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Rondette posted:mmm, being pregnant means I have learned about Mucus Plugs. What a delightful thing. As much as I like being over involved with my wife's pregnancy, I am happy I wasn't around to witness the losing of the mucus plug. I do way better with blood and guts than mucus.
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I did my whole labor process backwards. Waters ruptured unexpectedly (at 35 weeks) then an hour later contractions. Didn't lose my mucus plug until 6 hours into labor. Bodies are weird. Especially pregnant bodies. Speaking of, I have a super fussy always hungry 4 week old (who was 5 weeks early so technically -1 week old), and I managed to clean off a desk today. I feel like I deserve a loving medal.
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Apr 22, 2016 19:53
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Palisader posted:I'm 35 weeks (as of tomorrow) and I either lost my mucus plug or had the weirdest discharge I've ever had in my life. Just imagine someone finding it and trying to put it back in.
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JustAurora posted:I did my whole labor process backwards. Waters ruptured unexpectedly (at 35 weeks) then an hour later contractions. Didn't lose my mucus plug until 6 hours into labor. Bodies are weird. Especially pregnant bodies. congrats on your baby! My water also broke first (3 weeks early) and contractions never started on their own. Pretty sure I didn't lose my mucus plug until hours into induced labor.
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Stairs posted:For a moment, just a moment, I thought you had found your mucus plug and I almost puked from laughing. My initial reaction to seeing it was to wonder if I had just lost a body part of some kind. Then again, I occasionally wonder that during particularly heavy periods, so I might just be a weirdo. Rondette posted:mmm, being pregnant means I have learned about Mucus Plugs. What a delightful thing. Oh man, just wait. I found that talking about weird body stuff and being naked or partially nude in front of other people just becomes a thing that happens. Sort of like peeing in a cup. You will pee in a lot of cups.
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Apr 23, 2016 03:03
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I only peed in one cup during my pregnancy, and that was because I suspected I had a UTI.
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Apr 23, 2016 04:24
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Really? I have to pee in a cup at every visit. Same when I had my daughter 10 years ago. Are you in the US? Edit: I ask because it could very well just be a US thing, I know it's super common here.
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Apr 23, 2016 04:35
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I have no idea what happened to my plug. I never even saw it, maybe it washed out when my waters broke? 
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Apr 23, 2016 05:36
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I have no idea what happened to mine either, but I didn't even remember to look at the placenta after giving birth, so... *shrug*. I had to pee in a cup at every midwife visit (in NZ) so they could dipstick test it for uti and (I think?) proteins.
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Apr 23, 2016 08:44
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Same here about the peeing in to a cup. Every single midwife or doctor visit (and there has been 1 to 2 visits per week, since I got to week 37). They check for protein, glucose and nitrites. Protein for pre-eclampsia, glucose for pregnancy diabetes and nitrites for uti.
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Apr 23, 2016 10:06
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I'm in the US, and so far I've only had to pee in a cup my first visit. Then again, I've only had one standard visit, one elective one to do early screening, and one panic visit. I've peed in cups only half as often as I've had people try to convince me to switch from an OB to a midwife!  I really like my clinic, and everyone is super nice. They just don't seem to realize how completely terrified of all of this I am. Edit: Nothing against midwives, I just got to grow up hearing horror stories about the midwife my mom saw for my older sister. ArmadilloConspiracy fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Apr 23, 2016 |
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Apr 23, 2016 15:55
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What are the kids using for contraction timing apps these days? It's been on my todo list for a month now. Android or iOS is fine, paid is also fine but better on android where I have $12 in credit sitting around.
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Apr 23, 2016 16:41
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This is the one I use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamesots.android.contractiontimer&hl=en It's not over complicated and is simple to use even if you are a pregnant lady who needs to time their contractions and doesn't have anyone around. I use it now to keep track of my braxton hicks.
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Apr 23, 2016 17:20
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One of those pregnancy sites (babycenter? The bump?) has an app that has a timer in it. I used it for timing Braxton-hicks in the third trimester. Honestly by the time I went into labor, using an app was so far beyond the list of things I wanted to so that it never occurred to me to do it. My husband might have timed a few when I was growling at him between contractions about going to the hospital? There was just a VERY clear line to me between 'oh some contractions' and 'holy poo poo baby time now'. Might help that a) I contracted like crazy my entire third trimester and b) my water spontaneously ruptured before labor started, though?
