TTC and Beyond!

[jury3]

So, I am watching One Born Every Minute...I'm watching it through youtube since I can't watch it from the website since I'm not in the UK. Season 2, Episode 1...I want to kill this woman. I've never seen someone act so ridiculous in labor! lol I know I can't say much bc I haven't been there but seriously...She is screaming and kicking like a small child. I considered going into the profession at one point, but if I had someone like that I think I might slap them lol

 

[brunettebimbo]

I screamed the place down during labour. I went drug free. Having a back to back baby and thirty odd hours labour was hell!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

I've never seen OBEM but I know a lot of people watch it. I need to look it up!

 

[wavescrash]

UGH... I feel like that's all I have to say anymore lol.

37 weeks tomorrow thank goodness. Been having the occasional contraction since sometime in the middle of the night, a lot of braxton-hicks and some general cramping. Nothing to make me worry or call my OB or anything like that. It's just annoying. However, I've been pretty constantly crampy the last hour or two and twice I've gone to pee and lost a little bit of bloody plug, so at least the cramping is doing something and NOT just being an annoyance.

I have an appointment at 1pm tomorrow so I'm hoping they'll do an internal and see if it's also caused any changes.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

you are so close Amanda! I am so excited for you and know you are ready for this to be over!

 

[wavescrash]

you are so close Amanda! I am so excited for you and know you are ready for this to be over!

Aw thanks

Haha I really hate to complain so much because I asked for this but I also didn't realize how hard a 3rd pregnancy would be on my body let alone with a breech babe lol.

Lost some more stringy bloody plug and still feel slightly crampy. On the plus side, I have at most 16 (well almost only 15) more days to go.

 

[TTCaWee1]

I feel ya Amanda. Ugh...that's how I feel. I really got lucky that my first 30 or so weeks were a breeze. Now I am really stuggling. I want to cry bc I'm so uncomfortable. My feet and legs are swollen, my hand is numb, my clothes don't fit, my face looks fat, basically I'm ready for it to be over. I really don't want to go out on leave yet but it's rough being at work even with reduced shifts. Today my patient started seizing while I was trying to get an IV, then was so combative it took 6 of us to restrain him so I could put in an IV to medicate him. Normally that situation is totally doable but I had a rough time I just feel so dependent and I'm a very independent person.

 

[HWPG]

hey ladies!
i would like to go back to bed. i realize i'm only 16 weeks, but since my bf is out of town, i had to shovel our driveway this morning. then i realized i locked myself out of the house, so i had to tromp around back and open our bulkhead (covered in snow/ice) and get the key. LOTS of straining and exertion. sigh. took a long shower. got DD on the way to work - delicious, but now i'm cracked out on their coffee and a donut!
yesterday i had a drs appt and got to hear baby K's heartbeat. i'm also regularly feeling movement, albeit very subtle. and usually when i've squished it for too long from sitting forward.
cant wait for this day to already be over; OH will be home tonight! and REALLY cant wait for winter to be over. and the snow gone. and the sun out.
happy avocado week and happy HUMP DAY!

 

[goldstns]

Morning....i miss my munchkin! I have my 6'week postpartum apt today. Hopefully she OK's sex and working out. I'd like to run again and dh is ready for sex. since my doc is near alia's daycare I might stop in for some kisses! We r starting to get our labor bills in...thank god our insurance rocks!!!! Bills are totaling over $20k...and we get it all FREE!!!

I totally remember the stage u all are at. Its painful...but totally worth it! You can do it ladies. However I agree that stage sucked. And u realize how much it sucked even more once you baby is here and you r out of that pain.

 

[wavescrash]

So my OB sent me for a growth scan on Monday. I have my weekly appt later today at 1pm where I figured I'd get the results. Well this morning I get a call from the office saying I have a 10am appt for a higher level scan/Doppler with no explanation as to why. My appt was 30 min ago yet I'm still waiting to get called back and STILL have no idea why I needed an immediate, better scan. Hopefully it means my c-section date will get moved up or something.

