TTC and Beyond!

[clynn11]

Nikki- Amanda (RR) posted a pic on FB of her digi! Pregnant 1-2

 

[wavescrash]

Waves, sorry my experience made you feel worse yesterday. I imagine the sleep was a huge part. I obviously didnt have a baby and I was so exhausted from crying and pain pills that I slept, but not well. Anyway glad you are feeling better today. And glad Leah is doing well.

Oh no need to apologize!! I had so many friends and women in a mommy group I'm part of sharing how pain-free of an experience they had. It was no one story. Just hearing them all made it harder to deal with my pain because I was thinking something must have been wrong (either with my surgery or recovery or with my tolerating it.) I was doing everything suggested to make it an easier recovery and was still beyond miserable but like I said, today is so much better so I'm thinking the sleep played a huge part.

 

[frsttimemama]

Oh good! And like I have said, I am leery of the next one because I am sure my broken heart masked a lot of the pain for sure!

 

[RobertRedford]

Sorry Nikki, I forget that you're not on FB!

 

[RobertRedford]

Waves, it's SOO good to hear that you're feeling better. Sleep does do wonders. Is oh staying at the hospital with you? Is he getting any rest either? Id actually like to see the c-section pic! I will be having one b/c of a heart condition. Sadly not be choice.

 

[wavescrash]

Amanda - yeah oh is here with me. He's getting more sleep than me but has gone above and beyond to help with anything I need. I'll attach a picture of what it looks like now with the steri-strips ad then I'll share more as they start to fall off and it heals and whatnot.

 

[wavescrash]

One more...

 

[TTCaWee1]

Amanda - why would you need a c section? What heart condition do you have? A lot of times with heart conditions they prefer vaginal which is odd

 

[RobertRedford]

Rachel, I have POTS and really bad vaso vagal syncope. I too thought that vaginal would be preferred but during my last pregnancy my ob and cardiologist said that it was most likely too risky. Their concern was that bearing down during pushing could possibly cause a vagal reaction. I reaaaaaallly don't want a c- section and will do all that I can do avoid it .

 

[RobertRedford]

Amanda, it's much smaller than I thought! And looks really good for so soon after birth! Is the actual incision painful, or is it internal?

 

[jury3]

Waves-I've heard people say it wasn't too bad, but then I've seen people on TV shows who looked like they were in serious pain when they went home. So, I'll just assume mine will be horrible lol I'm sure that sleep helped!

DW was talking about going home while I'm at the hospital to shower/sleep...I'm like, are you insane?! You're just going to leave me there by myself with 2 little babies?! She was like, Oh yeah that's true lol I could have smacked her!

Like Kara, I showed your video to DW and was like "are you ready for a couple of drunk looking tiny humans like this?" lol She thought it was the cutest thing ever

Did they say anything about traveling? Your incision looks good! Did they give you anything to wrap it?

Rachel-Sounds like she's doing good! Really hoping she's out of there soon What was the story with your water breaking? Did we ever get to hear that?

 

[wavescrash]

Initially OH was gonna go to work on Friday but decided to take the day off instead and it's a good thing he did. Our nurses have been great but they can't be in my room 24/7 and I definitely need help with Leah. I would go crazy dealing with 2 by myself so DW better plan to be there the entire time lol you'll need the help, trust me!

A few nurses have commented on how small my incision is so I don't know if it's shorter than the average or not but it's smaller than I expected lol. After surgery I had gauze taped over the whole thing and the next day they had me shower and remove that, just leaving the steri-strips exposed. I leave those until they come off themselves. No other dressing is needed for them. Just have to dry them completely after I shower.

Nothing has been said about travel but I'll let you know what they say when I receive my discharge info in the morning. So far all they've said is not to lift anything heavier than the baby for 2 weeks and no driving for 2 weeks.

Aww glad my video of Leah is useful to you ladies lol

 

[brunettebimbo]

Been for my second blood test. Should have the results in about 8 hours.
First one was only 82 which the nurse said can be normal for where I am meant to be in pregnancy but I know that's low. My symptoms have disappeared too so not holding much hope. A Clear Blue Digi usually only shows 2-3 weeks if HCG is between 200 and 2000 so it's clearly dropping!

