Hello Ladies!
wow, I take a small break (was feeling poorly - all the joints ache) and so much have happened....including getting VERY close to 2 new babies!
Animal - sending you tons of good luck on the scan, I'm sure all is perfect!
Sunshine - praying for you, and that all goes very smoothly in the delivery. Before you know it, you will have her in your arms...what a lovely thought!!!!! it gives me chills to think of it.
MA - hon, I'm so sorry about the swelling. The finish line is in sight and Amelia is right there waiting for you! If you do end up with the c-section, know that so many of the stories on the internet are just that, stories. It's like when you tell someone you are first pregnant and they go into the worst labor stories they ever heard, complete with ALL the nasty gory details, so bad you wonder why anyone ever has babies after that..... Everyone is different, my sister had 4 c-sections and was just fine through all, my friend was terrified to get one but had to and came out with flying colors -she was worried about not feeling things too, crying to me when they told her she needed one, then they numbed her and all she said was "oh, not as bad as I thought", and mom and baby were perfect. Easy for me now to say to breathe and relax as I know it's scary but you have so many positive thoughts and prayers going at you!
lava - I, too, am so happy there are 3 of us at the same time going through this! So glad you got the night nurse, what a relief! Has the benedryl helped? I'm taking tylenol PM tonight (tylenol with benedryl) to get some sleep, finally!
Svet - 5 1/2 hours!!!!!!
what a good girl you have!!!!!
viv - you are in my thoughts! hope all is going well.
to carol, rottpaw, skye - did I miss anyone? I feel like I did.... many
to you all.
AFM - we had our monthly OB appointment this morning, poppy was moving around so much the doctor was chasing him/her all over my belly to get the heartbeat! Things are doing great, they said to not worry too much about the low lying placenta as they are checking it again next month...unless I start bleeding after sex, then they will say bedrest and no sex.
ut that's ok, so far so good and no bleeding so we are just fine.
haven't been sleeping much lately, maybe about 2 hours total a night, I fall asleep and then sleep for only about 10 mins and wake up and up for hours. I have fibro and other issues that give fatigue like chronic fatigue so pregnancy is just kicking my butt on the non-restorative sleep.....hopefully the tylenol PM will help! My joints are also acting up pretty badly (could barely move all weekend, much less type anything here) and they offered me narcotics or to try some vitamin D as that is supposed to help. I chose the vitamin D and then physical therapy before the pain killers. I'm sure I'll need them as the pregnancy progresses but if I can hold off for a while now I will feel better.
Other than that, things are good! In case you were wondering, we decided not to find out what we are having....bring on team yellow or green!!!!!
beth
A little bit of it was sadness for what we're leaving behind, but most of it was this enormous feeling of being blessed with this little girl and the husband I created her with. I'm completely humbled and in awe of what we're about to enter in to, and it's creating havoc with my hormonally charged emotions!
Ah, well. At least I had my breakdown in private.
I was glad to hear about your c-section, too. I have this nagging fear that the induction won't go as planned and I'll wind up with one, so you've helped to put my mind at ease. Thank you!
I feel like I'm 90 in the mornings....wonder how it will be when I have poppy but we will manage!
I am reluctant to get too excited as it could change at any moment but fx'd!!! I'm so scared now when she sleeps too much during the day... will it affect her nights? If you include her feedings I'd say she is awake a good ten hrs or more a day. pretty right on with where she should be so we'll see.
