Due in July 2012

[angieloo]

Kt that is so exciting! It's weird we're excited for the pain, but when I read your post I got so excited for you- lol. Hopefully this is the start of something!

 

[Flagirl]

KT. Yay or not. Id imagine they would take you right away and do the section.
But y might rather not have to deal with it if your re going to plan it anyway.
I bet your body is saying ....can't do this much longer.

I'm depressed. I asked my mom today when she thinks she will be born.bc we have a pot going. Dh took July 13 which I've dreamed about over and over and is exactly one week to the day early. My mom says July 25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's 5 days late and for some reason I bet she wins it. I will flip out. I'm so ready to not be pregnant and they will not interfere until 41 weeks late. I asked and they said no way. Over 90% of time nature takes care of this so they will let it do what it does until 41 weeks then they will induce etc......

 

[Bug222]

Oh my fingers are crossed for you KTS... I hope this is it for you!!!!

Fla-

Ok now you ladies have made me think about the possibility of my water breaking before Thurs... off to get a mattress pad and putting a nice thick towel in the car lol! Haha I'll be carrying a towel around the house to put down wherever I go! Is anyone else afraid to go to friends houses "just in case"? Haha how do you make that one ok?? Ummm sorry I think I just ruined your furniture..... can't clean it right now tho, gotta go have a baby!

 

[Flagirl]

Bug. Haha. I'm so afraid. I'm afraid it will happen at pedicure or getting my hair done or grocery. I'm sure people are more used to it than we think but...what do you do if youre in the grocery store???? That's so embarrassing and totally not our fault.


I think kt's body is telling her something. I bet drs do something soon fingers crossed. Atleast one of us can be out of misery. I hate to think of it that way but I'm miserable. We have a tropical storm out in the gulf. Her name is Debbie. Culd become something bad but isnt yet. It's just raining and raining and raining. Our pool is about to overflow. Weather is unreal. I just told dh...I'm sooooooo bored. I wish we were going to hospital to have her

 

[ktskittle]

Nothing new so far... It's weird because I have spent the last week (since I found out his size) PRAYING for labor to start, but now that it's been a week and he is possibly already 10 pounds, I almost want to wait until tomorrow at noon to see what the dr has to say. I didn't ask to many questions about a section last week because I was dead against it at first and was CONVINCED that I would go into labor soon after the appt while he was still a managable size (d*mn it!) Yeah... That didn't work. LOL. Now I won't know what to do if I go into labor tonight.... Do I go for it or say..."Hold Up... Prep the OR... I am a section patient." LOL
I was just reading that, while only 5% of vaginal deliveries end up with a 3rd or 4th degree tear, the risk goes up fivefold for babies over 9 pounds. FIVEFOLD! That's a 25% chance of tearing in such a way that it could take up to a year to recover (but at least 2 months) and reconstructive surgery to correct (as was the case for my friend who had a 4th degree tear!)
Hmmmm. I think that even if I go now, I might go the section...25% chance of very lengthy and painful recovery vs 100% chance of 2-4 week recovery.... I just want to make it to the dr tomorrow to pick his brain!
Another bonus... My main (and favorite) DR is on call this Thursday through sunday (it's his weekend), so that means it will be him doing the surgery and checking on me, removing staples, etc the whole stay!

 

[Dani12]

oh my good luck skittle

I'm playing the waiting game and it's pretty boring!!! I've done cleaned, arranged and setup everything for the LO. My doctor dropped the bomb on me last wednesday and said she'll be away my due date. So i'm getting one more growth scan tomorrow, another 3-hour glucose test tuesday (yuck) and wednesday she said she's gonna figure out what she's gonna do with me. I really pray the LO comes next Sunday on her dad's birthday

 

[angieloo]

That's crazy kt! 25% is really high and I can't imagine how painful and long the recovery would be. My mom and sister didn't tear with any so I'm hoping I'm like them. My mom did end up with an emergency c-section with me, but attributes that to the fact that she was in a training hospital and not very confident in her drs.
My dr has been delivering babies since 1981- before my husband and I were even born and I feel so relaxed and confident in him. Hopefully he is there and helps makes things go easier- even if it means c- section

 

[Flagirl]

Kt. I feel for ya. I hint I'd do section bu I'd for sure ask his expertise and how he feels about it considering he will be such a big boy. I'm sure your dr has so good advice you can use to make a decision. I'd be leaning toward section and I have very limited info but I know babies tht big are at higher risk to hav complications in birth canal which can leads to forcepts, vacumn etc.... Or they end up doing a section anyway.
I know big babies run in your family...did everyone delivery vaginally or section?

Good thing is...you don't have long to wait til dr appt and some answers hopefully.

 

[ktskittle]

My sister had an 8 pound girl and a 9 pound boy (both two weeks early.) She tore with both, albeit 1st or 2nd degree only, but that's expected as 70% of all vaginal deliveries have some tearing.... She was on a donut and had trouble sitting for 2 weeks and she said that sex hurt for months.... My mom had my brother at 9.5 pounds at 36 and a half weeks. She doesn't remember the details (or is trying to spare me.)
My next door neighbor was talking to me last night and she said her daughter was 10.5 pounds and she is still having regular surgeries to repair the damage done (40 years ago!!!) Also, her daughter ended up with 2 scars on either side of her head from being dragged past her pelvic bones and both of her eyes had burst blood vessels from passing through birth canal! I think that REALLY did it for me... C SECTION PLEASE!!!
Fingers crossed for comforting news and a date on the calendar... 3 hours until my appointment!

