Still waiting to O after chemical 2 weeks ago..anyone else? :0(

[moter98]

i just got back from my 38 week appt. i am 2 cm dilated and cervix is soft! dr said i am ready to have this baby. he estimates he will be around 7 lbs. i am scheduled for elective induction for next wed. unless i have baby before then. eeeeeek! now that's it's really coming soon i'm not ready lol

 

[lch28]

omgg yayayayay! i felt the same way. i was all impatient and then my water broke and i was telling my mom "BUT IM NOT READY!!!!!!!!!!" lol. im so excited for you though! do you feel like you'll go on your own before induction? i hope the pitocin works for you. it did squat for me

 

[moter98]

ok, i had my moment of freak out...i was not at all expecting dr to say i am ready anytime...i expected him to say it's gonna be awhile yet and see you next week! i didn't even know they did elective inductions. he said he would not do it if my body wasn't ready, but since it is i will "take" to the induction. i am already 2 cm dilated and softened so apparently that means i am ready anytime now. with DS i was 2cm when i went in, though i was in labor with contractions every 15-20 minutes apart. they had me come in early to basically be induced because of my bp. i was given pitocin, broke my waters and away i went. i progressed just fine, though the pitocin def doesn't give you any sort of break.
were you dilated at all before they started the pitocin?
dr says i am a good candidate for induction?
i do hope i go earlier than that though because the day they scheduled just happens to be the day DH is supposed to go accept his award he worked so hard for all year last year. it's a really nice ceremony they do every year and this is the first year he's won this particular award. would hate for him to have to miss it, though i won't postpone the induction i don't think, cause i'd have to wait till the next week then.

 

[lch28]

yup. i was 4 cm when they started the pitocin! lol. and in 15 hours it only brought me to 6 cm. i was PISSED!

did DH seem upset about induction date?

 

[lch28]

oh, and i was on the highest dose they offer of pitocin

 

[moter98]

Oh wow! I would expect you to go fast at 4cm already. I think my dr is basing all this on how my first one went. Though I was already having contractions before ever starting pitocin then. If I do make it to induction day I'm hoping for some more progress before then. I am still keeping my tues appt and will be checked then so I could still change my mind if I want to. Dh was not happy about the day. He asked me if they could postpone it till the end of the day! I said um, no that's not how it works and then I would for sure be up all night in labor. Yeah, he's very sensitive to labor . he has zero empathy for me and just says well you knew you had to do this so I should just suck it up basically. He was no support to me at all during labor with ds until the placenta wouldn't come out. THEN he wouldn't leave my side, go figure.

 

[lch28]

oh no! i hope hes more supportive this time. men are weird about things like that. they have no effin clue. i was also having contractions before the pitocin. it just did not work for me how come the placenta woudlnt come out ? whatd they do?

Jonathan is wonderful he had his second pediatrician appt yesterday , he is back at his birth weight + 6 oz! he gained 9 oz in 8 days . they said that that was great - is that too much though? lol, just wondering! also, they said he doesnt need to come back till he is 2 months old . is that the norm?

and he has an ultrasound in 2 weeks for his kidneys hope everythings alright

but he is a complete joy and were just so happy with him. he looks more like his daddy everyday! his eyes are slowly changing from blue to hazel ish.

 

[moter98]

Naw he won't be. Just the way dh is. But when it really counts he is there! Don't know why the placenta wouldn't come away. The dr said it should have but just didnt. He manually removed it....was the worst experience of my life. Dr tells me it won't happen this time but you can be sure I will be watching the nurse to make sure she leaves the epi alone this time, ha.
I am so anxious and nervous now. Every cramp and bh I think, is this it? But nope not yet .

Glad LO is growing so well. Yes, totally normal to all. You will have a 2 month 4 month 6 month 8 month 1 year appt. least that's what I had with ds

 

[lch28]

omg! manually? AHH. that made me shudder. how awful =[

 

[moter98]

Haha! I had no idea that's what he was gonna do at the time lol! Not sure if I thought some magically fairy was gonna remove it but I really didnt think that was the way you removed it. Dr said most dont feel a thing because of the epi, but my nurse had turned mine off so I could feel contraction to push and it wasn't removed till almost an hour after that. Very traumatic and I said I would never have anymore kids.....well here I am doing it again!

 

[lch28]

lol!! haha i know you may not have thought about this but will this be your last or do you want more ?

 

[moter98]

I would try for a girl but dh says he is done. He wants to get a vasectomy. I asked him to wait 3 years and if he still feels the same go ahead and do it.

 

[lch28]

aww would u be real upset if he got one? during my pregnancy with all the worry i said id never do it again. but now i feel completely different lol. not anytime soon though. probably 3 years the least ..

if my OH keeps this up and doesnt turn back into mr asshole. he has apparently had an epiphany and turned over a new leaf.

 

[moter98]

No I wouldn't be upset, just want him to wait to 3 years to be sure he doesn't change his mind. Sure I really want a girl but having another doesnt mean I'd have a girl anyway. I would be happy with my two boys

Hope oh continues on this path!

 

[moter98]

had bloody show yesterday....now just waiting

 

[lch28]

oooh!!! so exciting!!

Jonathan's skin is really dry and flaky. Lotion doesnt seem to help at all! do you have any suggestions?

 

[moter98]

I used eucerin on ds, and aquaphor for really dry spots. The aquaphor comes out kind of like neosporin. I was given samples of these in the hospital. The aquaphor always works the best

 

[lch28]

Regular eucerin or do they have one for babies ?

 

[moter98]

Just regular I used. They had it in the baby aisle

 

[lch28]

Any contractions ?