I would guess a few days early and a baby well over 9 pounds, but now I'm on meds (Glyburide) to help control my blood sugar so I might not have such a big baby after all! I guess only time will tell.
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I would guess a few days early and a baby well over 9 pounds, but now I'm on meds (Glyburide) to help control my blood sugar so I might not have such a big baby after all! I guess only time will tell.
I'm guessing 14th October, 7lbs 8oz.
For some reason I've had the 5th of October in my head for ages, but I think that's just my wishful thinking. I went 5 days over on DS1, 4 days over on DS2, so I'm guessing 3 days over on this one.
I have no idea what size the baby is, I'm measuring average, I haven't had any scans recently. My boys were 7lbs 10oz and 7lbs 15oz, so I'm guessing this baby will be 7lbs something.
If he comes when DS2 wants, 13th of October (thats his 6th birthday) and around the 8lb mark.
If I go by my feeling of him liking to make me wait, October 30th and 9.5-10lb (weight guesses based on his estimate weight at previous scan and other boys weights at the gestation they were born LOL)
I now need to buy 3 things. Some cheap big knickers that can be chucked if need be. A special teddy of his own for the baby. Some water proof sheeting/shower curtain, from the £1 shop will do, to be put down for the home birth. Everything else has arrived, unless I see some more cute clothes or discover I need to top up some clothes when DH gets them down. He told me today his going to wait till the others are back at school which wont be till the 5th. I'm itching to get started on them!
My baby is expected october 4 but since im at bedrest for the moment because of a bleeding it could be earlier the doctor said. Im not bleeding anymore though and im taking medicines to make him stay in there longer:) Im in week 35 now, if he would be born soon, he would be ok , wouldnt he? Anyone had a baby too early?He has a pretty good weight, about 2300-400g.
In the weekly updates thing I get, last week (week 32 for me) it said over 90% of babies born at that gestation survived. 35 weeks is just short of what they class as term, so I think other than a little trouble breathing (which he may not even have that) he'd be ok.
Thanks. My doctor said that in about week 36 they are totally ok being born. But maybe he wont be born earlier than week 40, you never know:)Quote:
Originally Posted by motherofboys
Hopefully he will hold on at least long enough to be healthy and come home straight away.
Its September, our babies will be here next month!!!! Maybe even the end of this month for some of us!
How exciting is that? I've also just ordered the very last things I need for the baby. So unless I see something really cute, I am done!
Just got to clean things, wash things, and pack things now.
Yes we are all so close now! Feels unreal that we are going to meet our babies so soon:) Im excited but also worried for how my dd will react, but I think she will be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by motherofboys
First I want to say sorry to hear you are going through this :bighug:. I have known a few people who had preemies (if you were to meet their kids today you would never know as they are healthy and happy) and researched quite a bit this time (because of my cyst it increases odds). At 35 weeks babies have all their organs formed and everything is maturing at this point. The one thing that tends to be common but not always necessary would be cpap (breathing tube) and at this point, the baby would probably not need it for long. With the medicine and bed rest it really sounds like your dr knows what they're doing and hopefully given you more peace of mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiara
katie- I hope you are getting some help with the boys during your appts. I can't imagine trying figure all that out twice a week. At least you get to see Duncan a bunch!
I finished my birthplan! With #2 we went a little more spare on the plan figuring we knew our docs and were giving birth in the natural birth center. Problem was my drs hired a new ob who I was "lucky" enough to get on her first day and who proceeded to try to do everything NOT natural (broke my water and told me she was doing it in the middle of- tried giving me pitocin at 9cm). So this time my plan is a little more specific. The one thing I loved that I read in hypnobirthing was no reference to the pain scale. I always thought that seemed pointless as everyone's tolerance is different (and feel like a kid with the accompanying smiley face/grimace faces).
I've mostly been worried about how DS3 will be. And slightly about DS1 feeling more pushed out, because being older he can do a lot more things for himself. DS2 is just majorly excited.
DS3 is a huge Mummys boy and used to push others away from me. His much better now but still at times will say "no, he's my Mummy" (he uses he for both genders lol) He also at times will only allow me to help him do things, or to get things for him.
