Still feel like poo this morning with a cold. couldn't sleep all night. at what point is this a concern? my temperature isn't up yet, so that's good, right?
How long have you had it? I wouldn't be too concerned if you don't have a fever. My friend who was an OB nurse for 20 years explained to me that pregnancy suppresses your immune system so it will take longer than normal to get over things. I had a cold first trimester that took me a good 2 weeks to get over. It sucked. I hope you feel better soon.
bk1 do you know when you're having it? maybe u can start get the ball rolling?
Sometime in January? There isn't even a set date yet. Ugh. I need to talk to my mom about it. She is going to work with my cousin in setting everything up.
Still feel like poo this morning with a cold. couldn't sleep all night. at what point is this a concern? my temperature isn't up yet, so that's good, right?
How long have you had it? I wouldn't be too concerned if you don't have a fever. My friend who was an OB nurse for 20 years explained to me that pregnancy suppresses your immune system so it will take longer than normal to get over things. I had a cold first trimester that took me a good 2 weeks to get over. It sucked. I hope you feel better soon.
2 weeks?? holy moly, i don't feel so bad now. It started acting up Sunday night but I woke up feeling bad Monday morning and hasn't stopped since. bk1, if you're doing it in jan you def need to think of a date soon so you have enough time to invite everyone you want without being last minute.
H is driving me nuts. I love him so much, but he's on this kick about 'not having too much baby stuff' and 'not having the house overwhelmed by baby.' What did you expect to happen? Keep her stuff tucked nicely in a corner?
I've been very good about this whole thing, keeping it minimal. But now I'm getting lectured about some things and I just don't appreciate it. His closest coworker has 2 kids and she's raised her very minimally, almost to the point where it's annoying. And I know she talks his ear off all day about how you don't need much stuff to have a kid. Now he wants to do it the same way, and that frustrates me. He brought up cloth diapers to me, after we'd agreed to not do them (I have no interest, sorry). I know exactly where the conversation came from! "She found them to be really easy and loved them!" That's great. Good for her. I'm still in Camp Nope.
This morning on kids.woot.com there's a batman sleeping bag for a kid, and I love superhero stuff. I sent it to him with a note "awww look how cute! I'm not buying this, but this is awesome!" His response was "She doesn't need a sleeping bag, she can just borrow XYZ's friends kid's bag". I even said I AM NOT BUYING THIS.
So I'm frustrated with him, which doesn't help with the hormones and general discomfort of my current existence.
OMG I think I would seriously hurt DH if he did that...I might suggest he moves to the basement if he bitched about all the kid stuff we are accumulating.
And the diaper thing...WTH. I think my response to the diapers would have been "well, I don't think she is going to be doing the changing and cleaning of diapers here in our household, do you? So I really don't give a *** what she says" followed by a lot of yelling about how I'm the one he needs to worry about keeping happy, since I'm the mother of this child not some stupid ding bat from work.
And what kid doesn't have their own sleeping bag??? just no. He's being scroogey. boo
With all the holiday goodies at work this week and my craving for pasta, I am going to fail my GD test SPECTACULARLY on Saturday. I am a little scared to see the number.
Meh, you'll be FINE! I pretty much lived on skittles and chocolate long johns the week of my GD test and somehow managed to pass. I like to think I helped get my pancreas in shape!
Post by sparkythelawyer on Dec 18, 2014 12:30:36 GMT -5
@sessalee, tell your husband to stop being such a fun sucker, and that you will buy whatever you want for this little one, and if he doesn't like it he can pound effing sand.
Post by starburst604 on Dec 18, 2014 12:33:30 GMT -5
@sessalee, reading about your H has me completely frustrated so I can certainly understand your frustration! Hopefully when the baby actually arrives he'll see that he/she is actually another member of the household who needs "stuff" too! The sleeping bag comment was just too much!
@sessalee, reading about your H has me completely frustrated so I can certainly understand your frustration! Hopefully when the baby actually arrives he'll see that he/she is actually another member of the household who needs "stuff" too! The sleeping bag comment was just too much!
He isn't an ass normally but he's definitely being obnoxiously scroogy about this. Our place isn't big and has zero storage, but I'm also really not interested in not having the 'creature comforts' around which will make having a newborn just a little bit easier.
Part of me thinks it's last minute "omg we're having a baby" panic.
The sleeping bag comment did piss me off though, such that I've mostly ignored him today.
@sessalee, tell your husband to stop being such a fun sucker, and that you will buy whatever you want for this little one, and if he doesn't like it he can pound effing sand.
Funny part of all of this, she's going to have him wrapped around her little finger. She decides she wants a sleeping bag when she's 2, she'll have one in an hour.
@sessalee, tell your husband to stop being such a fun sucker, and that you will buy whatever you want for this little one, and if he doesn't like it he can pound effing sand.
Funny part of all of this, she's going to have him wrapped around her little finger. She decides she wants a sleeping bag when she's 2, she'll have one in an hour.
This will be my husband. I can already see it, he will be whipped in about .02 seconds.
@sessalee, tell your husband to stop being such a fun sucker, and that you will buy whatever you want for this little one, and if he doesn't like it he can pound effing sand.
Funny part of all of this, she's going to have him wrapped around her little finger. She decides she wants a sleeping bag when she's 2, she'll have one in an hour.
This is exactly what will happen. He will be all what my baby wants my baby gets! And once he changes a few really awful diapers, any thoughts he had of cloth diapers will be a distant memory. I know he's not an ass - my husband has had a few crazy thoughts along the way and I'm sure there will be some more!
Funny part of all of this, she's going to have him wrapped around her little finger. She decides she wants a sleeping bag when she's 2, she'll have one in an hour.
