January Jellybeans 2013!...

[sassy_mom]

Ahhh .. my cousin is in the hospital having her baby!!! She is on the west coast and all of us are out on the east coast so we are just waiting to hear anything from her. So crazy!!!!

 

[Little J]

sassy- hope the BH settle down a bit

Ducky- were you the one who said she was diagnosed with interhaptic cholestasis? (ICP)

After my gall bladder incident pain today, my hands and feet have been really itchy! So i just searched for it on the internet and found ICP and it says if u have bile blockage or gall stones. Im kinda concerned by what i read bc it says it can be dangerous to baby and sometimes they induce you bc of having this?

 

[Kaiecee]

I just need energy for tomorrow to clean I had to reschedule my flu shot hope I can get another appointment soon my sugars are high again I really don't understand but I'm trying my best

Dh made me a good supper and ran me a bath now were just gonna watch a movie and bed
Hope I get to sleep in a little tomorrow but I really want to get stuff done

Awww jealous I wish my OH would cook me dinner for once. I tried dropping him a hint yesterday when he went out for lunch with workmates and I told him how long it had been since I had eaten a nice meal I didn't have to cook myself... hint not taken!

It's funny cuz he loves to cook I cook once in a while but he usually does all the cooking and he's really good at it where I do all the baking cuz he doesn't really know how to I couldn't get any luckier with a man that cooks me almost all my meals but I do help him with some of it

 

[Kaiecee]

Warning tmi!!!

Sometimes after I have an orgasm I feel bh but super intense
And once I had a cramp afterwards which killed but went away
Is this normal?

 

[sassy_mom]

Warning tmi!!!

Sometimes after I have an orgasm I feel bh but super intense
And once I had a cramp afterwards which killed but went away
Is this normal?

I have the same thing. It makes me a little afraid for DH to get near me. I think it is just how the body is reacting to the muscle spasm.

 

[Kaiecee]

That's what I though

 

[sassy_mom]

Anyone know when the movements start slowing down? She hasn't slowed any. Her movements are huge and sometimes I think she is having a dance party in there. Right when I lay down to go to sleep is the worst!!!! Even her hiccups are visibly noticeable.

 

[Kaiecee]

Sassy
I think that too sometimes expecially at night it can get so uncomfortable

 

[sassy_mom]

Found this if anyone is interested in reading up on movements.

https://www.babycentre.co.uk/a549375/your-babys-movements-in-pregnancy

 

[brieri1]

Thank you ladies for your kind words. I'm not positive it was pee, but I'm pretty sure. It didn't have a smell, but I've been staying ultra hydrated.

As for my husband, I rushed him 45 minutes away to his childhood dentist. He put the veneer back on for only 87 dollars and scheduled to put a cap on his tooth in March. We are both feeling a lot better about the situation. The pain has been dulled a lot.

Lilah has been crazy active today. I can't believe I have only one more week until I'm full term!

 

[darkstar]

Warning tmi!!!

Sometimes after I have an orgasm I feel bh but super intense
And once I had a cramp afterwards which killed but went away
Is this normal?

Yes. I actually find it difficult to orgasm because I know how painful it is going to be, I don't enjoy it anymore.

 

[darkstar]

Anyone know when the movements start slowing down? She hasn't slowed any. Her movements are huge and sometimes I think she is having a dance party in there. Right when I lay down to go to sleep is the worst!!!! Even her hiccups are visibly noticeable.

I don't remember mine ever slowing down with other pregnancies. This little guy is way more active than my other two though and OH says I even groan in my sleep when he's kicking me. And the mexican waves when a limb runs right across my belly and past my belly button are killer.. my belly button gets real sore when he focuses on that area.

 

[BlossomJ]

Nikki - I didn't get any stretch marks on my tummy with DS, but the past couple of days I've been wondering if I'm maybe just getting one or two. The problem is I always think I have, then realise it's just marks from where my jeans have been digging in or where my underwear has been creased Hope I avoid them again!

Lillian - Where are you moving to? I'm getting so excited about our move, but I just realised that DH has Christmas parties with work this weekend & next Fri/Saturday, so I've a lot to do to get us organised!

