September Snugglers 2016

[campn]

Mari- Then maybe you should schedule the C-section and see what happens, you don't have to go through with it if you change your mind I'm sure! You still have plenty of time to think about it. I understand trying to avoid a section for its recovery but I'm sure a 4th degree tear is much worse to recover from!

Heck I went into labor naturally and didn't tear and I felt like recovery took forever, I remember the nurse saying you're gonna feel like you were hit by a bus and she couldn't be more accurate!

 

[mari35racz36]

Thanks aiden and campn Definitely won't be an easy decision to make. SO glad I have you ladies to talk with! My OB also offered to tie my tubes if I decide on the c-section. So there another thing I need to think about as well...lol

campn- It's so true about feeling like you've been hit by a bus. That's what it was like for me too. Our bodies go through so much to bring babies into this world.

aiden - I agree, my OB does have my best interest in mind. I really like him as he is so supportive and takes my concerns very seriously. Hubby and I have lots of talking to do over the next 2 weeks. But I am glad I have this option to consider I am getting very anxious about the birth of baby too. It's been almost 4.5 years since my last baby. That would be nice if you could have the baby and be home before school starts. If I choose the csection it would be Sept 2 or 3. School starts Sept 6th here. I would love the have had the baby before the first day of school.

 

[xanzaba]

Mari- I'm probably in the same boat as you, and I'm trying to figure out which I would prefer. I'm getting loads of advice, but I'm leaning towards early induction or c-section. My mom had me by c-section (I was 3 weeks late and 11 pounds) and my sister was induced because her water broke 1 month early. She said she would take a c-section any day.

Knowing the exact day sounds like heaven for me, but my only hesitation is that we are still thinking of having a second baby, and that would make it likely that I would have a second c-section.

It seems to me that tide has gone from everyone asking for c-sections in the 90s/2000s to everyone being afraid of them. For me the doctor's expert opinion seems like good advice to follow.

 

[aidensxmomma]

Mari - Happy birthday to your DD! My oldest turned 8 in April and it still amazes me that he's already so big. It doesn't seem like it's been nearly that long.

It's also been about 4.5 years since I last gave birth. DD2 would have turned 5 in December this year. So it feels like I'm going through this all for the first time.

Congrats to your hubby on his new job as well!

 

[xanzaba]

Oh missed that post- Mari wow sounds like you guys have some celebrating to do. What a difference a week makes, eh?

 

[mari35racz36]

xan - it is such a tough decision to make!! Oh my, 11 pounds is big! Apparently my father inlaw was an 11lbs baby. I am hoping this baby is no bigger than 9.5-10. Yes, if you choose section this time, they will probably recommend it for your 2nd child. That is what has happened with alot of people I know. But a few of my family/friends have gone onto having normal delivers after having sections.
Thank you It is amazing how things can change in a week. All the worry about the baby and tests are far behind me now. We are going out for dinner tonight to celebrate dd's bday. I guess it can also be a celebration for hubby as well!

Aiden - Thank you!! I just can't believe she is 8. Growing up too fast! Hubby is so excited for the new job. Took him a while to make the decision to move on, but he knew it was for the best

 

[amantila]

Mari - just had my 35 week appt too! Sounds like you have a very big choice to make. If it were me, I'd probably go with the c-section because it seems like doctor is suggesting that it is the better route at this point. I'd be more afraid of irreversible damage from tearing as opposed to a long recovery time with c-section. I would at least schedule it so I had the option. And congrats on the new job to your hubby! Glad he gets to take a bit of time off during the transition to be with you before baby comes :]



I'm SO physically exhausted today. I went to doctor's appointment with hubby this morning and all was well, even though my regular OB was on vacation so I had my appointment with a male OB that I didn't really like. But it was fine. He said baby is measuring perfectly and I even asked if he was on the bigger side and he said, "Nope! He's average!" So that made me feel a bit better. I went to Once Upon a Child afterwards to pick up at least a few newborn items and got a few items in the 6 month range too. I already have tons of 0-3, 3 month, and 3-6 month things. I got so tired in the store that I had to pull out one of the kiddie stools they were selling and sit on it for a bit while I sorted through my picks. Ugh. I feel so pathetic that I got that tired from just standing and walking around a store :[ I've even been trying to go for walks (at least a mile) each day to keep active, but apparently that's not helping. Haha. Totally feeling the people who said they felt like they will be pregnant forever...how many more weeks of this?

Also...I'm officially onto 1 week appointments! Woohoo!

 

[campn]

Am I the only one who hates doing laundry more than any other chore (including toilet scrubbing!)?

I just removed some of the tags on one batch of clothes and that's annoying enough. I'm just a girl, standing in front of her laundry, asking it to fold itself.

