Technically five more weeks of being pregnant left, but if past pregnancies are any indication, this baby will be here probably within the next three, maybe even sooner. Getting pretty miserable and the baby has definitely dropped down some. Having trouble sleeping, aching back, etc. Had contractions every five minutes for two hours the other day, but they weren't long/strong enough to do much I don't think. DH swears that "nesting" has already set in about a week ago when I packed a hospital bag, set up the crib and cradle, washed all the newborn stuff and started cooking double portions of meals to freeze for later. Doc has my due date down wrong somehow, and she went to China for three weeks, so I won't see her again until late next week, but I feel like I may go into labor before then. Every time I walk very much at all, I start having contractions. That (the beginning of the 37th week) is when I had my last DD. Anyway, the doc was wanting to do another ultrasound to see that the baby's head and shoulders aren't getting too big because of the gestational diabetes, and she'd also mentioned me coming in twice a week until delivery to monitor the baby's response to stimulus to make sure he/she is healthy. I don't think the baby is too big... at all... it is tall, but doesn't feel big at all. I am smaller now than I was at 5 months pregnant with either of the girls. My guess is just over five pounds right now. I also have a suspicion that the baby is still in a transverse position instead of head-down... it just feels different than it did with the girls. I've done a pretty good job regulating the blood sugar for the most part, and am getting impatient with craving fruit and other stuff I can't eat right now. :-\ Be glad when this little one gets here!! Also, I'll be glad to find out if it is a girl or a boy... it's been kind of fun being surprised this time around.
I'm guessing boy. Hang in there he'll be wanting to borrow the car before you know it.
That could be a good idea to pass the time... anyone else want to make a bet on whether it is a girl or boy? FWIW, my grandma is convinced it is a boy because I've carried it so differently than I carried the girls. And she is way partial to the boys in the family... :-\
the only thing is (and she doesn't know this) if it is a girl, we are thinking of naming it after my grandma, which would tickle her pink.
packing bags, cooking and freezing dinners, cleaning baby stuff, and getting the nursery ready is exactly what my wife did in the last 2 weeks as well with both of our children. Amazing how that last burst of energy goes to "getting ready" around the house for the new baby, especially considering how miserable you poor mommas feel that last month. For what it's worth I would guess boy as well, if your body feels different it might be because things are different.
Just a question, if your craving fruit it's quite likely your bodies way of telling you that you need the nutrients that are within the fruit. I picked up on the diabetes comment and understand sugar levels.. however, it seems like nutrients should trump that to some degree. Is it really that big of a concern?
If the baby comes soon, it will be a girl...If he decides to hang around the womb, it will be a boy!
lol
Quote from: muldoon on April 16, 2008, 07:39:26 PM
packing bags, cooking and freezing dinners, cleaning baby stuff, and getting the nursery ready is exactly what my wife did in the last 2 weeks as well with both of our children. Amazing how that last burst of energy goes to "getting ready" around the house for the new baby, especially considering how miserable you poor mommas feel that last month. For what it's worth I would guess boy as well, if your body feels different it might be because things are different.
Just a question, if your craving fruit it's quite likely your bodies way of telling you that you need the nutrients that are within the fruit. I picked up on the diabetes comment and understand sugar levels.. however, it seems like nutrients should trump that to some degree. Is it really that big of a concern?
Yes, a very big concern as fruit raises my blood sugar tremendously, which causes the baby's blood sugar to go up as well, and can cause them to be severely hypoglycemic at birth, as well as causing very large birth weights. My great grandma was diabetic and didn't know it, and so my grandma and one of her siblings were both huge at birth. Grandma set records as being the largest baby ever born alive in Ofuskee county, and she weighed over 14 lbs. She had a brother who died during labor who weighed over 16 lbs. Not only that, not controlling blood sugar of the mom during the pregnancy can cause some other problems for the baby, including heart problems, etc. It's only a month left, so I can stave off the cravings by eating a salad with a few tomatoes instead.
Myself I don't believe that having a craving for something means that your body needs whatever that craved item is. I believe craving has a SIGNIFICANT mental component. If you are used to eating or doing something and it's not available for any reason, you may develop a craving for it.
I would still like to eat ice cream and chocolate brownies like I used to, or have a feast on battered deep fried cod fish, or several links of a good bratwurst sausage, fettuccine smothered in creamy rich alfredo sauce, or a deep dish lasagna made with copious amounts cheeses, and so on. My body certainly does not need me to eat all those on a regular basis, although they would be so very tasty.
I also could say I have a craving for a genuine Cuban cigar once in a while, although that's pretty much passed after some 10 years of total abstinence. I know better than to give in to that one; took too long to give up them and my pipes. I also know I feel better physically being without them.
Maybe I'm not tuned into my body... I do tend to be a nuts and bolts kind of guy, if I can see it, feel it I can understand it. d*
BTW, I'm eating a bowl of assorted frozen berries and a banana right now. I wasn't craving them. I'd rather have the chunk of smoked salmon that's in the fridge, but eating the fruit is better for me.
Okay.. I want to play.
I say girl, 7lb 6oz. 19".
If the baby is early, Girl 8 pounds 17 inches.
If the baby is on time or late, Boy 10 Pounds 19 inches.
However if it is late but girl, early but boy 9 pounds 18 inches.
I'm going to wait for the movie to see how this all turns out... ::)
She's making a video? hmm
I may get queasy. [crz]
The only trouble after the delivery is that you realize there wasn't quite as much work when the baby was still inside :-\ d* Just kidding - sounds like you are really ready to have that baby - I remember all the stuff I got done right before having my babies... and was so ready to get them out! My youngest was 23 1/2 in/ 9lb 6oz - not super heavy for the length - he was actually pretty skinny - but he was always poking me in the ribs like your little one - would have to push his foot or elbow back in... having to watch everything you eat would be very hard for me... I'm not real disciplined & I love breads & fruit... wow, your great grandma had some BIG kids! My dad was 11 lbs & I thought that was big... doesn't sound like you'll have much longer - keep us posted!
Wow... see, I think part of my motivation for being so careful about what I eat is that I'm scared to death to have a big baby... to me, big is anything over 7 lbs. My first was 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 21 inches long. My second was 6 lbs. and 10 oz., but only 18 inches long. Her head seemed huge, and she was a lot chubbier than my first... I thought she was going to kill me. It took about six months after she was born to feel like a human being again, so it was a good thing that she was a really good baby and easy to take care of. (The first one was much easier to give birth to (probably less than three hours in labor), but much harder to raise thus far! ;) )
And don't worry, Glenn. No videos! But I'll post a picture of the baby after he/she is born and we get back home.
Hardly slept a wink last night... should've gotten up and moved to the easy chair. Finally about 4:30 this morning, DH said, "When are you ever going to go to sleep?" I didn't realize that I was keeping him awake too, tossing and turning. He needs to put some fat on his body so that he can stay warmer at night... I was suffocating because the house was downright hot, but he had two quilts pulled up to his chin. He pitched a fit when I tried to turn on the ceiling fan, so I threw all the blankets and quilts over on his side of the bed and tried to just cope with the sweat! :P
Quote from: Homegrown Tomatoes on April 17, 2008, 10:10:18 AM
Hardly slept a wink last night... should've gotten up and moved to the easy chair. Finally about 4:30 this morning, DH said, "When are you ever going to go to sleep?" I didn't realize that I was keeping him awake too, tossing and turning. He needs to put some fat on his body so that he can stay warmer at night... I was suffocating because the house was downright hot, but he had two quilts pulled up to his chin. He pitched a fit when I tried to turn on the ceiling fan, so I threw all the blankets and quilts over on his side of the bed and tried to just cope with the sweat! :P
And to think HG, you'll get to experience that again in a few more years & it
won't be because you are pregnant! :P d* What women have to go through... and men wonder why they can't understand them ??? [noidea' heh
Oh boy! The things we get to look forward to.
My mom is pestering me to death to know when my doctor is going to do the ultrasound she wanted to do because she thinks she might get to find out the baby's gender. I keep telling her that she is just going to check the size of the head and shoulders, but mom is about to drive me nuts. The doc said she was going to do it at 36 weeks, which would be next week, but then she has my due date down wrong and so probably won't do it until 37... or she'll opt to do it during my next appointment, and mom won't get any advance notice (I'm kind of hoping, not because I'm mean, but because if we aren't going to find out the baby's gender until it is born, it is none of her business, either. ;D )
Woohoo. Had to run somewhere for a few minutes this morning and happened to pass a yard sale sign. We kind of need a place to put the baby clothes (so I don't have to dig through a plastic tub every time he/she needs a change of clothes) and lo and behold, someone had a little changing table/wardrobe combo at the yardsale for next to nothing. I bought it (looks brand new) and the two gals having the yard sale helped me tie it in the back of the truck. Unfortunately I had to unload it by myself. I barely got it inside the garage door and DH can help me get it the rest of the way in later this weekend! Glad I didn't have to pay full price for it, anyway.
Congratulations on your yard sale find. Get plenty of rest now, it will be harder after your baby is born. I went a month over due with my daughter and I am convinced it was because we never had a moment of peace at my house, my ex plays guitar and had a band.... they liked to practice at my house. Lay on the couch, sleep in and rest up that is the way to have a baby early or on time. Once you get enough rest the baby is ready. Good luck I think you are having a boy. Boys are more demanding when they are babies because they eat more but they can chop wood and stuff like that when they are older so it is fine. Girls tend to eat less but they like to know you are close and ready to help whenever they need it. Maybe you will have the baby the same day your doctor comes home from vacation that is waht I did with my last one and that is what my daughter did with my beautiful granddaughter. Soon it will be over and you will feel so much better and you have help coming so just hang in there as long as you can. Rest a lot.
