TTC#2 and SO EXCITED! join me

[MamaMac123]

Ooo I like the heartrate game....even though it's mostly an old wives tale hehe

What my mom and I read is that above 150 is boy and below 130 is girl....the I between 130-150 can go either way. So unless it's really high or low it doesn't tell you much. I will say this though, my babes had similar heartrates in the 140-150 zone usually but my little guy is usually higher than my girl. And his active rate during my no stress test last week get up to 170s

I'm going to guess boy

 

[MamaMac123]

So question.....menstral like cramps in third trimester??? What is that? I thought it was Braxton hicks (they're not timeable or consistent or anything) but everything I've read/heard is that BHs make your tummy rock hard and these aren't doing that.

I just feel blah like early period cramps. Babies seem fine, moving around as normal. Anyone else experience this?

 

[Hann12]

Mama I think it's just the ligaments stretching under the pressure of the baby(s) getting heavier and moving downwards! Exciting times!

I read it was the other way - higher for girls and lower for boys for heart rate

 

[IsaacRalph]

I think it's just a 3rd trimester thing mama, I had it frequently!
Yeah I thought it was that way around han for the heart rate theory. My littlest ds resting heart rate wss about 140 and jumped up to 160 when active.

 

[banana07]

Ladies ladies ladies, I am so sorry it's taken me so long to log on and even now my phone won't let me go back to previous pages no idea why and I haven't had the time or energy to log onto laptop.

Anyway just wanted to let ye know James Michael was born on Saturday 16th august at 17.16 hours weighing 8lbs 6oz. We both doing great now.

Can't wait to update ye properly on how it all went and a photo but phone is a disaster keep freezing and cancelling out of web pages so I'll be lucky to get this post up! Will log onto laptop v soon and update ye!

I can only read this pages posts so sorry if I've missed anything, all I can see is mamas posts about period cramps, I had these a lot, if u Google you will be convinced it's early labour I was convinced I was going with them but they turned out to be nothing I had zero cramps just before and when it started.

Oh and my last few posts were me freaking out about pain relief and not losing my mind like last time. Well I got my epidural free birth just has and air but not out of choice I can tell u. Watch this space for full story!,!?!

Better go before this phone freaks out on me!

 

[Shey]

October 3rd i find out the sex of my baby. I wonder, have any of u had a reaction from having blood drawn?

 

[IsaacRalph]

Yeah congratulations banana been so anxious for an update from you! Look forward to hearing your story and perhaps a pic of the little guy. So pleased for you all xx

 

[MamaMac123]

Banana so good to hear from you! Can't wait to see baby pics!!!

 

[MamaMac123]

Hubby and I did a few belly photos today...



(Sorry can only do one at a time - anyone know how to do more than one per post??)

 

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[HappyCpl]

Congrats banana! Can't wait to see pics of your little man.

Mama! Look at you! I can't believe your two will be here soon. Are you prepared?

Isaac, how is your LO doing?

 

[MamaMac123]

I felt really prepared till today! Saw the doc and had an ultrasound and babies are in the worst possible positions. Baby a is totally breech and Baby b is sideways! This late in the game it's unlikely they'll flip so I'm getting scheduled for a c section which I've stubbornly avoided learning much about. So now I'm researching all things c section.

I'm actually feeling fine about it and relieved. As much as I wanted a natural vaginal birth it was going to be such a fight with my doctors and nurses, just not worth it. This takes all that decision making out of my hands and I'm kind of happy about it.

DH is panicking though. He hates the idea of my having a surgery. It's freaking him out. Plus we both have been planning and fighting for natural so long it's weird to let that go now. And he's worried about recovery time for me with two babies to deal with. I think he just feels overwhelmed by it. Where as I now feel much less overwhelmed.

 

[HappyCpl]

Mama, you've got this.

I can't wait to see those little ones. Are they scheduling you for 38 weeks? Or earlier?

 

[HappyCpl]

Oh and from experience, a planned csection is much easier to recover from than an unplanned one. My first delivery I was induced for 3 days before I stalled at 4cm and wouldn't progress further. That csection was terrible. So bad I had anxiety about this Lo's delivery. This time it was much smoother and a lot less pain. I only took one pain pill while in the hospital and went home less than 48hrs after delivery.

 

[MamaMac123]

Hey everybody...look who decided to arrive VERY early???



Our little Baby Macs were born via c-section at 10:49 & 10:50 am September 10, 2014!

Tuesday I had a very noticeable increase in mucus discharge and by 11pm it was blood streaked. I began having some low back pain which got increasingly painful And constant as the night went on. I barely slept it hurt so much. Called labor and delivery around 4:30 am and told them what was going on. They told me to try a hot shower to relieve the pain and see if it helped. While I was in the shower around 5 am my contractions started. I started timing and they were pretty regular. Every 5-6 mins and about 1-2 mins long. But my belly wasn't tightening so I wasn't sure if it really was contractions. But they had told me to come in if my back didnt settle down so I woke up DH and told him we needed to go in. We finished up some quick bag packing an by then they were 3 1/2 mins apart and 1 min 10 secs long each time. We hurried into the hospital. I was bleeding quite a bit by then and the nurse thought it was probably my uti hand cleared up and had gotten worse. But when they did a check we got a surprise...100% effaced and 4 cm dilated! There was no stopping it now! Baby Brooke was still breech so they hurried me in for C- section. I was pretty freaked out at how quickly it was all happening but the surgery went very smoothly and our babies came out a very surprising 6 lbs 8 oz & 5 lbs 9 oz!

They went straight to NICU but are doing great. I only get to see them for about 30 seconds in the OR and then I had to wait all day. DH spent a lot of time with them while I rested and finally at 10 pm I was allowed into a wheel chair to go see my babies. The pic is me holding them together for the first time! We feel very blessed that they arrived so healthy considering how early they decided to show up!

Thank you all for sharing this incredible journey with me!!!! From trying to fertility issues all the way to delivery! Love you all!!!!

MamaMac

 

[HappyCpl]

Wow mama! Congrats!!!! Did NOT expect to see this announcement for a few more weeks! They are beautiful!!

 

[HappyCpl]

Mama it looks like your LO's are doing well. Being so early, are either requiring supplemental oxygen? Are you getting to BF? Enjoy those precious babies!!

 

[banana07]

Oh mama this was the last post I expected to seexits 3 am here I'm up feeding James but now I feel more like cracking open some champagne.

CONGRATULATIONS! Cc those words do not cut what I actually want to say to you!! Wow and you got on here to post already and me the idiot still haven't sat down to properly type out how baby lanes arrived

And such a good weight for twins!.