November 2013 Babies!

[The Alchemist]

Want - yeah, I try to keep looking on the bright side, which is: this pregnancy ain't forever! Two more months of this and then......TWO kids under TWO! Gah! Oh god...more shit to clean, both literal lol poop and things. But yeah thankfully, lil boy inside is well and kickin away. how are you doing? Is it getting hard to do 3 x12hr shifts a week? Oh man...I don't think I can being pregnant the way I am. My OH is an RN as well, working 12hrs graveyard shift 3 times/week. He says he never really get fully rested because of the shift of night, then day, sleep wise. Hope you are getting good sleep!

Mama - yeah, you're right about that. Fortunately, we have our home blood pressure. N i check iy everything morning and even at night and it did rise in the last week with personal stress. But it WA nothing to worry about. I'm feeling better, taking it a day at a time. That's what 3rd tri is anyway lol...waiting and more waiting. Some ladies say it is the slowest trimester. At the moment, it is slow for me lol. Just nervous about how I will cope with 2 under 2! Gah!

 

[missjenn]

Welcome back Alchemist! So glad to hear that you and baby are okay....I think when someone goes MIA for a bit...the first thing we assume is that something may have happened with the pregnancy. I am very glad you and baby are okay but very sorry to hear you are having a difficult time with a few things and struggling with some depression. I really hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[Rockinmomtobe]

WELCOME to you new ladies. Its never too late to join! Im also experiencing the full but hungry feeling. Just something new to adapt to I suppose. We're all pretty open here so feel free to bring up whatever you like

Nariah & Alchemist-great to see you guys back and glad all is well.

Nariah- I cannot believe you guys are moving. I dont think Id handle the stress very well, it seems like youre doing a great.

Alchemist- Sorry you havent been feeling that great. Things get more difficult to deal with in pregnancy I think. Glad youre doing what you can for yourself

AFM- OH and I had our class....it turned out really great actually. I was worried for nothing! I brought snacks and water with me and thankfully we got frequent potty breaks and a nice 45 min lunch. Theres a Subway in the hospital along with the cafeteria, so there were plenty of options. It answered a lot of questions I didnt even know I had and clarified a lot of things for me. It was very educational and well worth it. So glad I went.

Also took some maternity pics this weekend, so Ill try and get some of those up. I had to beg OH to take them, lol, but Im so glad we did them and I think they turned out great.

Im feeling exhausted on a pretty constant basis now. I dont know how Im going to work for another 8 weeks, Im sooooo tired. I go to bed tired, I wake up tired, Im tired ALL day I can do this. I can do this. I just have to keep telling myself that

 

[whittnie117]

Alchemist, I'm so sorry you're having a rough time. I hope things start to get better for you and you can find some peace of mind. Just take it easy and I'm glad you are back.

Rockin, are you working until your due date?!? Oh my! Can't wait to see how your pics turn out. I don't know what our hospital offers as far as food because it just opened. Hopefully something good and fast.

Mama, I'm glad you're doing okay. Boo on the food situation though. They should allow you to have a mini fridge since you're a long term stayer, lol. I know most hospitals like to monitor patient food intake though. Hopefully the doc says yes to letting your mom cook for you. It's much easier to monitor sodium in homemade foods.

Also, Want, stop being stubborn. We are all at that point where we need to accept help despite our stubborness and take it easy.

I'll try to get a pic up soon. I feel like he had a growth spurt this past week. I'm also seeing movements from the outside. It is so weird, but I think the coolest thing so far, apart from actually knowing there is a life growing inside me. He is getting super strong in there.

 

[Rockinmomtobe]

Welcome new ladies!!!! I'm starting to get the full feeling quick but like you Whit, I'm having a hard time regulating myself to not eat too much because my appetite is ravenous!

Nariah: so glad you are back and everything is going well! I could imagine moving right now. You are a trooper! Just don't push yourself too much!

I've been exhausted all weekend and I just want to sit at home and not do a thing. Yesterday we went to a weekend festival thing and it was around 90 degrees outside. I think I got over heated. I got a horrible migraine (1st one in a year). It was awful but I refuse to take any medication... I'm stubborn. It finally went away and DH and I did yard work. I even cleaned the chicken coop out by myself... Once again.. Stubborn. I'm going to my friends baby shower today. She is due two weeks before me. I'm excited to see her and see how her pregnancy is going.

I'll post my Sunday bump day photo later

Youre a crazy person!!! Its too hot to be outside like that!!! Take care of yourself Im stubborn too though, carrying laundry up & down the stairs, cleaning the bathtub and shower, making dinner every night. Its exhausting.

