JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2014 DUE DATE CLUB - THREAD #3

[Bigwish]

One day people are in shock i tell them how many weeks i am. And the other day, they say it's a polite belly. My midwife says it's an average belly, maybe a tiny bit smaller than average. Well, i feel like 38 weeks already, also because my upper back hurts due to the weight it has to carry without abdominal muscles to support.

I'm on maternity leave now! Yeah!

[aidansmum]

Aidansmum, sounds like a very well informed decision.
I'm sorry your last delivery was so traumatic, you wouldn't expect that with a third child, would you?

No! I had no concerns, thought it would be easy peasy, I felt assaulted, seriously, I felt sorry for the Doctor who had to do the maneuvering of him inside of me but also angry because how come he didn't know, I would have had an epidural if I knew, never ever more! I have shivers just thinking about it. I am done feeling guilty and weak, I was very brave with every single baby I had, but that put me off for life, when the Doctor mention C-section I said 'hell yeah'. It's my last, I don't want to be all anxious and fearful.

[aidansmum]

One day people are in shock i tell them how many weeks i am. And the other day, they say it's a polite belly. My midwife says it's an average belly, maybe a tiny bit smaller than average. Well, i feel like 38 weeks already, also because my upper back hurts due to the weight it has to carry without abdominal muscles to support.

I'm on maternity leave now! Yeah!

We always feel so heavy at the end, maybe it's because we see the belly from the top down and we can't see anything else that we used to be able to. Can't trim my toe nails anymore, or shave my legs and I'm too proud to ask DH, last time I did it 2 weeks ago I worked up a sweat, it was like going for a light jogging lol.
Enjoy the next 2 weeks, it's going to fly!

[sweetdream]

I hope it will all work out well aidensmum.
I had a traumatic birth with the first, but it was caused by the hospital so I had the urge to have a naturale home birth to prove the docters I was capable without them (feelings for me no judgements to others. I think you ate making the right decision, if your that anxious it has to inflict on labor)
Ppl just respond different. And mums know best!

Bigwish you look beautifull! I had a Tiny belly with DS2 loved it. The others I was big. I will be bigger this time. I'm at my heaviest

[Bigwish]

I already gained more than 20 kg...

Aidansmum, i just don't want to know how traumatic that was! Poor you!

[sweetdream]

I gained 21-24 kg with all 3. It sucks. Lost it with the first 2. But weight isn't dropping anymore since the last. Not even with desperate measures. Lost 2,5 kg on LE pcos style and walking an hour daily. And the first 2 was in the first 2 months.
It makes me nervous.

But we'll see I just go fat Lol

[aidansmum]

I gained 11 kg with my first, 14 with my second, 17 with my third and so far 16 with this one, but I was at my heaviest weight pre-pregnancy with this one, I am pretty big. Can't wait to shed some of this weight. I eat pretty much all I want though, I don't control my diet when pregnant, I have this 'I'll deal with my weight later' attitude, maybe that's why I can never really lose all the pregnancy weight, make it too hard for myself. But it's not fun what it does to your body, that's for sure.

[aidansmum]

I gained 21-24 kg with all 3. It sucks. Lost it with the first 2. But weight isn't dropping anymore since the last. Not even with desperate measures. Lost 2,5 kg on LE pcos style and walking an hour daily. And the first 2 was in the first 2 months.
It makes me nervous.

But we'll see I just go fat Lol

That's what DH says when I complain too much about how big I am, he goes 'just give up, that's it now, you are a fat lady!', he's so charming I want to wring his neck

[GreaseMonkey]

Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well. Sorry for being MIA. Well our little girl Emah Helena was born on my Birthday on June 25th, at 32 weeks 1 day via emergency c-section. I was admitted in the hospital on June 20th after my fluid was extremely low, below normal, and baby measuring 3 weeks behind. I was being monitored closely and given medication and 2 steroid shots for her lungs but on my birthday I had developed severe per-eclampsia and was told I would have an emergency section. I was really in bad shape, I could hardly breathe, I was shaking, I was lethargic, BP was way in the 190s so there was no option but to deliver. I was scared, upset that things took a wrong turn in a matter of hours
Emah was born at 3:11pm with her namesake by my side!! She was immediately prepped and sent to the NICU for being small. Baby girl came out swinging, wide awake, and healthy other than being small. She was only 2 lbs and 8 oz but was alert and full of attitude from the minute she came out!!!
I remained in the hospital until the 30th due to BP issues. They could not regulate my BP and they didn't want to let me go home. Emah still remains in the hospital and is breathing on her own. She is in the incubator with a feeding tube due to her being little. She is already eating about 1 oz every 3 hours and other than a few breathing pauses she is doing well and is working on getting some meat on her bones so she can come home
It has been really hard, I live about 45 minutes away from the hospital so it's hard for me to go see her daily so I go when I can which is 2 or 3 times a week. Not enough but I have 2 boys to think of and a recovery so I have to take what I can. Hubby is coming home in less than 30 days so I am excited for August to be here already!!!
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[GreaseMonkey]

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