I was telling him this morning that next month I won't be able to just stop feeding the baby, or just stop changing his nappy and he is going to HAVE to let other people do things for him so he should get used to it now. DS2 said he wanted to help with the baby and I said he can but he wouldn't want to do pooey nappies. He said he would! So I tried to explain how its not as simple as when he goes and its one solid poo and a quick wipe and how messy it can get and ended up with them all giggling like lunatics at a story of how DS1 had filled his nappy with so much force I'd had to change his whole outfit, twice, in half an hour! Boys huh?!
But recently DS3 has started to just tell people off when touching my belly, and saying that the baby is "his baby" so I'm hoping this is a good sign, rather than just a baby who has come along and stolen his Mummy, he'll be HIS baby, for him to help love and look after.
Also I am so close to just getting up in that loft myself and getting the baby clothes out! DH keeps finding other things to do and planning other days to get up there. Now his saying once the bigger ones are back at school which is Thursday, so he wants to do it next week. But until the rest of my stuff comes I can't pack bags or boxes, I can't do my big clean until they are back to school, I need something baby related to do.
My parents are both retired and only live a couple miles away. They're always ready and willing to help! Thankfully, the two big boys are in school now so I only have to run DS3 over to them for my appointments. I'm trying to think of these appointments as a great way to pass the time. Between two weekly appointments and the boys having soccer twice a week, the time is bound to fly by!! And I keep reminding myself that I don't even have to count down to my due date anymore. I just wish I knew when they were going to induce me!Quote:
Originally Posted by strawberrymom
My boys go back to school Thursday, on the day I turn 34 weeks. I have my midwife appointment that day. But I feel like once they are back to school its going to fly by.
I have plans with friends and a visit from my Mum, the bigger two have their clubs, with DS1 being out 3 evenings a week and saturday mornings and DS2 being with him for 2 of those evenings and the morning (he will be doing all 3 evenings after his birthday in October too) Plus the general day to day stuff of being a Mum, and getting everything set up for baby now I have it all.
Suddenly not sure if 6 weeks is enough to squeeze it all into. The house is suffering from pregnant lady and an over dose of boy, what with the summer holidays so needs a good cleaning through as well.
Thank you so much! Yes I think he will be fine:) My dd was small when she was born full term and this baby is almost the same size as she was right now so if he comes early Im sure he will be fine. :) We almost have the same due date hihi, its so close now:)Quote:
Originally Posted by strawberrymom
My ultrasound, NST and check-up all went well today! We went ahead and scheduled the rest of my appointments for the next four weeks. It's not set in stone yet, but it looks like I'll be induced on October 7!! Not going to lie, I love the idea of Duncan sharing his birthday with the greatest woman I've ever known (my great-grandmother, who we would have named the baby after had he been a girl).
We are all so close now! It looks like katie is now officially the first one of us due. I do feel like I am going early this time as the stress my brother is causing me is hard to escape :mad:. I can't wait until he moves out and then he can ruin his own stuff instead of mine. I got some 3rd trimester tea to try and will probably start that next week. I'm working on picking up the stuff I'll want postpartum, and thinking about meals to make. Getting so close!
It is def getting so close isn't it!!!!Kiara and everyone I hope all these babies stay in as long as they can without driving us nuts lol!!! Most of mine are now back at school, I have 1 start on Friday and 1 start nursery 2 and 1/2 days a week next Monday so it will literally be me and Dave in the house for half the week, see big families are really quite easy lol;) I too have been trying to get the organise after the holidays done! my front garden looks like a used bike yard and back garden is just full of clothes, dumped from the paddling pool visits as its still quite warm:) The big news here is that apparantly we are starting the loft conversion in 2-3 weeks! Its been in the pipeline for about 76 years but apparantly things will start soon! so this would be great, messy but great!!!
Katie that would be wonderful if the baby shared a birthday with your great-grandmother, especially as he couldn't be named after her.
ELP how very exciting! How long will it take? Is it likely the baby will arrive right in the middle of it all?
