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May 2016 Moms
valerie4786
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Weekend Ticker Change 2/13 & 2/14
valerie4786
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Week/ fruit:
Rants/raves/symptoms:
Upcoming appointments:
Questions for the group:
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.)
Rants/raves/symptoms:
Upcoming appointments:
Questions for the group:
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.)
Re: Weekend Ticker Change 2/13 & 2/14
Rants/raves/symptoms: feeling good overall. kinda emotional today but nothing overly dramatic
Upcoming appointments: 2/24 OB check up, schedule rhogam and glucose test.
Questions for the group: none at the moment
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.) I think my biggest fear is pushing/ tearing and recovery. Im hoping she is small, but obviously healthy.
Rants/raves/symptoms: Woke up this morning and I either have horrible allergies today or I caught a cold. Either way I feel like crap today and just wish I could breath normally. Bleh. Other than that things are good.
Upcoming appointments: 2/29
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.)
I'm having the baby at a birthing center where no pain medication is available. My biggest fear going into everything was that I wouldn't be able to handle natural childbirth without any medication. DH and I have been reading quite a bit and we have our classes coming up so I've been gaining some confidence there. In regards to becoming a parent, both of us feel like we have no idea what we're doing. Neither of us has actually taken care of a baby since our younger siblings. We have started to feel a little better about it though since we realized we do have a lot of people to help us.
Week/ fruit: 25 weeks/Cauliflower
Rants/raves/symptoms: Lots of movement this week! I love it! Husband can finally feel movements other than just strong kicks. Heartburn seems to have eased up this week, but I'm not expecting it to stay this way. Sleep has been pretty hit or miss this week...one night I'll wake up several times throughout the night due to discomfort/bathroom trips and the next (which I'm not complaining about!) I'll sleep through the night.
Upcoming appointments: Next apt on March 7th & I need to schedule my glucose test for that week.
Questions for the group: Any Valentine's Day plans? I'm not a fan of this holiday so husband is off the hook (as always) and I'm looking forward to staying home and relaxing all weekend!
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.)
I've been really focused on our finances lately and it's scary how much that will change due to daycare and other baby needs. I think the transition from being a couple with a dog to a couple with a dog AND a child is the scariest part for me...I have some anxiety that Husband won't be as helpful as he thinks he will be and it'll come down to me doing everything, or him expecting me to do more because my work schedule is more flexible and less physical. I know I am projecting and I hope I'm completely wrong, so I'm still working through that. So far I haven't worried much yet about labor, but I'm sure that anxiety will come as my due date approaches and I start thinking about it more.
Rants/raves/symptoms: experience braxton hicks for the first time. Never had them with DD#1. Leg cramps, hip pain, feeling huge. I am loving all the movements.
Upcoming appts: march 9th
GTKY: A fear I have is that my idea of life with #2 won't be anything like what I envision. DD#1 was fairly easy as an infant. She was born right before the holidays so we were always out of the house Xmas shopping or running errands. I'm not a homebody and I'm sure it helped me keep my sanity and helped battling the baby blues. This time around I'm hoping this baby will be as easy so I can put her in the car and take my daughter to school etc. I was driving the day I came home from the hospital (c section). I had a great recovery. I'm fearful that it won't be like that this time. I'm hoping for the beat but preparing for the worst.
Rants/raves/symptoms: My biggest complaint is probably how much it hurts when this baby kicks! I didn't have half this much discomfort with my first. Heartburn has been a beast to deal with and I've been having some trouble waking up a lot at night but nothing too bad yet.
Upcoming appointments: next appt is on Tuesday
Questions for the group:
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.) My biggest fear is that I'll have PPD again. It was pretty bad with my first and I so badly just want to be happy and actually enjoy having a newborn this time around.
Rants: Aches and pains! My knees are so sore at night!
Raves: DH finally feels baby more often than not. It makes me so happy to see how happy it makes him.
Upcoming appointments: Tomorrow! Hospital walk-through and US.
GTKY: I am having a c-section and what terrifies me is not the pain, but the fact that I won't be able to move or feel anything. Not sure if this is normal?
Afterwards - what scares me is no sex for a couple of weeks.
Lol - I think I am weird worrying about arb things.
Rants/raves/symptoms: Feeling great, other than the occasional contractions. First trip to triage this week to rule out preterm labor - all good and sent home that evening (when you say "I delivered my last baby at 26weeks, doctors listen!). oh, and the toddlers that sleep in the next room over that sometimes decide to wake up at 4am.
