2014 April Rainbows

[Karinama98]

My last minute appointment with my OB's office was uneventful. She pressed down on the area that hurts and was like, "Yep, like I was thinking. Costochondritis." Pretty much it's just rib pain where a nerve is also being pinched from things spreading out. She just recommended Tylenol and time. I've still been taking it easy but it's so uncomfortable when it acts up.

 

[Kasey84]

Sorry your still uncomfortable, but glad to hear all is well!

 

[Brieanna]

Lisa85-my hip pain doesn't sound as bad as yours. I have found that sleeping on my couch is more comfortable and also sleeping slightly tilted, almost on my back kinda.

vietmamsie-that sucks about the yeast infection. I have heard eating yogurt helps prevent them.

Morgan-love your pictures! I almost want to go out and by some pretty clothes but I am trying to save money for the baby!

paintrider-It is so crazy that our babies are getting close to being here!

Kasey-I don't have the line yet, but my nipples have gotten really dark so I will probably get one soon. I think I did last time.

Karina-glad all is "well". Last time my ribs spread out so much I had to change bra sizes but they went almost back to normal, but it is so weird how our bodies just seem to keep getting wider everywhere!

Lindsay-nice bump picture!

paintrider-I am so tired too. I can barely get up to do stuff! I have felt sooo exhausted from day 1 and never got the second trimester energy everyone talks about. My iron has always been fine (12.8 last time) and I take my vitamins so I have no idea why I am so tired!

Kasey-I have heard that it is not whether or not you are petite, but how your pelvis is shaped abut the baby fitting. I am not a small person and have large hips but my pelvis is weird (actually my tailbone) which I think is why dd got stuck but my friend (who is VERY petite) has 3 babies that she has pushed out, no problem with short labors too! But I agree, however baby gets out doesn't matter, as long as they are healthy!

I can't tell how this baby is laying without an ultrasound, but I know that dd was "sitting" inside me until the very end and I felt a big roll a few days before labor where I guess she turned head down (but still facing the wrong way!)

Right now the baby seems to like tickling me from the inside! It is such a weird sensation! Like he/she is actually under my ribcage and kicking down them on the inside and it tickles! Weird!

I still don't have much for the baby! My sister is going through some major issues with her husband right now so the whole family is focused on that and sometimes forget I am pregnant, lol.

 

[paintrider89]

Lisa - we are going through and getting all the smoke detectors new batteries, testing them ext. Also getting all the electronic wires tied up and behind things. That way there is no rush when she starts crawling. Also attempting to get an affordable gun safe so we can get all thr guns and ammo put up ect.

Brieanna- I keep waiting for my nesting to appear, I need the motivation. As it is my mom comes and drags me out of thr house to go get baby items. Not that I am not excited...it's just like...get dressed? Bla!

Lindsay109- seems like no time at all. I'm gonna need at least 5 more weeks before I decide on how to decorate her room. (Attempting to avoid flowers and butterflies)

 

[Lisa85]

Lindsay, Good luck with your glucose test. Sounds like everyone has a little bit of a different test. I had to be there for two hours and i wasn't allowed to walk around at all.
Cute bump pic!

Kasey, maybe we can be c section buddies!! Im already thinking about the different clothes and things i will take to the hospital if I'm having a c section.
My LO ended up going back to normal movement later that day. Although my OH got worried and made me ring the hospital. She said its fine as long as she's moved at least 10 times within the last 10 hours which she had so all good. She's back to gymnastics baby again now.

Brieanna, i find the baby movement is ticklish when she has a foot or something right down the bottom on either side. Its cute!!
Hope your sisters issues get sorted soon and you can get back to focusing on the baby.

Paintrider, i should check our smoke detectors... I've pushed the button and they beep but they have never gone off since we lived there (9 months).
I think our house is pretty safe for the time being. Just need to put those plugs in the power points and clips or the cupboards and draws but thats probably about it i think. Oh and we need to get better with putting things away... we always leave out scissors and stuff on the table.

AFM - I did ring the midwife yesterday to ask about the baby movement which was fine but i thought i would be more insistent about my hip pain. I got a different midwife than my normal one and she seemed to know a lot. She said i definitely sound like i have SPD and all the things she told me i could do i am already doing except for seeing a physio. Not to sure if we can afford that though coz our health insurance won't cover much of it. So pretty much have to be very careful how i stand and walk and move and everything. No more walking for exercise. I think from now on ill even have trouble even going out to buy baby things... thats how bad the walking situation is getting.
Also asked her about my placenta previa (PP) coz she seemed to know more than my midwife... She told me i shouldn't be don't any exercise other than yoga or walking (but they are restricted by my hips so can't win!! ) and to be very very careful having sex (we decided not to have sex months ago for safety reasons which she thought was very good idea). I also said that i read that MOST women with PP bled by the end of the pregnancy and she said she thats accurate. I need to be very careful as time goes on.
So pretty much i can do nothing between my hips and PP!!! I have my baby shower this weekend so i have no idea how I'm going to be able to get the house clean and prepare for that when i can barely walk!

