2016 May Miracles

[sugargully]

Great advice on the hospital bags. I feel like I'm forgetting stuff so im going to look back through the posts and get ideas.

I'm haven't fallen but I'm struggling to get out of public restroom stalls! My bump makes it hard to open the doors especially at school where the restrooms are smaller.

I wish I was having a shower. Mine got cancelled due to highway flooding. My office is going to through me a little one but I don't have much hope that I'm going to get what I need.

I've been shopping JBF sales. Have you ladies heard of them? There's a lot of them this time of year. I'm hoping to get some good deals this weekend.

Baby has picked up moving during the day instead of at night. And the flips and turns are so strong! I've felt some bh and a little lightning crotch. I think baby is head down.

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Sugargully, I've been getting strong baby movements, too. Some of the ones I've gotten today have actually been kind of painful, actually.

I just got over an awful flu-type thing, where I was having nausea, fever, lightheadedness, and body aches. I'm feeling better now, but the last few days were rough. I was afraid I was going to have to call my OB about the fever, but thankfully it broke earlier today.

In lighter news, 3 weeks until term!

 

[NZKiwi]

Wow three weeks until term!! That's exciting!!

My movement's have gotten stronger too, I had a growth scan last week and my lo is in the 81st percentile estimated to weigh 2kgs already!!

 

[bakerh518]

Anyone else have a baby that LOVES to go transverse at night??

MAN OH MAN, it is UNCOMFORTABLE! i would appreciate if this baby would settle into head down, most of the day the baby IS head down, but as soon as i go to bed, flip! Sideways the baby goes... i swear its trying to get out through one of the sides....

Had a couple contractions today, which is not so good since hubby is out of town, but they were weak and only lasted a few moments; still tons of BH every day!

We are getting so close ladies!! Had our baby shower last weekend, i asked everyone to bring a "guess outfit" (boy or girl) and which ever gender is the wrong one, i will donate those clothes, so we mostly just got clothes i expected that as it is our second baby... i think we just REALLY need a crib, and thats about it of course we will end up with buying more... but we really only NEED a crib!

 

[pinkpassion]

3 weeks until term for me tomorrow!!! I've got to get my butt in gear on the things I need to finish!!

I think this little girl is going to make an early entrance. I've been having a lot of braxton hicks and painful cervical pressure!!

 

[Ganton]

In general, I'm working to my scan date, which is shown in my ticket. However, for the purposes of hitting term, I want to get to full term based on my ovulation date before I'd feel more at ease about going into labour. That's just 5 days away now though

Some days I get so many things happening, like cervical pressure, baby dropping and mucous discharge, that I worry labour could be just days away, but other days the baby just feels very settled.

Ages a go, I said I wanted this baby to arrive about 2 weeks early to fall on a nice date for us, but that date is now just 10 days away and I still have so much I want to sort out so I'm not so sure anymore.

 

[pinkpassion]

Wow ganton, I can't believe how soon you'll have your baby!!! So awesome!!!

 

[Ganton]

I know, even if I go overdue, I'd be getting induced around 5 weeks today. It really doesn't feel like long.

 

[Em260]

Can't believe how close some of you are to full term!! So exciting

AFM - I had a non stress test ultrasound yesterday and my OB is concerned because my fluid level is high normal. The cutoff is 25 and mine is right at 25. She said it can be a sign that there is a blockage in the baby's digestive system or it might just be due to the fact that I have a really large baby. He's still measuring 3 weeks ahead and in the 99th percentile.

I'm going every week for monitoring anyway due to my blood clotting disorder so we'll just keep checking on the fluid levels. Hopefully they stay at this level or go down or I might have to deliver early. Guess it's a good idea I started packing my hospital bag! I just have to wash a few things and it will be finished.

 

[KrissyB]

Baker - Be happy she only does it at night. This little girl seems to think she should stretch out sideways the more active I get.... which quickly ends how active I get lol. I'm also getting tons of BH now but I am a few weeks ahead of you.

Ganton - With my C-Sec, I'm only a few days behind you Scheduled for May 2nd. And that's if she decides to hang in there that long.

AFM - Less than 4 weeks to go.... Definitely starting to freak out on being completely not mentally prepared for two kids. Not that I think you can ever be truly mentally prepared for a baby - they're are each too unique and there is just sooooo much that changes, it's just unfathomable (in a good way... for the most part ). That being said... I also haven't even packed a hospital bag yet lol. So maybe I'm just in denial
Also starting to get really uncomfortable. I know she's breeech, and I'm guessing she's a footling breech going by the cervical pressure I get. Sometimes I swear a little foot must be sticking out already. And SO MANY BHs. Probably about 1 an hour or so.

Oh, and for a bit of fun - Feel free to place your bets on baby sizes and birth dates!
https://www.guessyourbaby.com/p/bornstein2

 

[Spiffynoodles]

My baby also likes to stretch out to both sides, but I know he's not actually going transverse, because he did it during my ultrasound a few weeks ago. Just butt on one side and feet on the other.

