Lovely Ladies TTC

[carlywarly]

Lovvve checking on the updates..glad all is good!!! Hope everyone is feeling good. I am fine here ntnp..but have a weird feeling this month..only time will tell...)) Keep you all posted!!!

Eeek good luck Shannon!!! xx

 

[Shannon30]

Lovvve checking on the updates..glad all is good!!! Hope everyone is feeling good. I am fine here ntnp..but have a weird feeling this month..only time will tell...)) Keep you all posted!!!

Eeek good luck Shannon!!! xx

Keep you posted in about 8 days...LOL

 

[PurpleIvy44]

Hi ladies. I don't even know if anyone is still on here but since I began my journey on here 10 months ago, I wanted to share my ending.

I got up at 4:45 to go to the bathroom and I felt my water break in a gush and then multiple gushes after that. I called the Dr. and was told to head to the hospital. I wasn’t having contractions so we took our time getting things together and got there around 6:30. We got checked into my suite and waited for the doctor to come in and check me. At around 9:00 she found that I was 1cm, 80% effaced so she had me start on a pitocin drip. Then the contractions really kicked in at about 2 mins apart and as they increased the drip they got more and more intense. The Dr. came back around 4:30 and I was only 3 cm, which was so disappointing. I had been up for about 12 hrs and having active contractions for 6 hours, I was hurting and tired so I asked for an epidural. She wanted me to be further but agreed and I couldn’t wait for him to come. I was all for going natural but I could not believe the pain and at a couple points in time I got this intense pain in my side that didn’t go away and having contractions on top of that, it made me cry. That all went away when I got the epidural, I was more scared of it in my mind but the anesthesiologist was incredible and I had no problems.

I have to say being a FTM I had no idea of the entire process. The Dr. doesn’t tell you a whole lot and you basically learn as you go. I never thought I’d have issues with not dilating so when she checked me at 7:00 and I was still only 3cm I was frustrated. She thought I would be able to start pushing my 2:00am but nope! I started to feel the contractions and getting intense pain in my bum so the nurse kept upping my epidural but it didn’t stop hurting to the anesthesiologist came back and gave me a 2.5x dose of meds and then I was comfortable again. I finally fell asleep at around 1 and the Dr. checked me at 3:00am and I was about 7cm and she said she’s be back so I fell asleep again. Around 4:45 I woke up and was feeling strong contractions again and getting a lot of pain/pressure in my vagina. The nurse checked me and said I was ready to start pushing and had me do a push before she even tried to wake my husband. That really ticked me off; hello don’t you think he wants to be aware of what’s going on!!? So at 5:00am about 24 hrs from when my water broke, I started to push and 20 mins later my precious baby girl came into this world. Megan Rose was born at 5:20am weighing 9lbs 1oz and 19.5”long. They totally under estimated her weight the week before saying she was about 7-7.5 lbs. I gained my weight all in the belly and at that point I was up 22 lbs so it had to have been all her.

It was an incredible experience but so glad that it’s over. I did end up tearing a little but with everything else going on it’s not a big deal. For FTM’s that are waiting to have their little ones I would advise to not worry about all the things that could go wrong but to focus on the experience and meeting your baby. Sure you can ask a lot of questions and get advice but every labor is different and you should try to enjoy YOUR labor and not try to compare it to what someone told you. No, I didn’t end of having her the same day and Princess Kate but she did come on the exact day I calculated from when I ovulated.

Here’s my little love bug with her huge chunky cheeks that I love to kiss and smooch!!
I hope everyone is doing well in their lives and wish everyone the best!

 

[hope2903]

Aaw congratulations im so happy for you, its an amazing and long journey but worth it shes a little cutie so glad you let us know been checking on here for weeks to c if anyone has had there little one, ill make sure I post when ive had my little bundle.

 

[Shannon30]

Purple she is perfect.... Just beautiful!!!!!!! Congratulations again!!!!! So happy for you!!!

 

[Smiler82]

Aww PurpleIvy, congratulations!! She is so gorgeous I just want to pick her up and have a cuddle So pleased everything is ok, hope you're settling well into parenthood

Hope you're a week behind me!! We'll both have to update on here when our LOs have arrived

 

[PurpleIvy44]

Thank you ladies. I look forward to hearing your story and hope it goes great for you. Remember the moment b/c it really is amazing! Here are a couple better photos of her now that she's 2 weeks old.

