1 day DPO and in need of buddies :)

[BeachChica]

Rach - just checking in on you! Don't worry about the pitocin. I was induced and don't remember it being any worse than any of the rest. For me the worst part was the epidural, it gave me the WORST pain in my neck like a nerve was being pinched or something. I was so uncomfortable!!! And then of course labor is not all that great but honestly all worth it. I really like the name Rowan! You girls came up with some great, non-common names!!!

 

[confusedprego]

Back from my appointment - they didn't check me again, she said since I'm progressing already and having contractions frequently, she'd rather not check and make the contractions worse or send me into labor. They like their patients to make it to at least 38 weeks, so maybe they'll check next week.

I attached a couple pictures from day - poor little dude is very smushed in there! I definitely see a bit of Oakley in him but he seems to have his own look. Sam - how do your two compare looks-wise??

 

[babydust818]

lol awww look at that smooshed baby. He is adorable already. Look at them cheekies!! How exciting. Look at yours compared to mine lol. My baby is just chillin freely in my womb. u/s tech was like you wanna make it so baby is a little crammed in there to make it uncomfortable so they want to come out. guess baby is going to turn my uterus into his man cave.

 

[confusedprego]

haha they'll only let him be comfortable until Friday, I'm sure! You are so close now!

 

[babydust818]

Just had my appt. I go tmrw evening at 7pm to start the pill that they insert inside of you to help soften and rippen the cervix. Then Thursday will start the pitocin. He said there's a 23% chance of c section. So we will see how it goes! I am so scared, anxious, nervous and excited!!

 

[confusedprego]

so exciting, Rach!! I've got everything crossed for you it doesn't end in C-section and everything goes as smoothly as possible!!

 

[BeachChica]

Rach - so exciting your checking in to the hospital today!!! Please try to keep us updated!

Lindsay - Glad your appt went well. Your guy is really smushed in there! So cute through!!!

 

[pinksmarties]

Rach - really hope it all goes wel, induction works well for many (just not me) and so exciting you'll get to see your little man soon!! Will be stalking as much as I can.

Linds -fab pics, he is a little squished but still sooo cute. Lots of people think O looks just like B did but I think he is different but you can definitely tell they are brothers. Different head shape and eyes but the nose and mouth are the same. Plus O has hair(!) and it is brown whereas B was bald and has blond hair now. Other difference are that, which is taking me a bit of getting used to , is O is a very hot sweaty baby baby whereas B wasn't and still isn't.

 

[BeachChica]

Oh my gosh Sam - he's adorable!!!! I definitely see the resemblance!! Isabela is hot and sweaty too!!! I wonder why that is...?

We had Isabela's 6 month appt yesterday. She will actually be 6 months on Sunday though. Every all it went well. I hate to see her cry but she got over it pretty quickly. She was a little cranky last night and this morning but we gave her some infant Tylenol and she was good. They couldn't give her the flu shot until she's officially 6 months old (for insurance reasons) so I need to make another trip in for that shot.

So I have questions for you girls on letting her "cry it out" at night. Isabela has been getting up a lot lately.. 3-4 times a night. Some of the time we can just pat her back and she goes back to sleep. 2 of the times she seems to need a feeding to settle. The doctor said it's just habit now and that we need to let her start crying it out. At least to try to eliminate the first feeding and then start to work on the second. She said that if we wait, when we come back for our 9 month appointment it's going to be an even harder habit to break. Someone at work was telling me that there is another school of thought that you don't let them cry it out. That they need to know you're there for them. What do you girls think? What did you do? Chris and I can definitely both use some sleep but now I'm feeling guilty if I let her cry.

 

[confusedprego]

Sam - I definitely see the resemblance but O definitely has his own look! How cute!! How is he sleeping?? Are you getting much?

Jess - I know it's hard to listen to them cry but try to not get out of bed immediately. Do you have a mobile in her room? We got a remote control mobile that we would just barely open his door and point the remote in and get the mobile going and it would calm him and put him back to sleep. We got it off of Amazon - best purchase we ever made! It lasted for 20 minutes. As he got older, we would talk to him through the monitor but honestly, it really freaks him out and he would only go back to sleep because he was scared of the voice in his room, I think!! Now that he's a bit older, he still kind of gets weird when we talk through the monitor but he definitely knows we're watching him. He looks right at the camera and calls for mommy or daddy haha.
Anyway - I agree with the doctor that you need to let her cry some. I read that it's only important to get up to every cry for the first 6 weeks and after that letting them cry for longer periods is good for everyone's sleep schedules. I don't know how we'll let this one cry without waking Oakley!! As hard as it might be to skip that first feeding, try giving it as much time as you can before your patience runs out.
Also - we did very short intervals of crying at first and got longer each night. Start with a minute or two and work your way up from there. It's tough but it'll help you in the end! That's what we did.

