*October Bumpkins*2014* 43 Babies Born!

[MamaMac123]

Elsa - one of my best friends is pregnant due in Nov and also a teacher so she's also dealing with te whole had the summer off and now back to work stuff. Been hearing about it a lot from her haha hang in there!

As uncomfortable as I am I have loved being pregnant and I know I'll miss it, especially feeling the babies move! That's the best part! I've been so lucky that with a twin pregnancy it's been relatively uncomplicated. I I have anothe single baby it should be a breeze! Haha

I have another good friend who also tried for 2 years to get pregnant, finally had twins with medical interventions and is now pregnant wig a singleton which they conceived after being off bc for a month! You hear those stories all the time. I'm hoping we'll be one of them. I've heard nothing cures infertility like a pregnancy. It's like your body just learns what to do for next time!

 

[MamaMac123]

So....had a doc apt and ultrasound today. My baby Brooke (twin a) is totally breech and Baby James is sideways! They're basically making a "T" in there!

My doctor thinks flipping back head down at this late in the game is unlikely so we are scheduling our c section! I'm actually feelin really good and relieved about it. All the pressure to fight for a natural birth is gone now. They need a section. I know they need a section. Nothing to argue with. Yay

My DH however is not so happy. He's panicking about me having surgery. Doesn't like that one bit and he's worried about having to help me recover from surgery and take care of two babies. Think he's feeling super overwhelmed now while I'm feeling like all my cares are lifted.

Other complications....apparently my platelet count was off in my last blood draw so had to test that again today. My bp is still on the too high side. And thanks to my possible uti antibiotics, I now have a fungal infection under my boobs. Lovely! I hate antibiotics! They kill the bacteria and your immune system in one shot!

So if they're able to get things scheduled my section date will be Oct 23 but I don't think I'll even make it that far. That's almost 39 weeks with twins...unlikely.

Anyway with all my little complications I'm now on to weekly visits and weekly ultrasounds.

 

[ljo1984]

It happens loads where a lady has ivf say then falls on naturally the next time. My friend ended up with ivf for her first, tried naturally while waiting for ivf for her second and got pregnant. It's crazy.

 

[vickyandchick]

Full term/37 weeks today which means he can come anytime he wants
I think he's still in there for a little while longer though, I don't feel as if he's ready to come out so I'm not stressing- even though pregnancy is really starting to take its toll

I've loved being pregnant and will miss it once he's here, I whinge a lot about not being able to do things but knowing he's safely tucked up in there and all mine for now is pretty damn amazing. I can't wait till he gets here though

I also agree with previous ladies, someone is going to go soon right?
In the September group there was over 10 babies born before August was even over.

 

[SisterRose]

Yeah. So strange! I come and check every day for labour news - especially since a lot of you have reached term and beyond now!! There is usually at least one baby born by now in sure in my previous groups.
oh well - no rush! They are better off baking in there as long as possible until the time is right. I really cant wait to see some new born piccies though

going for my weekly blood pressure check up this afternoon as my blood.pressure is sitting right on the edge of them getting concerned at 140/90 most weeks! They say if it goes over 90 they want twice weekly checks and if it reaches 100 i will be put on medication and be induced at 37-38 weeks. If it stays how it is ill be able to go to 40 weeks and possibly request an induction then if i feel i want to as my bp isn't great anyway, she said she doesn't think anyone would complain about inducing me at 40 weeks with high blood pressure.

i don't think it will reach high enough for early induction, as it never got bad enough to require medication in my previous pregnancies either and i feel fine.

Better not do anyway as i still haven't sorted a nursery out! Its painted but it has boxes from moving in there and the wardrobe isn't put together, all of his clothes are bagged and unwashed and i don't have my hospital bag done. Am i pushing my luck at 33+ weeks? :s

 

[Yo_Yo]

I also come on to check any babies have been born! We are doing well to have no early arrivals, so fingers crossed stays that way!

Who will be first?!

 

[cntrygrl]

It took us over 2 years to get pregnant and stay pregnant. We got pregnant with our 3rd round of clomid, but that ended in a MC. Then we did 3 more rounds of clomid w/ IUI those all failed. Finally referred to a fertility specialist. We did injectable meds with IUI and got lucky our first try. Granted I took a chance with having 12 ripe follicles. I'm hoping it's much easier 2nd time around.

I am also surprised we haven't had any babies born yet. I have an appointment tomorrow with ultrasound to check the fluid around his testes. Yay for 35 weeks today.

Yay for all the Tuesday movers!

 

[StarBrites]

I can't wait to see who goes first!! This is too exciting

Had my 37 week appt yesterday. LO is head down and engaging. I've had a lot of pressure down there and more frequent urination! We also talked about making an appt for an induction around 41 weeks if she hasn't come yet. We have to make them in advance just in case. So I'm hoping it won't come to that She could come any day now!! Oh yeah, also my morning sickness has come back :/ I'm not always holding down my food anymore.

