Quick shoutout to @Frogger5 for pointing me towards the existence of a portable washing machine on a FFFQ thread earlier this month. Just ordered one and I'm so excited to get it! THANK YOU!
Here's a question, women who are breech, how did you find out? I asked my doc if she knew my baby's position at my 32 week check up and she said she still couldn't tell by feeling around. I have no more ultrasounds scheduled so I'm just curious if that's how you found out
Ultrasound. Also I was able to notice how my body felt when he was breech vs. transverse lie so I can feel he is breach again. I was also shown how to feel for the head, which was hard at first but I have figured out.
Quick shoutout to @Frogger5 for pointing me towards the existence of a portable washing machine on a FFFQ thread earlier this month. Just ordered one and I'm so excited to get it! THANK YOU!
Hope it works for you - I've never actually seen or used one!
Quick shoutout to @Frogger5 for pointing me towards the existence of a portable washing machine on a FFFQ thread earlier this month. Just ordered one and I'm so excited to get it! THANK YOU!
Hope it works for you - I've never actually seen or used one!
I bought it from walmart online so worst case I just return it!
So this may be a tmi, but does anyone else try to make sure you poop every day with fear of pooping while pushing? My sister is a L&D nurse and said like 70% of women do, and I probably won't be horribly mortified if it happens , but the thought makes me nervous. I'm pretty certain I didn't with DS, but it was a scheduled induction so I tried to make sure I was "cleaned out" before hand. She said she has had a a handful of patients over her 15 years that did and the smell was awful to the point she had to walk out of the room - THAT WOULD MORTIFY ME! Lol
I did with my first. I was laying there and I told DH "Babe I gotta poop help me up I gotta go so bad." And he replies " I don't know babe let me ask the nurse if you're allowed to poop." Nurse says "Oh no honey you're ready to push" I say "But I really do have to poop" hahaha but when I did it came out first push and no one acted like anything happened and they were prepared for it. Had a little sheet already layed out and my midwife just wrapped it up and passed it to the nurse like nothing. Lol
I pooped a little turd while the doctor was elbow deep. In my vagina trying to manipulate his head. The nurse had it gone before anyone could tell.
I think for me the main hint (besides the water breaking) that I was in labour was that my contractions were accompanied by downward pressure (a major urge to shit). The pains were definitely not sharp. Complete abdominal tightening and pressure down below.
@britneythebridexo that's makes me feel better. I am so thankful for people in the medical field who don't bat an eye at gross human body functions. I could never work in the medical field. Seriously, all you nurses are awesome!
I'm having a hard time understanding what contractions feel like. I've been told they feel like period cramps... But obviously way worse but I'm told you'll feel them in your belly & it feels like sharp pains... So I guess my question is how exactly are you supposed to know if it's just cramping or the actual thing? I cramp all the time but I'm sure I'm not in labor. Also does it happen gradually or do you get the sharp pains and your like oh no gotta go!! Sorry for how stupid this question probably is, I know everyone experiences contractions differently but I just don't get how exactly you know
They way I could tell is they radiated from back to front like I could actually feel them move in that motion. I only had maybe three that was like that though. I ended up having back labor 95% of the time so mine also just feel like one giant backache that kept getting worse. Also with my first my water broke and that's how I knew it was time. I didn't even feel the first 2 contractions at the hospital.
So here's my question! I bought nail clippers, and have also heard about mom's just biting their LO's nails off, but the nurse at my hospital said that there's a membrane attached the the nail so you're not supposed to trim them until they break off naturally. I don't want to question the medicine behind that, but has anyone had bad experiences trimming newborn's nails as a result of this membrane?
As a nail technician I know about the anatomy and skin on the hands and feet. The membrane that they're talking about is a hyponicium (not sure if I spelled that correctly) but if your baby has high hyponicium (such as I do) then yes it will bleed and be very sore. Even I can't file my nails short or I will have sore fingers for weeks.
What is generally covered at the birthing class at the hospital? They cancelled the one we were signed up for and now debating if it's important enough that my husband should take time off from work for the next available one
Oooh I was hoping there would be a FFFQ thread - thank you!
Has anyone gotten any stretchmarks which skipped the red/purple stage and went straight to silvery white? I think the sides of my tummy are covered in lots of teeny silvery lines which i assume are stretchmarks (i'm fine with it if they are - gotta love them tiger stripes of honour) but i was told they'd start off a dark colour?
