Post by littlesthobo on Jul 14, 2016 14:12:05 GMT -5
katelou I agree with PPs to go for the induction if you feel safest with your OB. Hugs!
Ray I can't believe you have those things in your house! At the cottage last week one was on the side of the boat and "swam" under the dock where I was sitting... DH was like, "it didn't come out the other side! It's coming for you!" Not cool!
Re: push presents- no thanks. Unless it's wine.
Re: sibling gifts- I got some colouring books from the dollar store for DS, but he's not going to understand. When my brother was born he "gave" me a gift, but I was 8 and knew it was from my parents.
Post by littlesthobo on Jul 14, 2016 14:20:23 GMT -5
I had my OB appt today and it looks like the dude is measuring over 8lbs. She's concerned about him getting too big and is going to sweep my membranes next week. If that does nothing, I'm looking at an induction a couple days after my due date (the 23rd).
Also, he's sunny side up which she's not concerned about, but I'm freaking out. I know anything could happen and I'm in good hands but the idea of a complicated birth/induction/possible c section scares me.
I had my OB appt today and it looks like the dude is measuring over 8lbs. She's concerned about him getting too big and is going to sweep my membranes next week. If that does nothing, I'm looking at an induction a couple days after my due date (the 23rd).
Also, he's sunny side up which she's not concerned about, but I'm freaking out. I know anything could happen and I'm in good hands but the idea of a complicated birth/induction/possible c section scares me.
I pushed out a Sunnyside up baby. It's hard but absolutely possible. Google belly sifting and look at spinning babies. There are exercises and positions to encourage the baby to shift and the belly sifting feels really nice (a partner does it). Good luck!
Post by Susan0utLoud on Jul 14, 2016 14:40:56 GMT -5
Whoever was talking about poop yesterday.... I just got pooped on twice on my bare hands by dd. Gross but I washed hands 4 times, changed both our clothes and we're back to the couch. All of that to say that poop ain't a thing anymore. Babies be poop machines.
katelou, did you decide yet? When is your ob going out of town? My only concern would be with an induction on the early side it might take awhile so like if she's going out of town in the next day or so it might not happen in time.
I'm glad I knew the signs and didn't have to go through the weeks of misery that I did with DD.
What were the signs?
With DD it was being fussy/gassy about 30 minutes after eating to begin with. She would arch her back and act like she had to poop/burp but nothing helped. Then it moved to spitting up too and screaming for hours, right up until it was time to eat again. She would even root around while crying so I would think she was hungry when in reality it was her stomach hurting and cramping from the milk and she didn't understand that it wasn't hunger.
Finn has been starting the first part, just very fussy and gassy after feedings. Gripe water helped a bit at first but then stopped. She wouldn't be able to fall asleep and then would get over tired, but we hadn't reached the full blown screaming stage thankfully.
DD outgrew the milk intolerance by about age two. So I'm going to be careful with milk based foods when we go to introduce solids and hope that if she is having problems with the milk that she outgrows it.
Whoever was talking about poop yesterday.... I just got pooped on twice on my bare hands by dd. Gross but I washed hands 4 times, changed both our clothes and we're back to the couch. All of that to say that poop ain't a thing anymore. Babies be poop machines.
I always heard about being peed on during diaper changes so being pooped on wasn't even on my radar before my own kids. DD set me straight by pooping when I had her feet pulled back to wipe her and she pooped so hard it shot up and hit me in the chest.
Post by housecarder on Jul 14, 2016 15:51:39 GMT -5
I'm full of confessions today. The kids' Fire tablets came on Tuesday night and I've been letting it parent DS all day today and yesterday due to exhaustion. H and I laid on our sectional and he sat between us and we had the babies in front of us in the RNPs. The FreeTime interface is amazing and so kid friendly that he was able to do it all himself. We did go for a walk after one feeding and let him feed the ducks nearby, but it stormed all afternoon/night and this morning that we didn't bother doing anything else.
Just got back from my checkup, apparently 5 hours of steady contractions were not as effective as I had hoped they would be. I'm now 1cm dilated, she said nothing about effacement so I'm assuming still 75/80%, and "really soft". I guess progress is progress, I was just hoping for more after all those contractions!
Also, the scheduler is going to be calling me either today or tomorrow to get an induction date on the calendar for 41 weeks, just in case we make it that far. Holy shit. That's all I have to say about that.
I'm only 38+3 but already getting multiple people texting me and messaging me about if I'm still pregnant. Agh. People, you will know, within probably 6 hours of him being born, when he's here. Just because I don't post something on FB or IG or Twitter every day doesn't mean I'm in labor. Omg.
Whoever was talking about poop yesterday.... I just got pooped on twice on my bare hands by dd. Gross but I washed hands 4 times, changed both our clothes and we're back to the couch. All of that to say that poop ain't a thing anymore. Babies be poop machines.
I always heard about being peed on during diaper changes so being pooped on wasn't even on my radar before my own kids. DD set me straight by pooping when I had her feet pulled back to wipe her and she pooped so hard it shot up and hit me in the chest.
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