U.S. Mommies To Be

[sma1588]

yay i hit the 6 week mark and hoping i get to get into the doc soon for a note to my dentist before the MS kicks in. i wanna c the little bean soooo bad already

 

[heyyady]

Went to Dr today for regular check and had a quick scan- the girls are doing great and she said to stop worrying so much... easy for her to say!

 

[southerngal2]

Glad to hear everything is ok!

 

[heyyady]

went to target to complete our baby registry tonight- my poor hubby looked like a deer caught in the headlights! He started to seriously panic and ask about how we were going to not only afford all that stuff, but where we would fit it in our condo! LOL I had to calmly explain to him about all the media hype, etc. surrounding baby gear and the difference between what they truly NEED and what the manufacturers want you to THINK they need!

 

[Annunakian]

went to target to complete our baby registry tonight- my poor hubby looked like a deer caught in the headlights! He started to seriously panic and ask about how we were going to not only afford all that stuff, but where we would fit it in our condo! LOL I had to calmly explain to him about all the media hype, etc. surrounding baby gear and the difference between what they truly NEED and what the manufacturers want you to THINK they need!

Indeed! Too much crap people don't need when it comes to babies. We had nothing but a bag of clothes I (thankfully) saved from my son, I've slowly been collecting stuff and we still need a decent sized list of things. *sigh*

 

[blessedmomma]

had a lot of contractions during the night and am properly losing my plug today, yay! i know it doesnt mean much, but still exciting to see things moving along

 

[MissFox]

That's exciting Blessed!! I had a lot of braxton hicks last night (a few woke me up like HOLY COW!) and I have some sharp pain in my vagina... Hopefully it's just my little girl dropping.

 

[blessedmomma]

thanks sweetheart! i had this going on for over a week with my last one so i know its not like im in labor or anything. just really happy to see it starting if that makes any sense.


i bet your LO is dropping, its about time to get ready for you!

 

[JNA]

Blessed I hope you dont mind my asking but why are you going in to labor so early?

Horrible news for me today lo likes to listen to Chris Brown. For the past couple of days when his songs deuces or movie comes on she starts to kick like crazy. I hadn't felt her move all day today until my sister turned on the computer and deuces was playing bam Ka'Aliyah started kicking before the song got to the chorus.

 

[blessedmomma]

Blessed I hope you dont mind my asking but why are you going in to labor so early?

Horrible news for me today lo likes to listen to Chris Brown. For the past couple of days when his songs deuces or movie comes on she starts to kick like crazy. I hadn't felt her move all day today until my sister turned on the computer and deuces was playing bam Ka'Aliyah started kicking before the song got to the chorus.

i dont mind at all. i am not due until march 8, but this is #5 for me so i assume that might have a little to do with it... but maybe not. i am 35+4 today and with my last i started losing my plug around 36 weeks. so its not really that unusual i guess. i lost it for over a week last time, almost 2 weeks. then my water broke. its really not uncommon to lose it for a period of time before labor actually starts.

another reason it could be happening early is that i have low amniotic fluid. one of the complications of it is preterm labor. dont know if i will actually go into labor early or not but if i dont i will be induced around feb 15-18 (37 weeks) for my fluid levels.

and the last reason i can think of is that in all my ventures of labor and delivery, i would have to say that if you want things to move along nicely- have sex! tmi for some coming up- my DH and i have learned that having sex is the best way to make sure your body is at least ready for labor. we try to do it as much as possible to get things ready. and i stay down for a while just as though i was trying to get pregnant. let those natural prostoglandins have a chance to soften things up. i was already dilated to 1 and 20% effaced about 1-2 weeks ago.

 

[camishantel]

blessed do you know what your fluid levels are... at the Dr. yesterday they said they like to see it around 8-10 and I was at a 7 and they said if it gets to 5 they will have to deliver me..

