Insomnia Thursday (randoms)

[darbie914]

Wow, more March babies are coming! Now I'm starting to panic that we've got almost nothing ready.

[coozieinmypurse]

Feb 5, 2015 8:36:14 GMT -5 snarkysparklefart said:

After yesterday's shenanigans, I'm seeing my mom today. I hope it goes well- but I'm trying to be realistic about my expectations with her now and going forward. That's what my therapist would say, so I am going to try to apply that, thought I'm not sure what it means exactly.

Also, H and I watched a few refresher Lamaze courses on YouTube last night. Just watching the videos, I feel like he and I are a great team for this, as long as we are able to move how we see fit- constant monitoring has been mentioned early in VBAC talks, but not lately. Maybe I'll get some clarity on that at my appointment today, if not Monday. I'm starting to feel a bit more confident about my labor this time, and that's a huge thing for me right now.

Can you share the videos you watched? We did a 2-day Lamaze class and have watched another video at home, but I'd love more resources.

[graciest719]

Babies on the way! Cue the massive panic attack...I'm not ready!

[AleWife]

Feb 5, 2015 10:38:39 GMT -5 darbie914 said:

Wow, more March babies are coming! Now I'm starting to panic that we've got almost nothing ready.

Yeah... same. Think I may start packing that hospital bag today. Juuuuussst in case.

[luckystarz]

Feb 5, 2015 10:37:42 GMT -5 rquinlin said:

Add me to the OMG baby is almost here train! I'm kinda starting to freak, but I'm trying to stay calm. Seriously, I'm 36w on Sun! Where the fuck did the time go?!?!? I'm so ready/not ready. Lol!

I feel ya, 26 days tops left over here. I claimed vacation time with my kids for around our induction date so they could meet her and visit with my mom. H says now she'll come early b/c I did that. Nope, sorry we have too much to do for that to happen.

[cabauer9]

Feb 5, 2015 10:21:28 GMT -5 riversong said:

Put me on the craptastic sleep train, too. I've been considering asking H to sleep in the guest room, and I know he would, but I feel too bad. There's six more weeks left - that's way too long. Also, I'd miss him, which sounds really pathetic.

Now, to try to make myself be productive today...

My H has been sleeping on the couch for two weeks. I feel bad, but he falls asleep and is immediately snoring before I'm even laying down. I do miss him, the last couple nights he's come to the bedroom to "put me to bed."

[jparisi926]

bnizzlebizzle try to find some more "snowy" parts for your walk. More traction than pure ice!

jm0848 that's so exciting! Hope you are feeling good.

darbie914 my LO changes positions literally every day. Has had his/her head in every quadrant of my belly :/ I'm afraid it will continue to do so until it can't anymore and we'll get stuck in breech presentation.

[racegurl87]

Feb 5, 2015 9:05:22 GMT -5 happymamax2 said:

Last night, I was watching Friends and it was an episode I had yet to see. I laughed uncontrollably the entire time bc Rachel was pregnant and in her last days and I totally related to almost everything!

Like me being short with H these past few days just over him like breathing too loud...


Pretty much how my clothes are fitting me these days...


Probably the most fun I have with this portable table/8th month belly...


When I'm having back pain or lightening crotch I look at my H like "yoooouuuu!"


I love Rachel Greene. Lol.

Rachel Greene is my spirit animal right now... I kept trying to find the gif of when she's telling Emma to get out before she's gone into labor... That's how I feel right now.

[chilibeansm0m]

Cannot believe we have 2 M15 ladies havihg babies today. Holy holy crap.

pearsforpoops I'm about on the same countdown. Considering the craptastic turn work took this week it cannot come fast enough.

Ladies buying lanolin- i also rec nipple butter. That stuff is the shit. It is similar in price though i think you can get 2 jars at a time or subscribe and save on amazon.

[luvsponies]

Feb 5, 2015 10:32:13 GMT -5 coleybug13 said:

luvsponies it's $9.99 at target. I didn't really look around for cheaper prices but I'm sure it's about the same in other places. It might be cheaper at Wal-Mart?

Thanks! Wow, $10 for a bottle. Wonder how long that lasts? haha

[TheTuna15]

Page 3 already. Okay, I'm posting and then going back and reading randoms.

I had horrible kitty problems last night and no that is not a euphemism. One of the cats somehow got worms, so I had to deworm all of them. Well, Aspen promptly threw up the dewormer and then proceeded to throw up everything for the next 12 hours. He was so lethargic and he couldn't keep anything down even though he was obviously really hungry because he kept going over to his food bowl and sniffing around for food. So I spent all night getting up to check on him, making sure he was drinking water, and checking his respiratory rate/heart rate (with a stethoscope because I'm a crazy lady). He seems a bit more active this morning and he ate breakfast without issue so FX.

