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Childbirth
Alright so im just curious about this. Do you ladies think that 30weeks is when you should start worrying about going into labor? Or really starting to make sure your ready to bring the baby home? I ask because im 21+3 weeks and me and my boyfriend still dont have our own place and are still living with his grandma. I want to have a homebirth but her house is NOT sanitary enough to have a baby in. So we need our own place before baby comes. Anyways im thinking that 30weeks would be an ok time to move out if we dont have a place of our own yet. What do you think? Because right now i cant even nest or take a childbirth class nothing and im thinking 30weeks is a good cutoff date to get out in time for baby? Please help. Thanks :)
That's the perfect time....actually now is a good time as well I'm 26+4 and already found my own place
Well i dont even really have much to move just clothes same as my boyfriend. I was just wondering if you ladies thought that 30weeks is too late to try and move out and settle in somewhere else or should we move out sooner than that?
I would start checking out places now and getting prices and such. There isn't too soon of a time to start looking because you never know what can happen. My one friend ended up giving birth at 31 weeks so since then I like to be prepared early just in case.
Yeah thats my concern. Even though my family doesnt have any history that i know of of going into labor before term i do know that theres plenty of women who do so the possibility is real. And if that were the case for me (going into labor at 31weeks) then id go into labor in 9weeks!! Im trying to get my boyfriend to understand that just because pregnancy is meant to last 40weeks doesnt mean everybody makes it to 40weeks you know? And im getting pretty close to 30weeks im really not that far from it. 8weeks isnt that long and we've yet to even take a childbirth class?! Im totally stressing.
Yeahh I've tried explaining that to my husband (the whole 40 weeks thing) because of him wanting to get drunk every weekend. I finally convinced him to stop around 34 weeks because my mom has gone early with every kid and so has his mom.
As far as a child birth class I said screw it because I feel as if its something that can't be taught. Yeah it can be helpful but I've heard from most that instinct just kicks in so im just going to go with that (my mom and she has had 4 natural deliveries without anything).
As far as a child birth class I said screw it because I feel as if its something that can't be taught. Yeah it can be helpful but I've heard from most that instinct just kicks in so im just going to go with that (my mom and she has had 4 natural deliveries without anything).
Well my husband got relocated for work when I was 22wks....I was freaking out about moving....especially when the move was 5 hours away and in a different state! In my case doctor wouldn't let me move until I was 30 weeks! So the day we moved was exactly 30 wks! We had a lot to move...for us we had a packe 26foot u haul...lol.... I think the hardest part of the move was not being able to do much! Or being in control of how things were done!
You can move at that time just be prepared is all! Have everything lined up and set up with people to help....even if it's just clothes! At that time you are more prone to feet swelling and getting dehydrated just simply repeatingly bending over and picking up a pile of clothes!
Hope it all goes smoothly for you and you find a place of your own!
You can move at that time just be prepared is all! Have everything lined up and set up with people to help....even if it's just clothes! At that time you are more prone to feet swelling and getting dehydrated just simply repeatingly bending over and picking up a pile of clothes!
Hope it all goes smoothly for you and you find a place of your own!
Yeah and since theres not any hisdtory that i know of of going into labor early he doesnt seem to be worried about it too much. Which is why i posted this to see how many women went into labor early or what they think. Hes also not super concerned about taking a childbrith class either but for me i want to take it so we can mentally prepare ourselves you know? He thinks a 12 week class is too long and that we shouldnt be worrying until i get past 30weeks. I want to do a natural childbrith at home so him and i really need to prepare mentally but he doesnt seem to think its a problem.
Yeahh if I was going to do an at home birth I would and if its 12 weeks long how does it make sense to take it at 30 weeks? Id explain that to him.
Wow that mustve stressed you out. Having to move but then not being able to move until 30weeks and then being on crunch time to move. The problem is is that right now we're living with his grandma and with the condition of her house i refuse to bring our baby home to this so i want to get out asap but the big hold up is that neither of us have jobs. We did but the fruit company we worked at was like slave labor and the management sucked so it wasnt worth it. So now we have no income again and arent in the position to be able to look for a place of our own. Which leaves us with about two-three options: move in with my dad and his family, move in with my dads wifes parents, or move across the entire state of wa to move in with my grnadma.
Darn it i wasnt done lol. And i meant grandma. Anways it ***** because we both really want to stay in the city we're in so then that means we we'd have to eithe move in with my dad or move in with my step grandparents but i dont even know if my step grandparents would let us move in. Because we're not married and we dont have any income to pay even a reduced rent. (they let thier daughter my dads wife move back in when she was young and had her first daughter but she was single and had to pay a small rent). And then my boyfriend REALLY doesnt like my dad. I mean its getting better but idk if he would even consider us moving in with my dad. But we dont want to move across the state. :/
Exactly. I mean we shouldve signed up for birth classes at the beginning of my fifth month! And im already at the end of my fifth month. So im kind of freaking out here. Plus i want to hire my own midwife so i can have a homebirth but we need $100 bucks upfront to sign the contract and we dont even have that! So i cant even start anything :( and it really frustrates me because we are running out of time.
Get it done when you can but dont stress I was 39 weeks when we finally moved into our new house.
Well the reason why im stressing is because currently where we're living we cannot bring our baby home to. If we brought our baby to where we are now if cps were called chances are our baby would be taken away. Because the house is so dirty and stuff. So we need to move somewhere before the baby comes. And i was just wondering when you ladies think we should move. Because we cant bring our baby home to where we're living now.
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