what kind of labors does everyone have? What do you believe is best for yo or your baby? Do you breast feed or formula feed? Bed share or not!! Gimme the details!
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what kind of labors does everyone have? What do you believe is best for yo or your baby? Do you breast feed or formula feed? Bed share or not!! Gimme the details!
B, DD2 was absolutely gutted when we told her she's having a another sister. She said "no i want a brother", he's name is George lool. Our neighbour & the nursery also said when they asked her if she was looking forward to her little sister she said no & insisted she's having a brother! I guess she feels the same way i do. DD1 said on the day of the scan that she really wanted a brother but she knew it was a girl because she had got her hopes up high thinking boy when i was preg with DD2. I asked her how she felt knowing she wont have a brother & she said fine because she doesnt know any different. She's excited for the baby & cant wait for the arrival.
3P1B, i know it was mean & when she approached me it wasnt like we were alone there were 3 other teachers waiting to see my reaction. I know she was excited & didnt mean to offend me but i still didnt appreciate it. Anyway i better get used to such because i'll probably experience it from time to time
I've had c-sections with my 2 so will be having another with DD3. I breastfed DD1 until she was 10-11mths because she totally refused the bottle, had a hard with that. I tried to breastfeed DD2 but she just wouldnt latch on properly no matter what position we put her in & then of course i ended up with sore nipples. I still insisted on trying up to 6mths but she was hungry & so we ended up giving her formula. No i didnt bed share with either of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tink18
What did you do with your DD?
Baby- my neighbor just had her third dd but when they first told dd1 that it was another girl she didn't talk to them for 3 days. She's 5 lol. It took a few weeks and she was all over another sister and now that she's here dd1 in completely infatuated with her new sister. My dd1 was devastated at the thought of having a brother and now she tells everyone who will listen about Charlie. It's hard but now but she'll get over it.
Tink- dd1 was 7 days late after 6 days of contractions. I stopped dilating and after 7hrs and finally had to get pitocin to get her out. After 48 hrs of labor I got an epidural and she was born 2 hrs later. I hated the epidural but was simply to exhausted to carry on. I bf her solely till 9 months when we introduced food but I continued to bf till she was a yr old.
Dd2- was born after less then 12 hrs of labor and a mear 45 minutes after arriving at the hospital. Her birth was completely natural and amazing. Like dd1 I nursed solely till 9 months and continued with food till she was 13 months.
Dd3- 6 days late with 6 days of contractiions. Pitocin & epidural finally got her out. Nursed solely till 9mo then with food till a year.
I'm a staunch breastfeeder, none of mine have ever had formula. I'm not against formula it's just not for us.
All of mine have slept with us for the first week or so but then we send them to the crib. They all started sleeping 6+ hrs a night starting at a week or so so once they do we move them to their own room.
If I could choose how this delivery goes it would be on time, totally natural and of course just the breast.
DD1: Induced at 42wks....had pitocin for 39 hrs (pain med free) and they gave me the option of c-section or epidural. I chose the epi and had her after 40 hours of labor and only 2 pushes. The docs told me to give them some practice pushes, and she landed on the table....40 hrs was long enough for both of us. She was 6lb 5 ozQuote:
Originally Posted by Tink18
DS1: I had decided after the last labor, that I was not going to spend any extra time in the hospital than I had to. So, at 41.5 wks I was sent the hospital for a non-stress test and my water broke there on the bed :( 20 hr labor, pitocin, epidural, and 20 minutes worth of "split me open" pushing....he was born with his hand by his face. 7lb 11oz
DS2: I was induced 3 times with pitocin before this guy decided to show (on my father and my FIL's shared birthday) @42 wks. 12 hr labor, epidural, 4 pushes.....8lb 4oz.
DD2: Induced at 41 wks, 10 hr labor, pitocin, epidural, couple pushes (born with both hands by her face)....7lb8oz.
Here is where things change a little.... I got sooooo tired of being induced and the stupid policies that make you be induced to begin with. So, I started taking something called 5W, that is a mix of 5 herbs that help your uterus get ready for labor. I was going to have a drug free labor and delivery. The pitocin was such an unnatural kind of pain that after 10+ hrs I needed the epi.
