Summer Sensations! (due May/June 2013)

[GettingBroody]

Back up in the hospital this afternoon *sigh*!! Brown spotting again this morning. I wouldn't have bothered coming up with just the spotting but this afternoon there was a bit of mucus there too so I said I'd better give a ring just to be sure and they asked me to come in... Really really really hope they send me home again & don't admit me!! I've had my share of rest, thanks very much!!! (but obviously if there's any question of there being a risk to the baby then I'll do whatever I'm told!!!!)

For all of you who are over 28 weeks - I read in one of my books yesterday that the survival rate for pre-term deliveries goes up to 90% at 28 weeks!

The class I teach has their Confirmation ceremony in a week and a half. Was hoping that I wouldn't have to buy a new dress just for the day because I have a few dresses that are quite floaty and I was sure one of them would be fit... Tried them on yesterday, boy was I wrong!!!!! 4 of them wouldn't zip up at all! I managed to squeeze into the last one (it doesn't have a zip) and then I got totally stuck!!! Took me a good 10 minutes to get it off me! Thought I was going to have to get a scissors to it at one stage (or else sit around in it for a few hours waiting for dh to come home and rescue me!) Needless to say it didn't look nice on either!!! So it's off to the shops I go!

 

[Christie2011]

Broody, you home yet ? Hope they don't find cause to keep you.

I had had one of my normal sweaters in my pregnancy wardrobe rotation, until I tried it on this week and suddenly it had become too short. The only other normal clothes I've tried on lately have been non fitted t-shirts that I'll wear just around the house. I may have one dress that would fit over my belly, but not sure the girls would still fit!

 

[GettingBroody]

That was my problem too!!! And they're not even that big, just bigger than they used to be. Still in the hospital... Saw the midwife for bp, hb etc over 2 hours ago. Been waiting for the dr since Would much prefer to be home in front of tv and fire right now

 

[No Doubt]

Hope it all turns out well for you Broody! I'm sure it will though.

Christie, lol at your sweater "suddenly" not fitting. I took a pic in a shirt last week and put it on this week just to run out in and holy shrinkage! I left it on anyway as I was just running out and it came down far enough, at least with the banded pants it did, lol. I just kept pulling my jacket closed over it, lol.

 

[GettingBroody]

Finished up with dr about 20 mins ago... They found a clot on my cervix so that's what's been causing the problems. Keeping me in tonight He said they may decide to keep me in until the clot "falls out" (his very technical description, lol!) but that it'll be reviewed in the morning. No idea how long that might take though!

 

[No Doubt]

Very technical indeed. That could be forever, who knows how long that will be. I don't like stuff like that. People want more precise info. Is there any way that they can release you now know what it is, or do they think it will interfere with your pregnancy and baby?

 

[GettingBroody]

Well, the ER doctor would have been happy to let me go home but the ward dr wanted to play safe & keep me in and playing safe won! Baby is fine and my cervix is closed but because the clot stems from the cervix I think they want to be sure it doesn't disturb anything when it comes away...

 

[NatalieBelle]

Well the baby shower wasn't as much of a turn out as I had hoped. Less than half of the people who said they would come didn't. Which in turn left us with TONS of food and drinks -.- sigh. Ahh well still very thankful for the baby stuff and seeing some old friends.

Broody- Hope the clot comes out fine, did they tell you why it may have formed?

 

[almosthere]

Sorry you are having worrisome spotting getting.....rest up tonight!

 

[No Doubt]

Hopefully the clot will come out soon and you won't have to he there forever. Of nothing else hopefully they'll let you go home soon.

Nat sorry about the turn out hun. I hate when that happens. Of you're not coming just say so. I've had a couple of parties where people haven't shown up and I've been stuck with food and drink. Can you pack any of it up and eat it throughout the week?

 

[NatalieBelle]

Its alright, I got some things from my registry, but there is till tons of things to get considering we invited 20 people and only 6 showed up. Its just going to be lots of saving up for the other things. Didn't get near as many clothes as I expected to either. Ahhhh well.

