O.K. how many people here are pregnant?

Fighting Hellfish

depends on what you do, but keeping a giant Poland Spring bottle handy might help. That way you don't constantly need to go buy one, or go to the fridge for a refill. Or you could try to grab a fresh bottle, or glass every hour on the hour.

genevieve

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

depends on what you do, but keeping a giant Poland Spring bottle handy might help. That way you don't constantly need to go buy one, or go to the fridge for a refill. Or you could try to grab a fresh bottle, or glass every hour on the hour.

See Im not a huge water drinker to begin with.
But I dont want to drink too much juice either.
I guess I just have to buck up and carry water with me.

Fighting Hellfish

I think waters the only thing left that doesn't kill you.

genevieve

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

I think waters the only thing left that doesn't kill you.

Ha!
just when you think you are safe you drown...
But I dont think its cancerous. Unless were talkin acid rain.

genevieve

Question.
32 weeks this week and I havent experienced
any "Braxton Hicks" contractions. Am I missing
something here? Anyone else getting or not getting them?

genevieve

I think most people in my prenantal class are questioning the
ability to actually get a child out after watching the birthing
video last night. But it wasnt freaky, just looks painful.

julisch

i have a question.
what do you future parents think of freezing the stem cell? or is it automatic in the states? i hope its called like that in english, not quite sure.

genevieve

Well Im in canada.
Im not sure what you mean.

I am choosing to donate cord blood which is full of stem cells.
They clamp the cord and it will be sampled and tested and blood typed.
And if there is a little baby who needs this blood it will be used there
first. If thats not possible maybe an older person who needs stem cells
and lastly in research. I hope it will help someone.

You can also store cord blood in case of future need for your child but
it suposed to be quite expensive.

julisch

genevieve wrote:

You can also store cord blood in case of future need for your child but it suposed to be quite expensive.

yes, that's what i meant. i know its expensive, its very expensive here too, i was just wondering how common this thing was overseas.

genevieve

julisch wrote:

yes, that's what i meant. i know its expensive, its very expensive here too, i was just wondering how common this thing was overseas.

I belive its becoming more common but the cost is still too much.
We never even considered it. So we are donating it to someone who needs it.

Fighting Hellfish

Pregnancy question: is there a point during the pregnancy when women are supposed to stop driving, for fear that water breaking, or contractions, or something could cause her to lose control of the car?

genevieve

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

Pregnancy question: is there a point during the pregnancy when women are supposed to stop driving, for fear that water breaking, or contractions, or something could cause her to lose control of the car?

Nope unless you are in actual labor. And even then you should be ok cause you can just pull over till the contraction stops. But you should be able to drive during early labor to make it to the hospital.. if you are pushing you wouldnt get in a car and drive. You would call an ambulance.

Brain of J.Lo

genevieve wrote:

Question.
32 weeks this week and I havent experienced
any "Braxton Hicks" contractions. Am I missing
something here? Anyone else getting or not getting them?

I think I may have had one or two Braxton Hicks contractions, but it didn't really feel like much of anything... Just a brief tightening of my uterus that went away pretty quickly... Could have been something else, for all I know!

There are a few women on this prego board where I post (on iVillage) are always talking about how they have them all the time. These are women who, like me, are due on June. I sometimes wonder if something else is up with them, because I certainly haven't experienced anything like they have...

Brain of J.Lo

genevieve wrote:

I belive its becoming more common but the cost is still too much.
We never even considered it. So we are donating it to someone who needs it.

Yeah, banking cord blood is ridiculously expensive. It would be a nice idea, but it's not in our budget. We'll be donating ours as well.

pacifier

genevieve wrote:

Get the book Birthing from Within. It has some great breathing exercises.

Thanks. I'm normally a pretty relaxed person, but when I get upset I find it hard to calm myself down sometimes. Luckily I haven't been getting upset too often. I'm letting a lot of things slide now if I think they are going to upset me too much.

pacifier

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Prenatal yoga is good for relaxation as well.

That sounds fun and good for you. I might look into that. thanks for the suggestion. Did you do it? how did you find it?

pacifier

PJChic9 wrote:

whoah oct 28th? thats my b day!lol:)

Well it's my fiance's b'day the week before so we are kinda hoping it comes a little earlier so that he can have a great birthday present

pacifier

Ladies, how well did you men cope with the pregnancy? Did they realise what you were going through or were they impatient with you? Did they pour on the special treatment or was it life as usual? etc, etc.

genevieve

Well hubbie rubs my feet every night.
They get really sore even though they arent swelling.
I would say hes more understanding now. And the
prenatal classes and check ups keep him in check too.
Most days hes pretty amazed that the baby can do
gymnastics already.

Pacifier if you dont have one yet I would get an excercise
ball to sit on at work, or even to sit on a bit at night and
stretch and stuff. It really feels good even if its only 15mins.

genevieve

pacifier wrote:

Thanks. I'm normally a pretty relaxed person, but when I get upset I find it hard to calm myself down sometimes. Luckily I haven't been getting upset too often. I'm letting a lot of things slide now if I think they are going to upset me too much.

Did you get the book?