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Apr 23, 2016 18:21
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Well, I just had one of the worst days at work ever. I can't go into details because of what I do, but because of my pregnancy-induced clumsiness I managed to mess up a lot of stuff today. I just need to make it through one more difficult procedure, a few experiments, and some cleanup and then I'm done. I have two weeks left. I can't afford to be falling apart right now! Other than that 34 weeks is treating me pretty well! I've been more active lately, especially now that I'm not sick anymore, so I'm able to spend a lot of time out walking in the beautiful weather! I caught myself jogging up the stairs yesterday and was shocked to realize that I wasn't even a little short of breath. Does this mean the baby dropped? Because I swear last week I couldn't even walk upstairs without breathing a little hard... I haven't had to pee more or anything! Also- I decided to adopt another cat so that my old kitty would have time to adjust before baby comes. Here's the new guy! 
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Apr 23, 2016 19:12
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Gudde Cat  Part of me is tempted to get another cat so our kid can have a pet to grow up with- when I grew up we had a cat that was a year older than me and it was great to have a buddy to play with. Our cat is 10 years old now. I 'm not sure how she'd get on with another cat in the house, let alone a kitten AND a baby. It might break her tiny mind :/ Rondette fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Apr 23, 2016 |
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Apr 23, 2016 19:31
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I only had two occasions where I had to pee into a cup; first visit with the midwife to confirm pregnancy, and then once again for my glucose test. My midwife also never did a pelvic exam, and only checked my cervix once, because I requested it. I'm in the US.jet sanchEz posted:My son will be 10 weeks old tomorrow and about 3 days ago he started to dislike being burped. We used to have no issues get some great big burps out of him during and after feeding but now he cries and wails when we burp him andd, subsequently, we seem to be getting fewer big burps out of him. I think that it is starting to affect his sleeping, does anyone have any experience with a problem like this? When my daughter was born, we met with an LC who suggested a combo of the classic pat on the back along with rubbing baby's back in an upward motion (starting on the lower back), and both ways seemed to get the job done. Maybe forgo the pat and just rub his back for now?
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Rondette posted:Gudde Cat Yeah, my 15 year old kitty, Sadie, was used to having a housemate around. She seemed to take his death pretty hard, so I wanted to make sure she had another companion lined up. So far she's tolerating the kitten. He wants to snuggle her nonstop and runs to her purring. She has asserted her space with some hissing but has begun greeting him in a friendly/neutral fashion, not bad considering we got him Tuesday and they met Wednesday! If you decide to do it you should probably wait until after baby comes. We only rushed it because it seemed like being alone was stressful for her. Sometimes introductions can take weeks, especially if one cat has always been alone! I'm kinda insanely excited for Anna (the baby) to grow up with Nugget (the kitten). He's mega snuggly and absolutely adorable- the reason he went to the shelter is that he was a barn cat who spent all his time with the farmer's kids. So once Anna is old enough to be nice to a kitty I can see them getting along great! I really want to just meet my baby already so I can have more detailed/accurate fantasies of how life might go...
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ArmadilloConspiracy posted:I'm in the US, and so far I've only had to pee in a cup my first visit. Then again, I've only had one standard visit, one elective one to do early screening, and one panic visit. That's funny, because I had to do it at every single visit. (And, actually, twice at one visit for each of my pregnancies, because one of the two was getting sent out to an external lab!) It ended up not mattering, though, because the glucose tolerance test is more sensitive than checking urine for glucose, and checking my urine for protein didn't turn up anything* even after my blood pressure was 150/100, so nobody needs to worry that they're not donating enough pee to their doctor's office  * Not the pee-in-a-cup checks, anyway. When my blood pressure was measured at 150/100 I spent 24 hours in the hospital saving all my urine in a giant specimen
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zonohedron posted:That's funny, because I had to do it at every single visit. (And, actually, twice at one visit for each of my pregnancies, because one of the two was getting sent out to an external lab!) It ended up not mattering, though, because the glucose tolerance test is more sensitive than checking urine for glucose, and checking my urine for protein didn't turn up anything* even after my blood pressure was 150/100, so nobody needs to worry that they're not donating enough pee to their doctor's office Pardon me, I'll just be adding "No 24 hour pee jug" to my pregnancy goals list. I realize that in the grand scheme of pregnancy things that's one of the less horrible/intrusive things that could be called for, but....gently caress.
