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My husband is pretty useless at night and always has been. He will be sleeping in the spare room when the baby arrives, to be honest I don't mind. He will get home around 3am from work and I don't want him coming into our room disturbing us esp if baby is asleep. It is going to be a challenge having the baby at night and getting up at 7-8am with both kids. DH will be around during the day and I know he will fully support me then.

In regards to pain relief I would say keep an open mind, and see what happens. I wanted a natural birth, first time around laboured at home, went to hospital at 9.5cm dilated, waters broke, tried to push him out and he was a little stuck so went to the OR for forceps. 2nd time labour fast but it was fine, intense.

Labour is exceptionally painful but it is amazing what you and your body can cope with. I would totally recommend giving natural a go and if you need pain relief and epidural then that is totally fine. You might just surprise yourselfs with it being just fine. I have to admit that reading all the stories about watching tv while pushing does sound incredibly nice.

The only pain relief I tried was gas and air with my first as the OB had to do a massive internal to see where DS was stuck. I truly hated it. I puffed on it about 3-4 times and it made me dizzy..I felt that way when you are really drunk when the room spins so I threw it away. I then went onto a spinal with him as they were planning a C section, however they managed to maneuvre him out. The spinal was lovely after pushing for so long. It was nice not to feel the contractions but I hated that I could not move for hours and hours after.
 
Maze- I am sorry to hear that! I have a feeling my husband will be the same as he is a very sound sleeper and has to get up early for work already. Since I will be breastfeeding and on leave from work, I have a feeling the responsibility of getting up will fall on me. We haven't talked about it yet though.

I just got back from the doctor's and he said he will induce around 39 weeks since I have gestational diabetes. My question is- right my baby is only measuring in the 30th percentile, so she is not big at all. Is inducing really necessary early then? Anyone else have experience with this?
 
Tx614 - I had GD in my previous pregnancy and just sat the test this pregnancy on Monday, currently waiting for the results.
I had growth scans with DD1 and she wasn't getting too big either, in fact, they were worried she was too small as she was measuring below the 10th centile line. They still induced me at 38+4 due to the GD and probably because she was small also. The reason they like to induce when you have GD is because there's a high risk when you reach that stage in the pregnancy with GD that the placenta stops functioning properly and starts to deteriorate and die, which of course is really bad for baby since that is where they're getting all of their nutirents from to live and increases the risk of stillbirth. I would go with what your OB has told you and remember they just do what they think is best for baby and for yourself!

If it comes back that I have GD again this pregnancy, then I will be induced again at 38-39 weeks and would prefer them to do that than risk something happening to the baby.

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I asked my MW if I would induced early and I wad told no. I also have a friend with GD who just had a 12lber at almost 42w. Maybe its a Canadian standard.

Hmm
 
Thanks SisterRose, that helps so much. I wish he would have explained that reasoning to me so I would have understood why they do it!

Goddess-Holy Moly!!! 12lbs-your poor friend. No way do I want a 12 pounder.
 
Me either. about 9lb i could do, as DS was 8lb10. I would like a nice 7.5 lb or something. baby estimated to be 4lb already for me so I reckon he/she will be a pretty reasonable size.
 
Mine measured at 3lb 4oz today, so still small!

SisterRose-how big was your first baby when you had GD?
 
I'm jealous. The last weight measurement I had was 9 ounces at 19 weeks. I haven't been to the doctor since 27 weeks and I don't go again til Monday. It seems so weird that I haven't started going every 2 weeks yet. I saw a different doctor last time, so maybe this doctor will be like "oh, well, since I haven't seen you in awhile, let's give you an ultrasound!" :-)

On the man front, mine has been essentially useless as well. He refuses to give me money for bills and he refuses to have sex or even give me more than a peck on the lips, and he hasn't done a single thing for this baby, including painting the nursery. It's been a tense time in my house as well. Normally, he's a wonderful, attentive man, but right now, I just want to kick him in the head.
 
It was estimated at 3lb12oz I am rounding up. I forget how much weight babies are supposed to put on every week now, but its quite substantial.
 
Ya they must grow fast because there isn't much time left now!!

GirlNBoots I am sorry to hear about your man! I feel like they don't understand they need to be MORE sensitive and helpful right now. Mine has backed off as well and he says he doesn't want to have sex cause it is weird that the baby is big now and moving about. Which is fine cause I am not feeling sexy at all!!!!
 
My first baby was 6lb 2oz at birth, at 38+4 but measured in on the 4th centile according to my notes this time, so was classed as SGA(small for gestational age)

I had a growth scan last week to check this baby isn't on the bigger side, or the smaller side since I have a history of GD but also of having a small baby and this baby is just below 10th centile and weighed 2lb exactly at 28 weeks. I have another growth scan next Wednesday to check she is putting on a good amount of weight and growing more, since she's measuring 2 weeks behind on some parts of her body.
 
2lbs at 28 weeks seems about what mine was, but I cannot remember now. I lossed 3 pounds due to my change in diet after being told I had GD, but doctor wasn't worried and said baby is still growing. I just didn't think you were suppose to loose weight at this point, but I do have some to loose lol.
 
Yeah, I lost weight last time too with the GD diet and watching what I eat. At the moment though I havent gone too drastic until im actually diagnosed again but have been watching my sugar levels with a monitor. I also have weight I could do with losing anyway!

Im not 100% sure how they class "small" babies because I didn't think 2lb at 28 weeks sounded THAT bad to be honest, and still plenty of time for baby to put weight on :shrug: but then I dont know if they class all the measurments more than the weight, as I know some parts of her are really lagging behind in growth so maybe thats why they worry more. No idea!
 
Alls I know is she certainly doesn't feel too small in there!!! my stomach shakes like crazy every time she moves :haha:
 
Thanks everyone, it is a bit comforting to know that this is more of a male thing than my husband being a complete tool.

At 29 weeks bubs was 3 and a half lbs. I have what will probably be my last ultrasound on the 14th for a weight estimate and cervical measurement, I'll be in my 34th week (just started it.) I wonder how much he will have grown in 4 weeks.
 
I haven't had any weight estimates. :( I'd quite like to know but my midwife is happy that my fundal height is bang on textbook. I'm still only being seen monthly until I get to 34 weeks when it increases to fortnightly. I've got my next appointment on Monday but its with the other midwife. I have 2, one I get on really well with, the other I just can't seem to gel with at all.
 
I feel like I heard babies around this time gain 8 ounces a week until 35ish weeks, then they jump to a full pound a week. That might not be true, but it sounds familiar.
 
Girly922 said:
I haven't had any weight estimates. :( I'd quite like to know but my midwife is happy that my fundal height is bang on textbook. I'm still only being seen monthly until I get to 34 weeks when it increases to fortnightly. I've got my next appointment on Monday but its with the other midwife. I have 2, one I get on really well with, the other I just can't seem to gel with at all.
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I haven't had any weight estimates either. Are these coming from ultrasounds? I had one at 20 weeks and don't have another scheduled unless there's an issue. My next appt. isn't for two weeks and then I'll go every two weeks for a month and every week the last month.
 
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