 

[BlossomJ]

sassy- hope the BH settle down a bit

Ducky- were you the one who said she was diagnosed with interhaptic cholestasis? (ICP)

After my gall bladder incident pain today, my hands and feet have been really itchy! So i just searched for it on the internet and found ICP and it says if u have bile blockage or gall stones. Im kinda concerned by what i read bc it says it can be dangerous to baby and sometimes they induce you bc of having this?

Els is being induced due to cholestasis I think. I'm sure she could give you some advice & probably has some experience through her job too. From what I understand, they would normally induce you if you had it as the risks mainly occur if you're left right until term. Hopefully you just have regular pregnancy itching, but you'll need to get it checked I would think

 

[mellywelly]

Ducky was tested for it but didn't have it. The tested me this week too due to my itchynesss. They think there is a slightly higher risk of stillborn I think with it if left to go full term so would induce you early. I think it can also be a sign of pre-eclampsia too.I think obstetric cholostasis is usually worse itch wise at night.

 

[mellywelly]

Does anyone else get a sensation that feels like your foo or vejayJay? Is about to break in half? It's so uncomfortable!

 

[span]

Good article about the movements. Matches what I've been experiencing as movements have definately calmed down, though I get plenty of knees or feet to my ribs, mainly on my right side. Sometimes she tries to stretch her legs out so I get a bottom poking out one side and feet the other.
I get plenty of BH's every evening.

Last time I got a couple of fresh stretchies on my upper thighs (to add to my teenage ones ) and, so far this time, I've got some more on my thighs. My bump is way bigger this time though so I'm not counting my chickens.....

 

[snowangel187]

Hi ladies.

Ducky - glad you are home, have been thinking of you as I know all the others have too.

Melly - sorry no scan but like you say better to have no scan because everything is ok than have a scan because they think they need to check up on something.

Betheney - so good to hear from you, hope he is allowed home very soon.

Afm, I've had an awful lot of pressure in my bottom today, like a kind of pushing down pressure and expanding, it's been really odd. Baby is still high up in terms of heart rate, to the right and I would say an inch or two above belly button so thinking he is still breech?

It's mad to think I am 9 months pregnant in weeks today! AND tomorrow could be my last day at work dependent upon what the consultant says Friday! A friend of mine was under the same consultant as me and her son was breech. She wanted a vbac but had a c section because of him being breech, they booked her in for 39 weeks, which for me would be Christmas Day / Boxing Day - not sure that will happen!

My ideal birth plan was water birth with gas and air but at the moment I've kind of residing myself to a c section and if that changes then bonus. I do feel like a bit of a fraud and please don't get me wrong I have nothing against c sections but had been set on a water birth for so long. I'm trying the techniques from spinning babies to see if he will turn by himself, it keeps feeling like he is trying but perhaps can't quite get around because there is no space.

39 weeks for me is Christmas Day and when I pointed that out to dr he decided he would induce me the day after. I said you probably don't want to work on Christmas do you? And he said nobody wants to work on Christmas, but he will come in if I need him too.

Ducky, my "birth plan" is exactly yours! I want to breastfeed asap and that's all. As a nurse I get a tad nervous when ladies come in with an extensive birth plan bc they are the ones who end up with a c/s! I don't know why but it's like if you put the opposite on the plan then that's what happens.
Not to say I don't try my hardest to help my patients have the experience that they want, it just seems like bad luck for the poor ladies with the 10 page plans.

I know what you mean.. I was really reluctant to do one but my midwife insisted. I've kept it very vague and instead of ticking some boxes have written "depends on the situation" such as continuous or intermittent fetal monitoring.

Some of the questions are stupid too like if the baby is transferred to another hospital do I want to go with him. Well duh... of course I do.

I didn't write an actual birth plan, but when they admitted me with dd they asked my special requests and I only had two. #1 don't offer me drugs, if I want them I'll ask. #2 I want to keep my pants on as long as possible.

My induction date is set: Christmas day! And I am 1 cm dilated now. I'm not sure if that is a sign I could have this baby early or if it's common to be dilated a little at 36 weeks. Either way I'm excited

I was dilated 1cm at 36 weeks with dd and when I was induced at 39weeks 6days I had been 2 cm for a week or so and had never felt a contraction. it obviously doesn't mean ur going into labor tomorrow, but its a good feeling knowing your body is preparing for what it's suppose to so.

I know I am blowing up the thread tonight ... sorry! lol!

