On the road again graduates

[skyesmom]

I had a dream that this one will come by section on the 21st of May. I doubt that will happen though. My doc wants me to VBAC so a section a week before the due date would mean something had changed and not a good change and I don't want that.

...and Starry regarding your dream, i know you're fearing another C section, but especially because of this, i see this dream as a way for you and your brain to deal with that fear, rather than a premonition of something bad or unforeseen.

you're a trooper for having made it this far and you know it! i really really hope you'll get your VBAC in the end, and that it goes smoothly!

 

[Starry Night]

ha ha, thanks. I'm not afraid of a section itself. I've been through one and I wasn't really traumatized or anything. But my OB seems quite set on VBAC so for her to change her mind would mean something has happened. My only 'bump' so far in this pregnancy was the mild GD scare.

A section in some ways would be convenient. My mom wants to come after the baby is born to help around the house for a few weeks and she needs to know when to take time off of work and book her flights. She would also like to be here so she can watch DS for us. Last time it worked out perfect as she just booked for the week after my due date to allow time for going over and the day I was released from the hospital was the day we had to pick her up from the airport. It was perfect timing. But not sure we're going to get as lucky again this time.

 

[Left wonderin]

Boy its quite on here ! Everyone just waiting lol. Well just wanted to wish you all a happy st Paddy's day xxxxxxxx

 

[Carybear]

Left, He's such a darling...

Happ St. Patty's Day!

 

[Starry Night]

Cute! I guess today is St. Patrick's Day. Yesterday, our neighbour across the street spray painted green all over the snowbanks by their yard. They do the same for Valentine's Day.

Today's been a bad day. First tri symptoms seem to be coming back and I'm so constipated and bloated and crampy. My stomach just ACHED today and I feel like I'm on the edge of gagging. It feels similar to just before I got my bfp. I am on anti-biotics for an infected cuticle so that is probably not helping. Baby is moving well so I'm trying not to imagine the worst.

 

[RedWylder]

Im sure all is great Starry. Things are not going super for me either. This has been a hard week in terms of comfort. I'm now wearing a supportive belly band thing pretty much full time. When I don't wear it and even when I do, I have constant back pain on my right side. It can get so bad that it feels like someone is stabbing me in teh kidney. I think it's round ligament pain. Regardless, there doesn't seem to be any cure or fix for it so I'm just waiting it out. I'm going to go to the chiropractor and hope they can help but I don't have high hopes. However, all that beign said, I'd gladly take 9 months of this pain to meet my rainbow. 5ish weeks to go!

 

[Starry Night]

Wow! 5(ish) weeks! I hope they go by quickly for you in spite of all the discomforts. And yes, our babies will be worth it all in the end. The discomforts just make me all the more anxious for that day to come.

 

[skyesmom]

awwww Sean the leprechaun!! Happy St. Patrick's day!!

eeeek red 5ish weeks!!! where did the year 2014 go???? omg!! keeping my fingers crossed the chiropractor helps you (one of my friends swears by it, she gave birth 2 years ago and if someone mentions the word "chiropractor" to this day, she'll start an hour long monologue on how it saved her life in the 3rd and 4th tri).

Starry i believe the antibiotics are causing your bloat and constipation (and nausea). they sure help fight the infection but they also kill the good intestinal flora which you NEED for digestion (let alone good digestion), so if i were you i'd either ask for a probiotics supplement or eat loads of those probiotic yoghurts and such to help you!

hold on ladies!! you are my heroes!!!

ps. hahaha and i laughed my ass off at the thought of spay painting the snow green!!! actually, to spray painting the snow at all!!!

 

[Starry Night]

One farmer along the highway spray-painted the words "Free Snow" on a snowbank along his driveway! The next time we drove past we saw a pair of stuffed jeans complete with boots sticking up in the air out of the same snow bank. This winter is doing crazy things to people. ha ha

And I do have pro-biotic yogurt. I need to get eating it. I'm getting some itching "down there" and I am blaming the anti-biotics. As well as DTD. This pregnancy I seem to get an infection every single time we do it. So super annoying. I was like that when I was on the pill and my GP told me that the pill kills pro-biotics in the system. Bla.