My hospital tour was also last night. It was a pretty big group with about 10 sets of moms and dads. I'm really happy with the hospital, so no complaints there. However, after the tour the nurse asked if anyone had questions. No one said a damn thing. I stated that I actually had a few questions, but I didn't want to keep anyone/take up too much time. She then told everyone that they could head out or stay, listen, and see if they came up with anything to ask. My questions were literally: Where do you transfer mom/baby for emergency, how many days in hospital after vaginal/cesarean, do beds have squat bars, is IV saline necessary or can I just have a hep lock. At the end, this one woman was giving me serious side eye. All I could think was WTF bitch, you could have left and your ass didn't have anything to add to the damn conversation. It took a sonic shake to calm me down, because pregnancy hormones.

[coozieinmypurse]

Feb 5, 2015 11:05:10 GMT -5 luvsponies said:

Feb 5, 2015 10:32:13 GMT -5 coleybug13 said:

luvsponies it's $9.99 at target. I didn't really look around for cheaper prices but I'm sure it's about the same in other places. It might be cheaper at Wal-Mart?

Thanks! Wow, $10 for a bottle. Wonder how long that lasts? haha

I bought a 2 oz. tube for less than $8 on Amazon.
ETA I just realized everyone was talking about Lansinoh, not general Lanolin. My link is to the Medela Tender Care Lanolin.

[coozieinmypurse]

Feb 5, 2015 11:07:56 GMT -5 TheTuna15 said:

Page 3 already. Okay, I'm posting and then going back and reading randoms.

I had horrible kitty problems last night and no that is not a euphemism. One of the cats somehow got worms, so I had to deworm all of them. Well, Aspen promptly threw up the dewormer and then proceeded to throw up everything for the next 12 hours. He was so lethargic and he couldn't keep anything down even though he was obviously really hungry because he kept going over to his food bowl and sniffing around for food. So I spent all night getting up to check on him, making sure he was drinking water, and checking his respiratory rate/heart rate (with a stethoscope because I'm a crazy lady). He seems a bit more active this morning and he ate breakfast without issue so FX.

My hospital tour was also last night. It was a pretty big group with about 10 sets of moms and dads. I'm really happy with the hospital, so no complaints there. However, after the tour the nurse asked if anyone had questions. No one said a damn thing. I stated that I actually had a few questions, but I didn't want to keep anyone/take up too much time. She then told everyone that they could head out or stay, listen, and see if they came up with anything to ask. My questions were literally: Where do you transfer mom/baby for emergency, how many days in hospital after vaginal/cesarean, do beds have squat bars, is IV saline necessary or can I just have a hep lock. At the end, this one woman was giving me serious side eye. All I could think was WTF bitch, you could have left and your ass didn't have anything to add to the damn conversation. It took a sonic shake to calm me down, because pregnancy hormones.

Aw, I'm glad your kitty is feeling better! That woman can shove it. I was also the one on the tour with a half dozen questions (although others had some too). People who are willing to accept what they are told without questions can bite me.

[knitnut]

saltyfins can you get it patched? If it's in the tread and not the wall I'm sure a shop can do it.

Eta: I'm sure since you've sadly had this happen 15-20 times you're already a pro at getting a tire patched. I agree with a pp that someone in the office should help a pregnant co-worker out.

[mrsk]

Feb 5, 2015 10:42:12 GMT -5 AleWife said:

Feb 5, 2015 10:38:39 GMT -5 darbie914 said:

Wow, more March babies are coming! Now I'm starting to panic that we've got almost nothing ready.

Yeah... same. Think I may start packing that hospital bag today. Juuuuussst in case.

Add me to panic mode too! I've been freaking out the last few days, ever since I went in to L&D to stop contractions. It didn't help that my doc said yesterday "ok, goal of 34 weeks."(this would be 4 days from now) I was like WHAaaa? since when, i thought we were hoping for 36!  she was just trying to help me stay optimistic and count each week as a victory (which I do) but she had me freaking out that there was a change of plans or something. On the plus side, I've had my bag packed for the last month.

[knitnut]

sunset30 I gave up running at 20 weeks too, although for me it was due to previa. I can't wait to run again, but I also am curious how out of shape I'll be at that point. I have a BOB revolution and hope to run with the baby. Are you going to use a jogging stroller?

[rquinlin]

Feb 5, 2015 11:05:10 GMT -5 luvsponies said:

Feb 5, 2015 10:32:13 GMT -5 coleybug13 said:

luvsponies it's $9.99 at target. I didn't really look around for cheaper prices but I'm sure it's about the same in other places. It might be cheaper at Wal-Mart?

Thanks! Wow, $10 for a bottle. Wonder how long that lasts? haha

I only went through one tube, but my nipples toughened up pretty fast. I actually still have some left in the tube. Idk about other people's experience.

[pearsforpoops]

Feb 5, 2015 11:08:41 GMT -5 coozieinmypurse said:

Feb 5, 2015 11:05:10 GMT -5 luvsponies said:

Thanks! Wow, $10 for a bottle. Wonder how long that lasts? haha

I bought a 2 oz. tube for less than $8 on Amazon.

