*sigh*
Roger et Daisy Déry
I had my 37-week appointment on Tuesday. My BH's had been bad all day and
then when my OB went to measure the heartrate (in the middle of a really
long and strong BH), baby's heartrate was at 110. This concerned her,
especially since she thought it might be due to the BH's and since I was
having a lot, that the baby might not be handling it well and she said I
would have to go over to the hospital (which fortunately is just across the
street) for a non-stress test.
To add to that, my belly measurement was 41 (up 3 from last week, although I
wouldn't be surprised if the massive BH helped increase the size a bit.) She
said that if I don't go into labour by next week, she wants to induce (my
appointment is for Tuesday.) She said the baby just keeps getting bigger and
bigger and because I'm small, and baby is obviously big enough to come out,
she doesn't want it to go on later than next week. She didn't think that I
would go into labour because the previous week when she did an internal,
there was no effacement whatsoever and only 1cm dilated. (To me, that
doesn't mean much because with my first, I spent two weeks at the same
effacement and dilation and she figured I'd be back the following week,
after my due date, but I had my DD three days later.)
So, I went over to the hospital and got all hooked up--on my back, which
just made the BH's worse. The nurse thought I was in labour because of the
readings. I told her I'd been having contractions like that for two weeks.
She was amazed. In any case, I stayed there for awhile, pressing the button
every time the baby moved and watching its heartrate change. Everything is
fine--baby's heartrate dips every now and then to 110, but spends most of
the time around 135 (and even got up to about 150 when it was moving
around).
But I left the hospital still feeling kind of blah that I'd have to have an
induction next Tuesday. I get home, where my MIL is looking after my
daughter and tell her what's going on. She says she wouldn't be surprised if
I had the baby before the induction--she said it looked like the baby had
dropped. I looked down--she was right. It had, in fact, dropped since that
morning (I know it hadn't dropped before because I had a nice little ledge
to place my cereal bowl on at breakfast, and now it was gone.) I think it
might have even dropped between the time I left for my appointment and got
on the bus to get back (my pelvic discomfort/pain had completely changed
when I left the hospital). My nesting instinct had hit full force the day
before, now the baby had dropped and there were other little signs of
prelabour, but I knew that this could go on until the induction.
Well, yesterday, nesting urge still very strong (I can't believe how much
I've gotten done in the past three days) and I started losing a bit of my
mucous plus. Backache and cramping increased. Last night, I even had
labour-type contractions (instead of the usual BH), but they came every 8
minutes for about an hour then stopped. This morning, I looked in my
pregnancy book and I've had every single sign of prelabour, just the real
thing won't start. I'm tired of being teased like this!!!!!
So I sigh in my impatience--I'm going to have this baby within a week,
whether I have it on my own or whether they induce. The impatience comes
from the possibility of it coming on its own, but not making up its mind to
do so.
Anybody else been in this sort of situation (whether impending induction or
just prelabour signs that seem to go on indefinitely)?
Daisy
Avrom Finkelstein
wrote on 9/21/00 12:02 PM:
> So I sigh in my impatience--I'm going to have this baby within a week,
> whether I have it on my own or whether they induce. The impatience comes
> from the possibility of it coming on its own, but not making up its mind to
> do so.
>
> Anybody else been in this sort of situation (whether impending induction or
> just prelabour signs that seem to go on indefinitely)?
>
I understand how you feel. I am also 37 weeks pregnant, and I keep having
this crampy feeling. but nothing else is happening. Yesterday I thought my
water broke, but it turned out it was just gush of discharge. It is getting
frustrating and I am tired of lugging around 60 extra pounds, feeling
uncomfortable all the time, and tired. It feels like it is going to go on
forever. I know that the baby will come at the right time, and I should
stop kvetching bout it.
I hope you have an easy labour and delivery next week.
Good Luck.
Alison
EDD Oct 11, 2000
> Daisy
>
>
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Amy Fekete
"Roger et Daisy Déry" <de...@blahblahecn.ab.ca> wrote in message
news:39ca...@ecn.ab.ca...
> So I sigh in my impatience--I'm going to have this baby within a week,
> whether I have it on my own or whether they induce. The impatience comes
> from the possibility of it coming on its own, but not making up its mind
to
> do so.
>
> Anybody else been in this sort of situation (whether impending induction
or
> just prelabour signs that seem to go on indefinitely)?
>
> Daisy
>
>
mgord...@my-deja.com
absolutely normal fetal heart rate in later pregnancy is between 120
and 140, dropping to 110 during an intense contraction doesn't seem
like something to panic about. The figures you quote - mostly hanging
around 135 - are text book perfect where they are supposed to be.
