As per usual, I woke up to pee and now I can't go back to sleep. I had painful cramps all through my stomach when I got back into bed. I gave LO a strict talking to and told her to cut it out and she seemed to listen. If she isn't going to turn head down for me the least she can do is give me the five more days till my c-section! Now I'm wide awake and hungry and bored. I have to get up in a little over two hours to let the house cleaners in to clean our rental house. Then I have to keep myself occupied and stay away from home while MH sprays for bug.
I actually came on here to see if kaeguri had progressed anymore with her contractions. How are you doing, due-date-buddy?
I am seriously still trying to catch up on everything. Being a new parent is a hellish, crazy, sleep-deprived, but doped up on love time.
Beau is really latching inconsistently. Sometimes he just becomes so frantic you can't get him to calm down or eat. He just screams. When he does latch he falls asleep a lot! He also is going in for the 3rd day in a row testing for Jaundice. If he'd just eat then it would probably clear itself up but he wont. He's already lost one full pound and I had a big cry yesterday because now we are needing to formula supplement so he can start having more bm's and pee diapers to clear up the jaundice. I really don't like supplementing but my milk hasn't come in yet. Ugh stress.
Hope everyone had a really great Thursday. Going to try and get some sleep now. Zzz.....
abvintage - I could have written your post ! LO also had a very difficult time with latching and sucking at first, it hurt me so bad to see her struggle and cry! Weight loss was an issue too so we supplemented her with formula and i saw the ease at which she took the bottle. I started pumping to increase my supply and it has been helping! Now she nurses very well BUT they gave me a nipple shield at the hospital and so she is dependent on that now! I hope I can wean her off because i have it on my bedside table but if I'm on the other side of the bed or downstairs and she wants to feed its an ordeal getting to it. LC doesn't know why they gave me one because apparently my nipples are fine. Whatever right now ill take what I can get.
How do you know your milk has fully come in? I thought it came in yesterday because it's a lot less uellow and not thick anymore, but my friend saw it in my friend and said oh you stil have colostrum. I guess it does have a yellow tinge but no where as yellow as the first few days.
All this breastfeeding talk, maybe we should finally start an August 15 breastfeeding support thread! Except I think I'll get a little shut eye right now.
Hope everyone is doing well!! I wish I could catch up on all randoms.
funhaven your milk probably did come in and your friend is just mistaken. I thought the same thing then the LC at the breastfeeding support group I went to told me it was milk. It wastes awhile before its "white".
abvintage have you tried squeezing out a few drops and using your finger to get him to taste some milk and calm down enough to concentrate on latching? We had to do that with DS. I also pumped and would syringe feed a bit because he'd get so wound up and impatient, especially if hunger woke him from sleep. It was hard to get him calm enough to latch and realize what was happening.
Good luck ladies! We had to supplement a bit in the hospital because he wouldn't latch but then had a successful bf relationship for 8 months so don't let this stress you out too much
I finished my online class yesterday! & got a perfect score on my essay for the other class. Just one more test next Wednesday & then I'll be done for the summer.
I feel like I'm never going to sleep again & actually dread going to bed every night. It seems like as soon as I lay down, my entire body is so sore. I just toss & turn, getting maybe 2 hours of sleep total before giving up around 4-5 am. Ugh.
Also, today is my little brother's 17th birthday!!
Thanks @ manda1214! That's good to hear!! We haven't supplemented with formula in 3 days now !! so it is going pretty well for us besides the nipple shield but that's ok I am glad I was patient and carried along with it all! Paying off! why am I stil awake, LO and DH asleep since our feed/diaper change ended at 5 and mommy is WIDE awake, last night was an amazing sleep/feeding night.
Post by gingerygirl on Jul 30, 2015 5:46:54 GMT -5
38 week checkup today. I hope and pray that some progress has been made. Is there a point of dilation where they will admit you no matter what even if you aren't contracting regularly and your water hasn't broken?
Post by tmclawchick on Jul 30, 2015 5:56:55 GMT -5
*blinks eyes to focus*
Was at the office until after 11 last night and about to head back in soon. Soooooo very tired.
And can I just say it's not helpful when I hear the partner (who has left hours ago and gone home) say on the phone at 10:30: "You're STILL there? Oh my. You need to get some rest." Oh. Really? I was unaware of that. Because this is YOUR deal that I'm working on and everything. Would you like theses documents to magically create themselves, or would you prefer to work until the early morning hours to do them? *side eye*
gingerygirl, I'm pretty sure it's different depending on which hospital... but generally they are looking for "active labor" and not any certain amount of dilation. I'm not 100% sure though.
ETA no official answer, but Google seems to indicate that a lot of hospitals consider 5cm to be active.
Post by girlonabike on Jul 30, 2015 6:38:38 GMT -5
Terrible night of not being able to sleep. I have a BPP appt at 10, so just killing time until then. So tired, but laying down is so uncomfortable. No specific plans for today, so I will probably nap after the appt.
Post by oopsiedaisies on Jul 30, 2015 6:42:14 GMT -5
Who else had a baby last night?!
I'm all for starting up a BF'ing support thread. I'm by no means an expert yet, but I've started light studying to become a LC myself when I finish nursing school. I'm more than happy to help when I can...
I am seriously still trying to catch up on everything. Being a new parent is a hellish, crazy, sleep-deprived, but doped up on love time.
