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September 2012 Moms
Sage4200
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Top 3 things you are not looking forward to or are scared of
Sage4200
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1. My Wedding rings not fitting
2. Uncontrollable Gas
3. Tearing and Stiches
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Re: Top 3 things you are not looking forward to or are scared of
1. Hemorrhoids. (they suck bad....week 37 was the devil)
2. The wacky mood swings the 1st 2 weeks postpartum.
3. Another year of sleep deprivation.
Is it crazy that childbirth doesn't scare me anymore? It's because my little friend the epidural is so brilliant.
Wrangling babies since 2010
1.) Loss of bladder control (I already pee a little when I sneeze). TMI
2.) The possibility of a Cesarian.
3.) Lack of sleep.
DS-9/2012
DD-7/2015
I'll be having another c/s so mine are all related to that.
1. major bloating from all the fluids after surgery for like 2 weeks!
2. first poop. Seriously, I was in tears last time and it didn't come til about a week after.DH almost considered taking me to the hospital. I'll start taking a stool softener at least a week before this time and be drinking the Metamucil while in the hospital.
3. Having a toddler want me to lift him when I won't be able to for a couple weeks.
1) Being my biggest in June/July/August when it could be brutally hot and humid
2) Maternity Leave when I am getting no sleep, hormonal and feeling like a society outcast
3) Trying to make my body normal after having the baby
Ugh, I don't want to think about this now!
1. Walking after my c/s
2. Getting a catheter
3. being up all hours of the night with a newborn
1. Delivering naturally again. It hurt like a biitch
2. Gaining a ton of weight because that = loosing a ton of weight and I don't see the time to hop on the treadmill with a toddler and newborn. I know, excuses excuses
3. I'm scared that I'll be one of the ladies who has m/s through their entire pregnancy. FX that I'm wrong!
1) Every appointment I am terrified they are going to tell me the baby is gone even though I have no signs indicating this
2) Child birth. I don't like hospitals/doctors/etc, so not looking forward to that in general......
3) The nausea coming back....I have been feeling pretty good this week....if it comes back I think I'll cry.
1. having gestational diabetes again (two for two...) Total suckfest.
2. the 3rd tri heartburn that makes me vomit in my mouth all night long
3. next winter, being home with a tiny baby, a 2 year old, and a 4 year old. The 4 year old will go to half day preschool part of the week ... but the other days sound scary.
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
1. Hemorrhoids.
2. Tearing.
3. Living in the north east without central a/c this summer.
* PG #1 2/26/09: mm/c 4/14/09 at 10w4d | PG #2 8/5/09: mm/c 9/29/09 at 11w3d (boy) *
* CP's 4/14/10, 9/1/10, 4/19/11, 5/24/11, 10/14/13, 11/16/13 *
* Ectopic 1/17/14 - nothing on u/s at 6w4d *
* PG #7 BFP 12/21/11 - DD born 8/31/12 *
* DH Dx'd with balanced translocation in 2011 *
That dawned on me after I answered, too! I'm way less afraid of the c/s than I am the mouth-vomit heartburn.
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
Maybe I can put your mind at ease a bit? For #2 (haha!) take milk of magnesia in the hospital. Not too much, or you'll crap your brains out, but a few shots of it should get you moving. They did for me after #2 and I avoided the hard poop horror I experienced after #1. And for #3, I was able to lift DS (very gently) from the time I got home from the hospital. My c/s really didn't affect my ability to care for him at all. When I didn't want to lift him I'd just sit and he'd get in my lap, instead, so we got lots of snuggles in.
Sorry for post-jacking!
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
1. I will miscarry this baby before I get out of 1st tri
2. I will die during delivery (came within 2 min of this happening with my daughter due to hemorrhaging. Blood pressure was 40/20... I was in ICU for 3 days/hospital for 10.... scariest shiit I have ever gone through)
3. I will go crazy having 2 little ones at home.
1. tearing/foreceps/recovery. It took months for me to recover from 3rd degree tears with DS.
2. swelling/water retention. summer months are not kind to the pregnant. i looked like i was wearing the fat suit used in movies.
3. up all night nursing when I have a toddler to tend to during the day. With DS I could catch a break but with two I can't picture how that's going to work.
1. Having another miscarriage
2. Moving cross country (switching docs, summer in Texas, finding a new place to live, DH finding a new job, being settled and ready to go by September)
3. I know I'll have a c/s and I can't take any pain meds. I have no idea how this is going to work.
Married my love 6/11/11 | MMC 10/11/11 | Eliza Frances born 9/18/12 | Rhett Garland born 2/24/14
1. Going on bedrest in third tri because of high bp.
2. Gaining a ton of weight (I am already overweight, and I actually lost 10 lbs last pregnancy, but I feel like a cow right now).
3. Something being wrong with the baby and not finding out until the 20 week anatomy scan (one of my closest friends just had her baby who died shortly after birth when they discovered the baby had polycystic kidneys at the 20 week scan).
BFP#1: 10/2009, missed m/c at 12 weeks: 12/2009
BFP#2: 4/2010, Baby boy born: 12/15/2010
BFP#3: 1/2/2011, missed m/c at 11 weeks: 2/24/2012, D&C: 2/27/2012
1. The actual labor part (heard too many stories about it I think)
2. Preparing my classroom (no air conditioning) in 80/90 degree temps.
3. Leaving my baby after maternity leave ( I have trouble detaching from my dog. Call everyday to check on him when we go on vacation). Lol
4. I a fearful of gaining too much weight and not lose all of it after birth.
1. Being a bad mom
2. Getting into shape after baby is born
3. MONEY
(and pooping on the table--totally not looking forward to that but it's not such a big deal in the grand scheme of things...)
