I've got my 37 week appt today. Where I'll go in, they'll tell me that I'm still pregnant, and then I'll drive home. Good times..
I get that they have to check you BP and stuff, but I really wish I could just send them my weight and BP via email and only go in when I felt it was helpful. My appointments are maybe 10 minutes, but it takes like an hour with drive time, waiting, etc. not useful! They don't even do a urine sample (totally fine by me) so really why am I there?
Another problem with baby friendly- if you are going to be baby friendly the nurses really need to be retrained. With #1 the nurses kept telling me not to nurse so much or DD would see me as a pacifier. I have a LC I can call through work and that was pretty much the exact opposite advice she gave me.
This makes me sound anti nurse and I'm not I know they can only work within the framework of their training and hospital rules.
Post by redthestral13 on Aug 5, 2016 9:02:04 GMT -5
Omg please someone tell me I'm not dying. Woke up with severe, can't move, can't breathe cramps in my uterus and TMI butthole. 9 days PP with baby #3--everyone says after pains get worse with each baby but seriously I think I might die. Do I go to the dr?
I think it was dc2london talking about how H working from home is stressful. Well today my H is home, and our kids are being so loud. I am constantly running around shushing them so he can be on the phone. Ahhh, not helpful!
Omg please someone tell me I'm not dying. Woke up with severe, can't move, can't breathe cramps in my uterus and TMI butthole. 9 days PP with baby #3--everyone says after pains get worse with each baby but seriously I think I might die. Do I go to the dr?
Digestive upset or flu-like symptoms are common when your milk comes in. I hope it passes quickly for you
It's been over an hour finally managed to crawl to the bathroom and hoping a hot shower will relax things
My entire family got a horrible norovirus the night DS2 and I came home from the hospital. 4 days of household digestive pyrotechnics and fever. It was...not fun.
I've got my 37 week appt today. Where I'll go in, they'll tell me that I'm still pregnant, and then I'll drive home. Good times..
I get that they have to check you BP and stuff, but I really wish I could just send them my weight and BP via email and only go in when I felt it was helpful. My appointments are maybe 10 minutes, but it takes like an hour with drive time, waiting, etc. not useful! They don't even do a urine sample (totally fine by me) so really why am I there?
I get that they have to check you BP and stuff, but I really wish I could just send them my weight and BP via email and only go in when I felt it was helpful. My appointments are maybe 10 minutes, but it takes like an hour with drive time, waiting, etc. not useful! They don't even do a urine sample (totally fine by me) so really why am I there?
Exactly. How isn't there an app for that?
Have you seen the new smartphone semen analysis test?
It's been over an hour finally managed to crawl to the bathroom and hoping a hot shower will relax things
My entire family got a horrible norovirus the night DS2 and I came home from the hospital. 4 days of household digestive pyrotechnics and fever. It was...not fun.
May need to remember and possibly steal the bolded
I've got my 37 week appt today. Where I'll go in, they'll tell me that I'm still pregnant, and then I'll drive home. Good times..
I get that they have to check you BP and stuff, but I really wish I could just send them my weight and BP via email and only go in when I felt it was helpful. My appointments are maybe 10 minutes, but it takes like an hour with drive time, waiting, etc. not useful! They don't even do a urine sample (totally fine by me) so really why am I there?
Urine samples are hit or miss for me at this point. Meaning, it's a total guessing game whether I have the cup where it needs to go b/c I cannot see beyond this belly! It's seriously been a miracle that I hadn't missed and peed all over my hand!
I get that they have to check you BP and stuff, but I really wish I could just send them my weight and BP via email and only go in when I felt it was helpful. My appointments are maybe 10 minutes, but it takes like an hour with drive time, waiting, etc. not useful! They don't even do a urine sample (totally fine by me) so really why am I there?
Urine samples are hit or miss for me at this point. Meaning, it's a total guessing game whether I have the cup where it needs to go b/c I cannot see beyond this belly! It's seriously been a miracle that I hadn't missed and peed all over my hand!
Um, at my appointment yesterday, I went into the bathroom intending to pee into a cup... And completely forgot about the cup. I sat down, peed, and then went "oops!" Had to tell the nurse that I would try again after my ultrasound 🙈
In canada (well ontario) there are no more nurseries- babies are mommas responsibility the second they are born. There is also a lot of pressure to breastfeed. And if everyone is healthy, you are discharged at 24 hours. I'm sure it's all cost related.
Omg please someone tell me I'm not dying. Woke up with severe, can't move, can't breathe cramps in my uterus and TMI butthole. 9 days PP with baby #3--everyone says after pains get worse with each baby but seriously I think I might die. Do I go to the dr?
Yikes! Mine were also the worst this time around with kid #3, but not like you're describing. I think call the dr if the shower didn't help.