This is exactly what will happen. He will be all what my baby wants my baby gets! And once he changes a few really awful diapers, any thoughts he had of cloth diapers will be a distant memory. I know he's not an ass - my husband has had a few crazy thoughts along the way and I'm sure there will be some more!
Post by rachelgreen on Dec 18, 2014 17:16:09 GMT -5
Just figured I would drop this wisdom and doom here for y'all.... After you have a baby, regardless of vag or c section delivery, they will do routine pushing on your stomach to help the uterus contract for the first 24 hrs or so. It hurts like a fucking bitch. Omg it was the least favorite part of yesterday morning (since I delivered near midnight).
Just figured I would drop this wisdom and doom here for y'all.... After you have a baby, regardless of vag or c section delivery, they will do routine pushing on your stomach to help the uterus contract for the first 24 hrs or so. It hurts like a fucking bitch. Omg it was the least favorite part of yesterday morning (since I delivered near midnight).
Yes, yes we do. We do not want you to bleed out. I do at least attempt to be gentle... only pushing as far as I need to go to determine whether your uterus is firm or not.
Just figured I would drop this wisdom and doom here for y'all.... After you have a baby, regardless of vag or c section delivery, they will do routine pushing on your stomach to help the uterus contract for the first 24 hrs or so. It hurts like a fucking bitch. Omg it was the least favorite part of yesterday morning (since I delivered near midnight).
Yes, yes we do. We do not want you to bleed out. I do at least attempt to be gentle... only pushing as far as I need to go to determine whether your uterus is firm or not.
This is another one of those things that I think belongs on a "what no one tells you" list.
I had another ultrasound today and I can't believe how much growth there has been since the one I had early last week. I could actually see it moving around! So wild. I'm so bummed my H missed this appointment because he is on a business trip. Since my first OB appointment isn't until Jan 2, the RE said I could come in for one last scan before then. I'm going to miss these weekly scans!
Just figured I would drop this wisdom and doom here for y'all.... After you have a baby, regardless of vag or c section delivery, they will do routine pushing on your stomach to help the uterus contract for the first 24 hrs or so. It hurts like a fucking bitch. Omg it was the least favorite part of yesterday morning (since I delivered near midnight).
Ugh ya. I knew they did this but was not ready for the pain. The nurse did it to me right away and I almost crawled off the bed. Then they check your pad to see how much bleeding you have. Good time. Good times.
Just figured I would drop this wisdom and doom here for y'all.... After you have a baby, regardless of vag or c section delivery, they will do routine pushing on your stomach to help the uterus contract for the first 24 hrs or so. It hurts like a fucking bitch. Omg it was the least favorite part of yesterday morning (since I delivered near midnight).
Yes, yes we do. We do not want you to bleed out. I do at least attempt to be gentle... only pushing as far as I need to go to determine whether your uterus is firm or not.
I read this before.. is it less painful if you still have the epidural in/or on pain meds? lol
Yes, yes we do. We do not want you to bleed out. I do at least attempt to be gentle... only pushing as far as I need to go to determine whether your uterus is firm or not.
I read this before.. is it less painful if you still have the epidural in/or on pain meds? lol
My epi was still in on the table obviously for the first few gigantic pushes. Then back in my room (at my hospital you recover from c-sections in your own room right away) it was out but the pain meds were still wearing off. It hurts regardless. Like a lot. Sorry!
Just figured I would drop this wisdom and doom here for y'all.... After you have a baby, regardless of vag or c section delivery, they will do routine pushing on your stomach to help the uterus contract for the first 24 hrs or so. It hurts like a fucking bitch. Omg it was the least favorite part of yesterday morning (since I delivered near midnight).
Yes, yes we do. We do not want you to bleed out. I do at least attempt to be gentle... only pushing as far as I need to go to determine whether your uterus is firm or not.
lol. I'm sure your patients thank you for being as gentle as possible! I had read about this part but just...didn't expect it to be like it was.
Just figured I would drop this wisdom and doom here for y'all.... After you have a baby, regardless of vag or c section delivery, they will do routine pushing on your stomach to help the uterus contract for the first 24 hrs or so. It hurts like a fucking bitch. Omg it was the least favorite part of yesterday morning (since I delivered near midnight).
Ugh ya. I knew they did this but was not ready for the pain. The nurse did it to me right away and I almost crawled off the bed. Then they check your pad to see how much bleeding you have. Good time. Good times.
The word Fuck was for sure coming from my mouth. That was, it was coming out after I caught my breath from almost passing out because of the pain.
Yes, yes we do. We do not want you to bleed out. I do at least attempt to be gentle... only pushing as far as I need to go to determine whether your uterus is firm or not.
I read this before.. is it less painful if you still have the epidural in/or on pain meds? lol
No. The epidural wears off within a couple of hours, the iv pain meds also. We give all our patients pain medications though, mostly norco/lortab/vicodin or strong motrin, which helps but it won't completely take the pain away. So don't try to be a tough gal. It hurts to have a baby, both during and after. And the meds we give don't hurt the baby if you're breastfeeding
Yes, yes we do. We do not want you to bleed out. I do at least attempt to be gentle... only pushing as far as I need to go to determine whether your uterus is firm or not.
lol. I'm sure your patients thank you for being as gentle as possible! I had read about this part but just...didn't expect it to be like it was.
Lol, not really! There's a lot of "I'm sorry, I know this hurts" thrown in there.
lol. I'm sure your patients thank you for being as gentle as possible! I had read about this part but just...didn't expect it to be like it was.
Lol, not really! There's a lot of "I'm sorry, I know this hurts" thrown in there.
Well, trust me, they can tell the difference between nurses and their pressure. My "fav" nurse so far was the one who was roughest. She is lucky she was so awesome in other areas otherwise I might have kicked her in her face hahaha.