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  1. gentlelunette

    kiwi / 698 posts

    @Pumuckl: Oh my goodness!! Congratulations!! Can't wait to hear more! Glad everyone is doing well! πŸ’™πŸ’–

  2. Beehive

    nectarine / 2054 posts

    @Pumuckl: Wow, congratulations!! That's so wonderful! Enjoy your babies!

  3. MrsA

    apricot / 444 posts

    @Pumuckl: congratulations mama!! So glad to hear the birth went smoothly and both babes are healthy and doing well!

  4. Ajsmommy

    pomegranate / 3355 posts

    @Pumuckl: YAY! how amazing, so glad you got the birth you wanted and it's just wonderful that you grew such healthy twins! You did great!

    I logged on this morning and came just "knowing" we'd have a baby or two!!! How exciting! I bet we'll have more soon!!!!

  5. josina

    pomegranate / 3973 posts

    @Pumuckl: Aww, congratulations!! Glad that you got the birth that you wanted and they're both doing well! Can't wait to read the full birth story!

  6. maggierose

    olive / 60 posts

    @Pumuckl: Congrats! Can't wait to hear more details!!! Glad it went so well!!!!

    So curious as to who will be next! I feel ready and wouldn't mind having this baby sooner rather than later. I'm 38 weeks tomorrow, but I haven't had ANY BH or any other signs that it's happening soon. Never did with my son either, and my water broke at 39w3days with him....so I want to think I might go early but am pretty sure I am jinxing myself into going a week late by thinking that!

  7. gentlelunette

    kiwi / 698 posts

    Just a little update from me... got back a little while ago from my midwife clinic after a NST. I noticed significant decrease in fetal movement all day, and was super worried so she had me come in and hooked me up to the monitor. Of course, baby girl decided to show off and had more movements in 20 minutes than I think I felt all day. Heart rate was good and strong and showed appropriate accelerations/decelerations. Feeling like a bit of a fool for paging, but am also feeling reassured that she's a-okay. I forgot how anxiety inducing these last few weeks can be! I just want her here already! 37 weeks tomorrow....

  8. Ajsmommy

    pomegranate / 3355 posts

    @gentlelunette: glad all checked out well! I was getting nervous yesterday too with lower than usual movements. But as I was getting worried he ended up moving so I didn't call or anything. At my last specialist apt they mentioned that they are running out of room and not moving as much... which makes sense.

    I can't wait to meet more babies! I bet it'll start happening soon... so many are already 37+ weeks

  9. Ajsmommy

    pomegranate / 3355 posts

    @Pumuckl: how is it going? Thinking of you!

  10. MrsA

    apricot / 444 posts

    An hour and a half of mild contractions 6-7 min apart last night then they stopped. But it messed with my head enough that I called the Dr. I'm anxious about getting there in time for the antibiotics! Super tired this morning, and feel a bit like an idiot. Keeping me on my toes!

  11. nana87

    cantaloupe / 6171 posts

    @gentlelunette: Way better safe than sorry! glad all was well at the nst!

    @MrsA: Aww don't feel like an idiot! I'm nervous about getting there in time too.

    I feel so clueless about what early labor feels like. I really thought it might be starting last night, and then I went to the bathroom and it stopped, lol. this is tmi, but I feel like I'm confusing lower back pain and pressure associated w constipation w contractions and it's messing with me! I have an appointment with my ob in a couple hours and will definitely bring it up.

    I'm 38+1 today and really would like for baby to stay put at least 1 more week--we were gifted tickets to Hamilton tomorrow night (!!!!) and then I have a big work thing next Monday...

  12. gentlelunette

    kiwi / 698 posts

    @Ajsmommy: thanks! My midwife said the same, but it was such a drastic decrease even from the day prior that I got all freaked out. Lol!

    @MrsA: don't feel like an idiot! These things happen and it's always better to get some reassurance. Was your last birth super fast?

