@RedMar@Ssoccerball@AlwaysAuntNeverMom Thank you, it's not easy, but really I couldn't do any less. He's taken care of me all my life (well with my mom too) he'd do it in a heartbeat for me, so all I can do is the same for him. My only worry is that he won't improve by the time LO is born and I won't be there to continue helping with his care. Thankfully even though he's had a tough road of it the last year he still has his humor and personality which is so HUGE for all of us. It makes the rough days not seem so bad. When I left this morning he let me know 'today is a better day.'
Had a small scare last night. Went to the bathroom before bed (why do things always happen when you're exhausted?) and found a good amount of blood. I panic because blood, especially at 32 weeks, is not good. Called the OB after hours and they instructed me to put on a pad and call back if it didn't stop in an hour. It stopped for the night and we went to bed. But now, I'm up again, and it's back. OBs office opens in 20 minutes or so so I'm trying there first. Hopefully this is nbd but I can't help but worry.
It @AmMcc12 I can't even think about sex these days. There are so many layers to it when you are this pregnant. I don't think my hubby really understands that it's not just me not wanting him or something. My body physically does not respond the same right now and I have a hard ball that moves attached to me at all times. Not exactly comfortable or sexy.
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@anj092 positive thoughts are being sent your way! Please keep us updated on you and baby boy!!
@mhilpisch10 TMI? But we still have sex about once a week or two, I think last night was just that I was thinking but was so sweet that he wanted to cuddle and be with me and baby when in reality he wanted to get some.
@ajn092 had you don't me anything that could've irritated your cervix? Like sex, or a difficult poop, or lots of moving and lifting? Hopefully it's nothing to be worried about!! Positive thoughts sent your way! Keep us updated!
At the doctor for my 36 week growth scan (waiting on the results), NST and checkup.
Troll baby B has somehow managed to do a complete 180 at just shy of 36 weeks and is breech (feet down) now.
Looks like a c-section is in the cards for me now. I think I could still try for a vaginal birth (even though one of my OB's is against it if both babies aren't head down), but I don't think I want to risk needing a c-section for B anyway. If he was transverse I would probably still fight for the vaginal delivery.
Oh, well. Honestly I'm glad I likely won't be surprised with a c-section at delivery. I don't think I'd have handled that well.
Had a small scare last night. Went to the bathroom before bed (why do things always happen when you're exhausted?) and found a good amount of blood. I panic because blood, especially at 32 weeks, is not good. Called the OB after hours and they instructed me to put on a pad and call back if it didn't stop in an hour. It stopped for the night and we went to bed. But now, I'm up again, and it's back. OBs office opens in 20 minutes or so so I'm trying there first. Hopefully this is nbd but I can't help but worry.
Keep us posted! Hopefully everything checks out ok at the OB
@MojieJo I'm so sorry about Baby B moving to breech. He still has time to move back, right? Like you said, at least you're not in for a surprise c-section. Kinda nice to know ahead of time.
@MojieJo what @Sbrown721 said. At least you have a clear idea about where your delivery is heading so you can mentally prepare. To be honest, if I was a mom to be of twins, I'd be begging for the c-section. I'm currently ok with vaginally for one baby, but vaginally for multiples?! That scares the bejesus out of me. I give loads of credit to all moms of multiples, but even more so to those heading down the double vaginal birth way. Phew!
@ajn092 I'll be thinking of you (as we all will). I hope things go well at the doctor, good luck!
@MojieJo I'm sorry you're bummed I know you were really pushing for that vaginal delivery. It's a little disappointing but we can't control these things and you're still doing a great job growing those boys. You never know what can happen at the last minute either!
I ordered the baby's dresser yesterday. All of her clothes are washed and only the dresser items need put away. Carseat is installed. Other than getting the house as clean as I want it to be and setting up the PnP, all the really important things are checked off my list!
Babies are 6 lb, 1 oz and 5 lb, 5 oz and doing great. They were kicking the ultrasound wand and the NST sensors like crazy (they knocked the NST monitors out of place a few times).
The OB wants to wait until next week to see whether B is still breech before scheduling a c-section (he did say that the fact that B managed to do a complete flip means there's plenty of room to do it again), but I'm making my peace with a non-vaginal delivery now. I'm okay, though. I really am. I'm not as disappointed as I thought I'd be.
Doc says my c-section would be between 38 and 39 weeks (which is great) and that I'm "doing awesome."
