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@tlcbaby: any gut feelings as to baby's gender? I'm thinking girl for me just because everyone else has had a boy lately (in real life)!

Any other Team Green members have a feeling about baby's gender?

@tlcbaby: how funny!! I've forgot that some of you don't know the sex of your baby!! That's even more exciting! Oh, and ill be adding a blanket for baby, thanks.

It's kinda surreal but we've all been talking since our pregnancies started and now here we are , 9 months later, almost done with our pregnancies. I hope we'll be able to continue talking after babies are here... I sure hope so!

@swedishfish: No feelings, but I think I mostly don't want to get it in my head one way or the other and then end up having the opposite. I was going to ask if you had any guesses for yours. Most everyone says I am having a boy, except a few dissenters who want to be different and they say girl.

@jh524: Of course! We'll start a new June babies thread and we can all keep up with each other there.

@sea_bass: Hi! How have you been feeling near the end here? Are you still working?

@sea_bass: Yay! Welcome!

I have my next to last OB appointment today. I've officially cracked and I'm going to ask him to check me. I know it doesn't matter one way or another, but if I am completely closed, then it will be much easier getting through the next week coming to terms with an induction.

Wild dream last night. I'll spare you the details, save one: Goofy (yes the Disney character) was with me helping with the baby. I started to change the diaper and he was like, "I've got this."

I have NO idea what that means. (Poor DH thinks Goofy = him, heh.)

@sea_bass: I feel pretty good! Similar issues with my hands - my fingers are always tingly and at night my hands fall asleep completely. I'll be glad when that is over! I am going to the zoo with my sister and her kids today so I am sure I'll be a swollen mess after all that walking!

@Espion: That is hilarious! I had a weird dream, too. I dreamt I adopted a child, but she was about 7 or 8 years old. It was very emotional.

@grizz: Uh oh - might be time to meet baby Grizz! Good luck and keep up updated.

@Espion: haha! I can't sleep through them anymore so I'm killing time on HB to let DH sleep! They're still coming strong. I'm torn whether I should rest or really try to get them ramped up w/ the birthing ball.

@grizz: ahhhh so excited for you! I know I am stalking you in multiple locations So pleased mini-grizz is en route!

@sea_bass: yay, definitely join!

@grizz: aaahhhh, good luck!!!!! Hopefully this is IT!

@grizz: I hope everything is going well!!!

OB appointment today was *not* encouraging.

First the medical assistant takes my blood pressure and it's 147/86. WAY high for me. I'm usually 110's/70's. So she gets the manual cuff and tries to tell me that it is really 124/80's. Now, I know just by looking at the manual cuff that my systolic number was at least in the high 130's. DH even recognizes this, because he required EMT training when he was a volunteer firefighter. So, she has no idea how to take a blood pressure manually.

Then, I snapped at her, because she keeps looking at my chart and saying that I'm "scheduled for a c-section". Finally (after the 3rd appointment she's said this), I figuratively bite her head off and ask where on earth it says that in my chart (because I know it doesn't say that anywhere).

Then I get the OB to check my cervix, and it is way posterior, fingertip dilated, but soft. Which isn't a big deal, but on the US Flipper has either one of his knees or foot in front of his face. He has had a limb in front of his face for every single ultrasound, and I'm afraid that is preventing him from engaging, which means no action on the cervix. Which means no labor.

Now I don't know what to do. He has no real room to move around in there, so I have no way of knowing that he'll be able to flip the leg out of the way in order to engage in the pelvis like he should. The OB offered to move up my induction one week and I feel like this is exactly how it will play out: cervidil (nothing), pitocin x however many hours (nothing) = c-section anyway.

The only benefit to doing this earlier than later is that DH will have more time at home to help me recover. If we did it on the 10th, he'd be leaving for San Diego probably the same day I'd get out of the hospital. (And I have no family here.)

I don't know what to do because no one can see into the future. I can't help but feel like my body is once again betraying me. I feel like now I won't even get the chance to know what it's like for my water to break or to wake up in the middle of the night with contractions.

Sorry for the length, ladies. I'm feeling really upset now.

I had a little scare yesterday. I'm only at 36w+4d and when I was leaving work I had something strange happen with my vision - like blurry/blinking in both my eyes. So my OB's office sent me to Labor & Delivery where we found that my blood pressure was much higher than normal. Luckily, no contractions, preliminary labs looked ok and baby girl was rolling around as usual. I was sent home with orders to collect urine for 24-hours (yuck) and to get a BP check tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed that it isn't pre-e! Oh, and they found out that I have a low platelet count, so while I was hoping to go natural and just have an epi as a back up, it seems like I may not even have that as a choice. Same thing happened to my sister! Pregnancy = interesting times!

@GreenThumb: Aww sorry to hear that, glad everything seems okay, though. I don't know much about low platelet count in pregnancy - does that mean you will have to have a c-section?

@Espion: I'm glad you have a friend you can get an informed opinion from. That should help you make your decision and, like you said, you can just try everything else until your next appt!

@tlcbaby: I guess depending on how bad it is you can still deliver without a C-section. It's just that the anethesiologist won't do an epidural if your counts are too low. Just something we have to watch for the next few weeks.

Definitely watching all of you early June mama's and wishing you all the best!! No matter how they get there, as long as babies and mamas are healthy, that is the most important thing!

@GreenThumb: ah, I hope it's not pre-e! I'm glad you're out of the hospital and feeling better.

Here's an update.

......Expecting:
Revel - June 1 - Girl
Grizz - June 2 - Boy
TLCBaby - June 4 - Team Green
KnittyLady - June 6 - Boy
Espion - June 8 - Boy
ItsMeJules - June 9 - Team Green
DewDrop - June 13 - Boy
SoftCream - June 16 - Team Green
Sea_Bass - June 17 - Team Green
SwedishFish - June 17 - Team Green
TinyPiglet - June 18 - Girl
Yourekindapretty - June 19 - Girl (c-section scheduled for 6/12)
Mrs. Chocolate - June 19 - ?
GreenThumb - June 23 - Girl
JH524 - June 25 - Boy

.....New arrivals:
Bisous - June 5 - Baby GIRL - Born May 26
LazyLightning - June 1 - Baby GIRL - Born May 28

Who's next?

ETA - I think Grizz is next!

We are having a baby today or tomorrow! Contractions 5 minutes apart but starting to dip into 4:45. Still laboring at home. Husband is a rock star coach. Contractions are a bitch.

@grizz: I replied on your other thread too but good luck! You'll do great!

@Espion: try to,stay positive girl and get in those positions so baby can stretch!!!!! Come on baby!!! I understand your pain, I have a medical student with my doc. So now I feel like a preggo project....peachy!! I've snapped at her a few times when she questioned me...I mean really??!!!
@GreenThumb: sorry to hear that, hope your feeling better and keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!!
@yourekindapretty: well at least you know the date and can get ready! You'll soon get to meet your baby!!!! Yay!!!

@grizz: You've got this girl! Congratulations, can't wait to see him!

@maybebaby: Wow, June 5 will be here before you know it, but hopefully baby will come on his own in the meantime.