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I'm actually gaining weight just about right on track this time around (I think those Christmas cookies are helping. )
My doctor was very peeved at the lab, though, that or one of his office staff-- my AFP results weren't in my chart, and it had been a month since I was in last. *raises eyebrow*
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Cool, Mama! I was in yesterday as well with all of my kids. I am 32 weeks. I asked the midwife to try and discern the baby's position. My kids were very concerned about whether or not she was hurting me.
My son said that the heartbeat sounded like wind.
KQ, I have already passed my weight goal. -_- I passed it awhile ago. -_- The Christmas cookies are definitely helping. -_- -_-
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...And still no call about the AFP. I'm thinking I should call tomorrow and see if they forgot or if they haven't got them back yet.
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Congrats and commiserations on the third trimester, Brinestone.
Oh, I forgot to mention. The recent plane travel made my tissues go poof. I am now wearing support stockings every day, and feel like an old lady. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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I've been having contractions since yesterday. Yesterday they were mild. Today they have been stronger, but extremely erratic. I have no idea what my body is doing, and I have somewhere between 5-6 weeks till due date (depending on which one you use.)
Thankfully, I have an appointment tomorrow morning.
<---frustrated
Edit: Dang, that *is* a cute baby!
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bev, I've been having strong-enough-to-hurt Braxton-Hicks, two to three an hour, for the past 5 1/2 or so weeks. I sympathize.
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Wow! You aren't too far a long yet, are you KQ?
This evening a lot of the contractions were 3-5 minutes apart. But that is pretty normal for me. They have slowed down now.
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I'm at about 23 weeks. Quoth my doctor, "Wow, that is a lot this early. Definitely tell us if they get harder or any more frequent."
My mother had this with two of the four of us. With my brother it was actually bad enough that they had to put her on muscle relaxants-- which meant that she had to have pitocin after he was born. And her doctor only authorized one Tylenol with Codeine while she had the pitocin.
She made them call him up in the middle of the night and authorize more.
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quote: And her doctor only authorized one Tylenol with Codeine while she had the pitocin.
I have never felt the effects of pitocin without an epidural. I have heard such horror stories about the evil stuff.
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quote:I have never felt the effects of pitocin without an epidural. I have heard such horror stories about the evil stuff.
Yeah, it's evil. My doctor didn't believe in epidurals until you progressed past a certain point. Evil, evil, evil.
He gave me the medicine when I had progressed past the throwing up and screaming to dangerously low blood pressure and "I can't do this, I quit." And told them that my pain was at 9 1/2 out of 10, 10 being "the worst pain imaginable, ever."
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Well, hi to everyone. I get to jump on the baby bandwagon now!
Some of you may have seen me post a little before but I'm not really active on this side of the forums. I've been more active on the OSC side and the Writer's Workshop side. And I wrote "Respite" for the first issue of OSCIMS.
Anyway, I've just found out that I'm pregnant with my second baby.
EDIT: Well, even after using the URL button it didn't work, plus the site is password protected, so I'll have to find another way to link to Claire's 'tree frog' picture.
I have my first Dr. appt. on Monday, which I can hardly wait for because my cycle is so irregular that I could have conceived anytime since mid October. I think it was possibly late November though, cause I bet I'd have more symptoms by now if it wasn't.
The fatigue and breast tenderness have kicked in with a vengeance, as have the frequent potty stops. So far no nausea, which I'm thanking my lucky stars for because my first pregnancy I had it all eight months.
And I got preeclampsia and was on bed rest, then induced a month early because my placenta was calcifying. I had really wanted a home underwater birth but that went out the window with the complications. I'm really glad I ended up at the hospital though because we both would have died if I'd stayed home. I was on the verge of seizures and full blown eclampsia, and Claire was born with an Apgar of 1. Luckily she improved quickly (they think gestationally she would have actually taken another six weeks, not the originally estimated four) was only in the Nicu for two days. In fact she was ready to leave the hospital before Mommy, cause my blood pressure refused to stabilize.
