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Post by calendula on Feb 27, 2018 17:14:09 GMT -6
polson, so exciting! And its so great that you're already making some progress. That's a really good sign for a favorable induction. YAY
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Post by cp3 on Feb 27, 2018 18:07:21 GMT -6
That's so exciting polson! Yay for more babies!
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Post by woodenshoes on Feb 27, 2018 18:31:20 GMT -6
woodenshoes will you be getting induced as well?? Yay for more babies! Yes, I have my OB appointment tomorrow, so we will see what day/time tomorrow. They mentioned Sunday night at my NST yesterday, but I was hoping it could be Monday night so I can wrap up the last work thing I wanted to get through on Monday. Either way it is soon.
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Post by woodenshoes on Feb 27, 2018 18:34:03 GMT -6
polson yay! I was at a 0/nothing going on last week. So I am slightly worried how my induction will go if I still haven’t made any progress come Sunday or Monday.
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Post by mattsgirl2004 on Feb 27, 2018 18:44:43 GMT -6
woodenshoes will you be getting induced as well?? Yay for more babies! Yes, I have my OB appointment tomorrow, so we will see what day/time tomorrow. They mentioned Sunday night at my NST yesterday, but I was hoping it could be Monday night so I can wrap up the last work thing I wanted to get through on Monday. Either way it is soon. So exciting!!! Hope the timing works out perfectly for you!
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Feb 27, 2018 19:28:41 GMT -6
Ugh. Am I bad mom for not getting DD into 3yo preschool next year? She goes to an i home DC full time but we could probably swing drop off/pickups 2x/week. It’s CUT THROAT to get into preschool here - people line up for the non-DC preschool programs hours before registration opens. I figure I can still drop off the paper work and check and cross my fingers for a spot of the wait list but I think the chances are slim :/
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Post by clementine on Feb 27, 2018 19:36:33 GMT -6
WTAF to these post partum dreams. I had a dream some man was trying to steal the high heels I was wearing (I never wear heels) while I was at a little league baseball game. And I was carrying baby and the guy kept making me fall and drop him and I was crying and freaking out. And then my grandma was there asking me to pick her up some things from the grocery.
In other news, MH brought home chik-fil-a for dinner after going into work for a bit to get his leave worked out. That man is a saint.
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Post by sweetc129 on Feb 27, 2018 19:42:55 GMT -6
Moar babieees!!! Feel better auri
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Post by babybean on Feb 27, 2018 20:05:14 GMT -6
Leaf 🌱 I don’t have DS is preschool and feel guilty too. It’s a 30 minutes drive though. So that’d be 2 hours of driving each day and I think that’s too much. ETA: he’s on a wait list so I haven’t totally ruled it out but yeahhh.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Feb 27, 2018 20:18:26 GMT -6
Leaf 🌱 I don’t have DS is preschool and feel guilty too. It’s a 30 minutes drive though. So that’d be 2 hours of driving each day and I think that’s too much. ETA: he’s on a wait list so I haven’t totally ruled it out but yeahhh. DD is also HORRIBLE with transitions and I think the adjustment to a preschool drop off right when I’m coming back from maternity leave might kill me. I’ll get her on the waitlist and release it to the lord. Two hours of driving or just hanging out with a baby sounds awful. Are there classes (dance, swimming, soccer, etc) closer to you?
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Post by leatherpants on Feb 27, 2018 20:24:04 GMT -6
Ugh. Am I bad mom for not getting DD into 3yo preschool next year? She goes to an i home DC full time but we could probably swing drop off/pickups 2x/week. It’s CUT THROAT to get into preschool here - people line up for the non-DC preschool programs hours before registration opens. I figure I can still drop off the paper work and check and cross my fingers for a spot of the wait list but I think the chances are slim :/ Nope. Not going to preschool does not make you a bad mom. Don’t sweat it. If it works, it works. If it doesn’t, it’s fine. I’m only sending DS to preschool this fall (he’ll be 4) is because I will be home. If I was working, it would be a no go
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Post by babybean on Feb 27, 2018 20:29:03 GMT -6
Leaf 🌱 I don’t have DS is preschool and feel guilty too. It’s a 30 minutes drive though. So that’d be 2 hours of driving each day and I think that’s too much. ETA: he’s on a wait list so I haven’t totally ruled it out but yeahhh. DD is also HORRIBLE with transitions and I think the adjustment to a preschool drop off right when I’m coming back from maternity leave might kill me. I’ll get her on the waitlist and release it to the lord. Two hours of driving or just hanging out with a baby sounds awful. Are there classes (dance, swimming, soccer, etc) closer to you? He has cooking class and gym that he enjoys so I release some of my guilt.
