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My Due Date: July 19, 2015I have given birth!
Age: 39 years old
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Full Term on Sunday
By rcorinne » Posted Jun. 26, 2015 2:13am - 290 views - 3 comments
My 36 week appt on Tuesday was uneventful. Most interesting thing was getting undressed a bit and swabbed for the GBS test. I double checked that little girl is head down. The midwife assured me that indeed she was/is. She also told me that I'm measuring perfect growth. I noticed her type 35cm into the computer. Also, her heart rate was 145. I asked about when they might be checking on my cervix. She told me that in general, if I'm showing no other signs of labor, checking for dilation isn't really helpful because it doesn't necessarily tell us how soon or late I will actually deliver. I agreed that yes, it could be weeks, days, or hours for progression to happen. She followed by saying if I asked they could check at some point, but some women don't ever want to be checked until they are close to actually delivering. We talked about leg swelling. She suggested 10-12 glasses of fluids per day, sitting or putting feet up as often as possible, and staying cool. Those instructions are kind hard to follow at my work where I'm training, trying to wrap up R&D projects, not always taking every break I should, and we have a cooling issue near one of the instruments I sometimes work on. I have been bringing my Nalgene 1L bottle of water to and from work the past week, though. It's a pretty good reminder in the car or break room. I guess it's good to have nothing interesting to report. I really wouldn't want any bad news at this point. I'm just getting a bit impatient for something to change besides my belly size and weight. Soon enough. Soon enough. I have my work baby shower tomorrow (e-hem, today, in a few minutes it will be after midnight). My sister/mom are hosting a shower at my parents' house on Sunday. My parents took us out to dinner tonight. My mom asked about food for the shower, because my oldest sister, who decided to "host" this, is crap at planning. I hesitated because she asked about what kinds of salads I might want, and I just had a HUGE salad for lunch today. I totally don't go for foods I just ate, especially recently unless they are the things I've been craving: crackers/cheese/fruit/candy/ice cream. We did get to joking about certain types of salads I absolutely don't like. Speaking of the shower, my sister called me from out-of-state yesterday, where she is being a diligent soccer mom to my niece who recently joined a prestigious soccer team that is currently doing well in a tournament. She drove me crazy by interrupting one of my few breaks and immediately starting to tell me all about the tournament and asking me what games I wanted to play at the shower she is supposed to be planning, oh, and asking me if I could find out about the people who haven't responded to her antiquate
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Full Term on Sunday
By rcorinne » Posted Jun. 26, 2015 2:13am - 290 views - 3 comments
My 36 week appt on Tuesday was uneventful. Most interesting thing was getting undressed a bit and swabbed for the GBS test. I double checked that little girl is head down. The midwife assured me that indeed she was/is. She also told me that I'm measuring perfect growth. I noticed her type 35cm into the computer. Also, her heart rate was 145. I asked about when they might be checking on my cervix. She told me that in general, if I'm showing no other signs of labor, checking for dilation isn't really helpful because it doesn't necessarily tell us how soon or late I will actually deliver. I agreed that yes, it could be weeks, days, or hours for progression to happen. She followed by saying if I asked they could check at some point, but some women don't ever want to be checked until they are close to actually delivering. We talked about leg swelling. She suggested 10-12 glasses of fluids per day, sitting or putting feet up as often as possible, and staying cool. Those instructions are kind hard to follow at my work where I'm training, trying to wrap up R&D projects, not always taking every break I should, and we have a cooling issue near one of the instruments I sometimes work on. I have been bringing my Nalgene 1L bottle of water to and from work the past week, though. It's a pretty good reminder in the car or break room. I guess it's good to have nothing interesting to report. I really wouldn't want any bad news at this point. I'm just getting a bit impatient for something to change besides my belly size and weight. Soon enough. Soon enough. I have my work baby shower tomorrow (e-hem, today, in a few minutes it will be after midnight). My sister/mom are hosting a shower at my parents' house on Sunday. My parents took us out to dinner tonight. My mom asked about food for the shower, because my oldest sister, who decided to "host" this, is crap at planning. I hesitated because she asked about what kinds of salads I might want, and I just had a HUGE salad for lunch today. I totally don't go for foods I just ate, especially recently unless they are the things I've been craving: crackers/cheese/fruit/candy/ice cream. We did get to joking about certain types of salads I absolutely don't like. Speaking of the shower, my sister called me from out-of-state yesterday, where she is being a diligent soccer mom to my niece who recently joined a prestigious soccer team that is currently doing well in a tournament. She drove me crazy by interrupting one of my few breaks and immediately starting to tell me all about the tournament and asking me what games I wanted to play at the shower she is supposed to be planning, oh, and asking me if I could find out about the people who haven't responded to her antiquate
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 | Comment from tmhess » Posted Jun. 26, 2015 3:19pm I am getting excited for you, you are in the home stretch! I know when and where my baby shower is going to happen because my husbands parents live out of state so we needed to plan it when they were already coming to the area for a family reunion. Most of my family lives out of state so it will be a small shower, but that is ok with me, I am just excited to share my excitement with some family and friends. :) Lately nothing seems appetizing to me, anything with a lot of sugar in it has been grossing me out. |
 | Comment from Summer0120 » Posted Jun. 26, 2015 1:06pm No news is good news! Glad everything is going well. That would be frustrating to have to help plan your own shower. My best friend is already planning mine, and I'm not even out of the first trimester. I know I won't need to lift one single finger, because she's awesome at planning parties! I am just like you when it comes to food. I do not want leftovers lately or anything I've eaten in the last week or two. I feel like I need a change daily. Unless it's chips and salsa or queso. I could eat that all day, every day! |
| Comment from pbc910 » Posted Jun. 26, 2015 9:46am Getting soooooo close!!!! While I am excited about having a shower I worry about who is going to plan it and how it's going to be. My mom is not one for this kind of thing and I don't know the etiquette on baby showers either. I don't even care about presents or a ton of people coming. I just want to play silly shower games and have cake! Simple, simple! |
