Dreaming Pink Due Date Group: TTC and Beyond

[I Love Ladybugs]

Pumpkin.....2 babies!!!! That is awesome and exciting all in one!!! So your next scan is a week Friday....you are going to have lots of pumpkin stalkers!!!!

I am really trying to just savour this pregnancy as I know that it is our last. I sometimes loose sight that I have endured the storms, clouds and rain, and that a rainbow is meant to be enjoyed.

[3boys]

Pumpkin wow!! Two sacs.... Sounds so exciting.

[Niva]

Wow, Pumpkin, two sacs?? That is AWESOME!!!! You must be so excited (and nervous)! We'll definitely be waiting with fingers crossed for your next scans.

Ladybugs, I know how you feel. I've had to take a step back and realize the same thing -- I should be excited about making another human, not fearful that I won't get it "right" (aka pink). I've felt the same, that this was our last, so the pressure was on. Although now I'm thinking three kids would be pretty nice...

Emily, you are spot on about sharing both the good and the bad on this board. All the successes make me happy and hopeful! And it is very nice to have a place here where worries are understood and sympathized with. We're all at different stages of a very similar journey, and one that not many people IRL are taking or would even understand.

[Charlee]

OMG Pumpkin I am so excited for you!!!!

[Charlee]

Thanks for all the awesome advice ladies! I REALLY want to do this naturally, but my OB is pretty dead set on induction @ 38 weeks... and you all said the same thing I've heard before... that Pitocin makes it ten times worse to go natural

I have NO clue what a natural labor feels like... I feel kind of cheated in a way because of it. Everyone has these beautiful birth stories and mine are kinda empty in comparison. (Yes i know this is me being overly emotional right now LOL) It's just that I react VERY strongly to pitocin and have very strong painful contractions... I just don't know if I can do it without meds with pitocin

Both my births sound like yours Atomic with DS4! I pushed for literally 3/4 hrs and tore badly with both of them. They were only 6 lbs! I think I'm just an utter failure with this whole pregnancy/birth stuff... Thank god I've got a decent career... LOL

I'm going to talk to my Dr about a natural birth tomorrow at my appt... maybe she will reconsider letting me go into labor on my own. I think that's my only shot at a natual birth.

[Charlee]

Okay... stupid question... what is gas and air? LOL I think we have a different name for it in the US

[Charlee]

Nevermind... I figured it out... this is why I didn't know what it was!

Laughing gas making a comeback for pregnant mothers in the U.S | Mail Online

[Emily]

Charlee if you are going to be induced ask if they do mobile or low dose epidurals. My doc in Africa said they don't exist but they do! You can walk around with them. Failing that you can ask for epidural to be timed to lessen towards the actual delivery part, or lie on your side immediately after your epidural is put in as this can make it stronger on that side and weaker on the other so you can still feel contractions (if you are likely to need an episiotomy then check what side they do that on!!!) My epidural with DS2 was great as it could feel a lot on one side after I did the laying down trick but the pain was bearable. It doesn't work for everyone though so a lower dose is preferable if your hospital do that.

I think I have found somewhere half decent to have DS3 or DD1 so am feeling more upbeat. I ended up squatting a contracting in a corridor waiting for a room to become available with DS1 so I was please to see they have lots of chairs in the corridors in the hospital I have found online!!

[I Love Ladybugs]

Niva...we were so set on two, but that would have been one of each, lol. I feel blessed to have the chance for a bigger family....and realize that my 2 sonshines could be joined by a third...and that would be great too!!!

[Charlee]

Emily - I applaud you for your strength and bravery in having babies all over the world! Since we're friends on FB maybe you noticed that I grew up all over the world... I spent most of my childhood in Asia... southeast Asia specifically. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by your experience there. Vietnam is a beautiful, bustling country and they have VERY competent doctors. My best friend of many years lives there now and she loves it! It is much more developed than Africa so I think you will most likely have a better birth experience

I will ask my Dr about my options at my appt today... the low dose epidural sounds perfect!