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Anya posted:This I want to see. I can't imagine walking a 5k at 8 months. Being awake was exhausting, not to mention uncomfortable. Have you run this by your OB? I would think it should be fine as long as you have plenty of water (and depending on how you carry, plenty of bathroom stops).
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Chickalicious posted:Why aren't you leaving the house? Is your baby medically fragile? Go outside, if not. This is why people get nutty. And yes, it is driving me crazy. I take walks around the neighborhood with her when I get one of those twenty minute gaps, but the past two days it's been too hot to go out, and I've been crawling up the walls. Tonight we took a walk after dark with the stroller and a flashlight just to get out of the house.
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Sep 13, 2013 02:52
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Seven for a Secret posted:It's because of how much she nurses. She sleeps well at night, but during the day I'm lucky if I get twenty minutes at a time when she's not attached to my breast. The lactation consultant thinks she's not transferring milk efficiently, and we're working on it, but for now it's almost impossible to go anywhere or do anything that doesn't involve immediately parking myself on a couch to nurse for the next three hours. It's probably a little advanced for a six week old, but have you tried learning how to nurse with your baby in a carrier? If you can figure it out (YouTube should be able to help), at least you could walk around and nurse!
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Sep 13, 2013 02:54
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ghost story posted:I can't imagine walking a 5k at 8 months. Being awake was exhausting, not to mention uncomfortable. Have you run this by your OB? I would think it should be fine as long as you have plenty of water (and depending on how you carry, plenty of bathroom stops). Meh, I don't think walking 5k is a big deal at all. She can just stop if it's getting too much.
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Sep 13, 2013 07:30
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ghost story posted:I can't imagine walking a 5k at 8 months. Being awake was exhausting, not to mention uncomfortable. Have you run this by your OB? I would think it should be fine as long as you have plenty of water (and depending on how you carry, plenty of bathroom stops). I was snowshoeing at 7 months, hiking at 39 weeks, and still walking a couple miles a day up and down hills to get to and from school when I went into labor on my due date. My OB was cool with it as long as I felt ok and stayed hydrated. Granted for lots of pregnant women walking a 5k at 8 months would be uncomfortable, but there are a good number who would still enjoy it. If she's doing well so far it will likely be fine.
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Sep 13, 2013 07:34
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Well tonight was something of a surprise, GF woke me up at 4:30 and said we had togo to the hospital. Arrived at 5:00 and at 5:19 and 5:26 both babies where born, ten weeks too early too, now they're in these things, I dunno the english word, only 1.1 and 1.3kg but they're breathing and screaming and given how early they arrived things are looking well. Very fast delivery, both came out the normal way and head first, mom is able to walk already, though she is very tired. We've named them Daniel and David, my names's Dennis so now we're 3D!
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Sep 13, 2013 09:02
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Wow, congratulations! Glad to hear that you're all doing good! That must have been pretty scary.
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Sep 13, 2013 09:06
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Congratulations! Glad they are doing well :3
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Sep 13, 2013 11:13
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I walked 9 miles the day before I went into labor trying to stimulate labor.
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Sep 13, 2013 12:40
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With pregnancy, your mileage may vary. (Har har get it, 5k... mileage...) I wouldn't have WANTED to walk a 5k while 8 months pregnant, but I would have been more than able to.
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Sep 13, 2013 13:01
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His Divine Shadow posted:Well tonight was something of a surprise, GF woke me up at 4:30 and said we had togo to the hospital. Arrived at 5:00 and at 5:19 and 5:26 both babies where born, ten weeks too early too, now they're in these things, I dunno the english word, only 1.1 and 1.3kg but they're breathing and screaming and given how early they arrived things are looking well. Very fast delivery, both came out the normal way and head first, mom is able to walk already, though she is very tired. We've named them Daniel and David, my names's Dennis so now we're 3D! Congratulations to all of you! My 6year old was born 6 weeks early, so not as little as your guys, but he also spent time in the "things" - I think you mean an Isolette, or an incubator.
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Sep 14, 2013 06:14
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I'm still hitting the gym and lifting at 6.5 months. My last half marathon was a couple months ago. Warrior Dash at 3 months (no hurling! I was proud). Doc is cool since I'm a pretty active person anyways. Plus, I plan to pace myself, I know the course and it's straight flat with only a decline into the stadium to finish. My boss's wife still did her crazy hardcore boot camps all the way up to delivery and my mom went out and fixed fence for the horses the day before I was born. I'm basically surrounded by or influenced by idiots.
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Sep 14, 2013 12:56
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Thanks for the well wishes, here are some photos I took of them. Daniel first:  And David (the younger):  
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Sep 14, 2013 14:22
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Congrats! I'm glad they are doing well despite the early arrival. I hope they grow quickly so they can go home with you.
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MockTurtle posted:This is a super downer so I'm sorry in advance for killing the YAY BABIES vibe, but does anyone have experience or advice about visiting ICU with babies? My dad is currently in the hospital and we don't know that he is going to make it out again. He is obviously taking it hard and he is especially regretful about not getting to hold the babies before he went in. He is concerned about passing and not ever getting to hold them. It's a very hard position because it breaks my heart that he feels that way but at the same time I am concerned about the well being of the babies. I know he doesn't have anything that is communicable but I don't know how risky it is with other patients possibly on the floor since there are 8 beds. We are already bringing them to the hospital every day since I have to be there, they are just staying in the waiting room until I'm needed. Like everyone else said, talk with his nurses to see what they can do. They may even be able to cart your dad and all of his equipment to another room for a few hours so you can all hang out and not be bothered by the noises of the ICU and he can hold the babies.
