A group for TTC#1 and had more than one loss?
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Hi ladies sorry its been so long! Its hard work looking after a baby lol!
Ok only been able to have a quick read at the mo so just wanted to say good luck to Emme.
Ntat congrats hun im so pleased everything is going well.
Monro i think boy for you, are you going to find out?
Ok so quick birth story.... waters broke 1am on 1st, no signs before hand no BH, loss of plug etc. DH was saying im tired im not ready! Anyone would think he had to give birth!! Went to hospital they said looked like waters on pad they dont examine you due to risk of infection. They sent us home again for things to start or be induced at 8am on 2nd.
Didnt get any sleep that night as everytime i laid down i had another little gush of water, the following afternoon i had light contractions which got more regular though the night, again no sleep. Woke dh at 3am to say they were about 5min apart and i was going to have a bath, he phoned hospital to say we may be in soon and they said try and wait til 3 mins apart!
Anyway the bath spaced them out again so they went 10-15mins apart wish i hadnt had it. DH went to bed and i stayed up. By the time we were at hospital the next morning i was exhausted and we hadnt even started yet!
I think it was around 10am when i was examined and started on the drip i was only 1cm!! Couldnt believe it, but then cervix had been high and closed at last check so she said it was good progress.
Well the drip was on low but by 11.10 the contractions were closer and lasting longer and i was asking for an epidural! Which i got just before 12.
They are definitely good, it did stop working later in the afternoon though and it had to be taken out and put back in again as only my legs were numb. We went through 3 midwife changes as we were there so long. Dh kept moaning he was tired/hungry etc im surprised i didnt slap him! He got given cups of coffee and a giant bean bag, i got sod all and was tied to the bed!
Eventually around 9.45pm i said i could feel pressure down below but they only check you every 4 hrs, so she checked at 10.20 and said i was fully dilated but baby had turned and her head was sideways!!
She said you will just have to push harder!! Anyway she wanted to leave her an hour to see if she turned herself, so at 11.20 i started pushing but i could see from the midwifes face when she looked at babys heartrate it was not good, we tried pushing a few more times and i knew then we were headed for theatre 1 way or another. She left the room and dh said he could see everyone start running around the corridoors, next thing there was people in scrubs in the room saying episiotomy and forceps, possible c sect, this could happen that could happen, sign here!! Was scary, dh had to put on scrubs and i could see he was crapping himself.
We got into theatre and they numbed me up some more incase of c sect but midwife said he was confident he would get her with forceps. When he checked again she had turned and was face up, he turned her first, then he pulled and i pushed and she was out in a couple of minutes just after midnight on 3rd. She didnt cry for a bit they had to use bag and mask and were shouting shes fine just shocked. What seemed like ages but was prob less than a min she cried, they showed her to me then handed her to dh, and then she crapped all over him!!
The midwife said to me in recovery that she was sending my placenta off to be investigated as she had never seen anything like it before, said there was a normal placenta with a smaller 1 coming off it with its own vessels and chambers etc and i think she was thinking this had something to do with my miscarriages. bet i never hear anyhting back about it.
When they did babys blood gases it showed that she had been highly stressed, the midwife came up to the ward after and said she was v confused as her heartrate had been fine til the end but her bloods showed she obviously had been stressed and its a good job she came out when she did!
Well it was 47 hours from when my waters broke to when she came out, thats a long time!
We were on the ward that night and the night after, so they could observe baby as i had antibiotics during labout cos of the waters being gone so long.
The ward was hard... another 2 nights of no sleep babies crying lights on and offand if you do manage to fall asleep they wake you for obs!! I cried!! Alot! Everyday for the first 4 days anyway! and im not an overly emotional person.
DH went back to work last mon when she was 4 days old, that was really hard!! 1 tip make sure you have someone for the first week at least! I was emotional and in so much pain! My stitches were very swollen and i had monster piles from pushing! We tried BF but by the 2nd day i was bruised and in agony she was hanging off my nipple and getting fractious when i put her near and i was dreading it everytime. Plus i couldnt sit or get comfortable cos i was in so much pain! I started expressing and topping up with formula, and things got better. Plus they tell you if theyve lost more than 7% at 5 day weigh in they put you back in hospital... the thought of it made me cry, no point going back in there they were crap and didnt help you anyway!