But all's well that ends well, and since I estimate that I'm anywhere between 5 and 9 weeks pregnant at this point with no nausea, I hope this pregnancy will go better.
A negative is that I've already noticed a tummy bulge. I never did toning after Claire was born, and I regret it now. Oh well.
It will be nice to have other women to commiserate and rejoice with this time around; my first pregnancy I was so sick the entire time that most of it is a blur and I think my brain just shut down to cope.
So, hello to all of you! I've read this entire thread, plus all the welcome baby ones, so I know you all better than you know me. But I look forward to actually interacting instead of lurking, if that's okay.
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If you post your reply in the Full Reply Form, you'll have a button that says URL. When you click on that, a dialogue box pops up, and you then put in the URL you want. Click OK, then another dialogue box pops up and you enter in the title of the URL. It's pretty intuitive once you click on the URL button.
And you can go back and edit your post and do it like that, too.
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My tummy bulged really quickly with my second one, too - a friend asked when I was due before I had told anyone.
And with the third one, one of my symptoms that let me know I was expecting was that my jeans didn't fit. *sigh*
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My family is waiting to hear from the doctor before they even believe I'm pregnant. I told my mom that home pregnancy tests are over 99% accurate, and I've taken three different ones on three different days at different times of the day even, but she's still sceptical. Plus, I KNOW I'm pregnant, but I guess my mom doesn't trust my intuition.
My husband SAYS he believes me, but still won't talk about anything until we've seen the Dr.
So I don't really have anyone to talk to about it.
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The first time I went to the doctor, I absolutely could not pee in the cup, so I don't think they actually confirmed my pregnancy. But at eight weeks, I had an ultrasound for the study I'm in, so I actually saw the baby.
For half a second, I looked up at the monitor and thought, "Oh no! There's no baby there! I'm not pregnant after all!"
And then the technician showed me where the baby's head, torso, and little arm and leg stubs were, and I grinned from ear to ear.
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I have really irregular periods, too. Both times, they've done ultrasounds just to try to date the pregnancy. (Last time, I had 5 and got 5 slightly different dates. And apparently, none of them was right. This time, only one so far, we'll see.)
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Congrats, R. Ann! It is *so* nice to be able to talk to people about it and share all the range of emotions you go through.
I went to the midwife for my regular checkup this morning. They made it clear that they will do all in their power to stop a birth for up to the next two weeks. They don't like that I am contracting so much.
I am supposed to keep contractions down between 10-12 per day! Does that sound ridiculous to anyone else? I think I have surpassed my quota for the day already. I have been instructed to take it easy, lay down when I can, and drink lots of water to try and keep them down. If I am not successful, they say they will order me on bedrest.
I do *not* want to have to have them medically stop the contractions. I have heard that the medication they use can be *very* unpleasant.
I just need to get through the next two weeks. After that, I'm not gonna hold back on being as active as I need/want to! ( @ the medical community)
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Bev, I'm sorry. The medicine is not fun, from what I hear, and bedrest isn't any picnic, either. And telling you to keep it down to 10-12 a day-- I'm shocked at the nerve. No, really, I understand how it is. Being told that you should only have a certain number and having no control over it, what exactly are you supposed to do? Give your uterus a stern talking-to? Doesn't work that way. *sigh*
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Well, supposedly I do have some control over it--taking rest and keeping hydrated. If the contractions keep "misbehaving", they will take more drastic measures.
I was hoping they would check for dialation today, but they won't do that now because it could stimulate contractions.
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Yeah, but there's only so much resting and hydrating you can do-- I do all that and it does nothing for contractions, this pregnancy or the last. *sigh* Maybe it'll work better for you. *hopes*
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On my way to L&D. I've had 10 in the last hour, they want me to come in. :| (This is Anne, btw.)
