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Jess are you taking the metformin with food? It can help reduce the side effects, don’t take it on an empty stomach! A lot of people find extended release rather than the regular version is easier on the stomach as well.

Fern I hope the monitoring goes well!

I’m counting down to my next scan and consultant appointment on Monday. Gutted that I still have to go alone even though they started letting women bring partners to 12 and 20 week scans a couple of months ago. I’m so nervous about it and not having support there is hard!
 
Fern - I hope the monitoring goes well.

I've also missed a number of days/hours at work due to appointments... but thankfully my work has been pretty understanding. However, I'm only at work 2 days this week and I still have to run out this afternoon for a doctors appointment.. wish I could get the days I have off to work with appointments but I'll take what I can get. I'm going to get the Whooping Cough vaccine today (should have gone 2 weeks ago but completely forgot to call for an appointment)... but I figure, I'd rather my work be annoyed with me leaving for an hour then for baby to get sick down the road because I didn't go get the vaccination.

Jess - I hope the medication side effects settle down soon.

Night sweats anyone?? I woke up 3 or 4 times last night with my t-shirt soaked through. I remember night sweats postpartum but not in 3rd trimester before. Even though my bedroom has a nice big overhead fan going and it's not hot in the house, I still seem to wake most nights very sweaty, yuck.
 
Joanna no I haven't had any leakage yet. I'd be shocked if i do. I never leak, even once my milk comes in. Well, I did have a small leak with my 1st when she would cry and my boob was out. That's seriously all I've ever had.

I'm glad they are supportive of a VBAC. I will do what's necessary but hoping to avoid a CS.

Fern my South African twin :) that's prett interesting how much we resemble each other.

I've thought about buying one of those necklaces before but never have. Glad you got one and a good price :)

Sorry your shower was a bit of a let down. I hate that your friend is acting like that. Hope she will apologize or confide to you why she's being distant. Also, G's comment about the baby shower

Co yay for bug's continued growth. How was your shower? Moving?

Victoria thinking of you and baby Leo.

Pine glad it wasn't labor. It is tough, the last month especially. You are getting to close to being considered early term!


AFM closed on our house and we made an offer on some land last night. Waiting for a response. Really hoping we can meet in the middle, but time will tell.

Work has been busy and increased appts. All is going smoothly though and midwife mentioned I might want to consider a"light" induction due to my fast labors and distance from hospital. Not sure yet. I think I will if I'm group B strep positive but otherwise I think I'll let things pan out naturally. Said if all was well I can be discharged after 24 hours after delivery. So FX!

Anyways, better get back to work.
 
Joanna - nightsweats, totally! One of the reasons that nights are so uncomfortable these days :( I already sleep naked and I still wake up hot and sweaty several times a night.

Flueky - that is soo exciting about closing on your house & making an offer on a land! Wish we were already at that point as well! :)

Sooo... Updates!

I had my 36 week scan yesterday - baby boy is fortunately still measuring in the 75th percentile (was slightly afraid he might be in the 90th again), and looking perfect and healthy in every aspect. The ultrasound doc said he's in a very good position for birth, in his final position and VERY far down in my pelvis.

Then I saw my doctor today and he checked my cervix length - 1cm! Which is what it usually is before labour starts. So that was exciting! He said he would be surprised if baby didn't show up within the next 7 days. I'm not dilated yet which disappointed me a little, but doc said that doesn't mean anything and could change quickly.

If baby doesn't come next week, I have an appointment with doc at 21st of September (would be 38+2 by then) where he'll do a membrane sweep to get labor going! He said it'll most likely work since my body + cervix seem to be ready. He also said that they don't let women go beyond 39 weeks at their hospital at the moment due to covid.

