January Jellybeans 2013!...

[ARuppe716]

Haha wait until we're all discussing the contents of our children's diapers!!

 

[NellandZack]

Hey ladies! So exciting to read everyone's progress! Congrats to the new mommies and good luck to the soon to be mommies!!! Crazy looks like everyone is going in pairs haha! Baby Nora is making progress. She is head down 80% effaced and 1 cm! I was not expecting this! I have no idea if I have lost my mucous plug. I haven't noticed it and forgot to ask the doctor "/. Getting excited but know it could be days or weeks lol

 

[span]

Congratulations to Snow and Ditty. Can't wait to read your birth stories and see pics!
Sassy - sorry you're feeling so rough.
Lilah - hope your nips improve on the cream.

Hope we get some more birth announcements soon - sounds like some of you aren't far off. I feel like a right queue jumper!


My exciting poo news is that I had my 1st post partum poo yesterday and another today. Last time it took me TEN DAYS to go and I had a Drs finger up my arse, enemas, powders to drink plus a diet of mainly prunes and all bran before I finally went. This time I just had a few prunes a day.

MW weighed Darcey today. She's now 3420g so only lost 34g. That works out to 0.98% loss of bodyweight so bloody good going, especially as Meg lost nearly 10% at 3 days.
She tends to mainly sleep in the day with a fair bit of feeding then feeds and is awake most of the night. Still early days though.

Couple of pics:
https://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/HannahB78/P1020077_zpsc83ffb94.jpg
https://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/HannahB78/P1020079_zps0f398c10.jpg
https://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/HannahB78/P1020088_zpsa44591b3.jpg

 

[darkstar]

Congrats Ditty!

I had a weird piece of maybe mucus plug? I'm still unsure it was like a small piece of round rubber, enough that I said to myself what the heck is that. Could that be part of a mucus plug? It was like a rubber seal!
My midwife never arranged my appointment time for today as we were waiting for mondays presentation scan so I need to try and chase her up, its been over a week since I saw her and i want my blood test results.

 

[darkstar]

Darcey is gorgeous Span!

 

[Lilahbear]

Congratulations to Snow and Ditty. Can't wait to read your birth stories and see pics!
Sassy - sorry you're feeling so rough.
Lilah - hope your nips improve on the cream.

Hope we get some more birth announcements soon - sounds like some of you aren't far off. I feel like a right queue jumper!


My exciting poo news is that I had my 1st post partum poo yesterday and another today. Last time it took me TEN DAYS to go and I had a Drs finger up my arse, enemas, powders to drink plus a diet of mainly prunes and all bran before I finally went. This time I just had a few prunes a day.

MW weighed Darcey today. She's now 3420g so only lost 34g. That works out to 0.98% loss of bodyweight so bloody good going, especially as Meg lost nearly 10% at 3 days.
She tends to mainly sleep in the day with a fair bit of feeding then feeds and is awake most of the night. Still early days though.

Couple of pics:
https://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/HannahB78/P1020077_zpsc83ffb94.jpg
https://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/HannahB78/P1020079_zps0f398c10.jpg
https://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/HannahB78/P1020088_zpsa44591b3.jpg

Aw lovely pictures span!

 

[DeedeeBeester]

@La Mere: You're welcome hun, it was fun looking for them and I'm so glad you liked them. Thanks for mine as well! So thoughtful and pretty.

 

[brieri1]

Congratulations to all the new mommies! What a busy day yesterday was!

AFM, I had mild cramping with really strong stabbing pains intermittently last night. They hurt so much so that I called my midwives and they had me come in for a check. By the time I got there, the pains had stopped, but they decided to check me anyway. I'm 1 cm dilated and almost 50% effaced. And I'm definitely not in labor. My blood pressure was a little high, probably from the stress of the evening, but not high enough to be worrisome. As soon as the midwives touched baby girl, she launched herself back out of my pelvis, making it so her head was no longer engaged, and try to break out through my right side. The midwife apprentice has apparently never seen a baby do that from the outside. She really doesn't like being messed with.