 

[xanzaba]

Aman- I've had that having to sit down in stores sometimes, especially when the store is hot. Or Home Depot. I wonder if it comes with baby growth spurts, because I've had waves of exhaustion, then feel better, then back it comes.

I'm currently feeling better overall, even the heartburn seems to be a bit better with lighter meals. I'm going to start the prevacid tonight though.

 

[mari35racz36]

Aman - thankyou I think I am leaning towards scheduling it. But I still want to know that size of baby at 37 weeks. Probably come down to my ultrasound report. lol I know exactly how you feel about being physically exhausted. That is me everyday too. I can barely walk anymore and have Sat down in the stores too. I've been meaning to go to Once Upon a Child for so long. I think i'll check it out this weekend. Glad everything went well at your appt today

Xan - glad the heartburn is easing up a bit. For some reason this is the only pregnancy where my heartburn has not bothered me much.

campn - I hate doing laundry!! I've looked at my laundry baskets so many times and wished for everything to be magically folded. lol

 

[MummaMoo]

I'm a lazy laundress. I love having the washing machine on, even putting it out on the line and watching it drying the breeze, but ironing - nope.
I'm torn what to do with all the new clothes I've bought for baby - I know it SHOULD be washed before use, but I don't want to wash the "newness" out of it! And moreso, I don't want to iron it - but at the same time, I don't want to take it to the hospital all creased up! Am considering being really cheeky and asking my buddy Verity to do it for me. She's a self confessed ironing addict

For the tearing Vs C Section dilemma, if it were me, I think I'd choose the section this time around, if there was a good chance of faecal incontinence following another nasty tear. Like others have said though, you can book yourself in and then change your mind if you want to.

 

[campn]

Mumma- My feelings exactly, there are a few things I don't want to wash cause they're so soft and I know washing will remove that! I'm so bad at ironing I wouldn't even try, but we've a dryer so as long as you fold them right away they should be semi ironed lol

There are a few outfits with like some glitter and I'm thinking maybe I should skip those!?

Def ask your friend, if she loves it I'm sure she'd say yes!

 

[MeganS0326]

I tried to go back and catch up from when I last posted but so much has gone on. This is as far as I got but I can't sit here anymore Instead of losing all my hard work I'm posting this little bit and I will try to catch up on the rest later this weekend. Hope you all have a great weekend!!



Mari - Love the nursery pics! Beautifully done! I'm jealous of your MommaRoo purchase. We bought one with DS because he was the colic baby from hell for the first few weeks and we were desperate but it didn't help so we returned it. This time I'm thinking of buying one again because we need and new swing and it has the smallest base of all the electric swings I've found. The swing we had for DS ran on D batteries and we probably spent $10,000 on batteries for the dang thing. Electric is the way to go!

Campn - Glad you purchased and liked the RTL I suggested. There are a few more ingredients in that blend but I think it tastes lovely so I'm sticking with it.

Ciz - exciting that you are losing bits of plug. Get that bag packed and ready to go!

amantila - about the mirror during delivery. I was dead set against a mirror too. I went the whole way through the delivery with DS and did not realize the hospital had permanently installed mirrors all over the ceiling. Luckily DH didn't point it out to me until after all the action was over. I love your nursery. If DH would have let me be team yellow with DS that is almost exactly how I would have wanted his nursery to be.

x-ginge-x - Glad you got checked out of RFM and all was ok with baby. Hopefully they can get you in for a growth scan sooner.

AJ - Congrats on baby girl!! Glad you are both doing well. Keep us posted on her progress.

xan - sorry you are having such a rough time with the heartburn. I had it terrible with DS. I was eating tums like candy and chugging Malox directly from the bottle. This time I've been pretty lucky and only had it a handful of times. I keep telling DH that she is going to be born bald just like him

Just1more2 - I was induced with DS and overall had a good experience with the induction. My biggest problem with it was that I was not prepared at all for how long it would take. I'm hoping to avoid induction this time but that is only because I kinda want to experience the excitement of it happening on it's own.

Hope16 - Thanks for sharing the pic of you and hubby. You are a handsome couple! I really need to be better about taking pictures, especially with DH but I feel like a cow most days so when the camera comes out I usually run and hide

 

[Uni tsi]

I lost my mucus plug today! I'm only 33+5 so it was very shocking and I have to admit I kind of panicked. But, when I called my OB's office didn't seem too worried. Maybe I'll get my wish and go into labor naturally before my 37 week induction. But, fx not this soon! I had a pelvic exam earlier this week and I can't help but wonder if losing the plug is related to that? She said on Tuesday my cervix wasn't anywhere near ready and it looked like labor was still a long way off. Then on Friday I lost the plug idk what to make of it but I hope baby stays put at least a couple more weeks.

