September Babies Continued

Hmmm I never felt my stitches and he was down there stitching for an hourish...

I have lots of anxiety about labour lol... I'm not looking forward to it at all...my labours seem to be super intense

Hi ladies, just got home from my OB appt, all is good, her head is down low and he said all is looking good to go! he is still very keen to induce at 38/39 wks! Me too!!! Wish it was sooner, but 3 wks will fly by I'm sure. Going for an ultrasound On thurs to check bubs size again, shes getting massive (even though my 2 hr gtt came back normal) so he just wants to keep an eye on her. I'm happy with that as I get to have another look at her and make sure she is still a she!!! Lol even though her 22wk and 30wk potty shots were so convincing I'm still scared a penis will pop out at delivery!! Lol if he doesn't like the look of anything then he will induce me sooner. So hopefully 3 more wks at the most for me!! Yay! Cannot wait to hold my little baby. I'm sooooooo ready!
I must be insane because I quite enjoy labour and delivery. I've had 3 wonderful experiences so I'm hoping this time is no different. I'm very lucky and have never needed stitches and barely do 2 pushes and out they come (even though they are all over 9lb and I'm not a big person) so I feel very blessed. Fingers crossed this time is no different

This baby is looking to be big too, which is unusual for me. At 32 weeks he's apparently about 2.4 kg, my ob does the measurements herself but she was spot on with DD3. My systolic BP was up a bit but it's normal for me to have it a bit labile in the 3rd trimester but never turn into anything significant. Anyway, if he keeps growing like this (he's been big since 26 weeks and I don't have gestational diabetes) she wants to examine me at 38 weeks and induce me if things look favourable. Which is fine by me, I don't want to stress my Section scar too much and, much as I hate to say it, socially it'd be really helpful so I could sort out his sisters.

Anyway, it's still early days for me and I don't have another appointment for a couple of weeks so I'll try not to plan things I don't have any control over.

Hi ladies I am excited to announce that our precious baby boy is here!!!! He was born this morning after a quick 4 hour labor and as predicted he is HUGE weighing in at 6lbs 8oz! He had some respiratory problems and is in the NICU but I hope to be able to hold him again soon. I'm soooo incredibly in love. Will post pics soon.

Yay!!!! Congratulations Southern!!! What exciting news!!! What a great size!! Hope you are doing well. Can't wait to see some pics x x x x well done x x x

Congrats southern :) he's a big boy! Can't wait to see pics!

Hi ladies,

I just want to say hello again after months of not writing :hide: We were on vacation and ever since we came back I had been trying to catch up... I have been reading a lot on here but somehow never wrote anything myself...

Southern, congratulations on your little baby!! I hope he is going to be in your arms again very soon and everything will be going well enough for you to take him home soon. I cannot believe the first babies on this group are being born already. So exciting!! Perfect that he is not too tiny.
Huge congratulations again :celebrate:

Congratulations Southern!!! I had been wondering about you but this is wonderful news and so great you made it to 35 weeks! I am sure he'll be out of the NICU in no time. Can't wait to see pics. Rest up! :)

Southern whoop whoop big blue cheer hooray thats a very respectable weight hope you get to give him a big cuddle soon!

Mum to 3 and salsa exciting news! Think thorz should have restarted our new thread as the September pretenders seems like we could have a lot of August bubbas here! Pleased to hear all looks good!

Congrats Southern! You did so well keeping him in for that extra month or so.

No doubt lol I thnk three of us are having August babies lol

Huge congrats southern!!! I'm so glad he was so big! I cannot wait to see pics!
It's crazy that our 1st baby of the group has been born! And so many of you guys are just around the corner!

