Weekly check-in 8/11

nsk489

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Upcoming Appointments:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?

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nsk489

𝗘𝗗𝗗: 9/12

Upcoming Appointments: met with my doula today to review birth preferences/"plan". NST tomorrow and OB Wed

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? Tired. Transitioned my 2 kids to their new bedroom last night and night #1 didn't go so hot 😴 also currently in a heatwave and I am so miserable 

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: excited for my mom and grandmom to visit but have so much to do these next couple days before they arrive!

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: any interest in migrating to a different platform? These babies will be here so soon and I don't want to share on such a public forum but also I know its mostly just you and me here @pinkkillersheep 😅

pinkkillersheep

@nsk489 Happy to chat using a different forum! My last core bump group went to Discord and that worked pretty well. Sorry I skipped last week, I’ve not been in the best headspace but am getting better. Also I can’t believe you managed to transition your kids to a new room! I think my daughter would lose her mind at any change right now.

𝗘𝗗𝗗: 33w0d, Planned c section 9/24

Upcoming Appointments: 8/26 for 34 week appt

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? Welp it’s been eventful. I had prodromal labor with contractions every 5-10 minutes from 6A until at least 10P last night before finally falling asleep. Was at L&D in tears the pain was so intense the first half of the day. My cervix was closed so I was good to go home and rest, but it was wild to see contractions on the monitor. I had my 32 week appointment that afternoon and cried through most of it. The ultrasound was painful to have something pressing against my uterus, which was so sad because I wanted to be happy to see the baby. We did another cervical check to make sure after at that point 8 hrs of contractions nothing had changed. That triggered it even stronger. All in all a really tough day. I didn’t go into labor with my first so it was a new experience for me. I feel totally normal today and am really psyched out by the whole thing. Like how can my body have contractions for that long and then just be like “Ok, good practice everyone let’s do this again later maybe for real next time!” It’s too early and also my doctor can’t do VBAC so what the heck happens if I actually go into labor?!?

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: On the positive side side, being fine today has me in a good mood. It’s like when you turn the corner from being sick and feel like you can conquer the world. But I’m also really bummed that I may need to pause on working out. I was really hoping to get back into the gym more frequently this week.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Any experience with prodromal labor? From my scouring the internet (mostly Reddit) it seems like there’s a really wide variety of experiences.

nsk489

@pinkkillersheep no experience here with prodromal labor, that sounds so miserable! I believe one of the moms in my last BMB had it with her most recent baby, and she was scheduled for a csection due to baby being breech. They wouldn't move her csection date up either and it was nerve wrecking since she has fast labors. I hope it has eased up and you've been able to rest this last week.