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[armywife11]

I also *think* i lost a bit of plug - just like a strand of it - it was clear jelly not like the white cm iv been getting. But it was only tiny so not sure.. Any of the ladies who've given birth have any 'plug' experiences to share?

I lost a little of my plug on July 4th it looked like clear snot with a little old blood in it. It was a small piece though and thats all I have lost thus far.

 

[armywife11]

i smelt it but i didnt think so

It could be discharge (I have had some watery discharge while pregnant) it could also be urine. If your really worried you can always call and have them check it. No harm in checking it out.

 

[haj624]

i actually like a week and a halfago was in the car and went to get up and my dress and back of my underwear was all wet so off to the hospital we went. I've been having this wet spots for over a few weeks no prob like 4 or so. When we went to the hospital they checked everything out and said it wasn't amniotic fluid or anything like that and they just chalked it up to excessive discharge. I just feel like everywhere I read ppl constantly have a heavier,thicker, white discharge and mine is clear and just literally looks like water spots

 

[armywife11]

i actually like a week and a halfago was in the car and went to get up and my dress and back of my underwear was all wet so off to the hospital we went. I've been having this wet spots for over a few weeks no prob like 4 or so. When we went to the hospital they checked everything out and said it wasn't amniotic fluid or anything like that and they just chalked it up to excessive discharge. I just feel like everywhere I read ppl constantly have a heavier,thicker, white discharge and mine is clear and just literally looks like water spots

Oh mine has been creamy, egg white like and watery. It gets more watery when I am having hormone surges.

 

[jmandrews]

So cute hun!!

Here are a few of the babies from my antenatal group. William is on the left.

He is almost 3 months - insane!!

oh my goodness look at all those babies!!! William is getting so big! he is adorable!

 

[josephine3]

Oh i didnt see the 'stations' pic will have to look back. Im guessing 0 is like our fully engaged, or 0/5ths. Like i say tho we are told that 3/5 is good enuf lol and theres not much more dropping room. At my growth scans they said baby is really low in pelvis so thats good.
Good news that ur babys position shouldnt be a problem
haj iv not had that one. Mine was like milk to begin with now is very thick and white. I have read that amniotic fluid smells sweet tho... So sniff away lol.

 

[jmandrews]

I am finally on a computer and not my phone! so here is a little about my labor/delivery. As you all know I was itching all over and it was miserable. There was no visible rash. My Dr. had me come in to have bloods done to see if I had the liver disorder (cany't remember what its called) My cousin had it so I thought I might. Any way I had that done on Thursday July 19th in the morning. The itching was still horrible and later that afternoon i talk to the nurse of my Dr. She gave me the option of going ahead and having and induction or waiting for the results of my blood test. If I chose to wait and the blood test came back negative then I would have had to wait until my appt the following Tuesday to figure out what to do. Instead of waiting and being miserable I went ahead with the induction. She told me to come in at 6pm that night to start the induction. I was running around like crazy trying to gather everything to go to the hospital. Once we arrived they started me on cervidill (a tiny little looking pill that is placed near the cervix to start softening it. They would give me that every 4 hours until 6am when they would start pitocin. After they place the cervidill twice my contraction were getting stronger and closer together. I was in a lot of pain. I wanted to get some sleep but i didn't want the epidural yet. They gave me morphine first. I am normally very sensitive to medicines so I thought I would fall right to sleep. It didn't take any pain away. So then they gave me a sleeping pill. Again nothing worked. At about 2 am I couldn't take the pain anymore. I had been clinching the arm of the bed for a few hours. Finally I asked for the epidural. Once it was placed I fell right to sleep. At one point in the night I had several nurses come into my room. They told me baby's HR had dropped and so they stopped giving me cervidill and put oxygen on me for the rest of the night. I was so drugged and exhausted I didn't really understand what was going on. Eventually the nurse came in and removed the oxygen mask. By 6am I was up and wide awake and feeling good. They started pitocin. I hadn't dilated at all through the night. I was still at 2 to 3cm. At 8am my Dr. came in and broke my water. By 10am I was dilated to 5 or 6cm. My DH called our family to let them know to start heading to the hospital. By 11:45 my family arrived. My Dr. was going to come in at 12pm to check me. She had let my nurse know she was running a few min behind. Around this time I told my nurse I was feeling pressure like I had to go poop. She told me she would go ahead and check me before my Dr. came. She checked me and to my surprise she told me I was at 10! I immediately started crying. I was so excited I couldn't control my emotions. She then called my DH over to see the head. I was like you can see the head! haha First thing I asked was if she had hair and my DH said Yes! My family came in to see us before I started pushing. I started crying again... haha I was a mess. My Dr. came in and had me do a few practice pushes to see how I would do. My DH held one leg and my twin sister held the other. My Dr. told me to stop pushing because she was right there and they had to set up for delivery. I could hardly keep myself from pushing. Once all set up I began pushing. After pushing for only 17 min. Everlee Rowe was born at July 20th at 1:02pm, 7lbs 1oz, 19.5in. I was very lucky I didn't tear and i healed very fast. It was the most amazing experience of my life. Our hospital stay was wonderful. We were there for 3 days total. She weighed 6lbs 8oz when we left. BF has gone well. She latched on immediately. As of last Thursday she weighed 7lbs 5oz. She is a happy growing baby. She also will go 3 to 4 hours between feedings at night. I hope she keeps that up until she is able to sleep through the entire night. I am attaching a few pictures. I can't wait to hear about more arrivals. Glad everyone is doing well.

