'Fab'ulous testers and supporters; 58 bfps

[drjo718]

I hope I'm not missing anything super important as I haven't done a proper catch up yet, but wanted to make sure I didn't miss out on the massive congrats to drjo on the bfp!! So excited for you! I hope you have a healthy, sticky beans growing in there and we'll be looking forward to updates as you progress! How are you feeling?

Thank you so much! I'm feeling fine. Just hungrier and thirstier than normal and peeing more often. Same thing happened with nora, but not this early. More importantly, how are YOU feeling? You have a beautiful baby!

 

[FLArmyWife]

lenora- slyvie is adorable

august- hope you are snuggling your little princess

Hope all our ladies are doing well

mrs mb can't believe V is 6 months!

 

[Disneymom1129]

Lenora Sylvie is so sweet, breastfeeding is definitely a learn-as-you-go type thing! Glad it's not hurting you though, that means her latch isn't bad.

August I hope no news is good news!!

 

[AugustAngel15]

No snuggling yet. I started having contractions at 330p yesterday. Went to the hospital when they got 4 minutes apart at around 9pm. Only 2 cm dilated but 80% effaced. They monitores for 2 hours with no progress on dilation. I decided to come home to labor. My contractions stayed steady until about 4am. Then they were 8 min apart and not as painful. They picked back up around 2pm today. They were much stronger and 4 min apart for 2 hours. Now they seem to be losing steam again. Ugh! I'm getting exhausted!

 

[FLArmyWife]

oh hun I'm sorry. laboring for so long must be so tiring. Has your Dr said they want to do another sweep? sometimes it takes more than one. or will they just go ahead and induce?

 

[AugustAngel15]

Inhave not had any contractions since around 11pm last night. I dtd with DH last night in hopes it will help my cervix. I have an appt tomorrow. She had said she would do a sweep again. With everything that happened this weekend, hopefully we can do something. Today I plan to rest. I didn't get much sleep this weekend.

Drjo- congrats on the BFP!

 

[drjo718]

It's official! The digi showed up to the party, and the frer progressed. Still doesn't feel real, but I'm thinking that's bc I didn't even believe I ovulated this cycle lol.



August- I hope you get out of this prodromal stage soon!

 

[AugustAngel15]

Yay drjo!

 

[FLArmyWife]

awesome progression. yay drjo


august- oh man hope you get some rest and that you're nice and strong and well rested when it's go time

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

well im waiting to see if i Od and im not very hopeful anymore but who knows? Im supposed to go tuesday for my test.

 

[BethMaassen]

August: I hope you get some good rest!

Djro: YAY Congratulations!

OnErth: Hope you O'd!

Lenora: My goodness. Glad the breastfeeding is going well! She is absolutely precious!!

 

[lenorajoy]

Lenora - She's an absolute doll! How amazing that she's finally here! It feels like you've known her forever though. All of a sudden as you watch her squirm you go, "oh that's what those kicks were!"

The most amazing thing to me is that I recognize the feel of her butt/hips/legs. That's what I was able to feel regularly from the outside and the ways she curls them up feels exactly the same, too. She's so squishy, I love it! And she makes so many faces.

Lenora- See La Leche League if need be, they are FREE!!

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On CD19, cbadv gave me peak with fmu. Target digi and cbpink digi said no. Temp went up...well last night CD23 I got slight o pains and tested... target digi said peak, cbadv high and cbpink no. Cp had been soft, watery cm.

Wth is going on? I know google says you can get multiple surges, but when did i O then? Temp dipped this AM.


My Ovulation Chart

I'll definitely reach out to LLL if I feel like I just need some pointers or if things get rough again. So confusing on the tests and temp dip! Perhaps this is a second surge and your temp will spike again? Ugh, so sorry things aren't straightforward and simple yet again and leaving you waiting and wondering. I hope this is your cycle.

I hope I'm not missing anything super important as I haven't done a proper catch up yet, but wanted to make sure I didn't miss out on the massive congrats to drjo on the bfp!! So excited for you! I hope you have a healthy, sticky beans growing in there and we'll be looking forward to updates as you progress! How are you feeling?

Thank you so much! I'm feeling fine. Just hungrier and thirstier than normal and peeing more often. Same thing happened with nora, but not this early. More importantly, how are YOU feeling? You have a beautiful baby!

Thank you! I'm glad nothing is too uncomfortable for you yet. I hope it stays that way! I remember being amused by the frequent trips to the bathroom early considering there wasn't even any additional weight on my bladder yet. Hormones can do some funny things to us! I'm feeling great really! I still have some soreness in my pelvis, but it's really improved the past couple of days. My upper body has finally recovered from the pushing stage. I felt like I'd way overdone it at the gym with upper body workouts, but finally yesterday most of the soreness was gone. If these stitches would just hurry up the healing process I would feel almost back to normal. Thankfully engorgement hasn't been bad as of yet with my milk coming in.

Lenora Sylvie is so sweet, breastfeeding is definitely a learn-as-you-go type thing! Glad it's not hurting you though, that means her latch isn't bad.

August I hope no news is good news!!

Thank you! She's such a sweet baby. I'm so excited to watch her grow and interact with us, though I wish she would just stay tiny forever.

well im waiting to see if i Od and im not very hopeful anymore but who knows? Im supposed to go tuesday for my test.

Fx Tuesday's test shows you did o!

It's official! The digi showed up to the party, and the frer progressed. Still doesn't feel real, but I'm thinking that's bc I didn't even believe I ovulated this cycle lol.
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August- I hope you get out of this prodromal stage soon!