 

[almosthere]

sorry about the turn out too nat-hope you can make good use of the extra food and drinks! Have your real good friends/fam. over for a after shower party to finish it all up! =)

 

[snowflakes120]

Natalie - if it makes you feel any better. I had a good turn out of people who came to my shower. However, barely anything was bought off the registry. Just a very few items. I got tons of clothes which I don't need bc I've been buying clothes so people could get me things off the registry. Oh well. Looks like we'll be buying lots of the things we need too. Glad I spent all that time researching products and creating a registry and then no one even buys off it.

Broody- fx for the clot to come out sooner rather than later.

 

[No Doubt]

There my biggest feet is that people won't shop oft the registry. I don't know why people do that. That's the while point of people making a registry. Then people say you can always return it. Yeah, and get store credit to a place I don't even shop at, which means I still have to coke out of pocket to get all the stuff I really need/want. Luckily my mil is shopping off the registries and she's getting some expensive items so that will help, but I don't know what everyone else will do. I don't want a lot of clothes either, but I think people see their little baby clothes and get excited at how cute they are and pick those up instead.

 

[Jesss123]

We're doing OK! I'm trying to stay positive. I have midwifes coming to see me often & I go off to see doctors/consultants twice a week due to PreEclampsia & being a high risk pregnancy due to a million things + VTE! I'm HATING the daily injections - they burn my stomach for an hour after and it bloody hurts!! Hubbs is doing ok too, he is a little worried but then again so am I! In the end we are gonna have a preemie baby and with that comes more risks & possible complications. I changed hospitals last month and I feel so much better at the new one. I changed after my first episode of pre-e (I went blind for over 13hrs) as there's more specialists etc at the other hospital + better NICU unit. We're both VERY excited to have LO home with us soon though. Bed rest does suck - especially since I've been on it.. forever, but it's all worth it!!

I'm jealous of your showers ladies!! Shame we don't have them here in the UK! Sorry yours didn't turn out so well Nat

Broody - hope you're doing OK!!

 

[GettingBroody]

Going home Dr this morning was happy to let me pass the clot at home instead of waiting around here for it to make an appearance! Because I live so near I can come straight back up if things worsen. Spotting I'm having is fine for now and should stop once clot is gone but if it reoccurs once the clot is passed then I need to come back. No reason for the clot, just one of those pregnancy things... Apparently while its not normal it can be common enough (if that makes sense!) According to Dr Google doctors vary a lot in how they treat it - some like you to rest and others say go about life as normal (second one kind of makes more sense to me - surely if you're resting it'll take longer for the clot to pass? Or maybe it makes no difference )

 

[Christie2011]

I even had people ask where I was registered and then they didn't buy what was on the registry, or not exactly anyway. They bought a different version.

I'm going to create a registry for lo, but only because I want the 20% off of anything left on it. I don't plan on having a shower for him.

 

[almosthere]

yay for going home broody!

and yes does babies r us give 20% off of items still left over on reg. list? hmmm

 

[NatalieBelle]

30 weeks today.. Woot! DH had to go back to work and MO early :/ Will be another week before I get to see him. I wish he had a better paying job so he could come home more often instead of staying at the house the university lets his dad and him stay at. Its getting really hard not being able to see him at least every other day or so.

 

[No Doubt]

Omg jess that must have been so scary, but I'm glad you're at better hospital and like it there. Its will all before the best in the end, even though it kind of sucks now.

Yay for going home broody! I would think the same thing about the clot, but who knows.

Christie that's a smart idea for lo. I may do that. Where are you registered that does 20%? I know people will do that too, get something similar hut jot what you ask for. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but we buy gifts for so many reasons and most of the time we don't know what to get people. Then when people actually have a list to go buy, they get whatever they want still. Doesn't make sense to me. Hopefully they at least got it from the same store ad your registry and you can take it back and put it towards what you want.

Almost babies r us does 10%, and so does Amazon. I can't wait for those shopping extravaganzas, though I hope I don't have to get much.

Nat sorry about the hubbs not being around as much as you would like. I hate that feeling. My hubbs is here but between his job and music it can feel like we miss out on some good time together.

Happy mothers day to those of you celebrating today!