Moms to be Part 4

[leith78]

Hey everyone, just checking in. I'm dilated to 2 cm as of right now. This has not changed since 7 this morning so my OB is coming in this afternoon to check me and see if he can break my water to speed things up. I'm hoping before 10 pm to have this little one! I'll update again later

Glad to hear your little girl is on her way! Get some rest if you can while you're waiting.

 

[irisbud]

Sounds like things are going well Emalee!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Oh yay Emily!! Glad to hear things are moving along. Keep us posted!

 

[vettechick99]

Yay Emalee!!!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Hey Emily... hope your little girl is happily in your arms!!

(Or at least resting peacefully in the nursery.)

Just thinkin' about ya!

 

[Nette]

Hope everything is going/went well EmALee!

Me? Major headache. Joy.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

EmALee: Good luck!! Can't wait to hear about your little girl and how everything went. Yea!!

Mrs. Charming: Sorry to hear about the family woes. It is definitely hard when you have a family member (especially a parent) that isn't supportive. I suggest having some comfort food for dinner, some ice cream to top it off, and watch some mindless TV tonight. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

EmALee: Good luck with everything! I hope everything goes smoothly and that you have a happy, healthy little girl!

Mrs. Charming: I'm sorry your mom is being less than supportive! I hope thinks get better soon!

I'm the oldest of 4, 2 brothers in the middle and my sister is on the end and we are 7 years apart. Honestly, we are really, really close. Now, I can't say we "played" together as kids but we have always had a close relationship and now the age gap is really insignificant....so, don't give up because you think they'd be too far apart in age. One of the reasons we'd have another one right away is because of my age.....I'm 33 and while that is certainly not old, I am a super duper worry wart and DH (rightfully so) thinks that if I am pregnant past 35 and have to deal with the general concerns that come from AMA, it might send me over the edge

So sorry you are having a tough time with your mom Family can be great and can also be very challenging......hope things get better soon

I know there were more posts, I can't find them, I'm super foggy today. Thank you for all your support I don't get my mom most of the time.... she's just not a happy woman, and she's got some issues that aren't my fault, but pins them on me anyway. It's just hard because we have a teeeeeeeny tiny family. Thank goodness for DH, I'd fall apart.

kpm- I'm a little afraid of AMA pregnancy... geez, if it's this scary in my 20's, eeep! I can't imagine. I'm so back and forth on a #3 girl attempt. Do I try to not space the next attempt out that far? Do I deal with the (hopefully remedied) secondary infertility again? Or should I just be happy with what I have? I guess only time is going to tell in the long run.. heck, I might not be able to have a #3!

 

[TSRE]

Did anyone else have a really hard time sleeping early on? I'm just over 14 weeks now and I am having a horrible time getting comfortable to sleep. I mean it's ridiculous.

I had a terrible time sleeping early with this one - I was sooo tired and just couldn't fall asleep. It went away around the start of the 2nd trimester - hope it goes away for you soon! (Now I feel like I could pretty much sleep straight for the next 6 months )

Not at all! I was just sharing that I liked it-we can't all like them all!

Oh, good, that makes me feel better.

I was thinking last night... haha, I was up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (surprise surprise) and I came to the conclusion that if I wait another 2+ years to have another kid and try for a DD... my DD's will be too far apart in age to appreciate each other anyway. So I guess it's just a lost cause. Oh well. I suppose there are always little surprise pregnancies, but... I dunno.

Sorry to be Debbie Downer... I'm just cranky today, my mom really upset me this afternoon and I just want to crawl into bed and pull the blankets over my head. It's no real shocker coming from her, but, oye it stings. Like the one person in life (besides a DH) that you really think should be in your corner... isn't. She's an unhappy person who needs to hold grudges, and make you feel like smeared poo when she's not happy. It's like a rattlesnake ready to coil.. you hear the rattle (the catty snotty comments) and you just wait for the strike. And the venom keeps me questioning myself all day... ugh.

So sorry your Mom is that way. I am in the same boat with a very unhappy mom, and this had been a particularly bad week for it. It can be so hard to deal with, especially when your own happiness seems to bother them. And the selfishness of it all! - makes me feel like I'm the grown-up and she's the teenager. It so makes me appreciate DH though, like you said, and my own little happy family of 4 (&1/2 ). Hope you are doing better with all of it now.


