***April Sweet Peas 2011*** join here (48 babies born)

[SazzleR]

Gertrude, really hope your BP comes down & you get your home birth.

I'm going to try an internal EPO tonight. Must get this baby moving! My mum is coming to stay this weekend so would be lovely to have bubs whilst she is close by. x

 

[MissFox]

Good luck Sazzle!

 

[DanaBump]

omg sam @ your signature. anywhere from 5-11 pound baby?! ouchie!!

forgot to take my zoloft today and now i just feel down..

 

[MissFox]

SERIOUSLY! AND THEY DIDNT CHECK THE GROWTH YESTERDAY!!! They couldn't get her head without doing a transvag (although 20 minutes later I was told she was still REALLY HIGH)
My midwife guessed 7.5lbs on Tuesday. I'm SCARED! I don't want a HUGE baby!

 

[DanaBump]

my dr yesterday guessed 8 and that she'd be 8.5 by the time she's born

i really dont' know why a big baby makes me so sad, but it does

 

[MissFox]

Its scary! I'm horrified of her being so big! Part of me keeps freaking out that all the contractions I'm having keep going away because her head is too big for my pelvis!

 

[AmethystDream]

hey all, Gertrude posted on the homebirthing thread and asked for her update to be posted here.

Her symptoms of pre-eclampsia have increased and shes now in hospital, waiting on more bloods tonight to then make a decision whether to induce or not.

Wish her luck girls xxx

Ah piddle. Hope you are OK Gertrude, fingers crossed for you here, lovey

 

[AmethystDream]

Its scary! I'm horrified of her being so big! Part of me keeps freaking out that all the contractions I'm having keep going away because her head is too big for my pelvis!

I don't know if it helps any but my Mum (who had 5 of us) always said that a bigger baby could 'help' more by positioning itself, in her experience.

Dunno if it's true or not, mine have been fairly regular sized thus far.

 

[JakesMummy]

Amethyst I agree with your mum! My lo was 8.9 lbs and was a very easy delivery due to the fact gravity and his weight combined, helped assist him down the canal rather than draw back up at the end of each contraction whilst pushing. I would class a large baby as 9.5 lb plus.

I Amon my phone, as usual, so apologies if I miss anyoneU

Missfox - your bump is so low, and ready to go!! I hope ur body co-operates with you asap!!!
Jeepgirl - congratulations!!! Sorry to hear the birth didn't go as planned, but like you say, you have your perfect bAby in your arms now!
Gem - I said on Facebook but congrats again!!! Look forrward to reading birth story

I'm still at my mums whilst kitchen is getting revamped . I made the mistake of passing through earlier to see progress, and could have cried!!! It's a mess which i know isn't a great deal but I know I'll deal with it in a weeks time, whether baby is here orbit. Just something silly I don't need right now!!! Hence the reason I'm going shopping tomo!

Here's a recent 39 week pic ... Feel so fat but obviously I will be at 39 weeks! At the fed up stage now!!!

 

[JakesMummy]

Sorry will attach pic later as my phone is being stupid!

 

[DanaBump]

i guess because i'm bigger, i have this mindset that most ppl will assume my baby will be "big" because of that and i must prove them wrong. plus my MIL keeps saying she'll be a big baby, which is 8.5 lbs to her which just upsets me more. but then she's also the one who said my daughter was going to come home pregnant at 15 (apparently her idea of a joke), so i should really just ignore everything she says. then i have dreams where i don't want her anymore cuz she's ugly and my proverbial cup runeth over with hormones.

 

[JakesMummy]

Ah dana (hugs)

 

[bernina]

Oh Dana, I'm sorry you're dealing with MIL comments. Please don't worry about the dreams, they are so normal and yours isn't nearly as bad as some others have had. It's just the hormones and our fears of delivery and hoping that baby is healthy. Just ignore MIL and focus on yourself and the upcoming birth of little one. When she's in your arms, that's all that will matter.

 

[CaseyBaby718]

Little update from me. I suppose I got the wish I wanted, though not in the way I kinda wanted it.

At the midwife's today they saw that my BP was high, and my swelling as increased to a level they didn't like, so they had me go for tests, and the tests wanted me to go to the hospital. So now i'm at the hospital. The baby is being monitored for any distress and my blood pressure is being monitored as well... the lower number is the one that they are worried about because it keeps jumping up to 100 sometimes, but it is lowering too. So that's good.

More then likely (midwife said 100%) i'll be induced sometime tomorrow night. They've already given me cervical gel to get my cervix ripening so that when they do induce it's easier to get things going.

I guess i'll be meeting little Josaphine sometime this weekend.

 

[bernina]

Aww Casey, I know it's not exactly what you planned or wanted, but being able to meet your little one tomorrow or Saturday at the latest sounds amazing!! Glad you and little one are being monitored and taken care of. Hope everything goes smoothly!!!!

 

[DanaBump]

aww casey i'm sorry you're not getting your home birth, but that won't matter once josaphine is here.

bernina- thank you. i know i'll love her even if she's 11 pounds (dear god i hope not), it's just being bigger and hearing comments about it for as long as i can remember, the last thing i need is someone calling my baby "big" too. hopefully some sleep and working tomorrow will make me feel better.

 

[bernina]

Here's hoping for a nice 8 lb even baby for you Dana Nice and healthy, but not too big!!

 

[MissFox]

Dana- she's gonna be a fine size- not too big at all.
Casey - everything will be fine- I know you had other plans in mind (don't we all sometimes??) I hope monitoring goes well and just relax. Josie will be here very soon and all the stress and frustration of it will be gone. Good luck!!!

 

[bernina]

MissFox, how are you feeling, how are the contractions?

 

[MissFox]

The pressure in my vag and bumm are so freaking intense. My contrations are not very intense but when they happen it's sooo much pressure. They pick up and start every 15 minutes for a couple hours then stop. Sometimes it's every 10 minutes then stop. I think it's very important for me to remember though that usually after false labors I don't get anything for a couple days and this has just kept up. IDK what to think but I really hope something happens before sunday.