Think the baby has grown quite a bit in the past few days... I didn't think it was possible to stretch out anymore, but today even one of my bigger maternity shirts didn't want to cover the waistband on the pants. And every time I'd sit down, it was like the baby was making a concious effort to pull the waistband of the pants down below my belly. It would start this rolling motion downward and then all the sudden the elastic waist would just pop down below the belly. Kind of entertaining for DH and the kids. Not so funny to me!!
That's why they invented dresses HG. d*
;D Probably would be much more ladylike, I'm sure. But I don't know with the way the wind is blowing these days. ::)
Did I mention that you sunburn more easily when you're pregnant? I am pretty dark so I hardly ever sunburn, but I guess the combination of being in cold cloudy Wisconsin all winter combined with the strong sunshine on Saturday, and the tops of my shoulders are a little pink. Not really sore, so it'll probably turn brown eventually. Plus the trees that are left after this winter's ice aren't fully leafed out yet, so a lot of places that we would usually be in the shade weren't so shady this time around. d* Could've all been solved if I'd just worn a t-shirt and perfected my farmer's tan instead of wearing that tank top. I should know this because I did the same thing once before when I was pregnant with DD #2...
Just as an observation, I have to say that I think a lot of young people these days must not own a mirror. When we were swimming the other day, this girl in her mid-twenties came walking up to the swimming area. She wasn't pregnant, but her belly was nearly as fat as mine and sported a neon green belly-button ring, and she had another piercing... i don't know what to call it? A "cleavage" ring? poking out from what must be a rather inconvenient location to pierce something. She was wearing a tank top that basically consisted of a bra with a few shreds of fabric dangling from it, exposing her entire belly. Then, the paired it with the too-tight, hip-hugging pants and a blue hairdo. She had a little boy about my second DD's age, and I thought, "Oh, my gosh, this kid is going to think she's normal." Her friend, who was also heavy-set, was wearing a much more modest outfit, but I really have to wonder... are people so worried about "self-esteem" that they don't have the guts to tell their friends/family members how absolutely ridiculous they look? DH was thoroughly grossed-out by her clothes and thought she should have been charged with indecent exposure. I told him that instead of calling the law, he'd be better off going to wal-mart and buying her a mirror... surely she must not own one! Anyway, gotta wonder what goes through their heads when they pick out the clothes they're going to wear...
Well, my cousin who was due about one week before me delivered a 7 lb. 14 oz. baby boy this morning. (I think her due date was May 6th?) First boy in 15 years in the family. My grandma called me again to remind me that she thinks I'll have a boy, too, and to ask if my feet were swelling up because of the humidity today. ::) I think the baby's feet are somewhere up near my shoulder blades and I wish I could sleep. :P I get see the doc on Thursday morning, so maybe after that I'll have a better idea when this one will get here. Spent two hours locked out of the house today in the front yard feeling like an idiot. I only lock my keys in the house (or the car) when I'm pregnant. Both times it has happened, I have been at least 8 months pregnant. This was a little better than last time though because I locked the keys in the car with it running at the post office and ended up having to crawl through the back of the truck and over the seats... this time I just sat on the stoop looking sheepish until my husband came home from work.
Time for the little magnetic key holder under the fender, Homey.
Well, at our old place, all there was was a dead bolt lock, which had to be locked from the outside anyway... pretty darn hard to lock yourself out unless you went out the back door (which we did while we were moving in there, and then sent my husband's best friend up the roof gables and into the kids' bedroom window which we'd left open so the paint could dry.) I hope I don't have to live in town long enough to do this a second time. I could've called the leasing company, but they've been such a pain, I didn't want to. :-[ The kids didn't belly ache. They ran a little water out of the garden spigot and spent the two hours seeing how long their wet footprints would last on the hot pavement.
Years ago I locked myself out a couple of times. From then on I've never had the typical self locking lock on any exterior door. I replace that with a simple passage set, no lock. Then install a heavy duty dead bolt for locking the door. That must be turned with a key from the outside. On the inside, since the doors are solid, no windows, there's a simple thumb knob to lock.unlock the deadbolt. Impossible to lock yourself out that way, and from the inside a glance will tell you if the door is locked or not.
Quote from: MountainDon on April 22, 2008, 09:53:46 AM
Years ago I locked myself out a couple of times. From then on I've never had the typical self locking lock on any exterior door. I replace that with a simple passage set, no lock. Then install a heavy duty dead bolt for locking the door. That must be turned with a key from the outside. On the inside, since the doors are solid, no windows, there's a simple thumb knob to lock.unlock the deadbolt. Impossible to lock yourself out that way, and from the inside a glance will tell you if the door is locked or not.
That's exactly what I'd do if this were our house, Don.... I had an old truck for years and years that had manual locks, and one of them was messed up so that you had to use the key to lock it from the outside. Some of my friends couldn't understand why I wouldn't fix the lock, but I told them it had saved me so many times because I couldn't lock it without the key. Then we got that Blazer, and I not only locked the keys in it, but with the truck running because I was trying to defrost the window still!! I was at the post office, almost 9 months pregnant with my first child, the local police would not help, and I couldn't call anywhere because I didn't have my purse with me and had no money to call anyone (because it was long distance everywhere at that time!) Finally, I discovered that when I'd loaded something in the back the day before, I hadn't gotten the hatch window shut good in the back, so I climbed in the back and over the back row of seats (comical mental picture, I know!) to unlock the front door. Yesterday as I sat on the porch with two hours to mull it over, I was thankful that it was not cold, that I am not quite as big and pregnant as I was when I was locked out the last time, and that the kids were having fun in spite of it. However, I guess we have really acclimated to Wisconsin's cool weather, because yesterday was only about 91 degrees but my ankles swelled like crazy sitting outside on the ground... when I was pregnant with my older kids, we didn't even have AC in our house in OK, and our bedroom was upstairs, sweltering hot in summer. Guess it all worked out, though, because DH felt sorry for me when he came home because I must've looked pretty pathetic sitting there... we ended up getting to go out to a Japanese steak house for dinner. My kids were a little freaked out by the cook and his warped sense of humor. Their expressions while he was cooking were hilarious. The food was really good, though, and much more reasonable than any other Japanese restaurant I've ever eaten at... think we'll have to take MIL there in June when she comes just for the experience.
Went to the doc today and they did an ultrasound and estimated that the baby is around 6 lbs. 12 oz. give or take up to a pound. :) Doesn't seem to be any disproportionate weight gain, which means that we caught the gestational diabetes early enough and i've controlled it well enough that it doesn't seem to have harmed the baby. They moved my due date up a week, which is consistent with the earlier ultrasound done in WI... so now somewhere around the 15th-17th of May... I kind of doubt it'll be that long. I'm already starting to dilate some, so I think it'll be sooner than that, but hope that it holds off until at least the 3rd of May after the homeschooling convention and curriculum fair. I've been really looking forward to that and don't want to miss it, especially since I've already paid the registration fee. We got really good ultrasound pictures of the baby's profile and face. I don't know still if it is a boy or a girl, but whichever it is, it is pretty. Looks a lot like DD#1 in profile, but face is a little rounder looking like #2. Don't know, though... it kind of acts like a boy... rolled over and mooned us. ;D
Well, every time I go walking, I start having fairly regular contractions... not too painful, but somewhat uncomfortable. Went looking at land today and walking around one place I started having contractions; my realtor is single and has never had kids, so it kind of freaks her out if I stop and breathe deeply for a few seconds. Have been sleeping in the recliner part of the time because I just can't get comfortable lying down... my hands keep falling asleep or aching. If I had more money than I knew what to do with, I found a really pretty place today. Unfortunately, I think it's out of the price range. :(
That's OK, Homey. It's somebody else's pretty. You can make your own. :)
That's true... there is still that gorgeous 40 acres I saw a few weeks back. It is a little farther out than some of the places we've looked at, but good roads, etc. And the asking price on it is $2K/acre. We could get it for less, I'm sure. I don't really want to proceed with anything though until we have a solid offer on our place in WI. We could pay a mortgage on the land and a mortgage on our house up there, but then we wouldn't have the money on hand to build anything... I don't like debt and am determined to do as much of our purchasing land without debt as we can. I hate waiting. DH wants a good price for our house, and I do too, but at the same time, we're throwing money away on it every month for utilities and for mortgage... I want to lower the price now and hope to attract a buyer.
Did I mention that I was up most of the night with either crazy dreams or the inability to sleep because of a very active baby all night? I slept from midnight to a little before four, and then I dreamt that I'd built a pier foundation for a little house and couldn't figure out how to attach an infant car seat to it ??? Strange dream and I was thoroughly frustrated with not only how was I to attach the car seat, but also WHY? so, I woke up and then the baby was moving like crazy from then until after six. After six, I really can't go back to sleep, so I just had breakfast, which consisted of a handful of peanuts and some milk and celery... seems that all the snacks that I had for myself (anything that I could eat which doesn't have sugar/carbs in it) has been eaten up by the rest of my clan. I guess I will go to the store a day early or I will go hungry.
The little house kit should indeed come with instruction on how to attach an infant car seat.
I blame glenn.
Certainly an oversight on his and John's part! ;D This is just one of many in a series of ridiculous pregnancy dreams. Night before last, I dreamed I was in labor and couldn't get my husband to wake up enough to take me to the hospital... but that one's somewhat based on reality. When I was pregnant with my first I got a serious kidney infection and started running a really high fever. The pain got so bad that I tried to get him awake at 2 AM to take me to the ER. He mumbled, "What's wrong?" and then when I told him, he patted me on the shoulder and said, "I'll pray for you." And then he promptly dozed back off. It was later in the day before he finally took me to the hospital, where I ended up staying for the next four days.
I don't do the plans. I'm only a volunteer here, but I think I could Okie rig something up. [idea]
How fast do you expect this little house to be moving and what is the weight of the child? hmm
Stink, you are always blaming me. Soon you may give me an inferiority complex. ::)
Well then, it can never be said I never gave you anything!