EmALee, hope you are enjoying your little girl so much by now, and that everything went well!

 

[TSRE]

Me? Major headache. Joy.

Ugh - same here - so much more with this pregnancy than before. And Tylenol just doesn't work! Hope it is getting better.

kpm- I'm a little afraid of AMA pregnancy... geez, if it's this scary in my 20's, eeep! I can't imagine. I'm so back and forth on a #3 girl attempt. Do I try to not space the next attempt out that far? Do I deal with the (hopefully remedied) secondary infertility again? Or should I just be happy with what I have? I guess only time is going to tell in the long run.. heck, I might not be able to have a #3!

I'm afraid of AMA, too, although most of my friends had all of their kids past 35, and they are fine. They just had so much more to deal with during their pregnancies. I am back & forth on #4, but I think if we do go for it, I want to try to squeeze it in quickly. I will be 33 when this one is born - they would have to be really, really close together. Not sure I want to do that, though. I've had an infant and a toddler at the same time before - it was hard! Like you said, time will tell. One mom told me when I had just had my first and she had just had her 4th that every mom knows the right # for her somewhere inside. I think she was right. Even though I had agreed with DH to be done after the first 2, I was never really done, and was sooo happy with this surprise my head was in the clouds for a week.

 

[Pollito916]

Hi girls! It's been a crazy busy week, and I am so glad to be home! DL was fun, even skipping some of my favorite rides. DS3 was about 1/2 inch too short for the 40" rides, so I sat out those with him. He's just starting to get into meeting the characters. He really likes collecting the signatures, but is still nervous about getting close to any of them. He is better with the face characters, though.

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Looks like some of you have started packing already, I've barely even thought about it yet. I just remember packing too much with DS. I wore my own nightgown, but the hospital provided special underwear and pads, and all medications. They actually sent me home with a bag of medicines, because once the bottle is provided to you, they won't give it to someone else. So I went home with Aceteminophin, Ibuprofin, tucks pads, stool softener, gas relief, etc.

WDWAurora - Sorry BF didn't work out for you, it's just not for everyone. Can't wait to see pics of Zachary!

Nette - July 6 is my mom's b-day! When she was young her parents would tell her all the fireworks were for her!

leith - sorry about the GTT, hopefully changing your diet will be enough to control it again, if you fail the 3 hour test.

vettechick - I know what you mean with the ER visits - absolutely ridiculous! We took Alex to the ER in January for bad stomach pains (he was shaking and crying in the middle of the night). We were also there for about 4 hours, and he had no treatments or tests other than an x-ray. The total bill was almost $1,800, and because we have a high deductible health plan, we ended up having to pay more than $900 of that!

irisbus - that looks like a nice crib! I can't believe the nerve of that woman at Wal-Mart, that is totally out of line!

dizluvah - congrats on the girl! We are still struggling with names too!

kpm - Good luck with your GD test. I am with you on the worrying about a DIL thing! I hope all of our sons find women as wonderful as their mothers!

phragmipedium - sorry about the swelling, try to put your feet up and relax as much as you can!

TSRE - glad you had a good time at DL, when were you there? We just got back too! I am also dreading the DIL thing.

WDWorBUST - I had a hard time sleeping until a few weeks ago, mostly due to getting up to go to the bathroom. Now I get up once or less a night, though I know it will go back the other way soon. I think Shalee is a cute name, and it goes pretty well with Isabella. Isabella is still one of our front contenders for a girl name too.

Mrs. Charming - Sorry about your relationship with your mom, that can't be easy. I like the name Ben, it was one of my first choices for a boy, but didn't want his initials to be BS, since our last name starts with an S.

EmALee - I hope you're holding your baby girl in your arms now!

 

[leith78]

Holy cannoli ladies.......I passed the 3 hour GTT!!!!!! I am so flippin excited! In my mind, I'd most certainly already failed, and was preparing myself for the daily finger pricks and restricted diet. When the nurse called to tell me, I asked her if she had the right results. She said she even checked them a couple of times, just to make sure. I failed the 1 hour test pretty miserably, so I think the nurse was as surprised as I was to find out I passed.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I'll be spending the next few days catching up on my sweets and carbs.......just kidding! (sort of )

 

[EmALee]

Hey everyone. I had Allison Siarra at 2:03 this morning. She was 6lbs 4oz and 19in long.