I'm not sure I'd be going for an early induction on that basis - or on
a guess of baby size - alone. Not only can early induction make you
miserable from a long, intervention filled labour, but it can put you
at double the risk for a section, plus put baby through a lot of
stress.
Mary G.
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Before you buy.
Mary MacKenzie
a heart monitor. The monitor was set for the highest of 225 and the lowest of
80. So 110 really doesn't sound that low at all, I agree with Mary.
HUGS
Mary
In article <8qdh60$99o$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, mgord...@my-deja.com says...
mgord...@my-deja.com
baseline reading is perfectimundo.
Stephanie
37-weeker so we really thought this one would be early too. No threat of
induction here since we're doing our own care, but the ongoing pre-labor
stuff does get old fast. I started dilating/effacing months ago, have had
periods of steady contractions on and off for weeks..plug is gone, baby is
dropped so low that the next drop will be the exit one. No sciatica this
time but my hip is so far out that I limp across my bedroom. Good news is
baby is still nice and active and all seems well otherwise also as far as my
well-being. As long as those things stay that way I will try my best to be
patient:-)
I'm ready to meet baby, the kids are ready - good news is that dh is nesting
so it really might be soon now<g> (He has been helping with the kids' chores
(!!) and he decided to fill the freezer last night so I wouldn't have to
deal with it for at least 3 months.) I'm in the middle of painting the
bathroom so this would be a perfect time for labor - then I'd have a
half-painted bathreoom for at least 3 months!
I hope you will go into labor on your own and have a good, safe one with
wonderful results!
--
Stephanie
ready for #6 any time now, 2nd planned UC
Daisy wrote
Roger et Daisy Déry
<mgord...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Daisy, you are going to do what you are going to do, but since
> absolutely normal fetal heart rate in later pregnancy is between 120
> and 140, dropping to 110 during an intense contraction doesn't seem
> like something to panic about. The figures you quote - mostly hanging
> around 135 - are text book perfect where they are supposed to be.
>
> I'm not sure I'd be going for an early induction on that basis - or on
> a guess of baby size - alone. Not only can early induction make you
> miserable from a long, intervention filled labour, but it can put you
> at double the risk for a section, plus put baby through a lot of
> stress.
>
> Mary G.
>
The baby's heartrate has nothing to do with her wanting to do an
induction--it was merely what sent me over to the hospital for the
non-stress test. (She also had had a hard time finding the heartbeat to
begin with and this is a kid who has mostly measured at 140 and was at 135
last week.) That I'm at 37.5 weeks and the baby is measuring 41 (up 3 from
last week) does, since it is likely that by next week, it will be measuring
at least 42, if not more. She was my OB for my first and was present for the
minor complications of that birth, knows my pelvic structure and she's
someone I have faith in. She doesn't usually do early inductions (I've
encountered plenty of women in her waiting room who were a week or more past
their due date), but obviously feels it is important this time. Yes, I know
that inductions put me at a higher risk of a C-section, but so does a small
pelvis and too big of a baby. (My first was 8lbs 6oz and was measuring
barely above the number of weeks.)
In any case, it seems my body is really getting ready to have this baby,
anyhow. If I don't go into labour by Tuesday, I think my body will be pretty
ready and the induction will end up being just a little push towards labour
instead of a major one.
Daisy
Circe
"Roger et Daisy Déry" <de...@blahblahecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>
> <mgord...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8qdh60$99o$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> last week) does, since it is likely that by next week, it will be
measuring
> at least 42, if not more. She was my OB for my first and was present
for the
> minor complications of that birth, knows my pelvic structure and she's
> someone I have faith in. She doesn't usually do early inductions (I've
> encountered plenty of women in her waiting room who were a week or
more past
> their due date), but obviously feels it is important this time. Yes,
I know
> that inductions put me at a higher risk of a C-section, but so does a
small
> pelvis and too big of a baby. (My first was 8lbs 6oz and was measuring
> barely above the number of weeks.)
>
(either bigger or smaller) is often due not to a change in fetal size
as but a change in fetal position. In my case, I measured smaller by 2
cm from one appointment to the next at 33 weeks with my first. This was
due to the baby dropping. Similarly, I've heard of people who suddenly
measured larger that expected because their babies had actually
*disenganged*.
A large fundal height measurement does not necessarily equal a big
baby. It may, in your case, and given your largish first baby it's not
unreasonable to expect your second to be on the big side as well.
Out of curiosity, what were the "minor complications" in delivering
your first baby that make you and your OB believe you couldn't birth a
baby larger than that?
