How do I find a bumb buddy???

Well ladies I went to my appointment today and so far all is well!! and we got to hear the heart beat!! And from what he could tell only one is in there..my husband thinks twins :wacko:

So if you are about 6 weeks and 3 days this is what your bambino looks like :haha:

Sorry for the bump picture, I uploaded this for family and friends before here so thought I would just use same picture :winkwink:
 

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How wonderful! What a beautiful pic of you LO! Your bump pic is cute too...you are so tiny!
 
Thanks!! I did not realize how small the picture came out on here so Im trying to just upload the ultrasound picture and it says file is too big :(
 
Hopefully this one is bigger!
 

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I am around there, I can't wait for my next scant next tuesday, time goes so slow
 
My hubby has 3 brothers and I have 2 brothers so when we had Jayla it was so exciting! I was surrounded by boys forever, and now we have another girl! lol :) Now she has all of these Uncles who will probably all be over protective! :haha:

That's so nice to finally have another girl. Do u have any inklings about what ur having this time?
 
So my fellow bump buddies I was watching a baby story today not sure if you have all seen that show before but she was giving birth naturally and I was thinking what if I want an epidural... Then unstaffed to have like a mental panic attack thinking about not being able to move my legs( kind of like a closterphodia (sp) feeling. I was wondering what your ladies thoughts and feeling are towards birth or if you have thought about it yet.
 
I haven't really thought about it, but I may more than likely look into the pros and cons of an epidural.

What about everyone else?
 
So my fellow bump buddies I was watching a baby story today not sure if you have all seen that show before but she was giving birth naturally and I was thinking what if I want an epidural... Then unstaffed to have like a mental panic attack thinking about not being able to move my legs( kind of like a closterphodia (sp) feeling. I was wondering what your ladies thoughts and feeling are towards birth or if you have thought about it yet.

Well since I just gave birth 7 months ago..and its all still pretty fresh in my mind, Id say do not get your heart set on one thing or freak yourself out cause like everyone says..baby chooses.

I have two examples :) ..

I wanted to go all natural, after reading everything online about all the different pain meds and all the bad things that could go wrong with them for you and baby I just did not want to take that chance! Then I watched a bunch of birthing videos medicated and not..and the natural births looked nice! Plus I think Im pretty strong so I for sure thought I CAN DO THIS!! Well I live in Germany, with the American Military so I had the choice of American Hospital or German and I picked German because they are very pro natural..they even had a birthing pool! and all my friends said at American hospital things like not feeling legs ect. Any who, I went into labor at 11am August 26th, by 1pm I was 1cm and the back labor was intense at that point. Then the walking, breathing, changing positions, massages, ball bouncing was just annoying and not helping AT ALL. I told *+midwife that I just could not do it anymore and she checked...3cm :haha: I freaked out raging about how epidurals can make my baby "high", what if I can not even feel contractions, what if I can not even move to hold my baby after ward! what if it slows down labor and im stuck here longer!!" (all things from offline) She looked at me like I was insane and said "NO, none of these things will happen, epidurals have come a long way. You will be fine" so I gave in and said DO IT. 20 minutes later I had one, wheeling back to labor room my waters broke, 3cm to 8cm was within 40 minutes NO HELP just natural progression and it was HORRIBLE, they would not give me any more doses since it was "too late" . I had pain relief for about 10 minutes then nothing but pain it was "good for you and baby, you need to feel this" I literally offered payment to give me more medicine. The pain became so bad I no longer cared what happened I wanted him out. I asked for foreceps, c-sections,vacuum. My mother had one of us natural and she told me that the pain was so horrible she no longer cared or concentrated on the experience she just wanted it over with and she felt with pain meds it was more relaxed and bonding. I should have listened to her. I had a horrible melt down, I switched from side, to back to all fours to standing up NOTHING helped. I joke I have PTSD from labor but its not a joke its true! I was up walking within 10 mins of having my son. I showered with in the hour by myself. The epidural I got was bogus and barely worked at all, I felt my legs, feet whole time and my son came out just fine!

