2015 October Owls! | The chicks are hatching! *16 boys & 8 girls so far!*

[Mississippi03]

Sometimes i swear my husband is the most self absorbed person in the world!
Hes trying to fix this ancient boat motor.. And decided it was appropriate to do this in the house. Spilt gas all over the hardwood floor while carrying it to the basement.. Likely our basement carpet too! Our house reeks of gas fumes (super dangerous for anyone let alone me and baby) then he yells at me because its my fault he doesnt have a garage?
Now he has it in the basement, his workshop is right under our bedroom and thats all thats venting into here. What does he do? Tells me to shut off the air and open the window. Not even considering the fact that his 80 yr old grandma is own for the weekend and has to sleep down there for the next three days!!!!!
Why are men sooooo freaking stupid????

 

[Dreamer320]

Sometimes i swear my husband is the most self absorbed person in the world!
Hes trying to fix this ancient boat motor.. And decided it was appropriate to do this in the house. Spilt gas all over the hardwood floor while carrying it to the basement.. Likely our basement carpet too! Our house reeks of gas fumes (super dangerous for anyone let alone me and baby) then he yells at me because its my fault he doesnt have a garage?
Now he has it in the basement, his workshop is right under our bedroom and thats all thats venting into here. What does he do? Tells me to shut off the air and open the window. Not even considering the fact that his 80 yr old grandma is own for the weekend and has to sleep down there for the next three days!!!!!
Why are men sooooo freaking stupid????

Oh man oh man!!!! Just sending u hugs!!!! I can only imagine the frustration !!!! Ah! Please make sure to get fresh air somehow!!! Definitly not safe to breath in. Ugh!!

 

[bathbabe]

Great news dreamer xx

 

[Tink1o5]

Yay V-Day for me!

 

[Dark_Star]

Still unsure about Baby A's condition, although the OB visit did reassure me somewhat. He still has an echogenic spot on his bowel that may be an obstruction or rupture, but the doctor says it may also turn out to be nothing significant. His weight is excellent, he is in the 90th percentile at 823g (1lb 13 oz) at my ultrasound dated 24 weeks and he shows no other sign of anomaly. So for now I will be getting ultrasounds every 3 weeks and monitoring any change.

Baby B is also healthy at the 75th percentile weighing 750g and has no anomalies.

I do most likely have Gestational Diabetes as my sugars measured very high and I am going to get that re-tested on Tuesday. I had a normal BMI prepregnancy but GD is very common with twins. Blood pressure is also quite high. My cervix is somehow coping with twins impossibly well, it is still 4.7cm.

Oh and I am now measuring 36 weeks in fundal height- 11 weeks ahead. I am now the size of a full term pregnancy

 

[tallybee]

Brilliant news dreamer xxx

Mississipi sorry he's being such a doofus!

Wow dark star!!!

 

[Rainstorm]

Dark Star that's great news. The fact that Baby A's in the 90th percentile must be a good sign for sure!

I had the glucose test today. So disgusting! I hope it's a negative. :s

 

[startd]

Congratulations Dreamer and Tink - Happy V Day!

Mississippi - it is true. Men really can be exceptionally stupid.

DarkStar - great news. I'm glad both babies are doing well, and your body is holding up as well as possible

 

[Mississippi03]

Glad to hear darkstar!

Im glad this threads picked up a bit.. I swear everyone who followed my own journal has gone mia for different reasons, so i havent been writing there as much because theres no one to read lol

 

[apreslaube]

I had no idea what V day was so I looked it up. Looks like in the U.S. it is technically 28 weeks so I still have a few weeks to go. Neat though, looking at the statistics of baby survival if born early. Pretty amazing, in only a few weeks it'll be at 90%.

I made all my OB appointments Tuesday, as the office books very far in advance. Kind of neat to have that all nice and scheduled. I got my dates for the GD test. Not looking forward to that. Have to get my RH negative shot around that time too since I'm O-. Not looking forward to that either!!

