*** March Mummies *** 29 Boys, 34 Girls, 8 Team Yellow! 46 babies born!!

[codegirl]

I'm sure our care will have to be a bit different because of location but I'm sure they won't let you go late

do you have access to weekly ultrasounds and NST? That could also be a reason for you to be induced earlier, if they can't monitor as closely.

 

[blessedmomma]

yay sara!!!!

mine was laying with his butt on right side which explained my left ovary getting punched like a punching bag, lol!

 

[codegirl]

mine is laying right... exactly like E so the same pressure, punches and abuse are happening. I don't know if my bladder can survive another one

 

[msarkozi]

nope, I don't have access to anything like that unfortunately. My doctor wants me to see another doctor in High Level in a couple of weeks (which is the hospital baby has to be born at), so I am hoping to know more then. But the really dumb thing is, I can't phone until the 17th to try and get in for the 24th!! They only book this doctor one week in advance! I tried explaining the situation and saying how far I am already, but was told to phone back on the 17th!

mine is laying with feet on the left, and spine on the right....so every time I lay on my left side, I am getting the feet pushed into my ribs! Not pleasant! My bladder is definitely feeling the pressure too

 

[blessedmomma]

codegirl! why do they love to beat up the bladder???

the worst is the poke, kick, or punch on a full bladder, OUCH! i have doubled over before. after my 3rd pregnancy my bladder was just never the same. even when im not pregnant i pee when i sneeze sometimes now

 

[codegirl]

codegirl! why do they love to beat up the bladder???

the worst is the poke, kick, or punch on a full bladder, OUCH! i have doubled over before. after my 3rd pregnancy my bladder was just never the same. even when im not pregnant i pee when i sneeze sometimes now

that happened to me after Edward, my FIRST! I think I'm going to need surgery or something to repair all the baby damage to my bladder once I've decided I'm done having kids. It's crazy

 

[Tanikit]

Yes, my poor bladder too - actually it is never ever full anymore since I keep needing to go from all the abuse to it before it even has a chance to get full.

Melissa hope you can get an appointment soon enough. I guess your induction date will depend on your BP firstly and the GD secondly then. Not too long to go though either way.

Shellsngels glad all was ok at your appointment.

Anyone else feeling really grumpy? I am getting so easily frustrated and losing my temper and this only started the last two or three days - hope it is hormonal and not something else. Of course it also could be pure lack of sleep and stress too. I told my D maybe I needed a time out rather than her.

 

[Nixilix]

whhop whoop can i please join!!! I did join december dreams but sadly had to leave. I hope I remain a March mummy!!!! Im rach and EDD is 4th March! arghhhh im so scared yet sooooooooooooooooo excited! cant wait to get to know everyone

Hey tanikit!!!!!!!

It seems so long ago since I wrote this!!!!

 

[msarkozi]

yes Tanikit, I am completely grumpy today!! well all week so far.....no sugar, idiot of a co-worker that is stressing me out, and my OH giving away our money to his friends when I am about to go on maternity leave!!!!! I'm in need of a time out too!!

 

[2nd time]

2nd time did they ever mention IUGR with your first DD? it seems like it might have played a roll with it considering you actually lost weight instead of gaining or at least maintaining it and with her being so little even though she was late, it makes me wonder

whats iugr

 

[2nd time]

i just googeled it not sure really the term hasnt been mentioned but i am concidered high risk becase she was so small and am now having scans evey 2 weeks to check growth

 

[blessedmomma]

2nd time- not sure what you found out about it, its intrauterine growth restriction. i think it can be caused by many different things. from my understanding its when the baby isnt growing as fast as they normally do for one reason or another. i only heard briefly about it when i was pregnant with my third. he was always measuring small and they kept moving up his due date. then they started asking me if i was eating good and things like that. they checked the placenta all the time to make sure it was working ok cuz that can be one thing that causes it. they finally said it might be IUGR but never said for sure. i felt guilty cuz i smoked the first couple of months when i was pregnant with him and found out that could be one thing that causes it. i also had hypermesis or whatever its called at the start of my pregnancy with him and found out that could have caused it too. i had so much morning sickness that i counted 11 times i threw up just in one morning. i ended up getting dehydration and had to go on some medicine to keep anything down. if your not keeping anything down the baby isnt getting much nutrients ya know. in the end though he was barely 7 pounds and was 11 days overdue. not saying that its what is going on with you, im sure there could be many reasons for a small baby. did they not tell you will you were considered high risk?

 

[2nd time]

2nd time- not sure what you found out about it, its intrauterine growth restriction. i think it can be caused by many different things. from my understanding its when the baby isnt growing as fast as they normally do for one reason or another. i only heard briefly about it when i was pregnant with my third. he was always measuring small and they kept moving up his due date. then they started asking me if i was eating good and things like that. they checked the placenta all the time to make sure it was working ok cuz that can be one thing that causes it. they finally said it might be IUGR but never said for sure. i felt guilty cuz i smoked the first couple of months when i was pregnant with him and found out that could be one thing that causes it. i also had hypermesis or whatever its called at the start of my pregnancy with him and found out that could have caused it too. i had so much morning sickness that i counted 11 times i threw up just in one morning. i ended up getting dehydration and had to go on some medicine to keep anything down. if your not keeping anything down the baby isnt getting much nutrients ya know. in the end though he was barely 7 pounds and was 11 days overdue. not saying that its what is going on with you, im sure there could be many reasons for a small baby. did they not tell you will you were considered high risk?

