November 2013 Babies!

[wantb502]

I was feeling really bad on Saturday and probably over did it because I was exhausted. Sunday was better ad I made a comment to Dave about how I hope Denver was growing well. 230 am my water broke and woke me up. We got the rest of our stuff together and I are a banana because I knew I wouldn't be eating for a while. I was really wanting a totally natural birth and to be able to walk and move, but at ULH, if your water breaks, your on bed rest unless the baby is completely engaged. I was pissed. I was able to convince them to wait to start pitocin until 6 am. I wasn't progressing. They started that stuff and things starting changing. The contractions were about every 2-3 mins for several hours (I totally lost track of time) but I was able to smile through them. I was able to convince them to let me walk to the bathroom and get on the birth ball thank god. I had to pee like every 15 minutes because of all the fluids thy were pumping into me. Keep your bladder empty because it helps decrease the pain of the contractions. One thing I didn't realize is that your body will help "clear itself out" and I ended up having Lots and lots of bowel movements. This helped prevent any birth stooling and post birth straining. Pain with the contractions got much worse for about 5 hours to the point where I couldn't talk or focus on anything but breathing through them. Try checked me around 6 ish I think and I was 6 CM. I was devastate because I was in a lot of pain. At that point the contractions were so bad and I was so tired and starving, that I was passing out in between each contraction. Transition is the worse part and then you start feeling pressure like you have to poop. When I would slight bare down, it eased the pain a little. I asked for the epidural at that point but my husband said, just try two more contractions as see how you feels. I knew I would be disappointed in myself if I had gotten one. He kept saying just two more and I was able to function. Finally pushing started and everyone got all the stuff set up in the room. I was so anxious but SO ready or him to come out and me not to be in pain. Pushing actually was a relief from the pain. I pushed for 45 mins because they said my vaginal muscles were very very tight. He finally came out and I balled. It was glorious to see this perfect little person that you and you number one created together. I've only seen Dave cry three times: in college once, when we got married, and his grandmother died. He was hysterical when Denver came out. It was so amazing to see him so in love already. I had a lot of tearing but not perineal. I was so focused on my baby I didn't even care what they were Doing down there Except I was done with people at my vagina. I took Tylenol and ibuprofen and felt much better. Overall, the experience was amazing, but I do hesitate to say I would do natural again. I am slightly jealous of the ladies that say they slept through everything until they pushed. I think if I started having contractions before my water broke, and it progressed more quickly, I would have been less exhausted and more apt to do it again. From water breaking to delivery, it was 19.5 hours of labor. 45 minutes of pushing.

You will do amazing and the outcome is worth the pain and exhaustion any day. I think for after the hardest part is getting any sleep in the hospital. My advise:

Eat before you go to the hospital. Bring gum.

Move around as much as you are allowed. I would have progressed faster.

Just know, you can do it! Just two more contractions.

Make sure no one asks you questions about what you want while you are having a bad contraction. You will want to punch them.

Take EVERYTHING from the hospital: extra tucks pads, chux, receiving blankets, all the diapers. Everything

Buy granny panties for when you go home. I hated the disposable undies they give you. They are huge and uncomfortable.

Remember you can say no visitors anytime you want. This is a time you need to spend with the 3 of you.

Sleep and eat whatever you want!

Ask for help. Especially with lactation. It's hard and does not come naturally to either you or your little ones

And enjoy. This is amazing.
You will do great. I promise and I think the doula will really help.

 

[luna_19]

I can't believe they wouldn't let you move around! Things are quite different here, they don't want you to even go in just because your water breaks unless you are gbs positive and even then they will just give you antibiotics then send you home until contractions are close enough.

 

[whittnie117]

I can't believe they didn't let you move either. It seems so counter productive. It would cause a lot more women to need interventions. As proven in your situation alone. How dumb. Sorry that happened to you. I am so happy that you have your little boy with you now though. You must be so thrilled. I can't even imagine yet. I just can't. Every time I do, I tear up, lol!

Great advice too. I, however, won't be eating anything, but I'll be bringing a snack bar or two with me. Since I have so many complications and obese, my risk for c-section is a lot higher. I know that you're not supposed to have eaten if you have one, so I'm carb loading now to build up my energy stores. I am super awake today. I feel fine other than some cramping and back aches. But fine other wise.

