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Asnorban posted:After the longest few weeks of our lives (two weeks after the due date,) and what felt like the longest labor ("only" 25 hours), we had Saoirse on Tuesday night. All has been great so far, but today her umbilical stump started to smell pretty strongly. There aren't other signs of infection, no redness beyond what is expected, no pus, etc, but the smell is not very pretty. Is this abnormal? We've asked our siblings that have had kids and they said it wasn't abnormal, but as is usual with internet searching so many alarming results pop up that you can work yourself in to a state. ...I'm curious. How on earth do you pronounce that? Congrats!!
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silvergoose posted:...I'm curious. How on earth do you pronounce that? Congrats!! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=znCXvlhYV-Y This link is getting a lot of use this past week.
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Apr 26, 2015 01:12
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About 1/2 the people that I know that have had babies,me included, had a really really gross smell from the stump and it was fine/not infected. The other half had no smells. It is rotting tissue, so it smelling isn't really shocking. If there's no redness, pus, no fever, etc it is probably just a smelly one. If you want to take her in for peace of mind though ain't no shame in that either. 
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sheri posted:About 1/2 the people that I know that have had babies,me included, had a really really gross smell from the stump and it was fine/not infected. The other half had no smells. Thanks! We actually just got off with a nurse from the birth center and she said the same thing. Always helpful to get that peace of mind from multiple places.
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First of all, Saoirse is a really pretty name. Congratulations! I'm going to be 40 weeks on Monday and I think my OB is going to recommend scheduling an induction. The pregnancy has been pretty easy so far but I've had little issues that have led to increased testing. For example, the baby had renal pelvic dilation so I had monthly ultrasounds since 20 weeks, and I had a single high reading in my 3-hour glucose challenge so I've been following a GD diet, getting my fasting glucose & random glucose tested every 2 weeks since ~30 weeks, and now I've been getting non-stress testing twice a week since 37 weeks. Everything in all the subsequent tests has been totally normal, the baby's kidney issue worked out by the next ultrasound, she was in the 55th weight percentile on the last one, and my belly is measuring normal (she doesn't seem to be too big). I know that I'm going to tell my OB that I want to give it at least another week to 41 before inducing. I think she'll be fine with that but I'm wondering if I should push for 42. Basically I feel like if something is going to go wrong, I'm already doing the non-stress testing twice a week so they'll just send me over to the hospital if there's an issue. I'm also worried about getting induced because we did a cervical exam last week, I'm totally closed, thick, and the baby is still floating. At least she's head down. So anyway, I know this isn't medical advice but I'm just wondering how insistent others would be on giving baby the whole 42 (or even longer)? Ugh, come out baby!
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Apr 26, 2015 02:08
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Baja Mofufu posted:So anyway, I know this isn't medical advice but I'm just wondering how insistent others would be on giving baby the whole 42 (or even longer)? Ugh, come out baby! I'm no expert, but I can tell you that the induction rates in the US (if that's where you are, I'm just sort of expecting everyone online to live there) are way higher than in other comparable countries (Over 22 % of births in 2006, which was the first statistic I found). If you don't feel comfortable with an induction when there are no signs of stress or specific reason for concern, I think you're completely justified to read up on the subject and voice your concerns. Once you start the ball rolling with an induction, the rate of further interventions, up to and including c-section, rises markedly, so I completely get that you want to give your kid a little more time to figure stuff out on her own. There is a slight increase in risk associated with waiting to week 42 or beyond to induce, (up from 0,58 to 0,85 or something), but if I were in your shoes, I'd certainly want to go until week 41 (barring any actual medical issues, obviously).
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Apr 26, 2015 07:52
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I had a medically required induction at 37 weeks which is different, but baby was also not in position (other than head down) and my cervix was shut tight. Induction went off without any issues and I had a healthy boy less than 24 hours later. Just a happy story in case you decide to induce.
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Apr 26, 2015 14:04
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Just having a small question and thought it would be worth asking for other people experience. My girlfriend is 17 weeks pregnant and found the first trimester pretty rough (constantly sleeping, nausea, etc.). The nausea seems to be mostly gone, but now she has no appetite. She needs to force food down all the time or she would eat about 1/2 of what she used to eat before she got pregnant. I can tell it's giving her some stress because she feels like she should be hungry all the time. Is this something that is common? She basically hasn't been hungry in 17 weeks.