 

[TTCaWee1]

I'm sorry bb. You REALLY need to see a specialist and have labs done. It could be something so simple as low progesterone.

Last night they tried weaning Ellie down to 21% o2 from 23% which is the same as room air. She did ok for about 3 min then dropped her sat to the high 70s. They tried repositioning her first and it only made it worse. She got pissed and was screaming, then kept holding her breath. I'm going to suggest today that we lower it while we are doing skin to skin since she does best with that.

So I don't think I shared my labor story. DH went to work around 6. I showered and shaved (thank god) then made food and just felt off. I felt short of breath and a lot of pressure on my chest so I checked my pulse and it was low in the 50s. I thought maybe she had settled into an odd position so I later down on my left side and immediately felt an explosion of warm fluid between my legs. I got up and ran to the bathroom and couldn't even drp my pants bc there was so much fluid so I squatted over the toilet. I was freaking the f out. I had to wad up the bathrug just to get to my phone. I called DH to let him know to come home but he was at least an hour away. Everyone I knew was either working or out of town so I had no choice but to call ems bc my contractions were 2 min apart and they said I couldn't drive myself. I felt so stupid taking ems but there was no way I could wait especially being so early. So there was no trickle of fluid or loss of a mucus plug (until hours later), there was no question of - is this pee or did my water break? I flooded my downstairs.

 

[frsttimemama]

I definitely agree with Rachel. When mine broke, I said "I think I just peed my pants" , but immediately I knew. And for me it was blood and lots of it. I was also sitting in the hospital bed. I didn't ever lose the mucous plug that I was aware of. I had no warning. It wasn't during a contraction, but I was finally starting to have them 5to minutes apart but not hard. It never hurt more thsn mild cramps for me. I had nothing pain medicine-wise. It was a disgusting feeling. I pray to never experience it again. That's what I am most afraid of as far as going into labor.

Rachel, so scary! Glad everything turned out ok! I think your idea to try to lower it during skin to skin is great. I hope it works better for her.

Bb, hoping for good news!

Waves, that incision looks great!

Whoever asked about pain, I remember it being internal more than at the incision except for being sore/pulling at the staples.

 

[Disneybaby26]

I'm so sorry BB-fxd that's not the case! I agree with Rachel though-they need to do some testing, this really sounds like a progesterone issue which would be such an easy fix!

Rachel-omg you poor thing, that must have been so scary all alone!! I would have freaked out too! Ems was definitely a good idea! I'm so glad you made it to the hospital and they were able to control the labor!!

AFM-starting shower day off...with a shower!! Lol, I got up this am and was like, WHOA! Told DH "look at this craziness", he goes "what's that?!"

 

[TTCaWee1]

Aww welcome to breast pads Kara. They are just awesome....

Got to the nursery and found they've got Ellie down to room air and she's tolerated it since 4 am!! Still on cpap but no extra o2! As long as she does well they will start to lower her positive pressure! Fx we have another great day.

 

[goldstns]

Bb- praying for a good result.

Rachel - so glad u got there. Your a quick thinker.

question: I really don't think I'm preggo again, so I didn't buy preg tests. But dh wants me to test just to make sure, so we can figure out what the random 24 hr of brown blood was. So do u think if I pee my fmu into a cup and save it till I grab a test (just a few hrs) it will work ok? Also if I take my tampon out and there is a bunch of blood then I'll assume its just a weird stop and go period.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Waves- I wouldn't say your are doing anything wrong in regards to the CS pain! You look to be doing well! That's major surgery, and i'd expect everyone to be in some sort of pain!! =]

 

[Cowgirl07]

Bb I'm sorry hugs sent your way.
Rachel I hope she has a great day and is weaned off soon.
Nikki you can save it for a couple hours.
Waves you look good and I agree the incision looks small.
Afm I hate daylight savings time and wish cows understood it. I went from having no smiley face yesterday to a solid one today these opks confuse me.