Beau is really latching inconsistently. Sometimes he just becomes so frantic you can't get him to calm down or eat. He just screams. When he does latch he falls asleep a lot! He also is going in for the 3rd day in a row testing for Jaundice. If he'd just eat then it would probably clear itself up but he wont. He's already lost one full pound and I had a big cry yesterday because now we are needing to formula supplement so he can start having more bm's and pee diapers to clear up the jaundice. I really don't like supplementing but my milk hasn't come in yet. Ugh stress.
Hope everyone had a really great Thursday. Going to try and get some sleep now. Zzz.....
Big, massive hugs. This was exactly my situation with my first, including the jaundice. It turned out DS had a horrible tongue-tie, but no one mentioned it until he was 6 mos. have they checked for that? I can't remember.
Post by iamthedoctor on Jul 30, 2015 7:01:35 GMT -5
38+2 appt today. My doc is out so I'll see a diff OB. I have lots of feels about everything today. I was at a 2 last week and really need to be at a 3 to still have a chance at a VBAC. If not I'm considering just scheduling the RCS. My doc won't push either way, but they also won't let me go past 40 weeks because of age and previous issues. I'm just really uncomfortable waiting until next week appt when I'll be 39+2 and having to decide at that point.
I don't know what to do. I just want to go into labor on my own. Son of a bitch. I hate making hard decisions.
Post by iamthedoctor on Jul 30, 2015 7:05:39 GMT -5
@mrspanpan Re: spending habits. I totally understand when ppl are asking you for money and help and then spending their money on other things. We have a friend like this and it makes me so mad. I think there were some other comments just in general about how can people afford xyz, but not pay their bills. That's when, to me, it's not one's business unless they're are straight up asking that person for money. Ya know? And I guess because we're on WIC now I feel like every move we make would be judged. That's why we aren't telling anyone but DH's grandma about WIC. My mom would be all about telling us how we need to act like poor people and never leave the house.
U,m, no. We don't go crazy spending, but if I want chicken fingers I'm going to get some. SNS.
Post by skinandbones on Jul 30, 2015 7:13:19 GMT -5
MOAR BABIES! And the beginning of August is almost here.
I ad a midwife appointment yesterday. 1cm dilated and 80% effaced. No great at 38 weeks but I'll take it. This is further along I got with DS after his due date. And my work team threw me a surprise baby shower yesterday. I really had no idea. It was really nice.
In other news, my in laws are back into town. Apparently MIL mentioned that baby can come this week since they will be in town and she has the rest of the week off from work. Sure, I'll be sure to get right on that since it's finally convenient for you.
Ultrasound at 3:30 today to see if I'll need to be induced due to baby being too small. Part of me wants the baby to just be here already and the other part wants to go into natural labor. But seeing all these birth stories and announcements is making me all teary!
I second asking about the tongue tie and lip tie. I'm pretty sure DD had one that went undiagnosed and I ended up exclusively pumping for seven months because she wouldn't latch. Don't do that to yourself, abvintage!
zonagirl still here! Still pregnant. Ugh. 8 hours of timetable contractions, around 2 am they were lasting 2 minutes and coming every 2.5 minutes apart, almost on top of each other. And in a lot of pain, having to breathe (or whimper) through each one, I was getting super nauseous. I was thisclose to heading in, but I was so nauseous and tired by this point, so I decided to lie down for a bit. Ended up passing out. Today, still contracting, but they're extremely mild. OB checkup is at noon so I'm hoping maybe I'm dilated to 3 or 4? And she'll just send me in. Lol. Wishful thinking. But seriously, 8 freaking hours and nothing??!? Sigh.
Is it unreasonable to be upset that the doc didn't do an internal check? He did strep b and was down there and everything, just check me out dude! I know I was checked way before this point last time because I was like 2 cm dilated for like 6 stinking weeks. I have 3.5 weeks to go and no check. Yes. I am upset. I wanted to know. uggghh....
Is it unreasonable to be upset that the doc didn't do an internal check? He did strep b and was down there and everything, just check me out dude! I know I was checked way before this point last time because I was like 2 cm dilated for like 6 stinking weeks. I have 3.5 weeks to go and no check. Yes. I am upset. I wanted to know. uggghh....
Did you ask for a check? My midwives don't do them as a standard practice but if you just ask they will probably do it.
Good morning Ladies. I am grateful to say that I slept well last night...but woke up with cramps in my abdomen and thighs (ouch!). Instant bad mood that was effectively eliminated with emptying my bladder and 4 bites of some brownie...breakfast of champions.
Now I'm sitting with my kitties and playing pump again. I have acupuncture at 2:30 and due to LO's head still being wedged in my left hip, a chiro appt at 8 tomorrow.
My inner control freak is really having a hard time with the waiting, not knowing, and not being able to do anything about it. I know all of this is normal, but I don't seem to care. Patience is really hard for me...so here I sit with my freestyle for an hour each morning to fake an element of control.
2dumbdogs, no I didn't ask, my doctor does them though without being asked and I swear they start at 36 weeks. I do have an ultra sound on Monday so I am happy about that. I guess it doesn't really matter if I have started to dilate or not, right? Everything will happen when it's suppose to happen. At least that is what I am telling myself. I am just impatient. And with all these outside babies the waiting is getting hard.
@janetheconquerer...remember that the results of the check are no better an indicator that the ambient temperature outside--it gives no bearing on what will happen in 6-12 hours.
On another notes, I'm sorry you wanted to know and were disappointed. I feel you.
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