January Jellybeans 2013!...

[Little J]

glad all the showers went well ladies!

I went to the store the other day to start buying things i need for my hospital bag... as in just regular cotton undies, and i was telling hubby i didnt wanna ruin them! haha i like them! im sucha goof, maybe ill take half of the new cotton ones and half of older ones that are on their last leg to compromise

 

[BlossomJ]

glad all the showers went well ladies!

I went to the store the other day to start buying things i need for my hospital bag... as in just regular cotton undies, and i was telling hubby i didnt wanna ruin them! haha i like them! im sucha goof, maybe ill take half of the new cotton ones and half of older ones that are on their last leg to compromise

Haha! I'm the same, I got plain black underwear for my hospital bag & I want to wear it now

I love it when you post - your new scan picture makes me smile every time I see it!

 

[sassy_mom]

Sorry you are feeling so bad Ducky! Is there anything they can give you to help you feel better and ease the coughing??

I have my doctor appt today ... for real this time ... hoping for a quick visit. The swelling has gone down some. My left ankle is still more like Fred Flinstone than it should be but hopefully the swelling is on its way out. Either way I will be bringing it up today and making sure they take note of it.

I really need to get on packing my hospital bag. I've been meaning to go and pick up all those little travel size things so I don't have to worry about filling bottles and junk like that. They weren't too fond of me taking a shower there anyway. They wouldn't take the catheter out of my hand to let me take a shower until almost right before we went home. I was angry because I felt so gross. Hopefully they have changed things a bit .... or maybe I can be a little more vocal with them.

 

[sassy_mom]

I agree. LittleJ your new picture makes me smile all the time.

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Just had my endocrinologist apptmnt and my regular NST ob/gyn apptment..

I am totally bummed. I gained 5 lbs IN A WEEK! (WTF!?) I mean I guess i can write it off to water weight and constipation and thanksgiving dinners... but mannnnn....

Then my Hemoglobin a1c was a 6.2! Which is fine, but still elevated and it shows my blood sugars have been running a bit higher than what I am used to (im usually 5.8) I try so hard to do well and then it turns back around and kicks me in the butt. oh well, just got to try to do better for next month I guess...

I go to the specialist ultrasound tomorrow morning, so hopefully she gets some good 4d pics.. thats at 9:15 am..

other than that I am on bi-weekly NST's so I go back Thursday for that. I am so glad I work from home because I do not know where I would find the time to get all these doc apptmnts in! Jeeesh..

Sorry just ranting!

 

[BlossomJ]

Sorry you are feeling so bad Ducky! Is there anything they can give you to help you feel better and ease the coughing??

I have my doctor appt today ... for real this time ... hoping for a quick visit. The swelling has gone down some. My left ankle is still more like Fred Flinstone than it should be but hopefully the swelling is on its way out. Either way I will be bringing it up today and making sure they take note of it.

I really need to get on packing my hospital bag. I've been meaning to go and pick up all those little travel size things so I don't have to worry about filling bottles and junk like that. They weren't too fond of me taking a shower there anyway. They wouldn't take the catheter out of my hand to let me take a shower until almost right before we went home. I was angry because I felt so gross. Hopefully they have changed things a bit .... or maybe I can be a little more vocal with them.

I couldn't cope without being able to get washed properly. That was the only thing that perked me up & made me feel half human again last time Though I was in for four days, so I would have smelled pretty bad with no shower I'm going to be a bit more confident & stick up for myself this time too... They'll get fed up of me and send me home sooner if nothing else!

Nikki - Rant away! Sorry about your readings

Don't worry too much about the weight though, as you say, fluid retention is likely to account for a lot of it & there's not too long left. You'll probably loose it quickly afterwards anyway

 

[sassy_mom]

Not feeling well. Ugh! I wish so much I could lay down and sleep until my appt. I felt really good when I got up this morning. Not sure what is going on. I've set off bh ... and I barely did anything! I just wiped down my counters (which I don't have much of) and swept the floor. My feet are back up swollen like they have been the past two days .... oh man ... I am really feeling done now. I know that I don't actually want to be, it is just the discomfort and tiredness talking. I can barely move around. I tried reading to DD ... that is a quiet activity ... got through one short story and I'm out of breath and panting. So now she is sitting looking through her books and I feel bad. I want to read and be able to play with her like before. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Sometimes I feel so aggravated because I feel like being pregnant has taken me away from DD and it isn't fair. Anybody else with children feeling this way too?

Thanks for letting me vent ladies.

 

[Little J]

Blossom and Sassy- Thanks! It totally puts a smile on my face too when i see it! I am putting that pic on my fridge so my day starts off great. Somthing about a smiling baby that just brightens your day!

Nik- I wouldnt worry to much about it, you had plateued with weight gain for a while havent you? I totally blame thanksgiving! Remember.... right now the LO gains alot of weight each week that goes by now... not to mention how much the palcenta actually weighs on top of that, geesh! (I think i read in a book that the placenta weighs up to 4 lbs or so when you finally deliver, thats alot!)

I found it hard to enjoy thanksgiving like i used to.... i wanted to eat so much but bc there isnt much room to put it, i couldnt eat very much and i still had the "im gunna die, im so full" feeling. These babies take up so much room it makes it hard to endulge!

 

[BlossomJ]

Sassy - I'm physically feeling pretty good, but playing with DS wipes me out in about two minutes! I feel bad that he's not getting as much from me as he used to, so can totally relate to what you must be going through. I just keep reminding myself that it will be really nice for him having a sibling when he's older & this stage of our pregnancy is really quite short in the scheme of things. Also, we won't be able to do quite as much with then when the babies get here, so I guess it's preparing them for that too

 

[Kaiecee]

I have a sore tummy today I have an ultrasound tomorrow to see how big baby is and probably put me on insuline we will see what happens I guess

 

[BlossomJ]

Blossom and Sassy- Thanks! It totally puts a smile on my face too when i see it! I am putting that pic on my fridge so my day starts off great. Somthing about a smiling baby that just brightens your day!

