November 2013 Babies!

[whittnie117]

Ahhh, everyone is hitting huge milestones this week, lol. Congrats on getting to 37 weeks Missjenn. It won't be long now. Congrats on 36 weeks Bernie. Congrats on 35 weeks Cowgirl. Oh my gosh. I am sure I missed people, sorry, but still congrats! Lol

I am 33 weeks today. I kind of wish I were further a long, but I know I need to just try to enjoy what I can and make this baby cook until his due date. I am starting to be in some unbearable pain in my hips, back, and legs. Even my ankles are joining in now. Still no swelling though, so I am happy about that. Alchemist, have you found any relief with anything yet for pain? I can't take baths now because I lost my plug.

Vaseline is such a great idea. I will have to go buy some and pack it. I hate vaseline personally, but I will try it out for sure those first few days. Then the poops should be more watery and seedy (breastfeeding). Okay, so I bought A&D ointment cream. I thought that was what we are supposed to use on baby's bum every time? Or am I totally off base here? I wouldn't want to do anything wrong, lol. Is there something better?

Alchemist, no...no I don't see them. Pretty sure you're seeing things

Cowgirl, you look great.

 

[The Alchemist]

Hey whittnie - I've been bouncing and swaying on my birthing ball. That seems to help because i think it helps with realigning the joints, as far as what I've read. Oh I didn't know you can't take baths if plug is lost? Shower is your only option, eh? If you're achy, put a chair in the tub or shower and sit. And A&D ointment is perfect actually. I used that. There's petroleum also in it, as with most diaper rash cream. Comes in handy actually because you can Use it to moisturize also. And yes I do have it but the lines are very thin so maybe that's why. Okay, back to your pelvic issues. Are you lifting things?! You better not! I HAVE to lift things. Uh..well my dd lol. She's a good 25+lb lil girl. That makes it achy and sometimes it hurts bad. But my ball really helps actually. OH helps with massaging my lower back too (although he likes to get perverted at the same time! Jeez lol). Are you losing anymore plug?

 

[whittnie117]

No, no more plug loss (that I've noticed). The bath thing is because of risk of infection. As for the shower, I would love to do that, but FIL and MIL get really mad if you're in there for more than 15 minutes and for me that's just enough time to wash up and get out. Our city has an ordinance about how much water each household can use and we get in trouble and fined if we use too much.

I just got my new birth ball this weekend and OH pumped it up. So, I will try to sit on that. It MIGHT fit in the room now since we moved out stuff. It will fit once we get the desk out this weekend. Also, I am not lifting anything. I am scared I will pop the baby out, lol.

I have my doctor's appointment on Thursday so I will get more information on what's going on down there. I hope I have remained the same dilation. However, if I can keep this baby in and dilate one cm a week, by the time I am ready to deliver I'll be ready to go (I am kidding).

 

[missjenn]

Sorry guys I have been so busy/lazy I haven't posted in a while! 35 weeks today for DD and I. I took pictures this morning:
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We got blinds hung in the babies room this weekend. Everything is put together I just need to do a few loads of laundry and I am SET for DD to arrive. I will be taking pictures I think this week. I want to get them off to everyone who has helped to pitch in

Hospital bag - I started really putting everything together last night. I am SURE there are things that I have missed that I am going to have to go back and put in. Started putting together the diaper bag last night as well. ( I guess I need to pack some Vaseline!)

Delivery room I am only planning on my OH being there though I think my mom will be on stand by. Not sure how OH is going to do with the process (the big manly man hunter is scared the blood might make him woozy!)

I tried to talk to OH about asking MIL and FIL not to come until daughter is born. MIL has MS I don't want her to be waiting around in the waiting room for who knows how long but he won't have that conversation with me. Guess I will let him deal with it then!

I would not be comfortable with my MIL and FIL either. Are they wanting to be in the room???

 

[missjenn]

Cowgirl - whoo! You're 35 weeks! You're pretty much ready! How's it feel?

Missjenn - I swear! I have them but probably the lighting. I have it on my jiggly butt too but nobody needs to see that lol. How are you feeling these days? You're pretty much ready too.

I don't see them at all!!

I have the grey/white ones that I have always had since puberty.

I am beyond uncomfortable, the torn muscles (what they GUESS) just below my breasts/on top of ribs are extremely painful. Any kind of pressure makes me yell in pain sometimes now...simple as a frigin fart! They said they will be putting the epidural farther up my spine to help with the pain that will be there from pushing.

