I had my high risk apt today and at 36w 6d she's in the 68th percentile and weighs approximately 7#3oz. ( I know ultrasound weight estimates can be off) . She's got a huge head so that could be throwing it all off. Im hoping at my regular weekly ob visit Thursday they tell me I'm further than 2 and 90% like last week. the tailbone pain and extreme heartburn is getting to be too much
Is it ok to skip a week of appointments after 36 weeks? I don't know why my OB has me scheduled like this but I had an appointment like the day before I hit 36 weeks so I wasn't put in the "weekly category" and so I don't get a 37 week appointment and am waiting until the 38th week almost to go back.
I did. I had an appointment at 34 w and was supposed to have another one at 36 but it coincided with march break. So we just skipped 36 and I had one at 37. Now weekly.
I just finally stopped being lazy and made my own pretzels. It was a success! They look a bit weird because I tried making cool shapes and it's hard but they taste good. @AmadorRose I used the recipe you told me about a while ago! Now I don't want to eat actual dinner though.
I just ordered my breast pump. I did a bunch of research and feel crazy for not going with the Medela because that's what is the norm and also what I used with DD. Fingers crossed I am happy with the Spectra S2. It got killer reviews on some major sites, as well as mom-sites. Now I have an excuse to find a cute bag to carry it all in, since it doesn't come with one. Nothing like getting excited over medical supplies!
I went with the Spectra S1 because of the reviews as well! Several moms I spoke with went from the medela to the spectra and liked it better.
Rant: dh woke me up about 10 times very early this morning cos he couldn't find his shit. then rode his bike to work and took the car keys with him, so now I don't have a car today even though he didn't take it. then he didn't answer my phone calls and I had no idea he was on his bike. he'll probably be home at 9pm tonight and I won't hear from him till then. really comforting in week 37!
Anyone else get a feeling before a contraction starts? Like with headaches and migraines? All of a sudden you just know a contraction is going to start, and a second or two later it does. Maybe I'm weird? I'm also really tired and I'm so sick of cramps and contractions today.
I just it the nerve to look down there after the random conversation about it the other day.. Holy mother of God. My V looked like an extra from Where the Wild Things Are
So of course I decide to attempt to shave... Now I'm stuck with this feeling of
Prepping my diaper stash (so nervous in going to screw this up)
I prepped about half of my stash this past weekend! I bought a lot of the same brand (bumkins) so I didn't want to prep them all just in case. I've heard that certain brands don't work well with some babies. I can take some back to BBB and exchange for what does. I've just got some bumkins, bumgenius and alva right now. Plus prefolds with a few econobum covers and some covers I bought on etsy.
So my dad texts me, every couple days, asking about doctors appts and how I'm feeling. I'm super glad that he's excited about granddaughter #2, but it also doesn't help my anticipation level. Like, at all. He text me at 11pm last night if I've been to the doctor yet this week. I was annoyed that he is pestering me so I didn't respond until just a little bit ago, trying to be vague and just get him to quite asking.
...he responded asking if I've started dilating at all.
@imrachellea I mean, at least he's involved and invested. I love them dearly, but my immediate family (dad, sister, and I) aren't incredibly close and he's literally never asked about baby. I haven't seen him since Christmas actually. It doesn't even bother me because it just feels normal. The people I was closest with in the world (aunt and grandma) died unexpectedly in fall of 2014 and I wish they were here pestering the shit out of me though! Haha.
ETA: but dads asking about dilation.. Yeah that's a bit much!
@imrachellea I would rather have that over "this baby is showing up this month." My ILs tell me that every single time that they see me. They watch DS five times a week. I pick him up each time on my way home from work. If I talk to my parents at all, my dad tries to convince me that ultrasounds have no reliability and that I'm actually 2 weeks farther along than my EDD, so this kid is coming at the end of the month or the first week of April. My mom just sits there and fusses over my health while saying she wants LO to be born now so that I can start feeling better.
@cmjenkies@fbanke42 I'm definitely glad he's excited and asking, I know I could have uninterested family so I'm grateful for that. But yeah, the asking about dilation got WAY too personal for me. I haven't even responded yet, I don't even know what to say. I might just say "nope"...and nothing more. The only people I've mentioned dilation to at ALL are DH, two other mom or mom-to-be friends, and on here. Just...no.
My dad's dead but I guess he knows all about my pregnancy. According to my mother he appeared to her in a dream and told her I was expecting before I even took a pregnancy test. He was right!
@RoseShadow873 I meant to reply to you earlier and now I don't remember what discussion it was posted in, but with my first I had very little action going on before I was in labor. I had an occasional BH in the last few weeks (never more then one at a time, if I remember correctly), I wasn't dilated until I started induction the day after my EDD, and I didn't lose my mucus plug until I was in active labor, around 4cm maybe?
I think the only reason I'm seeing anything now (BH every.single.time I try and stand up out of my chair to do anything, 1cm dilated and softening) is because my body remembers what to do now. So whether it actually means anything about labor starting, I won't know until labor actually starts.
Or it could be that this little girl is a LOT more vindictive against me than her big sis was, as proved by the ridiculous amount more of symptoms and discomfort this time around...
@imrachellea That's nice to hear. I was worried the lack of symptoms means I'll be pregnant forever!