I think I will ask my doctor at my next appointment if she can tell if Chloe's head is engaged at all because now when she is moving around like crazy ... I seriously feel like her head is in my hoo ha and ramming into the back door as well. She is moving right now and I swear it feels like she is already trying to come out!!!! Maybe my FIL is right about me not making it to January! Now I am just praying she isn't born on my MIL's birthday. Not on 12/9 and not on Christmas, otherwise I'm good!

I was running errands yesterday and if I were walking behind me I'd be laughing I'm sure. I would take a step and it would be a headbutt to my hoo ha followed by sciatica. It was extremely uncomfortable and they kept alternating so I'd be like ah when she's head butt and then my sciatica would shoot down my right leg and I'd lean that way and stop til it came out of it.

I woke up about 4 times last night with really painful pulls in my lower tummy. Almost felt like pulled muscles. I wonder if it means something is happening soon!

This happens to me a lot when I wake up to turn its kind of like a parlalyzing pain and I can't move. What I do is rub that spot or push on baby to move and once she does it relieves the pain. I think she is laying on a nerve.

well if it comes down to it we will movie in to the inlaws and save money dh when he used to live there made an apartment in the basement so it will be enough space for us to have our own bedroom my older boys to have their own bedroom and also riley plus w would have our own storage rooom for our cans etc and our own kitcen working sink laundry room and our own bathroom with a whirl pool so i think it would b just fine plus akot of public transport and his dad would bring us everywhere anyways and the park is just 3 min away and a big pool i back yeard not to forget free babysitting lol

Could you tolerate living with the inlaws? And would ur dog issue be better or worse? If you could stand it I would just move in with them.

So... I decided not to send Christmas Cards this year and I am hoping that Blake comes before New years and then I will send out Happy New Years cards with his picture on it! Unless he comes in the next week... then I can send Christmas cards with his pic! hahaha

I'm glad I'm not the only one torn on the Christmas card issue. we always do a family pic or a pic off dd in her Christmas dress in front of the tree. Well this year we have the tree up, but I haven't bought her a dress. And with my induction scheduled for the 26th I'm not even sure I'll make it til then. So will there be a baby that should be in the Christmas 2012 family pic or what. I think what I'll do is wait and just do an all in one thing, with the price of postage it could be ridiculous when it can all go in one envelope. Maybe we will be forgiven for not sending before Christmas I mean after all we are 9 months pregnant.

how many bottles did everyone get? I am going to breastfeed so I assume I don't need that many????

I ebf dd and bought the playtex dropins starter kit. This pregnancy I still have those bottles and I actually got a coupon for a free bottle when I did my registry so I picked it up and I also got a bottle in the mail with a formula sample. I agree that I wouldn't buy too many of one kind as somebody said not all babies like the same thing. Same goes with pacifiers and sippy cups.

If you don't plan on nursing I'd have at least 10-12 bottles.

Oh good to know! Im going to join just to get the free samples lol...

I don't plan on using formula at all and am not sure how I got signed up but I got 4 cans of formula and a bottle free in the mail. I'll probably keep on can "just in case" and then sell or donate the rest.

I had gallbladder problems but got that sorted when they took it out!!! Now since they use ur belly button to put a microscope or pull the gall bladder out, they made my belly button way small...so looks like my belly button is going to pop out soon lol

And with the water retention, just like the ladies said, drink tons of water!!!

My belly button is sooo popping out now. And whenever we are in public dd finds it necessary to say "my mommy has a baby in her belly and her belly button is popping out!!" she also thinks that my belly button popping out means baby will be coming out (of my belly button) soon.

As hubby was just rubbing oil on my belly, i am happy to say i still dont have one stretch mark ( i have faint white ones on my hips from during college years) but... None yet so far... When do they start popping up?! I def had a growth spurt these past two weeks and i can only imagine getting even larger... I know if u have had a belly piercing ( i took it out at 20 weeks) that u can get some small red ones extend from that but i still dont see anything...i also heard that a lot of ppl dont see stretch marks until after the birth once they deflate....hmmmm

I had nothing for stretch marks til the last week with dd. I begged and begged my dr to deliver me before I got any and I got a few in my last 6 days. They're not terrible and could be worse I know but it's annoying that the last few days is when I got them. I'm a little worried about this pregnancy other then a little one on my boob I haven't noticed any, but my stomach has been on fire lately and I feel like they're going to pop out everywhere. Oh well. 18 days or less.

