How Pregnant WERE You?

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

If we get more than one vote for 42+1, Imma make ANOTHER POLE, BITCHES.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

Similarly, if no one votes, then I'll do it over, but I feel like there were people who were 41+4

sweetsurprise2014 · January 2015

DS was evicted at 41+3

beachbumsc · January 2015

I was 41 + 3

vrj0522 · January 2015

There's no SS so I can't see results.

I was only 40+4 and can't even imagine what it would be like to go longer. It sucked so bad as it was.

ETA: Just kidding - I just saw there is a see results button.

angeltennis3 · January 2015

41+1 before eviction.

Part of me wonders how long she would have stayed in there if I didn't get induced...but misery.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

erawka said:

Oh wait. I screwed up. I was 40+4, not 41+4. I'm a moron. All the high fives to those of you who survived that long.

But! Someone else put 41+4!

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

angeltennis3 said:

41+1 before eviction. Part of me wonders how long she would have stayed in there if I didn't get induced...but misery.

My doctor SAID I couldn't have delivered her because my pelvis was too small. I don't know if that's true.

angeltennis3 · January 2015

SPurp13 said:

angeltennis3 said:

41+1 before eviction. Part of me wonders how long she would have stayed in there if I didn't get induced...but misery.

My doctor SAID I couldn't have delivered her because my pelvis was too small. I don't know if that's true.

Mine kept saying she was a big baby and I have a small pelvis...and she definitely was a big baby (9 lbs 10 oz) and after 25 hours of labor I was still only at 4 cm because she would not move down...

I've been thinking a lot about baby #2 lately (I'm insane) and trying to decide if I want to attempt a VBAC or just schedule a RCS. Much research will need to be done.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

angeltennis3 said:

SPurp13 said:

angeltennis3 said:

41+1 before eviction. Part of me wonders how long she would have stayed in there if I didn't get induced...but misery.

My doctor SAID I couldn't have delivered her because my pelvis was too small. I don't know if that's true.

Mine kept saying she was a big baby and I have a small pelvis...and she definitely was a big baby (9 lbs 10 oz) and after 25 hours of labor I was still only at 4 cm because she would not move down...

I've been thinking a lot about baby #2 lately (I'm insane) and trying to decide if I want to attempt a VBAC or just schedule a RCS. Much research will need to be done.

As painful as my recovery was, I'm not attempting a VBAC. Or, at least, I don't think so, and I might talk to the doctor about it, but mostly just to confirm that it's a bad idea. APurp wasn't even that big (7 12.5 at birth), but her head was and is huge, and the doctor, while she was inside me, said to the nurse "look how small her pelvis is, this baby was never coming out." She never dropped, and I never progressed farther than 2 cm. I'm scared the next baby would get stuck and an emergency section would be needed anyway. I've also heard that if you don't go into labor prior to sections, the recovery is better, but that could be horseshit. I just know that while my recovery sucked in the first 4 weeks, at that 4 week mark, I was at 99%. It really is true that every day after recovery is 100% better than the last. So, if I felt 1% good on day one, I was 2 the next day. 4 the next. 8 the next. So, the first few days were awful, but each passing day was much better. If I can just tough it out, which should be easier since I know what to expect, I'm happy with a section.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

FamousEa said:

@SPurp13‌ CS recovery is 100x better when you aren't in labor first. I labored for 72 hours with my first and then was taken for surgery. Afterwards sucked so hard, DD2 was a planned CS and it was a flawless surgery and recovery. I hope it's the same for you should you have more children.

I mean, I don't even know what a contraction feels like since I had an epi, but I was technically having contractions every minute for like 10 hours before they took me.

We talked about this elsewhere, but did your doctor have restrictions on when you could have the next baby? I'd like to start trying at the one-year mark...I don't know if she will want me to wait longer.

lolapop2005 · January 2015

Lurker here.. I was 43+2 when my son was born.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

lolapop2005 said:

Lurker here.. I was 43+2 when my son was born.

HOLY WHAAAAAT. I think you WIN. If I can call it winning?!

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

theresat858 said:

Lurker here.. I was 43+2 when my son was born.
I'm impressed you found a doctor willing to let you put your sons life at risk like that...or were your dates just off?

That's what I'm sayin'. There's no way the dates were right...right?! How much did the kid weigh? Because if he weighed a normal amount, those dates were wrongzo.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

theresat858 said:

FamousEa said:

@SPurp13‌ CS recovery is 100x better when you aren't in labor first. I labored for 72 hours with my first and then was taken for surgery. Afterwards sucked so hard, DD2 was a planned CS and it was a flawless surgery and recovery. I hope it's the same for you should you have more children.

