Thread: ~~**molly_4711's (Molly) Birth Lodge**~~

ooohh! Enjoy your massage..lucky!! GL on your appt, hope things are coming along for you!

I slept horrible Sunday night, which is so unusual for me since I tend to sleep very soundly. The baby was pushing hard with it's feet on my upper right side and his/her head was firmly pressuring my left pelvic area. My left pelvis hurt so intensly. I have a hard time fully describing the pain, but I could not sleep through it (believe me, I tried). It wasn't ligament pain, it was too constant to be contractions, similar to nerve pain but more like the pain of putting heavy pressure on an already existing bruise. I couldn't sleep on my left side and even when I slept on my right I could still feel the pressure/pain, just slightly less intense. I tried some of my hypnobabies techniques, but couldn't find my ipod to play some of the relaxation CDs that may have helped. I didn't have pain when I walked, went to the bathroom, or got on my hands and knees (all of those positions felt good). It was just when I layed down. I kind of assume it was the baby trying to adjust to the new low position in my pelvis.

What perfect timing for my massage therapy appt! The woman specializes in prenatal massage and even did some techniques for inducing labor (which of course only work if my body is actually ready). She also helped loosen the muscles on my left side that were probably causing the pain and I was back to sleeping soundly last night, thank God!

If I get any more pain issues I won't hesitate to either go back to the woman I saw today or go to my friend who also does massage therapy. My sister will be around next week and she is a physical therapist and may also have some helpful things for me.

My appt was uneventful, bp 110/60 and GBS test came back negative.

No internal check, which seemed to confuse the OB's nurse, but after the appt he said "we'll do an internal next week since we'll be near the end". So much for it being up to me , but I'll pick my battles and an internal isn't the end of the world. It does make me wonder what else he has for an agenda. It came off as though he were saying, you had your fun now lets get back to my routine. I talked to my doula about it and she agreed with my interpretation. Just one more thing for us to prepare for. I asked him if it seemed like the baby dropped like I thought and he said he couldn't feel the baby's head so he felt it must be deep in my pelvis. YEAH! I wasn't imagining it .

I always sleep much better after I see the chiropractor, so I can imagine a massage would do wonders! Hopefully your OB won't cause you any more troubles. Yay for baby dropping! You're getting really close!

So glad to hear the massage helped with the pain you were having! Yay for GBS negative and for baby dropping! Some OB's can be really two-faced--they tell you what you want to hear, but then usually resort to their routine way of doing things. I'm glad you have a doula to guide you through dealing with him during labor.

Originally Posted by MrsMangoBabe

So glad to hear the massage helped with the pain you were having! Yay for GBS negative and for baby dropping! Some OB's can be really two-faced--they tell you what you want to hear, but then usually resort to their routine way of doing things. I'm glad you have a doula to guide you through dealing with him during labor.

I get whatever OB is on call the day the baby decides to come, so in a way I've been preparing for the need to speak up to get what I want whether it's my OB or a stranger. With dd I saw a Resident the night I was admitted, then I don't think I saw another OB/Resident until I was 9.5 cm and just about ready to push (20 hours between visits ). As long as I have a good nurse I should be good to go!

Goodness, I hope you a great nurse! It sounds like there isn't a lot of support around those parts! A doula should be a big help How are you feeling? I hope your able to get some good sleep tonight.

So far I've been sleeping great since my massage on Monday. Last night I was up a bit more than usual, but still got a good night's sleep. I keep falling "asleep" listening to my hypnobabies. I can't seem to stay even somewhat conscience while listening to them, with the exception of the Joyful birth affirmations track since I listen to that while I'm doing house work. Hopefully that's a good sign!

Glad to hear you're sleeping well, I do that with my Hypnobabies all the time. I told DH he should try listening to it, he's a horrible sleeper and I figure it couldn't hurt any.

Do you think your babies might share a birthday?

If you get a nurse you don't like, you can always send your DH or doula to ask the head nurse for a different one. Set-ups like yours (where you have absolutely no idea who will be catching your baby, and more likely than not it will be a stranger), are the ones where doulas are the most needed--I'm glad you have one.

Glad to hear you're sleeping well.

Originally Posted by Spacers

Do you think your babies might share a birthday?

I don't "think" that will happen but you never know. I would prefer this baby to wait until closer to the due date or after since we have friends in from out of town this weekend and a cookout I want to make it too!

Originally Posted by MrsMangoBabe

If you get a nurse you don't like, you can always send your DH or doula to ask the head nurse for a different one. Set-ups like yours (where you have absolutely no idea who will be catching your baby, and more likely than not it will be a stranger), are the ones where doulas are the most needed--I'm glad you have one.

That's the plan! I feel so ready and confident that I have no problem speaking up for what I want. I hope I don't have to, but I'm prepared to fight to get the birth experience I want. I already told dh that if I don't like what I'm hearing from the hospital staff that I'm just going to turn up my headphones and let him and the doula tell them what I want. No one's messing with my "bubble of peace"