All that pain and pressure I was feeling last weekend where I thought they'd dropped was apparently B doing gymnastics to get turned around. That explains a lot!
Ok, I ranted about this in today's ticker change so I apologize to my Thursday ladies who have to read it twice...
I am frustrated following my OB appt this morning for two reasons. First, OB says I'm not dilated, cervix is not at all thinned and baby is very, very high. This is absolutely normal for 36 weeks BUT three weeks ago when I was in L&D with contractions, I was told I was 1cm and cervix was thinned to 80%. I've spent the last three weeks fretting that baby might come too soon and sitting around doing nothing (per OB's orders). I've asked work to make BIG accommodations for me and let DH pick up all my slack at home. Now I feel like all of that, not to mention the last few weeks that have drrrraaaaaggggged by (while I was sitting like a bump on a log and missing out on things) may have been for nothing. Then, on top of that, I think the OB (who is new to the practice) might have slipped and revealed baby's gender. She definitely used a gender-specific pronoun. Maybe it was an innocent way to refer to baby in general or maybe she spilled the beans. I was afraid to ask her for fear that instead of reassurance that it meant nothing, I'd get a deer in headlights look, thus confirming the news. So now I'm Team Green but maybe not.
All in all, I think it's safe to say I'm just feeling crabby today. I know I should just focus on the fact that baby is healthy and I'm healthy and that my weeks of rest were either unecessary (at worst) or did the trick and kept baby in (at best). I'll get there...but for now I'm just grumpy about it all and needed to get it off my chest. Thanks for anyone who stuck around until the end of my long rant.
@MojieJo - So glad to hear the boys are doing well! I was in your shoes the first time to and was heart broken that I wouldn't get to have a vaginal delivery with Robert and Elleanore. And then to find out that I would always have to have c-sections due to Elle getting stuck took another toll on me. It took a lot for me to come to terms with it. I'm glad that you're doing well with it and focusing on how well the babies are doing. Maybe you'll get a pleasant surprise from Baby B though, who knows!
@JennM205 - I'm sorry you're feeling that way! Just remember, you made the best choices for yourself with the knowledge you had at hand. You did the right thing by taking it easy, and who knows, maybe taking it easy is what helped you get your pregnancy back on track to "normal."
As far as the possible team green slip up - I'D BE SO PISSED and I'm feeling ragy for you! I wish they didn't even write it down in the chart for those that want to be team green. I mean it's not like it matters throughout pregnancy, right? So why should they even add it in there!!
@JennM205 Do you think the OB told you wrong or that L&D did? Either way, with the contractions you've been having, I'm sure that all your efforts have been/will help baby stay in and were not fruitless. And worse case scenario, I feel it's like with the progesterone-- did it actually help? I don't know, but it was worth at least trying it.
Also, is it bad that I'm wondering what pronoun she used?
ETA: I am sorry if she did slip up! My OB doesn't put the gender in the chart... I know because the nurses always ask me what I'm having. So I don't understand why some places do. It serves no purpose at all!
Just looked at the candler I only have 7 days of work left and 20 days until the babies make their debut! Can't wait ready to meet these little buddies but mostly ready to not have to pee every 20 seconds.
@JennM205 Sorry for the news from the OB. As to the slip up at the office, could it have been the pronoun they use all the time for team greeners? For example, my OB uses 'He' all the time when mentioning baby, but her nurse always says 'she'. It's so they have something to reference the baby as instead of just 'baby' or 'it.' I'm hoping this is the case for your OB team as well.
True random: Fred and I are going to be featured on ultra-local suburban TV news! They're doing a story on the organization that raised and trained him.
Is it weird that this interview has suddenly made me much more motivated to clean and put the baby stuff away than the actual pending arrival of the baby? I'm really excited for it!!
@JennM205 - First, I'm sorry. But I think you're still Team Green. Many people refer to baby as "he" because that's just the world we live in, so that would be reason for that usage.. also you already have a daughter, so possible that they would be using "she" since that's what you're familiar with. Either way.. hopefully it wasn't really a slip and you won't know that until the birth (or ever?). Again, I'm sorry.
Also, I think the rest has done you well if you're at 36 weeks. Would be worse to ignore their suggestions and go into labor early and wonder if it was your doing or not
@JennM205 Don't jump to the team green slip up conclusion. They don't write it on the charts at my office, but I didn't know that when my doctor kept referring to the baby as a "he" (which I thought was weird because I feel like if you don't know, it should be She. Like....Hurricanes, and boats....I don't know why I though that.) Anyway, baby was a girl, and this doctor just defaulted to make pronouns.
