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

[blessedmomma]

feb 1st would be real nice. especially since you will have to induce early. will give you a minute to relax before baby gets here.

i used to drink the cheap brand of crystal light before i was ttc so i could lose weight but quit when i got pregnant cuz i thought it had aspartame or maybe something else in it that wasnt good for the baby??? maybe i was misinformed though... everybody has different ideas about whats ok and not ok when preggo. its like a minefield out there!

 

[msarkozi]

It will be. I am getting fed up at work. My supervisor is being ignorant to me because I am going on mat leave for the year, and I am about ready to punch her out....so it's better that I leave soon before I end up fired instead! I am still not sure they are going to induce me early.......hoping on Monday the doctor that will deliver me is going to give me a final answer, because this waiting around and not knowing isn't working for me!

yeah it has aspartame in it. I haven't been told that I couldn't have it. I still have diet pop every now and then too...in fact, I have a diet pepsi in my lunch bag for today

 

[Tanikit]

Melissa that would be nice to start 1 Feb. Hope you can get it arranged. I ended early and the doctor was quite happy to give me medical leave even though it was my decision - to be honest I shouldn't really have been working the entire pregnancy though as working when low is not safe.

My mother will come on Saturday and I am glad as it means I can get home and settle DD before baby arrives. Still going low about once or twice a day which is also tiring me out. I think these changes in sugars though make me more ready to get this baby out - about a month left now, maybe a bit less.

 

[msarkozi]

I am thinking it will be pretty easy to get a doctor note as well. At least I am hoping it is, and then I am almost done!! I could definitely use some rest at home before baby comes.

So will your sugars go back to normal once baby is out? Glad your mom will be there soon to help you out

 

[natty1985]

has anyone packed their hospital bag? x

 

[blessedmomma]

mmmmm pepsi.... i am addicted to pepsi when im not pregnant. with my first two pregnancies i made sure and drank none. then with the last two i still had 1 a day. with this one i still have 1 or 2 a day. never liked diet pepsi, but i do love my pepsi. not really drinking much of it now that i have to get more water in me...

think im gonna get some crystal light tonight when DH gets home. it sounds so good. anything besides plain water for crying out loud!

 

[blessedmomma]

has anyone packed their hospital bag? x

my bag is practically done. i need to get some slipper socks and bottles in there. DH needs to be packed up too, but that will be last minute. how about you natty? you all ready to go?

 

[natty1985]

has anyone packed their hospital bag? x

my bag is practically done. i need to get some slipper socks and bottles in there. DH needs to be packed up too, but that will be last minute. how about you natty? you all ready to go?

Hiya, i have put the border up and light fitting in the nursery today, just awaiting for the cot which has been despatched from the supplier so the next week it should be here then were waiting for some blinds to be made for his room which should be next week and then all done,

I have all things for my bags but didnt no whether to pack them ? Think ill do it tonight now i know someone else is packed lol xxxxx

 

[msarkozi]

nope, but I am hoping to pack my bags this weekend so it is done and ready to go!

I love pepsi!!! I used to drink so much of it...but then I tried cutting out pop. Because I am pregnant, I am going for the diet versions of any pop I have, but I do love a pepsi max!

 

[MumtoJ]

Sounds like everyone is having a pretty good day today, I'm well but very tired - managed to get OH to agree to a takeaway - but in return I walked the dog.

I have a little bit of plain water but mainly have fruit squash, peppermint tea, 1 coffee a day and if its plain water I tend to have hot water rather than cold.

KNS that sounds much better re babys weight, fingers crossed next week you get the answers your after.

I've got pretty much everything I need for mine and babys hospital bag(s) but haven't actually packed it yet - its in a box in the dinning room. OH's bag isn't done yet - told him he'll have to sort that - then it can't be my fault if somethings missing. Scan is a week on Saturday so will then be able to make a decision and finalise the bags to suit what our plans are - I understand that best laid plans and all of that but will feel more confident about what and how much to put in the bags.

I am hoping to work up until the last minute, would suit me for labour to start when I'm at work, and then at some point during the night progress for me to go to the hospital and by morning have my bubs - in my dream world but we shall see what reality has in store ...

Got to go tuck the little man in ...

 

[msarkozi]

you are brave Cathryn! I so don't want to go into labour at work, lol! I have to drive an hour and a half away to get to the Hospital, so the moment my water breaks, I will be phoning our clinic to get assessed, and then driving to the Hospital. Then if they think it is going to be awhile, we are just going to get a hotel room and stay put until we have to go back into the Hospital. In my dream world, it's going to be quick!! But I guess if I do get a scheduled date, then my dream world will be somewhat true

 

[blessedmomma]

wow cathryn that is brave of you!!!

lol melissa i would like mine planned too.

my OB will induce starting at 39 weeks if i want her too. that would be my ideal situation. i was planning on being induced with last baby but he came the day before. i have been induced with one of mine who was overdue and went soooo smooth. was induced in the morning around 7ish and had him at 1:53pm. if i cant make it to be induced at 39 weeks, would like to at least go into labor in the morning. that would be my second dream situation. having 4 others to worry about and limited places they can go makes it a rough situation.

