Yay! same here. So glad everything went well. Congrats MindiV. That's must of been quite a suprise to have your water break out of the blue with no contrctions and very little pain.
Things are better over here. More of my family has started contactin me (about time) and they've been pretty suportive. it's nice to know I'm not going to be left high and dry to deal with the fallout after all is said and done. it makes things a little less scary. I want to thank all of your for your words of support. It's nice to come talk here and not be judged. I wish more peopple could be more suportive, I don't know why that's so hard.
Suddenly very aggravated!!! I don't know what's going on with me. But the past few days I've felt nothing but frustration. I think i'm finally ready for this to be over.
Like this morning, even though we did nothing all weekend, I was so tired I passed out on the sofa and couldn't help DF with the morning chores. He woke me up and got me in bed where I slept for 3 hours before becoming so uncomfortable that I had a dream I got up to use the bathroom and I saw in th mirror that my baby droppped so low, i didn't even look pregnant anymore. It was so painful. So I woke up right then and was instantly wide wake and after laying there for another hour before getting up.
So now i'm cleaning to pass the time. Maybe I'll get sleepy again soon.
Sakai- It'll be oevr soon enough. Glad to hear your family is being supportive! And definitely rest as you need to.
Mindi- Congrats!! She is a big girl! Happy to hear that all went well and dh is helping out more. Don't give up on your milk. It's frustrating though. We've had to switch to formula completely because the most I can get in one day is 4 ounces no matter how often I pump/feed.
Manda- What a sweet picture of your family. He is gorgous =]
This morning I pumped a lot, like 4 ounces, but that was after not doing anything all night long except attempting to feed her around 11 pm. She ate from each breast for about 30 minutes then was starving and we had to give her a bottle. Anyway, after 4 ounces this morning early, I pumped again after three hours. Got about 1.5 ounces total. Three hours later....left breast got NOTHING and right got less than an ounce. All afternoon I didn't get to pump, then tonight I got right at 2 ounces total in 15 minutes.
My doctor called me this evening to check in (one major perk of a small town), and told me to be sure I'm eating and drinking enough and to make it priority to pump every three hours to keep the supply going. It's SO hard to remember to do anything with a newborn. I mean, I'm lucky to eat at all a lot of times, much less eat a LOT and make sure it's healthy. I had the baby and was in the hospital on "grocery shopping weekend" too, so we're rapidly running out of food anyway. Gotta send DH to the store (30 miles away) ASAP. But he's off 'til Tuesday now, so things may get better. He'll at least be able to give me my water bottle when it gets left across the room and I'm feeding a baby, and make me remember to eat!!
This morning I pumped a lot, like 4 ounces, but that was after not doing anything all night long except attempting to feed her around 11 pm. She ate from each breast for about 30 minutes then was starving and we had to give her a bottle. Anyway, after 4 ounces this morning early, I pumped again after three hours. Got about 1.5 ounces total. Three hours later....left breast got NOTHING and right got less than an ounce. All afternoon I didn't get to pump, then tonight I got right at 2 ounces total in 15 minutes.
My doctor called me this evening to check in (one major perk of a small town), and told me to be sure I'm eating and drinking enough and to make it priority to pump every three hours to keep the supply going. It's SO hard to remember to do anything with a newborn. I mean, I'm lucky to eat at all a lot of times, much less eat a LOT and make sure it's healthy. I had the baby and was in the hospital on "grocery shopping weekend" too, so we're rapidly running out of food anyway. Gotta send DH to the store (30 miles away) ASAP. But he's off 'til Tuesday now, so things may get better. He'll at least be able to give me my water bottle when it gets left across the room and I'm feeding a baby, and make me remember to eat!!
Mindi - what you can express from a machine is not what the baby can get. Put the baby on the breast frequently - like FREQUENTLY. Both my babies nursed every hour to 90 minutes in the beginning and then would nurse for 30 minutes to an hour at a time. That natural sucking of the baby is much more efficient at getting the milk to come in than pumping with a machine. Believe me.