I am wondering if I still am allowed to go swimming without the plug but I forgot to ask when I had them on the phone earlier. Does anyone know?

 

[amantila]

campn: yup! I hate laundry even more now that it involves carrying a basket of clothes up and down stairs when I am too tired to even just stand. I actually really enjoy washing, drying, and folding (when the clothes are warm and smell nice), I just HATE putting them away!

mumma: love the term "lazy laundress" haha :] I love ironing too...I've always said it's one of my favorite chores. It relieves stress or something for me to see all the wrinkles disappear! But I only really like ironing men's shirts haha. Pants and my own clothes annoy me. I'm weird.

megan: wowww why would they do that? I would hate that! I just know myself really well and I'm super squeamish and seeing that would probably make me pass out instead of inspiring me to keep going. Haha. I would hate to deliver in that hospital! And thanks about the nursery We know we are having a little boy, but I planned out the whole nursery and what I wanted it to look like before we knew baby's gender. I figure if we have more babies, the nursery will work for either gender!

Uni: Wow! Exciting! Hopefully baby stays put and comfy for awhile longer but definitely exciting to see the first stages of something beginning! Can't believe people are already losing their plug!

When did you guys lose your plug as FTM? Just wondering if it happens sooner or later in first time pregnancies! :]

And good news here...someone is buying our couch! And for a decent price too so we should be able to buy a new one for the basement with the money! They pick it up tomorrow. Yay!

 

[mari35racz36]

Uni- I keep looking to see when I am going to loose my plug! Loosing your plug is a sign labor could come sooner rather than later. If you did have a pelvic exam I would say that probably the reason the plug came loose. But you defiantly want baby to stay put a bit longer!! I have no idea about swimming.

Megan - thank you! So happy with how the nursery turned out I really like this swing as it does. It take up a lot of room. I am happy it is electric too!! I spent so much $$ on batteries for baby/kid stuff over the years it's insane. Lol

Mumma - i don't iron either!! Lol I don't mind putting the laundry in the washer/dryer, but I hate folding it all. I've done lots of thinking about the csection already and in am probably going to book it. but if I go into labour on my own first, that is ok too.

 

[MummaMoo]

Amantilia - with Sophie my plug stayed where it was until I was overdue. I think as soon as due day passed, I was onto every trick in the book - and after sex, some of my plug came away. Still took over a week for Sophie to arrive though!

Uni, losing the plug doesn't necessarily mean baby will be here anytime soon, so you don't need to worry about that. I've read about some ladies losing their plug pretty early on and have been told that it can regenerate too keep infection out. As for swimming, i'm not sure...

 

[MummaMoo]

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So it's lovely and sunny here today so decided it would be a waste of the nice weather to not wash baby's clothes. Washing machine decided to not spin properly so had to respin in smaller batches.. but it's out and drying now..... and either Verity or her hubby are going to pick it up later for her to iron for me she's a star. We've only been friends for about 3 years, but one of those that you feel like you've known forever.

Anyone else having trouble with headaches? I've been getting one constantly the last few days. I'm drinking more water in case it's that, but there's still a kind of dull pressure kind of headache going on up there. Blood pressure has been fine at every check up so it's not that..

 

[xanzaba]

Uni- I hope everything is okay. I don't know anything about mucus plugs, but from what I've read it can happen weeks before or just right before labor. I'm glad the doctor's monitoring you though.

Laundry has always been annoying to me. Now our washer and dryer are in the garage, which makes sense in terms of air conditioning, but does nothing to improve my view of laundry, especially in this heat!

DH and I went out to celebrate our 11 year anniversary last night. It was wonderful- we went to a place overlooking the ocean and took pictures for Liam to see later.

I hope everyone has a good weekend.

 

[campn]

Uni- How big was it!? Chances (I hope) that you've only lost a bit and that's normal, it'll regenerate and grow back. I lost mine at exactly 40 weeks after a sweep, but it was huge, like as big as my hand truly and it was the nastiest thing I've ever seen. Depending on how much you lost you may want to stay away from swimming a few days? Stay in baby girl, stay!

Hope and Xan- You ladies are so gorgeous and wow you make pregnancy look like a breeze! Happy anniversary Xan!! I hope it was amazing!

Mumma- I've had them almost daily for the past week after no headaches at all but I can tell they're sinuses headaches cause I feel like my nose and my head is blocked off or something, maybe try taking something for sinuses and see if that's it? I know pollen here is crazy right now.

Aman- Yay glad the couch is selling! Now are you going to buy another one for the basement!? Take a tape measure!