Monday Updates

[turtleohs]

How Far Along Are You?
What's Up Physically This Week?
What's Up Emotionally & Mentally This Week?
What Are You Reading - Books, Magazines, Web Sites?
Random Things Of Note?

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[historygeek]

How Far Along Are You? 31 weeks exactly today...thank god, I don't want to do this for much longer.

What's Up Physically This Week? I don't know if anyone else is getting this, but I'm having sharp pain at the front of my pelvis. I learned in childbirth class that it's fairly normal and basically the relaxin in our bodies is letting the pelvis spread, but in some women the front part mis-aligns a bit and it causes pain. Whatever...it hurts like hell. Plus the usual-tired, low back pain, and the usual crap from diabetes and hyperemesis.

What's Up Emotionally & Mentally This Week?

We had our childbirth class on Saturday and it was okay, except for the natural childbirth video. I basically had a panic attack watching it. The thing is I never planned on doing a natural birth for a million reasons, and it's not the right choice for my family or my pre-existing medical conditions (which include previous low back surgery). No one under the sun is trying to make me get a natural birth. I KNOW I don't have to do that. But watching another woman go through it just freaked me out and pushed all my fear and panic buttons.

I wrote a long entry about it in my journal, and what I said there is still true...I'm not looking for reassurance or comfort on this. Intellectually I know that I have options and that everyone is supporting my choice to have an epidural, that I can have one the second I'm put into the room if I want (I don't plan on getting it THAT fast, but the option is there), and I'm comfortable with the idea that it may require other interventions like pitocin (especially since there's a chance I'm going to be induced anyways or need a C because of complications from the diabetes--I'm heavily monitored and all options will be discussed at length--no one is forcing me into anything and my OB is strongly pushing for me to deliver vaginally if medically possible--ie Emby isn't in fetal distress etc).

I'm guessing it was just the combination of fear, hunger, and hormones.

What Are You Reading - Books, Magazines, Web Sites?
Zero to Forty and my weekly "what's going on with the baby" section of my week by week pregnancy book. The rest is collecting dust.

Random Things Of Note?

We're going away to DC this weekend to see the newest family baby (he's about 4 months) and his big sister (she's almost 5). I'm really excited because I haven't seen them in a long time and because it's my last chance to leave the state. My OB doesn't want me traveling after 32 weeks, which is next monday.

[turtleohs]

They showed a child-birthing video in my class too and it kind of scared the shit out of me. I am going to try and do natural but am not opposed to meds and it scared the shit out of me and made me feel like there is no way I can do that without medication but I really really just dont know.

Where are you from? I saw that you said you're going up to DC , just wondering if you're anywhere near me... I live a couple of hours from there in Newport News, VA.

[historygeek]

I'm in Boston. It's a weird New England thing...down to Maine, up to DC...we have direction dyslexia.

[justreadmyspine]

Oh man...if they show a video of ANY kind of birth in our class, Tony will probably leave the room :P