 

[Sizzles]

Congratulations Purpleivy! She is truly gorgeous!

Hope - lots of luck for your impending arrival I see from your ticker! eek!

 

[hope2903]

Hey ladies just wanted to let you know I had my little boy today at half 5 by emergency c-section, went to the hospital with excruciating back pain so they observed me and while I was there I started to have some blood loss so they decided the best thing to do was deliver him bit scary but everything turned out great he was born 8lb 3oz and hes beautiful and blond love him to bits such amazing journey thanx for being there girlie's good luck to the ladies trying and the ladies waiting for there little bundles to be born wish you all the luck in the world xxxxx

 

[RainbowBaby13]

Congratulations

 

[carlywarly]

Awh Congratulations Purple and Hope!!! xx

I didn't update my profile or let you guys know when I had my little boy Isaac on 8th July (3 weeks early and weighing 8lb 7 1/2 oz). I had developed Gestational diabetes and Obstetric Cholestasis. I was insulin controlled. Isaac decided to come the week before I was due to be induced!! I thought I was getting Braxton hicks but they were coming every 1-2 minutes and lasting about 90 seconds a time. I got up to the hospital to find out I was already 4cm dilated!!

I was shocked to say the least!! Long story short, I ended up having my waters broken, was put on the drip and then had the epidural. 40 minutes pushing and Isaac was here!! I ended up with a 3rd degree tear in my bottom (needed surgery) and a 2nd degree vaginal tear! OUCH!!

Isaac is a healthy 6 1/2 week old now and I cannot believe how big he's getting. 60z feeds every 3 hours for the last 2 weeks and he's just started sleeping 5-6 hours through the night. I am utterly in love!!

Here is a newborn pic and also a more recent one

Congrats again to you all and good luck to those TTC xxx

 

[RainbowBaby13]

That sounds painful! Congrats hun, he is beautiful

 

[carlywarly]

Awh thank you hun Good luck for a 2014 bump!! xx

 

[Shannon30]

JUST BEAUTIFUL...congrats!!!!! I also had a few tears in the past..OUCH!!!! Hope you are healing good and enjoying every second with him..they grow up way to fast!! CONGRATS again!!

 

[Shannon30]

WONDERFUL WONDERFUL news Hope..CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

 

[carlywarly]

JUST BEAUTIFUL...congrats!!!!! I also had a few tears in the past..OUCH!!!! Hope you are healing good and enjoying every second with him..they grow up way to fast!! CONGRATS again!!

Thanks so much hun Means a lot. Hope you are doing really well xxx

 

[RainbowBaby13]

Awh thank you hun Good luck for a 2014 bump!! xx

Your welcome and thank you so much

 

[PurpleIvy44]

I'm so glad you updated us Carly, I was thinking about you and hoping your little boy arrived safely. Congratulations, he's a cutie pie and I hope your recovery is going well. I hope Megan starts sleeping that long as she gets to be his age, she can only go about 3.5 hrs at this time.

Hope, congratulations to you as well!! So happy to hear that everything went well and you have a happy healthy baby boy.

They are such a blessing, I'm so in love with my little pumpkin.

Wow, Megan outweighed both boys at 9lb 1oz and at her month checkup she's up to 10lb 4oz... my chunky monkey.

Good luck ladies ttc, your day will come and be just as special.

 

[carlywarly]

I'm so glad you updated us Carly, I was thinking about you and hoping your little boy arrived safely. Congratulations, he's a cutie pie and I hope your recovery is going well. I hope Megan starts sleeping that long as she gets to be his age, she can only go about 3.5 hrs at this time.

Hope, congratulations to you as well!! So happy to hear that everything went well and you have a happy healthy baby boy.

They are such a blessing, I'm so in love with my little pumpkin.

Wow, Megan outweighed both boys at 9lb 1oz and at her month checkup she's up to 10lb 4oz... my chunky monkey.

Good luck ladies ttc, your day will come and be just as special.

Thank you hun I am so so happy for you too!! She's a proper cutie pie!

Hope she starts sleeping longer for you...but if not - hope you can grab rest as n when you need it x

Take care for now and I cannot wait to start on baby number 2!! xx

 

[Sizzles]

Congratulations Hope and Carlywarly!