Cycle 1 day 1. Who's with me? *update* It's a girl! Congrats baby_bray!!!

[mailcmm]

Thanks guys. I definitely don't recommend that procedure. Drugs are finally working for the most part. Still very sore though. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

 

[moter98]

how are you feeling today mail? better i hope. any progress on the baby front?

 

[television]

Thanks guys. I definitely don't recommend that procedure. Drugs are finally working for the most part. Still very sore though. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

hope your feeling better soon and little Finn will be here in your arms soooo soon xx

 

[baby_bray]

Aw....Mail....as a surgical technician, seeing hemorrhoidectomies first hand....I can only imagine...
Glad to hear you are dilating though!!!! I'll be praying for a speedy recovery *and* delivery!!! Can't wait to see Finn!

 

[colta]

Aw....Mail....as a surgical technician, seeing hemorrhoidectomies first hand....I can only imagine...
Glad to hear you are dilating though!!!! I'll be praying for a speedy recovery *and* delivery!!! Can't wait to see Finn!

Mail - Hope you feel better, like Baby Bray said... seen it, and ouch!

Baby Bray - Fellow health care person!! Yay! I'm a nursing student right now just about done my lpn. Hi!

 

[baby_bray]

I thought I had read that somewhere Colta, that's fantastic
I was a regular surgical technician in the US Air Force for 6 years, and I specialized last year in Urology so I get to work in the clinic *and* the Operating Room and I actually *love* my job. I didn't really get much say in specializing, but it's been a fantastic move for me, I never thought "urology" would have been where I ended up.

 

[mailcmm]

Thanks all. Feeling somewhat better today. Still high as a kite but managed to blow dry my hair and get dressed. We have 15 people coming for dinner tonight. Gonna be a nightmare. Dh is going to take the recliner from our room and put it in the family room for me. He did all the cleaning, cooking and took care of the farm which included a hay run and a feed store visit. Poor guy. I really need to figure out something I can do for him to say thank you for all that he has done. For 16 months he has doted on me and kept this family going. I could just cry. Feel like he deserved more then this for his first baby experience.

 

[television]

Thanks all. Feeling somewhat better today. Still high as a kite but managed to blow dry my hair and get dressed. We have 15 people coming for dinner tonight. Gonna be a nightmare. Dh is going to take the recliner from our room and put it in the family room for me. He did all the cleaning, cooking and took care of the farm which included a hay run and a feed store visit. Poor guy. I really need to figure out something I can do for him to say thank you for all that he has done. For 16 months he has doted on me and kept this family going. I could just cry. Feel like he deserved more then this for his first baby experience.

Ah thats what you do when your a team he loves you and im sure you would do the same for him

 

[MightyMom]

Thanks all. Feeling somewhat better today. Still high as a kite but managed to blow dry my hair and get dressed. We have 15 people coming for dinner tonight. Gonna be a nightmare. Dh is going to take the recliner from our room and put it in the family room for me. He did all the cleaning, cooking and took care of the farm which included a hay run and a feed store visit. Poor guy. I really need to figure out something I can do for him to say thank you for all that he has done. For 16 months he has doted on me and kept this family going. I could just cry. Feel like he deserved more then this for his first baby experience.

Aw, there go the tears! You're so lucky to have him. But really, he'd have to be the biggest jerk in the world not to do EVERYTHING for you after that surgery and until Finn is born. I hope your dinner goes well and you can still rest a bit even when people are visiting.

 

[Twinkie210]

colta- I am glad you are going to get checked out and it sounds a lot like endo to me. What you describe is NOT normal at all!

mail- OMG I am so sorry about the hemmroids! I have delt with them off an on since having DS #1, but nothing as bad as you described. I can't believe they couldn't give you more pain meds! I had Stadol when I was in labor with DS #1 (before my epitdural) and it was great, made me feel like I was drunk LOL. I have thought about going in for surgery to fix the couple I have (mine must be small because they don't generaly bother me), but after what you describe I will deal with the hemmroids!