So I work with adults with developmental disabilities at a sort of nursing home. I am a case manager, but there is still some hands-on stuff. Unfortunately, while pushing people in wheelchairs, I began experiencing more achiness in my abdomen and some sharp pains. I talked to the doctor and we decided that I shouldn't do it anymore for the rest of the pregnancy. Thankfully, my work is extremely accommodating.

I have been having awful lower back pain. Today I was lying on the couch and I couldn't move from the pain. I had to pee, so my husband had to help me up slowly and I carefully walked to the bathroom. No fun. Anyone else experiencing this? I talked to the doctor about pain in general and she didn't seem concerned. Edison is still at 148 bpm (doesn't the heart rate start to go down at some point??), my BP is good, and I'm not gaining too much. It just hurts so bad

 

[Mississippi03]

I had no idea what V day was so I looked it up. Looks like in the U.S. it is technically 28 weeks so I still have a few weeks to go. Neat though, looking at the statistics of baby survival if born early. Pretty amazing, in only a few weeks it'll be at 90%.

I made all my OB appointments Tuesday, as the office books very far in advance. Kind of neat to have that all nice and scheduled. I got my dates for the GD test. Not looking forward to that. Have to get my RH negative shot around that time too since I'm O-. Not looking forward to that either!!

So I work with adults with developmental disabilities at a sort of nursing home. I am a case manager, but there is still some hands-on stuff. Unfortunately, while pushing people in wheelchairs, I began experiencing more achiness in my abdomen and some sharp pains. I talked to the doctor and we decided that I shouldn't do it anymore for the rest of the pregnancy. Thankfully, my work is extremely accommodating.

I have been having awful lower back pain. Today I was lying on the couch and I couldn't move from the pain. I had to pee, so my husband had to help me up slowly and I carefully walked to the bathroom. No fun. Anyone else experiencing this? I talked to the doctor about pain in general and she didn't seem concerned. Edison is still at 148 bpm (doesn't the heart rate start to go down at some point??), my BP is good, and I'm not gaining too much. It just hurts so bad

My back pain is pretty brutal. I have sciatic pain in my left hip/low back/bum... And thats BAD! But its nothing compared to the muscle weakness/ over compensation / pain in the middle of my back on the left side. Im doing massage, chiro, and physio... Nothings working! Plus tylenol is the most useless drug in the world

 

[CrazyMumma]

Is anyone else thinking of having an elective c section?

With the spd i havent been able to walk properly since 11 weeks pregnant. My legs are tiny as the muscles have wasted away over the last 14 weeks of being wheelchair bound and with the months of bugger all sleep I am exhausted constantly.

I was in labor for 46hrs with Miss 5. It was hard. I was physically exhausted and barely coped. I was in good physical condition with her, able to move around and change positions freely.

This time, im physically buggered. I cannot stand for more than 2 min, walk more than 5-6 steps without my hips giving out. Am a huge falls risk. I just dont know if ill be able to cope with labor?

 

[Aliop]

Is anyone else thinking of having an elective c section?

With the spd i havent been able to walk properly since 11 weeks pregnant. My legs are tiny as the muscles have wasted away over the last 14 weeks of being wheelchair bound and with the months of bugger all sleep I am exhausted constantly.

I was in labor for 46hrs with Miss 5. It was hard. I was physically exhausted and barely coped. I was in good physical condition with her, able to move around and change positions freely.

This time, im physically buggered. I cannot stand for more than 2 min, walk more than 5-6 steps without my hips giving out. Am a huge falls risk. I just dont know if ill be able to cope with labor?

My friend ended up in a similar place to you with SPD and was induced at 37 weeks because of being wheelchair bound/massive pain etc which resulted in a section for her due to failure to progress (but over here quite often they don't allow a lot of time to progress and she was bed bound and had pain relief) Her experience with the section was pretty positive. I can ask more details if you'd like.

 

[Aliop]

My back pain is pretty brutal. I have sciatic pain in my left hip/low back/bum... And thats BAD! But its nothing compared to the muscle weakness/ over compensation / pain in the middle of my back on the left side. Im doing massage, chiro, and physio... Nothings working! Plus tylenol is the most useless drug in the world

I've had great success with massage to release all my over compensated areas (mine was more shoulder/neck/between my shoulder blades) from my sciatica followed up with a chiro visit the day after (I've done this twice) and *touch wood* I've had no issues since the only thing I do is sit on a heat pack for around 20 mins before exercising which the chiro recommended but I really don't feel like I need to anymore.