All of my stretch marks have always started out silvery white.
What is generally covered at the birthing class at the hospital? They cancelled the one we were signed up for and now debating if it's important enough that my husband should take time off from work for the next available one
A virgin at a church did mine. It was awful. She basically taught us what you'd learn if you read the whole labor and delivery part in What to Expect when you're Expecting.
This isn't a question, more of a random comment....Can I just say, I hate newborn mittens. I think they are useless and unnecessary. I was one of those moms cutting my baby's nails at the hospital, and ya, I pinched one finger a little, but the nails were short and I could look at and touch her hands, not just mittens! Whew, glad I got that off my chest
I hate them as well. I read a book with my first LO and it said if you are nervous to use nail clippers (I was) to just bite the nails with you teeth. I did that method until he was like 2.
@lilitaliangirl I don't know where your sister works but I have a vastly different opinion. Most of our patients do not poop on the table. And if they do it is a tiny turd nugget....... Nothing like an entire shit. I have seen entire shits but it is so rare. Plus this is the least of my worries because I'm going to be so worried about health of my baby and other things .......
@hoodoll82 my husband and I actually googled "why don't babies have bad breath" the other night......... Bahaha.
Obviously, delivering a healthy baby is my number one concern. But, I still don't want to poop where I know it's happening. Lol She works at one of the biggest/busiest L&D hospitals in the country (they average 35-40 babies a day! My delivery hospital average, like 3-6 a day, lol) so that is probably why she sees it more often.
I pooped a tiny bit with my first. The nurses were so nice and tried to act like I hadn't but I had a mirror and asked them if I did. They both said no and tried to wipe it away super nonchalantly.
so. this is a non pregnancy related stupid question.. i got a foot care gift set for christmas and it comes with no guide/no steps/help. so i have no idea what the order of operations would be.. anyone wanna throw their suggestions out?
comes with: foot soak foot wash foot scrub foot lotion and a foot cream
The midwife at our office could feel and we also had a ultra sound at 35 weeks to be sure and i think we have another at 38. C section scheduled for 39 weeks so i guess thats that.
What is generally covered at the birthing class at the hospital? They cancelled the one we were signed up for and now debating if it's important enough that my husband should take time off from work for the next available one
My birthing class was mostly a big snore. Honestly I felt like everything that was covered was also covered in my Pregnancy and Childbirth book by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that my drs office gave me ages ago. Or covered here by the STM's, or from reputable articles and the like. I asked one question, and that was about if they had staff available daily to go over breastfeeding (just kinda hanging out or if I had to make an appointment). There was a small benefit of the nurses relating some personal experiences, but we have that here also. They covered pain control options pretty well, and discussed the hospitals usual procedures for csection - both of those I learned a little more than my book taught. I'm glad I went so that I can reassure myself I did what I could to be prepared but I'm not sure if I took away a lot of helpful information I didn't already have a grasp of already.
We practiced breathing techniques, too. 3 different kinds. That was probably helpful cause DH learned the best way to coach me. But then - it was learned fairly quickly. If I am going to be in labor for 10+ hours, I feel like a nurse could coach us is a couple of minutes (of course, at that time they could be slammed and not have that chance)
I have a confession, and since we don't have a FFFC thread today, I'll put it under here. I have been reading all the stories stm+ moms have about their water breaking, and have been doing all of those things on the off chance it could happen to me too. Not like inducing labor, but just coincidently doing the same thing. Like someone posted about how their water broke while they were taking a bath, so now I'm taking a bath.
What is generally covered at the birthing class at the hospital? They cancelled the one we were signed up for and now debating if it's important enough that my husband should take time off from work for the next available one
Like PPs said, the topics at my birthing class were things I had already read about. The reason I'm glad I went is because they did talk about some procedures that were specific to my hospital that I couldn't have read in any book. (Like, "here are the IV meds we use," and "here's how it works with our anesthesiologists," and "here's what we do for skin to skin..."). It included the hospital tour.
so. this is a non pregnancy related stupid question.. i got a foot care gift set for christmas and it comes with no guide/no steps/help. so i have no idea what the order of operations would be.. anyone wanna throw their suggestions out?
comes with: foot soak foot wash foot scrub foot lotion and a foot cream
but i dont know the order.
edit: Spelling
I'm no pedicure expert, but I'd do:
Soak Scrub Wash Lotion And save the cream for bedtime, maybe with socks if it's not too hot out.
so. this is a non pregnancy related stupid question.. i got a foot care gift set for christmas and it comes with no guide/no steps/help. so i have no idea what the order of operations would be.. anyone wanna throw their suggestions out?
comes with: foot soak foot wash foot scrub foot lotion and a foot cream
but i dont know the order.
edit: Spelling
Get a warm large bowl of water and some towels. Add the soak and wash to the water as you fill the bowl. Apply the scrub to your feet. If you have a pumice stone this would be a great time to scrub the roughness off the bottom of your feet. After that towel off your feet and apply the lotion and cream.