 

[confusedprego]

Congrats, rach he's beautiful!

Kelsey - your chart is looking good! How you feeling?

 

[BeachChica]

Thanks Lindsay! I do have a mobile in her room but it's not a remote controlled one! I didn't even know they had those! Saturday night she just got up once, but I think it was just because she did nit name much during the day and was exhausted! Lady night she was back to her routine of 12:30am, 4:00am and 6:00am. Tonight I will try letting her cry out that first one and see if I can push it later so I only have to get up once and then again at 6:00am.

Rach - so happy for you! Your little guy is adorable!!!

I felt so proud of all of us this past weekend. It's been a couple years since our original group joined this thread, we've had a lot of ups and downs but everyone stuck with it and no everyone has their rainbow, some 2! It's really says a lot that this journey is long and difficult but there is a happy ending!

AFM - Isabela had her christening Saturday. It was really nice and she looked so pretty. She got a little cranky in the beginning but then fell asleep towards the end. Sunday she was 6 months old, gosh how time is flying!!!!

 

[korink26]

Oh Lindsay your lil man is squished in your tiny belly! Maybe that will just push him to come a little sooner!
Rachael---I can't wait until you can tell us how you're doing and how labor was! He's so beautiful! How is nursing going?? Wish I could smooch him.
Sam how gorgeous is Oliver! I think he looks a lot like Benjamin---both just perfect.
Jessie, I'm not much help with letting her cry it out. We could usually tell if it was a cry that she'd put herself back to sleep, and we could tell if it was a cry that she was not going to stop. She's never been a really good sleeper, and now she's an awful sleeper. So, like I said, I'm not much help because whatever we did, it clearly did not work! haha
AFM- Last Sunday Khloe got a 102 fever and was so sick all day. I thought for sure HFM finally caught up with us again because the fever only lasted the day and then she was just sick and not herself for a couple days but no blisters came. She just had some bug. She's still not sleeping through the night, and still sleeping on her mattress on the floor. Ryan and I are so tired we're cross eyed I think. My temps have been so odd this month--very flat. I've read that's good because it means my hormones are consistent, but not sure it means anything more than that. Of course I'm getting my hopes up and thinking "maybe"....my progesterone was really good this month, so I'm glad I didn't insist on her upping my dose after last month's was low. Not sure if I'll hold out to wed. or thur to test if my temps stay up. I was tempted to test today but knew it was pointless this early for me (I had a very light positive on FRER at 12DPO with Khloe).

 

[korink26]

Oh Jess we posted at the same time! Yes, Lindsay ever since I read about the remote controlled mobile I've been looking for one! Def. want one if we have another baby! Also, your monitor that you could talk into is just so cool! I maybe have to get that one too! Because I think sometimes if Khloe could just hear us, she'd go back to sleep!!

 

[korink26]

Ugg, I was feeling really good about this month and then today my temp drops and I've had some brown cm. I was poking around with toilet paper (I know, I shouldn't be) and there was a dime size of blood, and now nothing since then. Ugg...I had implantation dip at 10 dpo with Khloe so I'm talking myself into thinking there's still hope (I'm 11DPO), but I guess I know there's not this month. Bummer, I really don't want to do a 3rd round of stupid Clomid!
Hope everybody else is doing good!

 

[BeachChica]

Kelsey - I still have everything crossed for you that your temps go up tomorrow and that the brown is just implantation bleeding!!!

How's everyone else doing? Rach I know you are super busy with yiur little man but looking forward to an update on how labor was and how your doing,

AFM - Isabela officially started crawling last night!!! I could not believe it!!! Feeling so proud of her! The daycare also sent me a video today of her sitting up so well all by herself!!
Sleeping was terrible again last night though. She fell asleep drinking her bottle about 8pm. She only got through half of the bottle so I knew she would be up again. She got up at 10:30pm, 12:30am then again about 5am. I am trying to cut out this midnight feeding or at least push it a bit but I tried to let her scream it out a bit since she just ate at 10:30pm and she started to get really upset and loud so I caved. What do I do? I am surprised that the need to sleep would not take over but she doesn't seem to go more than 4 hours or so at a time. Could naps be effecting her sleeping, she takes 2 during the day but nothing after 3pm.