Ive told everyone that im traumatised by the whole thing.....
But we have turned the corner this week, im starting to feel better and can actually sit down without crying out in pain. Now if we can just get her to be awake 11am - 3pm instead of 11pm-3am then we will be on to a winner!!
Oh and she is 12 days old with no name, cant agree, tbh i dont even know why im letting him get a say, it was me that was butchered! Anyway its looking like Eva or Cara/Kara....?
Sorry its so long guys.....
A few pics for you.....
Ok only been able to have a quick read at the mo so just wanted to say good luck to Emme.
Ntat congrats hun im so pleased everything is going well.
Monro i think boy for you, are you going to find out?
Ok so quick birth story.... waters broke 1am on 1st, no signs before hand no BH, loss of plug etc. DH was saying im tired im not ready! Anyone would think he had to give birth!! Went to hospital they said looked like waters on pad they dont examine you due to risk of infection. They sent us home again for things to start or be induced at 8am on 2nd.
Didnt get any sleep that night as everytime i laid down i had another little gush of water, the following afternoon i had light contractions which got more regular though the night, again no sleep. Woke dh at 3am to say they were about 5min apart and i was going to have a bath, he phoned hospital to say we may be in soon and they said try and wait til 3 mins apart!
Anyway the bath spaced them out again so they went 10-15mins apart wish i hadnt had it. DH went to bed and i stayed up. By the time we were at hospital the next morning i was exhausted and we hadnt even started yet!
I think it was around 10am when i was examined and started on the drip i was only 1cm!! Couldnt believe it, but then cervix had been high and closed at last check so she said it was good progress.
Well the drip was on low but by 11.10 the contractions were closer and lasting longer and i was asking for an epidural! Which i got just before 12.
They are definitely good, it did stop working later in the afternoon though and it had to be taken out and put back in again as only my legs were numb. We went through 3 midwife changes as we were there so long. Dh kept moaning he was tired/hungry etc im surprised i didnt slap him! He got given cups of coffee and a giant bean bag, i got sod all and was tied to the bed!
Eventually around 9.45pm i said i could feel pressure down below but they only check you every 4 hrs, so she checked at 10.20 and said i was fully dilated but baby had turned and her head was sideways!!
She said you will just have to push harder!! Anyway she wanted to leave her an hour to see if she turned herself, so at 11.20 i started pushing but i could see from the midwifes face when she looked at babys heartrate it was not good, we tried pushing a few more times and i knew then we were headed for theatre 1 way or another. She left the room and dh said he could see everyone start running around the corridoors, next thing there was people in scrubs in the room saying episiotomy and forceps, possible c sect, this could happen that could happen, sign here!! Was scary, dh had to put on scrubs and i could see he was crapping himself.
We got into theatre and they numbed me up some more incase of c sect but midwife said he was confident he would get her with forceps. When he checked again she had turned and was face up, he turned her first, then he pulled and i pushed and she was out in a couple of minutes just after midnight on 3rd. She didnt cry for a bit they had to use bag and mask and were shouting shes fine just shocked. What seemed like ages but was prob less than a min she cried, they showed her to me then handed her to dh, and then she crapped all over him!!
The midwife said to me in recovery that she was sending my placenta off to be investigated as she had never seen anything like it before, said there was a normal placenta with a smaller 1 coming off it with its own vessels and chambers etc and i think she was thinking this had something to do with my miscarriages.
bet i never hear anyhting back about it.When they did babys blood gases it showed that she had been highly stressed, the midwife came up to the ward after and said she was v confused as her heartrate had been fine til the end but her bloods showed she obviously had been stressed and its a good job she came out when she did!
Well it was 47 hours from when my waters broke to when she came out, thats a long time!
We were on the ward that night and the night after, so they could observe baby as i had antibiotics during labout cos of the waters being gone so long.