What is generally covered at the birthing class at the hospital? They cancelled the one we were signed up for and now debating if it's important enough that my husband should take time off from work for the next available one
A virgin at a church did mine. It was awful. She basically taught us what you'd learn if you read the whole labor and delivery part in What to Expect when you're Expecting.
What is generally covered at the birthing class at the hospital? They cancelled the one we were signed up for and now debating if it's important enough that my husband should take time off from work for the next available one
Like PPs said, the topics at my birthing class were things I had already read about. The reason I'm glad I went is because they did talk about some procedures that were specific to my hospital that I couldn't have read in any book. (Like, "here are the IV meds we use," and "here's how it works with our anesthesiologists," and "here's what we do for skin to skin..."). It included the hospital tour.
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I feel like I learned a lot at my class. I had no idea about giving birth and learned a lot about natural vs meds. They talked a lot about different positions and ways to try to be comfortable. I will sound completely lame but all I ever thought of when having a baby is what I would see on tv so for me it was very informative. I will say that some parts were redundant but overall worth it for me and my husband.
What is generally covered at the birthing class at the hospital? They cancelled the one we were signed up for and now debating if it's important enough that my husband should take time off from work for the next available one
Can you shop around for other classes in the area, not necessarily at the hospital? In our area the hospital class is only a half day and doesn't cover much except things that can go wrong in childbirth and a tour of the birthing unit, apparently. Instead we opted for a six week class offered at the community college, and it's great! It's taught by an experienced doula and we have a textbook and everything. It's one evening a week and pretty inexpensive for all that class time. We're learning breathing techniques, different methods of pain management, stages of labor, and perhaps most importantly, how our SO or birthing partner can help support us during labor. I find it really helpful to go with my husband, because he doesn't spend all his free time browsing the bump like I do and doesn't know all this stuff, and I will rely on him a lot during labor and want him to be prepared. I've also learned a lot through the class so far that I didn't get from reading alone.
I know it's not technically Friday anymore, but I didn't really know where else to put this question. How soon after having the baby should I be making a doctors appointment? I haven't really gotten any answers from my hospital or OB, they're a bit disorganized. I've read that people shouldn't even take their babies out in public for the first month (which I think is a bit nuts) but when do doctors usually want the first appointment with mom and baby to be?
I'm having a hard time understanding what contractions feel like. I've been told they feel like period cramps... But obviously way worse but I'm told you'll feel them in your belly & it feels like sharp pains... So I guess my question is how exactly are you supposed to know if it's just cramping or the actual thing? I cramp all the time but I'm sure I'm not in labor. Also does it happen gradually or do you get the sharp pains and your like oh no gotta go!! Sorry for how stupid this question probably is, I know everyone experiences contractions differently but I just don't get how exactly you know
@thay33 i'm a FTM so this is my first go at things as well, and I'm sure it's different for everyone, although I wouldn't describe my BH/ contractions as being similar to period cramps. I've had cramping regularly during my third trimester but I assume it's my uterus growing/stretching, cramping for me is generally in different parts of my lower abdomen.
'Practice contractions' or BH on the other hand has been this wrap around tightening or pressure of my entire uterus, so it's 'tight' and feels rock hard from the bottom of my rib cage, across my sides and to the lower part if my belly. It feels like a giant muscle you have no control over is flexing.
Funny story.. the first time I was hooked up to the monitor while at triage, I was having hot flashes and contractions every 3 minutes, I asked how many times the monitor belt was going to keep squeezing (I assumed it was tightening to measuring the contractions). The nurse giggled and told me it wasn't squeezing anything that was just my uterus contracting and putting all the pressure on the belt. Lol oops...
