Thursday Touch base - Weekending 8/13/10

[Brittny27]

SInce waitn has so much going on right now I decided I would post this weeks Touch Base tread.

[waitn838]

thanks britt for taking over for me...

its so exciting that everybody is getting ready to meet their babies...i was expecting to bring miss emilee home on tuesday but we hit our first setback and had issues last night of her holding her body temp and she was moved from the open crib back into a warm isolette...they immediately started her back on antibiotics as a precaution and drew bloodwork looking for infection...the cbc came back completely normal so they are thinking it was a hospital environment issue and the ac was on too high last night....according to the nurse 2 other babies had issues in the same hallway...how frustrating that this setback emilees discharge date and now they have an iv needle in her precious head!!! :(

im still hopeful that emilee will be discarged by the end of the week...she will be 34 weeks gestation on wed but they treat her like she is 2 weeks ahead because of how quickly she advanced through the feeding and other stages that usually take a week or 2 to stabilize

congrats to all you ladies...i will continue to try and update either in  posts or in my journals

[EmsMom07]

I will be 34 weeks tomorrow! I was suppose to go get my maternity photos done today but we had a change of plan so we will get them done next Sat.

Well ladies my last appointment did not go very well. I ended up in L&D Sunday night due to really bad cramps and lower pain in my lower back and was told that I had a lot of blood in my urine. I went to my regular appt for Tue. and sure enough I do have blood in my urine still, my blood pressure increased to 140/80 as well =0(. I am now on antibiotics for a week to see if the blood in my urine ccan be a UTI when i go back next Tue and if I still have blood in my urine I will then be admitted into the hospital =0( I just hope that my body keeps my lil man in a lil longer. I also got checked becasue my Dr thought that my cervix was changing but nothing!!!

I also haven't started the nursery yet =0(, boy do I feel horrible!

[cherylsangel]

I also hope to receive another us. I would like to know the size of the baby so I know what I will be dealing with during labour. My sister has one next firday and she will be 36 weeks so I am hoping I will get one too but I don't think that is standard in Canada.

[Clysta]

My last scheduled ultrasound was when I was 20 weeks. I wasn't meant to get another, but I had one done at 32/33 weeks (I can't remember) to check growth and to make sure everything was ok. In my particular area, you only get the minimum amount of ultrasounds needed. (Generally one for dating in early pregnancy and one at 20 weeks unless you have problems)

[jschoch8]

34 weeks was my last scheduled ultrasound :)

[bellabits]

I'll be 34 weeks on Sunday, I ha a dr appt this past Monday but saw the midwife rather than the dr b/c he was running behind. I was telling her about the pain in my back and she simply looked at me and said "you're pregnant, it'll go away when the baby comes", needless to say I was none to happy with her, it's not like I'm drug seeking all I wanted was a note for work that said I had to be on light duty so I don't have to stand as much and cart around files...anyways my next appt is 8/23 and they will start doing internal checks at that point, I'll be 35 wks by  then. I'm so excited to meet our LO and can't wait to see her and fin out what kind of personality she'll have. I can't believe we are all almost done it seems like it was just December/January when we were all getting our BFPs, time goes by so fast - question : does anyone know if a u/s at 36 wks is standard, or does something have to be wrong for them to do a u/s now? I just want to know if I'll be able to see her one more time before she arrives =)

[cherylsangel]

I am 34 weeks now, looks like I am the baby of Sept now that waitn has her LO. Not much to say, we finally picked out our crib thank goodness and today DF said he was going to start working on the nursery.....could you believe we still havent started it yet...AHHHH...I have a feeling this baby is coming late and I am hoping so...need as much time as we can get.

I have a doc appt next week but I think I am still too early for him to check dilation or anything like that. I have had no BH at all so I guess my body is not preparing itself which is fine with me. I still have that rash (sorry TMI), but I think it might slowly be going away, I find that now it only acts up and becomes really itchy when I am hot and sweaty so maybe it was just a really bad heat rash...i dunno

Thats all for now!

[LosingMyMindInGA]

I'm 36 weeks as of today.  1 more week til I'm "technically" full term.  My doc started cercvical checks a little over a week ago.  So far it's been softening but not dialating.  I also had my group B strep this past monday.  Dont' have the results of that yet.  

I finally preregistered for the hospital wednesday and last night and went and did the stupid "epidural class" they have here.  Basically you sit and watch this cheesy 20 yr old video for 12 minutes.  Which to ME is really stupid, Uhm I've given birth 5 times, I kinda know what to expect LOL.  Then you fill out the medical history questionnare and sign the consent forms.  If you don't go do it you don't have the option of the epidural.  Stupid small town hospital....