No pacifiers, if she wants to suck, put her on the breast.
Went in for the 3 hour glucose test, and failed the FASTING test--my fasting blood sugar was so high combined with my high blood sugar the last time meant I have gestational diabetes. I texted my family, one of my new (2nd time) moms here, DF and best friend (who is a nurse). My best friend called me almost immediately in the "ready to console you" mode, but honestly I've known I had GD or at least been borderline so I didn't really need consoling. For this week, I will be monitoring my blood sugar five times a day (poor little sore fingers). At my next dr visit next Thursday they will check my blood sugar log and see if I can keep regulating my blood sugar levels on my own with diet and exercise, or if I'm just a person who has naturally high blood sugar levels. If I can maintain safe levels, they will not add any more medication. If I can't, they will go to the insulin pill first and then daily insulin shots as the last measure.
I'm hoping that I don't have the preggo trifecta: high BP, GD, AND pre-eclampsia/eclampsia. I dodged morning sickness, so maybe this is the trade off. *shrug* I can already tick off high BP, GD, and obesity for this pregnancy. Probably shouldn't consider future children until I get back to a healthy lifestyle, although this was a good time to have this one because I was eating healthy and losing weight before this baby came. Definitely already had the "post baby birth control" talk with my doctor, I think he was a little surprised I was so well informed. My only question was "which can I start the soonest, nuvaring or mirena?" (4-6 for nuva, 6-8 for mirena, in case you wanted to know!)
I am also being stressed out majorly because I am helping a doctor/friend do a study for a supplement that he created. He texts, calls, or emails me DAILY to ask where the results are (and someone on his staff calls or emails me about every 3-4 days). I enjoy being his friend, but I hate the fact that he is hounding me so much. He broke down and told me some personal things that were motivating him to start this study, so now that the "testing" part is done, the "results" part needs to be compiled/written. However, he had a team of people helping him with the testing (3-5 at least); *I* am the only person doing the data compilation/data analysis/paper writing but I don't think he gets that. >< I work 10 times slower because I am 1/5 of the people working at 1/2 of the speed.
EDIT: I may also be working at Motherhood Maternity next week. Which would be awesome because I need new pregnancy pants and bras very badly.
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I've been having contractions for about 9 hours now. They've stuck at 9-10 minutes apart for about 7 hours. DH went to work around 8:30, and I'm just doing my thing waiting for things to progress. Hopefully this will be baby weekend for us!
I'm glad you're feeling good. That second tri can definitely be a nice time. I'm still having contractions. Still about 10 minutes apart, but getting more painful as the day goes on. I'm hoping it's the real deal, I'm very ready to be done.
MindiV I love the pictures! she so tiny and snuggly!
Binaca- Sucks that you failed the test. but at least now you know and can now do something to help it. good luck. I would hate to have to get the shots too.
Gale- Sounds like the real deal to me. Are the pains getting closer?
sacha- Hi! welcome. I remember being 19 week and thinking this pregnacy was going to take forever...trust me...it goes fast, enjoy it while you can.
As for me. - i can't sleep anymore. This is the 3rd day I've lived off of 3-4 hour naps. My carple tunnle in both arms/ hands makes it hard to get comfy, and for some strange reason as soon as i lay down my bely starts to ache something awful. i think this is the root of my aggravation. I keep feeling I need to do something and i'm just pacing the house.
I want to go for a walk but it's 100+ degrees outside and i'm getting horrible hip and thigh cramps and it makes me nervious to go out alone.
Otherwise, no sign of labor yet, baby still hasn't seemed to of dropped, though her head is down, no mucus plug. Now I see why women sometimes feel they are going to be pregnant forever.
Yep, more pain and closer together. When I'm walking they're 4-5 minutes apart, when I'm laying/sitting they're 7-8. We have to leave for the hospital when they're about 6 minutes apart since it takes us about an hour to get there. Here's hoping!