My last tube of Lansinoh nipple cream never actually ran out, but I also didn't nurse very long (only 5 weeks). You don't need a ton of it! But it's a life-saver.

The tube of Lansinoh I bought at Target yesterday was $10.49.

[luckystarz]

Grrr just found out that child support shorted me $35 this period, they said it's for "fees." Umm, the AZ statute is that he pays the fees, why in the hell are you deducting them from my payment. Argh. Now my budgeting is thrown off, I hope I can get this unemployment mess worked out and start getting paid from them again.

[crystaltrues]

Feb 5, 2015 9:27:42 GMT -5 happymamax2 said:

Question: any of you mamas trying any herbal remedies to help aid labor? Like pregnancy tea or raspberry leaf tea?

Not this time, I did the red raspberry Leaf tea and other things last time and it did nothing to help me. DS was born at 42 weeks 2 days via c-sectionb after a 2 day induction that went almost nowhere.

It can't hurt but I'm not going to try to push myself into labor again it was too hard on me physically and emotionally.

[winningcolors]

Feb 5, 2015 11:02:02 GMT -5 chilibeansm0m said:

Cannot believe we have 2 M15 ladies havihg babies today. Holy holy crap.

pearsforpoops I'm about on the same countdown. Considering the craptastic turn work took this week it cannot come fast enough.

Ladies buying lanolin- i also rec nipple butter. That stuff is the shit. It is similar in price though i think you can get 2 jars at a time or subscribe and save on amazon.

I was just looking on Amazon and found Earth Mama natural nipple butter with great reviews. I might try some. A lot of the reviewers seem to prefer it over the Lanolin.

[crystaltrues]

Feb 5, 2015 10:12:00 GMT -5 pearsforpoops said:

Also - am I the only one completely freaked out that people are, at this point, naturally going into labor without issue? I mean that as in like...a lot of us are past the "oh shit it's way too early" point.

I counted. 13 days in the office. 25 days...just regular days.

HOLY SHIT GUISE.

I bought another tube of Lansinoh (forgot how expensive that crap is!) and a box of breast pads at Target yesterday. omgomgomg

I'm freaking out too. My RCS is scheduled for 3/6 so I have only a little over 4 wekks left and we still have so much to baby related (technically we don't have a name for him yet) and not baby related, like taxes. I do know that this baby could decide to come early unlike his brother but the way things went last time I doubt it.

[mel7806]

Just jumping in to complain about how tired I am, even though I slept through the night, I got woken up 3 times while DH was getting ready for work and then I had to get up again to get DD out the door on time, then for whatever reason, I kept thinking my alarm went off and I kept waking up to check it. Total BS!

I'll go catch up now. And only one more post to go before shedding my noob status!

[knitnut]

winningcolors, I'm giving that product a try too and I ordered their baby trial size sampler.

[wamom]

Who is the second mom in labor I only saw one post from foodislove or something?

Also I had a growth u/s yesterday to check on the babes and I am estimated to be carrying over 9lbs of baby right now! So crazy!

Edit: Nevermind I saw skrittens post.

It's still early on the west coast.

[cabauer9]

Feb 5, 2015 11:36:40 GMT -5 wamom said:

Who is the second mom in labor I only saw one post from foodislove or something?

Also I had a growth u/s yesterday to check on the babes and I am estimated to be carrying over 9lbs of baby right now! So crazy!

skrittens is having a c-section today.

[crystaltrues]

DH comes home from his business trip today yay! DS and I are very happy have him back today. My thumb is so much better today that I am very optimistic that it will be healed our mostly so by my RCS.

Re nipple cream the lansiloh (probably spelled that wrong) did not work well for me but the Medela tender care lanolin did. It was like a miracle for me the first time I used it.

[frecklesinside]

Yea, add me to the seriously shocked at how much time is left camp. We got our carpet installed upstairs today, FINALLY. So we are finally moving up there this weekend. I'm nervous about getting everything done. Once we do, I will feel ready for this baby, but until then... And there is sooo much to do, move all the stuff upstairs, finish painting trim and dresser, organize everything, move the stuff that was upstairs that has been crowding my dining room like I'm a hoarder into the spare room that is our current bedroom...yep...and I'm useless and can't move anything, can only do the organizing. Unfortunately, it seems my family isn't quite getting the urgency of it all...

Ugh, just let it all be done!!!!

[darbie914]

On another note, is anyone else freaking excited that starting this weekend, our Sundays will once again be filled with sounds of walkers, survival mayhem, and the hotness of Daryl Dixon? Welcome back, The Walking Dead!!!

[ruemorgan]

Drive by. My feet are so swollen and hurt so bad. Im SO tired I only remember tossing and turning last night, i work both jobs until 11 pm tonight and I havent felt LO move since yesterday morning. Blahhhh, is today over yet? Can it just be over? Cause im over it.

Im done complaining, I just had to get it out.

In other news, im so excited about the babies being born today and I hope the deliveries go well!!