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Post by mattsgirl2004 on Feb 27, 2018 21:16:55 GMT -6
Ugh. Am I bad mom for not getting DD into 3yo preschool next year? She goes to an i home DC full time but we could probably swing drop off/pickups 2x/week. It’s CUT THROAT to get into preschool here - people line up for the non-DC preschool programs hours before registration opens. I figure I can still drop off the paper work and check and cross my fingers for a spot of the wait list but I think the chances are slim :/ Definitely doesn't make you a bad mom! If I didn't SAH, there's no way I'd be able too or even consider DD going to preschool next year. Preschool is not a requirement and anything she needs to learn, she'll learn in kindergarten. 😉 Don't feel guilty at all!
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Post by mintyblueair on Feb 27, 2018 21:37:55 GMT -6
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Post by katietopaz on Feb 27, 2018 23:26:19 GMT -6
Ugh. Am I bad mom for not getting DD into 3yo preschool next year? She goes to an i home DC full time but we could probably swing drop off/pickups 2x/week. It’s CUT THROAT to get into preschool here - people line up for the non-DC preschool programs hours before registration opens. I figure I can still drop off the paper work and check and cross my fingers for a spot of the wait list but I think the chances are slim :/ Not a bad mom. Private preschools (i.e. $$$) are THE thing here, and I'm waffling on sending DS this fall mostly because of cost. He turns 3 in May and I think he would thrive at preschool, so I'm probably going to feel guilty enough to make it happen.
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Post by nevertoomanyshoes on Feb 28, 2018 3:42:39 GMT -6
katietopaz I’m sorry I’d be annoyed too. We don’t tell MIL stuff like that because she cannot keep a secret. Neither can my dad. When I was pregnant with my May15-er he told so many people before I wanted to go public that someone rang my mum (they’re divorced and civil but don’t like hang out) to congratulate her. So we just told no one this time (especially as it was after two consecutive losses) until we were happy to be public. I’m sure MIL shares everything MH tells her with her mum and siblings, since she tells us the most random and sometimes quite personal things about his cousins and other family members.
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Post by polson on Feb 28, 2018 5:23:46 GMT -6
woodenshoes total anecdote, but i was completely closed with my first and still had a good induction (imo i guess) last time. i went in at night and they gave me cervidil and an ambien. i got 12 hours of sleep and was at a 1 or 2 when i woke up. i can’t remember the order of everything else, but i got a shower in the morning and a nap. i don’t even remember the contractions being bad at this point. i pushed for maybe 15 min? i had dd in less than 24 hr from admission. maybe that sounds long, but that was with my 12 hrs of sleep and i only pushed for 15 minutes. do they give the cervix ripening stuff and send you home in canada? you’re in canada right? i hope this gives you hope and not the opposite
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Post by mattsgirl2004 on Feb 28, 2018 7:13:19 GMT -6
The pain meds my OB prescribed did the trick. The carpal tunnel pain stayed away from about 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. and I was able to get some sleep last night. I'm a little concerned with taking the meds though as anything I've read online says it shouldn't be taken during pregnancy unless absolutely necessary. 😕 I don't want to hurt baby by taking it.
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Post by polson on Feb 28, 2018 7:20:47 GMT -6
glad you got some sleep mattsgirl2004...i wouldn’t worry too much about the meds at this point in pregnancy, but i know it’s hard not to have those thoughts.
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Post by ovenrack on Feb 28, 2018 7:24:19 GMT -6
I feel like we're at the point where we shouldn't have to listen to or deal with other people's complaints.
Like, hooookay, but I am gestating a pretty much fully-grown human baby, so please talk to someone else who isn't in this frame of mind.
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Post by woodenshoes on Feb 28, 2018 7:24:39 GMT -6
polson, I am in Michigan...so close enough to Canada. I think they keep you at the hospital the whole induction. At least that was the plan for DS four years ago, but he came on his own a few days before the scheduled induction. I hope my experience goes as well as yours did. I am sure I will be given all of the info on the process at my appointment later today. Leaf 🌱, nope, you are not a bad mom for enrolling DD into 3 yo preschool. My son wouldn't be in a preschool at 4 yo, but they do preschool activities as part of his daycare program that he goes to 3 days a week. mattsgirl2004, I am glad the medicine helped. I understand the dilemma with not wanting to take the meds during pregnancy. The risk/benefit stuff for medicine for pregnancy gives me anxiety.