Upcoming appointments: 1hr glucose test in the next 3 weeks, and routine OB visit Feb 22.
Great news: because my cervix has not been shortening, I don't have to see the MFMs unless I need to! Now I just focus on seeing my regular OBs every 2 weeks.
Questions for the group: I know that bed rest has fallen out of favor in recent years, but share with me any personal experience (or friend/family member) of bed rest, modified at home, or in the hospital. My OBs are not recommending bed rest for me, but I also don't want to end up in the hospital in preterm labor or on hospital bed rest. Therefore, I am practicing some "reduced activity" in my pregnancy because I believe that it can only help me at this point. I would rather purposely rest around necessary activities than end up on hospital bedrest because I pushed myself too far. I think that my threshold for activity is significantly lower than many people. (some people run when they are pregnant?!).
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+?
My biggest source of anxiety is delivering preterm. I am managing this stress with deep breathing, prayer, plenty of doctor appointments, rest, fluids, and weekly progesterone injections.
As an OB nurse, I've seen plenty of complications, but I've also seen so many healthy, wonderful deliveries. My husband is so much better at not worrying about thing that haven't happened yet, so I'm going to try to take a page out of his book on this one. I plan to worry about how I will take care of our 2 yr old twins and a newborn after a c-section, but I'm not going to that yet - because part of my preterm labor management is not stressing! Now take a deep breath! and a glass of water...
Mama to Three Girls:
Twins born March 2014 at 26 weeks due to preterm labor
and our 37weeker born May 9th, 2016!
Your worry about DH helping out is legit. I was pretty anxious when the twins came home, so I did everything myself. There came a time when I needed help, and would have to ask DH. Then, I got frustrated that I had to ask for help from my own husband...all this with the crazy hormones & tears. So yeah, work together and communicate
Mama to Three Girls:
Twins born March 2014 at 26 weeks due to preterm labor
and our 37weeker born May 9th, 2016!
Rants/raves/symptoms: Man, I would love to be able to eat a full meal again, instead of having to settle for like 1/3 of one and then waiting forever for that to digest before I can have the rest. Also, the constant dead leg wake-ups can suck it. Breathing's been a little bit easier this week, though, so yay!
Upcoming appointments: 3/1 for 28w checkup, GCT, and rhogam shot.
Questions for the group: At this point I have just over 13 weeks left to go. That's not too far off, right? Riiiiiight? (On the other hand, holy shit I only have 13 weeks left to go! That's plenty of time, right?!)
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? I'm terrified that the cord will become wrapped around LO's neck. Several years ago (back when I was still planning to never ever ever have kids ever), I read somebody's blog post about how that happened, and the only person who noticed was the husband, who just happened to glance over at the fetal heart rate monitor thingy. The nurse didn't take him seriously until he finally convinced her to just look at the readings, and they immediately wheeled the blogger to the OR for an emergency CS.
The same thing happened to my little sister while she was in labor a few years later - I was sitting next to the paper dispenser thingy while the nurse changed her position, and I happened to glance over, saw the long dips in heart rate, and suddenly remembered that post. I asked the nurse if it was normal, and she kept putting me off until I finally asked her to explain it to me. She turned around in a huff, took one glance at the paper, then slammed her hand against the emergency button on the wall and kicked us all out while a bunch of medical personnel ran inside. My sis didn't end up having to get a CS, but they did put an oxygen mask on her and changed her position, and monitored both her and my niece very closely after that.
Now that I'm the pregnant one, I've instructed my husband to keep an eye on that thing for me while I'm in labor. I know it probably won't happen, but the memory of how things went with my sister is just so scary, even though things worked out fine. And I swear that there are a gazillion more l&d horror stories showing up on the news and Facebook than ever before. At least with this one thing, by keeping an eye on the heart rate, I can have some semblance of control, right?
Rants/raves/symptoms: Had some cramping this week but nothing serious- just more freaked me out. Wasn't painful, so attributing it to Harper growing. She was pretty quiet for the last few days when i was having it, but yesterday, my lil Rockette was back in kicking mode!! Still so stoked that I passed me GD test too
Upcoming appointments: in two weeks for my monthly. Then on a bi-weekly basis. I can't believe it's that time already.