Sorry for the long update... just needed to vent a little

 

[Karinama98]

Lisa - that's crazy to have those types of restrictions, but better to be safe than sorry. Glad LO is moving around a lot more for you again.

Brieanna - So far I haven't noticed any difference in terms of my rib spread, but still got 13 weeks to go, so who knows what my body'll look like after this. lol


We're set to get all of our baby furniture in the mail this week we ordered (courtesy of my sisters and my mom pitching in for it). We cleared out the room yesterday and cleaned the carpet in preparation of starting to put things together - man it needed to be cleaned.

I still have yet to see any baby body part pertrude through my abdomine at this point. And luckily she hasn't gone up into my rib area yet. It's crazy to know 3rd Trimester is here already. We have our birth class on the 25th and will finally get to see what the hospital is like as well. I know from what I've heard they have some really nice suites that have the whirlpool and such. I'm all over that!

 

[ebonymama]

hey ladies,

jus passing through to say hi and let yall all is well...

had a public appointment yesterday and it was good...
had some pending blood results and that was good to..

i c yall are getting along fine...

have the GTT on monday...so that should be done with hopefully ok...

so the weekend is here yall have fun...heading home now...to jus relax and watch a lil TV...

talk to u yall again soon...

 

[Kasey84]

Ebony- Enjoy the weekend and good luck with your test Monday! I just did my glucose test this Monday past. Haven't gotten the results yet.

Lisa- We just might be c-section buddies! I can't wait to hear what my OB thinks when I see him on the 27th. How are your hips feeling? Glad you got to talk to a mid-wife who was able to give you lots of information about spd and pp. Good idea to take it easy! Was your shower last weekend or this weekend?

I'm starting to feel like I'm getting prepared...crossing things off my list of things to do and get! Oh gets back home in 2 weeks and we're going to get the nursery ready...cannot wait

How is everyone?? It's been pretty quiet here lately.

 

[paintrider89]

So I had my GTT 1hour. No results yet. But I found it quite uneventful. No sugar high baby, no sickness, no crash...quite glad, but I was way freaked for nothing...

 

[vietmamsie]

Lisa - sorry you are in so much discomfort and so limited. PP, SPD and am enormous belly are not a good combo!

Ebony - Hope your GTT went well!

Over a week and a half and I haven't heard any thing from my GTT, which I am assuming means I am in the clear, feel better about that.

My girlfriends at work are throwing a coed brunch/baby shower on sunday morning. I am pretty excited!! I think my friends outside of work are throwing a party in Feb, so I have a lot to look forward to! I am glad my husband gets to be included in the one this weekend too.

 

[Lindsay109]

Karina, sorry to hear you're still in pain, but glad that it's nothing too serious. Hopefully it will resolve soon! I haven't seen any baby parts protrude yet either, but I have an anterior placenta so it may not happen. Those birthing suites sound very nice!

Lisa, my glucose test was the same as yours - I had to be there for 2 hours and wasn't allowed to get up and walk around (they didn't want me "burning off" the glucose). Sorry to hear that you have so many restrictions! I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end though. Could you walk in the pool? That would probably take some of the pressure off your hips. How did your baby shower go? I hope you had some help to clean up and get ready for it! My sister and mum are planning mine and it's going to be at my parents house which is nice because then I won't have to worry about preparing for lots of visitors.

Ebony, glad to hear things are going well for you, and I hope your GTT test comes back normal!

Kasey, good for you getting some of the things on your list done! We've recently started getting more serious about "the list" too, although I am still feeling pretty low energy on the weekends.

Pantrider, glad to hear your glucose test is done, fingers crossed for good results

Vietmamsie, enjoy your baby shower this weekend!

As for me, checked my blood test results and I passed the GTT so very happy about that It's been a busy few weeks. We started our prenatal classes as well and I'm really enjoying them so far... I think hubby and I are going to learn a lot. We've also ordered the crib and it should be arriving next week... which means the fun part is next, picking colours, theme, etc for the baby's room. Have any of you ladies started picking up things to decorate baby's room?

 

[Lisa85]

Lindsay, my baby shower went great... ill update on that below. I did have to set up and clean up which was hard with all my pain but we got there. It was more my feet from standing that was the worst.
Ive almost finished my nursery. Ill attach some pics of what it looks like so far.
Thats great you past your GTT test. I haven't heard anything from mine so i presume that means everything is ok.