I was just kidding, Stink.
Two women have called me an arrogant a------. How could you give me an inferiority complex? hmm
I know better. rofl [rofl2]
I suspected you have a healthy ego.
Wow, HomeGrown, looks you are getting close! Best Wishes!
Sparks......
;D Went to the doctor this morning and things are progressing gradually...I'm more dilated and effaced than last week. She offered to induce next week if I wanted her to, but I told her no unless there is a medical reason for it. My last doctor intervened when she shouldn't have and I don't want to EVER go through that again. I think the baby will be here, possibly even before my visit next week, at the rate things are going. The way I've got it figured, I'll probably go into labor on Saturday or Sunday of this weekend because the homeschool conference it Friday and Saturday. Walking gets the contractions going. Well all day on Friday and Saturday, I'm going to be walking around the conference. If it doesn't work, then maybe I can just make a pineapple, basil, eggplant curry, drink some raspberry leaf tea, and play tag with the kids for an hour. :D I actually slept several hours last night, for the first time in a week... in fact, I had a hard time getting up and getting ready in time to get to the doctor's office for the first appointment of the day. I'm determined not to go to the hospital until I'm ready for the doctor just to catch the baby... the less interventions and monitors and IVs and crap, the better. I still have a terrible keloid scar on my arm from the IV with the first daughter. I figure God gave these babies the good sense to come out when they're ready, and I don't want anyone else trying to dictate when and how they are born, even if I do try a few things that can't hurt to kick start the process...(do you think that's a bit hypocritical that I will try stuff to get labor going but don't want the doc to induce unless there is a medical necessity?) ???
Quote from: glenn kangiser on April 30, 2008, 09:25:38 PM
I was just kidding, Stink.
Two women have called me an arrogant a------. How could you give me an inferiority complex? hmm
I know better. rofl [rofl2]
Let me guess, was Sassy one and your ex-wife the other???? [noidea' [scared]
[cool] at least what you are trying is more natural. Glad you got some sleep last night, HG... sounds like you have everything pretty much in order - just the wait now c*
that's kind of what I figure... I walked around the zoo with the kids after the doc's appointment today. We got a zoo pass this year and I am determined to get my $$ worth... think it's about the 5th time we've been there already. It was 90 degrees and I ended up breaking down and buying a cup of lemonade to split with the girls. Well, even though I mainly just ate the ice, it really messed up my blood sugar :-\ Which is worse? Dehydration or high blood sugar for an hour? ::) Anyway, the deal was that the kids got a picnic at the zoo if they did their chores all month, which they did, so we went. By the time we'd made a round of the zoo, I was thinking I might go on into labor today! :P
Quote from: Homegrown Tomatoes on May 01, 2008, 11:15:08 AM
Quote from: glenn kangiser on April 30, 2008, 09:25:38 PM
I was just kidding, Stink.
Two women have called me an arrogant a------. How could you give me an inferiority complex? hmm
I know better. rofl [rofl2]
Let me guess, was Sassy one and your ex-wife the other???? [noidea' [scared]
rofl rofl [rofl2] [rofl2]
How did you guess -- did I write that before? hmm
I don't think so, but just a guess... ???
I wonder how they both got the same flawed impression of me. [noidea' [slap] heh [scared]
[rofl2] [rofl2]
[slap] :-X heh rofl
QuoteIf a man walks out into the forest and speaks,
and no woman hears,
Is He Still Wrong? hmm
:)
Well, survived the homeschool conference and curriculum fair without going into labor, but had contractions off and on all day Friday. Yesterday wasn't so bad. I can go into labor any time now as far as I'm concerned... sooner the better. Doc is going to want to induce next week if I don't go into labor on my own first. I don't want to be induced. At all. So, guess I need to go on some hikes, take evening primrose oil in addition to my vitamins, and eat some curried pineapple with basil and eggplant. Or some such concoction.
I am not an induction fan. It'll come out when it's ready.
...and if it's a boy, for sure he'll come out to get his drivers license. ;D
I think for the most part I like this doctor a lot better than the others I've seen, but I guess that's our one sticking point. But at least she ADMITS the truth about induction... she said she likes to have the babies born during the daytime when there is a full staff at the hospital. I told her that we don't need an anesthesiologist or anything like that, and as far as I'm concerned, I don't plan on arriving until I'm ready for someone to catch the baby, and I figure by that point, I won't care whether it is her or the front desk receptionist. ::) I don't think she liked that too much. I read yesterday about a 17-year-old girl who was at home alone and went into labor in the shower. She delivered her own baby in the bathtub and then walked 4 blocks to the hospital at 5:30 in the morning with the baby wrapped in blankets to get some help!
Meanwhile, I've lost another 4 lbs. without trying. I now weigh only 11 pounds more than I did when I got pregnant this time... guess it is the high protein/low carb eating because of the diabetes... or at least that combined with the fact that it is so gorgeous outside that I'm getting a lot more exercise than I would've in WI. DH was laughing yesterday because I'm already darker than he is (and he's pretty dark-skinned for a Korean) from just being in the wonderful sunshine.
Storms came through during the night and when the pressure changed I started having contractions pretty seriously. Was really hoping it was the real deal, but after getting up and walking around and getting thoroughly awake, everything settled down. Pretty much was awake all night and then was falling asleep in my chair while the girls ate their breakfasts... they were making fun of me. Thinking about taking the kids to the park or the zoo and hiking around for a little while to see if it helps get things going again. Cleaned the house top to bottom yesterday and there's really nothing left to scrub today.... would like to sew, but it is uncomfortable to sit in a straight-backed chair, and hard to sew on a machine in any other kind of chair... guess I'm kind of fidgety because I need something to do but feel lazy at the same time? Thought about driving over to the area where we're hoping to buy land and posting a notice on the P.O. bulletin board asking if anyone has land to sell to contact me. But... can't even get my darn realtor in WI to reply to my emails at this point, so I don't see what the point is... she said last time that no one in our price range has gone under contract in over a month, so my thought is that we need to lower the price and give someone the incentive to buy it.... it is holding life up on this end. Wish we'd sold it a year ago and lived in a rental up there for a while instead of waiting until we moved. From a purely pragmatic point of view,this was the worst time to try to sell and move, but I'm still thankful we did. Just hope that someone really falls for that house soon.
I think I may be in early labor, but I'm not absolutely sure??? Kind of crampy and achy, and my back is contracting, up high and wrapping all the way around... almost done getting all the chores done ahead of time so I hate to stop right now, but something is going on. If it is labor, it feels way different than in the past, but then my water hasn't broken yet, so maybe I'm not feeling the contractions as strong as I have in the past? (Plus I don't have needles all in me and synthetic hormones coursing through my veins.) I only lack getting the homeschooling room table cleaned off and the ironing done and then there aren't any chores left to do.... Another strange thing is that I don't have any appetite at all, which is weird for me. All day today I've only had a few handfuls of nuts, a cucumber, a cup of milk, and a spoonful of peanut butter. Nothing tastes good and I'm not hungry. Hmmm...
You never know when something may pop up ...or out as the case may be.
Well, no baby yet. Went to the doc this morning and she said it could be any day (or minute). Still not sleeping worth a darn.
Hmmmm sounds like a lazy boy baby heh
I haven't totally experienced it. I generally left it up to the ladies. ::)
Hope you get some rest, HG... I had a lot of contractions with my last son - they always had to break the water... hope it's soon for you! Isn't it ironic that you get so uncomfortable that you'll go through anything to get that baby out? :-\ Guess it prepares us... Get some rest - you won't get a whole lot after the baby's here... wish your house would sell...
Hey, how about posting the link here to your house in Wisconsin so we can see all the work you guys did remodeling it... I can't remember what the topic was where you'd posted it before... thanks.
It's in the general forum under the Kitchen remodel... I just updated it a day or two ago.
http://countryplans.com/smf/index.php?topic=3433.60
This should get you there. Glenn posted some of the pics for me, but there are more at the album site, too.
Mostly just kitchen stuff, but I think there are a few of the other rooms, too.
New method for trying to induce labor:
Kids and I are going to wash and groom the nasty dog today. He stinks so badly that anyone within ten yards of him is miserable. If hauling his 70 lb. carcass into the tub doesn't do it, the smell ought to.... I just hope that I have time to hop in the shower myself after we get him washed and shaved. :) The kids have been outside playing with the dogs this morning, and THEY smelled bad enough to make me gag when they came back in. (He has 4-5" long hair and got wet in the rain the other day; the rain gets down under his fur (even though he's not matted at all) and sours down there, creating the worst smell in the world.) Wish I had a kiddie pool that we could wash him in outside instead, but we don't.
Thanks for posting the link - I wasn't on-line for several days while down in the valley - the ER was so busy we didn't even get breaks in 13 hrs :-\ so you can't say government workers are always lazy... :D
Hey, washing that dog just might do it! rofl I used to want a collie - the little ones, can't recall the name but glad we have short haired dogs - they don't smell too bad - some of those little dogs like poodles & snauzers have to be bathed all the time - I've been at other peoples houses who've just bathed their dogs in the past couple days & they still have that strong "dog" smell - gives me a headache. Good thing Spike doesn't stink or shed much cuz he thinks he's lap dog heh
Grover only smells bad when he's been wet and didn't get dried off good. Or if he finds something to roll in. He's fine in winter, but in summer, WHEW! and his hair is thicker and longer than a normal collie... it's more like a chow's hair in thickness, like a mop head in length! In hot weather, we keep him shaved down and he looks like a great big schnauzer... really cute fella. The worst-smelling dog I have ever known was my aunt and uncle's toy pomeranian. He had skin issues and his hair was never thick and full like it should have been... he smelled whether he'd been bathed or not. I hate to say it, but I wasn't sad to see that dog go...he used to pull our coats off the coat rack and sleep on them, and then we'd smell like Buster! Bleh! OK, I'm done psyching myself up to wash the dogs, and we've eaten lunch, so we'd best get to it!