Then Jan.1st my best friend gave birth here at the American hospital and as I rushed there I thought how odd I get in intense situations and I hoped she was well. I rush in her room and find her..laughing! Relaxed, talking, not breaking ONE sweat! When it came time to push she could feel the contraction to do it but did not hurt her at all, they had a nice little mirror set up so she could see everything. OH how I envied her situation! She was so relaxed and calm, she really enjoyed giving birth. Her epidural was AMAZING :haha: It was a continuous one where mine was not.

She wanted to go natural as well but like me made it to about 3cm and said forget it! :haha: This time around I am having my son in the same German hospital because I enjoyed the care I got my whole pregnancy and after birth. But no doubt will I get the epidural the MOMENT I go in there for birth!! :haha: I felt like being forced to go with out medication ruined the experience. I was honestly LOSING my mind. Im terrified that will happen to me again. As much as this time I want to say I want a water birth I know that with my son I progressed way to fast and the back labor was horrible no water was going to help me. Not everything you read online is true. I got a dose epidural my friend got a continuous epidural and she was able to move her legs right after birth, showered with in the hour alone ect. Its really not as bad ..and who ever is in those natural birthing videos not begging for death deserve some type of award cause I do not know how they do it!

Sorry for the long story lol but thats why I will be choosing an epidural. The advice I give is see what your hospital or birthing center has to offer medication wise and do your home work but keep in mind that everyones body, baby, and system is different so it may take the medicine lightly or heavily you just never know!!!
 
Thank you for your long story, I am definitely not set on any way I know I can be strong but I have been told by my close friends that who ever says it was easy is out of there mind( my co worker told me that yesterday) she said that people always say you forget about the pain and she said it scars you for life. I have always said I wanted an epidural but now that I will actually have to go through labor I really have to think about it. My husband wants me to have a c section but he doesn't know that the birthing process is a lot healthier for the baby and me ( he thinks it going to screw something up) but that's just lack of knowledge, he is very supportive of me now but I am also trying to decide whether or not I want someone else in my room with us because he doesn't do well with blood and I am afraid he might pass out.
 
My SIL says her birth scarred her for life but I LOVED my natural birth! I will cherish it forever...It was the last thing that my son and I did together and I wouldn't change it for the world. It was painful...I am not going to lie but I felt so empowered afterwards and am quite sad that I probably won't be able to do it again. My son was almost 10 pounds and my Dr. is thinking that I will probably have another large baby so he is concerned about me giving birth and I most probably will have a c-section around 37 weeks. I am not looking forward to the recovery from a c-section as I healed so beautifully from the natural birth. Stitches were many but they healed fast and were out in 2 weeks! But everyone is different...you choose what is right for you and your baby!
 
Thank you for your long story, I am definitely not set on any way I know I can be strong but I have been told by my close friends that who ever says it was easy is out of there mind( my co worker told me that yesterday) she said that people always say you forget about the pain and she said it scars you for life. I have always said I wanted an epidural but now that I will actually have to go through labor I really have to think about it. My husband wants me to have a c section but he doesn't know that the birthing process is a lot healthier for the baby and me ( he thinks it going to screw something up) but that's just lack of knowledge, he is very supportive of me now but I am also trying to decide whether or not I want someone else in my room with us because he doesn't do well with blood and I am afraid he might pass out.

ah Im sure he will do fine! But maybe keep him away from the action ;) I would like something in between an epidural and all natural maybe there is some drug out there they can offer. I just want to be completely pain free! I wish we could choose a csection but I am glad we had a vaginal birth and I did heal pretty quickly when I know csections is quite painful and takes a while to heal so I would try to avoid that unless for safety reasons we needed one. I tore as well, and dont really remember when the stitches were out since I was too scared to look down there anyway. Most women have some type of tear and it does not mess them up down there for life!
 