This morning, she is back down with her head engaged. The mild cramping is back, but not with the stabbing pains, luckily. I hope the cramping means her head is doing something to my cervix. I'm tired of being so uncomfortable with nothing to show for it.

 

[mellywelly]

My cramps have stopped.

 

[Cailidgh]

Awe those pics are adorable! Congratulations!!
Anyone due next Thursday? If we're going in pairs I'd like to know who I'm teamed up with! Hehe

 

[DeedeeBeester]

Awe those pics are adorable! Congratulations!!
Anyone due next Thursday? If we're going in pairs I'd like to know who I'm teamed up with! Hehe

You can check the due dates on the first page of the thread to see who is on your same date.

 

[Soniamillie01]

So I've just been for an amazing post-Christmas hot curry with my
Mum, it was delicious! X

 

[BlossomJ]

Congratulations to Snow & Ditty! So happy for you both.

Span - Beautiful pics!

Sassy - How are you doing? I'm sick too & have a chest infection. The coughing is awful, feel like I can hardly get any air. At least I'm not due for a while though. Hope you make a super quick recovery so you're fit & well when the baby makes an entrance!

Good luck to all of you who are on the verge of popping!!!

 

[EmyDra]

Wow congrats!! Gorgeous new babies

Is the front page going to be updated with news of the LOs?

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Awe those pics are adorable! Congratulations!!
Anyone due next Thursday? If we're going in pairs I'd like to know who I'm teamed up with! Hehe

Ill be induced wednesday if i dont go on my own before then

 

[mammaspath]

I had a checkup today........gbs test and doctor decided to check my progress.
dliated 1 and half and 50 percent effaced........moving right along...and baby head is engaged...he said she doesnt look like she goin anyywhere but down....
im hoping for two more weeks

 

[sassy_mom]

Ok I officially think I will be the last one to have a baby even though my due date is a week away. All of you have made way more progress! I'm so jealous. hahaha! My doctor was so busy they couldn't even fit me in for a weekly visit and they won't see me again until the day before my due date. :\

I spent all day out walking and it has done nothing but give me sore feet. *sigh* I don't think she will be going anywhere anytime soon. I wouldn't be surprised if she ended up 2 weeks late. Yes I know I shouldn't jinx myself!

Thanks for asking Blossom. I feel better in the afternoon and evening but the morning and all through the night is just awful. This cough is making things so difficult. I'm going to try a soak in the tub tonight with some eucalyptus epsom salt and I hope it will let me find some relief and let me sleep.

 

[brieri1]

39 weeks tomorrow. I know I only have another 3 weeks to have her before they force me to get induced at the hospital, but her birth still feels like forever away. Which is strange, since back when I found out she was a girl, it was like, holy crap, in a couple months I'm gonna have a baby girl in my arms. That's so soon!

 

[Nikkilewis14]

To be honest sassy u can go from 0cm to labor within hours, dont look into it too far about not progressig...

The doc said the only reason he would think baby would be coming soon is because last thursday i was 1cm dilated, 0% effaced.... Then monday i was 1cm, 50% effaced, and today, two days later i effaced to 80%! Progression pretty quickly and contractions with them which is only going to efface me more... Once u hit around 100%, dilation is ieitable....he also said effacement meant more to him than dilation since some do not dilate until birth..

 

[sassy_mom]

Yea ... I just wish my body was doing something to make me think things were going in the right direction. My doctor did say my cervix was soft but didn't mention any effacement and they said I was still basically closed. I haven't seen my mucous plug but then again I didn't see it with DD either. I'm not even having any BH anymore. I've been having them like crazy since about 20 weeks and now just nothing. I just know that my pelvis hurts like crazy and walking makes it worse. I know I am just anxious to have her here. DH has been off for almost 2 weeks. It would've been great if she had showed up sometime then. lol! He goes back to work and on night shift at that tomorrow. I sure am going to miss him. His boss did call to see if the baby had arrived. They are great about working around us. When she does come, they will make sure he can be with me while I need him.