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Apr 26, 2015 14:50
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My wife was the same way. The feeling of "food = sick" had set in and made her wary of eating. She had to find different foods to eat for awhile. Still won't drink OJ now since she threw it up so much early on. As long as she's keeping her vitamin down, and getting some food (and it doesn't continue forever) she's probably fine, the baby doesn't grow a whole lot in that first trimester. I don't think my wife started really liking to eat again until maybe week 20. And even now she's not starving all the time, and is kind of forcing herself to get the calories she "should" be getting, and the baby is healthy and growing. Now the problem is she feels like her bump isn't big enough compared to her Facebook friends who are about as pregnant as her. But the baby is fine.
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KingColliwog posted:Just having a small question and thought it would be worth asking for other people experience. I had this problem too. I had to find new things that I could eat. Easy to eat things were best- bagels, string cheese, baby carrots, almonds ect. I found that just doing that bit of eating really helped. I never really ate like I thought pregnant people should eat until maybe the last couple of weeks of my pregnancy. I found my stomach to not have enough room most of the time after 20 weeks or so. Little things with protein really were the best for me in the long run. As I'm nursing I'm finding that to still be valuable.
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Yes, her body will catch up with her! I was kind of the same way. My nausea was mild compared to what many women go through, but I still found it difficult to make it through a big meal until I was around 22ish weeks. Then I was like, hungry *all* the time. I'm 36 weeks + 3 days, and I've gained about 25 lbs since conception. Everything is measuring normally and things seem to be very much on schedule. So, don't fret. Find easy, substantial things for her to eat now and her appetite/stomach size will grow soon!
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Apr 27, 2015 02:42
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lady flash posted:I had a medically required induction at 37 weeks which is different, but baby was also not in position (other than head down) and my cervix was shut tight. Induction went off without any issues and I had a healthy boy less than 24 hours later. Just a happy story in case you decide to induce. I alsI had a medically necessary induction at just over 39 weeks. My kid was head down but "sunny side up". Had a mostly uneventful delivery, except the reach in and turn manuver that my doc performed once we realized my son was face up. 13 hours from arrival at the hospital to holding my little guy. Inductions can work out just fine. Congrats to you Baja Mofufu-wishing you a safe and wonderful delivery! Roxy Rouge fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Apr 27, 2015 |
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I figured this is probably going to be the most useful place to spruik for this thing and after a couple of people seemed to like it when I posted the pic in the cute. While I see it has been posted in the thread it appears it was last mentioned in 2012 so you guys need to see it because I present to you the Jolly Jumper  This bad boy (the product not the kid, he's adorable) is basically a time out for the person looking after the kid from about 3 months old till they start walking. If you have a young child and don't have one of these then you're doing it wrong. His mum posted:if I ever need 20 minutes to sit down and have a cup of tea this thing is the best thing in the world As you can see it's pretty portable too, this is a multi day hike we went on and the little guy hanging out while mum and dad sorted dinner.
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Thank you lady flash and Roxy Rouge for the good induction stories. I really appreciate it because of course most of what you read online are the ones that didn't go as well. I was really hoping that labor would start because I lost part of the mucus plug on Saturday night, but other than the odd contraction every few hours nothing has happened. At least things are moving in the right direction, and I'm so ready to have this baby that I'm feeling better about kick-starting it.
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Birb Katter posted:I present to you the Jolly Jumper My son LOVED his Jolly Jumper to absolute bits. We had 2, one at home and my parents used to babysit him in their office during the day while I was working, so he had one there too - hung in the doorway between their desks. Especially with the music mat, he would just go nuts on the thing. (No music mat at workplace though, they are noisy noisy!)
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Thanks for the replies everyone. She knows it's not weird not to have the "truck driver's appetite" now and we got her bloodwork results back and all the results from the first ultrasound and everything is normal. Nuchal translucency is good, she has a lot of iron in her blood so she can keep using the same vitamins she used to take, nothing abnormal whatsoever. It's weird how I don't really feel stressed about the whole thing, but everytime they confirm everything is normal I have a big feeling of relief.