@annas930 they've been hitting it out of the park with with Clinton ads. I just saw one today that was basically just a super cut of classic tv bullies intercut with clips of trump mocking the disabled and encouraging people to beat eachother up, etc. It was very powerful.
@ajn092 good luck! I hope they keep that baby in for you!
@kimmyschmidt -ooh, haven't seen that. The one that gets me is from July and is shots of kids faces watching TV and clips of Trump saying the things he has said. Every time I have to see him mock the disabled I bawl, as if kids need to see that from someone that we inherently look up to. And it has a basic message of "Our children are watching"
Now I hate mud slinging or any version of "Vote for me because you don't want to vote for the other candidate" but that's the election that we have this year.. and so be it. I'd personally rather have my kid look up to any other candidate than Trump.
You know you're pregnant when your grocery shopping list for tonight looks like this: 1. Funfetti cake mix 2. Dresser drawer organizers 3. Milk 4. Yogurt 5. Granny panty underwear
You know you're pregnant when your grocery shopping list for tonight looks like this: 1. Funfetti cake mix 2. Dresser drawer organizers 3. Milk 4. Yogurt 5. Granny panty underwear
THIS is a fantastic idea for an individual thread!!! I love what I'm envisioning people have thrown onto their normal lists!!
Coworker (female 40) and pregnant coworker (28) are discussing how badly they wish they were at the Trump rally in Maine this afternoon. I am fighting back Hulk-like rage and tears at the same time.. and can't even open my mouth to tell them just how I feel about that for fear of blubbering like a baby/being so enraged that I get myself in major trouble... and also, it's none of my business I'm just so disgusted by him. I'm not trying to be so political today, and I'm really not a political person.. but they're pushing me over the edge.
@JennM205 - Definitely better safe than sorry. You've been following doctors orders and doing what's best for you and the baby. You did what you could with the information you had so I wouldn't feel bad. But I know it's easier said than done. As far as the gender, I'm really frustrated for you. I hear about this happening so often it's ridiculous!
You know you're pregnant when your grocery shopping list for tonight looks like this: 1. Funfetti cake mix 2. Dresser drawer organizers 3. Milk 4. Yogurt 5. Granny panty underwear
THIS is a fantastic idea for an individual thread!!! I love what I'm envisioning people have thrown onto their normal lists!!
Whiney random - this baby is kicking my ass today, like literally. The movements freaking HURT. And I cannot breathe. Come on, baby, I already have a three year old that beats me up mentally. I don't need you beating me up physically.
Lest you all think that all I have is complaints about Reese, a cute story. We were driving back from National Night Out the other night and she was counting everyone in the family - "One mommy. One daddy. One Reese. And one baby!" Heart melt.
@AnnaS930 I am disgusted for you. One of DD's daycare teachers has a Trump bumper sticker. She's female and Hispanic, I feel like those two things would indicate that you don't support his plans. How does this happen?
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@mhilpisch10 TMI? But we still have sex about once a week or two, I think last night was just that I was thinking but was so sweet that he wanted to cuddle and be with me and baby when in reality he wanted to get some.
DS1 -- 9/30/2016
Troll baby B has somehow managed to do a complete 180 at just shy of 36 weeks and is breech (feet down) now.
Looks like a c-section is in the cards for me now. I think I could still try for a vaginal birth (even though one of my OB's is against it if both babies aren't head down), but I don't think I want to risk needing a c-section for B anyway. If he was transverse I would probably still fight for the vaginal delivery.
Oh, well. Honestly I'm glad I likely won't be surprised with a c-section at delivery. I don't think I'd have handled that well.
● IUI #2: BFP - early M/C
● IUI #3: BFN
● IUI #4: BFN
● IVF/FET #1 (2 transferred): BFP! TWINS!
● FET #2 (1 transferred): BFP! BOY #3!
● Natural #1: BFP - M/C @ 8 weeks
● Natural #2: BFP - M/C @ 5w5d
@MojieJo I'm sorry you're bummed
Babies are 6 lb, 1 oz and 5 lb, 5 oz and doing great. They were kicking the ultrasound wand and the NST sensors like crazy (they knocked the NST monitors out of place a few times).