Paintrider, you're lucky you didn't have any high or lows from your GTT test. Hope the results are good!

Vietmamsie, thats awesome you get two baby showers... that will be fun!! Hope you get some good presses!!

Kasey, i can't wait till i know for sure I'm having a c section or not. I just wanna plan and have the date and all that.
Baby shower was yesterday... ill update on it below.
My "list" is getting smaller and smaller by the day... i feel like I'm almost there!!!

Ebony, glad everything is going great for you. Good luck with the GTT.

AFM - not sure if i updated you guys on this but i ended up going to a physio this week about my hips. She gave me an extremely painful massage and gave me some stretches do it do and told me how to improve how i stand and walk to help. That night it was like magic... i had next to no pain sleeping and no pain at all the next day. I was so happy... but then by the next day it was back to be really painful. Im going to start seeing her weekly.

This week has been the hottest consecutive days in Melbourne (where i live in OZ) in 100 years!! it was over 40C (104F) for 5 days in a row and two of those days were over 44C (111F). Luckily the day of the baby shower was a lovely temp but it made the preparation that much harder. We don't have aircon in our house so it was unbearable in here. Luckily my MIL lent us a portable aircon which worked ok in the bedroom so i spent 5 days locked up in my bedroom.

The baby shower went great... all my stressing and tears were for nothing. Don't know if i mention this but it was the first time my parents were in the same room for 15 years. My mum was so brave and marched up to my dad and said lets get the awkwardness out of the way "Hi, how are you". i was so proud of her.
I got some great gifts and it was a great day!!

Im attaching some pics of my nursery so far... it not quite finished but it mostly there. The owl mobile and the owl picture were painted by my MIL and excuse the baby shower decorations in the cot and the bit of mess.

 

[vietmamsie]

Lisa - Good to hear you got treatment for your hip! Your nursery is beautiful! You are so prepared! I feel like such a slacker now!

Baby Shower was great! We had a wonderful brunch with so many close work friends! I sure am going to miss those girls! I got an awesome gift card to a spa that will probably give me several massages over the next few weeks! I can't wait! Since we were downtown we went shopping and ended up finding two great pieces of furniture that will work perfect for our storage issues and double as a changing table, score! They will be delivered tomorrow and I will finally have a spot to store all of our baby things... getting excited!

 

[hope4rainbow]

Lisa- So glad that you've found some relief and can keep going to keep that pain away. How wonderful of your parents to start the trend of being there for you and their granddaughter at the same time!! Her room is lovely.

Vietmamsie- Getting the furniture and setting it up makes it so much more real, every time I go in his room I get a surge of excitement!

We've got an induction date! Since I'm high risk and giving myself injection blood thinners, we had to plan it. I need to be off the thinners for 24-48 hours before giving birth (the blood thinners could mean no epidural and/or a higher risk of hemorrhaging during birth). So.... March 13th is our day!!! I'll be a little past 37 weeks. We'll go in the night before to soften my cervix and induce the next morning. It's great timing, my whole family is in education and it's the week of spring break, so there will be lots of love and visitors!

 

[Brieanna]

Vietmamsie- I am glad you had fun today! How cool you get 2 showers!

I went to a co-ed baby shower yesterday that allowed kids and it was so much fun! Much different than any other baby showers I have been to, but really fun. My friend is 37 weeks but she is VERY petite and has only gained a few pounds her pregnancy. I felt like a whale next to her, lol!.

paintrider-good luck on your results. I am glad it didn't make you sick, I felt awful after mine and almost threw up, yuck!

lisa85-I love your nursery! It gets hot in Texas too, but we have an air conditioner so it's much more comfortable! I can't imagine not having one!

hope4rainbow-how exciting you have a date! I think you will be the first one with a baby on here, how exciting!!

I passed my gd test, which I am very happy about since I have several risk factors, but all is good. I asked my dr. to do a blood test for my iron because I have been so exhausted this whole pregnancy (although since that and hip/back pain have been my only constant complaints I consider myself lucky!).My iron levels are 12.2, which is less than the 12.8 they were at the beginning, but still well within the limits so I have no idea what else to do. Obviously drinking starbucks to get things done around the house is out of the question, lol!

lindsay-I am glad you are enjoying your classes. I loved mine and took lots of notes. I am one of those types of people who like to know as much as possible about what is happening.



for those having/possibly having a c-section-Have they scheduled them yet?what are you packing differently? I know even if you plan a vbac you should be prepared for the possibility for a c-section too.