DD3: Went into labor on my own on her due date at 2:30pm and she was born as soon as we made it to the hospitsl at 6:35. I was sooo excited to go drug free and NOT go over due!!!.....6lb15oz....oh, 3 pushes
DD4: Very intense labor, I got up at midnight to take DD3 to the bathroom and as I got back in the bed I heard a POP, I ran to the bathroom and my waterbroke as I stepped on the tile. I called hubby who was on the night shift at the police dept, but told him not to rush because I was not having contractions yet (big mistake). He got home about 45 minutes later (which is normal and how far the hospital is) and kept feeling like I had to poop and I didn't want to do that while pushing. At this point I was having conx right on top of each other. I just wanted to get into the jetted tub, but hubby called the midwife and she asked him to check me (which he knows how to do) and I was almost fully dialated. We rushed to the hospital and she was born right when we walked threw the door at 1:35am. The birth pics look so much better w/o me in an ugly gown :) 8lb 3oz
The last 2 were by far the best, no drugs, no IV, no nothing, just enough time to have a baby. I did the Bradley method while in labor. We have BF all the children....yeah we....I mean "I". I do some cosleeping while nursing, but we are very careful and it is only while nursing. I will take the 5W herb this time too.
Oh, and I have never had any stiches or tears....thank God, my midwife is always amazed because I am a smaller person.....no "birthing hips", etc
I can't wait to start picking out names and outfits.....both boy and girl. But, we are going to wait until we hear a heartbeat.
Wp- dd1 was born with her hand by her face, I had no tearing till the bent elbow emerged. Luckily only a couple stitches needed and that was my only time.
ITA about pitocin, unnatural evil contractions. And oh Bradley's is awesome. I love an unmediated, no iv birth!
What's the 5w herb?
Well I don't like you at all, LOL. Neither of mine slept thru the night til about 11 months. Good times.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3Pink1Blue
Fun Q Tink!
DD1: 11 hour induced labor at 40w2d with pitocin and epidural. It was a great choice for me at that time in my life; we weren't ready for a baby and I really had no desire to be doing L&D at all. I actually fell asleep once the epi was in, slept for 6 hours, my doc woke me up and I pushed her out in 20 minutes. 7lbs, 13oz. Of course then I fell totally in love and couldn't believe I hadn't wanted a baby :bigsmile:
DD2: I didn't want to be induced with her so was prepared to wait her out, but luckily labor started in the early am the day after her due date. Contractions woke me up at 6am, I went for a walk thinking it would either bring them on or make them stop if it was false labor, and was well over a half mile from my house when I realized I was most definitely in labor, LOL. Got myself back home, showered, dropped DD off at a friends and were at the hospital around 8am. I was 8cm dilated but my water hadn't broken yet! Finally did, I caved and got an epidural, an hour later it was time to push and it took for-ever to get her out; a solid hour of pushing. I remember it being MUCH harder than getting DD1 out... turned out DD2 was a hefty 9lb 2oz.
DD3 we'll see. My doc says we'll check her size via u/s at 39 weeks; if she's looking to be another big one I will choose to be induced at 40w if labor hasn't started on its own. Ideally, I'll go into labor on my own, not have an epi, and have a nice little 7lb'er. But ideally I'd also be birthing my son :rofl: Sometimes what we want and what we get don't line up :)
I never sleep with my babies even in the same room as me; I physically can't sleep with them there. So they go in their bedrooms immediately, but their rooms have always been right next to ours ... the new house our kids rooms are upstairs but I have a guest suite down that I plan to use as a nursery. I breastfed both til 1 year. I'm not opposed to formula at all breastfeeding has just come very easily to me and the babies, so we'll see how this one does.
We'll have a night nanny for the first month which is SWEET because she sleeps in the nursery with the baby and will bring her to me to nurse, then she'll change her diaper and get her back to sleep. I didn't do it with the first two but am 100% doing it this time and feel no guilt about it :) If like Jen my babies slept 6+ hours at a time within a week I wouldn't waste my money though, LOL!
Yeah sorry B, we have great sleepers :) dd1 slept 10 hrs at 5 days old, luckily she only did it the one night because I thought my boobs were going to explode lol With the exception of dd2 and her severe GERD I've never gotten up more then twice a night :bigsmile:
So am I the only one having fairly little babies?! Dd1 was 7lbs 4oz, dd2 6lbs 15oz and dd3 7lbs 3oz. I'm 5'8" so my midwife is floored that my babes are so petite.
Baby I'm sorry to hear the girls were both wanting a brother, I know that likely didn't help you feel any better either. FX they get excited shopping for some stuff for her. It's funny but DD1 just figured it's a girl ... she's already told her kindy teacher (who also has 3DD) that we're having a girl, and I haven't corrected her and neither has DH. DD2 doesn't really even get what's going on, I still don't look pregnant to either of them, so it hasn't clicked at all for her 2 year old brain. I don't know that she'll care. She'll probably wish we got her a pet lizard instead of a little sister.
Oh and I posted a pic of my giant 24 week belly on the ttc thread :)