 

[armywife11]

Shes beautiful!! Thanks for sharing your story!!

 

[Wilsey]

She is really beautiful hun!!! Great photos!!!

 

[skeet9924]

She is gorgeous!! Thank you so much for sharing! I'm so happy things went mostly smoothly for you!! Congratulations!!

 

[armywife11]

Hey armywife we must have posted at the same time! Glad uv stopped having contractions for a while, and its great that baby has dropped so well. Mine is at 3/5 not sure how that compares to ur stations u guys use but mw said shes unlikey to get any lower till labor.
Will it be a problem if baby is facing the hip? I kno my friend was scheduled a c-section cos of baby facing the hip but she turned at the last minute and she had a natural birth!

If you can view this site.. [here] this is how my little one is sitting. Baby has started to turn a little more towards my spine. Keeping in mind originally baby was facing the hip. The spinning babies has helped turn him/her a little more. I did a little maping on my own this evening but we will be doing this for real at my 38 week parenting class if I hang on that long. kinda hope I do so that I can take part!!

 

[josephine3]

Hmm to be honest that position and picture sounds very much like where i feel my baby! Kicks and feet on the right always, and bulge of bum mainly on left. Does this mean then a LOP baby would be born looking up? I was told that baby was facing my back tho... Has me wondering now!

 

[josephine3]

Awwww cute cute baby jm! Glad u shared ur birth story! Im loving reading them at the mo!

 

[armywife11]

Hmm to be honest that position and picture sounds very much like where i feel my baby! Kicks and feet on the right always, and bulge of bum mainly on left. Does this mean then a LOP baby would be born looking up? I was told that baby was facing my back tho... Has me wondering now!

From what I gather it would be face down...

 

[haj624]

congrats jm!!! she beautiful!!!

 

[armywife11]

uuugh contractions are back... I think this is false labor or Prodromal Labor which ever you prefer. Not sure if it means anything other than my body is getting ready though. These are hurting my back a little more than the ones I got sunday tuesday and last night.

 

[skeet9924]

Hopefully it means baby will be here soon!!

 

[josephine3]

Well im confused then armywife! surely its an ideal position then?? I dont see why u wud need her to move?
Well my birthdays nearly ova and no baby still...got sum nice pressies tho lol!

 

[skeet9924]

Happy Birthday Jo!!! What did you get?

 

[armywife11]

Well im confused then armywife! surely its an ideal position then?? I dont see why u wud need her to move?
Well my birthdays nearly ova and no baby still...got sum nice pressies tho lol!

He/she was completely sideways originally. Just recently turned to the LOA position. I don't have to make him/her move anymore. It was just to turn baby enough so that the head could drop on down and engage.

(I may have been confusing earlier.. not sleeping well)