Thread: *~*~*~Maggie's (Amaggiepie) Birth Lodge~*~*~*

Originally Posted by jooniper

I love that you're in lacy undies that far along (if you don't mind me commenting- and I do think you look great)- I'm pretty sure by week 30 I've whipped out the granny panties.
Your story is so sweet, how wonderful to have a supportive man there with you who is excited about the baby. Sounds like he is a great dad.
Sorry about the cold- I really think anyone in the third tri should be immune to diseases, don't we have enough going on?

I don't really own any granny panties...I need to actually go buy some so I can wear pads after baby - all my underwear are the same as in the pic except in different colors, and I own like 3 pairs of boy shorts, LOL. Theyre super stretchy and comfy.

And I agree, we should be immune to everything in the third tri. I just hope my body knows better than to go into labor when I'm this sick! Its been getting worse yesterday I started coughing up junk and I got like no sleep last night. I kept waking up coughing and would have to go downstairs and make a cup of herbal tea with honey to get back to sleep. I think I drank four cups of tea last night! So I don't really have a voice today. What a fun way to spend memorial day weekend. *insert sarcasm here* I just hope I can go to work tomorrow...I don't want to miss any more time than I have to, especially since the doctors are pushing me to cut my hours. I guess I'll consider it again at my next appointment depending on how I feel but honestly being this sick has made me forget pretty much all of my pregnancy discomforts, besides the peeing all the time and hugeness that at this point have just become a part of life.

I should really go look over my hypnobabies book again. I still have some last minute stuff to do for baby but Ive been putting it off. I have been so anxios to meet him but now that its so close, Im scared. Everything is going to change. Its pretty nice to have a mellow 3 year old who lets you watch movies and stuff. She really is a super well behaved kid and I feel so blessed that she is...but I just don't know what I'm going to do with 2 now...I barely have time and energy to just keep the house clean as it is! I hope I'm not repeating myself...I feel like I am a little bit, but every since I hit 37 weeks I've started to get cold feet ...

Aw, sorry you're feeling cold feet...I'm entirely sure it's normal! Having another baby IS a huge change...but in the balance it's going to be a wonderful one

Sorry for the cold at the last minute, too, what a PITA. Hope you're feeling a lot better before Wesley makes his big entrance!

So I went to the doctor today...I have a sinus infection and bronchitis. GROSS! So Im on Zpak. I got something for Juliana too because she has the sinus infection. Poor baby.

After I went to the Dr., instead of going home and resting Ive nested all day. I went to the store and bought food, and all the last minute stuff I needed to get for me pp...I installed the carseat, and bedding is in the wash right now. I cleaned upstairs and have the rest of the diapers waiting to go in the wash. I finished packing Wesley's bag...need to go pack mine. I dunno, I suddenly felt like I ran out of time. Its weird.

Hopefully he stays in until Saturday so we can all be well. I dreamt he was born on 6/5 so that would be pretty cool if it turned out to be true.

(((HUGS))) I'm sorry your so sick I hope your feeling better soon and that Wesley doesn't come while your all feeling icky! Good job on the cleaning, I'm not sure where you found the energy!!

Originally Posted by graysonsmom

(((HUGS))) I'm sorry your so sick I hope your feeling better soon and that Wesley doesn't come while your all feeling icky! Good job on the cleaning, I'm not sure where you found the energy!!

Thanks. I'm not sure where that came from either...I'm paying for it today though. My whole body hurts, especially my legs. I was so wired last night, I couldn't fall asleep and I kept tossing and turning. No position was comfortable. I was cold and hot at the same time...Carlos kept covering me up with the blanket and I would just push it off because I felt hot even though I wasn't. It was really wierd. I'm hoping that all this means he's coming soon, but at this point I'm starting to think nothing means anything anymore. He's been really quiet in there lately, its odd not to feel him shoving around so much. Makes me worry about him.

Poor Juliana is soo sick too. She fell asleep at like 7 last night and hardly ate anythign all day. I hope she feels better today. Poor kid has been sick more this Spring than in her entire life added up!

38 weeks today! YAY! Only 2 more weeks. Or at least I hope so. I would hate to go over, especially because my boss is pretty much counting on me going early. I'm so tired of him asking me how long I think it will be...wish I knew! If I go on time he'll be annoyed, and if I go late I'm sure he'll be asking me every day to go get induced. Because you know that my baby is supposed to just come out when its convenient to his vacation schedule *rolleyes*

Looking forward to my appointment tomorrow...I know she probably won't check me, and as curious as I am I know it wouldn't mean anything if she did. But I'm still kind of hoping she does, or that she has SOMETHING to say. But more than likely she'll just ask me how I feel, push me to cut my hours (which I can't do) measure me and send me on my merry way.

Send me patience please.