I mean, I don't even know what a contraction feels like since I had an epi, but I was technically having contractions every minute for like 10 hours before they took me.

We talked about this elsewhere, but did your doctor have restrictions on when you could have the next baby? I'd like to start trying at the one-year mark...I don't know if she will want me to wait longer.
There is data that waiting 18 months is better than 12, but as long as you wait at least 12 it is pretty good. (Outcomes wise). For c sections Drs like at least 18 mo between surgeries, but you get that with trying at a year.

This is good to know. My doctor said something during my surgery that had me second guessing her. I said, "the nurse said I have a perfect belly with no stretch marks, and now you're going to ruin it!" and her reply was "it will go back to being flat and perfect with a tiny scar, and you can do it all again in 2 or 3 years!"

I mean, maybe it's just that most people do wait that long. I'll ask when I go in February for my annual. And, plus, also, even if we DO try at a year, chances of it happening right away again are slim.

lolapop2005 · January 2015

My dates were right, I was charting my fertility. and my son was only 7.6lbs. I went into labor on 42+5... I stalled every evening until 43+2. I was having nst's and biophysical u/s every other day. It was ridiculous, but everything turned out fine in the end.

lolapop2005 · January 2015

Omg I'm a freaking moron. I'm blaming 8 week sleep regression! I was 42+2 not 43+2. Good lord.

bumpuser10309732 · January 2015

SPurp13 said:

theresat858 said:

FamousEa said:

@SPurp13‌ CS recovery is 100x better when you aren't in labor first. I labored for 72 hours with my first and then was taken for surgery. Afterwards sucked so hard, DD2 was a planned CS and it was a flawless surgery and recovery. I hope it's the same for you should you have more children.

I mean, I don't even know what a contraction feels like since I had an epi, but I was technically having contractions every minute for like 10 hours before they took me.

We talked about this elsewhere, but did your doctor have restrictions on when you could have the next baby? I'd like to start trying at the one-year mark...I don't know if she will want me to wait longer.
There is data that waiting 18 months is better than 12, but as long as you wait at least 12 it is pretty good. (Outcomes wise). For c sections Drs like at least 18 mo between surgeries, but you get that with trying at a year.

This is good to know. My doctor said something during my surgery that had me second guessing her. I said, "the nurse said I have a perfect belly with no stretch marks, and now you're going to ruin it!" and her reply was "it will go back to being flat and perfect with a tiny scar, and you can do it all again in 2 or 3 years!"

I mean, maybe it's just that most people do wait that long. I'll ask when I go in February for my annual. And, plus, also, even if we DO try at a year, chances of it happening right away again are slim.

My SIL got preg with my niece pretty much at 11 months. Her doctor wasn't ecstatic about it. then she wanted to try VBAC and she was really not cool with that but let her attempt anyway. She didn't have any issues, but my niece tried to come out like superman so they had to c-section anyway. She said her recovery was much easier the second time and this time she actually labored for several hours before the section. But I'm pretty sure she had some post-partum last time and she didn't move hardly at all. I think that can majorly play into how you feel.

pnwlover12 · January 2015

I was 41 weeks exactly, but my mw had to break my water to get things going. I went to 41+3 with my DD.

swizz09 · January 2015

A lady I work with went 42 and some change. The midwives wanted to push her to 43 until she busted out in tears. She delivered a 10 lb baby vaginally.....

lrobi13 · January 2015

I tip my hats off to all who went the distance.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

lolapop2005 said:

Omg I'm a freaking moron. I'm blaming 8 week sleep regression! I was 42+2 not 43+2. Good lord.

PHEW

2goingon3 · January 2015

Baby 1 41 weeks induced
Baby 2 40 weeks spontaneous
Baby 3 38+1, spontaneous but induced due to stalling. When he was born, they inspected the placenta and guessed that he was actually closer to 40 weeks and assumed the dates were off (I had an early miscarriage and then got pregnant again immediately without a cycle, so who knows!)

TheOtherJacobsons · January 2015

vrj0522 said:

There's no SS so I can't see results.

I was only 40+4 and can't even imagine what it would be like to go longer. It sucked so bad as it was.

ETA: Just kidding - I just saw there is a see results button.