Although I've heard other woman report having cramps before and during labour, so it's possible many people experience both. But for me the sensations are very different, and haven't come at the same time (phew!). I couldn't begin to imagine the discomfort of experience of both at once, it makes me pretty nervous, but I'm confident with both of those happening at once you wouldn't have any doubt that you are in active labour.
@valeriemarie24 My OB will set LO first appointment after I deliver and before we go home. All I had to do was tell him who I wanted for her pediatrician. ( If you don't think your OB or the nurses set it up for you then find a Ped. You want to use and just call their office)Once you see him/her they can tell you when to come back. From all the moms around here they have said you will set one up for LO for that same week like 3-5 days later after birth just to make sure baby hasn't lost too much weight and other things. After that I guess your Ped. will let you know when to come back.
I know it's not technically Friday anymore, but I didn't really know where else to put this question. How soon after having the baby should I be making a doctors appointment? I haven't really gotten any answers from my hospital or OB, they're a bit disorganized. I've read that people shouldn't even take their babies out in public for the first month (which I think is a bit nuts) but when do doctors usually want the first appointment with mom and baby to be?
With my first, I had an appointment when he was 2 days old, one week old, and one month old.
I definitely do not agree with keeping LO at home for a month. Enjoy going out if you want to, especially while LO is still sleeping a lot in the first month. Just because he is out, does not mean you have to let a bunch of people hold him.
@valeriemarie24 My OB will set LO first appointment after I deliver and before we go home. All I had to do was tell him who I wanted for her pediatrician. ( If you don't think your OB or the nurses set it up for you then find a Ped. You want to use and just call their office)Once you see him/her they can tell you when to come back. From all the moms around here they have said you will set one up for LO for that same week like 3-5 days later after birth just to make sure baby hasn't lost too much weight and other things. After that I guess your Ped. will let you know when to come back.
I filled out the forms and everything required when I signed up to become a new patient at the office, but then when I went in to meet the doctor they said the hospital will phone them and set it up for me (separate doctor from my OB who will be the baby's ped/our family docor). So I guess it's just a waiting game to see if they will actually do it after the baby is born. If not then that's good to keep in mind,Thanks
@valeriemarie24 your postpartum appt based on vaginal birth should be around 6 weeks. If you have a cesarean some docs want to see you 2 weeks after. LO's appt like most posters said probably 3-5 days after your home.
@valeriemarie24 my hospital and OB also set it up for me and then we get contacted by the pediatrician with a date and time. Typically 2-3 days after is what I heard.
Where are y'all going to store your baby tub? I got the 4moms and have no extra counter space for it and DDs use their tub daily. I can't figure out where to put the thing!
So this may be a tmi, but does anyone else try to make sure you poop every day with fear of pooping while pushing? My sister is a L&D nurse and said like 70% of women do, and I probably won't be horribly mortified if it happens , but the thought makes me nervous. I'm pretty certain I didn't with DS, but it was a scheduled induction so I tried to make sure I was "cleaned out" before hand. She said she has had a a handful of patients over her 15 years that did and the smell was awful to the point she had to walk out of the room - THAT WOULD MORTIFY ME! Lol
This is my 3rd baby and with my first 2, I had diarrhea in the early stages of labor. Maybe it's just me, but I thought I read after that it's your body's way of naturally eliminating anything in your system to prepare for birth. Everyone is different, and each baby could be different, but I'm hoping that happens again for this one. While unpleasant, there was nothing left by the time I delivered.
Where are y'all going to store your baby tub? I got the 4moms and have no extra counter space for it and DDs use their tub daily. I can't figure out where to put the thing!
Ugh I've been dealing with this same issue! I really wish I could fit it in the hall closet outside the bathroom but I can't. I may end up having to put it in another closet down the hall a bit. It's gonna be super annoying but I don't really know what else to do...
First timer over here. I had my 37 week appointment yesterday and was dilated to a 2 and was a little over 50% effaced. I lost my mucus plug this morning. I think I've felt a few contractions but have absolutely no idea what to expect when they really start. Baby girl is still moving all over the place like she has been the entire pregnancy. But occasionally while she's moving it's getting pretty painful - it's feeling like she's moving in every direction at once. We've been able to see her moving for quite a while now, but this has been huge movements and my entire abdomen feels very right when it happens. Could this be a sign of early contractions or am I reading too much into it? Thanks for the help!
Where are y'all going to store your baby tub? I got the 4moms and have no extra counter space for it and DDs use their tub daily. I can't figure out where to put the thing!