It's so crazy, exciting and surreal to know that he'll likely be here by next week, and even if not, that he'll be here after I get my membrane sweep on the 21st - eleven days! Holy shit. This is nuts :)
 
Pine berry - OMG your so close! I’m so excited for you... 11 days seems so soon! I can’t wait to start seeing all the birth announcements rolling in. My doctor said she’d do a sweep around 38 weeks too, I’m just hoping I make it another week... my daughter born at 36 weeks was perfect, just skinny. So I’m happy to make it to 36 weeks.

Flueky - good luck on the house closings. I’ll be getting the Group B strep test next week... I had it with my 2nd pregnancy... and hoping I don’t have it again. It just makes for more inconvenience, especially considering I’m a VBAC so I’ve already got to get to the hospital right as labour starts. Let’s hope we both have good labour’s that aren’t too quick but not long either lol.
 
I’m not going for the monitoring anymore, he has been very busy ever since I lay down for the ultrasound yesterday. If it was an emergency I wouldn’t have cared about missing school but I had a feeling everything was OK, it’s not like I stopped feeling him completely he was just quiet. But if anything changes I’m definitely going in!

Oh wow Pineberry that’s soon!! Enjoy your last few days, breathe, relax :)

Flueky good luck on your house deals!!

Joanna I had night sweats in the first tri but it’s only turning into spring now so the nights have still been comfortable. We’ll see how soon it starts getting hotter!

Off to work/online class, I’m super lazy today lol...
 
Jess - definitely take the metformin with food, have your doctor start you at a lower dose and work your way up and then avoid dairy, specifically milk. I had to be on metformin a while back and I had a very difficult time tolerating it at the higher dose, but once I stopped drinking milk and switched to nut milks (I like coconut), it got way better. But then I stopped taking metformin before I got to the full dose I would have needed, so there is that. I'm sorry it's making you feel sick.

Pine - OMGEE! SO exciting. Take all the naps you can get and put your feet up. Read a good book (even if you've read it before) and enjoy this special time before your LO arrives!

Not sure who mentioned nightsweats but YES. UGH!

Fern - the shower went really well. I got to see a lot of people I haven't seen in over a decade so I guess the pandemic was good for at least that.

AFM - today is move day! Tomorrow is the bigger move day with a trailer and all our furniture but DH and I are moving small stuff today and he's going to be painting two walls at the new place to brighten it up a bit.

Bug has been moving around A LOT and is completely in my right side which is super uncomfortable and unexpected. But, my uterus only formed on the right side and leans that way when it's empty, so I guess I should have expected that. It's just weird carrying a baby in my side instead of my front. And I think he's been trying to bend in half because he keeps pressing his bum into my side which is really uncomfortable. All that being said, I like it lol. Well, at least, I like knowing that he's active and moving around (or trying to move around) and it makes me wonder what kind of sleeper he's going to be because he's always trying to bend.
 
@Fern81 I HIGHLY recommend getting compression socks for swelling. I got some a couple of weeks ago and cannot imagine life without them. They’re an absolute life saver with swelling as I was suffering in such a bad way. I live in them during the day and then remove for bed. Doesn’t help with the swollen hands, which is always fun, but at least walking doesn’t become impossible.

@Pineberry that’s so exciting!!! I hope everything goes well for you :)

I had some “fun” yesterday at the hospital. I had been pretty backed up in the plumbing department and hadn’t had a proper BM in almost two weeks. Laxatives and suppositories weren’t even helping and it got to the point of absolute agony, sweats, nausea, etc. After attempts to get in touch with a doctor, we were advised to go to ER. After about three hours there and the doctor trying to brush me off with some RestoraLax crap and “see if it helps in a few days” (yeah, right), we found out that my OB was actually on call in Labour and Delivery at that time. He had me sent up to L&D right away. He was pretty pissed the ER didn’t just send me up there immediately.