 

[tallybee]

Is anyone else thinking of having an elective c section?

With the spd i havent been able to walk properly since 11 weeks pregnant. My legs are tiny as the muscles have wasted away over the last 14 weeks of being wheelchair bound and with the months of bugger all sleep I am exhausted constantly.

I was in labor for 46hrs with Miss 5. It was hard. I was physically exhausted and barely coped. I was in good physical condition with her, able to move around and change positions freely.

This time, im physically buggered. I cannot stand for more than 2 min, walk more than 5-6 steps without my hips giving out. Am a huge falls risk. I just dont know if ill be able to cope with labor?

Ive no experience hun but I think it sounds like something worth discussing xxx

 

[CrazyMumma]

Is anyone else thinking of having an elective c section?

With the spd i havent been able to walk properly since 11 weeks pregnant. My legs are tiny as the muscles have wasted away over the last 14 weeks of being wheelchair bound and with the months of bugger all sleep I am exhausted constantly.

I was in labor for 46hrs with Miss 5. It was hard. I was physically exhausted and barely coped. I was in good physical condition with her, able to move around and change positions freely.

This time, im physically buggered. I cannot stand for more than 2 min, walk more than 5-6 steps without my hips giving out. Am a huge falls risk. I just dont know if ill be able to cope with labor?

My friend ended up in a similar place to you with SPD and was induced at 37 weeks because of being wheelchair bound/massive pain etc which resulted in a section for her due to failure to progress (but over here quite often they don't allow a lot of time to progress and she was bed bound and had pain relief) Her experience with the section was pretty positive. I can ask more details if you'd like.

Yes please! Am seeing my midwife this week so would like to be prepared. Im just scared if i try natural ill end up eith an emergebxyemergency c section anyway and have a harder recovery

 

[DoubleTFun]

Still unsure about Baby A's condition, although the OB visit did reassure me somewhat. He still has an echogenic spot on his bowel that may be an obstruction or rupture, but the doctor says it may also turn out to be nothing significant. His weight is excellent, he is in the 90th percentile at 823g (1lb 13 oz) at my ultrasound dated 24 weeks and he shows no other sign of anomaly. So for now I will be getting ultrasounds every 3 weeks and monitoring any change.

Baby B is also healthy at the 75th percentile weighing 750g and has no anomalies.

I do most likely have Gestational Diabetes as my sugars measured very high and I am going to get that re-tested on Tuesday. I had a normal BMI prepregnancy but GD is very common with twins. Blood pressure is also quite high. My cervix is somehow coping with twins impossibly well, it is still 4.7cm.

Oh and I am now measuring 36 weeks in fundal height- 11 weeks ahead. I am now the size of a full term pregnancy

Looks like your babies are growing good.
I just found out I have Gestational Diabetes, waiting for an appointment with a specialist.
My cervix was really good at 4.2 last ultrasound which I am thankful for.
I had a fundal height of 23 weeks at my 22 week visit, which was surprising since I look as big as most full term pregnancies.

I hope the rest of your pregnancy goes smoothly.

 

[Dark_Star]

Thanks everyone

Regarding the C-section thing, I am strongly considering booking one myself. Most twin births end up being at least 50% C-section and I really don't want to be recovering from both a vaginal birth and a C-section at the same time. My doctor says that if twin A is head down then I can attempt one, but it may not be the safest thing for the babies. I have a friend who has completed doula training so I will be talking about it more with her later in the pregnancy. The babies have both been transverse the whole pregnancy so I am not sure if they will change position near the end.

DoubleTfun fundal height only measures the front of the uterus, so it is quite possible you look bigger than 23 weeks if you are carrying "rounder" than I am. My belly is sort of pointy like the tip of an egg so the measurement is high on me.

 

[Dark_Star]

We are announcing the sex of the babies tomorrow for Father's Day. We've combined my knitting skills with my partner's skill at photography.

 

[GingerPanda]

Cute!