Well, three and a half hours later and a huge garbage bag full of dog hair, and dog hair and dirt all over the bathroom, and no labor yet. Worn out thoroughly, though, and still have to clean the bathroom and the kids and myself back up. The dog has a lot of bald spots, but what do you expect when you turn a 3-year-old and 5-year-old loose with scissors and electric clippers? ;D
Quote from: Sassy on May 09, 2008, 12:07:18 PM
Thanks for posting the link - I wasn't on-line for several days while down in the valley - the ER was so busy we didn't even get breaks in 13 hrs :-\ so you can't say government workers are always lazy... :D
Hey, washing that dog just might do it! rofl I used to want a collie - the little ones, can't recall the name but glad we have short haired dogs - they don't smell too bad - some of those little dogs like poodles & snauzers have to be bathed all the time - I've been at other peoples houses who've just bathed their dogs in the past couple days & they still have that strong "dog" smell - gives me a headache. Good thing Spike doesn't stink or shed much cuz he thinks he's lap dog heh
13 hours is a long time to go without breaks, Sassy, but it seems like in any medical field it happens a lot. In college, I worked one year as a CNA on the night shift at a nursing home...I can remember MANY loooonnnnnggg nights. People think that other people sleep at night and therefore it should be a quiet time to work, but not so!
Mineral Oil.
Sassy I think the smaller ones are "Shelty's" . But the classification of the worst smelling dog has to the hound varieties. But when they get wet they all smell like hounds.
Quote from: StinkerBell on May 09, 2008, 08:41:48 PM
Mineral Oil.
Stink, do you know this from personal experience or just advice you received? Wondering because my stepmom told me all about her escapade with the castor oil when she was overdue with my step-brother. ;D
Castor Oil too.......I hear that works and if it doesn't, you will not be constipated! So no matter what you win!
My wife was in labor with our first child. Things were going pretty well when suddenly she began to shout, "Shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't, didn't, can't!"
"Doctor, what's wrong with my wife?"
"Nothing. She's just having contractions."
Glenn, that is cheesy, but it made me laugh anyway... still waiting it out, but there's a cold front hitting right now and I'm having contractions again. Just ate a bowl of really spicy chicken soup for supper and thinking about fresh pineapple for dessert later if my blood sugar isn't too high. Also a quick walk around the block after I get kids to bed... had planned to go to a nearby nature park for a walk but my mom called and told me she was on her way up to pick up a table I had for her. She came right before supper time, of course.
Nice power walk around the block, but don't feel any closer to having the baby than I did a while ago... Just achy and tired. And, to boot, I think I made every dog in the whole subdivision sound off when I waddled past. DH could tell where I was just by which dogs were barking, so he knew I was still moving and there was no need to come check on me.
Okay... I will prognosticate... Wednesday morning, 2am.
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lol NM_SHooter.
I keep checking in on this thread a few times a day. When you get ready to go HT you better post something for us...Like, "I am on the way to have the baby"......
Quote from: StinkerBell on May 11, 2008, 12:10:43 PM
lol NM_SHooter.
I keep checking in on this thread a few times a day. When you get ready to go HT you better post something for us...Like, "I am on the way to have the baby"......
I 2nd that! :)
Hey Sassy......HT has not posted today.....
Do ya think she went without telling us? Or she went and maybe didn't read my request....
Not like her. Wonder if she has a laptop and the hospital has Wifi. We are going to have to set some guidelines. Three postings a day. Morning. noon and evening to keep track of her.
We need to talk to that girl. You'd think she'd at least have the courtesy to get Countryplans up on her laptop in the delivery room. ::)
She did check in -- last on at 5:52:45 this morning our time - Maybe 7:52 her time.
No baby yet... ;D Went down to see my dad and step-mom after church today (spent yesterday with my mom.) Cooked myself thoroughly in the sun. Didn't know you could tan/burn through pants, but they're some flimsy dressy material. Just got back...
Had to go somewhere or do something because I was getting tired of sitting around the house and not having a garden to mess around in. The kids hadn't seen their Granny (my step-mom) much since we moved back because of her crazy work schedule, so Sunday afternoons are about the only time to catch her.
And I'm not sure if the hospital has wifi or not... I haven't been inside that particular hospital in years, since my grandpa was in there for something when I was a teenager, and I know it is all remodeled, but not much else... Should probably take a tour of labor and delivery before the baby gets here, and honestly had planned to, but because of the times that my appointments have been, we're always in a hurry to get DH back to work, so we leave from the doc's office which is just across the street without ever going in the hospital. These days you're never in the hospital more than about 24-48 hours anyway, so you all will probably get an update soon even if I can't post from the hospital. DH said I may be able to post from his phone, but he's not sure if he can access the forums with it or not. We'll see. But in the mean time, I'll try to keep everyone updated....
Thanks, Homey. :)
My Mom is betting on me having the baby tomorrow. My Grandma "thought sure" I'd have it on Mother's Day. The realtor is even weighing in with her opinion that I need to wait an extra week and have it NEXT Tuesday on her birthday. I'd just like to get it done. ;D
I am back to feeling kind of queasy again today, so you never know...I got more sleep last night than I've had in two week's worth of nights, so maybe my batteries are recharged a little and I'll have a kiddo today. Of course, the house has kind of disintegrated into chaos in the past few days.
I just got a call from my cousin's wife, whose little sister is in labor now, and she is going to bring her four kids over for us to watch while she goes to the hospital to be with her sister... doesn't that sound like the perfect scenario for labor to start? Having six little girls all under the age of 7 over here and no way to take them all in the truck with me to the hospital if I do go into labor? I grinned and told her to bring them on!!! Sounds like a ball... my kids love to play with their cousins, and I figure it ups my chances (via Murphy's Law) for going into labor this afternoon. Hopefully, if anything does happen, I can get my sister or mom or someone here in time to watch all the kids....and my sister could bring her two little girls and then it'd really be nuts around here.
Sounds like a plan! :) You probably had a good night's sleep so you're rested up for the labor c*
I tried to reply to this thread yesterday with no luck... computer wasn't cooperating. I ended up with all of my cousin's kids here last night until just after midnight. Until three o'clock in the morning, I thought I was going to go ahead and have the baby but then the contractions subsided. We had a ball with all the girls here, though. Only a few minor injuries were incurred. The big girls were out "bug-hunting" in the back yard when my cousin's second daughter chunked a brick and hit my oldest in the side of the head, right next to her eye. It left a pretty good gash next to her eye, but thankfully didn't do any lasting harm, unless the poor kid scars as easily as I do. It wasn't intentional, as she tossed it over her shoulder without looking and didn't realize DD was standing right there. She felt terrible and actually cried a lot longer about it than DD, and it really took some convincing to get her to come back and play with the other girls. Meanwhile, DD is going to have quite a shiner. The baby didn't want to go to sleep in a strange house, and so she was pretty difficult for a few hours in the evening, and then the second-youngest announced she needed to go to the bathroom, and I sent my oldest and her oldest sister with her to the bathroom. A few seconds later all the big girls came screaming out of the bathroom about "poop"! Turns out she'd gone in her pants by the time she told me and then had gotten it all over the bathroom in the process of trying to get on the toilet. So I handed the littlest one off to my husband, whereupon she started screaming all over again, and then went to do damage control and find the second-youngest something clean to change into. All in all, it wasn't bad for having six girls under seven years old in the same household... but I realize that God was watching out for me in having my kids spaced a little farther apart! Miraculously, there were four girls all asleep on the futon, and my little one had ended up in bed with daddy, and cousin's littlest was asleep in our crib by around ten (which is still a few hours after our kids' normal bedtime, but I don't think my cousin and his wife really enforce bedtimes in their house.) I was just about to doze off in the recliner when my cousin's wife called to let me know that her sister's baby had finally arrived and she was on the way to our house. I thought sure I'd go ahead and go into labor after that... oh, and at 3 AM my daughter woke up and wanted to know where all the cousins had gone.... The house looks like it was ransacked by a bunch of wild looters, but an hour or so should have it put aright again. Oh, and it made me really glad that my kids eat everything and are so not-picky... cousin's girls wanted a sandwich, so I made them PB&J on the last few pieces of bread we had when the oldest looked me squarely in the eyes and said, "Aunt Michelle, I don't eat this kind of bread." (She also didn't like that I mix the jelly and PB together to keep my younger one from removing the jelly side and licking it all off, plus I use way less jelly that way.) My little one hollered, "Well, if she don't want it, I'll eat it!" and she proceeded to eat the whole thing. ;D My kids had wanted PB&J earlier and I'd made them eat real food, and they figured that if their cousins didn't appreciate a treat, they were certainly going to take advantage!
Whew! I'm tired just reading about your adventure :D When I have my one granddaughter overnite, she tires me out & she's really pretty easy to take care of at 5 y/o. Your baby is just too comfy still!
I'm feeling the effects of last night a lot more today than I did during the night. Even after I helped my cousin-in-law load all her sleeping girls into the van and got our little one back in her own bed, I couldn't sleep for a long time. Strong contractions every 7 minutes until 3 AM, and then I guess something about getting up with DD and dealing with her and getting a drink of water kind of settled them down. Still feel like I could have a baby any moment. I really want to go out driving around looking for land, but at the same time don't want to be that far out of town with no other driver should things pick up. Instead, I guess I'll go to CVS and pick up more blood testing supplies and then stop by the grocery store for some nuts (I'm out of stuff to eat again) and some bread for the rest of the family. If I don't go into labor before my Thursday appointment, I wouldn't be surprised if the doctor pushes the issue of induction a bit, and honestly, I wouldn't blame her... my due date (revised) is tomorrow.