I found out that where I am moving it might be possible to have a vbac! We have been going to look at houses (4-5 hour drive to get there, so not pleasant with back troubles, but it will only get worse) and we found one that we LOVED, but it might have foundation issues.

There are a few cracks and a door doesn't close all the way which are apparently bad signs but lots of people have told me that the Austin area has been in a drought then had floods so there are a lot of houses with issues.

I want to move asap and I am afraid that we won't find another one I love BUT I don't want to buy our first house with issues that will cost tons of money (that we don't have) to fix and also might affect resale value.

Also because we are moving, no nursery here yet and I am getting anxious that we might not make it to a new house in time!

I just ordered a plaster belly casting kit! I did one last pregnancy and it was so fun and neat to have a keepsake from my pregnancy. After dd was born I took a picture of her cuddled up in the cast too which turned out really neat too. I highly recommend doing one.

Hope everyone is doing great and had a nice weekend!

 

[Kasey84]

Paintrider- Hope you GTT results come back good!

Lindsay- Glad your GTT results came back good! The room we're using for the nursery is orange. I didn't want to re-paint so we will be decorating around that colour. I've got bedding and accessories picked out that will work well, just haven't actually bought it all yet!

Lisa- Glad you've found a solution that helps your spd! Hopefully ongoing physio keeps the pain at a minimum! Glad to hear your shower went well and that the weather cooperated. I can't imagine heat like that!!

LOVE your nursery! Such a perfect little girls room

Vietmamsie- So glad you enjoyed your shower as well. Hope shower number 2 goes just as well I know what you mean about feeling like a slacker now. Lol. We'll get there though

Hope- Glad all is well! It must be so exciting to have a specific date to count down to now!

Brieanna- What a cute idea with the belly casting!

Choosing a house is so hard! Hope you find the perfect one soon

 

[Lisa85]

Vietmamsie, don't feel like a slacker... i just can't contain myself!! I like to be prepared for anything and money is tight so we have to do it bit by bit every month.
Glad your shower when well! Massages will be nice.

Hope, how exciting you have a date!!! Will they consider doing a c section given your high risk or they think its safe do delivery naturally. Sucks you can't have much pain relief even if you wanted it.

Brieanna, i looked into getting aircon but our house isn't that suitable for it so it will cost a fortune to get it put in. Couldn't afford it this year!
Ive been really tired as well... i think thats just a 3rd tri thing isn't it?! They did take my iron when i went in for GTT and ill get my results tomorrow.
I have to wait till my 32 week scan (6th feb) to see if my placenta has moved... if it hasn't i think they will arrange the c section date after that. The only different things i might pack would be high cut underwear and maybe different clothes to wear there and obviously more of everything coz i will be in hospital longer.
I would try not to buy a house with any issues... before we bought our place we looked at a few places that needed work but ended up buying one the didn't need anything and we were so glad. I stopped working not long after we bought it and there was no way we could have afford to do anything to the house if we needed to.
I thought about doing a belly cast but then i didn't know what i would do with it after... do you still have your other one?

Kasey, Don't feel like a slacker!! I just had to do it this way to budget and i would be freaking out if i wasn't organised. If you calm about it just do it when you're ready!

AFM - midwife appointment tomorrow! Getting to the business end now!
Cant believe in 30 weeks on Wednesday!

 

[hope4rainbow]

Lisa- Both my high risk and regular OBs have said they think a naturally delivery will be fine (if he's head down and all conditions are right), so that's what I'm hoping for. I'm trying to not get too attached to one way, since all that matters in the end is that he and I are both healthy.

I'm getting more attached to wanting to breastfeed and cloth diaper, I really hope that both work for us.

How do you ladies feel about vaccines? My friend gave me the Dr. Sears book on vaccine information and alternative schedules to getting several shots at once. I want him protected, but I don't want to overwhelm his little system with too much at once. I'm not a doctor though, so I'm nervous to make any decisions that could differ from the recommended schedule.

 

[Lisa85]

Hope, I hope its all works out for you. I really hope i can breastfeed successfully but a lot of my friends have only been have to do it for a few weeks. My boobs actually leaked again last night for the first time since at 22 weeks. It was really weird... i was sitting on the bed top half naked putting oil on my belly and felt this drip down my side and looked down to white stuff coming out. So weird!!

I am pro vaccines... i will be doing them all as recommended by the doctor.

 

[hope4rainbow]

Lisa- It sounds like your body is ready to go! I haven't had any leaking.

We had an u/s today at our high risk appt, he's estimated to be 3lbs 11oz! It's crazy how fast they pack on the weight at the end. SO happy! I hear it's half a pound a week from here on out.