Very Early Friday Randoms

[bocaburger]

agpjt413 I routinely pee all over my hands when they ask for a sample.

redthestral13 That sounds terrible! Call your doctor and I hope you feel better soon!

[hashbrownnofilter]

I've been waiting for over an hour for this ridiculous five minute appointment. What the hell.

[venyia]

steph, hashbrownnofilter that was me yesterday. I even got the, well your tests last week were all negative, and the swelling and slightly elevated bp today isn't a big deal. See you next week!

Ugh. Thanks doc. So crazy intermittent itching of my bits is just, what, due to summer preggo sweating? And sausage digits yesterday was nbd? Okaaaay....

I mean, I don't WANT anything to be wrong, but aren't these the kinds of things we are supposed to watch for?

[hashbrownnofilter]

Ok so my doctor was in a delivery. Now I feel like an asshole.

[agpjt413]

Aug 5, 2016 11:36:14 GMT -5 hashbrownnofilter said:

Ok so my doctor was in a delivery. Now I feel like an asshole.

Awww don't - you had no idea.

[shanny]

This week is a crazy busy baby week for friends I know IRL. Haha, my friend whose due date is 8/10 had her baby last night. A friend whose baby also has a heart defect and was going to induce next Monday had her baby this Tuesday. I have another friend who is just over 40 weeks who went for induction last night.

Things are still slow going here. Now I'm just looking to get through today and go in for the scheduled induction tomorrow. OB doesn't think the induction will be an issue since I already started to dilate earlier this week...we shall see!

Both hospitals I will have delivered at (local hospital for DD and fancy new research hospital for LO) are baby friendly. Not knowing anything else and not having had major issues with DD, I had no problems with rooming in with DD. I will say that it was stressful with learning to BF and having trouble with that, but I don't know that it would have been different if she was in a newborn nursery. Both hospitals only have nurseries for intensive care reasons. Since I had a rooming in experience where I got to bond with DD, it will be very different having LO be taken to NICU right away and not get to bond with him. I must say I am a bit resentful about missing those first bonding days having him with me 24/7.

[hashbrownnofilter]

Aug 5, 2016 11:45:29 GMT -5 agpjt413 said:

Aug 5, 2016 11:36:14 GMT -5 hashbrownnofilter said:

Ok so my doctor was in a delivery. Now I feel like an asshole.

Awww don't - you had no idea.

Thanks!! Yeah, I had no idea until my doctor told me. You'd think the receptionist would say something?

[sadpanda]

redthestral13 please call. You could have afterbirth left in your uterus

[quirks]

Our hospital is not baby friendly and the nurse doing our tour even mentioned that they encourage moms to use the nursery and get some rest. We were NICU so that ended up not mattering.

I got asked many times if I was formula feeding, I guess due to the nurse shift changes. They also sent lactation consultants to my room 2-3 times, which would have been helpful if I needed them, but I wish they had noted it the first time and stopped after that. The first LC that came into the NICU to see us was a little rude when I said no BF and said, "Well. If she was smaller, we'd be having a talk about that." Excuse me?

[agpjt413]

Aug 5, 2016 11:50:49 GMT -5 hashbrownnofilter said:

Aug 5, 2016 11:45:29 GMT -5 agpjt413 said:

Awww don't - you had no idea.

Thanks!! Yeah, I had no idea until my doctor told me. You'd think the receptionist would say something?

I had a wait of over an hr before (basic gyn appt though) and [former] dr was running late b/c she had to deliver as well and no one said a word. I was in the exam room already undressed wearing just the gown and I went thru probably 3 magazines lol! My current OB had to do a delivery a few months ago right before my appt but thankfully her nurse came to tell me and even asked if I wanted to wait or reschedule. She was real apologetic about it & even offered me a beverage too. It's amazing how different things are even at the same practice.

[gratefulgirl]

Anyone heard from kaitkat yet? Thinking about the twins!