 

[blessedmomma]

blessed do you know what your fluid levels are... at the Dr. yesterday they said they like to see it around 8-10 and I was at a 7 and they said if it gets to 5 they will have to deliver me..

hey sweetie- mine have been monitored for 3 weeks now. they were 8 and my Ob said she wanted them to be above 10. then they went to 5 the next week. this last week they went down slightly to 4. my OB said she wouldnt induce before 37 weeks based completely on low fluid unless it was really low. dont know what the cut off would be though. i read on the internet that some dr's do induce earlier than 37 weeks for having a 5 or below. when it gets to 5 thats when you are actually diagnosed as ogliohydraminos (low amniotic fluid) or something like that. there are a lot of complications that can happen when it gets to 5 or lower.

she did put me on bedrest until 37 weeks when she will induce. and i am supposed to drink as much water as i possibly can. they are doing non-stress tests and sonograms every week to do a biophysical profile on the baby to make sure he is ok. that includes a few things they are keeping an eye on including heart rate, placenta/cord function, fetal movement, and growth. she did say if any one of these things starts to go bad she will induce immediately.

has your dr put you on bedrest or told you to drink more water? my Ob says it doesnt help everyone, but its worth a try. and are they having you come in to be monitored more often?

 

[camishantel]

he didn't put me on bedrest and I drink sooooooooo much water as is... he is going to check again next friday so I guess it is just a waiting game.. his heartrate and growth so far have been good.. I have another growth scan on the 14th

 

[blessedmomma]

mine is the same way with growth and heart rate. he is doing good besides the fluid. he hast been moving much since about 30 weeks, but she says it happens with low fluid. there just isnt much room to move. everything seems to be fine besides fluids. they even checked to make sure my water hadnt broke. could have explained things, but it hasnt. my OB said sometimes it just goes low and there is no reason to back it up, just have to keep an eye on it.

im glad they are keeping an eye on you and i hope they dont have to induce to early!

 

[camishantel]

if they do have to take him early I will be ok I just want it to be past 36 weeks.... and not before march 5th.. baby shower that day... lol... but if it gets to were he is safer out than in I am ok as I know the success rate at this gestation is really good

 

[camishantel]

obviously would rather him make it till at least March 16th as would be 37 weeks so full term..

 

[blessedmomma]

i hear ya there! i was worried about being induced at 37 weeks at first. i have 4 kids and never had one that early. after all thats happened though i have come to terms with it and like you, if he does better out than in then thats how i want him. having low fluid puts you at higher risk for pre-term labor, so if i were you i would take it easy if you start getting a lot of BH. also youre at higher risk for a section because with low fluid the baby can get stressed being squeezed during contractions, and the cord could also get squeezed cutting off oxygen to the baby.

at first i was even scared of a section, but now im thankful that medical staff today have the know how to monitor the baby very well and get them out before anything bad happens. and it will be totally worth it if that happens. and your absolutely right, its good to be far enough along where they will have a great chance to still be healthy

 

[southerngal2]

Ok without getting into a big heated debate on what's wrong or right. Who's going to try to deliver natural and who is going to go with an epidural?

If you are going natural, what are you going to try for pain management? (breathing techniques, Visualization, etc.)

I'm asking because I had an epidural with both of my daughters and had so many problems with it both times. So I'm going to go natural this time. (if all goes well)

Just trying to be as informed as possible with everything, so it will go as smooth as possible.

 

[blessedmomma]

i always get an epidural at 5-6 cm dilated. i usually breath through contractions until then and use a focal point, which i learned in lamaze. i will be getting it earlier this time because i was told with the low amniotic fluid there are more complications that can happen with the baby and if i dont have the epidural and complications occur they will knock me out for the section. i would like to be awake if i do have to have a section although if i cant be, thats ok too. to me, no matter what kind of delivery i have i will consider it natural because i will be praying and trusting God to get me and my baby through whatever He has planned for us. to me, there is nothing more natural than that. but i know the world doesnt agree with that and would call a section not "natural" labor.

if you dont mind me asking, what went wrong with your other two deliveries?

 

[southerngal2]

The first time, well to start with it slowed my labor down quite a bit. Then My blood pressure dropped really low. Then I had the shakes so bad that I couldn't hold my daughter.

I didn't think it was too bad so I decided to do it again. This time my blood pressure dropped so low that I passed completely out, they had to bring in a crash cart. (that was really scary to wake up to) They had to take it out, and re-insert it, because it was inserted wrong.
Got through all that and then my temp. shot up because I had been on it for so long. Because it had slowed my labor again.
I was shaking so bad this time that they had to give me another drug to counteract the drugs already in my system, I was so drugged I don't remember hours!

I'm just scared that this time, the side effects may be worse.
I'm not against anyone getting it. Just scared that it may be worse for me.
Like in your case, it probably will be best since you are at a high risk for c-section. I'd want to be awake too.