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Post by cornpop on Feb 28, 2018 14:18:43 GMT -6
My appointment with the mean midwife went...okay? Not as bad as I expected but not good either.
I told her about all of the contractions I have been having and that I wasn't sure if they were BH or legit. She pretty much just said we don't care at this point. Then asked if I thought I was in active labor. If I don't know if these are legit or BH, how would I know if I'm in active labor?
Then I told her again that my due date was wrong (they think it's 2 days later), and she was like "it's no big deal". And I told her that when you're sick every day of pregnancy, two extra days being pregnant seems interminable so if I have to wait 2 extra days to be induced if I'm late I'll lose my mind. She seemed to take that as me wanting to be induced which made me feel awkward. I don't want to be induced, but I don't want to be pregnant another minute longer than I need to.
After that I decided to switch my next two appointments to midwives I actually like. I know I may have ones I don't like in labor but at that point, I barely see them and I'll be overwhelmed anyway.
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Post by calendula on Feb 28, 2018 14:44:43 GMT -6
I feel like we're at the point where we shouldn't have to listen to or deal with other people's complaints. Like, hooookay, but I am gestating a pretty much fully-grown human baby, so please talk to someone else who isn't in this frame of mind. omggggg yes. I had a run in with my shitty coworker yesterday (on my way to the ladies room no less), attempting again to start some manufactured drama, and she started by saying "You know, I haven't said anything to you because your'e pregnant, but..." and at that point I should have just said "good idea!" and walked away. I am a super non-confrontational person and pretty easy going. I cannot for the life of me understand why I'm the person she's picking on lately. I definitely don't want to deal with anyone's bullshit right now.
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Post by calendula on Feb 28, 2018 14:58:22 GMT -6
My appointment with the mean midwife went...okay? Not as bad as I expected but not good either. I told her about all of the contractions I have been having and that I wasn't sure if they were BH or legit. She pretty much just said we don't care at this point. Then asked if I thought I was in active labor. If I don't know if these are legit or BH, how would I know if I'm in active labor? Then I told her again that my due date was wrong (they think it's 2 days later), and she was like "it's no big deal". And I told her that when you're sick every day of pregnancy, two extra days being pregnant seems interminable so if I have to wait 2 extra days to be induced if I'm late I'll lose my mind. She seemed to take that as me wanting to be induced which made me feel awkward. I don't want to be induced, but I don't want to be pregnant another minute longer than I need to. After that I decided to switch my next two appointments to midwives I actually like. I know I may have ones I don't like in labor but at that point, I barely see them and I'll be overwhelmed anyway. I definitely support you switching your appointments. It won't change the outcome of who delivers your baby. May as well not add to the misery, right? As for the contractions, I think at this point in pregnancy, if they are regularly timed, you consider them legit. I don't think the pain threshold really factors in because its so different for everyone. With DS, my doctors called it active labor after we started induction, but for about 12 hours the contractions weren't any different than what I had experienced for the 4 weeks prior. They were just more regularly timed and getting gradually closer and ever so slightly more painful over time. So don't get hung up on that.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Feb 28, 2018 15:00:03 GMT -6
...how much cheese is too much cheese. Asking for a friend.
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Post by cornpop on Feb 28, 2018 15:05:28 GMT -6
Oh and for those interested, my cervix is locked up tighter than Ft Knox at this point so no Baby Pop anytime soon.
I think my H forgets we don't have anything to make for dinner unless he does food shopping because it's 4pm and he is still working.
That's fine with my because I'm going to push for Child Fil A for dinner. I discovered their Polynesian sauce this weekend and it's been a revelation.
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Post by auri on Feb 28, 2018 15:10:20 GMT -6
cornpop, I'm sorry, but I'm glad you were able to switch your next appointments so you'll see people you like. Leaf 🌱, I don't think there's such a thing as too much cheese.
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Post by clementine on Feb 28, 2018 15:18:47 GMT -6
...how much cheese is too much cheese. Asking for a friend.
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Post by cornpop on Feb 28, 2018 15:28:51 GMT -6
Sorry for being a post whore but I am losing my mind.
Two nights ago I washed all our bottles and ordered new nipples. Em was a pain and it took 4 brands of bottles to find one she liked so we have a ton.
I got the nipples and sterilized them today , but now we're missing 4 bottles! I know I had more of this brand but I have no idea where they went to?? And I don't really need them but now I have the nipples open and sterilized so I can't return them.
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Post by Rama on Feb 28, 2018 16:36:31 GMT -6
...how much cheese is too much cheese. Asking for a friend.
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