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I'm fine. Back. As I suspected they would, they went away on their own-- the nurse had the sense to monitor me for an hour before giving medication, since the baby wasn't in distress, even though the doctor would have given it right away. (She was concerned about what the meds can do to people with asthma and wanted to make sure it was necessary if they gave it.) They calmed down enough that I was sent home with orders to rest and drink lots of water, and a prescription (which we filled on the way) for pills I can take to stop them if it happens again. Oh, and instructions to call my Dr. tomorrow and let him know it happened, since the on-call doctor was the one taking care of me. So, it's all good. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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My butt is covered in pregnancy stretch marks.
From what I've read, stretch marks are common on the belly, thighs, and breasts during pregnancy. I don't have the slightest hint of one in any of these places, but my butt is covered. It's really creepifying to look at.
Also, it disturbs me to think that my butt has grown more or faster than my belly, considering how huge my belly is.
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If it's any comfort, they do fade. Eventually. I have very pale skin and inherited my mother's tendency toward awful stretch marks. As in, bright red that turn to dark, dark purple. Even they eventually fade to about the color of scar tissue, and are hardly noticeable. And my mom says after twenty years or so since her last child, you can hardly see them at all.
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Y'all will love this. I was in clinic today and just now a couple of the staff rushed up and said that they think a lady in the office was in labor, could I check? And I'm all, like, ME? I haven't had any kids and haven't done any labor stuff in 7 or 8 years.
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Well, she's 32 weeks, having regular, hard contractions every 8 minutes, and her first two kids were preemies younger than this. So her mom took her over to the hospital.
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Wait... She didn't know she was in labor and it was her third kid? Or she just happened to be there for some other reason? *puzzled*
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I've been seeing her for fainting spells during her pregnancy and she failed her last two visits. Not sure why she made today's appointment, of all days.
Also, her water broke the last two times, that's how she knew to go to the hospital. So this is kind of a first for her, she said.
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Ooooh. Yeah, I guess that could be confusing if she's never had her water not break before, although you'd think she'd notice those contractions getting regular and wonder!
Maybe she was subconsciously prompting herself that she needed to make this visit because part of her knew she was in labor and should go in, but it wasn't registering with the conscious part.
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The medications for stopping contractions aren't that bad - I was on 3 of them. They're basically muscle relaxers (relaxants?) and are mostly used for high blood pressure. I had some yukky side effects b/c I have normal to low blood pressure, so mine kept dipping. Only the magnesium sulfate was really bad and I doubt you'll be on that, beverly. I found that deep breathing exercises did help to slow my contractions somewhat, but there's nothing that you can really do yourself to stop them. I can't believe they told you to limit them. No one told me that and I was in labor for a month.
kq, I'm so glad yours stopped on their own.
I hope y'all can get to term without bedrest or medication. I'll be praying.
Theaca, I can't believe a woman who had 2 preemies would have a third child. Thirty weeks isn't bad (from my perspective,as the mother of a 26-weeker), but it isn't good, either. I didn't feel any contractions until I went into labor at 25 weeks, but I sure felt them then and I felt them a week later when Aerin was born. That woman sounds like she has issues, I'm sorry to say.
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Mrs.M, I'm glad too. The medication I was prescribed has side effects of lightheadedness, etc., and I have low blood pressure on a good day. (Extremely low on a bad.) I also have asthma, which it apparently can interfere with. So, I will be trying to avoid taking it by resting and drinking-- which I was already doing. But maybe there's some relaxation or stress-reduction stuff I can do, who knows.
The woman sounds a bit clueless to me, too, although I don't judge her for having three preemies-- some people really feel called to have that many. And then, some are just clueless.
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Oh, I hope Beverly doesn't go crazy on bedrest. When I was on bedrest last pregnancy, I made the couch my base so I still had the TV, and my hubbie jury-rigged the computer and bought a wireless mouse and keyboard so I could play games and stuff. It definitely helped keep me sane. Well, sort of sane. I was really loopy most of the time from the drugs and being so sick. But what little brain cells I had appreciated his efforts to help me out.
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I had an extra-long cord for the keyboard and the bed next to the computer when I was on bedrest. (This was before we had a tv.)
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