Warning tmi!!!

Sometimes after I have an orgasm I feel bh but super intense
And once I had a cramp afterwards which killed but went away
Is this normal?

Orgasms cause contractions. That's partly why if ur at risk for preterm labor it's a no go.

 

[Kaiecee]

Hi ladies.

Ducky - glad you are home, have been thinking of you as I know all the others have too.

Melly - sorry no scan but like you say better to have no scan because everything is ok than have a scan because they think they need to check up on something.

Betheney - so good to hear from you, hope he is allowed home very soon.

Afm, I've had an awful lot of pressure in my bottom today, like a kind of pushing down pressure and expanding, it's been really odd. Baby is still high up in terms of heart rate, to the right and I would say an inch or two above belly button so thinking he is still breech?

It's mad to think I am 9 months pregnant in weeks today! AND tomorrow could be my last day at work dependent upon what the consultant says Friday! A friend of mine was under the same consultant as me and her son was breech. She wanted a vbac but had a c section because of him being breech, they booked her in for 39 weeks, which for me would be Christmas Day / Boxing Day - not sure that will happen!

My ideal birth plan was water birth with gas and air but at the moment I've kind of residing myself to a c section and if that changes then bonus. I do feel like a bit of a fraud and please don't get me wrong I have nothing against c sections but had been set on a water birth for so long. I'm trying the techniques from spinning babies to see if he will turn by himself, it keeps feeling like he is trying but perhaps can't quite get around because there is no space.

39 weeks for me is Christmas Day and when I pointed that out to dr he decided he would induce me the day after. I said you probably don't want to work on Christmas do you? And he said nobody wants to work on Christmas, but he will come in if I need him too.

Ducky, my "birth plan" is exactly yours! I want to breastfeed asap and that's all. As a nurse I get a tad nervous when ladies come in with an extensive birth plan bc they are the ones who end up with a c/s! I don't know why but it's like if you put the opposite on the plan then that's what happens.
Not to say I don't try my hardest to help my patients have the experience that they want, it just seems like bad luck for the poor ladies with the 10 page plans.

I know what you mean.. I was really reluctant to do one but my midwife insisted. I've kept it very vague and instead of ticking some boxes have written "depends on the situation" such as continuous or intermittent fetal monitoring.

Some of the questions are stupid too like if the baby is transferred to another hospital do I want to go with him. Well duh... of course I do.

I didn't write an actual birth plan, but when they admitted me with dd they asked my special requests and I only had two. #1 don't offer me drugs, if I want them I'll ask. #2 I want to keep my pants on as long as possible.

My induction date is set: Christmas day! And I am 1 cm dilated now. I'm not sure if that is a sign I could have this baby early or if it's common to be dilated a little at 36 weeks. Either way I'm excited

I was dilated 1cm at 36 weeks with dd and when I was induced at 39weeks 6days I had been 2 cm for a week or so and had never felt a contraction. it obviously doesn't mean ur going into labor tomorrow, but its a good feeling knowing your body is preparing for what it's suppose to so.

I know I am blowing up the thread tonight ... sorry! lol!

I think I will ask my doctor at my next appointment if she can tell if Chloe's head is engaged at all because now when she is moving around like crazy ... I seriously feel like her head is in my hoo ha and ramming into the back door as well. She is moving right now and I swear it feels like she is already trying to come out!!!! Maybe my FIL is right about me not making it to January! Now I am just praying she isn't born on my MIL's birthday. Not on 12/9 and not on Christmas, otherwise I'm good!

I was running errands yesterday and if I were walking behind me I'd be laughing I'm sure. I would take a step and it would be a headbutt to my hoo ha followed by sciatica. It was extremely uncomfortable and they kept alternating so I'd be like ah when she's head butt and then my sciatica would shoot down my right leg and I'd lean that way and stop til it came out of it.

I woke up about 4 times last night with really painful pulls in my lower tummy. Almost felt like pulled muscles. I wonder if it means something is happening soon!