they said i was high risk because Aanya was so small they are keeping an eye onthis ons growth but 3 weeks ago she was 2.2lb

 

[blessedmomma]

so they never really came up with a reason why she was so small? its good they are keeping a better eye on you. i hope this one is bigger. was there any other health concerns with your first besides being small?

like my son who they thought might have had IUGR was 11 days over due and while he didnt need oxygen or anything like that, and at 7 pounds he was a decent weight, i noticed some other things with him that i havent with my others. he was very sensitive and it took a long time for me to get him to suckle. he could only eat out of preemie nipples. he took forever to gain any weight and is still barely in the normal category for kids his age. he had a hard time sleeping for very long. just little things like that. he would seriously only sleep if i held him the whole time. i guess thats stuff that could have happened to any baby though...

 

[2nd time]

so they never really came up with a reason why she was so small? its good they are keeping a better eye on you. i hope this one is bigger. was there any other health concerns with your first besides being small?

like my son who they thought might have had IUGR was 11 days over due and while he didnt need oxygen or anything like that, and at 7 pounds he was a decent weight, i noticed some other things with him that i havent with my others. he was very sensitive and it took a long time for me to get him to suckle. he could only eat out of preemie nipples. he took forever to gain any weight and is still barely in the normal category for kids his age. he had a hard time sleeping for very long. just little things like that. he would seriously only sleep if i held him the whole time. i guess thats stuff that could have happened to any baby though...

shes ten months now weighes 16lb so is still small she is walking , eating solids and saying daddy 4 million times a day she as slept through since 6 weeks lol so i have no probs with her maybe i just make tiny babies as long as shes healthy i wouldnt mind another little one

 

[blessedmomma]

she does sound healthy. maybe its just genetic or something????

my 3 year old, who is the one i was talking about weighs the same amount as my 12 month old, lol! they are both 30 pounds

 

[Tanikit]

2nd time - my baby was the opposite - she was born big but then never picked up much weight and they kept worrying and I told them that genetically she wasn't supposed to be on such a big growth curve. She's just over 3 now and about 32 pounds and she's not short either. Hope they do keep a close eye on you and baby and that you do just have small babies rather than IUGR.

Having a very rough day hormonally today and just want to cry all the time. I am exhausted and lonely and battling with the fact that I can't manage all the stuff I want to do with ease (things too heavy or I get too many BHs when trying hehe or I can't even reach my feet properly to get my shoes on) Just feeling a little depressed today and hoping I can get some sleep tonight and feel better tomorrow. In need of a little support from DH - hoping he got the message when I asked this morning.

 

[pinkycat]

tanikit- i hope your DH offers some support

MW this morning. All was ok was worrying about it, but BP was normal etc.

Hope everyone else is ok, it's very quiet in here xx

 

[blessedmomma]

tanikit i hope he helps out and i hope you get sleep and feel better soon!

how is everyone today?

im very crampy today. has been really bad the last few days. sometimes i cant even stand up. i feel bad for my 12 month old. he wants to be held so bad, but can only hold him while im sitting down. it puts too much pressure to walk around with him. and even sitting down if he starts to move around a lot i have to put him down or i get even crampier. baby is moving a lot too which makes it more uncomfortable. ok rant over...

pinky yay for good appt!!!!

 

[MumtoJ]

Tankit hope you got some support sounds like you really need a bit of a break. Try not to put too much pressure on yourself to do things - break it down into little bite size chunks - I've also not done half of what I intended - it will still be there tomorrow - whats worse is that I'm still in my PJ's once I decided we weren't heading out today - started snowing earlier but is now rain.

2nd Time glad they are keeping an eye on you, a friend of mine had IUGR with her first but this time around has gone to term with a "normal" sized bubs so even if it was it doesn't mean it will repeat itself. As you say you may just grow them small - good things come in small packages.

Chrissie - glad the MW went well and you didn't need the hospital bag. I am determined to pack mine this weekend and at least see what is missing so I can get online and start ordering or if something does happen early OH knows what to run around like a headless chook getting (or in reality get his mum to do). Also need to do an emergency bag for DS so that if something happens I can either send him to the childminder or MIL depending on what time of day / night - have arranged childminder for days and MIL for nights as I don't think MIL would manage full time esp if I ended up in for a couple of days.

Melissa - (Blessed) hope your cramping settles down I know I find the pain / uncomfortableness really tiring, especially with a LO who can't really understand whats going on.

Natty - hope your doing ok and that your puppy is distracting you as much as possible.

AFM been awake from 1:30 due to OH's snoring and then sever leg cramps that have left my legs feeling bruised all day. Had loads I'd intended on doing but with the weather and tiredness about half hasn't happened. But have put up the moses basket and stand, emptied a set of draws from DS's room and put them in mine and started packing away the 0-3 clothes that i've been washing this week - I don't bother with new-born as DS was 8lb 11oz at 37 weeks so expecting this one to be pretty much the same (as I was measuring 33 weeks at 29, so expecting this one to be bigger than DS - as it was a customised chart based on DS).

Still getting loads of BH's, really bad wind (even making bub jump on occassion), back pains but no patterns and tend to ease off when I go to bed at night.

Sorry to everyone I've missed (blaming lack of sleep) and hugs to those who need it