sagen
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Post by sagen on May 22, 2017 20:44:33 GMT
I have had one elective induction, and one because my water broke, and I had epidurals with all 5 babies. I felt immediately bonded to all, and nursed 16 mo, 18 mo, 12 mo, and 26 mo. If any of that is of concern I hope that helps. My inductions were as special and wonderful as going naturally.
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Post by lupincat on May 22, 2017 20:49:59 GMT
Omg I finally found you guys!! Phew!
We came home from the hospital today, I'm so glad to sit somewhere comfy. DS1 is uninterested in DS2 but definitely seems to prefer H over me now as well. Ah well, it's a phase and an adjustment.
Off to (try) catch up!
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Post by babystandish on May 22, 2017 20:52:35 GMT
angryowl for sure! I was just going to do a little along the outside, but now I'm going to be doing all of the whipped cream everywhere!
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Post by angryowl on May 22, 2017 21:02:13 GMT
I have had one elective induction, and one because my water broke, and I had epidurals with all 5 babies. I felt immediately bonded to all, and nursed 16 mo, 18 mo, 12 mo, and 26 mo. If any of that is of concern I hope that helps. My inductions were as special and wonderful as going naturally. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk <3 It was less the bonding and more that almost all my friends are med-free hippy types and so I was unconsciously putting all this pressure on myself to fit into that. In reality, all I want is a healthy baby and a healthy me at at the end. Realizing that has been crazy freeing. |
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Post by loubug on May 22, 2017 21:07:21 GMT
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Post by txcatlady on May 22, 2017 21:17:33 GMT
I made it over here! DH and I went to the grocery store today with LO and he did great! Although he really doesn't like to sleep at night right now 😕. Dude will nap all day and decide that 12-3am is the best time to scream unless he's being held.
I started pumping once a day and LO is doing excellent taking a bottle from DH. 🙂
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Post by tortor4 on May 22, 2017 21:22:07 GMT
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Post by irish14 on May 22, 2017 22:49:41 GMT
I have had one elective induction, and one because my water broke, and I had epidurals with all 5 babies. I felt immediately bonded to all, and nursed 16 mo, 18 mo, 12 mo, and 26 mo. If any of that is of concern I hope that helps. My inductions were as special and wonderful as going naturally. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk <3 It was less the bonding and more that almost all my friends are med-free hippy types and so I was unconsciously putting all this pressure on myself to fit into that. In reality, all I want is a healthy baby and a healthy me at at the end. Realizing that has been crazy freeing. with DS, my water broke so it was a necessary induction. The funny thing is I barely progressed for 6-7 hrs, then once I got the epidural I was able to relax and I did 9 cm in like 3.5 hrs. So for me the epidural was a really wonderful thing. Just goes to show there's no one right way and everyone has a different best path  (I'm clearly in the "get this kid out of me safely and effectively, I don't care if that's with meds" camp) |
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Post by angryowl on May 22, 2017 22:51:58 GMT
<3 It was less the bonding and more that almost all my friends are med-free hippy types and so I was unconsciously putting all this pressure on myself to fit into that. In reality, all I want is a healthy baby and a healthy me at at the end. Realizing that has been crazy freeing. with DS, my water broke so it was a necessary induction. The funny thing is I barely progressed for 6-7 hrs, then once I got the epidural I was able to relax and I did 9 cm in like 3.5 hrs. So for me the epidural was a really wonderful thing. Just goes to show there's no one right way and everyone has a different best path (I'm clearly in the "get this kid out of me safely and effectively, I don't care if that's with meds" camp) This is good timing! I am currently trying to figure out if she's just getting good kicks at my bladder, or if my water broke/is breaking. Any tips? I keep getting gushes, stop and go. Lots of lower back pain. I'm attempting to time the contractions now but I need to distract myself, ha. |
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Post by sleepymonkey on May 22, 2017 23:04:13 GMT
DD has a fever, sore throat and cough. Great. Just what I need right now, with a newborn and still healing. Plus, she just wants all the cuddles but I still have baby boy to deal with.
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sagen
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Post by sagen on May 22, 2017 23:21:08 GMT
angryowl when my water broke I felt a pop, and as small gush, very small though not like a movie  As I walked around little gushes would come out. If you keep having water come out it most likely is not pee. You can pee yourself a little, but not likely over and over. As you move the head will cork the water so it comes and goes. I would bring in your underwear as weird as it sounds. They will do a test strip, and if you aren't leaking that moment they can test your underwear. I changed and put on a pad. So the test was coming up neg, then I moved, his head uncorked, and the test strip was clearly positive. Sounds like this is it to me Add me to the camp that will not dilate wiith out an epidural. With this last baby it took 6 hours to go from a 5 to a 6, 3 hours from a 6 to a seven, then after the epidural it was fast! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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Post by cmb on May 22, 2017 23:30:58 GMT
+1 to the epidural helping to relax and dilate. My epidural with DS1 was the most glorious thing ever.
As for water, when my MW broke mine, it felt like I was peeing, just more than I ever peed before for longer than ever before
I mentioned that I was pushing with DS2 before it had fully taken effect, right? I jumped from almost 9cm to fully dilated and needing to push in less than 5 minutes...
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Post by lastkiss on May 23, 2017 1:26:44 GMT
Congrats cubbiebear325! Glad you found us lupincat! Ds1 had dance recital today. The twins behaved amazingly (thankfully considering the night we had) although C decided to spit up his entire bottle all over me as I was about to put him in his car seat to go. Que outfit changes for both of us. My mom is being super annoying right now. She keeps saying that we need to ask for help with the twins (dh is off work until June 5) and that we can't do it by ourselves. Then she gets mad when we don't ask for help (because we're good right now given that we're both home) and is taking it as a personal attack on her. I'm so over it but have no idea how to handle her. |
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Post by river on May 23, 2017 1:45:12 GMT
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Post by irish14 on May 23, 2017 2:20:25 GMT
angryowl last time I didn't feel the pop bc it broke in my sleep, though I woke up once with a massive cramp I bet was it. I went to pee and that seemed pretty normal, then I'd keep dribbling out whenever I sat on the toilet. Like, I don't have to pee anymore, but it's still going. They say it has a different smell than pee but I didn't really find that very helpful. I thought mine broke once last night but I was just sweaty, lol. That's today's TMI. But I figured out it wasn't after I peed a bunch and eventually nothing else came out even when I moved around. GL!!!
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As I walked around little gushes would come out. If you keep having water come out it most likely is not pee. You can pee yourself a little, but not likely over and over. As you move the head will cork the water so it comes and goes. I would bring in your underwear as weird as it sounds. They will do a test strip, and if you aren't leaking that moment they can test your underwear. I changed and put on a pad. So the test was coming up neg, then I moved, his head uncorked, and the test strip was clearly positive. Sounds like this is it to me 
