We had a good boring appointment. DD helped with Doppler today too. Weight and bp great. Dw got her bloodwork and rohgram shot. Friday is the mfm. More pictures!!we are now every 2 weeks at the ob (something I never made it to). Hoping that we don't get bumped up to mfm every two weeks.
Tomorrow marks one week since I was put on bed rest. I am already going crazy cooped up indoors, and I feel all weird and stiff from not moving much. I have an appointment next week for an u/s with the specialist to see if there's been any change. I'm really hoping they might relax the bed rest to modified bed rest.
Post by ginkgoleaf on Nov 25, 2015 22:01:12 GMT -5
@cookiemonster03, my DS can be a bit wild, so I do my best not to take him, but this was the only appointment I could get this week and he didn't have preschool today. He did like the heartbeat part and the lollipop he got at the end, but I still much prefer going by myself, lol. That probably sounds terrible. :/
We only bring dd when both of us are there. She is 6 and relatively good but it is always easier to have another adult to wrangle her. The mfm only allows kids if there is another adult. She will go to the mfm tomorrow since we are heading straight there from nh.
Well dd has officially been lapped. Baby at 28 w 6 d is 2lb 13 oz so a good 8 oz bigger. Go ziggy! Everything looked good so we are moving right along. We had the mfm I really like so that was nice. It seems like the only Drs seeing non emergency patient today are the mfms so the hospital hallways were just full of pregnant ladies. We go back in 3 weeks when Dw will be 32 weeks. Argh. Crazy.
I'm getting kinda sad to give birth . I love having the baby with me all the time and I get so sad when I think about other people (well other than my husband) holding him/her! I know it will be amazing to see the baby in person but I will miss all the dancing in my belly!
I'm getting kinda sad to give birth . I love having the baby with me all the time and I get so sad when I think about other people (well other than my husband) holding him/her! I know it will be amazing to see the baby in person but I will miss all the dancing in my belly!
When I was pregnant I had a full blown meltdown around 35 weeks about not wanting to share her with anyone else. I sobbed in the bathtub for an hour about it and was so so so sad. I didn't want to to give up that closeness I felt during pregnancy.
When she was born, I was so proud of this being I made, I showed her off and shared her with anyone who wanted to hold her. Big hugs. I remember how hard wrapping my mind around that transition was.
I'm getting kinda sad to give birth . I love having the baby with me all the time and I get so sad when I think about other people (well other than my husband) holding him/her! I know it will be amazing to see the baby in person but I will miss all the dancing in my belly!
I feel the same way, especially knowing this is our last kiddo.
Between all my losses plus this pregnancy, I honestly feel like I've been pregnant for over 2 years now. I am SO ready to meet her (though obviously I hope she doesn't pick up on my impatience and come early) and ready to not be pregnant anymore. But I second everyone's feelings about not wanting to share. I told H I was going to just have her with me at all times and never leave her side. He was like, "I'm not sure that's... practical, love. We'll have a whole house of people we trust to watch her. You might want to get out at some point." And then I gave him crazy eyes and he changed the subject.
Post by belovedbride07 on Nov 27, 2015 20:34:59 GMT -5
I've definitely had wistful thoughts about how this will likely be my only pregnancy andi'm nearing the end. And on the "sharing" the babies, LOL, DH thinks I'm crazy. I've been telling him for a long time that I don't want anyone else to hold my babies, except maybe him and I guess my Mom. We both know I'll get over it, so he just humors me.
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Post by EllenGriswold on Nov 27, 2015 22:48:34 GMT -5
That nauseous but not actually throwing up streak has been broken! Ugh, my first puke tonight when I was trying to swallow pills. This happened about 30 minutes after my first poop in two and a half days as well. Thanksgiving has not been my friend this year.
As someone who is newly on the side of finally having a baby, I can totally understand the feeling not wanting to share my baby. Especially since I had people staying with us for a month following DS's birth, I didn't have a choice.
BUT, the good news is even when your baby shows up, you will be their favorite person. No matter who else holds them. DS has reacted to my voice since the first week over everyone else, I love it. He knows when I walk in a room and when he gets fussy and hungry, I'm sometimes the only one who can pacify him. I love that. I feel like I have a bond with him that no one else has thanks to pregnancy.
I loved pregnancy. I loved feeling her move and wiggle. It was really special. I love holding her now. The morning snuggles are the best.
However, I also really love watching H with her. The way he looks at her brings tears to my eyes. It completely reinforces why we did this together and that is really special, too.
Besides- it is lovely and completely necessary to have help.
I just found out DD doesn't have school the next two days I have an appointment. Ugh. Good thing I just bought her a new iPad mini so she will hopefully be entertained especially since one is the glucose test. She is actually really good when we go, shockingly.
