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December 2024 Moms
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September 16 - Weekly check-in
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It's been a while...
Due date:
Upcoming appointment:
How are you feeling?:
Have you started preparing for the birth? Want to share your plans?:
Anything else you want to share?:
Due date:
Upcoming appointment:
How are you feeling?:
Have you started preparing for the birth? Want to share your plans?:
Anything else you want to share?:
Re: September 16 - Weekly check-in
Upcoming appointment: glucose challenge in two weeks
How are you feeling?: Mostly good, but definitely starting to feel some limits. Walked 6 miles and rode 10 a couple days ago (which is a pretty normal non-pregnancy amount for me) and was just drained the next day. So…woof.
Have you started preparing for the birth? Want to share your plans?: My first was wild — diagnosed with severe preeclampsia at 39 weeks and had an AROM to kick off induction right after that that resulted in an unmedicated birth, 2.5 hours from first contraction to baby, with 1.5 liters of blood loss and a third degree tear. I imagine this time will also be fast, but I’m hoping no pre-e, more controlled & more focus on preventing blood loss!
Anything else you want to share?: excited for fall! Apple picking, pumpkins, and more!
With the induction the whole process took about 10h for me (got my first dosage of pitocin at around 9h and baby was born at 18h20), the actual labor lasted about 2h, (I mostly didn't feel the contactions before labor started). The worst was waiting for the contraction during labor as they had started to distance themselves to over 5 min... I had time to chit-chat with my doctor in-between the pushing. They didn't want to raise the dosage of pitocin higher as I already was over the normal range. Even with the epidural, I could still feel the contractions well enough, but they weren't painful. I had a small a 2nd degree tear and an hemorage, but I didn't need transfusion. I felt like I recovered quickly as I was able to walk around not even a few hours later.
Happy birthday to your first! That’s such a big birthday! Did you do a cake smash or a cute theme?
The birthday was fun! I didn't go the typical smash cake route. I made a two tier cake that we splitted (top tier was an applesauce chocolate cake with pears and peaches for the baby, bottom tier was a lemony sponge cake also with peaches and pears). To be honest she didn't destroyed it much and she didn't eat more than a few bites (must have been full from tomato and meat pasta, her favorite yet!!) because I thought it was pretty decent (I ate most of it 😂). We didn't really had a theme, but we did put up a backdrop with fairy lights to take family photos. It made such pretty pictures to remember that special day!!
Upcoming appointment: 10/1
How are you feeling? Pregnant. My pelvis is basically completely separated so I look like a marionette when walking after sitting awhile. Sleep could be better. Energy has been low; haven’t worked out this week but being patient with myself.
Have you started preparing for the birth? Want to share your plans? My mom just bought her ticket to stay with us for 10 days before due date and 7 days after. She’ll mostly be helping with 3 older sibs so husband and I can focus on L&D and the first days PP when the time comes. We also just bought a 7-seater vehicle since we’ll be graduating to being a family of 6!!
Anything else you want to share? Husband was forced to go on a work trip on the East Coast this week and single parenting has been ROUGH. But having the bed to myself and eating/sleeping on my schedule has been real nice.
Me: 31 DH: 34
Married 11/09/2013
LO#1: LMP 09/14/2014 BFP 10/15/2014 EDD 06/24/2015 DS Born 06/14/2015
LO#2: LMP 09/18/2016 BFP 10/19/2016 EDD 06/27/2017 DD Born 06/27/2017
LO#3: LMP 05/16/2018 BFP 06/18/2018 EDD 02/20/2019
Upcoming appointment: glucose challenge + midwife visit next week
How are you feeling?: Mostly good? Like I'm not super achey or anything that I really associate in my mind with pregnancy, but frequently I feel yucky: still have random waves of nausea, can't handle the heat, and I'm exhausted.
Have you started preparing for the birth? Want to share your plans?: Slowly. Making registry lists of the various baby things we need to replace, and I have had a few projects going (crocheted a reindeer this summer and working on sewing a few nb and 3m sleepers). My last midwife visit I started worrying about being back in a hospital setting after 2 births out of hospital, so asked some questions then and my midwife encouraged me to start writing out my "birth preferences". So I googled and found a couple premade plan checklists just so I even know WHAT all the hospital things are so I can think through them.
Anything else you want to share?: I really don't want to hurry the cold, wintry weather along... but if the temps could just come down a little bit that would be great! 😅
Due date: 12/21
Upcoming appointment: midwife and glucose test next week
How are you feeling?: Mostly good, achey around the hips and low back.
Have you started preparing for the birth? Want to share your plans?: I’d like to go all-natural/unmedicated/as little intervention as possible. I’m just starting a course online by Bridget Teyler (Built to Birth). I really like her YouTube channel and have heard good things about her course.
Anything else you want to share?: Finally weaned my 2.5 year old! I nursed him for the last time for his nap on Friday. He cries and asks for milk when he’s going to sleep (my husband holds him and walks until he falls asleep), but he’s been quitting down and going to sleep within about 15 minutes each time (longest was the first time at about 30 minutes). It’s been going so much better than I expected, and it was just my own fear and emotions holding us back.
Married May 2019
Baby #1 due April 19, 2022