Honestly right now it's just in her room. Not ideal, but we have no storage space in our bathroom and our only closet that's not in a bedroom is a utility closet and it's basically packed as full as it should be. Hopefully eventually I'll think of a better place but for now, the bedroom is what works!
Where are y'all going to store your baby tub? I got the 4moms and have no extra counter space for it and DDs use their tub daily. I can't figure out where to put the thing!
We got a support bather for this exact reason, we have no storage space and this literally just hangs up on the hook on our shower rack.
Where are y'all going to store your baby tub? I got the 4moms and have no extra counter space for it and DDs use their tub daily. I can't figure out where to put the thing!
We got a support bather for this exact reason, we have no storage space and this literally just hangs up on the hook on our shower rack.
I have one of these but also received one of those flower looking things for the sink. Where on earth do you put kne of those to dry? I cant seem to find anywhere.
Re: FFFQ! Flame free questions answered! Mucus plugs? Dilation? Toothbrushes? No question too stupid!
I think for me the main hint (besides the water breaking) that I was in labour was that my contractions were accompanied by downward pressure (a major urge to shit). The pains were definitely not sharp. Complete abdominal tightening and pressure down below.
comes with:
foot soak
foot wash
foot scrub
foot lotion
and a foot cream
but i dont know the order.
edit: Spelling
We practiced breathing techniques, too. 3 different kinds. That was probably helpful cause DH learned the best way to coach me. But then - it was learned fairly quickly. If I am going to be in labor for 10+ hours, I feel like a nurse could coach us is a couple of minutes (of course, at that time they could be slammed and not have that chance)
Like PPs said, the topics at my birthing class were things I had already read about. The reason I'm glad I went is because they did talk about some procedures that were specific to my hospital that I couldn't have read in any book. (Like, "here are the IV meds we use," and "here's how it works with our anesthesiologists," and "here's what we do for skin to skin..."). It included the hospital tour.
Edited: quote fail
I'm no pedicure expert, but I'd do:
Soak
Scrub
Wash
Lotion
And save the cream for bedtime, maybe with socks if it's not too hot out.
Licensed nail tech over here.
How soon after having the baby should I be making a doctors appointment? I haven't really gotten any answers from my hospital or OB, they're a bit disorganized. I've read that people shouldn't even take their babies out in public for the first month (which I think is a bit nuts) but when do doctors usually want the first appointment with mom and baby to be?
'Practice contractions' or BH on the other hand has been this wrap around tightening or pressure of my entire uterus, so it's 'tight' and feels rock hard from the bottom of my rib cage, across my sides and to the lower part if my belly. It feels like a giant muscle you have no control over is flexing.
Funny story.. the first time I was hooked up to the monitor while at triage, I was having hot flashes and contractions every 3 minutes, I asked how many times the monitor belt was going to keep squeezing (I assumed it was tightening to measuring the contractions). The nurse giggled and told me it wasn't squeezing anything that was just my uterus contracting and putting all the pressure on the belt. Lol oops...
Although I've heard other woman report having cramps before and during labour, so it's possible many people experience both. But for me the sensations are very different, and haven't come at the same time (phew!). I couldn't begin to imagine the discomfort of experience of both at once, it makes me pretty nervous, but I'm confident with both of those happening at once you wouldn't have any doubt that you are in active labour.
My OB will set LO first appointment after I deliver and before we go home. All I had to do was tell him who I wanted for her pediatrician. ( If you don't think your OB or the nurses set it up for you then find a Ped. You want to use and just call their office)Once you see him/her they can tell you when to come back. From all the moms around here they have said you will set one up for LO for that same week like 3-5 days later after birth just to make sure baby hasn't lost too much weight and other things. After that I guess your Ped. will let you know when to come back.
With my first, I had an appointment when he was 2 days old, one week old, and one month old.
I definitely do not agree with keeping LO at home for a month. Enjoy going out if you want to, especially while LO is still sleeping a lot in the first month. Just because he is out, does not mean you have to let a bunch of people hold him.
This is my 3rd baby and with my first 2, I had diarrhea in the early stages of labor. Maybe it's just me, but I thought I read after that it's your body's way of naturally eliminating anything in your system to prepare for birth. Everyone is different, and each baby could be different, but I'm hoping that happens again for this one. While unpleasant, there was nothing left by the time I delivered.