 

[Flagirl]

kt sounds like your more sure about your decision now. Hope appt goes well

Is anyone else experiencing decreased movement? She is moving but it's less and less. I thought maybe it's bc she is getting bigger and has less room? Let me know. Every time they check hb etc she is fine but I might call and go in today and get them to check. I haven't eaten this am yet so I was gonna eat then see. I feel her...just not as much.

It dumped 10 inches of rain here and isn't done. Glad i wasn't in labor at hospital with all this going on. We have 2 dogs etc...it so would've been nuts trying to get them taken care of.

 

[ktskittle]

Ah! That's crazy rain! What part of FLA are you in again?
I can't speak for decreased movements as mine is moving more than ever and its SO UNCOMFORTABLE! He is just so big now, that I think I can feel each and every adjustment he makes... And when he moves, it's not me feeling a kick here or there... I feel his feet on one side while his little bum moves on the other, so my whole stomach looks like alien invasion as it shifts shapes and moves around!

 

[Canada8]

wow KT i would so do the section then! those stories are horrible! And your family seems to deliver big babies.

Claire, Celina still moves a lot...more punches and deformed movements, but every day at 6am and 11pm to 1am, she is up and active....I can see my sleepless nights now

Dani12 - my OB will be away JULY ! _ ^ AND I am nervous about going into labour then as I am so comfortable with him....he also delivered my son.....so I know what you mean....keep in mind, I still would be glad to go early....lol

 

[angieloo]

I've been experiencing some decreased movement- sometimes it will be little to nothing and just when I'm about to go to the hospital Ben will move like crazy and shift positions. His heart rate is in the 140-150 range so dr said as long as I feel him three times before bed then not to worry.
When he does move it is like a crazy alien tummy I see- my while stomach moves when he moves

 

[ktskittle]

I'm having a baby Friday!!! The dr is inducing me. He thinks I'm giving too much credit to the accuracy of the uktrasound and that well be looking at a 9, not 10, pounder... He's at zero station. So his head is square in between my pelvic bones, so he's not worried about that... Ahhh! I can't believe it!

 

[Flagirl]

I went ahead and called the dr bc it was yesterday and today. My fluid is great and her hb was 123bpm. She was resting when they did biophysical u/s as they call it. She moved several times while they watched but even then I can't feel her. I hav the anterior placenta so that affects a lot. She is also "breathing" a lot she did it about 90% of the time but she wold quit every now and then. She is practicing which Is good but that's typical for a girl bc girls lung development is usually days to weeks ahead of boys, I'd read that but when she was doing it we was telling me that boys rarely practice breathe etc.. Interesting bc they have no clue why.

I hope I never have an anterior placenta again. It makes me a nervous wreck to not feel her so much.

That's all they did today. They took my blood pressure which is high for me but not so much in general I dont think. It was 134/72.

Anyway, all is well....

Kt- I go between the panhandle and the Tampa metro area. Right now im in Tampa area. But they whole section is getting poured on. Last week pensacola got 15 inches or so I heard. U related to this trip storm but still.. We don't need anymore rain!

 

[Bug222]

ahhhh KTS so exciting!!!

So glad everything looks good Flagirl- baby is pretty quiet some days for me now (like today)... but then all of a sudden will pick up and have a bunch of movements. I also have and anterior placenta- annoying isn't it!! lol

 

[Excited4First]

Congrats KT!! That's awesome! I'm sure it's so nice to know!!

Claire, I have definitely felt a decrease in movement, but I still feel him/her move. Glad you got checked out though and know that all is well with your girl. We have been having crazy weather here too. Lots of rain, heavy damaging winds at the beaches, which is only about 10 miles from me. Not too bad at my house though. I am in Delaware.

Hope everyone is doing well. Anybody use the birthing yoga ball? I just wonder what you all feel like when you stand up from bouncing or even just sitting on it??? I feel like baby is honestly going to just drop out of me and I can barely walk. Wonder if anyone else feels the same.

 

[Flagirl]

Thanks y'all. I don't want to be hypochondriac but.....glad I went


Ali,

I think it was angieloo that I said I'd be cussing under my breath but that pain has finally come. I feel like my legs are attached like a fake dolls and they're one fall off and my hips are splitting open. I'm miserable walking!!!!! So.....how long does this last?????
So idk about siting on a ball and getting up but just getting up is killing me now. Ahhhhhhhhhh.
Canada. - you're closer to my date than anyone else. Are you having this pain????

 

[Canada8]

Ahhhhhh kt so excited for you! I know you will be busy after but PLEASE post pics asap!! I'm dying to meet these bubba's we talk so much about! It's nice hot and sunny in Toronto.....I usually love the hear but it is a little hard to handle with this beach ball in front of me lol

 

[Flagirl]

Omgah kt. How did I miss that post? I saw canadas and was like what???? Oh goodness!!!! That's insanity. Yay. So happy for you. I bet youre in overdrive!!! So he thinks you will be fine with a vsginal delivery??? Yay. Hope all goes well and yes please post when you can..
We will be thinking and I'm sure talking about you and wondering how its going.