The ward was hard... another 2 nights of no sleep babies crying lights on and offand if you do manage to fall asleep they wake you for obs!! I cried!! Alot! Everyday for the first 4 days anyway! and im not an overly emotional person.
DH went back to work last mon when she was 4 days old, that was really hard!! 1 tip make sure you have someone for the first week at least! I was emotional and in so much pain! My stitches were very swollen and i had monster piles from pushing! We tried BF but by the 2nd day i was bruised and in agony she was hanging off my nipple and getting fractious when i put her near and i was dreading it everytime. Plus i couldnt sit or get comfortable cos i was in so much pain! I started expressing and topping up with formula, and things got better. Plus they tell you if theyve lost more than 7% at 5 day weigh in they put you back in hospital... the thought of it made me cry, no point going back in there they were crap and didnt help you anyway!
Ive told everyone that im traumatised by the whole thing.....
But we have turned the corner this week, im starting to feel better and can actually sit down without crying out in pain. Now if we can just get her to be awake 11am - 3pm instead of 11pm-3am then we will be on to a winner!!
Oh and she is 12 days old with no name, cant agree, tbh i dont even know why im letting him get a say, it was me that was butchered! Anyway its looking like Eva or Cara/Kara....?
Sorry its so long guys.....
A few pics for you.....
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Oh Lexi, she is gorgeous!
Sorry your labour and the birth were so traumatic, it sounded awful but so glad she is here safe and sound.
I think everyone struggles with the first couple of weeks so please know that you are doing very well.
Thanks for your birth story and got the pics
Sorry your labour and the birth were so traumatic, it sounded awful but so glad she is here safe and sound.
I think everyone struggles with the first couple of weeks so please know that you are doing very well.
Thanks for your birth story and got the pics
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Hi Lexi. Thanks for giving us all the details, I'm sure your spare time is precious so very nice of you to write to us! It makes me so happy, I'm off to see Prof Q on Monday and maybe one day I'll get a happy ending like you did.
Your Baby girl is beautiful. I hope you decide on a name soon
so glad you can sit down now (I'm wincing just thinking about it)
Mommylov, sorry about your bfn but keeping testing, there's still time.
Emme I am waiting on any news from you!
Hi everyone else :wave:
AFM, soooo glad I got my +opk just in the nick if time so I can go and see Prof Q next Monday. Hooray! X
Your Baby girl is beautiful. I hope you decide on a name soon
so glad you can sit down now (I'm wincing just thinking about it)Mommylov, sorry about your bfn but keeping testing, there's still time.
Emme I am waiting on any news from you!
Hi everyone else :wave:
AFM, soooo glad I got my +opk just in the nick if time so I can go and see Prof Q next Monday. Hooray! X
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Sammi, welcome to the thread, sorry you've had such a hard time. We're here for you.
Lexi, OMG the birth story sounds traumatic
you've managed to scare me some... But your baby is gorgeous!!! OMG I'm in love 
she's adorable. Congratulations.
Nicki, good luck with ProfQ
AFM, I'm still here gang, today I left work at 2p.m. due to severe swelling on my feet
I was planning to work till 5 but the swelling kept getting worse. I was allowed however to work from home so that's what I did and will work 1/2 day tomorrow. I need to save as much paid time off as possible. Baby is being stubborn, I guess he's going to make me get induced versus coming out himself 
I've tried walking, evening primrose pills, even drinking cinnamon tea and nothing yet. I get some period like cramping but it goes away so I'll probably be her updating y'all once I go into the hospital Thursday. Mom's driving in tomorrow night from Houston, so I'm glad she'll be here 
Lexi, OMG the birth story sounds traumatic
you've managed to scare me some... But your baby is gorgeous!!! OMG I'm in love she's adorable. Congratulations.Nicki, good luck with ProfQ
AFM, I'm still here gang, today I left work at 2p.m. due to severe swelling on my feet
I was planning to work till 5 but the swelling kept getting worse. I was allowed however to work from home so that's what I did and will work 1/2 day tomorrow. I need to save as much paid time off as possible. Baby is being stubborn, I guess he's going to make me get induced versus coming out himself I've tried walking, evening primrose pills, even drinking cinnamon tea and nothing yet. I get some period like cramping but it goes away so I'll probably be her updating y'all once I go into the hospital Thursday. Mom's driving in tomorrow night from Houston, so I'm glad she'll be here 
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mommylov--your not out yet. not till the witch shows there's still time
lexi--great to hear from you so sorry on the birth experience but happy yall are both safe and sound now. Love the pics she is precious. Yes I will be finding out but probably won't be till 18 to 20 wks unless I can sweet talk the dr on my next appt at 16wks to ck my cervix. But he said that since this last US looked so good that he did not feel the need for another at 16 wks .
