O.K. how many people here are pregnant?

pacifier

thank you both. i know she probably looks just like any other baby but through her mother's eyes she looks like the most beautiful baby in the world

MeddleDeal

aww beautiful pictures pacifier and congrats on little Anna. how long did they tell you you would recover from your stiches?

pacifier

MeddleDeal wrote:

aww beautiful pictures pacifier and congrats on little Anna. how long did they tell you you would recover from your stiches?

I think they said about 6 weeks, but the stitches take about 2 or 3 months to fall out. It really hasn't been too painful or even uncomfortable for the most part.

genevieve

I remember how sore I was in general down there.
Hope you have a speedy recovery.

Little Anna is simply beautiful.
Get lotsa rest.

MeddleDeal

I just hit my 32nd week, and I am getting anxious. I have a lot of concerns too, like 'what if she stops moving?' i freak out if she doesn't move for hours at a time. But she is moving quite a bit, especially today, for the past week though, she was pushing at my ribs on Wed. making me feel discomfort. I also notice on my right side of my belly, her back was poking out, it looked like it was swollen.

Also, for other pregnant women out there, if you are getting some stretchmarks, use cocoa butter. This stuff really works!! I have been using it for 3 months already. one of my friends gave me to me on the recommendation of her pregnant cousin, who is due any day now

PissBottleMan

We go to our C-Section Birthing Class tonight! :eek:

Our last baby-shower was yesterday and we've gotten just about everything we registered for...we are blessed with great friends and family.

Took the desk and computer out of the back bedroom on Saturday...this weekend we paint and put up borders...the nursery is coming along.

PBM

genevieve

I had lotsa fun painting Adrias room.
It makes it all feel a bit more real.

genevieve

I posted a ton of new pics at my blog site.
If anyone is interested.
http://genevieveolivier.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1

How are all the new and expecting parents?

Ms. Haiku

pacifier wrote:

Thank you all. Well, yes, I did begin to show signs of pre-eclampsia and they decided to induce me for the sake of my kidneys, but the induction ended up being for my due date anyway. At least I didn't have to go up to 10 days over like they suggested.

I was hoping to go through the birth without an epidural but because of the gel they gave me to bring on contractions I was having contractions about every two minutes or so and they were extremely painful in the front and in my back. hot water on my back helped ease the back pain and that made the other pain bareable, but after a few hours I was still only about 1 cm dilated so the midwife decided to break my waters. She said I had to decide then whether I wanted an epidural or not. I didn't want to decide right then so she said she could give me about an hour after my water breaks to decide. However it turned out that I didn't need that hour because once she broke my waters I started throwing up violently from pain and, being someone who cannot handle throwing up, I asked for the epidural straight away.

After that it was painless. The contrast was ridiculous. I have a picture of me sitting with a cup of tea on my leg and a smile on my face while I am having contractions every two minutes!!

It took just a couple of hours to go from 1cm dilated to 9cm dilated. When it came time to push I stopped taking the pain relief so that I could feel what was going on. That was an interesting experience, I'm glad I got to feel it, even though I ended up throwing up again (I think I got it pretty easy though, only vomiting 3 times in my whole pregnancy) and I had to have stitches. Apparently I screamed a terrifing scream when I had the episiotomy, but my memory of it was that it didn't hurt too bad.

They had to use the vaccuum to help our baby (Anna) out because her heart beat kept dropping with each push. It really pulled her head out of shape, but it quickly went back into shape, as you can see by her pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/45215389@N00. I believe DinghyDog has already given her birth details. Anna was born a strong and healthy baby, lifting her head from day one, turning her head towards my voice on day 2 and even smiling already.

As for me I think my body must have gained a lot of fluid because I really started swelling in the last couple of weeks of pregnancy. I put on about 12kg with the pregnancy and in just over a week I have lost about 7kg. I am feeling pretty good. Anna is a wonderful baby. I think we got very, very lucky. She is active through the day, sleeps well at night and hardly cries unless she has a good reason to. I hope she stays this way, but everyone keeps telling us it will change.






PICTURES (in case you didn't read that whole ramble )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45215389@N00.



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Congratulations! She's beautiful

genevieve

pacifier.
I know you are busy,
But we all want some more pics!


and for those who didnt see the last page where I posted this:
new pics...
http://genevieveolivier.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1

ZiggyStar

Ohhhh, she's sooo cute, Genevieve!!!

I WANT ONE!!!!! DAMMIT!!!!

genevieve

ZiggyStar wrote:

Ohhhh, she's sooo cute, Genevieve!!!

I WANT ONE!!!!! DAMMIT!!!!

Well come on!
Get a move on!
No time like the present!

svenstephy

She's really cute!!!!

I totally want kids, but my husband and I arent quite ready yet...soon though.

Three of my friends (my two best friends) are pregnant. One is due 12/6, one 2/8 and the other 3/15. I'm hoping playing with their babies will quell my desires for at least another year.

She is beautiful!!!

PissBottleMan

We completed our birthing class on Monday...felt a little out of place because, since we are having a C-Section, we didn't have to go to the class last week.

It was an informative class...got to see some videos about what to expect once the baby is born.

PBW wasn't too thrilled with the C-Section animation. Actually, a lot of it made her nauseous...she had to leave a couple of times to get sick. She's had it rough throughout her pregnancy.

I'm up for the challenge though...it looks like I'll have close to 2 weeks off after the baby's born (I saved my vacation days for a reason ). Plus, my parents will be in town.

We're down to 6 more weeks!!!

Oh yeah, thought you guys would like to see Xavier's new shirt:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=40941966&imageID=1402095517

Cheers,

PBM

svenstephy

that's great PBM!

man, i love babies! one of my friends is due in march and her husband is a HUGE PJ fan...we are getting them a few PJ onsies and stuff...so cute!

good luck with everything!!!!

genevieve

PissBottleMan wrote:

We completed our birthing class on Monday...felt a little out of place because, since we are having a C-Section, we didn't have to go to the class last week.

It was an informative class...got to see some videos about what to expect once the baby is born.

PBW wasn't too thrilled with the C-Section animation. Actually, a lot of it made her nauseous...she had to leave a couple of times to get sick. She's had it rough throughout her pregnancy.

I'm up for the challenge though...it looks like I'll have close to 2 weeks off after the baby's born (I saved my vacation days for a reason ). Plus, my parents will be in town.

We're down to 6 more weeks!!!

Oh yeah, thought you guys would like to see Xavier's new shirt:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=40941966&imageID=1402095517

Cheers,

PBM

:(
I couldnt see the shirt.
But let me know how I can.
I want to get Adria some PJ stuff.

Hey can I be one of your MySpace friends?

PissBottleMan

genevieve wrote:

Hey can I be one of your MySpace friends?

Sure.

I uploaded it into Photobucket:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/PissBottleMan/PearlJam.jpg

PBM

genevieve

PissBottleMan wrote:

Sure.

I uploaded it into Photobucket:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/PissBottleMan/PearlJam.jpg

PBM

Aww thats really cute!
Adria needs something.
Shes a bit big for that though.
Where did you find it?

PissBottleMan

genevieve wrote:

Where did you find it?

A friend of ours at work made it for our shower. She said she looked on eBay and other various websites...then, she decided to just make it herself.

I think it looks pretty cool.

My kid's gonna be rockin'.

PBM

genevieve

PissBottleMan wrote:

A friend of ours at work made it for our shower. She said she looked on eBay and other various websites...then, she decided to just make it herself.

I think it looks pretty cool.

My kid's gonna be rockin'.

PBM

I dont know why they dont make a few things to buy for us parents out there.
Foo Fighters has stuff.