    @nana87: hopefully babe hangs on. I'm the opposite... the sooner baby arrives, the better. LOL! I'm so anxious to not be pregnant anymore. But my DD1 was born at 40+1 so I have a feeling I'm in it for the long haul.

  13. NorthStar

    pear / 1881 posts

    @Pumuckl: I haven't been getting updates when you guys post, so I missed this! Congrats!!! I'm glad everything went well!

  14. nana87

    cantaloupe / 6171 posts

    Aaand I'm 1cm dilated, so things are def starting to get real!

  15. josina

    pomegranate / 3973 posts

    @gentlelunette: Glad it was nothing, It's sooo hard not to be paranoid right now! I'm sure the dr's and nurses are used to it.
    @nana87: So maybe you were right about the contractions last night! Exciting! Hope baby holds out for your schedule though.

    I was soooo tired from Sunday afternoon (went to bed at 8) through yesterday, I was googling it as a symptom of early labor, lol. Better today though and baby needs to wait at least till next Wednesday at 37. DS was 39+1. I would love to go a little earlier though.

  16. gentlelunette

    kiwi / 698 posts

    Anyone up for some funny pregnancy memes??



  17. gilmoregirl

    persimmon / 1273 posts

    @gentlelunette: yes yes yes I feel this in a big way.

    I am not going to be able to get all the way caught up here...last week was super crazy at work and I am struggling now this week. Just exhausted and achy and significantly over it. I'm done working next Friday which will help a lot.

    I had my first at 40+2 and fully expect to go just as long with this one. I'd actually like to be at least 40 weeks so that I have a day or two at home after I stop working. Unless he wants to come this Thursday because I have a work event Thursday night that I do NOT want to go to haha

  18. gilmoregirl

    persimmon / 1273 posts

    @nana87: for Hamilton, I'd prob still attend through contractions Just kidding. I think.

  19. gilmoregirl

    persimmon / 1273 posts

    @Pumuckl: congratulations!!! I hope you're all settling in ok.

    Can't wait for some more babies to arrive!

  20. nana87

    cantaloupe / 6171 posts

    @gilmoregirl: lol my ob was like "I need you to come in if your contractions get serious, EVEN if you're at Hamilton. But I want you to go and tell me about it" πŸ˜‚

  21. gilmoregirl

    persimmon / 1273 posts

    @nana87: haha I like the way your doctor is thinking. You can definitely see Hamilton through mild contractions. Have fun!

  22. josina

    pomegranate / 3973 posts

    Due Dates
    Feb 3 - WifeMama24 (#1)
    Feb 5 - MrsA (#2) ; Beehive (#2)
    Feb 6 - Gilmoregirl (#2) ; nana87 (#2)
    Feb 7 - Maggierose (#2)
    Feb 9 - deerylou (#2)
    Feb 11 - LML (#3 & #4)
    Feb 14 - gentlelunette (#2)
    Feb 14 - babybean404 (#2)
    Feb 16 - NorthStar (#2) C-Section 2/14
    Feb 22 - josina (#2)
    Feb 23 - Ajsmommy (#2) Induction: 2/16
    Feb 24 - Wyattnewbabysmama (#2)

    Babies
    Nov - TBUZZ (#3 & #4) Nyla & Laila
    Jan 22 - pumuckl (#3 & #4) J F

  23. MrsA

    apricot / 444 posts

    @gentlelunette: I don't think it was super fast. 12 hours? But my OB is concerned this one will go fast.

    @nana87: haha your OB sounds great. You an certainly get through early labor in Hamilton to get that chance!

  24. MrsA

    apricot / 444 posts

    @gentlelunette: love the meme!! I'm on the couch feeling that way right now!

  25. Beehive

    nectarine / 2054 posts

    Hi ladies, it's nearly February! I'm so ready for the baby to come, I definitely feel like the meme. Just got back from my 38 week appointment, all looks good, and I'm 1cm dilated. The doctor is wondering whether I want to try to schedule an induction next week - I'm tempted! It seems kind of silly since I went into labor on my own with DS at 39 weeks 2 days, so there's likely no *need* for an induction, but having the ability to plan would be so amazing. I think we might try for 2/1, and see if I go into labor before then, or the hospital nixes the plan.

