2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I'm glad you didn't need to have an emergency c-section! I'm sure that's a relief.

[finn's mom]

We go in tomorrow to see if Clara has been a good girl and turned for us. I don't think she has, but we'll see! If not, hopefully I'm still a good candidate for the external version procedure (where our doctor will try to manually turn her). I'll let you know what we find out!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Good luck today, Kari. I hope everything goes well!

[beeniesmom]

Good luck!

[finn's mom]

Well, little miss is still frank breech. I still have plenty of good amniotic fluid, though, and with her being butt first, we are good candidates for the manual turning at this point. We have our regular appointment on Thursday and are going to schedule the turning procedure for Friday. Just gotta figure out what time. If she's turned on Thursday, we'll just cancel the Friday appointment. So, there's still a chance. Other than her crazy position, she's doing great! I still feel great, and will continue to pray for a healthy baby, whatever way she comes out!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

For the breach babies have you tried rocking on your hands and knees? I have no personal experience with breach babies, but I know people who had breach babies and a couple people had success getting their babies to turn by rocking on their hands and knees. Good luck to both of you!

[finn's mom]

I haven't done the exercises multiple times a day, but I have done a couple yoga poses irregularly to let gravity sortof take over and encourage Clara to go head first instead of breech (which I just looked up and breech literally means buttocks! ). She'll go where she wants to ultimately, but we can sure try to help out!

[finn's mom]

So, we're picking up the last few things we need for baby's arrival! All I need to choose is a breast pump and I need to buy the sling I want. What are the things you guys have left to get before baby arrives in your home? I just ordered a play yard today. It looks pretty cute! We chose a swing, too, about a week ago, but I am exchanging it for a different one this week. The one we're switching it out for can be plugged in, and that sold me!

[beeniesmom]

I still need a playyard too. We've been to both babies r us of the area and both sold out of what I want. I will try to go to target today and see if they have the kind I wanted, if not, I'll get a different one.

I need the breast pump as well. We will probably rent it from the hospital on Monday when I go in to do the pre-op stuff.

I am so unusually calm... only 3 days to go.
I've been having a bunch of contractions too.

[finn's mom]

Oh my gosh Carmen. You are going to be a mom in three days! I'm giddy for you! You be calm, I'll be a squirmy mess over here. And, then, when Clara's ready or we have to schedule a C-section, we can switch roles. Of course, you'll be too busy with your new girl to be squirmy for ours!

The play yard we originally had on our registry is too expensive. I found one at Walmart (we had gift cards) that is only $80 and the reviews on it are fantastic. It doesn't have as many features as the $180 one we originally chose at Babies R Us, but I am confident that it will be what we need.

I'm pretty sure I'm going with Medela's breast pump that comes in the backpack style bag. There's one above it called a freestyle that is more expensive, but I don't really think I'll need what it offers and the one we're getting is expensive enough! I plan on pumping at least once a day and storing for times when I'm not at home with baby and when she's about four weeks old, David and I want him to be able to feed her once a day. We found some bottles, too, that are pretty cool and offer less nipple confusion than standard ones.

We took our last baby class today! It was the Infant Safety and CPR class, very informative. I feel confident in both our abilities at this point, that if we needed to, we could do the right thing by any baby that was in distress!

Yesterday, after class, David tried on the sling I want to get. And it just so happened that there was a lady in the store with a little boy (maybe a couple months old), so Kay (the instructor/owner) took the baby and put it in the sling! David's never held a baby before! The baby started to cry immediately, and Kay told David to use the "shushing" technique we'd just learned in the baby basics class, and within seconds the baby was asleep! It was awesome and so cool seeing David walk around with the baby in the wrap. I'll definitely buy it!

I have three more days of work, and then that's it for me!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Carmen, Kari, I am just completely excited for you two, and all the other moms-to-be out there. How fun!!!!

[finn's mom]

We go in for our regular appointment on Thursday, but the external version is scheduled for 6:45 Friday morning if she hasn't turned herself by then. Keep us in your prayers that morning!

Carmen, I'm thinking of you! I can't wait to hear that your girl has arrived safe and sound on Wednesday!

[beeniesmom]

So nervous.... tomorrow is the day.
Good luck Kari in getting her to turn.
I probably won't be on PT for a few days starting now.

[k9krazee]

Yay! Hope everything goes smoothly tomorrow, Carmen! I can't wait to see your baby girl!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Carmen I'm so excited for you, and I totally feel your nervousness. I remember it like it was yesterday when I went in to be induced with Quinn. You will do great! I'm so, so happy for you! Best of luck, and may God bless you and your precious addition. Hugs!