kelkel- Awww. This is a sign that I need to call my little brother :) Check on him and see how he is doing.
I became a little nauseous this morning, but that is from my prenatal pill... I am liking this nauseous free pregnancy so far. lol
 
daddiesgift- The scan looks amazing! You look amazing too! I am happy you were able to hear the heartbeat! Congrats... that's one milestone reached for you! :happydance::happydance::happydance:

brunette- I actually keep thinking this is a boy because my first pregnancy was so complicated, and with this one, I haven't had nausea or any of the flu feelings I did with Jayla. This time I also have a metallic taste that comes and goes, but with Jayla, I could eat anything without my taste buds messing up. lol.
So my hope is a normal healthy pregnancy this time equals a boy, less trouble. lol My mom said my brothers were easy pregnancies, but I put her on bedrest! So maybe, history is repeating itself. lol Can't wait to find out on the birth day!:happydance:
What about you???
 
Hi lovely ladies,

Girls, I want to say that never expect to get any type of pain medicine if you have certain conditions. When i was about 5 months, my doc started saying my blood platelets are getting very low, and I probably wouldn't be able to get an epidural if i wanted one. well i had planned on going natural anyway, but when i was in active labor... I was like, "Mom, i changed my mind. I want an epidural." LOL :haha:
Unfortunately, I couldn't get any pain medicine because of my conditions, so it was natural.. six and a half hours of labor, and within 3 to 4 pushes, she was out!! I will probably go natural again because it is healthier for the baby, and plus I don't want to paralyzed after the birth and have to lie in bed feeling numb. lol
I am trying to stay optimistic, but if the same things happen again, I wouldn't be able to get an epidural anyway, so i am just mentally preparing myself for going natural. I think learning some techniques to help ease the pain will help, but with me I was on magnesium so I had to lay in bed the whole time and couldn't get up at all!!! I pray that I don't get GD (gestational diabetes)this time.

But it was such a beautiful moment, and I forgot about the pain once I heard her cry; you literally don't care about anything else going on except for your precious baby; it's ALL worth it!:cloud9:
 
Thank you for your long story, I am definitely not set on any way I know I can be strong but I have been told by my close friends that who ever says it was easy is out of there mind( my co worker told me that yesterday) she said that people always say you forget about the pain and she said it scars you for life. I have always said I wanted an epidural but now that I will actually have to go through labor I really have to think about it. My husband wants me to have a c section but he doesn't know that the birthing process is a lot healthier for the baby and me ( he thinks it going to screw something up) but that's just lack of knowledge, he is very supportive of me now but I am also trying to decide whether or not I want someone else in my room with us because he doesn't do well with blood and I am afraid he might pass out.

ah Im sure he will do fine! But maybe keep him away from the action ;) I would like something in between an epidural and all natural maybe there is some drug out there they can offer. I just want to be completely pain free! I wish we could choose a csection but I am glad we had a vaginal birth and I did heal pretty quickly when I know csections is quite painful and takes a while to heal so I would try to avoid that unless for safety reasons we needed one. I tore as well, and dont really remember when the stitches were out since I was too scared to look down there anyway. Most women have some type of tear and it does not mess them up down there for life!

I forgot what it is called, but there is a medicine they put in your IV and it relaxes you, and takes some of the intense pains away, it makes you sleepy too.
 
So my fellow bump buddies I was watching a baby story today not sure if you have all seen that show before but she was giving birth naturally and I was thinking what if I want an epidural... Then unstaffed to have like a mental panic attack thinking about not being able to move my legs( kind of like a closterphodia (sp) feeling. I was wondering what your ladies thoughts and feeling are towards birth or if you have thought about it yet.

Well since I just gave birth 7 months ago..and its all still pretty fresh in my mind, Id say do not get your heart set on one thing or freak yourself out cause like everyone says..baby chooses.

I have two examples :) ..

