TTC a BOY April Chit Chat Thread

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Originally Posted by Flava

lola- I had #1 natural and never wanted more kids ....so DD2 came 6 years later with epidural that was great I just watched tv and waited.
DD3 was a c/s and of course in lovely US they wanted DD4 to be a c/s too for no reason at all just because I had one already.
So i went to have a home birth because after a c/s you can't have a birth in a birth center but you can have at home with them. (so stupid huh?)
Yeah it hurts but this was the first time I did not need a cut not even a tear on me and was my biggest baby!
No one is yelling at you counting in you ears or telling you to hurry up ect. so it's good.

I would take meds for the m/s but i don't have any!:mad:

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You can???? I thought that you couldn't "legally" have a baby anywhere but a hospital after sections. I am gonna try a HB if I ever get pg if that is the case!

And once you are done BF this one, I will give you the diet that I am about to embark on so you can lose it all and be fabulous looking! I am working on one right now that won't be unhealthy because I don't want to mess up my eggs at all, but I need something that will work a little faster than losing a pound a week.

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Originally Posted by Bec

Lola, yep I will go back on Clomid. I have some at home and have another script for it so I was going to try and do a sneaky unmonitored cycle. But seeing as I still have hcg in my system doesn't look like that will be happening. I didn't know there was such thing as man Clomid. What is it?

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LOL, sneaky!!! Well, you could do that once your system is clear again, I suppose. No harm in that, you know your body can tolerate it. Urologists give men with low count a 25mg clomid daily for as long as they deem necessary and it is supposed to do something hormonally, obviously, that increases sperm count drastically. If there is no blockage or physical reason why the sperm aren't coming out, the Clomid usually does help. So FX about that!

See, the bum tearing open is exactly what I felt was about to happen with #2 and I just flipped out. I was already at 8-9cm and definitely in transition labor- if not past it- and was already feeling my knees weaken and some grunting and bearing down happening. This was during the era of the ex-hub who was about as supportive as having Hitler in your delivery room, and he kept yelling at me to get up and get off the "dirty floor" and quit yelling and the like (lovely, I know), so I just had pretty much had it with everything. But you guys have me convinced now that I will give it a shot. I would REALLY love to try a homebirth (or birth center)....and Flava has me all checking out the laws in our state. Last time I was pg, DoulaMama helped me find a lady who would come down from the adjacent state because I don't think you can legally here for some reason. But yea, I have fantasies about this glorious natural birth, and call me crazy....but I kinda toy with the idea of having my girls there also. I think it would make me control myself verbally and be calmer, which I know calmness helped things along in my last labor, and they are so mature from our life situation that I bet they could handle it. They've seen it on tv shows a bunch and don't flinch. Only worry would be if something went wrong, in which case I guess grandma could take them out and keep them while we went off to the hospital.

OH LOOK AT ME, talking about birthing already. I think the IVF back-up plan has me very optimistic!

Hobber - thanks, DH got him to give that cute little smirk :)

Bec - thanks!

Kris - thanks, he's 2 months already I can hardly believe how fast it's going. Love your profile pic, such a sweetie!

Lola - omg I love your excitement! FX man clomid increases those swimmers!

I never felt the ring of fire, i had to have an episiotomy when DD was born because her heart stopped when she crowned, i hope i don't have to have that again, it was so terrible, and then when i had to do number 2 for the first time after the birth i was terrified of busting open on the toilet, i had to sit on a pool ring thing for 2 weeks after, my gosh it was so bad. I am worried now because i have a scar down there, next time i give birth it will just rip open because it is a weak point :(

I only felt the ring of fire with DD3 but she was a shoulder dystocia birth.

Beautiful pics 3p1b!

Oh ladies, felt my first kick too the other day. Very gentle little kick it was :D

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Originally Posted by Cinss

I never felt the ring of fire, i had to have an episiotomy when DD was born because her heart stopped when she crowned, i hope i don't have to have that again, it was so terrible, and then when i had to do number 2 for the first time after the birth i was terrified of busting open on the toilet, i had to sit on a pool ring thing for 2 weeks after, my gosh it was so bad. I am worried now because i have a scar down there, next time i give birth it will just rip open because it is a weak point :(

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I had an episiotomy with DD1 and it was awful I couldn't sit for weeks she was 8lbs 5ounces. With DD2 I didn't need to be cut and I didn't even rip and she weighed the same, so maybe it won't be that bad the second time around for you

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Originally Posted by dloui128

I had an episiotomy with DD1 and it was awful I couldn't sit for weeks she was 8lbs 5ounces. With DD2 I didn't need to be cut and I didn't even rip and she weighed the same, so maybe it won't be that bad the second time around for you

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Thanks dloui, that makes me feel less scared about it.