I was so sad to have DD and have to share her but at the same time I was so anxious while pregnant that I just wanted her OUT and safe. This time I am ready for him to be here and am trying to not think about it as I did with DD. Mostly because she is so active and won't want to stay home I know I will need more help and have to be okay with leaving him. Strangely, I get more anxious about leaving DD. Maybe because she is such a flight risk and I worry someone won't keep her safe while out and about?
I realized I have 14w1d to my due date. WTF how did this happen? I've been so busy with my dad and looking at the calendar, almost all our weekends are full already. DD slept in her room at 6 weeks so I feel like time is slipping away to get his room done. I need to go order a dresser for our room stat so I can get his all set up. Also need to sell some stuff on Craiglist and sell a bunch of DD's clothes.
Post by cactuscookie on Nov 28, 2015 12:23:11 GMT -5
I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling a little possessive. My MIL, who I really like, is talking about her visit and how she'll "hold the baby while sleep", and I'm like, no, my baby, mine. You can watch her when she's older and more work.
I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling a little possessive. My MIL, who I really like, is talking about her visit and how she'll "hold the baby while sleep", and I'm like, no, my baby, mine. You can watch her when she's older and more work.
My MIL said the same thing and I felt the same way as you. Until week 2 on very little sleep and I let her keep him up for a few hours after I went to bed. She brought him to me when it was time to feed him and then I had him the rest of the night. I felt guilty because I felt like I should be the one to take care DS 24/7, but I was thankful for the help while it was here. Best thing my MIL did was watch him so I could nap here and there. Best 2-3 hours of sleep I got while she had him in a while.
I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling a little possessive. My MIL, who I really like, is talking about her visit and how she'll "hold the baby while sleep", and I'm like, no, my baby, mine. You can watch her when she's older and more work.
My MIL said the same thing and I felt the same way as you. Until week 2 on very little sleep and I let her keep him up for a few hours after I went to bed. She brought him to me when it was time to feed him and then I had him the rest of the night. I felt guilty because I felt like I should be the one to take care DS 24/7, but I was thankful for the help while it was here. Best thing my MIL did was watch him so I could nap here and there. Best 2-3 hours of sleep I got while she had him in a while.
This is good to know. My mom said she'd stay for a couple days and cook, do laundry, and run errands to let me "be mommy". Which I thought sounded actually helpful, but I'm glad my MIL's way could be helpful too.
My MIL said the same thing and I felt the same way as you. Until week 2 on very little sleep and I let her keep him up for a few hours after I went to bed. She brought him to me when it was time to feed him and then I had him the rest of the night. I felt guilty because I felt like I should be the one to take care DS 24/7, but I was thankful for the help while it was here. Best thing my MIL did was watch him so I could nap here and there. Best 2-3 hours of sleep I got while she had him in a while.
This is good to know. My mom said she'd stay for a couple days and cook, do laundry, and run errands to let me "be mommy". Which I thought sounded actually helpful, but I'm glad my MIL's way could be helpful too.
I found both those approaches were nice. My mom was very much like yours, which was helpful. But an hour or so of good uninterrupted sleep was just as nice to me. And sometimes more welcome than my house looking nice.
cactuscookie - i definitely felt that way with my MIL after dd1 was born. But I have BEC with her. Letting her hold her really didn't help my PPA. My mom, however, was super helpful and actually did stuff so I could hold my own baby.
I loved pregnancy. I loved feeling her move and wiggle. It was really special. I love holding her now. The morning snuggles are the best.
However, I also really love watching H with her. The way he looks at her brings tears to my eyes. It completely reinforces why we did this together and that is really special, too.
I really can't wait to share her with DH. I'm always trying to get him to feel or watch my belly move, and of course, the baby stops moving as soon as he pays attention. I think it bugs me more than it does him.
That nauseous but not actually throwing up streak has been broken! Ugh, my first puke tonight when I was trying to swallow pills. This happened about 30 minutes after my first poop in two and a half days as well. Thanksgiving has not been my friend this year.
I feel like you and I are pregnancy twins. I, too, broke the streak--threw up my entire Thanksgiving meal on Thursday night. I'm hoping I can limit the puking to home, for the most part. I don't need any rampant speculation at work!
cactuscookie - i definitely felt that way with my MIL after dd1 was born. But I have BEC with her. Letting her hold her really didn't help my PPA. My mom, however, was super helpful and actually did stuff so I could hold my own baby.
This is so key. It was not a help at all for my MIL to come over and watch me load/unload the dishwasher while she held a sleeping baby. Put the child down and actually help instead of making snide comments about what I'm doing 'wrong' and let me rest.
I have a very rocky relationship with my MIL though so the fact that she was even in our house was huge. This time I think I'm feeling a bit easier about it because I outsource so much stuff that I know she won't help but it doesn't matter because the cleaner will handle what she doesn't. Meanwhile, DH asked my mom if she could move into our house for a month or 2 because she's such a good help and joy to have around. He didn't even ask me first, just asked my mom because he knows how helpful she is!