muscari
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Post by muscari on Aug 4, 2017 6:49:21 GMT -6
I'm with you all on the weightgain, addymac, kristyw, king26, @easilyunamused. I did alright but somehow gained a ton over the past week. I swear tis just water retention but UGH I was shocked when I stepped on the scale the other day.
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Post by muscari on Aug 4, 2017 6:50:19 GMT -6
Also, @easilyunamsed is it D-day for you today?? What time are you supposed to check-in at the hospital? Keeping you in my thoughts and wishing you a smooth induction!! Keep us posted whenever you feel up to updating! ♥
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Post by violajack on Aug 5, 2017 20:08:03 GMT -6
Hi all, I finally got around to following the crowd over here. All my teaching is done so I'm just sitting around waiting for a baby now. Oh well, and wrapping up a pretty large renovation that should have been done a month ago. My contractor knows he'd better be done before I have the baby. 37w3d.
Like many of you, I'm so done. It was great to come here and read that I'm not alone in feeling so over it even though I still have weeks. This pregnancy has been the most physically difficult of my three, even though is actually the first time I've had normal blood preassures. My BP was elevated the whole time with my first two. It's been much lower the whole time this time. I started swelling about two weeks ago though, I was hoping to escape that.
Because I'm AMA I've started weekly NSTs. The first one was perfect - plenty of movement with accelerations. ONE stupid little nothing contraction while I was on the monitor. I've been having much more intense BH contractions since about 27 weeks this time. I end each day a mess, wishing desparately that it was real labor, knowing it's nothing. Crying.
My first was induced 10 days late. My second went late, but they were able to strip membranes, which triggered labor but still required pitocin. I'm not optimistic, even though it's my third and they say it should go faster. I just want this one out before the September 1st school cut off.
I keep telling myself how much quieter it is when they're still inside. I'm not looking forward to adding constant crying to the chaos of the two young boys I already have, but I have better coping skills now. But it'll be so nice to have my energy and mobility back to keep up with the boys. It's very hard when they start getting physical and I can't physically intervene. Evenings are terrible with them getting out of control and wrestling and hurting each other. And I phyiscally can't do anything about it because I'm already in so much pain myself and can barely move.
What I'm looking forward to when they're out - wine. Not being tired all the time. Wine. No belly getting in the way. Wine. Not hurting all over. Wine.
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Post by unicornsparkles on Aug 6, 2017 5:42:55 GMT -6
Hi violajack! I am with you on wishing the terrible BH would be something real. I also have two young boys, how old are yours?? I'm looking forward to parenting without a beach ball attached to my belly 😁
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Post by violajack on Aug 6, 2017 7:32:54 GMT -6
My oldest turned 5 a month ago and my younger just turned 3. The 5 year old gets crazy nuts in the evening and the 3 year old thinks that climbing on the 5 year old is a good game, so he gets pushed around and hurt and he's a screamer. In fact, his constant screaming is a large part of the reason there's a larger gap between him and this new one. It's like world ending, my arm fell off screaming becasue he bumped into something. And he doesn't get it and won't back off the 5 year old, so he just keeps getting himself into situations that turn into screaming. Mommy needs wine, or earplugs I suppose.
The BH are such a mind game. At least I've been down this road twice before and know intellecutally that it's nothing. I also know intellectually that it's better for the baby to stay inside a few more weeks. But the rest of me hurts and is done and wants the baby out and is irrational about it.
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