Had my appointment yesterday - well, really it was supposed to be for Friday but I guess my preggo brain got that mixed up LOL. So I asked if they could see me anyway since I had already left work early. Of course the midwife that was there is the one I really don't like. The nurse asked me if I wanted to be checked and I told her I kind of did, not that it meant anything... so I got undressed so they could check. When the MW came in she seemed like she didn't want to check me, but since I had already gone through the trouble of taking off my pants and all she did. I'm still at a 1 and 50%, very high (I had to pull my legs back so she could even reach, it was insane!). What really annoyed me was she said, "So it probably won't be this week" then followed up with a whole speech about how second time moms tend not to drop until labor begins, and how that could all change if I started having regular contrax, etc. etc. so it could be any time. DUH! Why even bother telling me "not this week" then?! I mean, obviously I know that how dialated I am today has nothing to do with when I will have the baby, but not every mom does and I'm sure that "not this week" is not something any pregnant lady at the end wants to hear.

*end rant*

So anyway, baby measured 39 (up form 35 last week, I think it just depends how he's laying) and HR was 150 BPM. She felt my stomach and sais she thinks hes between 6 1/2 and 7 lbs right now. I feel like he's at least 7. I guess we'll see soon enough. So I go back next Saturday the 12th (I'll be 39 w 3 d). I'm sortof hoping not to make it to my appointment but I really doubt it. I'm probably going to go pretty close to my EDD I think. He seems to be pretty comfy in there.

I'm starting to feel much better today which is awesome. DH and I DTD last night, and this morning (sometimes I really think he's trying to chase him out! ) so I was glad to get some awesome sleep for the first time this week, but now I'm awake extra early since DH gets up at like 5 am for work. And my arm is sore, I mustve slept on it wrong. Very annoying.

My original prediction was that he would be born on June 5th, just because I dreamed it. I really don't think so now though, although I guess anything could happen. Ive been really missing my grandma and shes been calling me every day (shes like my mom pretty much - we have always been super close) because shes worried about me and has been wanting to see me. She lives in PA, about an hour away, so I havent wanted to go visit her without bringing Carlos and he works every day but Sunday and then never feels like driving all the way out there, understandably. So maybe Ill just suck it up and take Juliana up there by myself tomorrow. I really want to see her, and hey, maybe it will be just my luck that I go into labor while I'm there Its only about 40ish minutes from my hospital so it wouldnt be the end of the world...

I'm gonna go doze on the couch for a few minutes before I have to get up and get ready for work. I have to admit, I'm ready for baby to be here but I'm going to miss my quiet easy mornings - since my mom watches Juliana here at my house, all I have to do is get up and get myself ready which takes about 20 minutes. Easy peasy.

Sorry your appointment was kind of annoying but glad they were able to fit you in!

A good night's sleep sounds divine right about now

Yay for them fitting you in a day early. I can never keep dates straight. Glad you are starting to feel better from your cold!

Thanks gals! Feeling a LOT better now. Still have an annoying cough, but eh, its better than hacking up a lung every night. Ive actually been sleeping good these past 3 nights, not even waking up to pee, which is really really great, except that when I finally do get up in the morning Im about ready to pee my pants LOL.

Yesterday I super nested and did everything else I needed to do. I finished the nursery and set up the bassinette, I even moved furniture around up there, LOL. I really love the way it turned out. I just wish we had a rocker/glider or something up there to make it perfect but thats not really in the budget right now. I went and got a pacnplay Friday to replace our old one, even though DH doesnt think its necessary. I think it is. We can keep it down here so I dont have to be up and down the stairs with the baby all day long. I washed and lanolized all of his woolies too, which took forever, but im glad its done, considering they probably won't be dry until 2 days from now!

A friend of my moms gave her a whole trunk full of baby boy clothes for me! I was soooo excited, almost all of it is 3-6 months and up and winter stuff, which is exactly what we needed since I only have mostly tiny clothes and some summer 3-6 months stuff. I felt so blessed I almost cried. So I got all of that washed and sorted out and put away in his closet by size yesterday.

All my weekend cleaning is done except the bathroom and sweeping/mopping again which is nice,so Im feeling pretty accomplished. IDK where I got the energy to do all that but I feel better that its done. I still want to cut out some fleece liners for his dipes, maybe Ill go sit down and do that now.