I keep losing plug. I lost a TON at around 3:30-4 am and every time I go to the bathroom now I keep losing more and more in just little pieces each time. It's gross. I wonder if something will actually happen or if I'll just sit here for a couple more weeks. I know losing plug is no actual indication of going into labor other than cervical changes. But as long as my cervix is changing more that is all that matters in my opinion. More chances for a quick labor

 

[Diddums]

Whitt, what does losing your plug look like? If you don't mind me asking lol. I don't think I've lost any

Thanks for the birth story want. Sounds intense, but i agree, the end result is so worth it. I can't wait to go into labour and just have my little lady here. We've decided that grandparents can visit at the hospital, but then we don't want any visitors the first day we go home. I'm sure my parents will get annoyed and disagree, but tough.

I hope i'm one of those ladies who goes into labour with no symptoms. I really don't want to go overdue lol

 

[Nariah01]

Good luck Whitt! It does sound promising though because its at least a start! Hopefully things will really get going and you will have your baby before the weekend is over. I will keep fingers crossed for you!

I know I need to pack my bag, in fact I panic about it every once in a while. I am just so forgetful and right now I feel like I have to clean EVERYTHING! And since DH works so much the house is a wreck, so I get distracted and forget all the time what I need to do. I wrote up a list of everything I need to pack, and I have most of it already just lying around so I am hopeful to get it done this weekend.

Want love the story, and the advice. that's weird they didn't want you to move around. I've only heard of hospitals saying no baths if your water has broken but not being able to move around is absurd!

 

[whittnie117]

Diddums...It is gooey, mucus like stuff that comes out. It isn't like normal discharge at all. It is sticky, sometimes stringy, can be clear or yellow (mine is yellow) and can look like gel too. It's gross. If you had lost some, your first thought would probably be something along the lines of, "ewe, what is THAT?" haha

Nariah- Thanks! I hope so too, but at the same time I hope to go to 39 weeks, but if he is ready to come, he is ready to come, right?
If you're cleaning everything, try going through all your clothes and rewashing the ones you'd like to take to the hospital. When they are out of the dryer you're more likely to put them away and into your bags. That is what worked for me at least. You don't want to get stuck doing them when you're in labor. You'd most likely forget some important things at that time, lol.

 

[luna_19]

Yeah my plug looked like chunks of yellow snot, gross. I didn't think it was my plug because I was expecting it to look more like jelly. I had pieces coming out for a week or two before baby arrived.

 

[Diddums]

Thanks ladies. Definitively haven't had anything like that I don't think. I've had a bit of yellowish stuff on the toilet paper but I don't think it was part of my plug oh well I'll keep hoping lol xxx

 

[whittnie117]

The plug can come out in tiny bits too. It'll be different than regular discharge. That's how you'll know. I barely have any discharge at all. So when I pass anything it's coming from my cervix.

I don't think I'll go into labor today or anything. it was just exciting to lose so much plug. It's all but stopped now. But I lost quite a lot. So I assume it was a majority of it maybe? Now I am just going to relax and see if anything else happens. It's just a waiting game. I'm okay now if he wants to make his appearance, but I'd rather him wait until 39 weeks.

 

[wantb502]

Good luck whit, I hope your LO comes very soon. It sound promising, mine came out 2 days before!

Nariah: PaCK YOUR BAG!! Trust me.

 

[whittnie117]

Bags are fully packed and ready to go. Going tomorrow to get the bassinet off layaway. Getting prepared if it happens soon.

 

[Diddums]

Yay to bags being packed!

We had a little mini drama last night. Baby was really quiet all afternoon and lying on my left and drinking orange juice made no difference. So at 9.30pm I rang hospital who said come in and get checked out. So drove to the hospital and they hooked me up to the monitor. Of course baby was fine, she was moving away, I just couldn't feel her movement s much. They then took my blood pressure and it was high. The took it again after 30mins of monitoring and it was still high. They took a urine sample, which was all neg, but blood pressure was still high when they took it a third time (144/101) so the midwife took some blood just in case. I will call back this morning to get the results. Was at the hospital almost 2hrs and didn't get home until midnight. The midwife said its probably just pregnancy induced hypertension, as I don't have any other symptoms of pre-eclampsia, but best to check these things out.

I really hope the little lady comes soon, she's still head down which is great but don't know whether she's engaged or not. Oh well hopefully rhw midwife can perform a sweep at my 40wk appointment on Friday

 

[wantb502]

Diddiums: sorry about your wait at the hospital. I was diagnosed with pregnancy induced hypertension at the hospital too. I think it was because I was so anxious.

 

[Diddums]

As long as it's pregnancy induced hypertension, and not pre-e, i'm ok with that. I want as natural birth as possible, and to be able to move around, as if you are diagnosed with pre-e you have to be monitored constantly.

Want - love the new picture you have!