[gratefulgirl]

Since my (otherwise nice, though for some reason DH always gets the shaft there) hospital doesn't provide a belly binder to c-section moms, I ordered a belly and hip band from Wink Shapewear late last night after agonizing over spending the money for a while. It shipped already. I'm hoping it will be here if not in time to take it to the hospital than definitely when I get home and maybe even before. Huzzah!

My cousin, who was due 3 days before me, just had her baby this morning due to baby being breech and small for gestational age. Baby came out wee (just under 6 lbs) but otherwise great. My cousin and I aren't close, but I'm so glad her little one seems to be doing well! Also it makes me a little more impatient for the next 5 days to pass.

[kaitkat]

Aug 5, 2016 13:44:41 GMT -5 gratefulgirl said:

Anyone heard from kaitkat yet? Thinking about the twins!

Hey!!! I'm ok just getting all checked in for my section! They didn't have a room so we spent an hour and a half watching tv! So just hanging out now

[remylove1011]

Aug 5, 2016 13:51:45 GMT -5 kaitkat said:

Aug 5, 2016 13:44:41 GMT -5 gratefulgirl said:

Anyone heard from kaitkat yet? Thinking about the twins!

Hey!!! I'm ok just getting all checked in for my section! They didn't have a room so we spent an hour and a half watching tv! So just hanging out now

Hope everything goes well!! Can't wait to hear about your little boys! 

[venyia]

Hoping redthestral13 is okay!

The baby friendly hospital thing is interesting. It seems to be coming hand in hand with a lot of the labor and mom friendly practices that are slowly becoming normalized (specifically in the US, I don't know about the rest of the world). My hospital reno'd their L&D about 5 years back or so, and as far as I know have no separate nursery for healthy babies. And even since I had DD there 2 years ago, the rooms now have "golden hour" boards on the walls, labor balls lining the halls (that was kind of funny to see, actually), and I know they have showers in labor rooms. Your room is your room the whole stay, from check in to check out. Baby basically doesn't leave your room. And I believe they strongly encourage breastfeeding, though if I saw an LC with DD1, I can't recall. We were lucky that DD had an easy latch and we figured it out together right away.

I do remember being freaked out of my brand new mommy mind that I had this tiny human to care for. I didn't know what I was doing, like, at all. I think the nurses changed just one diaper, and no one showed me how to swaddle properly til my sister visited a couple weeks later. I opted to stay an extra night in the hospital strictly because I was in meltdown over being clueless. And I still don't know who I could have asked for help about it. My SO was with me most of the time, but that was it.

So... I guess what I am saying is I agree the mom-support is lacking a bit. I think there is a certain expectation that we should just KNOW things. I never took any prenatal classes. I had zero interaction with babies before I had mine. My oversight, maybe? But thowe classes can be expensive, and I don't think it would be crazy to have someone, a nurse, and LC, anyone, who could spend an hour with a new mom before she leaves the hospital, to go over some basics in case, like me, she hasn't got a clue.

Lucky for me, DD was a forgiving and resilient baby. LOL I feel much more prepared this time around... at least about baby stuff.

[bocaburger]

Good luck kaitkat!!!!

We ran into our RE at a pizza parlour today - apparently she just moved to our neighborhood. I'm glad she got to see me just before the end. We've been feeling badly that we never sent her a thank you card.

[dc2london]

Aug 5, 2016 14:11:09 GMT -5 venyia said:

Hoping redthestral13 is okay!

The baby friendly hospital thing is interesting. It seems to be coming hand in hand with a lot of the labor and mom friendly practices that are slowly becoming normalized (specifically in the US, I don't know about the rest of the world). My hospital reno'd their L&D about 5 years back or so, and as far as I know have no separate nursery for healthy babies. And even since I had DD there 2 years ago, the rooms now have "golden hour" boards on the walls, labor balls lining the halls (that was kind of funny to see, actually), and I know they have showers in labor rooms. Your room is your room the whole stay, from check in to check out. Baby basically doesn't leave your room. And I believe they strongly encourage breastfeeding, though if I saw an LC with DD1, I can't recall. We were lucky that DD had an easy latch and we figured it out together right away.