--
Be well, Barbara (Julian [7/22/97] and Aurora's [7/19/99] mom)
Roger et Daisy Déry
"Circe" <gua...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> In article <39ca...@ecn.ab.ca>,
> Just want to point out that a sudden change in fundal measurement
> (either bigger or smaller) is often due not to a change in fetal size
> as but a change in fetal position. In my case, I measured smaller by 2
> cm from one appointment to the next at 33 weeks with my first. This was
> due to the baby dropping. Similarly, I've heard of people who suddenly
> measured larger that expected because their babies had actually
> *disenganged*.
I hadn't heard of that, but I don't think that's the case this time. I do
think it's possible I was a bit larger because of the massive contraction I
was having, but the baby actually was lower after my appointment than it had
been that morning.
> A large fundal height measurement does not necessarily equal a big
> baby.
True, but it does increase the chances. At 19+ weeks, fh was measuring 20,
which is pretty much what I was doing with my first pregnancy. By 27+ weeks,
it was measuring 29 and stayed consistently at almost 2 weeks ahead until
this past week.
> It may, in your case, and given your largish first baby it's not
> unreasonable to expect your second to be on the big side as well.
Yes. I can understand my OB's concern, though, since this latest measurement
has put the fundal height over the 90th percentile, making me officially
"large for dates" (and in a sense, measuring overdue.)
> Out of curiosity, what were the "minor complications" in delivering
> your first baby that make you and your OB believe you couldn't birth a
> baby larger than that?
I didn't mean to imply that the minor complications would affect my ability
to have a larger baby, as she's never suggested that they would, but simply
that she's been there and knows me and when complications arised, explained
things and whatnot (giving me a sense of security).
As for the minor complications: I had internal swelling (a comment from the
nurse makes me think it was due to my not having urinated recently enough)
that simply stopped Emilie from going any further. I remember pushing and
pushing and at one point the nurse told my husband he would be able to see
the top of the head in a push or two. Well, I don't know how many pushes
later, they still couldn't see the top of the head and the nurse made a "hm"
sound. She had my OB come in (there were 4 or 5 other labour/deliveries that
night!) and she checked, then came back shortly later and checked again. I
had been pushing for close to half an hour after she had said he would see
the head, was absolutely exhausted, yet no progress had been made
whatsoever--Emilie was simply stuck because of the swelling (and perhaps
because of her larger-than-normal head!!!). So, my OB opted for the vacuum
extractor (man, that hurt, but it got her out, which was a relief since I
had been pushing for about an hour and a half before the vacuum extractor
and was totally exhausted). From things I've read, many OB's would have
performed an episiotomy and used forceps at that point, but she didn't.
(Other complications: had to have a catheter because the swelling had
completely blocked me, and then I ended up needing... Pitocin?... shot,
followed by IV, because my uterus wasn't contracting properly after the
birth. Again, I don't want to suggest that any of this had to do with a
large baby!)
All this to say that I trust her. Not that I would necessarily automatically
agree with whatever she said, but I can't say I've had any reason to doubt
her. I've encountered a number of women who have had her as their OB (there
are few female OB/GYN's in the city and she's the most popular) and nobody
has ever had a problem with her.
In any case, I was a little freaked out about the induction but after the
rest of the week of prelabour that's really starting to get to me, I'm
ready, on my own or induced!!!
Daisy
Vicki
1oz and 9lb 14oz... and not chubby babies by any means, both at least 90th
% in height, so from my experience fundal height msrmt was not predictive
(if true, i shd/hv been msrg high, right?) In any case, I too thought
fundal height was pretty much ignored at the end for just the reasons you
stated--baby is starting to move around to get in position so you have some
odd changes.
Sounds like baby is coming soon in any case. Good luck!
Vicki
Circe wrote
> A large fundal height measurement does not necessarily equal a big
> baby. It may, in your case, and given your largish first baby it's not
Makka70
I am 40wks pg and still waiting for something to happen,i went to the
antinatel clinic on thursday and was told the baby was very engaged and this
is my third baby so he thinks i will go very soon ,i have a few bh
contractions every day but there nothing to winge about and the baby is
still very active the heart beat was 165 on thusrday, i came home all exited
thinking i would go into labour very soon but as its been 3 days since the
appointment im starting to think maybe i wont go soon,I havent any show as
yet but i am having a lot more vaginal discharge i dont now if that is a
sign or not.If anyone has any advice for me i would really like to hear from
you.
Kim
EDD september 24th
ITS A BOY!!!!
"Vicki" <lein...@mhtc.net> wrote in message
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Mary MacKenzie
HUGS
Mary
In article <39cc...@news.iprimus.com.au>, mak...@primus.com.au says...
Stephanie
Wednesday and things are pretty much the same for me as they are for you.