The doctor came around 7:25pm checked me and broke my water. That plus the Pitocin really got things going. By 8:30pm I was 5cm dilated and was dying for an epidural. I tried to go as long as I could without it but I ended up with back labor and the pain from the contractions was shooting into my hips and down into my legs So I asked for the epidural and within about 15 minutes the anesthesiologist (sp?) was in my room setting up. So I was suddenly terrified of getting the epi but my mom was totally supportive. She held my hands in front of the pillow and my chest and put her forehead on mine and talked me through the initial pain and burning of the local and the contractions I was having throughout the epi "installation". Once I had the epi it was pretty awesome. The feeling of not being able to move the lower half of my body was kind of strange but it was nice to not feel those painful contractions. Also, I ended up with the perfect epi. I felt the pressure from the pushing but no pain whatsoever. By 12:45am I was ready to push. I pushed from then until 2:03 when Allie was born. I only had one problem after the labor and delivery which was when I got up to go to the bathroom the first time and as I was sitting on the toilet I got really hot and nauseas so the nurses made up my bed really quick and ran/carried me to my bed. I blacked out at this point. I remember getting out of the bathroom door and then waking up on the floor next to my bed with the nurses shouting my name and rubbing cool wash cloths on my face and neck.

Anyway, now she's having a hard time learning to suck so I'm having to pump and dropper feed until she figures it out.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Hi girls! It's been a crazy busy week, and I am so glad to be home! DL was fun, even skipping some of my favorite rides. DS3 was about 1/2 inch too short for the 40" rides, so I sat out those with him. He's just starting to get into meeting the characters. He really likes collecting the signatures, but is still nervous about getting close to any of them. He is better with the face characters, though. *snip*

Ohh fun! Glad you had a good time. Id love to see DL. DD's still going to be too short in December, probably our 2011 trip she'll be tall enough... hopefully!

Holy cannoli ladies.......I passed the 3 hour GTT!!!!!! I am so flippin excited! In my mind, I'd most certainly already failed, and was preparing myself for the daily finger pricks and restricted diet. When the nurse called to tell me, I asked her if she had the right results. She said she even checked them a couple of times, just to make sure. I failed the 1 hour test pretty miserably, so I think the nurse was as surprised as I was to find out I passed.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I'll be spending the next few days catching up on my sweets and carbs.......just kidding! (sort of )

SWEEEEEET!! I'm so happy for you! That's a *huge* relief!! LOL, I just bought some mini-cupcakes at Wegmans... mmmmm....

Hey everyone. I had Allison Siarra at 2:03 this morning. She was 6lbs 4oz and 19in long.

The doctor came around 7:25pm checked me and broke my water. That plus the Pitocin really got things going. By 8:30pm I was 5cm dilated and was dying for an epidural. I tried to go as long as I could without it but I ended up with back labor and the pain from the contractions was shooting into my hips and down into my legs So I asked for the epidural and within about 15 minutes the anesthesiologist (sp?) was in my room setting up. So I was suddenly terrified of getting the epi but my mom was totally supportive. She held my hands in front of the pillow and my chest and put her forehead on mine and talked me through the initial pain and burning of the local and the contractions I was having throughout the epi "installation". Once I had the epi it was pretty awesome. The feeling of not being able to move the lower half of my body was kind of strange but it was nice to not feel those painful contractions. Also, I ended up with the perfect epi. I felt the pressure from the pushing but no pain whatsoever. By 12:45am I was ready to push. I pushed from then until 2:03 when Allie was born. I only had one problem after the labor and delivery which was when I got up to go to the bathroom the first time and as I was sitting on the toilet I got really hot and nauseas so the nurses made up my bed really quick and ran/carried me to my bed. I blacked out at this point. I remember getting out of the bathroom door and then waking up on the floor next to my bed with the nurses shouting my name and rubbing cool wash cloths on my face and neck.

Anyway, now she's having a hard time learning to suck so I'm having to pump and dropper feed until she figures it out.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Ohhh she's beautiful, congratulations, mama!! I'm glad all went well... except for the blacking out! That must have been scary. I'm glad you're both OK, and be patient, she'll learn to suck. BF'ing is a skill they have to learn, just as much for them as it is for you!