 

[The Alchemist]

Diddums - i wouldn't worry too much about it if there are no signs of pre-e. Try to relax as stress/anxiety can definitely raise bp. We also have hormone that raises bp and can happen right at the end of pregnancy but nothing scary. I'd remain calm and go about your day as usual. At this point for you, anything can happen. Good thing your bags are packed!

Whittnie - anymore plug loss or other signs?

Want - I love your new avatar pic. Your lil man's gotta cute lil face. Do you find yourself staring at him while he's asleep?

 

[whittnie117]

Diddums- I hope the blood test comes out okay. I know how hard it is to wait for results. Sorry you had to go to the hospital, the wait times there are bad too. I had to wait the last time for almost 4 hours when I went in for bleeding. At least they seem like they are working to figure out what is going on. Hopefully it's just pregnancy induced hypertension and not pre-e.

Want- I love the new avatar picture too! Your boy is so cute!

Alchemist-No other signs. I am just getting very minor plug loss now, like the tiniest of pieces. Other than that I just have some extra clear gel type of discharge. I wouldn't consider it 'plug' but it's there every time I go to the bathroom. I don't know how else to explain it. I bet it is just my body playing tricks on me and I'll go until at least the 17th.

 

[Nariah01]

Diddums: I agree with the others, try and relax too. And anything could happen as far as when she is born, although some ladies are very stubborn and just wanna stay in. lol hopefully that isn't the case with yours as I am sure you are more then ready for her to be here.

Want: Love the picture of you little man! Hes is so frickin cute! He looks like a very chill baby, might just be me though.

Whitt: your plug loss could slow down and then you could randomly go into labor. I mean there are scores of ladies who really didn't have much leading up to their labors. Every lady is different as is every pregnancy, as always I am rooting for you. I still think you will have your LO before me though. lol

Well yesterday was a good day. I was crabby when my family first showed up because they brought their stupid little dog with them and never told me that they were going to do that. But it turned out ok so far. My sister pretty much finished our nursery, got it all painted and set back up, it looks so nice. and remarkably I didn't want to kill my stepmother and we got along famously while we sorted and cleaned all the baby stuff. Was also able to get some of the house clean, which makes me feel so much better. And then this morning she is going to make breakfast, so far so good. My bags are partially packed, I got them started, I just need to go buy a few little things, nothing super essential and then they will be done.

My stepmom thinks he's going to come early too now, and I have to say having seen the nursery all set up I almost cried. And having sat and folded all his itty bity clothes I am ready for him to come. We ordered the pack n play/bassinet that he is going to use in our room for the first month or so until he's in his crib last night, as well as the first of our cloth diaper stash, should all be here by the end of the week. After that we will have everything we HAVE to have for him if he shows up early. Then I am going to wait to get the rest of the stuff since I can get a discount on all the stuff still on the registry after he's born. Now the wait begins.

 

[Diddums]

Thanks ladies. The blood tests came back all clear, so its nothing to worry about. Probably due to the stress of having to go in for monitoring as little lady wasn't moving, or just because my blood pressure is going up at the end of pregnancy. Either way i'm not worried and had a nice relaxed day today

Really hope something happens soon

 

[whittnie117]

Nariah- it's good that you have family helping you out. Even if they did bring their little dog, lol. I bet it is fantastic to have your nursery set up. They need to do two more room floors before I get to work on my baby's nursery. I am so anxious. But our room is done now, YAY!

Diddums- That's good the blood test came od. Stress does raise the BP quite a bit. I hope you get to meet your lo soon.

 

[Nariah01]

Well so I thought today was going to be as good as yesterday but apparently I was wrong.

My stepmother wanted to make us breakfast so I said sure and she came in the house to get started and she mentioned buying us a bookcase for the new house. We have several huge boxes of books and no bookcase, and its pretty much the only boxes we have not been able to unpack. And it has been driving me nuts, but DH has a friend that could give us a older bookcase for free. And since I have never really liked people spending money on us, and since my dad and Stepmom have spent enough on us I told her that I appreciate it but that they didn't need to spend the money on it cause we could get a free one in a day or two. Well I guess it somehow offended her and she stormed out of the house. And my poor dad was caught in the middle of the whole deal, I didn't mean to offend her, but somehow I managed too. And now I feel like I screwed up because my dad just informed me that they are leaving soon and instead of them coming back next weekend to help that they will not be coming back until thanksgiving, and that if dad does come back in a week or two it will be by himself.

I don't know how I managed to screw this weekend up but I did, and now I am stressed and feel like crap. DH keeps telling me that I didn't do anything wrong, but it certainally feels like it and I am not sure what to do. I guess I am just feeling crappy and confused and needed to get it off my chest. Hopefully the stress doesn't send me into labor, because I would rather not deal with that on top of everything else today.

And it all started out so promising.