  26. Pumuckl

    pomegranate / 3601 posts

    Thank you all for your wellwishes! It definitely feels great to not be carrying those 11lbs of babies plus everything that they come with (waters, placentas etc.) around anymore. We're currently still at the hospital since the babies are having trouble keeping their body temperature high enough. They're not in the NICU though but in a special bed in my room. F is also pretty jaundiced but so far we have been able to skip the billi lights. It will probably be another day or two at least until we get to go home. But on Monday B and J1 came to visit and met their siblings. They were really excited.

    So curious to see who'll be the next! Definitely keeping my fingers crossed you all get to have the births you hope for.

  27. tbuzz

    cherry / 103 posts

    @Pumuckl: congrats! Glad things are going well.

    Everyone is getting so close! Hang in there.

    Lai has come a long way. She's doing well and Hopefully close to coming home.

  28. gentlelunette

    kiwi / 698 posts

    @Pumuckl: happy for the update! Sorry to hear the babes are having a bit of trouble regulating their temperatures. Hope you guys get to go home soon.

    @tbuzz: so happy to hear that Laila is making good progress. I really hope she'll be going home with you guys soon!

  29. gilmoregirl

    persimmon / 1273 posts

    @Pumuckl: do you stay in the hospital too As long as the twins are still there?

    @tbuzz: so happy to hear she might be coming home soon! That is great news.

  30. maggierose

    olive / 60 posts

    Is anyone else with older kids starting to feel apprehensive about brining a new baby home? My toddler is not quite 2.5 and he's still very cuddley and I love snuggling with him on the couch and in his bed reading. I am worried how that will change now that I'll be holding an infant 24/7. I also don't have that crave to hold a baby because I get so much affection from my son. I've held a couple of my friends newborns recently and it doesn't give me that giddy feeling I felt before I had my first. I'm also scared because my toddler has been very clingy to me lately to the point of pushing his dad and telling him to go away if he tries to snuggle in bed with us or do any part of the routine I usually do. I won't be able to do everything exactly the same when the baby comes and dad will have to help and I'm afraid it will be a disaster, and I'm also sad about maybe having to give up certain routines I love doing with my son. I am also realizing how much I will miss sleep. I've been sleeping so deeply lately except for maybe one pee break a night and it's gonna be hard to go back to those newborn nights. Basically I think everything is starting to feel much more real and now I'm freaking out about having a new baby in our life, and I feel guilty that I feel this way!

  31. Ajsmommy

    pomegranate / 3355 posts

    @maggierose: 100% yes to everything you said!! I've been feeling that way since the day after my BFP!! DD is such a mama's girl and I do the bulk of her routines.... I am so worried that this is going to rock her little world soo much! and newborn sleep... gahhhhh. I can't handle it. That was the worst/lowest time I can remember. I was miserable so DH was miserable so WE were miserable. Def not looking forward to that again. But I am hoping maybe since I know what to expect maybe it'll be easier somehow? Is that just naΓ―ve??????

    It's such a roller coaster of emotions.. I wanted #2 so bad.... went to the lengths to have some fertility treatments.... then came full circle and decided to stop and be "complete" with just the three of us and then got a BFP... I wonder if pushing so hard for #2 was a mistake but deep down I know it's not. It's just nerves. We will get through it and it'll all be magical and all the joy and love we feel for our firsts will be magnified with two Although it might be rocky for a bit we're just adding more love to our families

  32. Pumuckl

    pomegranate / 3601 posts

    @gilmoregirl: yes, they are letting me stay since with feeding etc. it would be difficult otherwise or they'd have to transfer the kids (only F is jaundiced but both cannot regulate their temp) to the pediatric clinic (at the same hospital) where they would take up beds that cannot then be used for kids which are more severely sick. So for now they are at the intermediate newborn care unit.