Questions for the group:
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.)
oh man, what doesn't scare me
labor- pain and tearing. Funny that I used to be scared of pooping during birth. Now, I don't care if I poop every two minutes. Just get her out of me without ripping me from one end to the other!!
being a parent- keeping her alive! Between SIDS and everything else baby, I'm pretty anxious.
I've never really been around babies. I don't know that I've ever changed a diaper even. So there is a lot of worry going into this "parent" thing....
Rants/raves/symptoms: My heartburn went away and I've been able to sleep through the night for the past full week!!!!!!!!!! Also, I am really excited to go maternity/nursing bra shopping as I have not bought new bras in five years and the ones I have are kind of falling apart. Too bad VS doesn't do maternity wear...
Upcoming appointments: Just had my glucose (looking good!) and will go the week after next for my first two-weeker.
Questions for the group: I totally had one, then saw @MrsKtobe09's post and forgot it. Maybe I'll come back and edit later, when I've remembered.
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+?
Everything: Failing baby because of my job; failing job because of my baby; hurting baby accidentally (I am a huge klutz); losing baby to pertussis or some other illness... You name it.
@MrsKtobe09: I was really worried about this, too, because my sister was stillborn with the cord wrapped around her neck (she died before labor, at 36 or so weeks). So I asked my OB about it and she said that that was an old way of describing what they now call "cord accidents," which are usually caused by some detectable flaw in the cord itself (cysts, knots, unusual size or placement, etc) and that babies are born all the time with cords wrapped around their necks and other body parts to no ill effect. Which is not to say it's not a possibility, but that it's a lot rarer these days with proper fetal monitoring at these more frequent late-term appointments and an awareness of cord characteristics prior to labor. It's not just a moment of bad luck, as I'd always thought: there are usually warning signs.
Still a great idea to have DH watch the heartrate monitor--I'm definitely stealing that. But what my doctor told me really calmed me down and allowed me to breathe a little easier (I had been obsessing). But also! Now that they know I was worried about that once, they bring it up at every appointment to make sure I'm still reassured! Which gives me confidence that they will monitor it going forward. So definitely mention this fear to your doctor, if you haven't already!
@charissadeats no sex for a couple weeks? It's 6 weeks! (Until you get the ok at your first post partum appointment)
Week/ fruit: 29/acorn squash/Hawaiian pineapple
Rants/raves/symptoms: Biggest thing has been BH, but I'm getting used to them.
We got our travel system in the mail yesterday! We put together the stroller and will probably install the car seat base today. I know it's early, but it helps me feel more ready.
Upcoming appointments: March 4th
Questions for the group:
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.)
Probably being able to handle being a new mom emotionally. I know my husband will be a really hands on Dad and supportive, though. I don't have to do it alone!
Rants/raves/symptoms: thank god for colace. Had to spend a whole day working from home last week so I could pu every 10 minutes. Leg cramps are getting worse. But wow the sex is good!
Upcoming appointments: both OB and perinatologist on Wednesday. I think I'll have my glucose test.
Questions for the group: anyone else missing the wine that comes with valentine's day?
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? Probably preterm labor. Reaching the 24 week mark helps, but with twins I am so concerned they will come any minute and I won't be ready. I just have to trust that everything looks good so far and they will hang in there until the world is ready to meet them!
I will probably be dialing it down once I hit the 3rd tri mark. Even swimming laps is starting to be hard, and I'm supposed to feel weightless there! I definitely won't go the bed rest route unless doctor recommends it.
Side note, because I have twins in my uterus and am abnormally huge for 24 weeks, people keep asking me why I am still at work and then seem flummoxed when I remind them I'm not due till may.
Symptoms: Heartburn! I finally started my daily zantac. I think I made it farther than any other time. I was so tired of tums...