Nicki--Good luck Mon. are you going to try this month or do you have to wait till you see prof q .
emme--sorry about the swollen feet but it is good you get to work from home. Tried sex Hope he comes before tomorrow.
AFM--Got hip pain in my left hip joint since last night. I could not get comfortable b/c of it. No sickness really when I woke up this morning and so far since hopefully it stays that away.
lexi--great to hear from you so sorry on the birth experience but happy yall are both safe and sound now. Love the pics she is precious.
Yes I will be finding out but probably won't be till 18 to 20 wks unless I can sweet talk the dr on my next appt at 16wks to ck my cervix. But he said that since this last US looked so good that he did not feel the need for another at 16 wks . Nicki--Good luck Mon. are you going to try this month or do you have to wait till you see prof q .
emme--sorry about the swollen feet but it is good you get to work from home. Tried sex
Hope he comes before tomorrow. AFM--Got hip pain in my left hip joint since last night. I could not get comfortable b/c of it. No sickness really when I woke up this morning and so far since hopefully it stays that away.
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Hi Monro - no I can't try this month, the nk cells test could cause a mc if you get pg so they def advise you not to try. I will start ttc in Feb!! I have not been ttc since I last got pg (July 2012 I think?) and have very mixed feelings about starting up again...
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Hi Ladies! So 11dpo today and - hpt but I think Im out. Went to the restroom to go do my crinone and when I wiped once there was a little bit of blood. I thought af should be here yet and I would think its too late for IB so I wiped again and again and there was nothing. I just sent a text to my dr about it to see if they still want me to use the crinone but I dont know whether to think its IB or af coming. I dont have the usual cramps I get when af in coming so Im a little hopeful but I dont remember having IB with my last 2 pregnancies either. Both of those I got a bfp on the day af was due which was about 14 dpo. So dont know what to think.
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Hello ladies, just a quick post to let you all know Jonathan was born yesterday. This is my birth story before I forget... I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and called labor and delivery to let them know i was coming in, they gave me the go ahead. I took a shower and when I'd already changed I felt wet, turned out I had bled a little so had to take another shower and change my clothes. I got in a little late, came to get induced at 7:00 a.m. I was admitted and started on Pitocin, I asked the nurse if she could do the lowest dose and let my body try to do things natural. She advised that was fine but she need to follow doctors orders and would make sure 2mg was ok. Well doctor wanted 4mg so she upped the dosage. My mom arrived at that point, it was 9:00. I came in at 2.5cm dilated and 60% effaced, when they broke my waters things quickly progressed and I was 4cm 90% effaced. I tried to go with the pain of the contractions but they where getting stronger, and back to back. My husband kept asking if I was ok, I the pain was really bad, and saying he was very nervous and getting worse seeing me in that kind of pain. I got up, walked, got on the toilet to labor, and the pain kept increasing. As I was laboring on the toilet and trying to make it through each contraction, I asked myself if I really wanted to to do this again, the pain was so intense! Turns out with every contraction they increased the Pitocin! So I was 5.5cm and on 20mg Pitocin around 1:00 p.m. Tears where falling down my face, and that's when I knew I couldn't do it, I could not continue another 4.5cm of dilation, plus baby crowning and then pushing him out, there was just no way 