I have to decided to start my maternity leave next Monday, so this Friday will be my last day of work. I cannot tough it out any longer. The two hours of driving to work every day (there and back) is enough!

 

[missjenn]

No, no more plug loss (that I've noticed). The bath thing is because of risk of infection. As for the shower, I would love to do that, but FIL and MIL get really mad if you're in there for more than 15 minutes and for me that's just enough time to wash up and get out. Our city has an ordinance about how much water each household can use and we get in trouble and fined if we use too much.

I just got my new birth ball this weekend and OH pumped it up. So, I will try to sit on that. It MIGHT fit in the room now since we moved out stuff. It will fit once we get the desk out this weekend. Also, I am not lifting anything. I am scared I will pop the baby out, lol.

I have my doctor's appointment on Thursday so I will get more information on what's going on down there. I hope I have remained the same dilation. However, if I can keep this baby in and dilate one cm a week, by the time I am ready to deliver I'll be ready to go (I am kidding).

Wow, you get fined for too much water usage??? That's crazy, I never heard of that before. So now I am curious. How does that work exactly....like how would you know when you have reached your household limit?

 

[luna_19]

awe everyone looks great
here's my 35 week pic


we finally managed to go and take some nice maternity pics yesterday since it stopped raining for a bit

My hip pain returned on Friday I had it pretty bad really early on but it has been fine since then with regular chiropractor visits but it just came back out of nowhere. It hurts to walk especially if I've been sitting or standing still in between. I went back to see my chiro this morning and he confirmed what I suspected that it's just because my hips are so loose at this point. He lent me this belt that I can wear when I need to do a lot of walking that squeezes my hips in so I'm going to give that a try at work today. Other than that just trying to either sit on my ball or lay down when I'm at home.

 

[whittnie117]

Wow, you get fined for too much water usage??? That's crazy, I never heard of that before. So now I am curious. How does that work exactly....like how would you know when you have reached your household limit?

Well we don't have a way of telling from here. If we use too much we get a letter in the mail as a warning that if it doesn't change the next month we will be charged. If it doesn't correct the following month (or maybe it's three consecutive months) they classify you as a high usage household and you get charged a lot more per month for water.

So, I understand MIL and FIL frustrations, but it's funny how they get mad when I use extra water, but then FIL leave the sprinklers on and that's just a' ok. I guess their house, their rules, even if we are paying their mortgage.

I hope they can take that pain away from you for labor. That must be painful Hopefully the muscles will heal quickly once the baby is here. I know they probably won't start to heal until then unfortunately. Silly babies stretching us to our limits.

I wouldn't have been able to do that 2 hour drive just to get to work and back. I can barely drive to the grocery store. It's good you finally can get some rest. I know you said you want baby to come next week, but hopefully you get a few days of just rest prior to birth!

 

[whittnie117]

Luna, I am so jealous of your bump. So petite and we are so far along, lol. I hope your hip pain clears up and the belt works. I am too big for belts. I couldn't find any that would fit when I looked, lol. I might go see my chiropractor. I have been putting it off because it is 40 dollars per visit. Was yours able to adjust you even though your hips are so loose? Or is it a lost cause at this point? My back always used to crack, especially in the hips and they won't now.

 

[luna_19]

he did some adjustments that felt really good but he did say it's more about trying to keep it from getting worse at this point I was hesitant to go because I have to pay $50 each time and just went for my monthly visit last Monday. He said it would help to go every week from now on but it's just so expensive!

I guess I'm lucky that it took this long to come back in the first place.

Oh and yeah I used to always be able to crack my back really good but haven't been able to for ages! Also my hips used to pop every time I did my yoga but stopped maybe a month ago.

 

[The Alchemist]

Missjenn - it might be beneficial for you to get that maternity/post partum belly band after birth. Better if you can get the corset type. I plan on using one immediately to help with the pp belly. Lots of cs moms use it as well to hold the stitches so it's multi purpose.

Luna - sorry about that hip pain. I've been having that pain for months already. Only thing that kinda helps is the ball and massage. I'd see a chiro but worry about the extra expenses on it that could be used on more important things for kids. But that's just me. Hopefully yours will subside quickly right after birth. Mine, my ob told me it'll still hurt but worse for.a couple of months - just like the first. So...I have that to look forward to

 

[Co_Cowgirl]

I try not to talk too much about how I am feeling! I feel terrible when I get on and read all about how y'all are doing! Other then the threatened miscarriages in the first trimester I have had no real impact from my pregnancy. No morning sickness or anything!