I took a trip to Cleveland on Saturday, so in total I was in the car for more than 6 hours!!! When I got home my legs were so swollen and my veins were popping out, and they hurt so bad, called the dr and now I'm in compression hose (not very attractive lol) I had a superficial blood clot in my leg so dr talked to me about actually getting on EPO since I am anti meds during pregnancy. I'm not even quite 33 weeks so she wants me to only take 1 a day orally to help keep blood clots away! After 36 weeks I can up the dose and do vaginally if I want to but she said 1 a day at least. She isn't interested in progressing my labor after 36 weeks but if I want to I can. She is mostly concerned about my clots.

Thanks so much ladies! Haven't had a chance to post pics because I've been doing kangaroo care with my little guy a lot today. He is breathing much better and has pinked up quite a bit and is already bfing like a little champ! He is in the regular nursery now but closely monitored.

Here is our sweet little Julian Sage :bigsmile:
(arg I don't know why I'm suddenly unable to post pics on this site anymore! My avatar is the pic I've been trying to post)

Southern, you both look gorgeous.

Thorz, you are officially having a really tough pregnancy. Is your ob still worried about growth or do you have another appointment this week?

Southern you look so beautiful! And the little man is soooo cute! I have wanted to name a baby julian since I was pregnant with my first!love it! Glad he's doing well!

Ah southern you do look so well and he's a sweetie congrats

Thorz poor you you've had such a rough ride, when's your growth scan I'm not sure how many weeks you are now but 36 can't be too much longer?

Congrats Southern!! Can't believe how big he is and so glad he is doing well. Hopefully you will get to go home soon!!

I am going in for a C-section on Aug 19th which is only 12 days from now... the nursery is almost done and the car seat I ordered came today. Getting very anxious about the section!! Feeling quite large these days and starting to get uncomfortable and achey.

Thorz sorry you are having so many complications:(

Can't wait for everyone to start having their babies and posting pictures!!

God three am and woken up from feeling nausas and stupid round ligament pains

7 more days til he's full term and I'm trying everything possible to evict him when that day rolls around... I'm so tierd of this pregnancy! I don't think I can hand 20 more days til induction... My other three boys treated me s well during pregnancy... My ony complaint with them could be heartburn

Huge congrats Southern! Your little champ has been so good to his mummy and he's not very little too! Wow, this is our first 'September' baby! And more yet to come very soon. I am wishing for an August baby too. This has been such a long journey for me, just want this baby girl safe in my arms!
You are glowing, Southern! Enjoy your precious prince!

Omg I'm having really bad constant period cramps for like two hours now! Anyone else? I never had this with my others... I'm hoping it's not a sign of labour today!

Wow huge congratulations southern and well done for keeping him in there for so long. He couldn't wait to meet his mummy :) Hes just perfect and you look so well too x

WAG i had that too about a week ago, it was there all day and didnt go so went into hospital to make sure things were not happening and they said they think it could just be growing pains, i've been getting them loads since too.

Hmmm im doubtful that they'd re growin pains at tis stage... I wa thinking maybe he's engaging or something... I've lost loads of mucous plug this morning too when I first got out of bed.... Guess I will sit on my birth ball and see what happens through out the day

Southern -- you've got the best avatar out of all of us at this point. You guys look adorable!

WAG -- I hope it's nothing. I know you are anxious to be done with this pregnancy but the longer you cook him, the greater your chance at having a stellar feeder and sleeper!

Thorz -- I feel so bad for you. You've had a rough time so far. Hang in there....

I had my group b strep test and 36-week appointment today. I am 2cm dilated, 60-ish % effaced and baby is still high. I certainly welcome this but I know it doesn't mean much because I was the same at 36 weeks with DS2 and he wasn't born until almost 42 weeks, hehe.

Nonethless, I guess we've officially started the process! Because this baby is 85th percentile, my OB is willing to induce me between 39-40 weeks by breaking my water IF I have a great bishop score at that point. In fact, the hospital I'll be delivering at is attempting to decrease their c-section rate so they require you to be at least 39 weeks and have a bishop score of 10 before agreeing to let your OB induce you. Weird that they have that kind of authority to lay down rules but I have to admit that t's a step in the right direction and a better and more natural mindset towards childbirth.