DH and I got into it last night because all week, every night after work, hes been going to the visados house (the company brings in mexican workers on VISA every summer and their house is right next door to the company, its like a freaking FRAT house over there ) to drink "a few beers" with them before coming home, and he hasnt been home earlier than 8 pm all week. Yesterday he was only supposed to work until 3 and he didn't get home until 7, and thats only because I called him freaking out about it. I think he feels like this is his "last chance" to hang out with them or something, since the baby is coming soon, but really having a baby is not the end of your life, and if he wants to go over there once in a while after work or whatever I dont usually get mad, but this is rediculous! Its depressing to me at 9 months pregnant that I come home from work and cook dinner and wait for him like a fool just so I can eat alone with our toddler, who misses him too and knows he should be home with us. This started about 2 months ago when all the visados got here and he promised me he would stop going over there so much (and that was when he was going once a week!) so to have him go 5 days in a row was like a slap in the face to me. I never get to go anywhere without my daughter, and when I do I spend the whole time worried about her and rushing to get home. I can never just go out and chill and I dont even have any friends anymore because all my old friends were single and I was that boring mom person who never accepted their invitations.

Sorry for the rant, its just so frustrating. Im too pregnant for this. So I gues to somehow "make it up to me" we went over my moms last night and swam in the pool and cooked out which was nice, and today were supposed to go to PA to see my grandparents (theyre like parents to me) since I haven't seen them in like 3 months because its too much for me atthis point to drive the hour there with a 3 year old on my own and DH never wants to go. UG. He seems annoyed that were going now but it was his idea and for once were going to do what I want to do even if he doesnt like it. I thought about telling him to just forget it, but I really do want to see them and he owes me. SO we're going.

On the pregnancy front, Ive been feeling pretty good besides all my regular aches and pains. I had some pretty strong contractions and a little bit of bloody show on Friday but of course I got all excited about them and woke up to 0 contrax and still very much pregnant. Hoping he decides to make his grand entrance sometime this week... or whenever I guess. My sister is having dental surgery 2 days after my EDD so I have to find someone to watch J that day and I hope I dont go into labor because my mom was supposed to be with J when that happened and she will obviously be at the hospital with my sister and taking care of her. My luck is that will be when he decides to come.

Anyway, hope everyone is having a good weekend, Im going to go get ready to leave now.

Yesterday was like the longest day of my llife. I woke up several times during the night, just plain olf uncomfortable. At 3 am I got up to pee and couldnt fall back asleep. I realized I was having contrax so I started listening to my hyponobabies and changing positions, etc. They werent really too painful, but started getting more painful as the morning wore on. When DH's alarm went off at 5 he didn't feel like going to work, so I said, "How about we have a baby today instead." He called out of work and we just cuddled there together for a while. Eventually we went downstairs. I started getting really tired around 10 am and the contractions slowed down a lot while I was resting on the couch. After that they were just plain irregular! I took some blue cohosh which did NOTHING. I took a shower to see if they'd stop and they didn't. I mustve walked MILES yesterday. I took DD out with her bike and walked with her, we played outside, DH did the lawn and when he was done we all went to walk around the park and to 2 stores. We got taco bell for dinner which I couldn't even eat, and all the while I was contracting, some painful and some not, anywhere from every 5-15 minutes apart. It was rediculous! I just wanted them to get regular and do something, but no.

So around 7 pm we decided to head to L&D even though I knew theyd probably just be sending me home, so I could be checked and get some ambien or something because I was NOT up for another night of "false" contractions. We dropped DD off at my moms and headed out. In the car on the way there I was actually having some good ones five minutes apart. When we finally got up to L&D, the nurse was very snooty and not nice. She had me PIAC and undress, and they put the monitors on me. Not 2 minutes later the Midwife came in and checked me, she said I was still at a 1 and "long" which is funny to me since the last MW who checked me said I was 50% effaced, maybe that just means she doesn't know how to check? She is my unfavoritest MW by the way, I just can't stand this woman. Last night she said, "So I know youve been trying to have this baby..." because at my last appointment I asked to be checked and she didn't want to check me... I responded with, "yeah, as much as once can TRY to have a baby." Crap, if I knew how to do that I would've already had mine. IDIOT. Anyway, she didn't even bother to look at my strip, said IDK why youre having contractions and gave me some ambien and sent me on my merry way.

I creid and felt so dissappointed. I wish I was on of those women who just one day woke up to fast and furious contrax and a few minutes later they have their babies, but I guess Im just not made that way. I especially felt dissappointed because DH was so awesome, not really mentioning the contrax or anything but making up all kinds of things to do so we could go walk, etc. He never made me feel bad or anything and was so supprotive of me. He kept telling me how strong I am and that this is natural and that he'd rather us have to wait for him to come out on his own terms than have me hooked up to all kinds of machines and medicines to get things moving, and that sometimes nature just takes a while. I :wub: him so much.

Anyway, I just woke up a few minutes ago, that stuff really kicked my butt. I don't think Im going to work, I still cant see straight and I fel really weird, besides my entire body hurts from all the contrax and walking yesterday. Hopefully I won't get fired.

Please send labor dust my way. I dont think I can deal with another birth with days and days of prodromal labor. Its just not fair.