 

[confusedprego]

Hi Everyone!!

Kels - don't lose hope yet!! I saw your temp this morning and I vaguely remember you losing hope with Khloe with a pretty major temp drop and then it shot way back up the next day so I have everything crossed that tomorrow it will be way back up!!!!
I feel so bad for you not sleeping!! How long has the bed thing been going on? She won't lay down in the toddler bed? or in a crib? I forget which one was the problem or if they were both the problem. Even with the mattress on the floor she doesn't sleep at night?
I wonder if Khloe got HFM again but because she's had it before her body cleared it before the blisters showed up! Poor thing!! There's a cold going around Oakley's room and I'm just waiting for him to catch it :/ He was up for an hour last night due to bad dreams - something about a seashell lol. I shouldn't laugh but it's cute - Now that he's in a twin bed, I just hopped in bed with him until he fell asleep and snuck back to our room - worked out pretty well!

Jess - way to go Isabela on crawling!! How's the 'cry it out' going?? It's so hard but it'll be worth it in the end! The remote mobile was awesome for us - if you get one I hope it works as well for you too!
I'm so proud of this group too!! It's really been a happy ending for everyone and it's just been amazing to have the support of all you girls through it all!! I couldn't have imagined I'd still be so involved with you all when I first signed on this website!

AFM - Had my doc appointment this morning. She says that baby is low and I am 'super soft' in there with minimal dilation. She said with how soft it is in there and how engaged the baby is that I will go on my own and it could be any time now. I feel like I have at least another week in me but I will be starting to work from home on Monday since she said Friday should be my absolute last day here at work and if I have any more nights with consistent contractions before Friday, that I do NOT go into work that day or any day thereafter until he arrives. She's asked that if I insist on coming into work this week that I leave before rush hour so she doesn't have to hear about me delivering the baby on the side of the traffic-filled highway - HA!

 

[confusedprego]

Sorry, Jess - I had my window open so long I missed your post - have you tried getting up with her but not feeding her? Just trying to calm her and then put her back in her bed. The pediatricians here said that is a good way to start and then you can go in and just start patting them on the back and soothing them until they fall back asleep. That way they know you're there but you're not feeding them so they start to get used to putting themselves back to sleep.

 

[BeachChica]

Kelsey - I just saw your chart this morning! Boo!!!

Lindsay - I am glad your appt went well. I can't believe it's almost time for you!!! Are you ready!!??

Rach - how's your little guy doing? Is he peeing more now? Are you using the diapers with the color strip? Nobody ever told me about those when I left the hospital.

So we tried to let Isabela cry it out last night. I lasted about 30 minutes and then she was just getting too hysterical so I caved. I've been doing some reading about this so I think I need to change my routine a bit and try putting her down awake. I usually put her down already asleep. Then go in when she wakes on a more scheduled basis and try patting her to sleep... 10 minutes the first time, 15 minutes the next, etc and then increasing the times each night. I feel so bad about it but I know it's something we have to do before more time goes by

 

[confusedprego]

Jess - yes! definitely try to get her to put herself to sleep at night. I don't know why I didn't think to ask if you were doing that. When you see her looking like she's getting tired, put her in there with the mobile or whatever and see if she can put herself to sleep. I would have caved by 30 minutes as well! You can only take it for so long! Do you have her on a schedule as well? I found that really helped for Oakley. With her in daycare, do they do a schedule? By her age, we put Oakley down at 9AM and 1PM regardless of how tired he looked, and I would do 10 minute intervals of letting him try to fall asleep on his own. After 10 minutes I would go rock him a bit and then put him down before he fell asleep and let him try again. At night, I did try to extend past 10 minutes but never went past 30 like you.
Am I ready for baby? Haha - in some senses - yes! and some no!! We don't even have the crib put back together for him but I do have the carseat in the car. I'm torn on whether to have him in our room for a little while to try to prevent Miles from waking Oakley early on or vice-versa but can't really seem to decide. Think I'll give it a try for a little while and go from there. We don't have the hospital bag packed yet - I should really do that! Physically, I'm definitely ready to be able to bend to pick something up without feeling like I'm going to pop but am really going to miss him moving around in there as this is most likely our last baby :/

Kels - What's the next step? Another month? Did you do bloodwork this round??

How's everyone else?