August: I hope you get some good rest!

Djro: YAY Congratulations!

OnErth: Hope you O'd!

Lenora: My goodness. Glad the breastfeeding is going well! She is absolutely precious!!

Yesterday morning was so rough... My milk came in Saturday afternoon and Sylvie started crying inconsolably every time I trie to nurse her. Oh man, the water works... I felt like there wasn't anything I could do for her and I just couldn't stop crying. DH was wonderful and did everything he could to help calm her down after she would get so worked up with me. Finally he suggested I go up to bed with her for some skin to skin time. Something clicked for both of us at that point after I'd done some googling and figured out this was normal at 4/5 days as baby is just feeling hunger pangs for the first time and doesn't like them at all. I'm starting to learn her cues again and what she needs in order to latch on, so we're both much happier now. Those few hours yesterday were so hard... it seemed a whole day, but really it was just a matter of hours. She's been feeding like a champ since and so content in between. Thankfully her latch seems good, not perfect and deep like it should be, but it isn't causing any pain or damage.

We had our first appointment with her pediatrician this afternoon! She's lost almost a pound since birth, so we have another weigh in next Monday to make sure she makes it back up to her birth weight by then.

 

[busytulip]

Congrats drjo

Hope you get good news OnErth

Awww August, you poor dear. Praying things move quickly for you.

Lenora

Not meaning to leave anyone out, hope you're all well.

 

[AugustAngel15]

All those contractions for nothing. I have not made any progress. She did another sweep. If I do not go by my appt next Tuesday, I will be induced.

 

[lenorajoy]

August - huge hugs! You poor thing. Come on already body! It's time to get into gear and get this baby out! I really hope things start progressing again soon!

 

[BethMaassen]

Yesterday morning was so rough... My milk came in Saturday afternoon and Sylvie started crying inconsolably every time I trie to nurse her. Oh man, the water works... I felt like there wasn't anything I could do for her and I just couldn't stop crying. DH was wonderful and did everything he could to help calm her down after she would get so worked up with me. Finally he suggested I go up to bed with her for some skin to skin time. Something clicked for both of us at that point after I'd done some googling and figured out this was normal at 4/5 days as baby is just feeling hunger pangs for the first time and doesn't like them at all. I'm starting to learn her cues again and what she needs in order to latch on, so we're both much happier now. Those few hours yesterday were so hard... it seemed a whole day, but really it was just a matter of hours. She's been feeding like a champ since and so content in between. Thankfully her latch seems good, not perfect and deep like it should be, but it isn't causing any pain or damage.

We had our first appointment with her pediatrician this afternoon! She's lost almost a pound since birth, so we have another weigh in next Monday to make sure she makes it back up to her birth weight by then.

Breastfeeding is such an interesting experience. And always different.
With Athiliya the first few days were horrific! She was such a little oinker and would not be satisfied for anything. I ended up breaking down and letting the hospital give me some formula for her. She would cry non-stop and I was at a loss on what to do for her. I spent 3 days in the hospital after my cesarean. It was tough. Breastfeeding got easier within her first month but boy oh boy...

With Moira I was still breastfeeding Athiliya, but I managed to exclusively breastfeed her. However she had a hard time with latching. I would fight and fight to get her to latch good enough.

Neither girl had a deep latch. But I think that is because of the size of my breast makes it difficult for that. But it works just fine.

Moira kept losing weight her first month. "Failure to Thrive" she also had some horrid jaundice. Finally their Ped suggested I give a couple ounces of formula a day to help her gain weight. I gave her 2oz of Formula every afternoon for 2 weeks and she finally got back up, and past her birth weight.
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It does sound like you and Sylvie are doing amazingly with the breastfeeding, despite that little hiccup.

I do hope she is back up to her birth weight at her next appointment.

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

Losing some weight after birth is normal. Even for BF babies. How are her wet and poop dipes? Be careful because unless your Ped understands BF babies and uses a BF baby weight chart, they start talking about supplementing with no/slow weight gain.



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Sorry no progress August, baby is snug in there!! Maybe it will mean a very quick delivery then when the time comes!

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My appointment is at 11 for my test!

 

[drjo718]

Onerth- looking forward to your result!

Afm, I had a beta drawn today and my hcg is 63. Which is way lower than with Nora at the stage, but still ok I think. I'm not sure if they'll have me come back Wednesday for a 2nd draw.

 

[lenorajoy]

I'm not worried about her weight loss, especially after not eating much for a good portion of the day yesterday. She still had 2 wet and 3 poopy diapers yesterday and plenty today, so she's soing fine. She's still chunky! Thanks for all of your well wishes! I hope you're all doing wonderfully!

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

Onerth- looking forward to your result!

Afm, I had a beta drawn today and my hcg is 63. Which is way lower than with Nora at the stage, but still ok I think. I'm not sure if they'll have me come back Wednesday for a 2nd draw.

I wont get the result until Wednesday some time.

63 at 3w6d isnt bad! if it doubles every 2d then it breaks down like this:
3w6d: 63
3w4d: 31.5
3w2d: 15.75
3w: 7.87

YMMV of course but its not a low number by any means!

I'm not worried about her weight loss, especially after not eating much for a good portion of the day yesterday. She still had 2 wet and 3 poopy diapers yesterday and plenty today, so she's soing fine. She's still chunky! Thanks for all of your well wishes! I hope you're all doing wonderfully!

Well then good!!