So I may have mentioned here that the date i picked to have this baby boy was today, August 28th. Not so much. Still pregnant. The good news is i have a healthy little one and I am feeling pretty darn good. I was feeling very uncomfortable last week but this week I have more energy and less acid reflux. THANK YOU TUMS! i sing their praises. I will find out tomorrow if i am dilated or effaced any further and if the bubs has dropped farther into the canal. Either way he could come at any time.
He is due in 5 days and because my husbands insurance and his next paycheck wont come in until September we wont be upping the ante on the natural induction techniques until friday night! thats the 31st. From then it will be all the wild sex, hill walking, nipple stimulation, spicy food and jumping jacks the cat ordered! I hope beyond hope that we get a baby soon after if not before.
He is looking to be my little sapphire. My sweet september love!
I hope i have a baby by my next blog!
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Dilating, Effacing and Refluxin
I am 38 weeks and 3 days pregnant and I had one of my final 3 OB appointments today. I love my OB and their office. It's always a pleasant place to be and so much better than my former one in New York. I am really happy to be having this baby on Oregon. My Oregon born baby.
I am 1 centimeter dilated, 50% effaced, soft and baby is at -3 station. What this basically means is that things are happening but none of this has any bearing on when this bubs will come. He could still come after his due date. He could come tomorrow. The exciting news is that he is coming and it's not long now. He will be here before the milk we have in the fridge goes bad, before the things I checked out from the library are due and way before the beets we planted are ready for plucking. It takes longer to brew beer. He is due in 11 days and shan't be allowed to go much past that.
The hard part is that these are the longer days. Not just because somehow so wonderful and amazing as finally meeting this sweet little person we created is at the end of the wait but also because this stage of pregnancy is very very uncomfortable.
I have had a fairly easy pregnancy with little to really complain about. No hemeroids or varicose veins, only short spurts of back pain or sciatic pain, minimal nausea with no vomiting, only slight swelling, no broken blood vessels or terrible breakouts so far, only two tiny and insignificant stretch marks that are not even on my belt but on my hip way back. And most importantly no health issues suh as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, placenta previa, questionable bloodwork or issues with me or baby. I am not even strep b positive. All in all I think I have done excellent.
That said here is what I am dealing with: Bad Acid reflux. This came on late but it has come on hard! No real heartburn but enough reflux to make me feel an almost constant burn in my throat. A burn that intensifies when I am not upright. But now I am so tired and probably mostly because I can't sleep properly with all the reflux and the inability to breath very well. I also have mild back pain and all of the sudden I just feel heavy on my feet. It's only these past weeks I feel like I am carrying so much more weight. Babies movements are also intense.
So things are happening but it's definitely more of a challenge than before! Till next time.
I am 1 centimeter dilated, 50% effaced, soft and baby is at -3 station. What this basically means is that things are happening but none of this has any bearing on when this bubs will come. He could still come after his due date. He could come tomorrow. The exciting news is that he is coming and it's not long now. He will be here before the milk we have in the fridge goes bad, before the things I checked out from the library are due and way before the beets we planted are ready for plucking. It takes longer to brew beer. He is due in 11 days and shan't be allowed to go much past that.
The hard part is that these are the longer days. Not just because somehow so wonderful and amazing as finally meeting this sweet little person we created is at the end of the wait but also because this stage of pregnancy is very very uncomfortable.
I have had a fairly easy pregnancy with little to really complain about. No hemeroids or varicose veins, only short spurts of back pain or sciatic pain, minimal nausea with no vomiting, only slight swelling, no broken blood vessels or terrible breakouts so far, only two tiny and insignificant stretch marks that are not even on my belt but on my hip way back. And most importantly no health issues suh as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, placenta previa, questionable bloodwork or issues with me or baby. I am not even strep b positive. All in all I think I have done excellent.
