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

[MumtoJ]

Just heard from Shell, no progress yet ...

 

[codegirl]

Congrats Natty and Chrissie

I have an OB appointment this afternoon, hopefully get some answers on induction and how my cervix is "ripening".

 

[MumtoJ]

Good luck for your app this pm codegirl.

 

[2nd time]

how many babies have we got now

 

[membas#1]

Congrats Natty and Chrissie!

 

[S_a_m_m_y]

Congrats Natty and Chrissie...Cant wait to see pics!!!

 

[S_a_m_m_y]

Hope everyone is doing/feeling well today!

Feeling very anxious atm..... been having alot of painful contractions they are irregular sometimes two minutes apart and others 10+ I went completely nesting insane last night...wonder what this means, finally was able to got to bed at 430am!!! Craziness!!!....I was up vacuuming at 3am washing dishes, doing laundry, went through hospital bags and checked my list..have car seat and bags by the door. Oh and picked out coming home outfit for little Jonathan... made him a baby blanket and hat might make a few more hats just because I think its better than being up on my feet today....at least this will keep me on my butt for a few minutes. going to attempt to paint my toes today...this should be interesting.

 

[rottpaw]

Code, I sure hope you get better news than I did this morning. Everything here is still locked up tight!

Congrats to Natty and Chrissy!

AFM, I'm shot down on all fronts. OB says cervix is still "long" (so I guess definitely not effaced much) and she doesn't feel any real changes there, so she thinks what I had last night was just a practice run. She also said that, while my BP is definitely rising, it's not "over the line" yet and for me to just keep watching it. so no bedrest or home rest orders for me. I guess they just want me to be sitting at my desk when my water breaks! And so, here I sit!

She did say several times that I'm considered full term after this weekend (37 weeks), and she made a point to tell me who is on call this weekend (twice). So I am not sure if she actually thinks something may happen, or what.

She also drew labs to check for any BP problems that would show up in bloodwork. Hopefully it's nothing serious, but at least if there is an issue I should get to be on bed rest (which would be welcome at this point!)

At least now I sort of know what to look for in terms of what types of BH episodes I can have, without it meaning anything. And my consolation prize is that she wants us to have another scan at 38 weeks, because baby is measuring over the 90th percentile on growth. She did not specifically mention why but I am assuming it has to do with size. So I still have hope that after that scan they may decide to induce.

Hope everyone else is well today! I have a mini crisis brewing at work and I arrived really late today due to my appt this morning, so I will catch up on everyone's news this evening. to all!

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

congratulations chrissie and Natty xxx

 

[rottpaw]

Hope everyone is doing/feeling well today!

Feeling very anxious atm..... been having alot of painful contractions they are irregular sometimes two minutes apart and others 10+ I went completely nesting insane last night...wonder what this means, finally was able to got to bed at 430am!!! Craziness!!!....I was up vacuuming at 3am washing dishes, doing laundry, went through hospital bags and checked my list..have car seat and bags by the door. Oh and picked out coming home outfit for little Jonathan... made him a baby blanket and hat might make a few more hats just because I think its better than being up on my feet today....at least this will keep me on my butt for a few minutes. going to attempt to paint my toes today...this should be interesting.

Sammy, it looks like you are all set to go! I had similar contractions all last night but mine were more regular; basically 5-7 minutes apart for about 10 hours. Doc still didn't think it was anything serious because my cervix is apparently still unchanged.

 

[codegirl]

Angela - are you taking any Evening Primrose Oil? I started at the begining of the month and am interested to see if there has been any change in my cervix since last week's "thick and long" (yet "1 finger", so I'm a bit confused). Hoping the EPO will help me avoid cervidex again

 

[S_a_m_m_y]

Hope everyone is doing/feeling well today!

