January Jellybeans 2013!...

[Betheney]

I've been thinking about this for a few days now and thought I'd just ask! What happens after you have given birth? Do you just get up and go for a shower or do you have to lay in all the mess for a while? And when you stand up, sorry for tmi, but does stuff just fall out of you?

When i was about to start pushing, they pushed away the bottom half of the bed (i had no idea it came apart) so my bum was kind of close to the edge. So they had bags and stuff to catch any yucky bits connected to the end of the bed. After the baby came out i remember thinking water and stuff came out too but it all must of landed in the bag/container thing.

So everything that comes out it kind of caught and cleaned up. You're not left sitting in anything.

Then after we'd removed the placenta the midwife told me what my blood loss was (i think it was 300mls) and that it was normal and i remember saying i didn't realise any extra blood had come out at all. She had held a little container up to me, to catch it.

Then the midwife passed me back my undies and i popped them on and she gave me a pad too, well she actually just lifted up the front of my undies and shoved it in there for me, which felt a bit weird, i'd never had a womans hand down my pants before :-S and i was quite capable of putting the pad in myself. But then as i was still in the birthing suite once i'd finished cuddling the baby and cooing over her i went and had a shower.

During the whole cuddling the baby phase and soaking up the baby love, you'd be surprised how good the midwives are at cleaning the rooom. Within 20 minutes it was as if it was brand new. They even changed my sheets while i was on the bed. Even though i kept offering to get up. So by the time you do get up to go for a shower you have your undies and a pad on and what not. Even then the bleeding isn't pouring out of you!

 

[Lillian33]

So glad your shower went so well Nikki! What an amazing pressie from the god parents

Cute bump jelly beans, you're about the same size as me!! Still many weeks left to get huge!!

xx

 

[DeedeeBeester]

Boy I'm exhausted! We just got back from shopping what we think is the last of what we needed, well I forgot the boppy pillow and nipple cream LOL but got the rest. All his clothes are washed and folded, now we just need to place the rest of things we got. I had planned to start the Christmas tree today too, but I just think that's not going to happen. I've been at it since 6 and can't keep my eyes open LOL

 

[BabyHopeful2]

I keep dreaming about eating sweets and not recording what I eat or taking blood sugar. Not hating, but not really liking GD.

I go on mo day for my gd diet and all the other info ill need so I haven't really changed what I've been eating yet I still eat my baby chocolate bars I bought at walmart for Halloween I still have sweets and when I test myself I test normal so really is that normal???

The big thing is after I eat my breakfast, lunch, or dinner I cannot be over 140 mg/dL. GD is hardest to manage in the morning. I can have sweets and not get over 140 around lunch or dinner. With my dietician she gave me set amounts of carbs and proteins to aim for at breakfast, AM snack, lunch, PM snack, dinner, and evening snack. I test my blood sugar one hour after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It's not that you cannot have sweets, but when I plan out my meals with the carbs and proteins, I find myself choosing better carbs to eat than sweets. I have had choc. chip cookies for snacks a few times, but I may aim more for milk, fresh fruit, and bread. I know if I wanted to have extra sweets, I could have them at lunch or dinner, but I'd have to do some working out afterward to keep my sugars down.

For those who have/have had GD or Type I/II diabetes, what are your favorite carbs that have good nutritional value to them as well? I ate applesauce the other night and my blood sugar soared. I looked at the label again and 24 g out of the 25 g Carbs were sugar.

Anyone know if it's okay to take calcium supplements when pregnant? 3 glasses of milk a day is eating up my allotted carbs.

 

[Kaiecee]

I keep dreaming about eating sweets and not recording what I eat or taking blood sugar. Not hating, but not really liking GD.

I go on mo day for my gd diet and all the other info ill need so I haven't really changed what I've been eating yet I still eat my baby chocolate bars I bought at walmart for Halloween I still have sweets and when I test myself I test normal so really is that normal???

The big thing is after I eat my breakfast, lunch, or dinner I cannot be over 140 mg/dL. GD is hardest to manage in the morning. I can have sweets and not get over 140 around lunch or dinner. With my dietician she gave me set amounts of carbs and proteins to aim for at breakfast, AM snack, lunch, PM snack, dinner, and evening snack. I test my blood sugar one hour after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It's not that you cannot have sweets, but when I plan out my meals with the carbs and proteins, I find myself choosing better carbs to eat than sweets. I have had choc. chip cookies for snacks a few times, but I may aim more for milk, fresh fruit, and bread. I know if I wanted to have extra sweets, I could have them at lunch or dinner, but I'd have to do some working out afterward to keep my sugars down.