I am pretty sure you are the only person who has ever seen that button. I have been here for a year and have not seen that button until today.

jenndub · January 2015

swizz09 said:

A lady I work with went 42 and some change. The midwives wanted to push her to 43 until she busted out in tears. She delivered a 10 lb baby vaginally.....

angeltennis3 · January 2015

dorothyzbornak97 said:

TheOtherJacobsons said:

vrj0522 said:

There's no SS so I can't see results.

I was only 40+4 and can't even imagine what it would be like to go longer. It sucked so bad as it was.

ETA: Just kidding - I just saw there is a see results button.

I am pretty sure you are the only person who has ever seen that button. I have been here for a year and have not seen that button until today.

Right?! Mind. Blown.

I feel like that button was just added...because I just noticed it, too!

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

Do not fear. I made sure that button existed, because if it didn't, I would have put in a "check results" button. I got you bitches.

NavyFlyer · January 2015

hheeyyy there is no button for people who just want to see the results :0(

NavyFlyer · January 2015

oh. oops. please ignore my stupidity.

MrsTinMKE · January 2015

SPurp13 said:

erawka said:

Oh wait. I screwed up. I was 40+4, not 41+4. I'm a moron. All the high fives to those of you who survived that long.

But! Someone else put 41+4!

No purp... I did the same damn thing! I was 40+4 not 41 and I checked 41+1 we messed up your clicky poll!

JJsMum · January 2015

DS#1 - 40+2 (induced for BP)

DS#2 - 41+5 (induced after water broke)

DS#3 - 39+1 (spontaneous, induction was scheduled for the next day. womp, womp...)

Guess this doesn't really matter for the sake of the poll, but I certainly feel for the ladies that went waaaay past their due date!

cmac6186 · January 2015

I don't know if I was 39+5 or 40+2. My OB always interchanged my due dates and basically wrote it off as "Meh, 4 days makes no difference." I never got a straight answer.

ETA: TB ate half my post

vrj0522 · January 2015

angeltennis3 said:

TheOtherJacobsons said:

vrj0522 said:

There's no SS so I can't see results.

I was only 40+4 and can't even imagine what it would be like to go longer. It sucked so bad as it was.

ETA: Just kidding - I just saw there is a see results button.

I am pretty sure you are the only person who has ever seen that button. I have been here for a year and have not seen that button until today.

Right?! Mind. Blown.
I feel like that button was just added...because I just noticed it, too!

Yeah, never saw it before but it's there somehow.

sas2551 · January 2015

no ss so I checked 42+1 but actually went to 42+2 before induction. I know it's a bit controversial, but my OBGYN was great- was hoping for a natural birth, so lots of monitoring and everything looked good and he was happy to let me go that long, but we decided that if I made it to 42+2 eviction was needed and thats what happened, induction went great with a bishop score of 9, and 7lb11oz healthy vaginal birth with no meds other than the vitaman P (as my nurse referred to pitocin-lol). Any sign of trouble and I would have induced earlier in a heartbeat.

Tabithahaileyc · January 2015

I clicked 42+1 but I actually went to 42+4. She was only 8 lbs 11oz.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

Tabithahaileyc said:

I clicked 42+1 but I actually went to 42+4. She was only 8 lbs 11oz.

Well, I think you win!

Tabithahaileyc · January 2015

SPurp13 said:

Tabithahaileyc said:

I clicked 42+1 but I actually went to 42+4. She was only 8 lbs 11oz.

Well, I think you win!

Not something I think anyone wants to win lol.

MuffinMom14 · January 2015

Tabithahaileyc said:

Tabithahaileyc said:

I clicked 42+1 but I actually went to 42+4. She was only 8 lbs 11oz.

Well, I think you win!
Not something I think anyone wants to win lol.

I know. I don't even know what the prize is.

Justabean3 · January 2015

SPurp13 said:

FamousEa said:

@SPurp13‌ CS recovery is 100x better when you aren't in labor first. I labored for 72 hours with my first and then was taken for surgery. Afterwards sucked so hard, DD2 was a planned CS and it was a flawless surgery and recovery. I hope it's the same for you should you have more children.

I mean, I don't even know what a contraction feels like since I had an epi, but I was technically having contractions every minute for like 10 hours before they took me.

We talked about this elsewhere, but did your doctor have restrictions on when you could have the next baby? I'd like to start trying at the one-year mark...I don't know if she will want me to wait longer.

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I just thought I would say I will be on baby #4 if we have another and the OB told me 6 months to wait at least... 1 year optimal. That's after 3 c-sections

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