When I see grandparents raising their grandkids, I am always amazed at how they do it. There is a reason God gave us seasons in our lives for bearing children and seasons for being grandparents. When my mom has my two girls for the day, she always is thoroughly worn out from it, yet they're good kids and aside from asking a million questions, they entertain themselves and pick up after themselves fairly well. When we have three, I don't know if she could handle three at the same time now. I remember when I was a kid, though, she used to babysit about 5-6 kids and then all the neighbor kids would come over to our house to play. Everyone thought she had at least a dozen kids (and we were all different colors, so it probably gave some folks lots to talk about!)
Went to the pharmacy yesterday to refill my blood testing supplies. You would've thought I was asking for narcotics or something. What damage could I possibly do with test strips and lancets other than give myself some wicked callouses on my fingertips? Anyway, doc didn't give me quite enough refills (I suspect poor ability to multiply by four tests a day for the duration of the nine months give or take a week...) and the pharmacy couldn't get her to reply to them, so I wasted a trip. Will have to try again today, i guess. I pretty much know what I can and can't eat now, but still I prefer to err on the cautious side, and my blood sugar got so low this morning that I thought I was going to pass out.
Wish that the baby would just come on out to see us so that I didn't have to mess with a trip to the pharmacy.
The pharmacy will give you an emergency supply of insulin if you've run out & don't have a renewal RX, pretty stupid that they won't let you buy the strips & lancets... especially since you are pregnant & it's so important to keep you blood sugar WNL... you don't want to go low as it effects the baby, also... & you don't want to pass out... :(
I know... it seemed silly. This is the third day without testing... I've tried to be careful, but it is still a good idea to test frequently and see how you're doing. I think it was low this morning because I hardly ate supper last night (no appetite) and then had only protein and veggies for breakfast. By around 9 or 9:30 I started getting really shaky all the sudden and my legs felt like they belonged on a card table, LOL. I grabbed a glass of milk and put a little carb-loaded instant vanilla shake stuff in it, and it seemed to do the trick.
Haven't called the pharmacy yet today because I'm trying to get stuff done around here.
After lunch I reckon the kids and I can run to the pharmacy again. I hope she renewed the prescription this time. It was funny, yesterday was like that all day... seemed like a conspiracy. The pharmacy didn't have (and didn't get within a reasonable amount of time) permission to refill my prescription. Then I went by the grocery store for the sole purpose of buying more nuts (one of my mainstays these days). They had NO mixed nuts, NO raw almonds, and only one bag of walnuts. I also got a jar of peanuts and a jar of sunflower seeds... it wasn't what I really had in mind, but at least it was something! I have some spicy pumpkin seeds in the pantry, too, which are good on salads, etc., so hopefully that'll tide me over... there was something else they were out of, but I can't remember what, now... just the stuff on my list, basically. :)
Well, cousin's wife brought us one of the changing table mattress thingys and some soft terry cloth covers to go on it, so I got those all washed up and ready today, caught up on all the laundry, cleaned out the fridge and prepped a bunch of food, cleaned the bedrooms and bathrooms, changed all the sheets, etc. Watered everything outdoors. Decluttered the living room and office. Got dinner ready. Finally read Sunday's paper, watched a documentary, and now I just wish this little one would make an appearance. Have had a lower backache all day, but don't know if that means anything or not...also have had some contractions off and on, but not anything too painful.
Wait... so you didn't have the baby this morning at 2am?
Oh boy. You know what that means, right? You have to carry for another year and try again on May 14 at 2am.
Sorry. Rules are rules.
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Quote from: Homegrown Tomatoes on May 14, 2008, 01:35:07 PM
After lunch I reckon the kids and I can run to the pharmacy again. I hope she renewed the prescription this time. It was funny, yesterday was like that all day... seemed like a conspiracy. The pharmacy didn't have (and didn't get within a reasonable amount of time) permission to refill my prescription. Then I went by the grocery store for the sole purpose of buying more nuts (one of my mainstays these days). They had NO mixed nuts, NO raw almonds, and only one bag of walnuts. I also got a jar of peanuts and a jar of sunflower seeds... it wasn't what I really had in mind, but at least it was something! I have some spicy pumpkin seeds in the pantry, too, which are good on salads, etc., so hopefully that'll tide me over... there was something else they were out of, but I can't remember what, now... just the stuff on my list, basically. :)
Hmm - So it's started...food shortage...nut hoarding....hmm
I'd suggest that if you can find them, now would be a good time to grab them before they disappear.
Quote from: NM_Shooter on May 14, 2008, 06:00:42 PM
Wait... so you didn't have the baby this morning at 2am?
Oh boy. You know what that means, right? You have to carry for another year and try again on May 14 at 2am.
Sorry. Rules are rules.
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No fair, Shooter! I already feel about 18 months along!
Quote from: glenn kangiser on May 14, 2008, 07:14:58 PM
Quote from: Homegrown Tomatoes on May 14, 2008, 01:35:07 PM
Hmm - So it's started...food shortage...nut hoarding....hmm
I'd suggest that if you can find them, now would be a good time to grab them before they disappear.
Problem is that I'm going through them so fast that even hoarding them, they don't last too long. Each week I've been getting one of those huge cans of mixed nuts, and they're gone or nearly so by the end of the week (my kids are a little nutty, too.) I've also been buying bulk raw almonds, but couldn't find anything but the sliced and blanched ones. My mom checked at her grocery store and they were out too. All the more reason to get out of town ASAP and get a real garden going.
Well, went to the doctor this morning and she says that I'm about halfway there... it could be today or it could be next week... I hope I don't have to wait until next week, though! Even my maternity shirts are having trouble stretching far enough... 'bout the only thing left to do is walk around in a muu-muu.
Hope it is before tomorrow PM because my mom is threatening to come up and "camp out" for the weekend. Not to sound cold, but my family is a lot less picky about what's for dinner than my mom is, and I get tired of having to cook special stuff for her. Also, I don't think the stress of an extra person in the house is good for inducing labor right now!
I think if she shows up it should be to cook for you and the family. :)
;) Agreed, but not too likely. She doesn't cook much and never really has, though she can when pressed or when there is a holiday. She eats out almost every day, and she'd rather go out than cook... has a tendency to expect it of us. Not such a big deal now, but when we were first married and dead broke, she'd come up and want us to take her out rather than eat whatever I had on hand (usually eggs or goat meat and whatever veggies came from the garden.) Whatever I cooked was never good enough back then... even though she'd survived on my cooking most of the time I was growing up, from around the time I was 7 years old. Now that we can afford some meat, she is not as crabby, but I guess I always anticipate it anyway, and while most people like my cooking, she is not terribly complimentary about it (unless talking to someone else... and then she gushes???) However, I do remember that I was in the process of making homemade chicken noodle soup when I ended up in the hospital having my first DD, so I called her and asked her to stop by the house and add the homemade egg noodles en route to meet us at the hospital. She went on and on about how good that soup tasted, which was pretty cruel since I couldn't eat anything, and she and DH ran home to have another helping. ;D
Also, I've anticipated her not really volunteering her catering services, so I've marinated a lot of meat in the freezer for DH to slap on the grill, and anyone can make a salad to go with, or fry some taters or something. My 3YO dd informed me the other day that Daddy doesn't let her cook, only her big sister, but that she likes to cook with me because I was letting her help brown the meat.
HG, surprised you are still home! But, even though the 2nd or 3rd babies often come earlier that predicted, they have their own time schedule & will come into the world when ready :) I guess God makes it so the mother will go through anything to get that baby out! I've been saying little prayers for you throughout the day, not knowing whether you've gone in or not.
Parents seem to be the hardest persons to please... and they're the very ones you want approval from. I know I do the same with my kids at times - "you could have done it this way or better or you didn't do enough" thinking I'm trying to teach them the right way... I try to balance it with positives but the negative always seems to stick in a persons mind & negate the positive... :-\
Well, I have decided to take the kids to the OKC zoo for the afternoon. The weather is cooler today and not humid, though there is a chance of rain. We have a family zoo pass, and it isn't too far away, and there is a lot of room to walk, so maybe just hiking around there for a few hours will get things started again. I know good and well that if I were still with my old doctor who delivered the girls, she wouldn't have let me leave the hospital this morning... because it seems like from 4 cm. to 10 cm. goes REALLY fast for me usually. I was at 4 this morning, so we'll see what happens. The good news is that the zoo is also close to the hospital. And DH could run over to the zoo from work fairly easily, too, if he ends up needing to pick me up there or something. I think you're right, Sassy... pregnancy lasts just long enough you're willing to go through whatever it takes to finally get that kid out of there by the time they come...including extreme pain and a loss of modesty that would otherwise kill you.
But, before we go to the zoo, I could really stand a chili relleno... think I'm stopping for Mexican food en route!
4 cm, huh? Gee, that is getting close... :o Chile relleno? I made the mistake of eating a really rich dinner with my oldest son shortly before having him - didn't get sick but it was uncomfortable... the walking should do it, hopefully...