I've had my bags packed for awhile now.  The only thing I NEED to do is put the carseat back in my truck.  I took it out and had it in the rooftop carrier for my trip to Virginia a couple weeks ago.  

I need to take new pics now that I'm 36 weeks :)

[Clysta]

I'm 35 weeks now (which blows my mind) and am feeling pretty good. Had a really nasty URI, and that's finally starting to go away. My chest feels like it got bull stomped from so much coughing though.

I get to tour the hospital and fill out out the paperwork this Sunday, and I'm really excited to see their birthing rooms again. I've got a bunch of questions I need to ask, so it should be fun. I also repacked my hospital bag and added a few more things. I think I have everything, but I'm going to check again tomorrow just to make sure.

I also have another doctors appointment this Monday, and I'm going to check and see when they start looking for dilation and whatnot. It's so exciting that there's only a few weeks left before we all start posting our birth stories and pictures of our little ones. :)

[nola0805]

I had my 37 week checkup today.  No manual check but the baby's heartbeat is strong.  I am still unable to walk without a ton of pain and now am using a cane.  I am getting increasingly worried about how I will manage delivery with such a bad injury to my pelvis.  My OB is still hopeful that we can manage or at least attempt a vaginal birth, so that is comforting.  I have been having what feels like mild menstrual cramps but that is it - no real BH yet.  I think he will come closer to his due date, which is fine - it gives me more time to get things at work squared away.

I finally completed the hospital registration forms and now just have to find time to drop them off.  I also completed the forms for Finn's pediatrician - to register him there.  

I finally started getting a bag packed - I have some essentials in there for me, cash for a cab, and things for the baby and DH.  I will have to add more stuff for me at the last minute because I am using it now but at least some stuff is packed.

[pameladawn414]

Holy crap I'm going to be 35 weeks on Saturday!! Only two more weeks till I'm considered full term! Scarryy yet exciting!!!

This week was good, saw my chiropractor and everything is looking healthily there, I have my midwife appointment on Monday so we'll see how that goes! Been still gaining a steady pound a week, baby is moving alot, I think my insides are bruised hahaha. She loves stretching out her bum and her legs at the same time :)P

Got my maternity photos done a few days ago which was super exciting and fun, best money I ever spent! I can't wait for my photographer to do the newborn ones once Anna is born :D

[Brittny27]

sorry correction after looking it up it's "borage oil"

[LosingMyMindInGA]

never heard of the porridge oil but will have to check into.  I posted my doc appt update in a seperate post.  I also found out from another post that the ACOG has released less strict guidelines about VBACS which makes me EXTREMELY happy.  

Today i went grocery shopping and was having some BH and a good bit of pressure. Several times this afternoon/evening I felt I had to go #2 but got on the toilet and nothing...then the urge went away only for me to get up and it come back a few minutes later and still nothing.  A few times when I felt that I felt pressure in my back as well, so maybe, just maybe this little girl is trying to get something done.  

It's still a big early for me yet.  I'll be 36 weeks tomorrow.  So we'll just have to wait and see.  I plan on doing as much  as I can on my feet to let gravity do it's thing but I have to be careful becuase I've been swelling in my legs alot.

[jschoch8]

Im not going to update on my week because i was pretty detailed about my appt yesterday in another post :) ill have to look up Porridge oil and i want to look into evening primrose oil and drinking red raspberry tea. I have an appt on wed and i def want to get checked so if i have no progress at 38 weeks im going to start trying something.

as far as packing the hospital bag, i packed everything i dont need now and made a list of other things that im still using to grab at the last minute. i put my makeup in a bag and my clothes i use all the time in a bag so that i can just grab these things last minute.

i finally nailed down my pediatrician today and we will be putting in the carseats this weekend!

[Brittny27]

I had my 37 week apt today.

He did a manual check. The nurse told me last week that he doesn't do them until 39 weeks which I thought was really weird but I guess it's 37 weeks that he starts doing them.

Baby is very low but cervix is "nowhere ready to deliver" exactly what my Dr said. My chiropractor told me to use Porridge oil to soften and ripen cervix. He's on his 4th child, and his mom is a nurse in L&D so I think I could trust his information. I am going to google it in a few minutes. I guess it's full of prolactins which is what sperm is full of and they tell you thats suppose to help right?

I have been having some contractions but I guess there only BH since nothing has been happening to my cervix.

I am having a Yard Sale Sat & Sun this weekend. I am not looking forward to being out in the heat all morning. I really need to be going through the stuff and pricing it but keep putting it off.

I still have yet to pack my hospital bag and BF keeps getting on me everyday about it. I just can't figure out what I can put in there that I'm not still using and need there at the hospital. There are a few things that I don't have that I would really love to have with me like a robe. I've never had a robe I don't know why but think now that I'm going to be a mom it would come in handy.  

How is everyone else this week?