 

[morganwhite7]

^FX'd for all good news Waves!

I can't wait for our 4D on Friday... And Cass' gender reveal!!

What a fun week... time is surely FLYING. Can't wait to see little miss Leah!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Mirolee- I so feel you on winter!! I am so sick of it. I can't wait to just feel nice warm air on my skin and not have to bundle up! We haven't seen the grass here in MD in weeks!! =[

Nikki- I hope you doc gives the okay for everythign! I'm sure my DH will be dying after 6 weks of no sex! LOL

Amanda- Strange! Keep us updated!!

afm- gained about 1.4 this week. That brings my total weight gain to 8ish lbs. I hope for 22 weeks this is okay. I have no idea what is good and what is bad. I've been okay so far, but 10 lbs or more will start to freak me out a little! LOL. I know you are supposed to gain weight and all that, but it doesn't mean it makes it a lot easier to see the numbers on the scale go up! If I gain (more like when..) another 10 lbs, it'll put me at my heaviest weight ever. Luckily when baby is born, i'll lose a big chunk of it.

 

[brunettebimbo]

20k Nikki!?!? What for?

 

[asmcsm]

Britt I'm at 8lbs now too but if I hadn't had such bad morning sickness I'm sure I'd be a few more. I think you're fine.

Amanda, yeesh you can't catch a break with little Leah, at least now you're full term so if she comes you know everything will be okay.

Holy crap Nikki! 22k is so much!

AFM, my cousin finds out her baby's gender today...hoping so hard that it's another boy...she knows that I'm hoping it's a boy too. Apparently either my sister or mom told her that I'd be pissed if she was having a girl so she said "great, watch me have a girl and be the one to piss Ashlee off again" Hey, it was her own fault she decided to use the boy name I had picked the first time when she knew full well I'd be pissed off

 

[morganwhite7]

My hospital bill was 112k... for a c-section and not much extra.. fully covered of course, but it was scary to see that number.

BB you'd be surprised.. I also got a bill for an ultrasound a few months back (they accidentally billed it to us instead of straight to the insurance) so I was like WHAT in the WORLD??? It was $980 just for OBGYN ultrasound analysis... outrageous.

Jaxon's was 150k!

 

[asmcsm]

My hospital bill was 112k... for a c-section and not much extra.. fully covered of course, but it was scary to see that number.

BB you'd be surprised.. I also got a bill for an ultrasound a few months back (they accidentally billed it to us instead of straight to the insurance) so I was like WHAT in the WORLD??? It was $980 just for OBGYN ultrasound analysis... outrageous.

Jaxon's was 150k!

Holy crap! That's an expensive ultrasound Morgan! My most expensive one was only $360!

 

[brunettebimbo]

That is ridiculous! I am so thankful for the NHS.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

112k??? OMG. I'm so thankful I have insurance.

 

[morganwhite7]

Oh wow Ash! You don't have to pay for them though right??

That bill mix-up happened when I was going to the ER for the bleeding though, so they may have done something extra in the hospital vs. doc office.

I hope she's not having a girl for your sake... sounds like a bit of a drama queen!!

 

[HWPG]

i had u/s's before getting pregnant - to diagnose PCOS and stuff - these are NOT covered by insurance, it was about $500. sucks. apparently, preventative check your uterus: not covered. baby in there: covered. stupid insurance.
ashlee, seriously hoping it's a boy. i've been in those shoes before! boy boy boy....
i have gained about 10-12lbs, given the day. sometimes i feel ashamed of it, other times i'm like, "meh, i'm growing a person". i also feel like it's going to my belly, that i'm not just getting fat. then i get on here and you all make me seem so huge! lol, oh well, we all grow differently, right? i shoveled this morning, did kettlebell class at lunch, and will go spinning after work. so even if the scale is going up, at least i'm staying active. and baby is rocking and rolling, lovin' that!