Oh my OB also said I could start nipple stimulation at 38-39 weeks. :)

Yes I have learned dialation means nothing basically lol... Ds1 36 weeks 1 cm born at 37 weeks... Ds2 5cm 35 weeks born at 41 weeks... Ds3 3 cm 36 weeks born by induction at 39 weeks... This baby 1 cm 35 weeks and we shall see what happens... I def want him to cook longer I don't want a premie!

Southern he is so cute and you look so great! I can't wait to see more pics!!

Well my dr wanted to see me today because when I went in for the superficial clot, I didn't get to see her and just saw another dr in the practice, when my dr read the other Dr's notes, she called me to make sure I was ok. I casually mentioned I thought I had lost part of my mucus plug this morning but that it wasn't a big deal. She said well, why don't we have you come in and get checked really quick especially since I measured small last time. I went in, I am still measuring a week behind but at least not 2+ weeks behind anymore, and I have gained nearly 2 lbs in 2 weeks so that is good. She checked me and I am dilated to 2-3cm and 75% effaced. She is concerned since I am only 32 weeks. Back on bed rest I go and I have to be checked again in a week, If I have progressed more then they will put me on meds to slow things down. Ugh, I'm not worried at all because this happened to DS2 as well and I still ended up being induced!! I think I just always start the process early! Sounds like Im not the only one making progress, good luck to everyone!

Wow looks like you will have a pretty quick labour when you go into it :)

Glad your measuring good..l I don't think a week behind is a big deal... Ive been a week or two behind with all my babes at some point and always have good sized babes :)

Bed rest sucks but your almost done :)

yep im not worried as none of my kids have come early! Bed rest sucks, but I was already on it, so really not much has changed! Im so over being pregnant though. Hopefully I have enough to keep me busy to help it go by fast. Im crocheting 2 afghans for friends, DS1 starts school in 2 weeks so we have a meet the teacher and a back to school night, I also have a baby shower on Sat the 24th. Tomorrow DS3 has a 2.5 hour evaluation for his speech delay.....It is pretty bad, he is 2.5 years old and still cant say 2 word sentences and probably only has about 20-30 words in his vocab. After his evaluation he will probably be put in a speech therapy class, which I don't know how I will manage with bed rest. The good news is if he qualifies as having a severe enough delay, when he turns 3 in Feb, he will start a FREE preschool that is 4 days a week!!!! I know its bad, but I need for him to qualify for his sake of course, but also for my own. He is so so so so hard and destructive!!!

Is his comprehension good? Cause if he's able to follow directions I wouldn't worry about the speech delay

No it isn't good, he doesn't understand simple directions, or questions. If I ask him What is this? Or Who is this? He doesn't even understand that I am asking him a question. He just barely started understanding when I tell him to get a ball or a shoe. Poor kid, it is really frustrating for him. He is 2.5 but I feel like he is more on the level of 12-18 months.

Maybe autism? I can't even ask ds3 to take something to the garbage... And you know my ds2 has quite severe autism so I know ds3 has it in a milder form... Do you notice anything weird when he plays? Does he like to play with other kids? Does he spin or fiddle things a lot? Tantrums?

They don't think it is Autism. He plays and interacts just fine with his brothers, he wants to be just like them and near them always. He doesnt have any weird habits that I've noticed no spinning or fiddling or lining toys up. He throws lots of tantrums, but mostly because he is so frustrated with not being able to communicate properly. He is ALWAYS on the go, very very curious about everything and likes to take everything apart or brake things just for the sake of it.

Well that's good! Social is a big thing! Anyways sorry to bring this up but it was your ds3 that heard you say your gong to the store and he went and buckled himself up right? That shows really good understanding I think!

Nope that was DS2 he is 4. He is still in a 5 point harness car seat so he can get in all on his own bit he can't get out yet.