It's always interesting to hear what other people consider a lot of BH. I get BH every time I get up or down or move at all really. I also get about 3-4 real contractions every hour (about 5-10 in the evenings). Nothing like the 20+ contractions I would get in an hour before the shots, though!

Em, I hope the fluid problem resolves itself. I'm sitting on the other end of the scale. They don't like to see fluid levels go below 10 and I was at 10.5 at my ultrasound two weeks ago. Hopefully it's gone up since then.

 

[NZKiwi]

my lo also stretches out, I love the way it feels, but I have had a few instances of rfm, so I really just love feeling him and not having to worry, I also know he isn't transverse, like spiffy said its his bum and feet.

wow I can't believe how close some of the ladies on here are! A bit jealous, being that I'm right at the end of the month! I'm getting impatient to meet him! On the plus side only 3.5 weeks until mat leave!!

 

[NZKiwi]

oh and I was going to say I felt my first braxton hicks last night too!

 

[nicole6212]

With my first baby, 7 years ago, I didn't get braxton Hicks, and didn't feel my actual contractions until over 16 hours after my water broke, and I was about 7 cm dialated. (Although they were happening, because they saw them on the monitor.)
This time around, for the last few weeks, whenever I stand, and especially bad while I'm walking, it feels like my whole stomach goes tight, and stays tight untill after I've sat and relaxed for a bit. I'm talking it lasts for 20minutes, sometimes more, but it's not painful, and they don't start and stop like I've read BH do.
Do or have any of you ladies experienced this? She's still passing all her kick counts (although much less kicks, more rolls and wiggles) and I've had no cramps.

 

[Em260]

Spiffy - I'm sorry you're dealing with fluid level problems too. Hopefully both of our levels end up moving more toward a normal value. It's so stressful, especially since there isn't anything that can be done about it. I hate that out of control feeling!

Krissy - so exciting you have less than 4 weeks to go! I've been freaking out about having two kids too. It's so hard to imagine but I keep telling myself lots of people do it so we will find our way too.

Baker - my little guy keeps flipping around too. He is mostly breech but loves to flip to transverse when I'm trying to sleep. He pretty much wakes me up every morning between 2 and 3 am

Nicole - my BH and contractions sometimes feel continuous like that. It can get really uncomfortable and a lot times I don't have the luxury of stopping what I'm doing or lying down to try to get them to go away.

 

[drjo718]

Hi ladies. I had my 36 week appointment today. My blood pressure was too high at 148/92. Fortunately the recheck was acceptable at 132/76, and there's no protein in my urine, so I bought myself another week. My hemoglobin also came up to 11. Had the gbs swab done. Next week I have to go to the perinatologist for another ultrasound because of the high blood pressures. I'm really hoping everything settles down. I hate the idea of induction, especially so early and being a first timer...my cervix is likely closed and posterior and quite unfavorable. And although these are selfish reasons, I'd rather her not be born on April 27, which was my anniversary with my ex husband, and I'd like to attend my cousins wedding april 30th. And I always hoped for a may baby. I just always figured she'd come after her due date, but that obviously won't happen if my blood pressures don't cooperate.

 

[NZKiwi]

Aww drjo, sorry to read you are having a tough time, I hope your blood pressure cooperates and they don't induce you. Have they indicated how likely it is for you to be induced?

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Nicole, as I've mentioned before, I have an Irritable Uterus. For me, I don't get one long contraction like that, but from reading a lot of forums, I know some women who have IU do. That doesn't sound like fun at all.

Em, my doctors aren't actually concerned about my fluid levels, because I was .5 above the lower end mark, so I haven't worried too much about it. It got down to 10 with DS1, and when they checked again two weeks later, it was up to 15, so I'm just hoping the same has happened this time, since they're not monitoring me for it.

Drjo, sorry you've got a possible induction in your future. If it makes you feel any better, though, your cervix won't necessarily be unfavorable just because your a FTM. At my 36 week check with my first, I was already 60% effaced and 2cm dilated. So you never know. However, I hope your blood pressure goes down and you get to have a May baby like you want.

 

[drjo718]

NZ- they haven't said specifically, but a lot will depend on my ultrasound next week and if I end up getting lab work done that shows problems. Or if my pressures enter severe range. I do know that they don't mess around with gestational hypertension so I could be induced as soon as my appointment next tuesday, although I'll argue a case not to be.

Spiffy- this is probably gross and tmi for some, but having gone thru fertility treatments, I have experience checking my own cervix. And, being a labor nurse, I can assess my own favorability and can confidently say my cervix is currently on lock down despite the baby's head being very low in my pelvis.

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Drjo, doesn't gross me out at all. I pretty much never admit it on the forums (because people tend to chew me out) but I check my own cervix as well. It was the only thing that kept me from having to go to L&D every time I started having contractions every 2-3 minutes last pregnancy. I've gotten to the point where I can check myself before an appointment and guess my own dilation and effacement almost exactly the same as my OB.

Sorry to hear your cervix is unfavorable. I'm really hoping your BP comes down and you get to let baby come naturally. My BP last night was 140/80, so I've been keeping an eye on mine as well.