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Baja Mofufu posted:Thank you lady flash and Roxy Rouge for the good induction stories. I really appreciate it because of course most of what you read online are the ones that didn't go as well. I was really hoping that labor would start because I lost part of the mucus plug on Saturday night, but other than the odd contraction every few hours nothing has happened. At least things are moving in the right direction, and I'm so ready to have this baby that I'm feeling better about kick-starting it. If it helps, research is increasingly showing that induction of labor is not associated with a higher risk of c-section (it may even be lower) and may have benefits for baby: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2014/04/28/cmaj.130925 So it's certainly not cut and dry that it would be a better decision to wait.
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I'm 19 weeks and had my anomaly scan today. I'm having a boy! We're so excited and everything looks good, but I was told I have a marginal cord insertion? Never heard of that but he didn't seem too worried. From what I've read I'll need to come in more often for them to keep an eye on his growth. Any other moms have that? Got some great pictures of him, but there was one that tops them all....  It would appear that his father is either Satan himself, or Red Skull. Don't tell my husband. 
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Candy Dawn posted:Got some great pictures of him, but there was one that tops them all.... Behold, a still from the 1960s cult hit "Anglerfish Boy"!
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That is one terrifying ultrasound picture! I'm sure you're not actually going to give birth to the antichrist though
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Seeing as Mother's Day is coming up, and it appears I've made my wife a mom, what are some things any of you ladies wish you had had during pregnancy that I could get her? Are prenatal massages any good? A decorative barf bucket, perhaps? Rocking chair?
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pwnyXpress posted:Seeing as Mother's Day is coming up, and it appears I've made my wife a mom, what are some things any of you ladies wish you had had during pregnancy that I could get her? Are prenatal massages any good? A decorative barf bucket, perhaps? Rocking chair? Prenatal massage is awesome- find someone trained in it specifically. Other spa stuff like mani/pedi would also be great .
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I swear someone posted a very similar question a few pages back, you can check to see the answers he got
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pwnyXpress posted:Seeing as Mother's Day is coming up, and it appears I've made my wife a mom, what are some things any of you ladies wish you had had during pregnancy that I could get her? Are prenatal massages any good? A decorative barf bucket, perhaps? Rocking chair? My glider chair became one of the only comfy places I could sit in late pregnancy. And now I'm nursing it's the best place to sit for that. Not everyone likes them, but if it's her style, it's not a bad idea!
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My little boy is here! Xander was born on 4/29. 7lb 12oz, 19 1/2" long and gorgeous. On 4/30, he became very jaundiced and his hemoglobin started dropping. Yesterday morning they transferred him by ambulance from our hospital to the Children's Hospital an hour away. Once they discharged me (I had a section so I wasn't scheduled to be discharged until 5/2) I went up there too. He has hereditary spherocytosis, which he unfortunately inherited from me. Basically his RBC's are sphere shaped rather than the normal donut shaped. Because of this, the spleen sees them as invaders and destroys the RBC's rather than filtering them and moving them on through the body, causing anemia. He needs to be monitored and he will be seeing a hematologist every 3 months. I was 9 when I had my spleen removed, my dad (who I inherited it from) was 10. So while I feel guilty that he got this from me, it's nowhere near as bad as the doctors originally thought. The specialists are going to continue monitoring him over the weekend and take enough blood to make a vampire orgasmic and we will go from there. It's been a whirlwind of hormonally induced crying jags and tantrums on my part but my fiancé has managed to keep my spirits up. Meet Alexander!
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Absolute Evil posted:My little boy is here! Xander was born on 4/29. 7lb 12oz, 19 1/2" long and gorgeous. Congratulations! He is an absolute doll!  Good luck with everything. Is he eventually going to have to get his spleen removed as well? I've never heard of heredetary spherocytosis.
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Xander is precious. At least his condition is something familiar to yourself and you obviously are in good enough condition to carry a child. Good luck!
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Candy Dawn posted:Congratulations! He is an absolute doll! It all depends on the progression of the disease. Some people have it mild enough that they don't even show any symptoms until adulthood and then they are mild. I was diagnosed when I was about a year old and when they removed my spleen, it was larger than a cantaloupe. There's huge variations. The fact that he was showing symptoms at less than 24 hours old hints that yes, he will probably need a splenectomy around the same age I did. Most people never have heard of spherocytosis. It only occurs in about 1 in 2000 people, and almost always only in people of northern European heritage. It is, though, the most common form of inherited anemia. His daddy is a little less calm about all of this than I am. Mainly because he'd never heard of it either and didn't grow up going to doctors for it.
