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[wavescrash]

I had an internal yesterday so obviously there will be bleeding or spotting today and possibly tomorrow. Had some on and off since, some that looked like bloody plug as well. No big deal. Got up to pee around 5am and had a ton of bright red mucus. Like filled my panty liner. Kept wiping and it kept coming for several wipes. Went back to bed and got up for the morning (put on a new panty liner after the bloody mucus incident) and my liner was covered in some blood but also looked wet. Wiped up some more bloody mucus and put on a new liner. Felt like I had to pee again 15 min later and my new liner was again covered in bright red bloody mucus.

That was roughly 2 hours ago. After that there had been virtually nothing, not even spotting until now when I just went pee again and there was a little bloody mucus when I wiped but seemed like an okay amount. Last time I had a similar incident, my OB said it was my mucus plug and to only worry if I had contractions or baby's movement decreased. This is more (bloody mucus) than that last time but no contractions, baby's moving okay... it's just so annoying especially because there's really been no change to my cervix.

I want to bash my head against the wall in frustration lol. For now I'm just going to keep an eye on it because I know it could all just be from yesterday but there's so much and it's been mostly bright red but every time I get worried and trek to L&D, I'm wrong.

 

[brunettebimbo]

I would still go L&D. Sure there shouldn't be that much?
This is why I am glad the UK don't do internals!

 

[goldstns]

So a joke with me and dh is that when ever I miss my pups or know we r going out of town and I know I'll miss them...ill ask dh if they can sleep in our bed. Dh always says no, but you can sleep on the ground with them (they are both 100 lbs, so no room in bed for them). Anyways, I always still ask...in case he changed his mind. Well Alia is going to daycare tomorrow, so I asked dh if she can sleep with us tonight. Dh said no, but you can sleep in her crib with her tonight. I couldn't stop laughing thinking about sleeping in the crib. However I totally get her not sleeping w us, we are in big fear of rolling on her (dh is a big mover in his sleep). Just thought it was funny!

 

[TTCaWee1]

I can't imagine how frustrating that is Amanda. I say now that I hate calling but wait till this baby comes....I'll be neurotic and calling for everything she does lol. I have no clue about mucus plugs so I have no advice lol. Sorry

 

[wavescrash]

I've had nothing since so I'm going to hold off on calling and see if I get any more.

Had my growth scan today. She said my fluid levels look good, baby's still breech and her face is completely toward my back. We couldn't even get a glimpse of the side of her face because she's just completely backward lol. She was practicing breathing, had some hair and I got to see some little chubby fat rolls. She's estimated to weigh 5lbs 7oz right now and the measurements are about 12 days behind my gestation. However the tech said the info she gathered gets transferred to another computer system and the measurements and such will change slightly but she couldn't remember if that will lead to the baby measuring any further or less behind but I should find out at my regular weekly appointment on Wednesday.

 

[jury3]

Nikki-Lol I keep joking with DW that we need a king size bed bc we can't fit 2 babies and 2 dogs in bed with us. Our dogs (15 lbs each) sleep with us now. She doesn't think it's so funny bc she is afraid of squishing the babies.

Waves-12 days behind doesn't seem so bad...5 lbs is a pretty good weight if she does come this early.

Had my 3 hour glucose test today. Mainly is was boring. The drink was fruit punch and so freaking sweet! I should find out results tomorrow.
These babies are getting so big it's hard to eat very much at all. I woke up the last 2 nights coughing bc I must have had some stuff come up (sorry, gross) and try to go into the wrong hole. Nothing like waking up to the taste of vomit in the back of your throat and feeling like you might choke. I'm going to have to start sleeping upright...

 

[TTCaWee1]

That's funny Nikki. I think there's a YouTube video of a guy who climbs in the crib to get the baby asleep and then he can't get out

 

[TTCaWee1]

Oh did I mention that I got put on work restriction? Yeah. Damper in my plans. I am restricted to 8 hour shifts but there's no way in hell I am working 5 days a week so I'm going to do 8 hours on the floor then The last 4 hours do office stuff and work on projects...fun stuff.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Fun fun. Clinic is closed today so no blood test freaking snow storm.

 

[TTCaWee1]

implantation dip maybe Katrina?

 

[Cowgirl07]

I'm pretending I don't see it. I must try to not get my hopes up. I made it almost all day with no one noticing.

 

[TTCaWee1]

ahh sorry but its very noticable. I hope its something but I will not encourage testing early.

 

[Cowgirl07]

It's okay, I know it was super low this morning. I didn't believe it and tempted again and it only went up .02

 

[MrsAmk]

Sorry if this has been discussed already...

Those of you who took the gestational diabetes test, did you eat before or fast? If you ate, what did you eat, how long before the glucose drink, and did you pass? I am just curious, it's amazing how different instructions are for different people. Some say fast, some say eat normally, some say only eat protein. Oh and I didn't do this test last pregnancy, hence my curiosity.

 

[TTCaWee1]

I had to fast for 12 hours before my test. I was allowed water only before. I had to drink my glucola 45 min before my appt, they tested me at 1 hour after I finished drinking. My drink was pretty big. Oh and they told me no sweets, juice, fruit or peanut butter the day before, but I ate them anyways up until 3pm the day before.

 

[jury3]

For the 1 hour I had to fast for 2 hours. I drank the drink within 5 min then had blood drawn an hour from the time I finished.
Since I did not pass that, I had to do the 3 hour. I had to fast for 8 hours. They drew blood before, then I had 5 min to drink the drink. I had blood drawn each hour after that for 3 hours.
I wasn't instructed about what to eat before the fasting period either time.

 

[goldstns]

1hr test I ate normal until the drink, then didn't eat between drink and blood draw (1hr). My 3 hr test I fasted 8hr before...so basically had dinner then went in and tested first thing on the morning.

 

[wavescrash]

My OB's nurse called earlier to see if I'd gotten my scan done today because she wasn't seeing it in the system. Since I had her on the phone I asked about the bloody mucus and whatnot and she said it sounds normal and since baby has been moving okay, I don't need to be worried.

In my March due date club, we've had like 10 babies born already. One girl is 35 weeks today with her first and went into labor on her own and is having her baby. A lot of the babies have needed NICU stays so I know it's best Leah keeps cooking. Each day longer is better for her. TOTALLY know that but at the same time, I'm so jealous of all these girls going into labor on their own and having their babies... some at the same gestation or earlier than me. I wish their babes had been able to cook longer for their sakes but I still wish it were my time already lol.

At most I have 17 days left to wait and in the grand scheme of things, that's not bad at all... especially since I've been pregnant since June but still. I'm so close yet feel so far away and have all this stuff that keeps happening that everyone says sounds promising but it's really nothing at all lol. And I was hoping being my 3rd, things would progress slightly faster than before. Oh well. It's better for Leah to be inside right now but I'm just jealous and impatient.

 

[MrsAmk]

I had to fast for 12 hours before my test. I was allowed water only before. I had to drink my glucola 45 min before my appt, they tested me at 1 hour after I finished drinking. My drink was pretty big. Oh and they told me no sweets, juice, fruit or peanut butter the day before, but I ate them anyways up until 3pm the day before.

Weird...why no peanut butter even the day before?

 

[TTCaWee1]

No clue. I'm pretty sure it's packed with protein not sugar but I'm not sure