Well, the Mexican food didn't do it, and neither did four hours of hiking around the zoo (but it did thoroughly wear the kids out, more so than me, even.) The kids were tired of having to stop at every single bathroom in the zoo. We looked at the meerkats and the red pandas and the aquarium, and then the big cats, fed the ducks and geese and turtles and sunfish, and then went through the 11 acre Oklahoma Trails exhibit, which is really good. Then we made a trip back through the pachyderms on the way out, after a brief visit for my DD (5) to sing to the alligators. They seemed nonplussed. So, then we went and picked up DH and went to the Korean grocery to stock up on a few things before MIL's visit, and stopped to eat some fiery Korean food, and still nothing. In the Korean grocery, DD tipped the shopping cart over on herself (they're really small and she didn't realize that she couldn't put her weight on them without tipping them over.) It landed on her ankle and left a really good bruise. Then we stopped back by DH's company to pick up his car, and about halfway between there and home, DD yells, "Mom! I'm bleeding!" I look in the rear view to see blood all over her face, arms and t-shirt (bloody nose) and ended up taking the next exit which goes to lake frontage. DH had no idea why I was getting off the highway and so followed me. I had to hop out and get some kleenex to the back seat, which I couldn't reach from the front and make sure that the bleeding had subsided. On the way back onto the highway she sighed, "Mom, I'm just havin' a rough day." Then she decided that since she was having such a rough day, maybe I'd go into labor. After all, when I was in labor with DD#2, she had a "rough day" in which she dislocated her elbow playing patty cake! She was cracking me up by saying at least this rough day didn't end up with a trip to the ER. (She's kind of looking sad, though, what with the bandaid up by her eye from the brick incident with her cousin, the bruised-up ankle, and blood all over her shirt!)
Ha ha, as I type this, finally, a feeble little contraction! ??? If I've had others today, they've been mild or I've been busy enough I didn't notice. With my second it was kind of like that... I must have been having them, but didn't know it.
Popcorn did the trick for our first. The second I don't know what it was but almost didn't make it. I kept thinking about the first and didn't get into a hurry. Was shaving and MIL came in and said I had better get a move on or we would be having this one at home. About 30 min drive to the hospital and the water broke 1/2 way there. The second was born before I got back from admitting office. That was cutting it a little close. My last two was an all day thing which resulted in C section for both after about 12 hrs for each in labor. But I didn't feel a thing either time. ;D ;D
Time to serve that lazy baby an eviction notice! heh
[noidea' Still waiting on this kiddo. Last night, the baby was super active (I'm guessing that all that walking all over the zoo just lulled him/her to sleep?) I had a few strong contractions in the early hours this morning and got up and moved to the recliner somewhere around 5 o'clock. I'm hoping this one is more like our "rocket baby" first daughter in labor and delivery. It was so fast that I don't remember that much about it being painful. The second one was not so fast, 13 hours after the doctor decided to break my water without first giving pitocin or anything. A week earlier, I'd been dilated to a five and almost fully effaced, but the day the doc decided to deliver the baby because I was sick, I was only at a 3 and she'd moved back up because she wasn't ready to come out. I spent most of that 13 hours at a 3-4, and then the last part from 4-10 to baby was probably less than one hour total, which just goes to show me that if she'd been ready to come out in the first place, it wouldn't have been such a hard labor. Mom and Grandma both had really fast labors... in fact, Grandma had one of the girls in the hallway, but I forget whether it was my mom or my aunt. Let's see... today maybe I can go find a bumpy road to ride up and down for a while, but the only problem is the gas money it'll take to get away from the suburban sprawl. Maybe I can just go to the grocery store and speed up and down the parking lot over their speed bumps instead? d*
;D I have what feels like shin splints today from walking around in bad shoes at the zoo yesterday. Should've worn tennis shoes, but the others were so much cooler. At my doc's appointment yesterday morning, at least I haven't gained any weight in the last three visits, which is usually when the baby is putting on the most weight. I am really hoping that maybe this one is just taking some of my fat deposits for itself but not getting too big, either.
HT,
The rate this baby is going, he/she will come out with a full set of teeth and a college education..... :)
gee willikers, no baby yet? Should be today for sure, I'd think ??? Your labor with the 2nd baby sounds like my labors... fairly hard contractions but not much happening, then all of a sudden, within a few minutes, actually, I went from 4 - 10 & felt like I had to push - told the nurse who had just examined me a few minutes earlier & she said you can't be pushing yet, I just checked you, I insisted I felt like pushing - so she begrudgingly checked me again & said, "oh, you are fully dilated, I better notify the doctor & get you ready!" But then, I ended up pushing for 2 hours on both, they started pitocin on the 2nd son to try & speed things up, had to break the water on both... they were about going to take me for a C-section & I guess that scared them out of me! :D Neither had dropped so guess that's why it took so long & they were fairly big. The same thing happened with my daughter-in-law. She wasn't moving much - both babies were induced - finally I said "do you want to pray" (she was at 3) After we prayed, within the hour, she'd delivered! That's what happened with my 2nd son - had just prayed because things were dragging on so long & then, viola, I was ready to have him!
Well then pray for me, too! ;D With both of the girls, my doc was threatening to do c-sections if I didn't have them by such-and-such times. Like you, I think they made the deadlines because it scared them out of me! This doc seems way less likely to intervene unnecessarily. I've been praying for this one to hurry up so that the doc won't induce, but I think it definitely helps to have other people praying for it too!
My kids are really wild today, so my luck it would be today when they're busy fighting over their imaginary games and pestering each other to death. DD3 told me to do jumping jacks and maybe it would help. Seems like I spent all morning breaking up fights and tending battle scars... this after they both dogpiled on me in the recliner this morning. With all the noise out of the two of them, could be the baby just hears the chaos and figures it is better to stay put where there is at least some sound insulation. ???
That could be it, HG! I've been saying little prayers for you... have your husband & kids lay hands on you & pray for you :)
I will do that... they've been praying every day, but it's high time to get more specific! I am not sure that what I'm having this afternoon is really contractions or what... it feels like someone's lassoed me just under the ribs with a cable and cinched it up tight and then is pulling it downward. My lower and middle back are really achy too, but I don't have that feeling that I'm being wrung out like a wet towel (pitocin contractions.) Standing up quickly is enough to knock the wind out of me, and my belly feels so tight that I almost feel like I can't inhale to the fullest anyway. It relaxes periodically and I can breathe deeper. I had the AC cranked up until I noticed that the kids were sitting in the floor wrapped in quilts to play a board game, so I checked the outside temperature and it is only 74, so I turned the AC back down and will just sweat it out for a while... the kids were obviously freezing though they hadn't complained. The craziest thing is that I looked in the mirror earlier, and from the front, I don't even look pregnant... chubby, yes, but not pregnant. From the side, it is comical just HOW pregnant I do look. DH was joking yesterday about being able to set stuff on my belly like a side table. I tried to use the laptop as a laptop today only to discover I don't have enough lap for it, and it is too hot to set on top of my belly (not to mention I can't read with it that close.) I can still reach my feet, which I consider nearly miraculous. I think I spent the last two months of the previous pregnancies barefoot because I could not reach my feet. I can still get up and down out of the bathtub, which is another miracle of this pregnancy. I think tub baths were out of the question by seven months in the past because I couldn't get back out after I got in... it was just too clumsy. And, another blessing to count, unless my BP goes up drastically during labor and delivery, I probably won't even need a new glasses prescription after this baby is born (my eyes changed with both of the girls.)
I'm of the school that says it will come out when it's ready.
Long before doctors became gods, Piltdown woman squatted in her cave and gave birth naturally to our ancestors. d* [crz][rofl2]
Quote from: glenn kangiser on May 16, 2008, 05:27:16 PM
I'm of the school that says it will come out when it's ready.
Long before doctors became gods, Piltdown woman squatted in her cave and gave birth naturally to our ancestors. d* [crz][rofl2]
I'll bet she still got a bill from the Doctor! rofl rofl rofl
Yup, probably with a bunch of unaccounted for charges totalling more than $300 for a 10 minute office visit.
Hmm hmm No bites, eh, Homegrown. I wanted the creationist lecture so I was yankin yer chain a bit. heh Oh well-- I think she's onto me. [crz]
I could've sworn that I'd replied to this in the middle of the night last night, but guess I'm losing it from lack of sleep? ??? Glenn, I just wasn't sure which soap box to get up on for sure... there was the whole creationist young earth thing, and then there was the health care business/ highway robbery direction I could take, and then there was the whole "what business is it of anyone's if I have a baby at home" slant, and so on and so forth. Maybe it was just all the choices of lectures I could begin that wore me out and I never actually hit reply? And of course, there's the general crabby pregnant woman rant, which I could set off on at any given moment... I almost started it at breakfast when I'd just scrubbed down the table and chairs and the floor underneath and put on a clean table cloth to watch my 3YO smear peanut butter on the hem of the table cloth five minutes later.
At 11:30 last night, one of my DDs was sleepwalking and apparently thought she was in the bathroom. She'd lifted up a piece of a giant floor puzzle like the toilet lid, and was squatting down beside her sister's bed when I caught her, and when I picked her up to rush her to the bathroom, she peed all over me :P This is a kid who has never once wet the bed, and hasn't had an accident since she was potty trained. Of course, the commotion didn't disturb DH's sleep one bit... or for that matter the sleepwalking DD's. I bathed her, changed her and put her back to bed, all without her ever waking up. Then I had to go take another shower myself and change. Blah! This morning she was helping me do laundry and said, "Mama, did I put my cherry jammies in the dirty clothes?" She remembered that she'd been wearing them when she went to bed, so I questioned her a bit, and she had absolutely no recollection about last night's capers. (For this reason, I keep wind chimes on the front and back door knobs so that if they ever sleepwalk outside, I can catch them before they get too far.)
So you're still here, huh, Homey. hmm
Guess I better take it easy on you. I have about the same views as you - was just trying to keep you on your toes. ;D
Tough job but somebody's got to do it.