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Hey mamas, run, don't walk to Childrens Place. I just got 3 pairs of jeans, a pair of overalls, and 2 onesies (the t-shirt kind, not the undershirt kind) for the little man for $23. I seriously think I might hit up another store. I wish they had great things like that for little girls!

 

[Pollito916]

Holy cannoli ladies.......I passed the 3 hour GTT!!!!!!

Yay, that's great news!

Hey everyone. I had Allison Siarra at 2:03 this morning. She was 6lbs 4oz and 19in long.

Congratulations and welcome Allison! She's a cutie!

Hey mamas, run, don't walk to Childrens Place. I just got 3 pairs of jeans, a pair of overalls, and 2 onesies (the t-shirt kind, not the undershirt kind) for the little man for $23. I seriously think I might hit up another store. I wish they had great things like that for little girls!

Thanks for the tip - that's a great deal!

 

[leith78]

Pollito: Glad you had a good trip! Sounds like everyone had fun at DL.

EmALee: What a cute little girl! So glad everything worked out, and you now have her in your arms. Scary about blacking out though....thank goodness the nurses were right there with you.

Mrs. Charming: Thanks for the CP tip! I really like their clothes and Gymboree.....but wouldn't pay full price for it.

 

[LaurenLC]

Hey everyone. I had Allison Siarra at 2:03 this morning. She was 6lbs 4oz and 19in long.

The doctor came around 7:25pm checked me and broke my water. That plus the Pitocin really got things going. By 8:30pm I was 5cm dilated and was dying for an epidural. I tried to go as long as I could without it but I ended up with back labor and the pain from the contractions was shooting into my hips and down into my legs So I asked for the epidural and within about 15 minutes the anesthesiologist (sp?) was in my room setting up. So I was suddenly terrified of getting the epi but my mom was totally supportive. She held my hands in front of the pillow and my chest and put her forehead on mine and talked me through the initial pain and burning of the local and the contractions I was having throughout the epi "installation". Once I had the epi it was pretty awesome. The feeling of not being able to move the lower half of my body was kind of strange but it was nice to not feel those painful contractions. Also, I ended up with the perfect epi. I felt the pressure from the pushing but no pain whatsoever. By 12:45am I was ready to push. I pushed from then until 2:03 when Allie was born. I only had one problem after the labor and delivery which was when I got up to go to the bathroom the first time and as I was sitting on the toilet I got really hot and nauseas so the nurses made up my bed really quick and ran/carried me to my bed. I blacked out at this point. I remember getting out of the bathroom door and then waking up on the floor next to my bed with the nurses shouting my name and rubbing cool wash cloths on my face and neck.

Anyway, now she's having a hard time learning to suck so I'm having to pump and dropper feed until she figures it out.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

She's beautiful! Congratulations!

 

[LaurenLC]

Can I be a little hateful and completely irrational for a moment? And please know that I know that what I am about to say is completely wrong, but I can’t help how I feel…..
So my brother-in-law (husband’s youngest brother) called last night. Normal chit-chat, nothing overly important and then BAM…. “We’re having a baby! We’re due in December!”
Don’t get me wrong, I am very excited for them, and thrilled that our little girl will have a cousin so close in age, but this was supposed to be our time. (I know this is horrible!)
Again, I am very aware of how selfish this sounds, no one needs to remind me, but right now, I can’t help it… I need to be a little bitter and irrational for an hour or two and then I’ll move on.
Thank you for letting me vent!

 

[cmskok]

Congratulations EmALee! I hope you are feeling better, but just by looking at your beautiful girl, makes me think you are doing just fine!

My kids were in their first play tonight! Annie, Jr. My DS(8) was President Roosevelt and my DD (6) was a servant in the Warbucks house. While I have been exhausted, working backstage, etc... what an experience for them!!! One more performance to go!!!

 

[vettechick99]

EmaLee, she's gorgeous! She doesn't even look like a newborn - so growny. Congrats!

And I love the name. Glad Allison is making a comeback.

~allison

 

[sunlover13]

Congrats EmALee! She's adorable. I hope you and baby are doing well.