 

[rottpaw]

Hi ladies!

sounds like most are feeling pretty well today and I am thankful for all of us having a reasonably good day.

KNS, I hope they find that baby is perfectly well; hopefully as others have mentioned it may just be a numbers error or similar.

Blessed, I need to hear more about this whole massage thing. Now I'm scared!! What is it and why do they do it!? Yikes!!

Melissa S - I would think the weight loss is just the change in diet. Sugar can also cause you to retain fluid, so it could partly just be water retention going away. I could do with a lot less fluid in my feet and legs LOL!

Cathryn, like you I'll probably work till I can't anymore. Will be interesting to see if I can go all the way. I don't want to, but I do want the 3 months (job protection but half of that is unpaid) on the back end, so I'm trying not to take it on the front side.

I've packed absolutely nothing. But, my hubby is pretty good about being able to follow directions so I figure if something happens before I get a chance to make a list, I can just send him home with the list (we're 1/2 hour from hospital and he'll have to come home anyway to feed and walk the dog LOL). For some reason, that's one thing I'm actually not stressing about. I'm stressing about everything else!!

As for me I am REALLY hoping our little guy comes a few weeks early, just not too early. I am feeling enormous (and enormously uncomfortable) and each day to struggle into work (even just to walk, at this point) is a challenge. I have got one of those "beach ball" looks going on where all the weight is front and center. My back and hips hate me a little more each day LOL!

Hugs ladies!

 

[MumtoJ]

I am having pretty much constant BH's anyway and they are uncomfortable bording on painful, I work 3 days a week and DS is at a childminder those days and work is only 10-15 mins drive from home so if it becomes too much I can always come home. If after the scan I am booked in for a section then I will work until my last normal day before.

May change my mind as it gets closer as I am also very uncomfortable.

 

[braijackava]

So the doctor appt went totally fine. The guy I saw actually looked at me like why are you here? I dont know why the nurse wouldnt let me go to my normal appt next tuesday? BP is still in the normal range, though they said it is the highest it had been for me. They said just watch for symptoms and come back in a week and a half. Very relieved. Now to go clean the house up since my kids will be home soon and the hubby is coming home from being out of town for a week tonight!

 

[blessedmomma]

angela- after you have the baby and have pushed out the placenta they run their hands from the top of your tummy/uterus downward to the bottom several times to make sure that everything has come out ok. if you retain some placenta or tissue it can cause infection. also it helps to get your uterus contracting back down. it just really hurts cuz your still having cramps and contractions to get everything back to normal and they come in like every hour and repeat it for a while. usually after a few times i am almost in tears and ready to beg them to stop. im sure some women are tougher than me and maybe it doesnt hurt, but to me its torture. its really the only thing that has me terrified of labor every time. i can handle the contractions leading up to my epidural, as long as i know its coming i can keep it together, lol. i breath through them very well and most nurses try to talk me out of getting the epidural cuz they say i do so well without it, i just know its coming though. i thought with my first baby i would do it without anything, boy was i wrong!!!! it doesnt really matter how much you read, nothing compares to experience. and if they break your water forget it, OUCH!

this is your first though, i dont remember it hurting so much with my first as the rest of them. maybe time has just erased that though, it was 12 years ago!

 

[2nd time]

my last day at work tommorow yeh i think i have really enjoiyed being back and will miss them all plus having to do 7 days straght with dd will be really exhausting

 

[blessedmomma]

how are you doing 2ndtime???

 

[rottpaw]

Thanks Melissa! That sounds like fun (NOT)!! So I guess this is all after the epidural is taken away!? My husband just had one for hernia surgery and his took hours to wear off. Maybe I can hope that all that "massage" will be done while I'm still numb?

 

[blessedmomma]

oh yeah its after the epidural wears off. they will come in about once an hour after the baby is born to check your blood pressure and give you the massage. they will also wake your baby up and check them out too. i think they listen to their heart and stuff. its real nice. i realize they are just making sure you are both healthy and better safe than sorry, but it gets old real quick! thats my experience anyways. then they have to poke their heels and fill up these five circles with their heel blood, so they just keep pushing on it making them bleed til they have enough. its pretty rough to see all this happen to your tiny newborn. and then theres the circumcision if you choose to do that. im the mom who doesnt let my baby go to the nursery and goes with the baby every time they take them out of the room so i get to watch all this. we circumcise so thats a joy. i cant stand to be there but i will be danged if my baby is going to go through it alone. i would be ok with them not getting the circ, but its really my hubby that wants it so i am by babies side the whole time...