We drove to Crescent, OK tonight so that we could say we'd been there. Drove out to see how far it is and to look at 80 acres I found a listing for. It's got a shop with electric and a well with no pump, and the whole perimeter is fenced. Pretty nice looking place and kind of in the boonies... the kind of place I'd like to live. We stopped back in the town to eat at what appears to be the only cafe there, a place called "The Chuck Wagon Grill". DH ordered a steak, which was excellent. I ordered half a fried chicken and got okra, salad, and toast to boot. If I'd known how huge it would be, I wouldn't have ordered anything for the kids. They ended up eating some of the chicken, as did DH, and there was no way to finish the mountain of okra, either. Service was good and the prices were good, and the food was really good. My chicken dinner only cost $5 (yep, $5 even.) DH's was a little more. We had a cup of coffee and all four of us split one lemon bar for dessert. Everyone in there was friendly, and we came out into a beautiful early summer evening and the smell of honeysuckle... life is good. I'm hoping all that grease and coffee will do something to get labor going, ha ha.
Is it summer already? I can't keep up- d*
Was up most of the night with contractions in my back, but no baby yet.... think things are progressing, though. Have decided that we're not going to church this morning because I don't think I can sit still that long.
Argh. Still no baby. Was up all night again, couldn't sleep to save my life. Still having contractions, but they don't ever seem to get really painful painful... just uncomfortable, and since both of the others were induced, I'm not really sure what a "normal" contraction feels like. Haven't eaten much of anything in two days because just don't feel like it and don't want to be really full when the baby does come (I do remember getting sick during transition with baby#2.) Thought sure we were going to be making a trip to the hospital last night... went to bed with contractions coming between 3-7 minutes apart for quite a while (from 5PM-around 10 PM) but then they stopped for a few hours and then started back this morning. I even made the kids sleep in decent clothes in case we had to haul them to the truck in the middle of the night. (Also, I wouldn't let them take their hair down out of braids because I didn't want DH trying to comb it while I was in labor just to get it out of their eyes....) My mom is pestering me to death calling 20x a day to "see if anything's happening". (She always times it perfectly, too, like when I'm in the bathroom or just as we sit down to eat, or while I'm trying to check out at the grocery store or get the kids to bed.... ;) )
Hmmmm, you've gone this long, might as well put it off until the 6th and my new grandson will be here. We can all have a party! d*
rofl You're funny Peter. I'd end up with a half grown child instead of a baby! I'm really hoping for today... feeling pretty lousy this morning and the only thing I can think of that would make me feel any better is to get this kiddo OUT! My kids both woke up and asked where the baby was because they fully expected to go to the hospital during the night too. Yesterday we were out walking and I would have to stop and lean on something or hold on to my husband's shoulder to catch my breath every time that one of the contractions would hit. It sort of has me wondering if I am already somewhat in active labor but don't recognize it because the contractions are different than the ones when you're given pitocin? They are strong although not really painful (unless I keep moving during one!) I can tell that the baby is even lower this morning... may end up having that home birth I wanted, although unplanned.
I bet you are at the point that you do not care who helps you deliver this baby, as long as they help you get this child out.....
Absolutely! I told the doctor last week that I hoped to make it to the hospital in time for someone to catch the baby, but that by that time I wouldn't care whether it was actually her or the receptionist at the admitting desk. It's funny... I'm nowhere near as big as I was with the older two, and overall it has been an easier pregnancy than either of the previous ones, yet I've still reached that point. One of my neighbors was laughing at me yesterday as I rounded the block again. She asked when I was due and when I told her last week, she cracked up and said, "No wonder I see you walking everywhere!" I think that this time around, maybe we're too prepared. The house is in order, the baby stuff is all set up, etc. With both of the girls, it seemed like it "snuck up" on us even though I was to the "get her out now!" stage and we were overwhelmed by the fact that when they got here we almost didn't know what to do with them. DD#1 came on Christmas Eve, and I remember coming home in the snow and setting her down on the couch by the Christmas tree, and she was looking at me with that intense gaze, and DH said, "NOW what do we do?" With DD#2, when we got her home, it was so hot, and we didn't have AC, I remember stripping her down to nothing but a cloth diaper to keep her cool enough, and trying to get the crib set back up before she outgrew the cradle.
This morning DH suggested that I call the doctor and see what she thinks about the contractions, etc. I am not yet desperate enough to let her induce me chemically, though I have thought about the whole castor oil thing more than once. :o I have a feeling that she'd say, "Yeah, come on in and I'm sure that once we get you going, you'd have that baby in a matter of an hour or two." I've heard that story before with DD#2, and it didn't happen quite like my doc planned. I just hope that if it is going to happen today, it happens either well in advance, or well after rush hour. The road between here and the hospital is really congested from a few minutes before 5 PM until about 5:45, and it seems like that is the time that the contractions always seem to start. This morning I was doing everything from jumping jacks to Latin dancing trying to get things going. ::) I know, scarring mental image....
Quote from: Homegrown Tomatoes on May 19, 2008, 11:41:46 AM
Absolutely! I told the doctor last week that I hoped to make it to the hospital in time for someone to catch the baby, but that by that time I wouldn't care whether it was actually her or the receptionist at the admitting desk. It's funny... I'm nowhere near as big as I was with the older two, and overall it has been an easier pregnancy than either of the previous ones, yet I've still reached that point. One of my neighbors was laughing at me yesterday as I rounded the block again. She asked when I was due and when I told her last week, she cracked up and said, "No wonder I see you walking everywhere!" I think that this time around, maybe we're too prepared. The house is in order, the baby stuff is all set up, etc. With both of the girls, it seemed like it "snuck up" on us even though I was to the "get her out now!" stage and we were overwhelmed by the fact that when they got here we almost didn't know what to do with them. DD#1 came on Christmas Eve, and I remember coming home in the snow and setting her down on the couch by the Christmas tree, and she was looking at me with that intense gaze, and DH said, "NOW what do we do?" With DD#2, when we got her home, it was so hot, and we didn't have AC, I remember stripping her down to nothing but a cloth diaper to keep her cool enough, and trying to get the crib set back up before she outgrew the cradle.
This morning DH suggested that I call the doctor and see what she thinks about the contractions, etc. I am not yet desperate enough to let her induce me chemically, though I have thought about the whole castor oil thing more than once. :o I have a feeling that she'd say, "Yeah, come on in and I'm sure that once we get you going, you'd have that baby in a matter of an hour or two." I've heard that story before with DD#2, and it didn't happen quite like my doc planned. I just hope that if it is going to happen today, it happens either well in advance, or well after rush hour. The road between here and the hospital is really congested from a few minutes before 5 PM until about 5:45, and it seems like that is the time that the contractions always seem to start. This morning I was doing everything from jumping jacks to Latin dancing trying to get things going. ::) I know, scarring mental image....
That's your problem....Too Prepared. Our first was a month early, the house was a mess and I hadn't paid the electric bill that month yet (Back then I always paid on the disconnect notice). I had just finished talking to my grandmother and telling her "Not for another month".
I hung up and was told to get the car. That was about 10:00 PM. The baby came about 3:00.
I came home to straighten up the next evening (They kept them for three days then) and the power was off. Went and paid the bill and cleaned up the next day. The day after, they came home and never knew.
Second one, we had all ready by the due date. She came two weeks late. The girls are always late and never change. [slap]
That's like my equipment trailer. If I carry a spare tire I will never have a flat. If I put on a new tire it will get destroyed by a rock but the bald cracked rotted one will last forever.
Yup -- too much preparation. - you got it, Peter.
Well, had contractions every four minutes all afternoon and evening, so I finally went in to the hospital around 8:30. I'm a little concerned about the hospital... it smelled just like a dead rat. :P Anyway, it is just after midnight, and they sent me home because nothing was happening. Oh, I'm still having contractions, but they're not doing much, so I was glad to get out of there. If the rest of the hospital beds in that hospital are as uncomfortable as the triage room, I may make a run for it, anyway. I could barely walk by the time I got out of the darn thing. The nurse acted freaked out because I seemed to be running a low grade temperature (99 degrees) but then it was just really hot today, and I was burning up even in the well-ventilated hospital gown. I hate hospitals. Not looking forward to having to go back there.
You know, I got to thinking this morning that we're right down the road from two really really nice hospitals... If I just wait until the baby is about to pop out, I could just show up at their ER and they'd have to help me. Seeing (and smelling) how dirty the hospital I'm supposed to deliver at is last night made me really leery of having a baby there, and i'm not even a germ-phobe in the least. Nobody washed their hands!!! Gross!!! The RN (seemingly the only nurse on duty all night) was walking around with a sample of someone's urine in her hands while she's directing us to a room and getting me a hospital gown to change into. She set it down about three or four times in the triage room, including on my table. Plus the poor thing seemed to have been born without a personality. Now I'm really hoping that labor comes on so hard and fast that I get to deliver at home. Even the on call doctor didn't wash his hands, but he also didn't touch me or walk around carrying a cup of pee.
Sounds like a plan!
I have a gut feeling, it's going to be tonight. Just run down to one of the better hospitals and go for it. ;)
Hope you're right, Peter. My realtor here is betting on today, too, because it's her birthday. My mom kept saying Tuesday of last week and now she's saying this Tuesday. We'll see. :)
QuoteThe RN (seemingly the only nurse on duty all night) was walking around with a sample of someone's urine in her hands while she's directing us to a room and getting me a hospital gown to change into. She set it down about three or four times in the triage room, including on my table.
Hope she was more with it than I was this morning.
I mixed some water and vinegar in my coffee cup for ants then forgot and took a good sip of it. d*
rofl rofl At least it was just vinegar and water in your case, Glenn! I had a friend in college who went home for the weekend and wasn't quite awake one morning when he grabbed his dad's Bengay off the sink and put it on his toothbrush and started brushing. He was about halfway through before he noticed it tasted weird and his mouth started burning uncontrollably. Even when he got back to campus Sunday night his lips were all swollen up and he looked like someone had popped him in the mouth.
No baby yet today... just a long waiting game and I am tired beyond belief... really hope to get a good night's sleep tonight because I don't think i can handle it if I go into labor right now.
Quote from: Homegrown Tomatoes on May 20, 2008, 08:26:12 PM
No baby yet today... just a long waiting game and I am tired beyond belief... really hope to get a good night's sleep tonight because I don't think i can handle it if I go into labor right now.
