I went in for my 38 week appt today. My BP was a little high something over 92. They took it again and it was still high. Plus, I was measuring big (44 weeks I have GD). They sent me over to LD to be monitored. They started an IV and took bloodwork. They decided to release me but I have my RCS scheduled for tomorrow morning.
I'm an emotional wreck. DH is out of the country until tomorrow night. He has been gone for 3.5 weeks. He is going to miss the birth by 12 hours! Luckily, my Mom is on a flight here and will be here in a few hours.
@laurendutch, oh no! That's not cool at all! I'm upset because DH will have to leave less than 24 hours after our LO is born and be gone for the next 2 nights. I begged them to do the c-section this Friday (the day before I turn 39 weeks) so he would at least have the weekend with us till he leaves Monday morning but they won't permit it. It's just not fair. I would be so upset if he were to miss the whole thing.
@laurendutch ohh, that sucks. I get that they have concerns about health, but its such a bummer that they are so concerned they can't wait just that 24 hours so he can be there.
Thanks everyone! From what I understand is that they most comfortable the Dr is letting me go is until tomorrow. He really wanted me to deliver tonight. DH was able to get an earlier flight and should be home about 6 hours after the birth.
I seriously want to scream at his Mom...keeps talking about how sad it is for him, how does he feel about it, blah blah blah. He's heartbroken, I'm heartbroken...I've been sobbing on and off all day! He was crying when I first told him. I'm going to be delivering without him! Maybe I should remind her how she kept saying how this business trip was such a great opportunity for him, once in a lifetime opportunity!
@laurendutch Soo sorry your DH won't be there yet. Wish I could hug you from here! At least 6 hours isn't crazy long before he will get to be with y'all!
@mommaswizz I wouldn't let the swollen feet get to you. If you live in the US it has been f-ing hot this summer so completely normal. I delivered 3 weeks ago and didn't start swelling until it got hot. I find it a little ridiculous that they weigh pregnant women at all but especially their final trimester. My obs office was awful and actually sent me home with a piece of paper that showed my bmi my last month of pregnancy.
@mommaswizz I wouldn't let the swollen feet get to you. If you live in the US it has been f-ing hot this summer so completely normal. I delivered 3 weeks ago and didn't start swelling until it got hot. I find it a little ridiculous that they weigh pregnant women at all but especially their final trimester. My obs office was awful and actually sent me home with a piece of paper that showed my bmi my last month of pregnancy.
I'm with you here doc told me I was obese and continues make little comments on it each visit. I'm overweight but by no means obese...
I think it's so ridiculous that they weigh you in the last few weeks. Like what are you going to do, stop eating? Between the swelling, and half lb weight gain by LO each week WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM YOU?!?
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
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I'm 39w3d today & had a appointment. I'm only 1 centimeter dilated, for the 3rd week in a row =// at least my doctor said that my babies head is lower than last week. He did a membrane sweep, then I went to walk around target for an hour. I go back next Tuesday & he wants to set up an induction date. I REALLY do not want any drugs involved, not even an iv hooked up to me, not even monitors, so I'm pretty worried that my birth plan is gonna go out the window. Tomorrow my doctor is having go get a ultrasound to see how big my baby is.
Thank you @rklinge0 !! I hate being weighed right now. Im just thankful I didn't have the same nurse as last week. That chick gave me the "you should really watch what you eat" oh you mean I shouldn't just be shoveling crap in my face ?? Good to know lady, thanks. I can't believe they gave you your bmi, wtf!? Give me hell if I haven't deflated a bit at a post partum appointment but not now. Now is not the time to give me a headache.
Eta- typo
Last Friday I was 1 cm. Next appointment and nonstress test tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have more of an update. Today's due date is slowly drawing to an end. But there has been discussion of membrane sweeping, natural ways to induce and scheduling to be induced.
I REALLY do not want any drugs involved, not even an iv hooked up to me, **not even monitors**
Not even monitors? So, you don't want to know if your blood pressure is rising dangerously high, or your baby's heart rate is dropping dangerously low? To each their own, but information is power. Good luck
ETA asterisks added by me to emphasize what I was referring to in original comment
@agonynicole I hope you've toured your hospital to know what the minimum expectations are. Some hospitals require an IV, some only a saline lock. Most require at least intermittent monitoring. Having a plan is good, just know nothing about labor and delivery is predictable and other than a baby, you might not get what you want. You'll be better off if you're adaptable and flexible and remember a healthy mom and baby are always first priority. I hope you have the experience you want!
@agonynicole I'm there with you girl! I had an apt today too and dr said if I don't go into labor on my on by my due date (next Monday) we will start talking about induction though he and I agreed that I don't consent to being induced until at least 41 weeks. Due dates are an estimation not exact. Also I am planning on a natural birth as well without any IVs (state requires a hep lock but that's not an IV) and with only necessary checks and monitoring. I believe in my body and the process of natural birth. This is what our bodies were made to do. Stay strong and know that you are in control, you don't have to consent to anything you don't want to. Also know that ultra sounds show the estimate of what the baby will weigh. They are not exact and are typically within the range of plus or minus a pound. Stay positive and know every woman progresses differently.