 

[skyesmom]

hhaha you should publish a scientific research on "effects of winter and too much snow on psychological health of canadian farmers" lol!! those people are hilarious!

and the itching down there is defo the antibiotics, i also had that issue sometimes when would take them! then yoghurt it is Starry!

 

[skyesmom]

gah girls!!! i didn't wanna spread hopes and panic out here but gosh...

AF was 5 days late... i knew i was out as i wasn't feeling pregnant (the only night i was queasy, OH was feeling sick too, turns out we had a milder food poisoning from a bad (and expensive!) restaurant!)...

...no BFP here, i didn't post anything in the meantime not to raise the hopes up (both yours and mines), as i knew i was out... i did cave in and POAS yesterday when it was 4 days late and got a big blasting BFN... might sound disappointing, but to me it was somehow exciting...

...you know, i at least got to the POAS stage! after all these months of waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting... even a damn BFN feels like a success (i'm going bonkers i know!).

 

[Starry Night]

That IS very exciting that you're back at the POAS stage! I hope it goes quickly for you and you get your sticky rainbow soon!

 

[rayraykay]

Skye!! That IS exciting! 2014 is gonna be another great year for sticky rainbows in our thread!

 

[Starry Night]

Baby got her first serious bout of the hiccups today. It was very cute. My whole stomach was vibrating with them. DS had gotten them really badly and they got quite violent towards the end. We'll see what happens with his little sister!

And I happily no longer automatically associate my niece with my lost baby. I just adore seeing her on Skype every week and hearing her fussing and crying. And seeing her smile at my relatives makes me so super excited for my own little one. And I just want to pinch those chubby thighs of hers! It's not taking long at all for her to become a little porker. ha ha My brother sires tubby babies. So cute! It's hard being so far away from them.

 

[skyesmom]

awww Starry that's so cute, hearing your excitement over your niece and also hearing you've managed to make that great healing step! it is such a relief!

oh and baby hiccups! i never knew babies could get a hiccup while still in the belly haha things u learn on babyandbump!! how does that look and feel like? can you see it on the outside too??

awww sweet!

 

[Left wonderin]

Starry how cute , Sean used to get them all the time inside and now still does lol ! Its so wonderful to see you excited I'm so happy for you

 

[Starry Night]

I remember hearing that if a baby has loads of hiccups while in the womb they will most likely have them as a newborn. That was definitely true of DS. Most of my kick counts were his hiccups! Sometimes that was the only way I knew he was still alive in there. LOL He was otherwise fairly sedate. This one is a wiggly worm and hasn't had the hiccups that often. I knew DS would be a calm, happy baby before he was born. This one....I'm not so sure. LOL I've already nicknamed her "the Pest" because she is always dancing on my cervix, using my bladder as her personal bean-bag chair or grinds her head against my hip bone. LOL

 

[Left wonderin]

I remember hearing that if a baby has loads of hiccups while in the womb they will most likely have them as a newborn. That was definitely true of DS. Most of my kick counts were his hiccups! Sometimes that was the only way I knew he was still alive in there. LOL He was otherwise fairly sedate. This one is a wiggly worm and hasn't had the hiccups that often. I knew DS would be a calm, happy baby before he was born. This one....I'm not so sure. LOL I've already nicknamed her "the Pest" because she is always dancing on my cervix, using my bladder as her personal bean-bag chair or grinds her head against my hip bone. LOL

Sounds like ya might have a little madam on your hands !! Isn't it lovely getting to know them and their little ways . I knew Sean would be a laid back little guy who does not like being disturbed ! I was so right . He is a gentle little soul . So your into single figures Starry you won't feel the time going . Are you on forget nightly visits to hospital yet ?

 

[Starry Night]

Yep. I see my OB on Wednesday after only a 2 week wait. It makes me feel like things are happening. But I know this time will still drag. With DS I think by 35 weeks I was crying every day because it wasn't over yet. LOL Dang those hormones....

 

[RedWylder]

Starry our experiences couldn't be different. I nearly had a panic attack last night thinking I was going to go into labor soon and I'm not ready. I don't have all my sub plans done, I'm still working through some college coursework, and baby stuff isn't completely done. 36 weeks tomorrow so I'm on crunch time!