Ooooo I see... My ds3 is basically just understanding, comprehension and speech...

If I were to take him to the mall he wouldn't walk with me I would have to chase him around...

He is very impressive tho cause he is very smart! He can count to ten ahe knows the alphabet... He will guide me to things he wants... I've somewhat taught him he can't run off from in front of the house... I'm still working on that...he is ridiculously affectionate...

Ds2 at this age was already diagnosed... I already had several black eyes from tantrums... He was non stop screaming... Not one word in his vocab..l 0 understanding... All he would do is sit in a corner and flip the corner of rug... Or spin a spin toy that my mom bought him

Oh yep my ds3 is the same way with running away if I let go of him for a second he is off like a light and he is so super fast!! It is so hard to take him anywhere! Sound like both of our DS3 are similar, maybe he does have a slight bit of autism and just hasn't been diagnosed. I know there is a spectrum. How was your ds3 officially diagnosed?

Thorz -- I wouldn't worry about Autism just yet. A lot of what you told us about your DS3 sounds just like a little boy who is acting fine in every way, except that he is speech delayed and this does impact some of his abilities to do other things. My DS1 was the same way. He could barely get any words across (also maybe 20-30) until he was a little past three years old and started preschool (once a week for 2.5 hours). That made a huge difference for him and lowered his frustration level and tantrums a TON. I think that kind of behavior is perfectly normal when the little guy can't communicate but desperately wants to be a part of everything. If he makes eye contact, cuddles, and engages with you, your DH, and his brothers in other ways, then I wouldn't lean towards autism. But it would be good to give him some support in the form of speech therapy.

And what 2-yo boy does NOT like to run away from his mommy?! ;)

I'm pretty sure it isn't autism too but never can be 100%. I just pray he gets into this preschool when he is 3. It will be completely free and 4x a week for 2.5 hours (he will even ride a bus to and from the preschool) I feel bad for wanting him to go so badly like I'm trying to get rid of him or something, but he is just so so so so difficult, I really need him to start being able to communicate.

My ds3 isn't diagnosed yet... I have a big dr appt assessment in December...

They sound very alike to me! Which makes me happy to hear that your drs don't think it's autism and gives me some hope... Like I said if it was just speech I wouldn't worry but the understanding is a red flag to me from my experience... I did a course thing when I was waiting for speech therapy for ds2 cause there are huge wait lists here it was called more than word and it's based on a book that has lots of great tips for turn taking games and other things that I would think you could utilize

Its hard to say if he's on the spectrum to me it sounds like he could be just from my 7 years of experience... But the good thing is that even if it is or isn't you are getting assessments and thearapy for him and in the end that's all that matters :)


There is a huge difference than kids running wild and kids just not having understanding... Of course any kid likes to run off but when they literally never respond to you when you say come here then that is an issue/red flag ... Ds1 liked running off but he thought he was funny... He had a sense of danger which my others didn't... Ds3 would run onto a road no hesitation when a normal almost three year old would not and you could yell stop or no to them and they would stop to look


Autism is tricky in that it never looks the same believe me! I went on for 18 month actually thinking ds3 was normal and then he just stopped progressing he fell behind ... He didn't regress he just didn't progress

I'm not saying yours has is either... I'm just saying keep paying attention to everything... It doesn't even matter if he has it cause your already doing what you need to do... The diagnoses doesn't do a thing for you... I get a whopping 200 bucks a month for ds2 disability ...

Honestly the whole eye contact... Affection thing is a load of crap... My classic autism guy gave me both all the time and he's very severe altho getting better

Oh that's the thing, he doesn't understand danger at all and if I tell him to stop or come back, he acts like he doesn't understand or hear me, I might as well be talking to myself when it comes to commands about stopping or coming to me. Sometimes it's a game to him though when it's nap time or dinner time, he runs away and laughs.