@mellymar I've had good blood pressure my entire pregnancy, plus I don't need to be constantly hooked up to a monitor to check my blood pressure. & the same with checking my babies heartbeat, the doctor/nurse can just check it with the portable monitor, the same one they use for my normal appointments. If I had it my way I would be having a home water birth, but unfortunately my insurance will not pay for it. @Sammy K no I haven't had a tour, mainly because they don't offer real tours, just a video you sit and watch while they give you tea & snacks -_- my doctor only goes to 2 different hospitals, one really shitty hospital that I only hear horrible things about and the one that I chose simply because I have to choose it, & of course the doctor didn't let me know this until a couple weeks ago -_- so it was too late to switch doctors.
I REALLY do not want any drugs involved, not even an iv hooked up to me, **not even monitors**
Not even monitors? So, you don't want to know if your blood pressure is rising dangerously high, or your baby's heart rate is dropping dangerously low? To each their own, but information is power. Good luck
ETA asterisks added by me to emphasize what I was referring to in original comment
With my first, the hospital's policy was mandatory iv and constant monitoring, and it resulted in my tail bone breaking (and not being fully healed four and a half years later) because the monitors only worked if I laid flat on my back. Any time I tried to reposition myself to help alleviate the agonizing pain, a nurse would rush in and reposition me and fuss at me and stress me out. Studies are showing more and more that constant monitoring doesn't have a huge impact on normal birth outcomes, so continuous monitoring in a normal labor situation isn't necessary. Where I'm delivering #2, they monitor for 30 minutes at a time, about every 2 hours or as needed, and check the heartbeat between pushes... I'm sure that PP is aware that emergencies, etc, would cause a need for different measures to be taken, but there's nothing WRONG with wanting the least invasive childbirth experience,- with the fewest possible interventions. I know we're all miserable in what seems like our seventy second year of pregnancy, but I don't feel like it's necessary to toss snark at someone for their informed choice/preference/dream scenario in their own birth experience.
Sorry if I'm way off base, but I'm pretty sure if a medical professional already signed off on the birth plan, it's not that unreasonable.
Intermittent monitoring is different than none at all and we don't know that any medical professional has signed off. A lot of people are just uneducated. I'm not saying the poster is. This is the internet....
Two centimeters 60% effaced. Had a half ass membrane sweep she couldn't get her finger in far enough. Made me lose my plug. Its 12:34 so yesterday was my due date. Doesn't seem to be doing too much for I feel normal.
Two centimeters 60% effaced. Had a half ass membrane sweep she couldn't get her finger in far enough. Made me lose my plug. Its 12:34 so yesterday was my due date. Doesn't seem to be doing too much for I feel normal.
Same boat. Due yesterday. Membrane sweep. I feel slightly more crampy, but that's it. I haven't even spotted since then; haven't even lost my mucus plug.
@itsshayday@agonynicole yeah, the OP didn't mention anything about intermittent monitoring vs constant and neither did I. So, for the OP to say 'not even monitoring', that *implies* not even intermittent monitoring, which I would consider concerning for the health of both mom and baby. If OP intended that she would accept intermittent monitoring, then she could have said that and I wouldn't have had such a concern. The devil is in the details, none of us are mind readers or prophets and there is no way to know that's what she intends unless she says it. So slow your roll, ladies.
PS i feel like you're all leaving me and getting induced soon! This late June due date makes me feel like the slow, fat kid trying to catch up with my friends
yes this. perfect match up. if i remember correctly we have the same due date, so at least youre not totally alone >:D<
Still in labor! Almost there! The little princess had to wait to be our mutual anniversary gift to eachother. I'm already so in love with her sassy personality lol.
@JessHeppell yes due date twin!! I was originally convinced there was no way i would make it to 6/28 but as it's getting closer, i'm growing more convinced that this baby isn't going to come out... ever
@Mommaswizz & @JessHeppell I'm also due date twins with you. Just had my 38+3 appointment and looks like I'll be hanging out to the end as well. No progress. I'm feeling the same way!
This is my 4th and doc said my body is behaving more like it's my first since it's been so many years (16 since my last). I'm freaking out a bit for a few reasons. I actually feel a mini meltdown coming on...
1. I'm 40 and do not want to go past my due date now that I know there is a risk of placenta deterioration being a AMA momma.
2. Doc said that because LO has not dropped, my cervix is high and I'm not dilated to but a 1 that induction is not a good option at this point. He said it could more than likely end in c-section after a potentially long labor. He said he doesn't want to put me through that.
3. Had ultrasound to get her approx weight, due to being borderline GD. She is already measuring at 8.5 lbs. While I know this can be off, my last was 8.3 and I was 8.6 so thinking there is a good possibility that she's gonna be a big girl.... just worried.