The increased discharge can be a positive sign - but don't count on it too
much as it can go on for weeks. Me, I'm waiting for show or water breaking
or *something* just so I can finally get my hopes up again (and get my dh
home from work:-) We're looking forward to this vacation!)
What I'm doing - keeping busy as much as possible. I've started painting my
bathroom, reorganized the kitchen (moved cabinets, painted part of the
floor, cleaned the stove), got the carpets down in the playroom for
winter...tomorrow I'm hoping to finish the bathroom and get the kitchen
floor finished, also hoping to get the upper half of the kitchen walls
painted. We got the yard cleaned up for winter so the oil guy won't kill
himself on the way to the tank..the garden veggies have been transplanted
and brought into the house so they don't freeze, fertilizer around the rest
of the plants that won't be brought in...Went to the store with dh and
watched him buy out a good portion of the meat department so I son't have to
do any major shopping in the next couple of months...read lots of
books...Anything to keep my mind off of all those "is this it?" signs I keep
having every day.
I've been very tired and grumpy for most of this pregnancy which is very
unusual for me and between that and my hip (the one that *used* to be
attached to my body and worked), I'm ready to have this baby. I love being
pregnant usually, I love the feeling of baby moving, and I'm very excited
about meeting this little one - but I am tired of not being myself.
Best of luck to you and I hope you'll be posting your announcement very
soon!
--
Stephanie
expecting #6 any time now, really...2nd planned UC
"Makka70" <mak...@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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Makka70
busy.
I mowed the lawns today and washed the car hoping that labour would start
but no such luck,baby is moving around alot tonight.anyway good luck to
you,i hope you have an easy and enjoyable delivery;
Kim :)
"Stephanie" <**pegasus**@the-onra**mp.net**> wrote in message
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KPiotrowsk
braxton hicks. The ones early today were about an hour apart and uncomfortable
but they seem to have faded for the moment. Other than fielding the "is she
here yet" phone calls, I've baked an apple pie, doing laundry, hanging out
online, watching some olympics and had sex again this morning. I've got an
approintment tomorrow morning for a non stress test so we'll see how she is
doing. As of Thursday I am 3 cm and 70% effaced...hopefully more progress by
tomorrow! Hang in there ladies. :)
Kim
edd - 9/23/00
"another strong woman in the world"
Annette Bergmann
giant, pregnant mouse -- well, I feel like a sixty-kilo, pregnant *slug* right
now, and I'm "only" week 37... I could no more paint the kitchen floor than run
a marathon. (I still need to find some clothes to take baby home from the
hospital in, and that means a trip up to the attic and sorting through some
boxes, and it feels as if that attic might as well be up Mt. Everest.)
Anyway: I'm impressed!
A.
Stephanie wrote:
> Sorry, Kim - no advice except for to hang in there. I'll be 40 weeks on
> Wednesday and things are pretty much the same for me as they are for you.
> [...]
> What I'm doing - keeping busy as much as possible. I've started painting my
> bathroom, reorganized the kitchen (moved cabinets, painted part of the
> floor, cleaned the stove), got the carpets down in the playroom for
> winter...tomorrow I'm hoping to finish the bathroom and get the kitchen
> floor finished, also hoping to get the upper half of the kitchen walls
> painted. We got the yard cleaned up for winter so the oil guy won't kill
> himself on the way to the tank..the garden veggies have been transplanted
> and brought into the house so they don't freeze, fertilizer around the rest
> of the plants that won't be brought in...Went to the store with dh and
> watched him buy out a good portion of the meat department so I son't have to
> do any major shopping in the next couple of months...read lots of
> books...Anything to keep my mind off of all those "is this it?" signs I keep
> having every day. [...]
Amy F
like a giant pregnant mouse because all I want to eat is CHEESE. Can't get
enough of the stuff.
Annette Bergmann <AnnetteC...@t-online.de> wrote in message
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Stephanie
whole pregnancy that it didn't get done earlier:-) Also helps keep my mind
off of the silly b/h contractions. Those are annoying. Besides - if mopping
the floor is supposed to help bring labor on, then painting it should be
just as good! I'm not doing it all by myself though - my dh would be pretty
upset about that - I have 5 other kids that are really good about helping
with the fun stuff..and with the oldest being 14, he can do things I can't
due to his height and strength:-)
Stairs - I try not to do those unless I have to get to the other
bathroom..or if I have to go outside (only 6 steps out there luckily),
otherwise it's too hard on my hip. I brought all the baby clothes upstairs
way back when I was only a couple months or so and went through them last
month when all I wanted to do was sit down anyway. Now they're nicely
organized and staring at me, just waiting to be used.
--
Stephanie, who hasn't done nearly as much as she planned to today - slept
instead (when not in bathroom or having contractions, that is:-))