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Apr 23, 2016 23:54
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I see a midwife and still have to pee in a cup every visit to test for protein (in the US). I didn't realize that wasn't standard practice!
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Palisader posted:This is the one I use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamesots.android.contractiontimer&hl=en Thanks. Reddit suggested https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mustansir.fullterm which has way less going on so I think I will use it. Even appears to work denying it network access via XPrivacy. cailleask posted:One of those pregnancy sites (babycenter? The bump?) has an app that has a timer in it. I used it for timing Braxton-hicks in the third trimester. According to Bradley if I don't time my wife's contractions I hate my baby. Now I can check find an app off my to do list. Those generic terrible websites have terrible apps.
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Re: twins My brother hired an au pair for his twins. Don't worry about moving yet... or possibly move asap to a country with health insurance. What's the deal with doulas? What do they do that the obgyn clinic doesn't? They don't exist here.
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Apr 24, 2016 02:58
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The Something Awful Forums > Pregnancy Megathread II: You Don't Always Pee In A Cup
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peanut posted:Re: twins Sorry for double posting, it's nearly impossible to edit a quote into a post on my phone. As far as I can tell, doulas are more engaged during the labor process and assist as a secondary (or even primary) support person? I'm sure there's other things but I've never been to one. We just happened to have a doula teach our maternity class. Are midwives basically the same thing?
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peanut posted:Re: twins They provide physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother during labor. Sort of a professional labor coach.
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Fionnoula posted:They provide physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother during labor. Sort of a professional labor coach. They also can help to be the go-between for the parents and the medical staff. Our doula was also a massage therapist and training to be a lactation specialist. I think hiring her was the best decision I made during my pregnancy.
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Palisader posted:Are midwives basically the same thing? Doulas are not required to have any formal medical degree in order to do what they do. Midwives are usually registered nurses who go on to train in midwifery, granting them the title of CNM (certified nurse midwife). Doulas can't replace a healthcare provider (they aren't trained to deliver babies, whereas a midwife can), but they provide extra services that many women find very valuable. I never had a doula myself, but every woman I've heard from who did said they were a great resource of support. eselbaum fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Apr 24, 2016 |
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I've heard a really good L&D nurse can basically fill the support role of a doula but that felt really luck of the draw for me. I hired one and would do so again. She basically was knowledgable support. She could tell by what weird noises in the moment I was making that I needed to switch positions, and more importantly she was the one who coaxed me into a bath when I was at 9cm and forming a lip from pushing too early. I credit her with saving me from a potentially nasty cascade of problems and interventions by dumping me into the water with strict orders to stop pushing for half an hour. Would my husband have caught that and known what to do? No way. An L&D nurse? Maaaaybe. My OB? Hah.
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poo poo IS GETTING REAL   Looks like a perfect healthy little dumpling, I could see it's arms and legs and eyes and little heart beating away! Man, I've been a happy space cadet for the whole day. It's amazing. AND IT'S BRAIIIINNNNNN
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Just wait until a 4d ultrasound. Unless you have a little diva like me. I swear my guy is part bat. They start trying to do an ultrasound and he does everything in his power to make them work for it. The worst thing is due to some cord flow issues I have to do weekly ultrasounds. He will kick the cord out of view as they start to do a Doppler, do a barrel roll when they try to look at his heart, put his hand over his face when they try to do the 4d stuff and get a peek at his face... But just like his daddy he's got no shame. We've known it was a boy since the first ultrasound since he'll flop open no probs. now if only he'd flop open and kick in a way that gets rid of gas instead of causing it. poo poo hurts, and everything I eat causes more of it.
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So, we finally got to speak to a doctor last week after some scheduling nonsense. Lucky to find that we've got di-di twins which was a massive relief. The MFM even said that we can probably have our checkups with the regular practice unless some additional complications occur. We get the results of our fetal DNA test on Friday and I have a question about the possible results for what they can tell us about gender. I believe we got maternit21 done (at the behest of our original OB because of multiples.) We were told that we'll be able to find out the following: That there are two girls (no y chromosome present) That there is at least one boy (some y chromosome present) However the MFM we spoke to last week said she wasn't sure but thought that they may be able to tell how many boys there were if there was some y chromosome present. She wasn't sure as she doesn't typically do maternit21 and freely admitted she was unsure on it. Can anybody with experience with maternit21 confirm what they'll be able to tell us? Sequenom's website is really light on content, especially for multiples. Googling just takes me to baby forums which I am avoiding like the plague. The Anatomy scan is in a few weeks so it's not the end of the world either way. After the twins shock, We're just done with surprises. Currently, my wife's chief complaint are patches of itchy skin. I'm helping with putting eucerin lotion on spots she can't reach, but are there better suggestions for dealing with itchy, dry skin?
