Lil' October Pumpkins 2013

[broodymrs]

Congrats kalon. Sorry about your mil jbell. Fx baby stays put for when you return!

Really thought it was all starting last night after the stretch, not sweep. Had strong contractions which nothing would stop and def had the clear out. Felt exhausted so decided to go to bed and try and get some sleep....and woke up this morning with nothing! So it seems it stirred things up and gave me a good nights sleep but nothing else! Lol. Oh well, fx acupuncture does the trick mon. At least we know this weekend's plans are safe now!

 

[Lownthwaite]

Junebugs you probably won't be last! We have the same due date and I bet you'll go first.

Goddess I hope you feel better soon.

Girlnboots who on earth is your employer? They sound ridiculous!

I'm just like you ladies, I live in the bathroom. I can't wait until I don't have to pee every time I stand up and walk somewhere!

Low that's great news baby is engaged! Have you still been having contractions?

PTR have you been having anymore contractions?

I've been having contractions every day, just never leading anywhere.

I had 5 or 6 last night that were quite painful but never became regular.

Having some sharp tummy pains today and lots of pressure so I'm hopeful.

 

[broodymrs]

For some reason the video didn't come up on my phone this morning. Sounds scary Kalon being on seizure watch! Glad you and Liam are ok xx

 

[KalonKiki]

Thanks Broody. It wasn't really scary, just mostly uncomfortable and caused me to have an over stimulated baby for the first 48 hours because they constantly had to come in to check my vitals and then because of his weight they had him on blood sugar protocol for the first 24 hours and had to prick his little feet every time before I could nurse him.

 

[goddess25]

Had about 4 hours of contractions last night not in a pattern that fizzled out about 4am. Felt so off with it. See my mw this morning.

 

[Junebugs]

Oh no goddess! Keep us updated! I know you haven't been feeling good and you wanted the baby to stay put until the 2nd.... let us know what your midwife says

 

[ptr]

Fx the baby stays put a little longer, goddess!!

 

[Murmers0110]

Im with ya goddesses. Im not ready yet. We are not ready yet. My mom is recovered yet. She is staying with me for 2 weeks after and she also lives 7 hours away. Im terrified she wont make it or be recovered in time!

 

[lunarsea]

Kind of lost track of this thread, sorry, ladies!
Thought I'd update a bit on here.
Was hospitalized for 2 days and put on IV antibiotics for a severe UTI.
I told my doc at several appointments before that, that I thought I had an infection, but didn't find out til I went into the hospital with a fever and chills, nearly passing out.
I think he felt somewhat bad for not realizing it sooner, but he was very kind about the whole ordeal.
On the bright side, I lost my mucus plug (either the whole thing or just a really huge chunk) that was clear with slight pink/brown (very, very slight) on wednesday!

I know it could mean absolutely nothing, but I've been having period cramps since then and irregular tightenings that are usually stronger at night but disappear in the morning.
Also have been having sort of a "clear out", sorry TMI, but I've been having loose stool since Wednesday, too.
Hoping it's a good sign and not just IU (which I had with my first pregnancy) and a reaction to the antibiotics!
My MIL keeps trying to predict when I'll give birth and I'm hoping she'll just stop because I feel like she's jynxing it and I'll still go past my due date
Don't have another appointment til Thursday, which will be 38+3 by my dates and 39 weeks by the doctors, so we'll see if anything's happening!

 

[ptr]

lunarsea: that is exactly what has been happening to me... started losing my plug 8 days ago, it was red, dark brown, pink, green, yellow, you name it, i had it all, huge and small globs too... and had a few clear outs and lots of irregular tightenings/contractions and i'm still here!! i hope you have better luck with losing your plug and really going in labor soon!! fx!!

 

[goddess25]

I have not lost my plug yet. Mw seems fairly confident that baby will be here within the week and she said she won't be surprised to hear from me over the weekend. I told her that I havd had no plug comr out to which she replied it can come out during labour. She offered to do another cervix check but I declined although I kind of widh I had now as it gives you lots of info.