That said here is what I am dealing with: Bad Acid reflux. This came on late but it has come on hard! No real heartburn but enough reflux to make me feel an almost constant burn in my throat. A burn that intensifies when I am not upright. But now I am so tired and probably mostly because I can't sleep properly with all the reflux and the inability to breath very well. I also have mild back pain and all of the sudden I just feel heavy on my feet. It's only these past weeks I feel like I am carrying so much more weight. Babies movements are also intense.
So things are happening but it's definitely more of a challenge than before! Till next time.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Almost full term! 36 weeks and 5 days!
In two days I will have a full term baby and he can come at any time! Everything I have read suggests that babies are best to make it to 39 weeks so it would still be good for him to hang on but I also wouldn't mind if he came early.
Knowing I won't be inducing unless it's medically necessary makes me fear I will be a lady in waiting. I think I may have covered this in my rant about inductions and elective c-sections. I already know one girl on one of my baby boards who is due a day after me and her doctor is gonna induce her on her due date if baby doesn't come early! I mean COME ON! She is very sweet but not the brightest bulb and it also seems like her baby is on the small side. That baby needs time to grow. So now it's basically she either goes early or shes not waiting. I am gonna hate her if I am waiting while she gets her baby because she is willing to put herself and baby at risk rather than wait. That said its her life and I know how petty I am acting. In the interest of possibly getting myself to go early I plan on using several natural induction methods which have been proven safe once you are full term. Here they are:
Red raspberry leaf tea
Nipple stimulation using hands or pump
Primrose oil (ripens cervix)
Sex and semen
Bouncing on a Birth ball
Continued walks and squatting
Pineapple fresh
Spicy food
Eggplant parmesan
And finally The Power of Prayer!
Please come on or before your due day baby! Mommy wants to meet you!
But mostly mommy wants you healthy so she accepts it if you need more time.
To be honest I am feeling okay. I am starting to really want it to be time bit my level of discomfort is not of the charts and time is moving fairly smoothly in pace. I am sure it will slow more once I reach my due date and the end of this month.
My weekly docs appointments have begun but my doc won't be checking my cervix till 38 weeks. So that means I have about two weeks till I can find out what's happening down there.
My breasts are producing colostrum which is very encouraging for my breastfeeding.
I just got my whooping cough vaccine and I have told all the grandparents and people who will be close to my baby that they will required it as well.
So now we begin the final countdown! 24 days until I am due and possible 38 days till he comes. Hopefully sooner! Till next time!
Knowing I won't be inducing unless it's medically necessary makes me fear I will be a lady in waiting. I think I may have covered this in my rant about inductions and elective c-sections. I already know one girl on one of my baby boards who is due a day after me and her doctor is gonna induce her on her due date if baby doesn't come early! I mean COME ON! She is very sweet but not the brightest bulb and it also seems like her baby is on the small side. That baby needs time to grow. So now it's basically she either goes early or shes not waiting. I am gonna hate her if I am waiting while she gets her baby because she is willing to put herself and baby at risk rather than wait. That said its her life and I know how petty I am acting. In the interest of possibly getting myself to go early I plan on using several natural induction methods which have been proven safe once you are full term. Here they are:
Red raspberry leaf tea
Nipple stimulation using hands or pump
Primrose oil (ripens cervix)
Sex and semen
Bouncing on a Birth ball
Continued walks and squatting
Pineapple fresh
Spicy food
Eggplant parmesan
And finally The Power of Prayer!
Please come on or before your due day baby! Mommy wants to meet you!
But mostly mommy wants you healthy so she accepts it if you need more time.
To be honest I am feeling okay. I am starting to really want it to be time bit my level of discomfort is not of the charts and time is moving fairly smoothly in pace. I am sure it will slow more once I reach my due date and the end of this month.
My weekly docs appointments have begun but my doc won't be checking my cervix till 38 weeks. So that means I have about two weeks till I can find out what's happening down there.
My breasts are producing colostrum which is very encouraging for my breastfeeding.
I just got my whooping cough vaccine and I have told all the grandparents and people who will be close to my baby that they will required it as well.
So now we begin the final countdown! 24 days until I am due and possible 38 days till he comes. Hopefully sooner! Till next time!
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