Feeling very anxious atm..... been having alot of painful contractions they are irregular sometimes two minutes apart and others 10+ I went completely nesting insane last night...wonder what this means, finally was able to got to bed at 430am!!! Craziness!!!....I was up vacuuming at 3am washing dishes, doing laundry, went through hospital bags and checked my list..have car seat and bags by the door. Oh and picked out coming home outfit for little Jonathan... made him a baby blanket and hat might make a few more hats just because I think its better than being up on my feet today....at least this will keep me on my butt for a few minutes. going to attempt to paint my toes today...this should be interesting.

Sammy, it looks like you are all set to go! I had similar contractions all last night but mine were more regular; basically 5-7 minutes apart for about 10 hours. Doc still didn't think it was anything serious because my cervix is apparently still unchanged.

Oh thats such a let down....when your in pain and nothings changed...I am curious to whats going on down there, I have a appt on tues so we shall see, just hoping to get to 37 weeks at least.

 

[Nixilix]

Might have myself a cheese and coleslaw sarnie. And some ice-cream. And a non alcoholic beer.

 

[MumtoJ]

Update from Natty - Ethan is 6lb 9 and induction was sucessful so she avoided a c-section. His temp is a little low so they are staying in for the moment and could be in for a couple of days.

Update from Shell - No activity yet, she has to wait until morning before they will check her and try again to break her waters so she is hoping something happens on its own.

Angela, sorry theres been no progress and they haven't signed you off on medical leave - have you asked outright if they will? Do you have a date for your scan? its funny looking at later scans as they are so squished up in there.

Sammy, hope the braxtons settle down for you, I've been having those types of episodes for weeks now - gotten bored of them and wish they would go away if they are not going to develop into anything. I could really do with one of your nesting urges though, with having been ill the last couple of weeks I have really gotten behind.

Hope everyone else is doing well

 

[blessedmomma]

yay natty- thats a good size, and no section is great!

angela- im sorry you didnt make any change. that sucks. i had that happen a few times with my DD2. kept going into false labor and getting sent home from l&d. hopefully its still a sign that things are moving along. i have read that it could still be moving your cervix in the right position, from back to front, and some other things that have to happen besides effacing and dilating. hopefully not long now!

 

[rottpaw]

Thanks ladies -

Code, I have to admit I've never really looked into the EPO. What is it supposed to do? I guess I did not realize how desperately hopeful I was that I might go early, until I had a few symptoms. Now I am completely at the idea that nothing much has changed LOL. I'm soooooo ready to have this baby, even though his room isn't ready for him yet!

Sammy, it definitely feels like a let down. I wish I was as organized as you! We are making progress but really, what I need to do if I am up at 3 am again is write thank you notes! I am way behind on those after our showers.

Cathryn, thanks for keeping us all updated! I asked last time I visited the dr. if they could sign me out and she said not without an actual disability. I think the only way to get off early here is to have built up vacation time that you can take, but unforutnately I used all mine last year being sick with MS and then haevn't accrued any to speak of yet for this year. Sigh.

Blessed - thank you and thank you for your prayers! I am hoping you're right and things are changing from the inside out, LOL. Dr. seemed not to feel any changes from her side. Double sigh.

 

[blessedmomma]

angela- im sorry hun, its very frustrating to have all that going on and nothing come of it. i was in l&d like 4-5 times at least and sent home with DD2. it was horrible. i even had to leave a class in college to go in after having contractions for an hour straight. the class was a 4 hour class...
when i came back in the next week the teacher asked why i was still pregnant. i told him it was false labor and he acted like he didnt believe me

 

[rottpaw]

Men can be so clueless! Even last night, my husband said, well I'm going to bed, wake me if you need me. No problem! I'll just sit up and time these contractions myself, shall I? He said he needed his sleep in case we would be up all night! HA!! HE needs sleep? I almost took his normally sweet head right off his shoulders.

 

[braijackava]

Started leaking again. So am now in LandD getting it checked out. Hopefully nothing and i will be home soon with hubby for his bday.

 

[2nd time]

well no dtd for me tonight dh is sleeping already no fair lol