to sneak a peak a few more times at baby boy before he gets here. Thats never a bad thing to get extra ultrasounds I guess. Hopefully I will get a phone call tomorrow and know more about whats going on.
@Panaceia just to add an alternative practice, we didn’t circumcise DS. My husband was born and raised in Brazil where it’s uncommon and our pediatrician said she never recommends it one way or the other. It’s just personal preference and the hygiene concerns are largely unfounded as long as he’s taught how to clean properly (which he will be since dad can show him the ropes). She said she sees no benefit to circumcision generally, it’s just culturally more common in the US.
@rachelredhead My side of the family isn't circumcised but SO's is...we haven't had the conversation yet, so I'm not entirely sure which way we will lean, but I think when I was pregnant with #1 (and pretty positive it would be a boy) SO expressed a desire that if baby was a boy he *look* like him. This is definitely a conversation I plan on having with both my OB and my family practice GP, as well as something I will definitely be discussing with SO. Thank you for the other view point! I'm trying to get as much information as possible to help me decide what we want to do:)
@gembud I figured that would probably be the case. Here they don't separate you from baby for even a second, but I'm assuming they probably would in this case...
@Panaceia i’m not entirely knowledgeable on pros and cons of different techniques, I would feel best having the doctor do whichever procedure they are most comfortable doing, which would decrease risk of complication.
@Panaceia I had my son circumcised in Ontario in 2016 and they didn't let the parents in the room for it. It only took a few minutes, and he was fine afterward, not crying or anything. We had to bring cash to the hospital and pay the OB the day of the circumcision, which I believe was the day I was discharged. I think it was a few hundred bucks. It feels weird to pay cash for things in Ontario but all my friends said they did the same. It healed easily (cannot remember how long it took but either less than or same as umbilical cord falling off).
@realhousewife519 Thank you!!! We would likely have a similar experience then being in the same province. I assume you talked to your OB about it ahead if time? I should probably bring it up at my next appointment then...
Personally we chose not to circumcise our son, even though my husband is culturally jewish. When I looked into it, I personally found the medical arguments slightly underwhelming. Ultimately I told my husband that if he wanted to circumcise for religious reasons I was totally fine with that, but that otherwise I'd rather not. He read about it and thought about it for a while and ultimately he decided that he agreed with me about the medical stuff and that he didn't care religiously, and so we opted not to. It's really such a personal decision, I can completely understand going either way.
I will say, when I was watching friends change diapers on their newborn sons (this was pre-covid, and I went to a lot of breastfeeding support group meetings, so there was a lot of newborn diaper changing) I was momentarily surprised by how bloody and swollen the circumcised newborn penises looked. These babies were tiny, in some cases probably only a day or two after circumcision, so I don't at all mean this at all as an argument against circumcision. But I just want to say, from a preparation perspective, the recovery process looked visually worse than I would have expected, does that make sense?
@jessier19 Thank you for this! Every perspective I hear definitely helps! I definitely need to start having this conversation with SO soon but I want to gather as much information as I can so that we have a realistic conversation if that makes sense. I'm honestly torn about what I want to do, so hearing every experience and point of view is sooo important for me right now!!!
I'm behind on this thread, but I tried to use the search feature and nothing came up. Does anyone have experience with an EFI? We currently have opted out of chromosomal testing, but it sounds like I need to opt in?
@Panaceia I'll add to @jessier19. We did get DS circumsized because I let DH make the call. I remember being horrified afterwards that it looked like raw meat, when it was so perfect before. It healed perfectly and he's fine but at the time I regretted it. I haven't put much thought into it lately. Although DS got a staph infection and a yeast infection on his penis when he was 1ish so those probably would have been much worse had he not be circumsized.
Re: The Great Question Thread
Not sure their policy, but mine called me a few days later to tell me all my results look good, but your doctor may just choose to personally review the results if there’s no worries.
@Panaceia I have had the same issue with showers so far this pregnancy!! It’s so frustrating!!
Similar to gembud, they took DS the next day to do it, he was calm returning.
What they did not tell me was that he wouldn’t want to nurse for a while afterwards and so being freshly postpartum I bawled when my baby who had latched so well suddenly didn’t want me. lol
His was what they call a plastibell circumcision, though, so we were told not to touch it with any product and just be careful but keep it clean and dry.
If I recall his umbilical stump actually took longer to fall off/ heal than his circumcision.
I told them before birth and confirmed after, and yes it was done right in the hospital.
Thank you for input on circumcision. My husband and I were just discussing after news of our 1st boy!
I will say, when I was watching friends change diapers on their newborn sons (this was pre-covid, and I went to a lot of breastfeeding support group meetings, so there was a lot of newborn diaper changing) I was momentarily surprised by how bloody and swollen the circumcised newborn penises looked. These babies were tiny, in some cases probably only a day or two after circumcision, so I don't at all mean this at all as an argument against circumcision. But I just want to say, from a preparation perspective, the recovery process looked visually worse than I would have expected, does that make sense?