 

[menb]

Glad you're feeling a little better, Mail. What an ordeal! Hoping everyday for some relief for you. Tell your hubby that his wife's bnb friends say kudos for stepping up and taking care of the family! He's a great guy!!!

 

[mailcmm]

Thanks all. Hubby is an amazing man. I am truly blessed with him. Did too much yesterday and paying for it today but had a really good night sleep so counting it as a wash. Right no resting up, watching hoarders, and waiting to go to the neighbors for dinner. Girls are watching a movie and making chocolate chipless cookies and boys are learning to shoot. Shoud be a nice afternoon. Very very tired but trying not to just sit around feeling sorry.

Colta.... You should have your ob check our tubes as well. Didn't ou have a tubal?

 

[MightyMom]

Nothing like watching hoarders to put you at ease about how nice your house is. I remember feeling like my house was a mess at 39 weeks but then I saw Hoarding Buried Alive and I thought "I guess the house isn't too bad." LOL

Sigh. I'm so tired of living in a hotel room. I can't wait to move into our house.

 

[mailcmm]

Mighty... It must be so hard living in a hotel. I would go insane. Hoarders does help with house perception.

Afm... Got another blow today. Went to the surgeon to recheck my hemorrhoid situation and it has gotten much worse. The one he lanced is coming back and the other 2 have thrombosed. He says he needs to operate. So Friday I will deliver Finn come home on Sunday and go back Monday for surgery. Dr wanted to do it Friday and have them induce me Thursday so I could just be in the hospital all at once but ob won't do it. Total nightmare.

 

[moter98]

So they can't just let you wait a couple weeks after baby for it to heal?or is it Really painful? Generally even thrombosed will heal on their own, will just take a few weeks. So sorry you have to go through all this! Geez mail, you need a break from pain!!!!!!!

 

[MightyMom]

Ugh, that is awful. I'm sorry mail. On the bright side, at least they are inducing you. Grr. This is just medical mismanagement. They ought have induced you last week to take care of this. IMO your OB has been very subpar and not acting in your best interests. Did they even take a look at your hemmorrhoids before they refused to induce you last week?? That might have changed their mind. It's a shame the other surgeon can't work on you over the weekend or something. I hope this takes care of it for you though. And now we know we'll see Finn Friday. Whoever picked Jan 4th wins I guess!

 

[baby_bray]

Mail....you poor thing....you have just had a really rough go at things....

at least once they take care of your situation Finn will be out!! And you'll have a whole slew of meds back on the table!

 

[mailcmm]

Moter... It would take months to heal on its own and it is really really bad now. Surgeon said after delivery it will be a total mess. I also tore with my last pregnancies so am anticipating a nightmare. The surgeon says better now then healing and coming back. They are internal as well as external and need to be dealt with regardless better to have one long recovery then 2.

Mighty... They did look and sent me to the surgeon in the first place because they were so bad they didn't feel it could wait for treatment. They don't however consider treatment delivery. They have a strict no induction until 39 wk policy for insurance purposes. When I talked to the nurse today to plead my case she said she would call the dr and when she called back said she didn't call the dr because l&d has no more induction slots for Thursday. So she said even if the dr said yes they couldn't do it. I was so angry. Since the situation isn't life threatening I guess they aren't worried.

Bray.... So excited I will get real drugs. What they have me on now is such a low dose that they only take the edge off.

I guess on the upside at least I will have 3 days with Finn before the real fun begins. Oh, and I lost my plug. Well have been losing it since last night. Maybe Finn will come and I will get my surgery Friday where they have morphine drips lol so glad we already knew I wasn't breast feeding.

 

[moter98]

well mail, at least it will all be over soon! when i lost my plug with DS, i went into labor the very next morning and had him that night.....so a total of 33 hours after losing it i had him!

 

[mailcmm]

Oh Moter I hope that's how it goes for me. I still think we are gonna get a c section.... Which would be fine with me as it will spare my bottom. Lol I still don't think he will engage. I think come Friday afternoon they will say he's not engaged and you are gonna have a csection. Then I would still be in the hospital on Monday and might be able to talk them into keeping me til Tuesday to heal some with good drugs.