Rockin, are you working until your due date?!? Oh my! Can't wait to see how your pics turn out. I don't know what our hospital offers as far as food because it just opened. Hopefully something good and fast.

I'll try to get a pic up soon. I feel like he had a growth spurt this past week. I'm also seeing movements from the outside. It is so weird, but I think the coolest thing so far, apart from actually knowing there is a life growing inside me. He is getting super strong in there.

Yep, working until I pop out the baby, the dr says I cant, or my last day is November 1 (due the 5th) Im not excited about it, especially on days where Im this exhausted, but...gotta do what Ive gotta do. We can only really afford for me to take 8 weeks off (since I dont get paid for any of it) so...Id like to have as much of that with the baby as possible.

Can't wait to see your pics!!!

 

[Co_Cowgirl]

Rockin - that is how I am planning to be. I will be at work until I just absolutely can't stand it or the dr. tells me no more. I am planning on working up to the 9th and little girl is due the 11th. So what did the answer that you didn't even know was a question! I am doing the online class but I wonder if that is good enough and I am really starting to run out of time if I am going to do a real class. DH response is that the baby is coming out no matter how many classes I take. UGH!

Welcome to the new girls! I only joined in maybe a month ago but it is nice to have girls to talk to who know right were I am so to speak! Most of my friends that have had kids have had C-Sections so they aren't a lot of help with planning with my actual delivery!

Want - You are like me! We are planning a fishing trip Saturday, the next weekend a party, a cruise to the mountains to see the colors change, a Car show and a horse show in the next 5 to 6 weeks. I keep telling myself if I just keep moving it won't be as bad. There have been times I have pulled DH aside and said okay we have to find a place to sit for a while or something like that but I try to just keep going!

Clothes - I told everyone not too many little clothes but they are so irresistible! Everyone bought some and I am trying to sort through and get some kind of order to all of them so DD can get a chance to wear them all!

I got her name painted and put up on the wall above her closet. Just a few more odds and ends and my nursery is done! Need to finish up packing my hospital bag and get her diaper bag together (I think I have most everything).

 

[wantb502]

Alchemist: I don't work in a hospital. I work M-F at a neurology office, but my hours are 8-whenever I'm done usually between 5 and 7pm. Though its not direct patient care, I am pretty much a case manager and deal with all of our patients problems, complaints, med issues, insurance, and I'm the ALS clinic coordinator. I need an assistant. I have no clue what they are going to do when I'm gone. Plus if they don't let me do 4 days a week, I've already been offered another position at a different practice.

Cowgirl: you are super busy too! I've been trying to decrease what I do but I just feel lazy. I feel like I should be able to do everything I did before. I'm not huge yet but the fatigue is overwhelming. It sucks and I feel bad asking DH to do everything. I did ALL the yard work, mowed, watered, chickens and did all the major house cleaning and taking care of the cats before getting pregnant and that's too much to make DH do. He works 3-4, 12-14 hour shifts a week. He's exhausted too. I want my energy back!

 

[Nariah01]

Want: I know how you feel with being lazy if your not doing all the stuff you used too. I used to do quite a bit myself, but now OH won't let me do most of it, even though he works all week himself. *Sigh* He says its because I don't take care of myself and someone has too, GAH men! Oh well, he has a good heart and I know he's right, between being pregnant and my Asthma and the fatigue I know I need to take it easy but its so hard!

Rockin: I SHOULD be working up until this baby is born too, but I am not. We need to money and I should be working but I can't anymore. One because I am moving and we have no idea when, and the place I am staying now until we do move is close to an hour from my work, and my last day was the 3rd. Which since all my income has to be explained due to all the mortgage crap and I already told them I would no longer be working after that date I can't because then it will set us back and we might not be able to close on time! Moving seriously sucks balls! Sorry for the language but it does, its supposed to be exciting and fun but this whole process sucks serious balls, and I know part of it is because we are choosing to do it at the worst possible time but still.


So now I am sitting at my in laws wondering what in the hell I am supposed to do with myself, oh and now I am planning my own baby shower because no one can get their shit together.

Oh an Mama I hope they let your mom bring you in some food, I can't imagine having to eat the same thing everyday.

 

[luna_19]

I'm glad I'm not the only one planning on working right up until the end! My hopefully last day will be Nov 1, I only work part time though so it's not too bad

had my last scan today, baby is head down and facing my back and is also shy and hiding behind his/her arm


here's my 31 week belly pic

 

[The Alchemist]

Whoooaaaa! Some of you are doing WAY too much outside of work. But hey, if you aren't hurting and it's not strenuous, do it. I personally think doing things helps uplift your moods, instead of resting all day. So...I feel for mama! Hugs, girl! Your dr better agree to the idea of having your mom bring food.

