Hi all, wow there is a lot to catch up on. I think with the replies it does depend on when I'm reading and like someone else said it goes so fast here it's impossible to keep up sometimes! I do read every post though and sometimes feel the same as you guys. I will make more effort though!
La mere - that is a great bump comparison and does look like you've dropped!
Laelani - happy 37 weeks and soldo to anyone moving weeks today!
As for emotions I would say the worst film is Bambi - honestly don't go there, I watched it a few weeks back and was inconsolable afterwards!
As for me I've had a rough day. I've been at my friends funeral today but also had my 36 week midwife appointment (at 36+5) and my blood pressure was sky high, I had protein in my urine and my ankles and feet are really swollen so they think I may have pre-eclampsia. I have to go in tomorrow to be monitored and they may decide to induce me early. I'm really scared about baby being ok, and also am not keen on staying in hospital until the delivery so please keep your fingers crossed for me. It's been such an emotional day and I feel drained.
Thank you
I again want to say I am very sorry for your loss. I remember how hard it was for me when my father passed when I was about 6-7 months pregnant with my daughter and I had to write his eulogy and sing one of his favorite songs because he had asked me to before passing.
I hope things go well for you with your next appt. I hope you can cook little one for a little longer and that it is just a scare! But, as much as I hate to say it, it does sound like a very possibility is is pre-e. Good luck, dear.
Thanks everyone yes I'm excited that my baby seems to have grown quite a bit, almost doubled in size, in 5 weeks!! At the same time a little scary LOL.
I want to do a better job at replying to everyone too, so here goes!
Sprite - I had really bad heartburn with my dd very early on, and she was bald until she was 1! In fact she is now almost 2 1/2 and still has very fine baby hair and not a lot of it. I can't wait until it grows in more and I can actually do something with it. And my weight seems to fluctuate really weird too. One appointment I haven't gained anything and the next I'm up 4 pounds. I think it's fine as long as it's not like 5 pounds every single time lol.
Newlywed - I know what you mean about the weekly appointments, although my dr is not an hour and a half away! That must be rough. Luckily you should only have to do it for a few more weeks!
Charmed kitty - oh boy I don't have leg cramps as much as I have foot cramps! They are so bad! It happens a lot, I move or stretch the wrong way and my entire foot cramps up, and it hurts all the way down to my toes. Elsa - I will try the pickle juice thing! That would be awesome if that helps!
Ashaz - I have had a rollercoaster of emotions lately. Some weeks I'm fine, then the next I'm crying about any and every little thing, commercials, videos I see shared on facebook, news articles... not to mention baby shows! I am slightly obsessed with watching labor and delivery stories on YouTube and pretty much cry at every single one.
La mere - re: having to make the capsules yourself - I learned a long time ago that if I want something done, I better do it myself anyway. LOL!! DH is just super forgetful, even if I remind him 80 times to the point I'm annoying him, he will still forget. Drives me crazy.
Loopy Laura - I'm sorry about your friend and that you've had such a rough day. I hate to say it but it really does sound like pre-eclampsia. I will pray that everything goes well. There's really not much they can do, especially with protein in your urine... the only cure is delivery. So unfortunately they probably will want to keep you in until you deliver, and they may decide that has to be much sooner than later, for your own health so it does not turn more severe. Either way you are in good hands and far along enough that everything should be fine if you do have to deliver soon. Keep us updated and hang in there!
AFM, I had my OB appointment today and everything is looking good. My bp has started to creep up a bit but still within normal range. Today it was 120/68, when it's typically been about 108/60-something. My doctor said she's not going to worry unless it gets to the 140's/90's. So here's hoping I make it to my due date. I only have ONE more OB appointment after today, which seems so crazy! My next one will be 9/23, and then my c-section is booked the following week on that Friday, 10/3. I can't believe I am in the home stretch.
The only thing that kind of stinks is that my section is at 6PM. And I can't eat 8 hours prior so all I really can do is have breakfast! It's going to be a long day because I'll be anxious all day thinking about it!
Thank you, I am glad I am not the only one with a forgetful DH! I had to keep hounding him to order my birthing supplies and ended up doing it myself!
Glad to hear all is looking good for you! Can't wait to see your little one, so many of us are in the home stretch now!
Oh and I forgot to ask if this sounds right to anyone else. Before today my belly has always measured spot on for the week that I am. She measured me today and i only measured 32". She told me it is because I dropped. Do you really loose inches when you drop?
Sounds right to me!
I noticed it with both of mine. My midwife with my daughter kept me pretty informed and was good about answering all my questions and such. I noticed when I was doing my prenatal checks when I was pregnant with my son that around 36 weeks he had started dropping and started measuring a bit behind. This baby has dropped earlier than either my son or my daughter, but it's been a week since I have done my prenatal check.
I've got my 36 week midwife appointment today I'm hoping he's grown since last time
Also I have been feeling a bit off the last couple of days so I'm hoping I can speak to her about it
Hope you are feeling better and that your midwife has some answers for you or can help you figure out why you've been off.
Thought I was in labor today. The past few days I've been having contractions on and off and this morning I lost a nice amount of mucus plug and I'm having some spotting. I went to my appointment this morning for the ultrasound on my thyroid and as I was leaving I started getting really bad pains in my abdomen and I couldn't walk. I called my boyfriend and told him I was going to go to L&D since I was there in the hospital already. Well I wasn't in labor, lol. My cervix was still up high and closed, but they said 2cm dilated. I don't know what they mean by that if they said closed, but maybe they mean I'm not effaced at all. I did test positive for BV again (ugh) my body apparently hates sex.
I had my OB appointment later and she felt for baby and she's way down in my pubic bone area which is why I am having the most terrible pain trying to walk or do anything. It hurts so bad. She thinks baby will be here soon
She let us feel her head. It was really neat! She said the red spotting I am having is most likely due to my mucus plug or irritated from the BV, she said since baby is moving and everything she doesn't think it's a concern with the placenta.
Hopefully baby soon!! I have a lot to do still but now I can barely move without being in so much pain I have no idea how I'm going to get it all done
Sounds like this could be it for you! Good luck! Sending lots of good vibes your way!
AFM: I am 36 weeks today! Yay! Omg, I can't believe how close I am now. I am so ready to start seeing signs of impending labor. First good sign of course is that baby has dropped and is moving into position, been head down since about 34 weeks. Want to start seeing some of my plug, lol. I've been sleeping a little better the past couple nights, which is so nice. Been peeing a lot more, more sciatic pain and hip and pelvis pain along with some pretty nice and strong Braxton Hicks.
Trying to get everything back in order around the house, already got all the baby clothes and blankets and my cloth diapers washed and ready to go. Waiting on my birthing supplies to ship out and arrive, need to gather towels, sheets and a few other odds and ends for the birth. I forgot how much work it was even before you go into labor! LOL! I love it though, one of the reasons I actually eventually want to become a midwife..
I will be taking 36 week pictures later today. Will hopefully get to do some maternity pictures next week, would lover to get some with me and the kids and DH.. and my very, very close friends... but don't know if it will work out the way I want it to. Things in life rarely do, it seems.
I hope that everyone else is doing well! I can't wait to hear any updates about new babies!
. I just remember it been said when I was pregnant last time.