For those who have/have had GD or Type I/II diabetes, what are your favorite carbs that have good nutritional value to them as well? I ate applesauce the other night and my blood sugar soared. I looked at the label again and 24 g out of the 25 g Carbs were sugar.

Anyone know if it's okay to take calcium supplements when pregnant? 3 glasses of milk a day is eating up my allotted carbs.

I really wonder sometimes if I have gd cuz as of now I've never gone over its weird

 

[sassy_mom]

I've been thinking about this for a few days now and thought I'd just ask! What happens after you have given birth? Do you just get up and go for a shower or do you have to lay in all the mess for a while? And when you stand up, sorry for tmi, but does stuff just fall out of you?

With me, they were busy cleaning up things around the bed and such .... they then had me go and pee and then gave me an icy pad in the mesh underwear. The nurse got me a clean gown and they changed the sheets while I was up. They then let me back in the bed to hold the baby. While I was being cleaned up, they were doing the little tests and cleaning her up right there in the room. DH was looking at her while they cleaned me up.
I didn't have anything fall out but then they were scraping clots out of me after the placenta came out so there may not have been anything left inside.

 

[sassy_mom]

Nikki I am so glad your shower went well! I bet that it was a really precious gift to have. I would have cried my eyes out too! That is so very special to have.

 

[ARuppe716]

Yay for wonderful showers!!

Ugh for Braxton Hicks all freakin' day. Usually have them a little but today felt like they were non stop!

 

[DittyByrd]

Hi Everyone!

My shower was yesterday and was a great success! My mom's catering was amazing, the decorations were cute, and the turn out was about 30-35 people. I got lots of the big ticket items on my registry! I have everything stacked in my living room now and it's all be thoroughly inspected by the cats! It's so cute.

There was some family drama with one of my cousins being sick and in the hospital and my melodramatic aunt caused a scene but I've come to expect nothing less!

I spent the night at my in-laws house and mom and I got home this afternoon. I didn't get my mattress so mom took me to Babiesrus and bought the mattress! I picked up mattress pads, the changing pad, and a changing pad cover which I was able to pay for with a gift card.

I will post pics in the coming days as I get them! Here's a pic of the loot with a feline investigator! It's all consolidated in boxes and bags. I got three hand knit blankets - they are going to be great keepsakes!

 

[sassy_mom]

Hi Everyone!

My shower was yesterday and was a great success! My mom's catering was amazing, the decorations were cute, and the turn out was about 30-35 people. I got lots of the big ticket items on my registry! I have everything stacked in my living room now and it's all be thoroughly inspected by the cats! It's so cute.

There was some family drama with one of my cousins being sick and in the hospital and my melodramatic aunt caused a scene but I've come to expect nothing less!

I spent the night at my in-laws house and mom and I got home this afternoon. I didn't get my mattress so mom took me to Babiesrus and bought the mattress! I picked up mattress pads, the changing pad, and a changing pad cover which I was able to pay for with a gift card.

I will post pics in the coming days as I get them! Here's a pic of the loot with a feline investigator! It's all consolidated in boxes and bags. I got three hand knit blankets - they are going to be great keepsakes!

So glad everything was a success! It looks like you got some great stuff!!!

 

[sassy_mom]

Yay for wonderful showers!!

Ugh for Braxton Hicks all freakin' day. Usually have them a little but today felt like they were non stop!

I know what you mean about the BH! Ugh! If I load my dishwasher I get them! Try and take it easy and make sure to drink plenty of water. That seems to help mine. Although some days, it seems like there is nothing you can do for them.

 

[ARuppe716]

Thanks Sassy... Water has definitely helped all day. The worst part is I'll get one and then little man will get mad about it and pound on me! So I go from the squeezing tight BH to immediately being followed by pushing and kicking! Guess he likes his space... Haha!

 

[sassy_mom]

Thanks Sassy... Water has definitely helped all day. The worst part is I'll get one and then little man will get mad about it and pound on me! So I go from the squeezing tight BH to immediately being followed by pushing and kicking! Guess he likes his space... Haha!

Yep! I have that same thing. I go tell DH "Your child is being difficult" He laughs and says "oh babe is she giving you hell?" Makes me giggle. She's a wiggler, stretcher, kicker, and roller ... so it always seems like something is going on in there! She's going to get here and go I HAVE ROOM and sleep for a week! yea right!