As much as I did not want to be there, it was nice getting to see the L&D floor since the hospital has cancelled all the tours due to COVID. They set me up with the heart rate and contraction monitor right away and wasn’t too long before my OB was able to check me out. Probably TMI but after manually removing some ‘stuff’ (yes, you read that right.. it was not fun and I do not envy his job at all!), and running some vaginal swab test to see if I was at risk for labour in the next two weeks, I got to experience the joy of an enema. Almost felt like a practice run of what’s to come in ~8ish weeks lol! But what a relief that was. My fiancé was an absolute pro with everything and took such great care of me. Definitely helps put my mind at a little bit of ease for delivery, though the sounds of others that I heard while waiting around in L&D didn't help lol

Fortunately, baby is all good and so am I now. Baby was dancing around the entire day and we got a video of him hiccuping on the heart monitor - so cute! On some lactulose for now and hoping I’ll be feeling a bit better (stomach has not been very happy since yesterday but at least the cramps from hell are gone) for my shower tomorrow. I completely blame the additional iron I’ve had to take as I haven’t had any problems with this since the first trimester and have been doing so much to combat it. Only change has been the addition of iron. Hopefully it doesn’t come back again to that degree. Talk about a pain in the butt!

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the cooler weather! At least it’s a bit cooler here and it is definitely welcome.
 
Azure that sounds miserable! But your sense of humor about it is awesome. I hope you get to feeling better super quick!
 
Co_foster I’m glad to hear you enjoyed your shower!! That was one great thing about mine as well- seeing my friends again even though it was a bit “covid-akward”. How is the move going?

Azure thanks for the advice! I’m going to the pharmacy quickly tomorrow to look at bottles and pacifiers and a microwave sterilizer... while I’m there I’ll ask around for compression socks. I’ve had to pack away my cute summer teacher shoes! And it’s starting to get sore, tingly etc (hands and arms too). The things we put up with for our lovely little babies right :)

I lol’ed so hard at your butt story. If your oh can deal with that he can obviously deal with anything. You have a winner right there!! Hope your poor tummy doesn’t act up again xx

I’m done with a section of my marking/grading papers... well I’m done with the marks for all grades except the final year students, they are writing preparatory exams before the year-end exams which will be during November. Each milestone brings me closer to finishing up this covid-teaching madness and closer to maternity leave! 17 teaching days left! Also- my ds climbs into my bed on Saturdays and Sunday mornings and we cuddle for hours before getting up... if A waits until 40 weeks to be born I have only 7 lazy weekend mornings left with ds1! :( glad and sad at the same time. We’ll have to figure out a new normal.
 
I’m rambling a bit but guess what my hospital bag is basically packed lol. Including snacks! Before 33 weeks!!
Found out our hospital has changed partner policy. The birth partner doesn’t need to have a covid test done anymore. All meals for both are provided by the hospital but the cafeteria is still closed so we’re taking snacks. And then the birth partner is allowed to visit daily between 3-4. Unfortunately it has to be the same person so I can’t choose my sister as birth partner and then have my husband visit afterwards. I’m hoping it changes/becomes more lenient again before A’s arrival but it’s already a lot better than it used to be!

What’s everyone else’s hospital/birth center partner policy atm?
 
Fern - my hospital is allowing us to have 1 birth partner (in my case it’ll be my husband). Originally our birth partner could only come and not leave, if they leave then they can’t come back until I check out. Now, birth partners can come and go during my stay, which is good since he’s currently a student and we don’t want him missing too many classes. We can’t have any other visitors and we must wear a mask.

Speaking of masks, I’ll have to labour in a mask! Not sure how I feel about that given most of labour is deep breathing but I’ve purchased some light weight masks to try.

35 weeks today! (My ticker is off by a day). Next week I officially hit 9 months... and my daughter was born at 36+1, so it’s getting so close! People keep asking, when am I due... officially at 40 weeks is Oct 17th, but I highly doubt I’ll make it past 38, since neither of my pregnancies have made it past 38. Haha... I bet this one will keep me waiting though lol.
 