The OB wants to wait until next week to see whether B is still breech before scheduling a c-section (he did say that the fact that B managed to do a complete flip means there's plenty of room to do it again), but I'm making my peace with a non-vaginal delivery now. I'm okay, though. I really am. I'm not as disappointed as I thought I'd be.
Doc says my c-section would be between 38 and 39 weeks (which is great) and that I'm "doing awesome."
All that pain and pressure I was feeling last weekend where I thought they'd dropped was apparently B doing gymnastics to get turned around. That explains a lot!
● IUI #2: BFP - early M/C
● IUI #3: BFN
● IUI #4: BFN
● IVF/FET #1 (2 transferred): BFP! TWINS!
● FET #2 (1 transferred): BFP! BOY #3!
● Natural #1: BFP - M/C @ 8 weeks
● Natural #2: BFP - M/C @ 5w5d
I am frustrated following my OB appt this morning for two reasons. First, OB says I'm not dilated, cervix is not at all thinned and baby is very, very high. This is absolutely normal for 36 weeks BUT three weeks ago when I was in L&D with contractions, I was told I was 1cm and cervix was thinned to 80%. I've spent the last three weeks fretting that baby might come too soon and sitting around doing nothing (per OB's orders). I've asked work to make BIG accommodations for me and let DH pick up all my slack at home. Now I feel like all of that, not to mention the last few weeks that have drrrraaaaaggggged by (while I was sitting like a bump on a log and missing out on things) may have been for nothing. Then, on top of that, I think the OB (who is new to the practice) might have slipped and revealed baby's gender. She definitely used a gender-specific pronoun. Maybe it was an innocent way to refer to baby in general or maybe she spilled the beans. I was afraid to ask her for fear that instead of reassurance that it meant nothing, I'd get a deer in headlights look, thus confirming the news. So now I'm Team Green but maybe not.
All in all, I think it's safe to say I'm just feeling crabby today. I know I should just focus on the fact that baby is healthy and I'm healthy and that my weeks of rest were either unecessary (at worst) or did the trick and kept baby in (at best). I'll get there...but for now I'm just grumpy about it all and needed to get it off my chest. Thanks for anyone who stuck around until the end of my long rant.
@MojieJo - So glad to hear the boys are doing well! I was in your shoes the first time to and was heart broken that I wouldn't get to have a vaginal delivery with Robert and Elleanore. And then to find out that I would always have to have c-sections due to Elle getting stuck took another toll on me. It took a lot for me to come to terms with it. I'm glad that you're doing well with it and focusing on how well the babies are doing.
As far as the possible team green slip up - I'D BE SO PISSED and I'm feeling ragy for you! I wish they didn't even write it down in the chart for those that want to be team green. I mean it's not like it matters throughout pregnancy, right? So why should they even add it in there!!
Also, is it bad that I'm wondering what pronoun she used?
ETA: I am sorry if she did slip up! My OB doesn't put the gender in the chart... I know because the nurses always ask me what I'm having. So I don't understand why some places do. It serves no purpose at all!
I'm so mad for you.
Is it weird that this interview has suddenly made me much more motivated to clean and put the baby stuff away than the actual pending arrival of the baby? I'm really excited for it!!
Also, I think the rest has done you well if you're at 36 weeks. Would be worse to ignore their suggestions and go into labor early and wonder if it was your doing or not
@annas930 they've been hitting it out of the park with with Clinton ads. I just saw one today that was basically just a super cut of classic tv bullies intercut with clips of trump mocking the disabled and encouraging people to beat eachother up, etc. It was very powerful.
@ajn092 good luck! I hope they keep that baby in for you!
Now I hate mud slinging or any version of "Vote for me because you don't want to vote for the other candidate" but that's the election that we have this year.. and so be it. I'd personally rather have my kid look up to any other candidate than Trump.
1. Funfetti cake mix
2. Dresser drawer organizers
3. Milk
4. Yogurt
5. Granny panty underwear
I'm not trying to be so political today, and I'm really not a political person.. but they're pushing me over the edge.
Whiney random - this baby is kicking my ass today, like literally. The movements freaking HURT. And I cannot breathe. Come on, baby, I already have a three year old that beats me up mentally. I don't need you beating me up physically.
Lest you all think that all I have is complaints about Reese, a cute story. We were driving back from National Night Out the other night and she was counting everyone in the family - "One mommy. One daddy. One Reese. And one baby!" Heart melt.