I wanted to go all natural, after reading everything online about all the different pain meds and all the bad things that could go wrong with them for you and baby I just did not want to take that chance! Then I watched a bunch of birthing videos medicated and not..and the natural births looked nice! Plus I think Im pretty strong so I for sure thought I CAN DO THIS!! Well I live in Germany, with the American Military so I had the choice of American Hospital or German and I picked German because they are very pro natural..they even had a birthing pool! and all my friends said at American hospital things like not feeling legs ect. Any who, I went into labor at 11am August 26th, by 1pm I was 1cm and the back labor was intense at that point. Then the walking, breathing, changing positions, massages, ball bouncing was just annoying and not helping AT ALL. I told *+midwife that I just could not do it anymore and she checked...3cm :haha: I freaked out raging about how epidurals can make my baby "high", what if I can not even feel contractions, what if I can not even move to hold my baby after ward! what if it slows down labor and im stuck here longer!!" (all things from offline) She looked at me like I was insane and said "NO, none of these things will happen, epidurals have come a long way. You will be fine" so I gave in and said DO IT. 20 minutes later I had one, wheeling back to labor room my waters broke, 3cm to 8cm was within 40 minutes NO HELP just natural progression and it was HORRIBLE, they would not give me any more doses since it was "too late" . I had pain relief for about 10 minutes then nothing but pain it was "good for you and baby, you need to feel this" I literally offered payment to give me more medicine. The pain became so bad I no longer cared what happened I wanted him out. I asked for foreceps, c-sections,vacuum. My mother had one of us natural and she told me that the pain was so horrible she no longer cared or concentrated on the experience she just wanted it over with and she felt with pain meds it was more relaxed and bonding. I should have listened to her. I had a horrible melt down, I switched from side, to back to all fours to standing up NOTHING helped. I joke I have PTSD from labor but its not a joke its true! I was up walking within 10 mins of having my son. I showered with in the hour by myself. The epidural I got was bogus and barely worked at all, I felt my legs, feet whole time and my son came out just fine!

Then Jan.1st my best friend gave birth here at the American hospital and as I rushed there I thought how odd I get in intense situations and I hoped she was well. I rush in her room and find her..laughing! Relaxed, talking, not breaking ONE sweat! When it came time to push she could feel the contraction to do it but did not hurt her at all, they had a nice little mirror set up so she could see everything. OH how I envied her situation! She was so relaxed and calm, she really enjoyed giving birth. Her epidural was AMAZING :haha: It was a continuous one where mine was not.

She wanted to go natural as well but like me made it to about 3cm and said forget it! :haha: This time around I am having my son in the same German hospital because I enjoyed the care I got my whole pregnancy and after birth. But no doubt will I get the epidural the MOMENT I go in there for birth!! :haha: I felt like being forced to go with out medication ruined the experience. I was honestly LOSING my mind. Im terrified that will happen to me again. As much as this time I want to say I want a water birth I know that with my son I progressed way to fast and the back labor was horrible no water was going to help me. Not everything you read online is true. I got a dose epidural my friend got a continuous epidural and she was able to move her legs right after birth, showered with in the hour alone ect. Its really not as bad ..and who ever is in those natural birthing videos not begging for death deserve some type of award cause I do not know how they do it!

Sorry for the long story lol but thats why I will be choosing an epidural. The advice I give is see what your hospital or birthing center has to offer medication wise and do your home work but keep in mind that everyones body, baby, and system is different so it may take the medicine lightly or heavily you just never know!!!

That is definitely a great story to share!! But American hospitals don't give epidurals just on a whim either... I didn't have one. My mom had 18 hours of labor with an epidural that DID NOT take!! Omg! So she was paralyzed without any pain medicine for 18 hours... So for the rest of us, she just went natural, and I think I am going to do the same. I felt so good when they told me my baby got a perfect score, and it was rare for babies to get them (when they do the 1 to 10 test after they're born). We women are powerful species! lol
 
When my sister was in labor they would have given Her an epidural as soon as she asked for it whether he pain was a 3 or a 9 thy kept asking her if she wanted one. Although she had pee eclampsia and had to end up having a c section because they thought she was going to have a stroke.
 

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