Today I seem to have a cold starting, have woken up with pain in my groin (both sides) with DS3 I had it on one side every day for the last 4 weeks so hoping this isn't my fate till mid-october now! Also my pelvis at the back is playing up. It always does in pregnancy after I dislocated it during a dance lesson years ago. I couldn't walk down stairs after putting DS3 to bed. Tomorrows school run should be fun!
As a side note, why when I was deciding how many children to have did I not realise that eventually I'd have to label and iron school uniform for all of them! I don't envy you that ELP!
Well looks like the groin pain is here to stay. Hope I'm wrong about him being late now.
Had midwife today and she didn't check his position so still none the wiser. Will be seen again in 2 weeks.
And to top it off I have a rotten cold now
Had appointment on Wednesday past and told my OB a white lie. I said we had a family wedding in October and could he take me on my due date, he said he would review me on my next appt. hope he does!!!!
Currently flipping between "6 weeks is NOT long enough to get everything done" and "6 weeks is far too long to wait to meet my baby"
Definitely not long enough, although I imagine with your pains it feels too long. I thought I had everything done,but now that I see the finish line, I am feeling quite unprepared.Quote:
Originally Posted by motherofboys
Elp- I find it amazing taking on a reno at this point. Would drive me mad as I like to have everything "done" (boy mom in me I guess).
Peb- Does this mean you are being induced or c-section on the 17th? I think I mentioned before how great a day it is (my b-day :wink:)
I don't have a huge amount to do really.
We have been looking through photos of the boys, and showing them how small they were to try to help them imagine how small their brother will be. Its made me even more excited to finally get to hold him and see what he looks like and do all that baby stuff all over again. Of course I don't want him before October but I keep looking at dates on the calender and wondering. Like parents evening is the 23rd and 24th of October. I wonder if I'll be going to that or sending DH by himself because I've just had a baby. Or if I'llhave had him long enough to go along with him in tow LOL
My OB has me due on the 8th Oct, I have said to him I def ovulated on the 24th Jan, but he said we will leave it the 8th saying I have big babies!! So it will be the 8th he is taking me to induce, hope he does!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by strawberrymom
I'm 35 weeks as of yesterday. He'll be here 4 weeks from tomorrow, if he does not come sooner on his own. I went ahead and got bags packed for the hospital last night just to be on the safe side. I also ordered a nice nightgown and robe online for myself. Can't believe how close we all are now!
Ha, yeah guess I would have realized that if I had looked at your ticker instead of the due date list. I think a few of the dates on there are off now.Quote:
Originally Posted by pebmcp6
Lld- I almost couldn't believe there was another Madden in the birth announcements today! Maybe a growing trend?
Katie-Your post reminded me that I need to figure out what to pack for myself. Definitely need to get some slippers and prob. online as the idea of walking around and shopping at this point is not appealing. Also got my Target registry completion coupon to use- yay!
Hoping this upcoming week is slower than last-we had school appts and DS2's birthday-my little guys are growing up :sad:.I also got no sleep because my bladder is the size of a pea and also one of my neighbors stabbed someone and there were mass amounts of police cars with flashing lights all night. Fortunately the boys didn't see the guy covered in blood, but I think the lights kept them up as they slept in, which they never do.
Strawberry how scary to have something like that happen where you live! Its so quiet where we live now, but when I was growing up there used to always be these big yellow boards by the entrance of the park our house backed onto in London asking if anyone had seen or heard anything on such and such a date due to people being attacked. Sadly, it seemed normal then, now it would scare me.
I had an impromptu shopping trip today. My SIL knocked to say she and my niece were going shopping and did I want to come so had a girly day. It was nice to do something with them before little man makes his arrival.
And we actually live in a really good neighborhood, slightly countryish, but there happens to be one house that gets rented out as apartments and that is of course where this happened. Also the news said the 2 guys knew each other so I guess it could happen anywhere. Just glad the guy is behind bars and the boys didn't see anything.
Nice to have a girly day out. I am trying to fit in a haircut before lo arrives.