toughest decision I've had to make, I wanted SO BAD to have a natural birth and not use drugs, not get an epidural yet I had drugs to force labor and now was opting for an Epidural... I called the nurse and told her I needed them to do the Epidural, she asked me if I was sure and I said yes. Within an hour I had the Epidural and I was able to rest. I went to 8cm at 5:30p.m. but then stopped dilating, they kept checking and nothing... They upped my Pitocin to 24mg to try to get things going again, around 7:00 I was asked to push for a little bit since I still had a little of my cervix left, it was effaced but there was a last ring that would not let me progressed, so I pushed for a bit and they said I was ready for the real thing around 7:20 so they had me hold my knees and bear down. It was funny because i had my brother who has down syndrome in the room, head covered, rooting me on LOL, he kept saying push sister push Around 7:30 they placed a mirror in front of me and let me watch the baby's head crowning. I felt lots and lots of pressure but no pain it was so weird to see part of the baby's head coming through!! It gave me more motivation to push. At 7:57 Jonathan was born weighing 9lbs 2oz and measuring 22 inches long. He is perfect and healthy I only pushed for 1hour in total. When he came out it was really quick, in one push his head came and in the next his body followed. I had a 2nd degree tear, and the epidural did its thing cause I felt only pressure when the doctor put in 2 stitches, one near my urethra and one near my butt. When he came out they immediately placed him on me, I was crying, my husband was crying as was my mom and little brother. It was so emotional, just to see the little miracle out in the world, crying moving, so perfect. They cleaned him some and asked if I wanted to try to breast feed, well I told them my milk had not come in yet... They told me that getting him to suck on the nipples would help my milk come in, well we tried but nothing was coming out, so I gave him a bottle of formula. Then they took him and gave him a bath, swaddled him and have him back to me. My mom and husband were taking tons of pictures and videos. I can't upload any cause I'm on my phone but will as soon as I can. I was moved from the labor and delivery room to a recovery room around 9:30 and settled down. Only one person is allowed to spend the night so my mom is with me today and tomorrow night my husband will be here. They told me I would be here for 2 nights so will go home Saturday. The baby's blood sugar was a little low when he was born but after I gave him the bottle of formula it got better, it was checked at 11:45 again and then at 2:45, all good so they said they wouldn't check anymore. I am now resting and with my beautiful baby boy next to me in the nursery cradle
toughest decision I've had to make, I wanted SO BAD to have a natural birth and not use drugs, not get an epidural yet I had drugs to force labor and now was opting for an Epidural... I called the nurse and told her I needed them to do the Epidural, she asked me if I was sure and I said yes. Within an hour I had the Epidural and I was able to rest. I went to 8cm at 5:30p.m. but then stopped dilating, they kept checking and nothing... They upped my Pitocin to 24mg to try to get things going again, around 7:00 I was asked to push for a little bit since I still had a little of my cervix left, it was effaced but there was a last ring that would not let me progressed, so I pushed for a bit and they said I was ready for the real thing around 7:20 so they had me hold my knees and bear down. It was funny because i had my brother who has down syndrome in the room, head covered, rooting me on LOL, he kept saying push sister push Around 7:30 they placed a mirror in front of me and let me watch the baby's head crowning. I felt lots and lots of pressure but no pain it was so weird to see part of the baby's head coming through!! It gave me more motivation to push. At 7:57 Jonathan was born weighing 9lbs 2oz and measuring 22 inches long. He is perfect and healthy I only pushed for 1hour in total. When he came out it was really quick, in one push his head came and in the next his body followed. I had a 2nd degree tear, and the epidural did its thing cause I felt only pressure when the doctor put in 2 stitches, one near my urethra and one near my butt. When he came out they immediately placed him on me, I was crying, my husband was crying as was my mom and little brother. It was so emotional, just to see the little miracle out in the world, crying moving, so perfect. They cleaned him some and asked if I wanted to try to breast feed, well I told them my milk had not come in yet... They told me that getting him to suck on the nipples would help my milk come in, well we tried but nothing was coming out, so I gave him a bottle of formula. Then they took him and gave him a bath, swaddled him and have him back to me. My mom and husband were taking tons of pictures and videos. I can't upload any cause I'm on my phone but will as soon as I can. I was moved from the labor and delivery room to a recovery room around 9:30 and settled down. Only one person is allowed to spend the night so my mom is with me today and tomorrow night my husband will be here. They told me I would be here for 2 nights so will go home Saturday. The baby's blood sugar was a little low when he was born but after I gave him the bottle of formula it got better, it was checked at 11:45 again and then at 2:45, all good so they said they wouldn't check anymore. I am now resting and with my beautiful baby boy next to me in the nursery cradle 
