My pregnancies with Xavier and Colin were quite simular.. they were both posterior, both in the same spot the whole pregnancy, you could hear the heart at the same place for both, the placenta was very low lying each time and though they were active it was not much and most of the movement was limited to one place on my tummy and right below my ribs on the far right side. My labours with them played out mostly the same way also…
This baby however, is all over the place… was tranverse for quite a while, has been breech and is now head down most of the time. It turns and punches and kicks and is having tons of fun in there it seems… a few times int he day and then for an hour or two in the evening there is non-stop movement… kicks, stretches and it often feel like it is trying to get out from the top of my uterus and right through the skin…
I really have a big feeling that labour this time will be completely different… maybe I will be lucky this time and have no back labour… It is hard for me to imagine though since I haven’t had “normal” labour before…Â All of the contractions I have experienced were in my lower back, though I could feel the contractions in front it was the back pain that stuck out and In each case they turned within minutes of coming out… so I really didn’t get to feel what a normal labour would be like…
At the moment this babe is LOA… a great position for a quick birth… I would love for it to stay like this… I would love to labour without back pain, or at least ALL back pain…
Anyways… this babe is always moving, the placenta is high and instead of being stuck in a low OP postition and not being able to move… this babe is having a ball…
Just a few more week left… I am starting to get nervous…
Well… the doula came by yesterday and the boys were great and really let me talk with her… I found that we really hit it off but whole she was here my nose started to get stuffed up, my eyes were tearing and I started feeling off and even took a bit of my inhaler a bit later on…
This morning it hit me…she might be a smoker or live with a smoker and it was maybe an allergic reaction as I feel that I am getting more and more sensitive… I e-mailed her and was right. Both her and her DH are smokers… she asked if she could recommend me to other Doulas that she knows… I have a feeling that that might be best.
It is a bit sad because I really liked her… but it is something that I just can’t deal with… I don’t want to start tearing up, get stuffed up and have trouble breathing in labour…
I may meet with another Doula… and if not well I will just stick to my original plans of ust having Simon, the kids and maybe a friend or two depending on if they can make it or not…
Maybe I can talk to them a bit more and get them ready for what may or may not happen in birth and really talk to them about what I expect from them…
I was looking at a few sites the other day and came across a doula site… from there I found a doula about 25 min away from me… I picked up the phone and called her and she is coming over today to talk…
I didn’t think about getting a doula before… I thought of having two very good friends around to do the same things that a doula could do… but I am a bit afraid of not being able to contact them depending on the time and day that I go into labour. Simon is the best support I could ask for, but the kids will be here too and depending on the time of day that things happen he will need to take care of them and me at the same time and there will probably be times when the kids and I both need him 100% at a given time… Also, in labour, I think I would enjoy having someone there that has been through it before and knows what I may need… someone that will think of the little things that others may not, that will know how to massage the right way without me having to explain etc…
I think that a Doula might me the answer for that… someone that will be able to take Simon’s place with with er me or the kids, someone that will mother me in the way that I need, that know the ropes, that believes in the birthing process, andwho will be able to make me french toast after I give birth (something that I loved eating after the boys were born) etc…
I still want to invite those friends also, but I will feel better knowing that someone is on call for me and availible at any time and really not too far away…. of course now it all depends on this meeting today and the costs to us… but I hope that it works out…
Well last week we made our first purchase for the new baby…
An Amby bed!!!
found on Craigslist in Montreal for a great price! This is a very rare find since pretty much no one that I know has ever even heard of them…
Though we are Co-sleepers most of the time… (well 100% for the first few months) at some point I like nursing to sleep in the living room and then putting babe down in their bed and then they can join us after the first wake up… I just love the way that this bed is made and it just feels so much more natural to have baby in a hammock/sling like bed…
Every few days I have to check and see about how many weeks I am… This pregnancy I seem to be really in touch with myself and how I feel etc… but the technical stuff seems to evade me…
I don’t really have a due date in mind, and I don’t want to… I just tell everyone that the baby will be here between mid November and the beginning of December… But everyone seems to want a date…so I just give them one that is in the middle somewhere…
Not having a date gives me comfort; however, knowing how many weeks I am gives me an idea of how many weeks I have left to get things done…
I still have tons to do… though I keep thinking that I have more time and keep on procrastinating what I have to get done and then when I check again to see how many weeks I am at then my mind starts racing again…
There must be other things that I have to get done too…
Anyways… I am getting more and more excited about the birth. Even though I have had rough and long labors, I LOVE giving birth! I am looking forward to laboring in my own home, not having anyone there but Simon and the kids. I feel ready to have my UC and I feel confidant that it will happen.
I am also looking forward to having a babymoon after the baby is born. Staying in bed and getting to know the new babe. Simon will be on Parental leave so I really feel like I will have the time to get to know the new life that will come into our home and the boys will also be taken care of. And then later on I will be able to give attention to the boys also and Simon will be able to get to know the new little one…
Complaints: Hips very sore
Weight gain/loss from last time: 3
Total Weight gain: 13
- Leukocytes: neg
- Nitrate: neg
- Protein: neg
- Glucose: neg
- Blood: neg
HB: 160
Fundal height: 34 cm
BP: 100/55
I have more energy this week but I am still tired. My hips are killing me. I didn’t have this kind of hip pain with the boys and it is really annoying. All of the pain is up in front and on both side and it feels like I am just going to be ripped apart. This baby is really out in front and really high compared to the boys and there is almost never any pressure on my bladder which is great but I have tons of heartburn which isn’t…
Feeling around, and feeling the movements and everything it looks like the babe is head down for now. The big kicks I feel above my belly button and the little flutters are down low and on my cervix at times.