Strawberry that sounds scary:( Glad the boys slept through it all xx
WE are all getting so close lol!! I can't stop thinking it!! My sis is due a Sep baby and has 18 days left!!!!! So I'll be counting down for her as well and my new nephew to be :bigsmile:
I'm both dreading and looking forward to the possibility of works starting here. I am used to mess, noise and chaos but the uncertaintity of something out of your control happening ie the roof caving in lol, is there isnt it:) We will only be doing stage 1 which will be the frame and outside roof work, then hopefully we can gather some more money up to be able to get the electrician and plumber in asap, but what with flamin xmas on the cards aswell and all the junk that goes with it its all gonna take some serious organsing! Luckily my pregnancy brain should at least be out the way for a while so it may do me good to have something other than more breeding to concern myself with:oops:
Am I the only Christmas obsessive here? I love Christmas, can't wait. And although he wont know a thing about it I'm even more excited to do all those babys 1st Christmas things.
:bigsmile: I usually am Mob's, which is the reasons that if I hadnt fallen with this one on that attempt I would have held off until after the New year delivery time, so aimed for a Feb baby maybe:) Its just this year I could really do with it being cancelled:oops: I'm just dreading the piles of tack and crap that breaks within 2 days:( I think this year will be a clothes and edibles year!!:agree:
That sounds like a good idea. DS3 is having imaginext batman stuff. He had the batcave last year and its still his number one toy. DS1 has asked for "an atlas, a dinosaur encyclopedia and fifa 14" DS2 wants EVERYTHING
Last year though I kept seeing things they would like that I thought it doesn't matter if they break by the time they go back to school they are only cheap and can be thrown away its just a stocking filler. But then they wouldn't throw them away and I've had to gradually sneak them out
Ok question,
I've seen people talk about 'lightening crotch' the sharp sudden pains that feel like they are in your crotch. I don't remember from DS1 (who was breech till 36 weeks) and DS2 (who wasn't) but I definitely had it a lot earlier with DS3 and he wasn't breech. I've felt the last few days like my bump is lower and much more pressure down low and now I'm experiencing this 'lightening crotch' feeling so strong it can take my breath away.
Is it wishful thinking to think that this could be a sign that his turned and that his head is pushing down, possibly starting to engage and thats whats causing this?
Strawberry-that's so weird!!! A boy? I have girl worries w that one so two boys within, what, like a month, would be great! We are bi-polar when it comes to names...even more so lately than ever...and just can't seem to decide. It has me laying awake anxious at night! My hospital stay w DS2 was so stressful because we were so preoccupied w baking him...can't go through that again! DH'scurrent top choice is CHASE...with Camden being his second fave. As for me, I don't know anymore. I still like Elliot a lot, Madden, and Chase & Camden are nice, too. Help!!!
Mother - I get that lightening crotch and got it with my other pregnancies as well. Stops me right in my tracks sometimes!!
We moved DS2 into a shared room w DS1 and it is a nightmare. Constant party in there for them making bedtime & nap time miserable!!! Any experience or words of advice for me?
Lld- Sorry jumping in from another board, but saw the post about the 2 boys in the same room. We currently have our 2 youngest boys sharing a room ages 4 and 1. We put the youngest to bed an hour before the older one goes to bed. That seems to help a lot! That way the older one knows that he will be in trouble if he wakes up the younger brother. It works out well. Good luck!
Thought I'd share another bump pic as its been almost 5 weeks since the last LOL I'll be 35 weeks tomorrow.
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We used to have all 3 boys in together. When we first moved DS2 in with DS1, and then again when we first moved DS3 in with them, they found it a real novelty and exciting and funny. They did settle down in the end.
But DS2 and DS3 do like an audience, so they could spark each other off still and make it difficult. We have recently moved DS2 out, so he (for now) has his own room and will eventually share with the baby, and DS1 and DS3 are in together. I know that may sound weird rather than having the biggest 2 together and then the smaller 2 together, but DS3s bed is the lower bunk of DS1, and DS2 is the top bunk so it seemed unfair to make him move to the bottom bunk and also DS1 and 3 wont fight or wind each other up as much as any other combination we could have atm and DS2 will be best for sharing with the baby.
I find that making them feel the bigger one can make a lot of difference, so like another poster suggested, one going to be earlier than the other can make the older one feel very grown up and go to bed nicely.