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Hello ladies, just a quick post to let you all know Jonathan was born yesterday. This is my birth story before I forget... I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and called labor and delivery to let them know i was coming in, they gave me the go ahead. I took a shower and when I'd already changed I felt wet, turned out I had bled a little so had to take another shower and change my clothes. I got in a little late, came to get induced at 7:00 a.m. I was admitted and started on Pitocin, I asked the nurse if she could do the lowest dose and let my body try to do things natural. She advised that was fine but she need to follow doctors orders and would make sure 2mg was ok. Well doctor wanted 4mg so she upped the dosage. My mom arrived at that point, it was 9:00. I came in at 2.5cm dilated and 60% effaced, when they broke my waters things quickly progressed and I was 4cm 90% effaced. I tried to go with the pain of the contractions but they where getting stronger, and back to back. My husband kept asking if I was ok, I the pain was really bad, and saying he was very nervous and getting worse seeing me in that kind of pain. I got up, walked, got on the toilet to labor, and the pain kept increasing. As I was laboring on the toilet and trying to make it through each contraction, I asked myself if I really wanted to to do this again, the pain was so intense! Turns out with every contraction they increased the Pitocin! So I was 5.5cm and on 20mg Pitocin around 1:00 p.m. Tears where falling down my face, and that's when I knew I couldn't do it, I could not continue another 4.5cm of dilation, plus baby crowning and then pushing him out, there was just no way
Im so happy for you!!! Big sweet boy! Cant wait to see pictures, and enjoy every minute of this!! God bless you! I love these positive stories, they give me hope
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Emme--so happy to hear that everything went ok it was not what you wanted but as long as both of you are doing good that is all that matters. Can't wait for pic's.
Nicki--Well thats exciting your going to start back in Feb. I know the feeling about not being sure. I swear if anything happens to this baby I am not sure what I would do. I would probably take a very long break. Hope you find out somemore info at prof q's GL.
Mommylov--Don't count your self out yet even late implanters can sometime make it
Nicki--Well thats exciting your going to start back in Feb. I know the feeling about not being sure. I swear if anything happens to this baby I am not sure what I would do. I would probably take a very long break. Hope you find out somemore info at prof q's GL.
Mommylov--Don't count your self out yet even late implanters can sometime make it
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Congratulations Emme
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Monroe, af came this morning. Dr wants me to start clomid on monday (Ive never taken it before... never thought it would get to that point ) and wants me in for an ultrasound on the 29th. Im just numb at the moment. I love my husband to death but when I say Im numb.. I just feel like Im going through motions at this point i.e. work, store, home, clean, sleep, etc. BD is the last thing on my mind. Just so tired of the dissapointment.
) and wants me in for an ultrasound on the 29th. Im just numb at the moment. I love my husband to death but when I say Im numb.. I just feel like Im going through motions at this point i.e. work, store, home, clean, sleep, etc. BD is the last thing on my mind. Just so tired of the dissapointment.
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Emme congratulations hun, you're a mummy 
Can't wait to see pics, take care
Mommy sorry af arrived, it's good you are getting some help though, and all the success stories on this thread provide hope
Hope everyone else is doing ok
Can't wait to see pics, take care Mommy sorry af arrived, it's good you are getting some help though, and all the success stories on this thread provide hope
Hope everyone else is doing ok
Monro those were great scan pics, I am sooo happy for you!!! I'm terrible at the gender guessing....