Omg please someone tell me I'm not dying. Woke up with severe, can't move, can't breathe cramps in my uterus and TMI butthole. 9 days PP with baby #3--everyone says after pains get worse with each baby but seriously I think I might die. Do I go to the dr?
Yikes! Mine were also the worst this time around with kid #3, but not like you're describing. I think call the dr if the shower didn't help.
Agreed. Mine were worse with each kid, but went away by day 3
I have a lot of conflicted feelings about the Baby Friendly Hospital movement. I feel strongly about encouraging and supporting BFing when it is the right choice for the family, but I am not at all down with any kind if bottle shaming. I *do* think, sadly, that there is some financial motivation leading hospitals to close their nurseries under the guise of being "baby friendly." But I also feel that childbirth is an incredibly stressful event to a woman's brain and body (good stress too!) and am equally concerned with supporting the mother in her recovery. PPA/PPD are rampant and underdiagnosed, and we seem, at least in the states, to be getting worse at it instead of better. "Baby Friendly" to me means ensuring that the baby goes home with a healthy, mentally stable, well supported parent
I agree with so much of this. I have a lot of feelings about pregnancy being baby-friendly (and not mom-friendly) and hospitals aren't much different.
My sister had an emergency C-section under general. When I finally came in to see her the following day, she was in a dark room with mechanical compression sleeves and hanging onto the guardrails of her bed. She couldn't move, let alone get out of the bed. The rooms were also shared so if she had a roommate, her husband was unable to stay with her. Baby stayed with mom because there was nothing medically wrong with the baby.
I really don't see how women are expected to go through birth and then dropped with the baby with no time to recover. I find it cruel. And, in my sister's case, I found it downright negligent.
redthestral13, definitely call! Even if they do happen to say it's "normal", they might be able to give you some advice on how to feel a bit better. Hope the bath helps.
In canada (well ontario) there are no more nurseries- babies are mommas responsibility the second they are born. There is also a lot of pressure to breastfeed. And if everyone is healthy, you are discharged at 24 hours. I'm sure it's all cost related.
My dr was good with discharging me after 24 hours this time around, but the pediatrician on rounds that day wouldn't let us, because it was too early to get an accurate bilirubin reading. I was ready to go--the overnight nurse *woke me up at 4 AM to "teach" me how to do a swaddle*. Which, 1, I know how to swaddle; I'm just not good at it. Which is why I have the Velcro swaddle me blankets. And 2, her swaddling relied on tucking the blanket under the baby, so it came undone as soon as the baby made a move. I woke up less when they came in to collect my blood, and stuck me where I was already bruised from an earlier stick.
In canada (well ontario) there are no more nurseries- babies are mommas responsibility the second they are born. There is also a lot of pressure to breastfeed. And if everyone is healthy, you are discharged at 24 hours. I'm sure it's all cost related.
I was hoping to get released after 24 hours and asked about it all along. Unfortunately I was GBS positive early on and I'm allergic to penicillin so the pediatrians apparently won't let us leave even if I get the antibiotics because they aren't penicillin. Grrr.
Post by remylove1011 on Aug 5, 2016 10:27:00 GMT -5
I'm so bored at work today. My boss and cut down my workload to only morning appointments so that I can do all the paperwork for said appointment in the afternoon and hopefully avoid others having to finish my work when I go out. So my one thing scheduled for this morning canceled... literally nothing to do all day. I think I'm going to go wander target for my lunch break.
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Post by hashbrownnofilter on Aug 5, 2016 10:36:29 GMT -5
Our hospital moved to baby friendly initiatives between DS and this baby. I sent DS to the nursery overnight (per friends' recommendation). I'm hoping I can do that again...I'm going to need some sleep for just a tiny bit.
Post by gratefulgirl on Aug 5, 2016 10:52:44 GMT -5
As a c-section mom, I pretty well dislike the BFI movement. Yes to supporting BF for families it is right for. Yes to on-staff LCs, avoiding pushing formula, rooming in options, etc. But no to not supporting mom. I need my 3 hours of nursery time a night to stay sane. Sleep helps milk production FFS! I was so numb and even a bit relieved when DD2 was put under the bilirubin lights after 4 nights of prodromal labor and a crash c-section. I couldn't see straight at that point.
Plus as the Fed Is Best Initiative shows well, in the case where mom's not making enough milk at the moment for whatever reason, "baby friendly" can be downright dangerous. DD2 is living proof that a little formula supplementation in the hospital as-needed combined with appropriate advice on stimulating milk supply can lead to meeting BFing targets. She BFed for 12 mo. after we left the hospital no problem. But when she was jaundiced she needed that formula because my milk comes in late and colostrum was not enough to lower her levels.
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