Slowing down a little (Fell asleep during the football game yesterday) but overall I am still up and doing everything I have always done (except riding horses of course). Still at work and have some aches and pains but I sit in an office chair so not too much wear and tear on my body.

A few weeks ago I told DH I wasn't ready to push this little girl out that I had decided to just keep her in my belly. Now we are getting to the point that when she is shifting I get a lot more pain.

Whit - I have been having lower abdominal pain. Told DH that it feels like she is trying to push her way out but mine luckily passes fairly quickly.

 

[Co_Cowgirl]

MissJenn - I don't know WHAT my MIL and FIL want. FIL told me he wants a call as soon as I head to the hospital but I don't know what their expectations really are for delivery. That is why I wanted DH to have that conversation!!

At my baby shower my FIL announced to my mom that he is getting ready to retire and they are going to sell their house and move into a camping trailer so they can afford to watch our daughter. Um first I am hearing about this and secondly I am not comfortable with my DD being with her grandparents alone. Husband and I have talked about this. DH is determined not to be the parent that his father was/is.

 

[wantb502]

Too much to keep up with, but I can say that you ladies crack me up! Especially you MissJEnn!

I would HATE if it hurt every time I farted! hahahahahaha

I had my ultrasound today to see if Denver is small. Well he is measuring perfect 33 weeks but the doctor said that he wasn't going to be a basketball player. We knew that...I am barely 5'4 and Dave is barely 5'8"! Maybe he will play the guitar

Also LO has a ton of hair, HB 146 and he likes to suck his fist and play with his balls. Typical boy!

I am going to post some photos.. but I am going to do it from my phone so they wont be very good and probably upside down.

 

[wantb502]

Here some from today:


I am not posting any more because I hate my phone and the pictures look so much better in person. I wish I had gotten a 3D!

 

[whittnie117]

Also LO has a ton of hair, HB 146 and he likes to suck his fist and play with his balls. Typical boy!

That cracked me up.

 

[missjenn]

Missjenn - it might be beneficial for you to get that maternity/post partum belly band after birth. Better if you can get the corset type. I plan on using one immediately to help with the pp belly. Lots of cs moms use it as well to hold the stitches so it's multi purpose.

Luna - sorry about that hip pain. I've been having that pain for months already. Only thing that kinda helps is the ball and massage. I'd see a chiro but worry about the extra expenses on it that could be used on more important things for kids. But that's just me. Hopefully yours will subside quickly right after birth. Mine, my ob told me it'll still hurt but worse for.a couple of months - just like the first. So...I have that to look forward to

What exactly is that? And it is for after birth? What does it do?

 

[missjenn]

Too much to keep up with, but I can say that you ladies crack me up! Especially you MissJEnn!

I would HATE if it hurt every time I farted! hahahahahaha

I had my ultrasound today to see if Denver is small. Well he is measuring perfect 33 weeks but the doctor said that he wasn't going to be a basketball player. We knew that...I am barely 5'4 and Dave is barely 5'8"! Maybe he will play the guitar

Also LO has a ton of hair, HB 146 and he likes to suck his fist and play with his balls. Typical boy!

I am going to post some photos.. but I am going to do it from my phone so they wont be very good and probably upside down.

That's great news!!!

Im looking at the picture and trying to see the hair...haha...in person can you see the hair?

 

[missjenn]

37 Weeks = Full Term

I am in so much discomfort I can barely move at night. Down there.....it hurts so bad....like even though I am not in labor it constantly feels like the baby is on his way out...like I need to have my hand there to catch him. The pressure is getting unbearable.

 

[berniegroves]

37 Weeks = Full Term

I am in so much discomfort I can barely move at night. Down there.....it hurts so bad....like even though I am not in labor it constantly feels like the baby is on his way out...like I need to have my hand there to catch him. The pressure is getting unbearable.

Congrats on being full-term!! Yay!!
I'm getting pain at night too and hate needing to roll over!! I'm getting a lot if pressure below, it's really bad when I'm sat on the toilet (sorry if tmi!) at those times it literally feels like the baby is on his way!!
So you have my sympathy missjenn if you get that feeling all the time! It is not good!!

Want - I'm so glad your boy is measuring where he should. That must be a big relief!!

I've suddenly realised the baby could be here any day now and so I'm trying manically to get everything done! It's my DD's 2nd birthday on the 22nd October so I'm trying to plan for that also.