1. Miscarriage
2. Tearing
3. And tearing.
Yeah... that was my worst fear when I went into labor with my daughter. And of course, I did. The best part was that I had a mirror to watch my daughter come out, and guess what else I got to see?! It was so embarrassing...
1. Pre-e again
2. insane weight gain (again)
3. DS not doing well with baby in house...
1. Getting the spinal.
2. Diabetes & the end of pregnancy.
3. The catheter before the c/s.
All of my fears are related to handling two children instead of the one I have now:
1. How am I going to take DD to the bathroom in public places with an infant to haul around too? Sometimes the only stalls that are open are the non-handicapped ones and DD and I barely fit in there together.
2. How am I going to keep up with DD all day while being awake half the night with the new baby? I won't be able to catch cat naps like I did when DD was a baby.
3. How am I going to afford to send two kids to college?!
1. The possibility of having a c-section
2. Having NICU time.
3. Um, hello..2 babies!!! At the same time!!!!
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BFP #2 DS Bennett
BFP #3 Missed Miscarriage 8wks
BFP #4 Miscarriage 6 wks
BFP #5 Due August 10, 2015
1. Tearing
2. Possibility of C-section
3. Gestational diabetes (I'm at a higher risk, so hoping to stay healthy and prevent it).
1. the spinal (had an epidural last time)
2. having 2 kids less than 15 months apart
3. sleep deprivation
1. Pooping during birth. (hahaha sorry, I just don't like thinking about that)
2. Going back to work after the baby is born
3. Going into labor during rush hour/having to do most of the labor in triage... basically anything that means I'm in labor where I don't want to be. I get so anxious and claustrophobic in situations like that. Either it is going to be worse if I'm in labor, or since I'm in labor, I won't care. We'll see. I'd rather just avoid the situation.
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I just had to comment on this, because I am equally as bad with my dog...he's my kid ! lol Oh and good to see you are a fellow Buckeye
1. Tearing
2. Needles (not a fan of them)
3. L & D itself (can you tell I'm a FTM ?) lol
1. Having Gestational Diabetes again (had it with DS- total suckfest and I blocked it from my memory!)
2. Adjusting to having a 2.5 year old and newborn (sleepless nights... no naps during the day... pure chaos?!)
3. Possibility of us having to move to an unknown city (DH may be up for promotion within the year, and that would mean leaving BOTH of our families/friends and starting somewhere completely new either me VERY pregnant, or with a newborn and toddler....)
1. There won't be a heartbeat when we go for our next u/s in 2 weeks.
2. My hands and feet swelling in the AZ summer heat. My wedding set belonged to my grandmother, so I need to find a substitute for the summer months.
3. Not being able to pick up DS if I end up having another c-section.
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1. Delivering in my car. (I was 6cm dilated with DD for 3 friggen weeks!)
2. Breastfeeding with 2 toddlers around.
3. A c/s.
Carter Robert 7.18.08 | Brynn Sophia 5.24.10 | Reid Joseph 9.10.12 | Emerson Mae 1.27.14
1. Morning sickness sticking around to the bitter end, like last time.
2. Getting another spinal headache. I'm terrified of this happening again.
3. Sleepless nights
1. Birthing two children at once. I'm afraid I'll end up with a C-section
2. Attempting to take care of 2 newborns and a 3-year-old on no sleep.
3. Heartburn and monster hemorrhoids.
1. Throwing up during labor
2. The terrible soreness down yonder after the episiotomy- i was not expecting that!
3. The first few weeks postpartum crazy hormones/no sleep/nauseaous haze
1. My biggest fear is that I will develop pre-eclampsia again, but this time earlier than last. DD was totally healthy at 35w4d, but I fear what would happen if I had to deliver significantly earlier.
2. Swelling. My normally 8N feet would not fit into 10W shoes by the end (thanks to pre-eclampsia).
3. My feet growing. I know a lot of people whose feet were a size up after pregnancy. I stayed the same with DD (my feet went back to normal, thankfully), but I am terrified my feet will grow and my shoes collection (I have a lot) will not fit. I would ugly cry.
OP, not to be a downer, but your rings not fitting and gas should be the least of your worries. Haha.
1 - The newborn-stage lack of sleep (especially paired with a crazy toddler). I am literally terrified.
2 - Tearing, stitches, and recovery. It was pretty miserable for me. I wince thinking about it.
3 - Not so much a fear, but dreading the painful first 2 weeks-ish of nursing. I know it will pass, but I tense up just thinking about it.
1. Having complications (I had pre-e with W)
2. Being a good mom to W and the new baby (really nervous about 2 under 2)
3. Balancing kids, husband, friends, work
Yes totally.
1, 2, and 3, are all "Sleep deprivation." I suck, suck, suck at not sleeping. And the first time I only had one so I could theoretically sleep when he napped. This time around I will have a newborn and a 3 year old. On my own. Holy crap. ::sticks fingers in ears and hums to self::
1) c section recovery (I have no idea why anyone would elect to have a c section, 4 days of solid pain to where you just want to lay there and die was not fun)
2) newborn hours (waking up every 90 minutes.....yay)
3) GTT (that drink is nasty on an empty stomach)
BFP #3 via cancelled IUI ~ C (2lb 3oz; HELLP) 5/16/11
BFP #4 via the natural (free!) way ~ E (8lb 11oz) 9/13/12