Hang in there, your almost there. I remember me and my wife feeling that same way with our second one. Just exhausted the entire last week; I remember telling my wife we'll sleep after the baby gets here. Lets just focus on that first. HA! we didn't "sleep" for another year.
Don't think I've slept since the first was born about 5 1/2 years ago. But there is a difference in sleeping lightly or getting up a time or two a night with kids and being awake ALL night. I didn't sleep much at all until after 3 this morning when I moved to the recliner. Before then, every time I'd doze off, my hands would fall asleep. Got a doctor's appointment this afternoon where I plan to tell her what I think of the triage area of the hospital... I seriously think it scared me out of labor. When the nurse got done hooking up all the monitors and junk and left, I seriously had thoughts of ripping them all off, getting dressed and getting the heck out of there. Even worse when the doctor on duty came in to see me and it was an Indonesian man I'd met in college... I don't go to male doctors, and was a little freaked out that they even sent one in to dismiss me from the hospital. Nothing to make you relax and have a baby like being stripped from the waist down and covered only in a thin white sheet under glaring fluorescent lights and then having the door left wide open to the hallway, and total strangers walking in and out! And the room was PINK of all colors... pink is great in flowers and sunsets, but on walls it makes me want to puke.
By the way, Muldoon, I feel your pain... I'm trying really hard not to keep DH awake at night just because I can't sleep. Thankfully this time I've not had any leg cramps to speak of, so I haven't been randomly flogging him in the middle of the night with vague pleadings of, "Leg!! Leg!!" I'm really glad we got that recliner... that way I can get up and move in there and let him get a decent night's sleep.
>:( Well, got to the doctor's office today and she sprang a surprise on me. I have a choice of being induced tomorrow morning OR she is leaving to Vancouver for the weekend and won't be back until Sunday night. There is no female doctor or midwife to fill in for her, so I would have to be attended by a male physician I've never met if I go into labor before she gets back... my chances would be just about as good if I really did show up at the ER of another hospital. So, then she calls over to labor and delivery to see if they can work in an induction tomorrow for me. Turns out, they're full, so I can either go into labor on my own tonight and they have to squeeze me in, OR they'll call me at 6 AM and let me know if they have a "slot" so I can come in and be induced (if one of the women currently in labor has her baby OR if one of the other inductees gets "processed" fast enough), which is exactly what I'd hoped to avoid in the first place. [frus] [frus] [frus] [noidea' What kind of choice is that really?? I sometimes hate the so-called "miracle" of modern medicine... it is about as miraculous as fast food and assembly lines. I'm aggravated enough that I might just go into labor on my own tonight.
The last thread of freedom falls to the busy doctor -- the freedom for a child to have a natural birthday. d*
Maybe even if they do call and tell me they have a slot in the morning I'll just say no... and take my chances showing up at another ER?
If it's ready it will come out but you get to decide - doctors convenience or when it's time. :)
Since we haven't heard anything, I assume we have a little Net Nephew or Niece Now! :)
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since she hasn't posted all day that would be my guess too. Prayers sent, (although I felt funny praying for Homegrown tomatoes since I don't know her real name :) ) anyway, I figured god would figure it out. Get some rest girl, post pictures when you can.
Quote from: muldoon on May 22, 2008, 06:59:05 PM
since she hasn't posted all day that would be my guess too. Prayers sent, (although I felt funny praying for Homegrown tomatoes since I don't know her real name :) ) anyway, I figured god would figure it out. Get some rest girl, post pictures when you can.
I think God's pretty good at that muldoon! :)
She gave us a link to her Kitchen remodel album along with other albums there so I'm pretty sure she won't mind if you have a look. Very nice growing family.
http://homegrowntomatoes.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?mkt=en-US&partner=Live.Spaces
I can't wait to find out what HT had.... :)
Quote from: StinkerBell on May 23, 2008, 05:52:09 PM
I can't wait to find out what HT had.... :)
I'm betting it's a boy!
Quote from: glenn kangiser on May 22, 2008, 07:21:40 PM
She gave us a link to her Kitchen remodel album along with other albums there so I'm pretty sure she won't mind if you have a look. Very nice growing family.
http://homegrowntomatoes.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?mkt=en-US&partner=Live.Spaces
From her blog.
December 26
Welcome
Hi! All.
Please have fun and leave some comments.
Lyon and Michelle
Quote from: StinkerBell on May 23, 2008, 05:52:09 PM
I can't wait to find out what HT had.... :)
...a baby?
Yup, you guessed it! Baby got here Thursday at 2:48 in the afternoon. An 8 lb. 1 oz. girl named Sylvia. She is starving right now, or thinks she is, so I can't post much. I'll post a picture as soon as I remember how and have a few seconds to do so. I was pretty contrary at the hospital and didn't need so much as a tylenol. She was born SO fast it was unreal. I think I only had two or three really strong contractions before she was born and couldn't even process it when she actually came out... I'm still feeling great, and she's doing really well, too.
Congratulations, HG! w* to Sylvia :) So, how long was it you were in the hospital before you had the baby? Sounds like you made it in time...
Glad everything came out OK, Homey. hmm :)
You were in our thoughts. Get your rest and post when you can.
Congratulations HG! :) Even if I was wrong about my guess. d*
Congratulations. We are happy for your new addition. :)
OK, let me try to remember how to post a picture or two...
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Again, she is fussing for something to eat, or maybe she just wants me to hold her, but I just wanted to say thanks for all the prayers and the congratulations. Let me just say that the way everything worked out was completely by the grace of God. We got a call at 5:45 in the morning on Thursday to come in for an induction (so that it wouldn't be a total stranger, and a guy at that, delivering the baby.) Things were kind of slow at the hospital because they had so many deliveries going on when I got there (all the docs trying to get out of town for the holiday weekend.) Anyway, they had barely even started a pitocin drip when things really took off (and I mean barely... they had the lowest dose possible going.) My water broke and within a minute or two (OK, maybe six, because I had a total of three contractions before I was complete and ready to push) I had DH call mom and the kids and tell them they'd best get down there if they wanted to get there in time for the baby to be born... well, they'd only made it a block or two from the house before she was born. The doc, med student, and nurses were down the hall trying to convince a woman on stadol and an epidural that she could in fact go through with childbirth, and things progressed really fast in my room where I went from reading a book to ordering my husband around ("rub my feet, no! my back, fan! fan!") and after the third such contraction, I told him, "Call the nurse now because I need to push this baby out!" he looked at me like I was nuts, but did exactly as he was told. The med student and a nurse came hustling in, and the poor med student went pale when the nurse told her to grab and gown and suit up because the doctor hadn't gotten there yet. They didn't have time to remove the end of the bed or anything... the med student sat down on the end of the bed (in part, I'm sure, to keep from fainting) and the doctor raced in and coached her through the delivery (which she did almost entirely without help... her first one, and she handled it like a pro even though she was scared to death.) In less than five minutes, Sylvia was out...and all without the unnecessary interventions that they had planned on doing (they had all the internal monitors out and ready to use, but never got a chance, ha ha!) It was the best labor and delivery yet, even though she was the biggest of my girls... and the doc and nurses were all in shock that not only did I not have anything for pain, I didn't even have a chance to holler or yell at them or anything. I had such a runner's high that I shook for about three hours after she was born, but then they packed us up and moved us down the hall to one of their cush recovery rooms that is like a swanky hotel room. ;D Anyway, Sylvia is healthy and cute and is keeping me from getting any sleep (something she was already doing, anyway.) Her sisters think she is pretty nifty, although the younger one is still just a little bit disappointed that she wasn't a boy. I think they would have let me go home with her sooner than 24 hours IF they could have found a doctor to check us all out. As it was, we didn't get home until yesterday around suppertime. You can also see the web nursery pictures at saintsok.com in their Joyful Beginnings section.
Way to go HT & Sylvia. How is DW on the ordeal? It is always good if you don't know what you are having. Didn't know on any of my four. Wouldn't have it any other way now. Hope she doesn't get the days and nights mixed up. Hard to tell for about the first 2-4 weeks as they are up eating most of the time.
Congratulations Homegrown....I'm so thrilled for your whole family. A warm welcome to Sylvia.
Christina
Wow, last night she slept really well. She slept three hours and then woke up to eat and squawk at me, and then she went back to sleep for four hours, which is great for a 2-day old breastfed baby. I'm also feeling great... I won't be running a marathon this week, but am definitely up for a good long walk with DH and the kids. c* DH has been great at helping me around the house and cooking. Today he is making meokkuk (Korean seaweed soup), which Korean women have to eat for a month after giving birth. We'll just have it for a day or two because his mom chewed him out on the phone the other day when she found out he hadn't made any yet. It is good, but don't think I'd really wanna eat it for a month! The seaweed acts as an anti-coagulant, so there actually is a good reason to eat it after giving birth as it can prevent blood clots.
In other good news, I stepped on the scale to find out that I weigh a little less than I did before getting pregnant...woohoo!
If you want to see any more pics, DH has posted some at: http://homegrowntomatoes.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!40738DEF940814BD!594/
Lots of cute pix! She's gonna get a lot of love, looks like :) Congrats on the weight loss - doesn't happen too often after childbirth that you weigh less 8) Sounds like things are going well...
CONGRATS!
Woo Hoooooo!
Just got back from the farm....
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Very Good News HG. Hope you, baby, and family are doing well!! *flowers*
Sparks
;D we're all doing great, thanks. She is a really good baby, which makes it even better.
The other night my oldest was holding the baby and was asking about why her umbilical cord hadn't fallen off yet and so forth, and I told her it was because she was still a newborn. She thought about it for a little while and said, "Well...when it falls off, does that mean she's an old-born?"
Thoughtful.