I haven't lost my mucus plug and have felt maybe 5 BH...and I'm convinced I will be pregnant forever.
I was just telling my mom the same thing, DD isn't showing any signs of getting this show on the road. Hoping in the next couple of weeks something starts to happen. She appears a little too comfortable in there for my liking at this point lol
@imrachellea That's nice to hear. I was worried the lack of symptoms means I'll be pregnant forever!
I haven't lost my mucus plug and have felt maybe 5 BH...and I'm convinced I will be pregnant forever.
I was thinking the same... No mucus plug appearance, and I haven't had a BH in weeks now... I'm 38 weeks today. Baby seems comfortable in there, I guess.
Someone on the March BMB just posted about having a boy, after 3 ultrasounds that said girl. OMG!
Yes I saw that!!!! And there is an adorable picture of the little boy on a super pink pillow. I guess one must start breaking free from gender stereotypes early on. Now seriously, I wonder how this happened. I can see how it happens with early ultrasounds, but after 3 ultrasounds we could assume she's had one in late pregnancy... By then you would have seen the boy parts for sure, unless the baby was in very awkward position???
@imrachellea That's nice to hear. I was worried the lack of symptoms means I'll be pregnant forever!
I haven't lost my mucus plug and have felt maybe 5 BH...and I'm convinced I will be pregnant forever.
I was thinking the same... No mucus plug appearance, and I haven't had a BH in weeks now... I'm 38 weeks today. Baby seems comfortable in there, I guess.
I figure I sleep more at night now with her in there so I'm good with how it is.
Someone on the March BMB just posted about having a boy, after 3 ultrasounds that said girl. OMG!
Yes I saw that!!!! And there is an adorable picture of the little boy on a super pink pillow. I guess one must start breaking free from gender stereotypes early on. Now seriously, I wonder how this happened. I can see how it happens with early ultrasounds, but after 3 ultrasounds we could assume she's had one in late pregnancy... By then you would have seen the boy parts for sure, unless the baby was in very awkward position???
The issue may have been that they didn't see any testicles. Without those, the baby could be a girl with an engorged clitoris. Did this mom have GD? That could have contributed to it.
Ultrasounds are only 95% accurate when it comes to figuring out the sex of the baby. DH keeps hoping for that 5% since he desperately wants a little girl, and I told him to stop being an ass. The sex of our children doesn't matter. He also told DS that he hoped that he was a girl. I smacked him for that one. I know DS isn't old enough to understand, but saying things like that to your child just makes me angry...
I just find find the situation funny because usually techs make the opposite mistake--say you're having a boy but baby is actually a girl.
Creepy phone sex lady is sitting next to me again. She's on the phone and telling some guy that she's not into "that nasty stuff" and that he needs to "respect her." Is it the same guy? Different guy? Why does she have such awkward conversations on the phone at her work cafe?!
Update: phone sex lady just got off the phone and tried to have a conversation about the guy she was on the phone with, complaining that all he wants to do is go clubbing, and "ain't nobody got time for that."
Update: phone sex lady just got off the phone and tried to have a conversation about the guy she was on the phone with, complaining that all he wants to do is go clubbing, and "ain't nobody got time for that."
I worked at a call center for a while and got to deal with all sorts of fun people calling in wanting to discuss interesting things with me. Also I held the record for over the phone proposals during the holiday seasons that year. Old people are lonely and sad... (11 btw, second place was 8)
So my dad texts me, every couple days, asking about doctors appts and how I'm feeling. I'm super glad that he's excited about granddaughter #2, but it also doesn't help my anticipation level. Like, at all. He text me at 11pm last night if I've been to the doctor yet this week. I was annoyed that he is pestering me so I didn't respond until just a little bit ago, trying to be vague and just get him to quite asking.
...he responded asking if I've started dilating at all.
This is my dad too, but with phone calls every day. If I don't pick up for a few days, he starts to worry something happened. No dad, I promise I will let you know if anything changes. Sometimes space is a good thing!
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Im hoping at my regular weekly ob visit Thursday they tell me I'm further than 2 and 90% like last week.
the tailbone pain and extreme heartburn is getting to be too much
I've heard good things about the spectra systems as well - not an option through my insurance so I went with hygeia.
I just it the nerve to look down there after the random conversation about it the other day.. Holy mother of God. My V looked like an extra from Where the Wild Things Are
So of course I decide to attempt to shave... Now I'm stuck with this feeling of
...he responded asking if I've started dilating at all.
ETA: but dads asking about dilation.. Yeah that's a bit much!
I think the only reason I'm seeing anything now (BH every.single.time I try and stand up out of my chair to do anything, 1cm dilated and softening) is because my body remembers what to do now. So whether it actually means anything about labor starting, I won't know until labor actually starts.
Or it could be that this little girl is a LOT more vindictive against me than her big sis was, as proved by the ridiculous amount more of symptoms and discomfort this time around...
Ultrasounds are only 95% accurate when it comes to figuring out the sex of the baby. DH keeps hoping for that 5% since he desperately wants a little girl, and I told him to stop being an ass. The sex of our children doesn't matter. He also told DS that he hoped that he was a girl. I smacked him for that one. I know DS isn't old enough to understand, but saying things like that to your child just makes me angry...
I just find find the situation funny because usually techs make the opposite mistake--say you're having a boy but baby is actually a girl.