 

[brieri1]

Tomorrow I have my consultation with an actual midwife. I'm dreading it quite a bit because of my OB visits at the naval hospital, but hopefully it goes well.

 

[sassy_mom]

La Mere ...are you doing ok? Haven't seen you much. Sorry if you said you were going to be away from the thread and I missed it. Just wanted to make sure everything was ok.

Betheney, how are things going? Are you feeling alright?

Snow...are you taking it easy? Lol!

Brieri...I hope your new ob is just wonderful and makes up for the rotten treatment you have had.

Jrowen ...not sure if you will see this but I am hoping things go back to normal soon for you! I know you were one of the worst hit!

 

[Betheney]

Thanks for asking Sassy!

I'm going okay, i should of gone to hospital yesterday. I got headaches and visual disturbances which are on the list of "seek medical attention immediately" with high blood pressure. But i just couldn't bring myself to spend yet another day or night in hospital. They went away shortly after and so i vowed if they came back or if they continued i'd go in and they still haven't returned so i'm just going to mention it at my fetal monitoring tomorrow.

Other than that with all my hospital admittances i've screwed myself with uni, so i spent half the day today talking to the relevant bodies at uni about my assessments and getting them in still and getting extensions. Thankfully THAT is all sorted.

 

[darkstar]

I went to the midwife today. My test results came back, I passed the GD but my iron levels are really low. No wonder I'm tired!

 

[BlossomJ]

Glad the showers went well. Nikki - the rocking horse is such a beautiful gift. How amazing & unexpected

Melly - I don't even remember about what happened after, how weird is that?! So thank you for asking & thanks Sassy & Betheney for answering! I guess the staff must have been pretty good at sorting it all out if I didn't even notice!

Sassy - I was wondering the same about La Mere. Hope she's just busy.

As for me - we may have found a house, but we'll wait & see what happens! My parents loved it & it's bigger than what we've been looking at, but it's only 30 years old & we'd really wanted a Victorian or Edwardian property. I love the feel of the place inside (though it needs a little redecorating) & the garden & local schools are great. Just need to get my head around the fact we don't have an extra 200k to by the same sized 'character' property!

 

[mellywelly]

Glad you found a house blossom! Even though its not what you really wanted, it doesn't have to be forever. It's probably going to be cheaper to heat than a period property and with winter babies we'll nodoubt have the heating on more than normal. At the end of the day its just a house, a home is what and who's inside.

 

[snowangel187]

I keep dreaming about eating sweets and not recording what I eat or taking blood sugar. Not hating, but not really liking GD.

I go on mo day for my gd diet and all the other info ill need so I haven't really changed what I've been eating yet I still eat my baby chocolate bars I bought at walmart for Halloween I still have sweets and when I test myself I test normal so really is that normal???

With my last pregnancy my gd was weird. Some days I'd have Ice cream right after a meal and when I checked my sugars it was only 81. Then there were times that I ate "right" and my sugars were 127 (they said mine had to be under 120) so even tho I didn't think that sugar was considered too high, they don't take it lightly. A high sugar is a high sugar and they threatened insulin. The further along you get in pregnancy the harder it is to control with diet.

La Mere ...are you doing ok? Haven't seen you much. Sorry if you said you were going to be away from the thread and I missed it. Just wanted to make sure everything was ok.

Betheney, how are things going? Are you feeling alright?

Snow...are you taking it easy? Lol!

Brieri...I hope your new ob is just wonderful and makes up for the rotten treatment you have had.

Jrowen ...not sure if you will see this but I am hoping things go back to normal soon for you! I know you were one of the worst hit!

Um I didn't take it easy at all. I decided to go out with dh and dd for what was only suppose to be church but turned into eating out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And a day full of errands. We were gone for 12 hours. I did manage to get my car seat/stroller combo and a couple other things. Now all I need to get are a pkg of newborn diapers with the cord cut out, a boppy cover (which I might make), some kind of sling (still undecided) and nipple cream just in case.

Now I'm trying to decide if I should put off my nst or not. I don't want them trying to keep me today.

I went to the midwife today. My test results came back, I passed the GD but my iron levels are really low. No wonder I'm tired!

Make sure u take ur iron supplement with a big meal, I wasn't and it wa making me sick all day just as if morning sickness was back. And if u take it with a meal and it still makes u sick somebody suggested taking it at night so u sleep through the nausea.