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 Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:25 am
Tomorrow is such a big day! Good luck to everyone! heart
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:33 pm
Wow, good luck everyone!
I had my first REAL appointment on Tuesday. Spent a good 10 minutes trying to get the heartbeat of the Bean. Then, I got reminded that I have a retroverted uterus which explains that. I had forgot about that, but I remember reading before that most of the time it "corrects" itself after childbirth. Guess I'm lucky. But everything is going well, got the erst of the yucky exams out of the way for now.
And I feel really stupid because I can't seem to get a "clean catch" when it comes to the urinanalysis. redface
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:55 pm
xp I didn't either. Despite those lovely little wipes and being super careful, I managed to get a hair in there. So mine came back with 'contamination' as well.
In pregnancy, there is no such thing as TMI. LOL
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:35 pm
I just think it funny that the topic is urine testing. xDD.
At first, they couldn't bribe me to pee in a cup. For some reason, I could just never go. But by about my second trimester, when she started gaining enough size to move things about a bit, I could go on cue (and any time in-between). And I did.
But ever since those seven months of peeing on cue, I think it entirely strange that I can still do so. Need a sample - I can manage it. xD.
It's as if I've trained my bladder.
I'm strange, I know.
Dirge:
I read your post about uncomfortable sleeping from the other day and I have a few suggestions, perhaps.
First, I went nuts with pillows. I was severely ill while pregnant and my toxemia made it all the worse, so I would have my legs propped up as well as my head (to cure the bleeding heart burn) and my bum would be just dangling in the middle, so to speak. But once I got the hang of it, I found a great position.
Lying on your left side while pregnant is extremely beneficial, and if you lay slightly curled with pillows tuckered wherever you need, it's a perfect combination. I eventually kicked her father out of the bed for a while (he was taking my precious room, dammit all) but sleep essentially kicked in.
I hope you find what works for you soon as well.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:06 pm
mmmm at the pre-op today they made up for me skipping out on peeing in the cup at my last doctor's visit...... xp
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:14 am
Isn't it funny how you get desensitized to the wonkiest things like peeing in a cup and getting tubes upon tubes of blood drawn? xd
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:46 pm
and yet the catheter is still damned annoying. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:14 pm
Whoa! What? eek
They make you have a catheder when you go to have the baby?
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:57 pm
yep. I can't remember if they did with my first one, but for a c-section, yes...you aren't allowed out of bed for the first 12 hours after the surgery, so how else are you gonna pee?
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:02 pm
Hikari Aijuntani Whoa! What? eek They make you have a catheder when you go to have the baby?
XD BREATH.
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:34 am
*raises hand*
Of course, I was one of those "lucky" vaginal births that had to get a catheter after Logan was born. Not really standard, but being that my epidural didn't kick in till AFTER he was born, they really nag you about having to pee. At that point, I couldn't even feel or move my legs, much less bladder sensations. So, I had to get one. I've had one once before, I hope to not go through it again, but it's not that bad. I think by that point after going through birth I didn't care what they did to me. sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:52 am
baby pics 4laugh oh and its a boy   theyre a bit blurry cause he just couldnt sit still for 2 secs lol
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:49 pm
Hikari Aijuntani Whoa! What? eek They make you have a catheder when you go to have the baby? Hikari, let me stress this to you now. Find out about birth and labor AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. Find out what the hospital that your OB uses allows/does not allow AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. Things that you think won't make a tinker's damn worth of difference will make ALL the difference when you are done. The first time I was completely ignorant I chose my hospital on the half assed recommendation of the prenatal care clinic saying they had the best NICU in the state/south, I ended up with and enema AND a catheter because regardless of your risk factor you were confined to the bed once admitted at that hospital, Hospital policy. This time around, I was SHOCKED when I asked for some ice chips I got asked if I wanted orange juice, apple juice, tea, milk, water...what? THEN when I asked if I could please maybe possibly just get a little something to eat because my heart burn was FLARING since I hadn't had a Tagamet since going into labor let alone anything to eat, they offered me fruit and toast and crackers. They brought me lunch mere minutes after the room had been all cleaned up. When I told them to wait to run a test or put on a monitor, or do something they did. When I asked to stand for a little while they let me. I didn't get to do everything I wanted because of some medical reasons (no water birth or labor because of meconium) BUT anything I asked for within reason I got without hesitation. These things, in the end, really are important, it's important to how you are made feel. I still start to cry a bit when I talk about my first labor experience because I felt like I was treated like an idiot with no choice. I was confined to a bed, forced to push in stirrups, given embarrassing uncomfortable, and unneccessary proceedures which I believe lengthened my labor and excacerbated the tear I had (using stirrups has been shown to push the pelvis down trapping the baby's head, which is exactly what happened to me). You NEED to go find out this kind of thing now. Start at www.Babycenter.com with their checklist birth plan. If there are things on there that you don't know about you can look them up on the website. And then talk to your doctor about a birth plan and whether or not they care whether you have one or not. And if they tell you a birth plan is not important or are ambivilant to hearing about what you want during your labor and delivery. CHANGE doctors. Even if you are on State health care, you have options, and call the next doctor and tell them EXACTLY why you are changing and arrange a meet and greet. It really is that important. It's been shown that women upwards of 80 years in age when asked about their labors and deliveries can remember the most minute details and STILL have strong feelings about them especially if they were treated poorly.
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:18 pm
Oh nopen, I wish I'd known you before my babies.... heart
Hikari, this is excellent advice, you really should get all the information you can beforehand so there will be no surprises.
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:37 pm
3nodding Very good advice there for everyone in here.
Knowledge is power and giving birth is a big event, make sure you're doing it in a way that you agree with and with a practioner that gives you as much say as they can.
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