I do remember being freaked out of my brand new mommy mind that I had this tiny human to care for. I didn't know what I was doing, like, at all. I think the nurses changed just one diaper, and no one showed me how to swaddle properly til my sister visited a couple weeks later. I opted to stay an extra night in the hospital strictly because I was in meltdown over being clueless. And I still don't know who I could have asked for help about it. My SO was with me most of the time, but that was it.

So... I guess what I am saying is I agree the mom-support is lacking a bit. I think there is a certain expectation that we should just KNOW things. I never took any prenatal classes. I had zero interaction with babies before I had mine. My oversight, maybe? But thowe classes can be expensive, and I don't think it would be crazy to have someone, a nurse, and LC, anyone, who could spend an hour with a new mom before she leaves the hospital, to go over some basics in case, like me, she hasn't got a clue.

Lucky for me, DD was a forgiving and resilient baby. LOL I feel much more prepared this time around... at least about baby stuff.

On the flipside, I was forced to sit through a lengthy schpiel from my nurse about how to care for my infant and my vagina, even after my 3rd delivery lol

[kaitkat]

Soo I got bumped twice might get to meet the babies today maybe.... may or may not have cried

[gratefulgirl]

Aug 5, 2016 15:01:27 GMT -5 kaitkat said:

Soo I got bumped twice might get to meet the babies today maybe.... may or may not have cried

Oh no! ((Hugs)).

[bocaburger]

Aug 5, 2016 15:01:27 GMT -5 kaitkat said:

Soo I got bumped twice might get to meet the babies today maybe.... may or may not have cried

Oh that's so hard! Hang in there, you're so close!

[joy]

Aug 5, 2016 13:47:07 GMT -5 gratefulgirl said:

Since my (otherwise nice, though for some reason DH always gets the shaft there) hospital doesn't provide a belly binder to c-section moms, I ordered a belly and hip band from Wink Shapewear late last night after agonizing over spending the money for a while. It shipped already. I'm hoping it will be here if not in time to take it to the hospital than definitely when I get home and maybe even before. Huzzah!

I bought a Wink, too!  The price was steep, but people raved about it so it was a gift to myself.  Hopefully.

[dc2london]

Aug 5, 2016 15:01:27 GMT -5 kaitkat said:

Soo I got bumped twice might get to meet the babies today maybe.... may or may not have cried

Oh no, how frustrating!!
I would cry too

[thelorax]

My floor at work is getting fumigated again (we had bed bugs earlier this year) I just emailed my boss that I would be WFH for the next few days.

[joy]

Aug 5, 2016 14:51:10 GMT -5 bocaburger said:

We ran into our RE at a pizza parlour today - apparently she just moved to our neighborhood. I'm glad she got to see me just before the end. We've been feeling badly that we never sent her a thank you card.

I'm sending my RE a birth announcement with a thank you card!

[shanny]

kaitkat, ugh, I'm sorry! I hope that they get you a room soon.

[steph]

Sorry kaitkat hugs!

[dorkusmalorkus]

Oh no, kaitkat! I'd have cried, too. I hope they get you in today so you can meet those babies!

[thelorax]

The IL's texted me asking if there were any signs of #2. I told them I was pretty sure she was living in the giant bump on my stomach.

Ask stupid questions- get sarcastic answers.

[blueinred]

So sorry kaitkat. I also would have cried.
thelorax, when I read about annoying IL comments I remind myself how fortunate I am that mine are wonderful. On the other hand, my mother . . .

Walking through the mall with DD to get her shoes felt like I was doing an ultra marathon.  We only went to one store but the walk seemed very far. I keep telling myself that having a second pregnancy and one that has reached full term is a gift even though I hurt all over, am having trouble sleeping, have to remind myself to stay calm and am having indigestion like in the 1st trimester.

[kaitkat]

Aug 5, 2016 15:01:27 GMT -5 kaitkat said:

Soo I got bumped twice might get to meet the babies today maybe.... may or may not have cried

Quick update we literally walked down to the operating room and got told I was bumped again..... I just yea