Nik- I wouldnt worry to much about it, you had plateued with weight gain for a while havent you? I totally blame thanksgiving! Remember.... right now the LO gains alot of weight each week that goes by now... not to mention how much the palcenta actually weighs on top of that, geesh! (I think i read in a book that the placenta weighs up to 4 lbs or so when you finally deliver, thats alot!)

I found it hard to enjoy thanksgiving like i used to.... i wanted to eat so much but bc there isnt much room to put it, i couldnt eat very much and i still had the "im gunna die, im so full" feeling. These babies take up so much room it makes it hard to endulge!

I'd lost a whole stone when I got home from hospital after giving birth & DS was only about 5lb!

 

[BlossomJ]

I have a sore tummy today I have an ultrasound tomorrow to see how big baby is and probably put me on insuline we will see what happens I guess

Sorry you're still not feeling right Kaiecee Hope the scan goes well though & baby is measuring ok

 

[Kaiecee]

They just wan to see if baby is gaining too much weight cuz of my gd

 

[mellywelly]

The shortness of breath is happening here too now! It's only been the last couple of days but even the tiniest thing like making coffees this morning left me panting! And I'm hot too, very strange as I'm normally the cold one when every one else is hot!

I've just finished my last week on call for about 10 months and I've only got Thursday and Friday to work and that's it! We rotate our days we work so I had to say bye to 2 of the team today, it was really strange!

 

[BlossomJ]

They just wan to see if baby is gaining too much weight cuz of my gd

Hopefully he won't. I know there's an increased chance he'll be bigger, but it's not always the case. Fingers crossed he is where you'd like him to be. What weight were your others?

 

[Kaiecee]

Well remember I was with my ex my last 2 kids and he's a big guy over 300 pounds and 6 foot 5
So my first was 3 weeks late and 8lbs 10oz
My second was 2 weeks early and was 8lbs 13oz

And no gd for any of those Pregnancys

Now dh is less than 6 foot and is maybe 165 pounds I think so we were expecting this to be a smaller baby than my others since I was a small baby and so was he cuz my ex was 10 pounds when he was Born

 

[snowangel187]

Sorry you are feeling so bad Ducky! Is there anything they can give you to help you feel better and ease the coughing??

I have my doctor appt today ... for real this time ... hoping for a quick visit. The swelling has gone down some. My left ankle is still more like Fred Flinstone than it should be but hopefully the swelling is on its way out. Either way I will be bringing it up today and making sure they take note of it.

I really need to get on packing my hospital bag. I've been meaning to go and pick up all those little travel size things so I don't have to worry about filling bottles and junk like that. They weren't too fond of me taking a shower there anyway. They wouldn't take the catheter out of my hand to let me take a shower until almost right before we went home. I was angry because I felt so gross. Hopefully they have changed things a bit .... or maybe I can be a little more vocal with them.

I took a shower everyday I was there, I just held my arm out of the shower that had my IV in it.

Not feeling well. Ugh! I wish so much I could lay down and sleep until my appt. I felt really good when I got up this morning. Not sure what is going on. I've set off bh ... and I barely did anything! I just wiped down my counters (which I don't have much of) and swept the floor. My feet are back up swollen like they have been the past two days .... oh man ... I am really feeling done now. I know that I don't actually want to be, it is just the discomfort and tiredness talking. I can barely move around. I tried reading to DD ... that is a quiet activity ... got through one short story and I'm out of breath and panting. So now she is sitting looking through her books and I feel bad. I want to read and be able to play with her like before. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Sometimes I feel so aggravated because I feel like being pregnant has taken me away from DD and it isn't fair. Anybody else with children feeling this way too?

Thanks for letting me vent ladies.

I feel pretty guilty daily. especially being stuck on bedrest. I have to remind myself that its not much longer, dd is still small, and I can only do what I can do.

 

[els1022]

Hi ladies. We are just about settled in our new home. I am exhausted! I've cheated bedrest a bit and have helped unpack-nothing heavy but I've realized what a difference a month of rest has affected my strength. DH is sick of my honey-do list, I'm sure!! I want everything done before little one makes her appearance and that could be two weeks!
Hope everyone feels better. We are falling apart!!

 

[Kaiecee]

I'm not sure what's up with dh maybe cuz it's his first that he's neurvous but he says thing just to piss me off maybe that his way to get me to reassure himself but I hope he doesn't think a baby is easy he even asked me or told me that babies should sleep the night right away lol I couldn't say much but laught I told he better b ready cuz I was ok with my 2 I had he really wanted kids and wants more but if he does step up which I'm really sure he will cuz he takes good care of me now I think it's just nerves well I'm not sure ill have more

 

[BlossomJ]

Well remember I was with my ex my last 2 kids and he's a big guy over 300 pounds and 6 foot 5
So my first was 3 weeks late and 8lbs 10oz
My second was 2 weeks early and was 8lbs 13oz

And no gd for any of those Pregnancys

Now dh is less than 6 foot and is maybe 165 pounds I think so we were expecting this to be a smaller baby than my others since I was a small baby and so was he cuz my ex was 10 pounds when he was Born

So maybe it'll balance out a bit with this one & won't be any larger, even if it is slightly bigger from the GD? Guess you'll have a better idea tomorrow. Will have my fingers crossed it's a healthy weight