I have my scan today to check the position of the placenta. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it has moved up enough to allow for a vaginal birth!

 

[Rockinmomtobe]

Rockin - that is how I am planning to be. I will be at work until I just absolutely can't stand it or the dr. tells me no more. I am planning on working up to the 9th and little girl is due the 11th. So what did the answer that you didn't even know was a question! I am doing the online class but I wonder if that is good enough and I am really starting to run out of time if I am going to do a real class. DH response is that the baby is coming out no matter how many classes I take. UGH!

I had no idea that the way the baby faces ( I knew he had to be head down) had an impact on delivery, so that was good to know and they showed us exercises to encourage baby to be head down and facing our back. I thought that was great. I learned that probably Ill feel contractions before my water breaks....I think I had this movie type scenario in my head of childbirth....like my water will break and Ill have contractions and cut scene, heres baby lol. So I understand a lot better now the length of the process and what to look for. But your DH is right....baby is coming either way!

 

[Co_Cowgirl]

Rockin - Did they tell you a rule of when you should head to the hospital? My class said that I should wait until I am having contractions every 5 min. That each contraction should last 1 min and I should be having them for 1 hour. I want to try and wait as long as possible because I want to try not to have the drugs to rush the labor along.

Luna - I am so jealous that you get to see the baby again! I don't get to see my LO again until 36 weeks and they said that it is only a quick peek.

 

[wantb502]

Luna: You look great!!!! I am so impressed you still haven't seen the sex of the baby. I would be going crazy!

Rockin: babies don't HAVE to be faced back for delivery, but it is MUCH MUCH more comfortable for you and easier on the baby. My little guy seems to always be transverse. I really hope he changes his mind and decides to go head down or I am definitely having a C-section. Can't deliver a baby on its side. OUCH!

Alchemist: I love doing yard work and it makes me so mad that I get so tired so quickly. Being outside is definitely a pick me up for me. I think it has something to do with being stuck at work for so many hours at a time with no windows. I am also going to work until I start having contractions. That place will fall apart without me. Both my doctors asked if they could take sabbatical to coincide with my maternity leave!

 

[wantb502]

Oh here is my 29 week photo, taken on Saturday....

 

[whittnie117]

Luna and Want. You guy's are still so fit looking. All baby that's for sure.

I'm not sure of baby's position, up until now he' been transverse, but the last few days he's been kicking me in the middle to upper middle of my tummy. I'm pretty sure he's either breech or head down. We'll see this Wednesday when I have my appointment to get a growth scan and get the rh immunoglobin shot. We also have our l&d class over this weekend. That is going to be two very long days for me.

 

[mama.luv]

Want: I love that dress, and you are glowing. You don't even look stressed or tired.

Whit: I have my growth scan on Wed too, and i can't wait. I'm anxious to see if my little girl is growing.

Luna: Your bump looks good too. I think you and Want are all belly. And nice ultrasound pic

For those of you that are still working, good for you. If I wasn't on hosp bedrest, my plan was to go on maternity leave around this time. I get tired just getting up to go to the bathroom, so I couldn't even imagine working at this point.

Are any of you ladies getting a 3D/4D scan? I wanted one but of course that can't happen now.

 

[whittnie117]

I'll be getting a 3d scan, I think. Probably in two weeks. It just depends on finances.

 

[mama.luv]

Whit: I went to a place called "A Baby Visit" a few times for ultrasounds. They are pretty reasonable with prices ranging from $59-$100+ and they have a spot in San Diego. You should check out their website.

 

[whittnie117]

Whit: I went to a place called "A Baby Visit" a few times for ultrasounds. They are pretty reasonable with prices ranging from $59-$100+ and they have a spot in San Diego. You should check out their website.

Thanks! I'll check them out.

Also, we decided on a name. As you ladies know, I like more unique names. Well to say the least I compromised. OH picked the name and I don't dislike it. We chose William Alexander. William because it's OH's first name and we are going to use Alexander as the first name (but will remain his middle name on paper). I hope that made sense. It's just how the men in the family do their names, I don't know why. I think I'll get my way and get to call him Xander though.

 

[berniegroves]

My labour with DD started with my waters breaking which I didn't expect! Lol!
And she was head down but back to back.

This labour will be interesting as it will probably be totally different to last time.

I'd love to live in the US, but one thing the UK is good for is maternity leave. Some companies here are pretty generous with how much time you can have off. So I do feel for you ladies having to work up until the last minute.