Omw Joanna labour in a mask!? That’s insane! I guess the inconvenience of us having to test for covid every 10 days after 38 weeks will have its perks... you get placed into the green zone (test negative). orange zone (no test done) or red zone (test positive and all staff wearing intense protective gear) in the hospital... definitely no labour with a mask! Even when I was admitted the other day and in the orange zone (waiting for test results) I didn’t have to wear a mask. I REALLY hope they change your policy!!

And wow just a few weeks left, I also can’t wait for the babies to start being born :)

I went and bought a lot of additional baby stuff today... I did get a few gift vouchers at my shower & needed comfy shoes so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity while in the mall. Bought all the feeding supplies I still needed (8 newborn bottles, 2x 3mo + bottles, 5 pacifiers, microwave sterilizer, one tin newborn formula just in case; luckily I have lots of breast pumps already) as well as a few newborn to 3-6 mo clothes. Now I have enough newborn clothes, I think. I also got stretchy ballerina pumps that actually fit my puffy feet! Yay for retail therapy!
 
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Labouring in a mask is crazy, I really feel for you joanna!

So far our hospital policy is one birth partner who can arrive once you are 4cm dilated. Then they can visit for one hour per day if you stay on the ward post labour xx
 
Yikes, Joanna, you have to wear a mask?! That’s crazy! Even when I was just dealing with my little issue the other day they were very willing to let me remove my mask and didn’t care much if I didn’t have it on most of the time in the room there.

I think things are getting a bit more lax here with visitors but hoping to confirm everything with my next OB visit. Last I checked in with him, he told me that partners were allowed to stay for labour and could only stay with you afterwards if you had a fully private room.

Hopefully you don’t have to wait too long, Joanna :)

Aww Fern, that’s great that you got all that stuff! And Yay for comfy shoes!!

Feeling much better after the whole ordeal the other day. Just in time for the baby shower yesterday, which was lovely! The support and love from everyone was great and we received so many great gifts. I’ve been holding out on buying things until the shower so I’m glad and also a bit panicked that it’s over because now it’s time to start really buying things for the baby. With the move coming up in a couple of weeks, we’re hesitant to buy too many things to add to the moving load but I don’t want to leave it until the last minute and run the risk of him arriving early and us not being ready! Time to get shopping! :)

Oh! And I decided I'm going to push my mat leave up a couple of days so this will make my last week of work this week before I take on 2 weeks of vacation and lead into mat leave. Yay!!

Hope all of you ladies had a great weekend!
 
Hi all! Sorry I can't remember what everyone said

Night sweats are seriously the worst!!

The poop story made me laugh but in reality I bet it was awful glad you and fiancee took it like champs!

Afm I have been in hospital for 3 days due to Bonnie not moving. Was really scary only felt 4 movements in 24 hrs on fri! Had a scan today and she's come down from the 90th percentile to the 70th but measuring at 40 weeks and 7lb 1oz already. They said there's a 400g difference they allow either side of that but she is still measuring big even with that allowance! Seriously scared about shoulder distocia (sorry for the spelling). I was going to go for a section but my due date is the 14th Oct and if I have a section will be 39 weeks so the 7th oct and estimated due date for moving is the 12th of Oct!! So I don't know what to do?!!? Very confused!! Oh and Evelyn still hates nursery and still cries every time x
 
Pine OMG so excited to be having another baby born soon :) things sound favorable so FX

Joanna fx your negative for group b strep this time. I was negative with my 2nd and didn't make it far enough to be tested with my 1st. I'm definitely hoping it's negative for me as I feel it's best to let your body decide unless it's too early. Ugh I might request a sweep at 39 weeks though.

Fern I 2nd compression stockings. I'm waiting until it cools down before wearing mine again. So glad baby boy became more active.

Co how did the move go? I'm glad to say I'll never move while pregnant again lol

Azure so sorry you had to go to the hospital. I take a stool softener daily and it keeps things regular for me.
 
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