Due December 2012! Christmas Babies!

[sweetsister]

Thanks sweet sister, I won't be very good with advice. I got the epidural both times, but almost missed it the second time. So I'm hoping this one doesn't come too soon. It's brilliant if you can do it because any of my friends who have say it's seriously painful but you feel much better afterwards.
Best of luck with the birth, I try not to think about it and just go with the flow on the day.

Well even if i wanted to have an epidural it would be difficult,i mean its easier for me without it,i dialate from like 3 to time to give birth in less than 3o mins when its time.
I wish i could go with it,im a control freak and have to plan everything out,thanks though i really should try to let go as you say and just go with the flow

[NeedAGirl!]

OMG - anyone else having bizarro dreams?? I have been having weird dreams ever since finding out I was pregnant . None have been pregnancy or baby related just weird. BUT the dream I woke from this morning takes the cake!! Ok - wacky alert - be warned.

I find myself in my living room, sitting on my sofa. I am manually expressing one breast into a bottle. I start to think that I really shouldn't be doing that as I know it can cause premature contractions but I am surprised to find that I seem to have real milk not just colostrum. (just wait, gets weirder.. lol) Suddenly my mom and sister walk in - they live far away and are not planning to visit until baby is born. But, my mom is holding a tiny brand new baby and says "why dont you just nurse the baby?" I look down at my belly and realize I am no longer pregnant but I have NO idea how this baby got here. She hands me the baby and I am staring at it like it is an alien. My mom, sister and DH exchange worried looks. I am really confused but the poor baby looks really hungry and so I start nursing. I unwrap the little blanket and see the baby is a boy! I blurt out - "this is not my baby". So now they think I have really lost it and my mom sits next to me trying to reassure me or something. I start to say - "no, really! Mom, do you remember me being in labor?? Where is the midwife? Do you remember her being here? And why is it a boy??" She thinks for a moment and no one can recall these things either. Suddenly DH looks out the window and there is this freaky black car in the driveway. When it sees him looking, it speeds off. I come to this conclusion and blurt out "I've been drugged and they stole my baby!" Then I woke up. Crazy!! No???

Now I am not one that thinks that every dream has a meaning but if this one does I have no idea what it is!!

[auroara78]

that is a strange dream! Maybe you are worried about anyone taking your little girl away.

[fivebabies]

Bahahaha, NeedAGirl! you are cracking me up! I have crazy dreams too...all pregnancy long. What a horrid dream!

[amari]

Sweet- I go super fast too, I think it is do painful but I don't like the epidural b/c of afterwards. I like to be more in control of the situation too!

Need a girl-I'm having crazy dreams too! I think yours just means you ate having a hard time believing its a girl!

[NeedAGirl!]

I think you are right, Amari. I know it is but seems so surreal! The nice thing though was when I saw it was a boy for a split second I was ok with it... Until I realized it wasn't my baby! Ha ha.. My kooky brain, I swear!

Sweet, I have super fast births. 1st was 3 hrs, second was 1 hr 1.min! However, every third birth of everyone I know was unpredictable and did not follow the pattern so I am fully expecting a longer labor this time. all my babies were born at home so obviously no pain meds.

[Pstar32]

Needagirl: that's so weird but I've been having mad dreams as well and really vivid like that! I blame the hormones haha!!

Sweetsister: I know it's easier said than done but I just try to focus on the fact that it's a necessary evil, it's over so quick that there's no point in worrying, it's not going to change the outcome, it just wastes energy

Gender Scan Update: Anyway I had my scan yesterday and IT'S A GIRL! I can't believe it, I'm over the moon I had such a different pregnancy from conception to symptoms but I still couldn't picture a tech saying those three words. I almost broke down in tears and did in the car. Please God everything goes well now.

[auroara78]

big congrats Pstar!!!!!!!

[sweetsister]

Need a girl ,i definately have been having crazy dreams a few weeks ago,i cant remember them though now i think about it,but even if i could they are just too wierd to even describe!!Its all the hormones
And i do have fast births from when i dialate past 4 i usually stay at 3 and have serious hard labor pains for at least 24 hrs,im hoping that the third time for me will be the easy one

And Pstar

[dloui128]

Congrats Pstar!!

Ok I am hearing all you awesome ladies talk about no pain meds, I was thinking about going the no epidural route this time because I feel like crap after the epidural wears off. How do I do it??? My first labor was 18hrs, 2nd was 8hrs, so they aren't too long but definitely not short.