    F bilirubin levels increased again overnight so she has to spend at least the next 24h under the bili lights. Then tomorrow we'll try again to go without the warming bed. So the earliest we get to go home is Saturday.

  33. gentlelunette

    kiwi / 698 posts

    @maggierose: yes, feeling a lot of this in these last few weeks. My daughter is 22 months, and I'm feeling a lot of guilt that I'm somehow stealing her babyhood by having another baby. Every time I pick her up I think "I shouldn't do this, because in a few weeks I won't be able to always pick her up when she wants me to". I'm really nervous about how this is all going to affect her. She's always been a mama's girl, and I'm just not sure how all of this is going to look when baby arrives. Trying to stay positive and remind myself that people have second (and third and fourth...) babies all the time and they manage, so we will too. I think I just want baby here so I can stop worrying about it and start living it.

  34. nana87

    cantaloupe / 6171 posts

    @tbuzz: so glad she's doing well!

    @maggierose: I'm definitely worried about rocking lo1's world. She's such a mama's girl. I'm mostly worried about jealously while I'm nursing or holding lo2, and about bed time/her occasional motn wake ups because she usually insists on me and that's going to be so hard to manage w newborn routines....I love our snuggles too and it's going to be so hard to balance.

    I made it through Hamilton last night! Some contractions but no real labor yet. Still want this baby to hang on through Tuesday for work purposes though, haha. Also my mom just came to town and will be here now through March, so that'll be a huge help!

  35. josina

    pomegranate / 3973 posts

    @maggierose: Right there with you! DS is 26 months and has been pretty clingy lately, it will definitely rock his world and I feel some guilt for that! This will also be the first night where we aren't home with him, AND he comes to our bed every night between 10 and 12 so I worry about what he's gonna think when we're not there. (big sis will watch him at home while we're gone).

    @tbuzz: Glad that Laila is doing well and coming home soon! Lots of for your family!

  36. Ajsmommy

    pomegranate / 3355 posts

    @tbuzz: awww sweet Laila!! hope she's home soon.. (sorry I missed this update earlier)

  37. gilmoregirl

    persimmon / 1273 posts

    @Pumuckl: makes sense! I forgot all about feeding...that must be helpful to stay with them. Hope you're all sorted out and home soon.

    I'm home today with a sick kid and I think I've lost all momentum for working. I'm just out of energy for getting up at 5:20 and teaching all day. Ugh. Six more days.

    Also washing hands as much as possible because I DO NOT want to catch B's cold. He's not terribly sick but we were both up all night while he coughed so we all need rest. Hold off, baby!

  38. NorthStar

    pear / 1881 posts

    @Ajsmommy: Everything you said! DD is a mommy's girl as well and I do most of her routines as well. We went through multiple rounds of IVF, so of course this baby is wanted, but DD is 4.5, so holy hell, this will be a lifestyle change! I think that she is excited, but I'm super apprehensive. It also doesn't help that I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop and not have a baby to bring home. Horrible, I know, but after 3 years of treatments, I still am dumbfounded that we might actually get a baby out of this.

    And I'm sick! I feel like I'm going to cough this baby out. Are any of you having some dampness in your undies (TMI, I know?). I am, but not all the time. The doctor told me to watch it and if it continues, I might need to go in to be sure that I don't have a rupture. It could also be hormones?

  39. josina

    pomegranate / 3973 posts

    @gilmoregirl: Enjoy your day at home, sorry its with a sick kid though, hope he's better soon and you don't catch it.
    @NorthStar: No 'dampness' just discharge, which has actually been less the past couple days.

    The BH contractions are non-stop today; since I never noticed them with DS I'm wondering how you tell the difference between the 'fake' contractions and real ones? When do you start timing?

  40. Ajsmommy

    pomegranate / 3355 posts

    I was sent home to put my feet up by my specialist bc my bp is on the high side.....sooooo



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