 

[kel21]

I realized last night that if this lo comes like his big brother did then he could be here next weekend! Holy cow!

I know they say the second baby will not always engage early but this is nuts. He is in and out of my pelvis numerous times a day! I can feel him real low down, squishing my bladder and feeling like he is going to fall out for a little while and then next thing I know I am short of breath and don't have to pee every 10 minutes!

 

[rbourre]

I was just thinking yesterday that I can't believe nobody in here has had their baby yet. I'd like to make it to at least 37 weeks and I'm sure by then someone will have had their baby so I am hoping not to be first.

It took us a long time to get pregnant with our daughter. We were ntnp for years and never got pregnant. When I went on the pill because I went back to college, I got pregnant the first month on it. We figured it would take a long time to conceive baby #2 but the month we decided to start ttc, I was already pregnant. We decided to start trying in February of this year and I was hoping I'd be pregnant before Christmas. I never thought I'd have a 2 month old by then.

 

[CharmedKirsty]

I can feel she keeps moving from head down to transverse.

 

[sprite30]

Yeah I don't want to be the first lol someone else can go ahead of me lol

Hopefully #2 is much easier and yes, I have had a bunch of people say that nothing cures infertility like a pregnancy. So fx that is my case as we have cervical issues too so hopefully once I dialate a little my body is like oh ok I get it now lol were not going on contraception after baby is born so well just do condoms and charting until were ready and were still deciding what the age gap should be

I had my 36 weeks appt today and had my group b strep test so I'll get the results of that next week. We signed all out consents and got the official "36 week packet" so that was exciting and it's just another pamphlet recapping all the stuff we've already got but it feels so real now. She didn't check my cervix and basically said she won't check it unless I'm having pain which I was a bit surprised by but no pain so I guess that's good. I'm on weekly appointments now so it's just a waiting game.

I still have this nagging cough that she wants me to take mucinex for bc she said she doesn't want it to get any worse this late in the game so I just took a dose of that with a full bottle of water. And she said if it's not gone by next week she'll give antibiotics but I really hope that's just her being overly cautious....and hopefully the mucinex works like it should.

 

[RcdM]

I love being pregnant too! I am just so grateful I've been able to experience it twice now, even though the first time was cut very short lol.

It took us 9 months of TTC to get pregnant with DD. I thought something was wrong, I had blood tests and all kinds of stuff and we just weren't getting pregnant. I used OPKs and tracked every single little thing, I had every app and fertility tracker, I was obsessed with the TTC boards and 2WW, was a POAS addict, it was nuts. But I had very irregular periods so it was really hard to know when I ovulated. Finally I took Vitex and it helped regulate my cycles and got pregnant on the second month of being on it.

When we decided we were going to TTC for #2 (DD was like 19 months old) I was sure it would take a while again. Nope. We got pregnant on the very first try, on the one and only day we did it in weeks. Very crazy!

 

[Yo_Yo]

Kel21-yikes! You could be our first to go then if baby is like big brother! my first and second were both 40+6 babies, so they can follow in siblings footsteps!

My dd2 has been crazy today-so demanding and I've zero energy. I'm hoping as soon as my birth pool arrives for my home birth, baby decides its time!!

 

[ljo1984]

Which pool did you go for xx

 

[Loopy Laura]

It took us a long time to get pregnant on clomid as I wasn't getting any cycles for 8 months at a time. I was told I'm pre-menopausal and have very low fertility (I'm 33) so this baby is a little miracle! I'm hoping we may be lucky again once more though as this is my first.

I will really miss being pregnant especially the movements and I find having a bump so comforting! I love her already and while I can't wait to meet her I'm in no rush just yet! Hospital bags aren't packed and house extension isn't due to be completed until the due date eek!

Over the past couple of days I'm really struggling to take deep breaths or yawn and I feel winded when I try. It's really disconcerting but I guess she's probably up in my diaphragm or something. Which doesn't make sense as I'm getting up at least 3 times a night to pee as well!

My friend passed away today after a long battle with cancer so I'm feeling really sad ugh.

 

[GeralynB]

So sorry to hear about your friend Laura

 

[newlywed2013]

so sorry about your friend.

I'm still pregnant, LOL. I'm pretty uncomfortable and anxious for her to get here, that being said, I know she needs to stay in for 3 more weeks at least. I'm not so sure I'm going to miss being pregnant. I am anxious to be able to hold her and kiss her =) I am super thankful that we were able to get pregnant with no issues.

Its definitely not our last, we want another 2 or even 3 if we can.

 

[newlywed2013]

So my baby shower is saturday and my sister in law wants to do a 'guess what's in the diaper bag' game. What do I put in there, typical things you'd find in a diaper bag, or just anything baby related?

 

[Elsa50501]

Aww Laura I'm so sorry. I hope you have time that you can spend with friends/family who knew your friend. Banding together and sharing memories can be comforting sometimes.