Lexi she is sooooo cute, beautiful eyes!! You scare me about the name thing as I feel like it is so important that I fear I won't be able to decide either and dh and I have a hard time agreeing on names especially girl. Also my brother and his fiance changed my nephew's name legally when he was 5 months old from Riley to Mason LOL
Emme, congrats and no one can fault someone getting an epidural with a 9 pound baby haha! Can't wait for pics!
Both of your birth stories got me very emotional, I remember when you both were still ttc and now look....Just fantastic and sooo inspirational!
AFM, my scan on Monday didn't really show anything but I was only 5 wk 1 day and actually less cause that is based off lmp and 28 day cycle. They schedules me for another scan in two weeks from then which is Tues jan 29. I have been off and on in terms of whether I feel this pregnancy is viable. I have gotten worried because I get pretty bad sharp pains on my lower left pelvic area (bikini line) at night and the pain has actually woken me up at night. I called the dr. today and they had me come in for more bloods so they will know if it is high enough that they will likely see something if they do an ultrasound next week instead. Although last night I was crying and convinced it was another ectopic, today I have read so much about round ligament pain and the fact that I only have pain if I am sitting or laying on one side. So for now I feel pretty happy, but seeing something in the uterus will give me all the relief in the world.
Lexi she is sooooo cute, beautiful eyes!! You scare me about the name thing as I feel like it is so important that I fear I won't be able to decide either and dh and I have a hard time agreeing on names especially girl. Also my brother and his fiance changed my nephew's name legally when he was 5 months old from Riley to Mason LOL
Emme, congrats and no one can fault someone getting an epidural with a 9 pound baby haha! Can't wait for pics!
Both of your birth stories got me very emotional, I remember when you both were still ttc and now look....Just fantastic and sooo inspirational!
AFM, my scan on Monday didn't really show anything but I was only 5 wk 1 day and actually less cause that is based off lmp and 28 day cycle. They schedules me for another scan in two weeks from then which is Tues jan 29. I have been off and on in terms of whether I feel this pregnancy is viable. I have gotten worried because I get pretty bad sharp pains on my lower left pelvic area (bikini line) at night and the pain has actually woken me up at night. I called the dr. today and they had me come in for more bloods so they will know if it is high enough that they will likely see something if they do an ultrasound next week instead. Although last night I was crying and convinced it was another ectopic, today I have read so much about round ligament pain and the fact that I only have pain if I am sitting or laying on one side. So for now I feel pretty happy, but seeing something in the uterus will give me all the relief in the world.
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Emmediva, huge congrats!!! I can't wait to see pics of your little man!
(Hey, if you're reading, or staying caught up on here as time permits, your milk may not come in for a few days after birth, and that's okay. The only thing your baby will need for the early days is your colostrum, the gold goo that comes out of your nips...and the more the breast is offered, the sooner your milk will arrive. It will literally only be a tiny amount of colostrum too, at first, and that's all he will need. Also, it is completely normal for BF babies to lose about 8-10 % of their birth weight within the first few days of BFing...but as you continue to feed every two hours or so, your little guy should be back up to his birth weight by day 10 or so. Just thought I'd pass that along, as I don't feel that hospital staff are always the best-trained in the art of BFing, and this lack of support is why so many women throw in the towel right away.)
(Hey, if you're reading, or staying caught up on here as time permits, your milk may not come in for a few days after birth, and that's okay. The only thing your baby will need for the early days is your colostrum, the gold goo that comes out of your nips...and the more the breast is offered, the sooner your milk will arrive. It will literally only be a tiny amount of colostrum too, at first, and that's all he will need. Also, it is completely normal for BF babies to lose about 8-10 % of their birth weight within the first few days of BFing...but as you continue to feed every two hours or so, your little guy should be back up to his birth weight by day 10 or so. Just thought I'd pass that along, as I don't feel that hospital staff are always the best-trained in the art of BFing, and this lack of support is why so many women throw in the towel right away.)