Rants/raves: My bitch of a sister (I have 6 sisters, so my life can be confusing to explain) came to visit last month. She was here for a total of 5 minutes before she left. In that time, she decided I was pregnant because I was sitting "hunched over." I'm not entirely sure what she was talking about because I clearly remember showing off my new shirt to her, not hunching over. And for the record, she has been staring at my belly since early last year, which is so damn annoying. Okay, so she decides I'm pregnant and instead of just asking me, she goes to my ENTIRE family behind my back (which is what I wanted to avoid), and tells everyone I'm pregnant, even though, she didn't actually have any confirmation that I am indeed pregnant. So, for the last month, everyone *thinks* they know, they all talk about me, but not one can think past their asshole to ask me. So, I have the one sister that I trust who knows and she happens to be in SLC with the rest of my family this weekend (I couldn't go, which was probably for the best). While at a restaurant, my family gangs up on my sister that knows and the bitch sister says to her, "Did you hear about SB?" And my sister was like, "Hear what?" Bitch says, "That SB is pregnant?" Like I had told her, or something. And my sister just sat there with a blank stare because she wasn't sure what to say. She knew damn well that I didn't tell anyone anything. But because of her face and being put on the spot like that, bitch decides that she is right and announces to everyone that I am for sure pregnant. EVERYONE, like it's her fucking business. My sister leaves and immediately calls me to tell me what happened. I felt so bad for her because it definitely wasn't fair for them to do that to her. She didn't tell me everything that was said, but, here we are, 24 hours later, and my dad is the only one who has congratulated me. I sent a text to bitch and let her know she was completely in the wrong and that she should have just asked me. Then she tried to spin the whole thing on me like what she did was my fault. Yet again, another pregnancy where I didn't get to tell anyone because my family is full of assholes. I do know that they know the due date, and that baby is a girl. Again, ganging up and pressuring my sister to tell them everything. I haven't talked to any of them beyond the text and I don't plan on it either. I really shouldn't be surprised that they did this. They would be so pissed if the same thing had happened to them, but it's okay to do to me. I'm like the black sheep of the family, and I don't even know why. Anyway, the dh decided it was time to tell all the kids, and we all know how kids are at keeping secrets. So I guess it won't be long until everyone knows, family and friends. I don't plan on telling anyone. Dh isn't telling his mom, either, because her reaction will be worse than my family. But, my brother is friends with MIL and Dh's brother, so I'm sure it won't be long before they know. Seriously, family fucking sucks.
Upcoming appointments: I forgot to schedule it when I left my last appointment. Guess I should call on that. I did do my GD test on Friday. I'll go in and get those results sometime this week.
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? The only thing I fear is unmedicated birth, and only because the last time I had to do it, it was an awful, traumatic, almost forced situation full of incompetent nurses who left me in transition for 4-5 hours before they got someone with brains who realized what was going on. I don't want that again. I don't even want to attempt it again. Being on lovenox and going into labor on my own means there's a good chance I won't be able to have any meds, and it is really messing with me. I don't even want to think about labor, and it's really coming up fast. The most I have is 10 weeks from today….I'm not ready (my dr will induce at 39 weeks if I haven't gone on my own, because of the lovenox). Beyond labor though, I have no worries.
Rants/raves/symptoms: heartburn took a turn for the worst, so I'm taking Zantac daily too. It helps so much. Leg cramps at night have started as well. Pubic pain(earlier than last time) argh. Weird dreams.
Next appt: February 22 - gd test
GTKY: I'm so worried about a having to have a c section for some reason! i know all that matters is to get baby here safely. I guess it's a fear of the unknown. I had insane tearing and stitches with my first birth, but stitches and spinal blocks!
Week/ fruit: 26 / lettuce
Rants/raves/symptoms: I threw up yesterday, for the first time this entire pregnancy! I don't know if it was actually pregnancy-related or just some freak occurrence, but it was WEIRD! I hadn't even eaten anything.. I just got sick out of nowhere.
Upcoming appointments: None this week
Questions for the group: None
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.): I'm a wuss when it comes to pain, so i'm a bit worried about that.
Week/ fruit: 29/Barbie's Dream Car... because, acorn squash? No.
Rants/raves/symptoms: You know that SNL skit with Chris Farley where he's supposed to be on a diet but he's binge eating?? "LAY OFF ME I'M STARVING!!!" That would be my symptom
Upcoming appointments: Thursday, for my glucose test and a routine appt.
GTKY: What is the biggest fear you are overcoming about labor/becoming a parent/STM+? (Taken from earlier ticker groups.) Like a few PPs, I've read about cord accidents and I'm pretty nervous about that. It was good to read through what you guys had written. I guess it worries me because baby moves around constantly and I thought that might be a bad thing in terms of the cord. I'm going to mention it to my doctor too. My biggest fear post-labor is a very general feeling that I won't know what he needs. Did he eat enough? Is he cold? Oh, I'm also secretly afraid I will suck at breastfeeding.