 

[ptr]

Yeah I wish you did too goddess I wonder if you're having some good dilation and effacement going on or not.

 

[SisterRose]

Just curious what everyone elses blood pressure has been like? I had high blood pressure in my last pregnancy, no medications for it and this pregnancy I feel as though it's been high a lot of the time too. I was recommended to have twice weekly blood pressure checks for a couple of weeks but after that it's like they forgot about it every time I've had my blood pressure checked, they've kind of fobbed it off to being okay since not having any protein in my urine at all but I feel as though after researching a bit tonight it is a lot higher than it should be and that they should be more concerned
Only reason I looked it up is I've noticed over the last week my fingers are a bit swollen, nothing dramatic but swollen. My face has also gone puffy and looks like I now have a double chin! I know this can happen anyway in later pregnancy but tonight I've noticed that the knuckle on the pinky finger of my right hand feels swollen, has gone all red and hurts when I push on the area like it's swollen with fluid under but also painful. It's not HUGELY swollen but it does hurt.

My last blood pressure check it was 138/97 and that apparently wasn't cause for concern. That's preeeetty high right?

 

[goddess25]

The bottom number is definitely higher than it should be. I would call your dr/mw. It sounds like you need to be reviewed to me and you need a bp check at the very least.

 

[ptr]

My usual bp is 120/70 and that's usually cause for no concern ... But my last one last week was 134/80 I think and my nurse said it was higher than "my norm" but I did have coffee so that might be why? But dr said he wasn't too worried about it. Not sure why? It's hard to tell when it's time to worry and when it's not because everyone has different "norm" for their bp.

What is your range of "norm" bp that you usually get at each appointment?

 

[Sbmack]

Hi guys so sorry I haven't been on to keep up with All you lovely ladies. We have our lovely wee man home but he has bad colic and is not sleeping hardly at all at night which is totally exhausting. Little pet is just the best thing ever but boy is he exhausting! Really hope everything is going ok with you all and congrats on the arrival Maze!! You are so lucky he is sleeping! Enjoy it! x

Hi Twinkle!

Glad to here you and your little boy are home safe and sound. Sorry about the colic. I hope it goes away soon and you can get some rest!

Congrats again, Kalon!

 

[girlnboots]

My blood pressure is almost always 110-120/60-70. I have no idea what's considered high or not, but my doctor always says it looks good?

I THINK in third tri its normal for BP to go up a bit, but I'd still mention it.

 

[nnynny]

Just curious what everyone elses blood pressure has been like? I had high blood pressure in my last pregnancy, no medications for it and this pregnancy I feel as though it's been high a lot of the time too. I was recommended to have twice weekly blood pressure checks for a couple of weeks but after that it's like they forgot about it every time I've had my blood pressure checked, they've kind of fobbed it off to being okay since not having any protein in my urine at all but I feel as though after researching a bit tonight it is a lot higher than it should be and that they should be more concerned
Only reason I looked it up is I've noticed over the last week my fingers are a bit swollen, nothing dramatic but swollen. My face has also gone puffy and looks like I now have a double chin! I know this can happen anyway in later pregnancy but tonight I've noticed that the knuckle on the pinky finger of my right hand feels swollen, has gone all red and hurts when I push on the area like it's swollen with fluid under but also painful. It's not HUGELY swollen but it does hurt.

My last blood pressure check it was 138/97 and that apparently wasn't cause for concern. That's preeeetty high right?

SisterRose - you should definitely get checked out as soon as possible. Your diastolic BP (the lower number) is quite high and the facial puffiness is not a good sign. Even if the systolic BP (the higher number) is not significantly, a change in the lower number has more impact. It is better to get checked out to make sure you don't have pre-eclampsia.

 

[jbell157]

Sister rose I agree with all the other ladies. You need to get checked out. Better safe than sorry at this point.

 

[Junebugs]

Mine has always been around 100/50 .. my mw is always amazed on how low it is. Yours does seem a little high.... like goddess said I would call then to double check