4. If my body is behaving like it's my first... am I in for a long hard labor like my first? Bring on the drugs!!!! I was hoping for an easier time with number 4.
I have an appointment early next week to see if we have made any progress and discuss options. May end up going the c-section route. More to come...
Going to treat myself to a much needed pedicure and a nice dinner to fend off the meltdown.
EDD today! At my doc apt was measuring 38.5. Still sitting at 4cm and 80% effaced, had a MS. BP and baby's HR is good. Doc suspects he's between 6-7.5 lbs.
@laurendutch I'm so sorry!!! T&P's are with you guys. Hopefully you have a great support person that can still be with you tomorrow morning. And hey, with the way things can go at the hospital there could be a chance things get postponed a few hours and maybe he'll have arrived back home?! Maybe. sorry
HisSunshineLove Uww yay! Another 6/28-er! I hope for your sake this baby acts more like a fourth labor than a first! The easier the better and if it's not going to be easier, bring on the drugs!! lol I'm happy to know some of my late June bumpies are still here and feeling just as tortured as me. Our babies will be here soon... pretty please!
@mommaswizz I wouldn't let the swollen feet get to you. If you live in the US it has been f-ing hot this summer so completely normal. I delivered 3 weeks ago and didn't start swelling until it got hot. I find it a little ridiculous that they weigh pregnant women at all but especially their final trimester. My obs office was awful and actually sent me home with a piece of paper that showed my bmi my last month of pregnancy.
I got one too! They told me that my BMI had risen in the past year and I need to get it under control... Seriously? Gee I f$@#%ng wonder why?!?
A hep lock is an iv, as in there is a catheter in your vein that meds or fluids could be administered through. The "lock" part means there aren't fluids running.
Re: Weekly appointments thread
I'm an emotional wreck. DH is out of the country until tomorrow night. He has been gone for 3.5 weeks. He is going to miss the birth by 12 hours! Luckily, my Mom is on a flight here and will be here in a few hours.
I seriously want to scream at his Mom...keeps talking about how sad it is for him, how does he feel about it, blah blah blah. He's heartbroken, I'm heartbroken...I've been sobbing on and off all day! He was crying when I first told him. I'm going to be delivering without him! Maybe I should remind her how she kept saying how this business trip was such a great opportunity for him, once in a lifetime opportunity!
Soo sorry your DH won't be there yet. Wish I could hug you from here! At least 6 hours isn't crazy long before he will get to be with y'all!
I find it a little ridiculous that they weigh pregnant women at all but especially their final trimester. My obs office was awful and actually sent me home with a piece of paper that showed my bmi my last month of pregnancy.
ETA asterisks added by me to emphasize what I was referring to in original comment
Also I am planning on a natural birth as well without any IVs (state requires a hep lock but that's not an IV) and with only necessary checks and monitoring. I believe in my body and the process of natural birth. This is what our bodies were made to do.
Stay strong and know that you are in control, you don't have to consent to anything you don't want to.
Also know that ultra sounds show the estimate of what the baby will weigh. They are not exact and are typically within the range of plus or minus a pound.
Stay positive and know every woman progresses differently.
I know we're all miserable in what seems like our seventy second year of pregnancy, but I don't feel like it's necessary to toss snark at someone for their informed choice/preference/dream scenario in their own birth experience.
Sorry if I'm way off base, but I'm pretty sure if a medical professional already signed off on the birth plan, it's not that unreasonable.
Now to create a checklist of last minute to-dos tomorrow and Friday. Craaaazy.
Mine is Saturday evening! Induction buddies! Lol
This is my 4th and doc said my body is behaving more like it's my first since it's been so many years (16 since my last). I'm freaking out a bit for a few reasons. I actually feel a mini meltdown coming on...
1. I'm 40 and do not want to go past my due date now that I know there is a risk of placenta deterioration being a AMA momma.
2. Doc said that because LO has not dropped, my cervix is high and I'm not dilated to but a 1 that induction is not a good option at this point. He said it could more than likely end in c-section after a potentially long labor. He said he doesn't want to put me through that.
3. Had ultrasound to get her approx weight, due to being borderline GD. She is already measuring at 8.5 lbs. While I know this can be off, my last was 8.3 and I was 8.6 so thinking there is a good possibility that she's gonna be a big girl.... just worried.
4. If my body is behaving like it's my first... am I in for a long hard labor like my first? Bring on the drugs!!!! I was hoping for an easier time with number 4.
I have an appointment early next week to see if we have made any progress and discuss options. May end up going the c-section route. More to come...
Going to treat myself to a much needed pedicure and a nice dinner to fend off the meltdown.
Now, the waiting game..
@murlindzz YAY sounds like you are doing wonderfully! Hope baby makes his/her entrance soon!
We need a "Last Bumpie Standing" prize!