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Just got back from our first ultrasound. We're having fraternal twins! I can't stop laughing with joy!
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Twins D:. Congrats
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How exciting! Congratulations and best of luck!
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Thanks! We're definitely glad it isn't triplets.
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40 weeks today!  I've had some bloody show since yesterday morning and irregular contractions, maybe every hour or two, since then. Went to see the midwife today, and I'm 3cm dialated and 90% effaced. Gahh after all this waiting, things are suddenly happening so quickly! I realize I could still be pregnant days from now, but it's still exciting to see some progress!
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My wife is 20 weeks today, and she's starting to get more worried about the baby not being alive anymore (is there a better term for this?). The main reason she's worried is that her sister very recently lost her baby at 19 weeks, and my wife hasn't felt movement yet. I keep reassuring her that everything is fine, and her sister's unfortunate occurrence isn't indicative of anything in our pregnancy. We've also read articles that first-timers don't notice movement until later, but that isn't helping much. I'm glad that her motherly instinct is kicking in, but any tips to keep her calm until our ultrasound next week?
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Good-Natured Filth posted:My wife is 20 weeks today, and she's starting to get more worried about the baby not being alive anymore (is there a better term for this?). The main reason she's worried is that her sister very recently lost her baby at 19 weeks, and my wife hasn't felt movement yet. I keep reassuring her that everything is fine, and her sister's unfortunate occurrence isn't indicative of anything in our pregnancy. We've also read articles that first-timers don't notice movement until later, but that isn't helping much. I'm glad that her motherly instinct is kicking in, but any tips to keep her calm until our ultrasound next week? I'm so sorry to hear about her sister's loss - call your OB's office tomorrow and see if it'd be possible to come in for a doppler check for reassurance.
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superbelch posted:I'm so sorry to hear about her sister's loss - call your OB's office tomorrow and see if it'd be possible to come in for a doppler check for reassurance. Yeah. 20 weeks is just a guideline for feeling movement but it doesn't always happen by then. Does she feel pregnant otherwise? Also first baby movements kind of feel like gas or popcorn pops and it is very subtle at first- so subtle that you might not even really know that it is happening. The way we figured out that it was movement was I lay down really still and put a flat item (my ipad cover) on my belly and waited for a while and the baby made it move. I want to say it was week 22 or 23 when that happened. I felt nervous in any case for the first part of my pregnancy after having a miscarriage the first time around. Having the ultrasounds really helped. Staying away from baby websites with message boards was also beneficial.
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Seconding the flat item on the belly trick. Something about being completely on your back with a flat, slightly weighted object seems to really make babies move. I used a long remote control and would hold my breath to be really sure. It really helped to correlate the feeling (which is a little strange) with actual movement.
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superbelch posted:I'm so sorry to hear about her sister's loss - call your OB's office tomorrow and see if it'd be possible to come in for a doppler check for reassurance. Definitely this. Especially concidering her sisters loss, they should be more than happy to let her pop in and hear the heartbeat, so she'll feel better.
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Good-Natured Filth posted:My wife is 20 weeks today, and she's starting to get more worried about the baby not being alive anymore (is there a better term for this?). The main reason she's worried is that her sister very recently lost her baby at 19 weeks, and my wife hasn't felt movement yet. I keep reassuring her that everything is fine, and her sister's unfortunate occurrence isn't indicative of anything in our pregnancy. We've also read articles that first-timers don't notice movement until later, but that isn't helping much. I'm glad that her motherly instinct is kicking in, but any tips to keep her calm until our ultrasound next week? We are 21 weeks and my girlfriend started feeling it this week and only just barely. Like she'S not sure that's what it is. Turns out the placenta is "in front" (on her belly) so she's probably going to be 2-3 weeks behind in term of "feeling" the baby. We just had the 2nd ultrasound and everything is perfect and the little baby boy moves a lot, even if she can't notice. Do you have an ultra sound coming up soon? If not go for the doppler as suggested.
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