BABY DUST 5 ~ Extra Sticky!

[Keeks]

Just thought I'd start the next thread since our last one is getting pretty bogged down by all our posts :)

[krissyy]

mandy-i'm sorry to hear that you have another obstacle!!  you poor thing!  but, it sounds like you are taking it in stride!  be sure to post pics of your nursery :-)  

jamie-your bump is so cute!  i am sure it feels good to experience pregnancy with only one occupant!!  do you feel much different?

[katebud]

Hi everyone!

So I was curious about the thing Mandy has...  :(  so here's info!  

Some women experience a very severe itching in late pregnancy. The most common cause of this is cholestasis, a common liver disease that only happens in pregnancy. Cholestasis of pregnancy is a condition in which the normal flow of bile in the gallbladder is affected by the high amounts of pregnancy hormones. Cholestasis is more common in the last trimester of pregnancy when hormones are at their peak, but it usually goes away within a few days after delivery. According to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cholestasis occurs in about 1 out of 1,000 pregnancies but is more common in Swedish and Chilean ethnic groups. Cholestasis is sometimes referred to as extrahepatic cholestasis which occurs outside the liver, intrahepatic cholestasis which occurs inside the liver, or obstetric cholestasis.

(http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/cholestasispregnancy.html)

I am doing well today, very happy and bouncy feeling, which is great.  :)  I'll enjoy it while I can  ;)

[Jamie21]

Man, just posted a new belly shot and can't believe how much bigger its gotten since the last time I posted one.

LOL you girls are funny with your poop talks and pooping while giving birth, its all natural things to do, mind you I don't know if I ever want to know if I do any of those things=S that may make me embarrassed lol
So hubby felt our baby girl move for the first time today it was exciting. Mind you he felt the boys and its not the first baby. But he seems pretty excited due to the fact that its a girl, maybe cause its new and different.

Cholestasis? I am sorry Mandy I don't know what that is, I know my husband has Crohns disease but I don't think those two are similiar things. Sorry to hear that.,

[Mandy725]

Hiiiiiiii!! Sorry I've been MIA.... busy with Dr's appts all the time it seems. Dr has us coming in for NST 2x a week to monitor Aidan. He just diagnosed me with Cholestasis of the Liver. Neaaaaaat, eh? So we're taking one day at a time.. 36 ish weeks now! Contracting off and on all the time, I have a feeling he's coming soon... they checked my cervix last night, 1cm dialated..!! woo hoo. haha.


Nursery is almost done, all we need is to pain the babys name on the wall, and that's it~!!


Congrats ASH!!!


How is everyone doing???

[krissyy]

thank you for your description of contractions.  my mother told me the same thing--that it isn't really too bad till the end at transitional stage.  and from what i have read, that is the shortest part of the laboring experience.  thank goodness!!  the transition stage-do those feel like horrible menstrual cramps too or are they when you feel like you have to poop really bad but can't?  i have heard the same thing--that they are discrete about the poo--after all, sh*t happens, right??  hehe.  but i still hope so much that it doesn't happen for me!!!!

[princesska2]

katebud do you mean the pre labour contractions? they dont hurt at all really. it is a bit uncomfortable but not painful as such. so prob a 1. the beginning of labour is uncomfortable too more than painful nothing too bad. it is really only when you get to transition when the baby is just about ready to be pushed out that the contractions become what you call really painful. def a 10 for me. most of the other time it is comparable to menstrual cramping i suppose. krissy if you are getting this sort of pain it sounds like you are really close! i was like that only for bout 1 or 2 days before it all happened. goodluck girl! i didn't poop with my first but i think i did with my second but when i asked the midwife she darted around the question so i dont know for sure. it was actually after the birth when i was pushing out the placenta so there was so much mess down there it wouldnt have mattered. they are all so good about it and you are thinking about so many other things you dont care anyway. i dont think people actually poo before the baby is out but not sure. it is such a normal thing it is something that you shouldnt even worry about really. you are so involved in getting past the pain and your new litle bundle that it so doesnt matter.