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AA is for Quitters posted:Just wait until a 4d ultrasound. Haha, my boy is the same way. They had to bring a second doctor in to try and finish up the anatomy portion of the anatomy scan, but the very first thing we saw were his bits.
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Little update on my part. 8 week doctor's appointment, first ultrasound - measured right on target (7w6d) and I now have a tentative date of Dec 7. Heartbeat was easily found and was very strong for something the size of a grain of rice. It sounded like a washing machine! Now if the nausea would just knock it off.  It's just low-grade constant nausea all day every day, no throwing up, it's just always there and I'm such a ninny when it comes to feeling sick. My husband has been a saint in packing me bowls full of berries and crackers for work, but man, I deal with customers all day in a contact center setting and it's hard being upbeat when you feel like rear end. Just gotta tell myself it'll hopefully go away in a few weeks!
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My wife had her 34 week ultrasound today. Our daughter is looking great, in the 75% percentile for size. ~5 lbs 7 oz. And they can tell she already has hair! (Though I hear they lose that not too long after birth.) The wife has had a pretty great pregnancy, until the last couple of weeks. Suddenly, her back and sides hurt all the time. And she gets nauseous super easily. And has had to cut the amount of food she eats at one time in half. (She now eats half as much, but twice as often.) She's felt all around pretty miserable lately. At least it's only ~6 more weeks. Then the real fun begins!
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Kerafyrm posted:
Sucks don't it? I'm on 13 weeks now and it is receding a little, but I still get it from time to time (like right now). I have been eating antacids to help with it. I'm something of a connoisseur now, I have found Bisodol to be the best so far. They come in handy little packs of 5 as well so I can make sure all my bags and coats contain a roll. 
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Kerafyrm posted:Little update on my part. 8 week doctor's appointment, first ultrasound - measured right on target (7w6d) and I now have a tentative date of Dec 7. Heartbeat was easily found and was very strong for something the size of a grain of rice. It sounded like a washing machine! 'sup, constant nausea buddy? If it's any consolation, now that I'm in second trimester I'm pretty much fine as long as I take my Unisom and B6 at night. I also got those Sea Bands, and they seemed to help too. It might just be a placebo effect, but they were cheap and you take what you can get.
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thrawn527 posted:My wife had her 34 week ultrasound today. Our daughter is looking great, in the 75% percentile for size. ~5 lbs 7 oz. And they can tell she already has hair! (Though I hear they lose that not too long after birth.) My little guy had lots of hair at our 34 week ultrasound too (he was 89%, ~6.5 lbs then). He's 12 weeks old now and still has hair! though it seems thinner, or maybe that's just because he has the same amount of hair on a much bigger head? Has the baby dropped yet? you wife might feel better or at least be able to eat more once baby gets lower. Hang in there, the end is in sight!
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Please someone tell me the fatigue will go away soon. I'm right around 10 weeks and I'm just useless by the time I get home from work in the afternoon. My job is a decently active health care job (which has been particularly stressful anyway lately) and it just uses up every ounce of energy. My poor husband ends up doing so much around the house because I'm just wiped out. I feel like no matter how much I sleep it isn't enough, and then when I'm awake all I want to do is snack and go back to napping. The least I could do is have a bump so people might get why I'm such a lazy rear end in a top hat right now. Right now I just look a bit chubby and like I rolled out of bed (because both are true).
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thrawn527 posted:My wife had her 34 week ultrasound today. Our daughter is looking great, in the 75% percentile for size. ~5 lbs 7 oz. And they can tell she already has hair! (Though I hear they lose that not too long after birth.) My nausea came back with a fierceness (I'll be 36 weeks tomorrow) and I ended up calling my doctor about it. They said that a lot of your 1st trimester symptoms will come back in the 3rd, including nausea and exhaustion.
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