This happens to me a lot when I wake up to turn its kind of like a parlalyzing pain and I can't move. What I do is rub that spot or push on baby to move and once she does it relieves the pain. I think she is laying on a nerve.

well if it comes down to it we will movie in to the inlaws and save money dh when he used to live there made an apartment in the basement so it will be enough space for us to have our own bedroom my older boys to have their own bedroom and also riley plus w would have our own storage rooom for our cans etc and our own kitcen working sink laundry room and our own bathroom with a whirl pool so i think it would b just fine plus akot of public transport and his dad would bring us everywhere anyways and the park is just 3 min away and a big pool i back yeard not to forget free babysitting lol

Could you tolerate living with the inlaws? And would ur dog issue be better or worse? If you could stand it I would just move in with them.

So... I decided not to send Christmas Cards this year and I am hoping that Blake comes before New years and then I will send out Happy New Years cards with his picture on it! Unless he comes in the next week... then I can send Christmas cards with his pic! hahaha

I'm glad I'm not the only one torn on the Christmas card issue. we always do a family pic or a pic off dd in her Christmas dress in front of the tree. Well this year we have the tree up, but I haven't bought her a dress. And with my induction scheduled for the 26th I'm not even sure I'll make it til then. So will there be a baby that should be in the Christmas 2012 family pic or what. I think what I'll do is wait and just do an all in one thing, with the price of postage it could be ridiculous when it can all go in one envelope. Maybe we will be forgiven for not sending before Christmas I mean after all we are 9 months pregnant.

how many bottles did everyone get? I am going to breastfeed so I assume I don't need that many????

I ebf dd and bought the playtex dropins starter kit. This pregnancy I still have those bottles and I actually got a coupon for a free bottle when I did my registry so I picked it up and I also got a bottle in the mail with a formula sample. I agree that I wouldn't buy too many of one kind as somebody said not all babies like the same thing. Same goes with pacifiers and sippy cups.

If you don't plan on nursing I'd have at least 10-12 bottles.

Oh good to know! Im going to join just to get the free samples lol...

I don't plan on using formula at all and am not sure how I got signed up but I got 4 cans of formula and a bottle free in the mail. I'll probably keep on can "just in case" and then sell or donate the rest.

I had gallbladder problems but got that sorted when they took it out!!! Now since they use ur belly button to put a microscope or pull the gall bladder out, they made my belly button way small...so looks like my belly button is going to pop out soon lol

And with the water retention, just like the ladies said, drink tons of water!!!

My belly button is sooo popping out now. And whenever we are in public dd finds it necessary to say "my mommy has a baby in her belly and her belly button is popping out!!" she also thinks that my belly button popping out means baby will be coming out (of my belly button) soon.

As hubby was just rubbing oil on my belly, i am happy to say i still dont have one stretch mark ( i have faint white ones on my hips from during college years) but... None yet so far... When do they start popping up?! I def had a growth spurt these past two weeks and i can only imagine getting even larger... I know if u have had a belly piercing ( i took it out at 20 weeks) that u can get some small red ones extend from that but i still dont see anything...i also heard that a lot of ppl dont see stretch marks until after the birth once they deflate....hmmmm

I had nothing for stretch marks til the last week with dd. I begged and begged my dr to deliver me before I got any and I got a few in my last 6 days. They're not terrible and could be worse I know but it's annoying that the last few days is when I got them. I'm a little worried about this pregnancy other then a little one on my boob I haven't noticed any, but my stomach has been on fire lately and I feel like they're going to pop out everywhere. Oh well. 18 days or less.

Warning tmi!!!

Sometimes after I have an orgasm I feel bh but super intense
And once I had a cramp afterwards which killed but went away
Is this normal?

Orgasms cause contractions. That's partly why if ur at risk for preterm labor it's a no go.

Well it would be more tolerable for the dog cuz they have a dog an they dig will be less stressed to be home alone but it's a big apartment their basement and dh will make 3 room and they within a year 2 extra ones where he used to live there he made a full kitchen already and just need to make a door for more privacy so if I don't want to see them I stay downstairs but once baby is here the park is 3 min away so I can just go there and there is a lot if transportation to go wherever I want so its better then here in the country waiting for his dad to drive us once a month it gets really boring

 

[Little J]

at my Dr apt in a week and a half i was def. going to bring up my itchy hands to my Dr. especially knowing about my gall bladder issues now. They dont itch as much as they did last night/evening. THey itched a tad throguhout the night but it wasnt anything like where i was making my hands bleed from itching.

I hope its just nothing, i dont want to harm my baby.


Since i have never had these issues before, after he is born will m body go back to normal? or am i doomed with these issues for a forever?