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Congrats on the twins! It's great that they're doing so well, and I hope you get to bring them home soon. My in-laws just bought my six-week-old a trio of Washington Redskins onesies. I don't want my baby dressed in clothes with what is basically a racial slur on them, but I also don't want to offend my in-laws, who are very loving, very supportive, and very, very into the team. They're keeping the onesies at their house, so I can't "forget" to bring them. The team name is a hot-button issue around here, and I really don't want to get into it with them-- I've already overheard them talking disdainfully about people who want to change it. But if I let this go, I'm concerned that they'll post pictures of her in the onesie on Facebook, teach her to say "Go Redskins," etc., which makes me feel kind of sick. Obviously this is not that big a deal, and I'm grateful to have the luxury to worry about it. But I'm really not sure whether to ignore it, bring it up, just avoid their house on Sundays, or what.
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Seven for a Secret posted:Congrats on the twins! It's great that they're doing so well, and I hope you get to bring them home soon. I actually do think it is a big deal. ;( That poo poo would not be okay here either. I would probably write an email because I am calmer in writing. Something like this: "Thank you so much for the gifts. I love you guys so much and I don't want this to become a problem so I have to tell you that the team name "Redskins" is offensive to me and I don't want the baby to wear clothing with the name on it. I want to repeat that I am so glad you are loving grandparents and inlaws and I am so lucky to be a part of your super supportive family. I hope you understand why I have to say no to the redskins onesies. Lots of love, Seven for a secret."
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Sep 16, 2013 18:02
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I can't remember, is the logo for the redskins offensive? I think they make onsies with just the logo, I know they do for the seahawks. Maybe include she could wear something like that as a peace offering?
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Sep 16, 2013 18:17
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Scenty posted:I can't remember, is the logo for the redskins offensive? I think they make onsies with just the logo, I know they do for the seahawks. Maybe include she could wear something like that as a peace offering? The name is still offensive. I see no reason to make a peace offering about something racist, personally.
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Sep 16, 2013 18:20
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Ben Davis posted:Have your husband have the talk with them, since they're his parents This is wisdom. Do not get in conflict with your parents-in-law unless it is about something really important such as not using carseats for the baby or something. Your baby will not grow up to be racist unless you are. Most older folks are a bit "behind the times" in such matters.
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Sep 16, 2013 21:10
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Just say the Redskins suck and indoctrinate your child with a better team.
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Sep 16, 2013 23:12
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dreamcatcherkwe posted:The name is still offensive. I see no reason to make a peace offering about something racist, personally. Well, unfortunately unless the name is changed the kid is still going to grow up around it and be exposed to it. It's more important that the parents educate them about it when they are old enough to understand. I just view it as offering a compromise instead of making into a big huge family fight, which it sounds like it could end up being because some people are loving crazy about sports. Other people might feel differently, that's just my opinion though.
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Scenty posted:Well, unfortunately unless the name is changed the kid is still going to grow up around it and be exposed to it. It's more important that the parents educate them about it when they are old enough to understand. I just view it as offering a compromise instead of making into a big huge family fight, which it sounds like it could end up being because some people are loving crazy about sports. Other people might feel differently, that's just my opinion though. There's a big difference to hearing something and wearing an outfit with that word on it. One you can have conversations about. The other is endorsement of the product or idea or brand.
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Yeah, we live in the south, and it will be unavoidable that my kid hears about god and Jesus on a regular basis, but I wouldn't be putting him in "I LOVE JESUS" t-shirts because we don't believe and that's counter to my personal values.
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Got to graduate from the pregnancy thread into the parenthood one this past weekend. Mild nightmare of a trip turned amazing at the end. Wife started bleeding Thursday morning, called me from her work and met her at her OB for a visit where they pushed her in early (located attached to hospital we were planning to deliver at sometime in October). Did a quick ultrasound to make sure baby was OK, and confirmed some serious bleeding. Her doc on duty said it was either preterm labor or a placental abruption. From that point they contacted the OB triage in the hospital and we walked from the office to that. Wife admitted and unbeknownst to me while I sat in the waiting room, freaked out everyone in triage after getting hooked up to monitors as our baby's HR crashed. They assumed it might have been a fluke since it recovered pretty quick and her OB doc on hospital rotation told us it would be best to stay overnight (recommended but optional) for observation. After checking in the doctors decided it was a good bet to administer steroids to help speed the lung development of our 34-week baby. We ended up taking up residence in the OB observation wing that night and started to kick back with some terrible hospital in-patient food and some Netflix over free Wifi. At maybe 8-9pm, the doppler HR monitor started getting flakey during an ice cream break. We thought nothing of it and assumed a nurse would be coming in to adjust it again. Ended up getting to witness about 10 resident nurses and doctors and misc staff members fly into room since it was actually another HR crash. Fairly small room was cleared of chairs, rolling desks and misc equipment to make room for portable ultrasound and all the extra hands on deck. Wife flipped like a hot potato side to side, doctors shaking her belly and finally got the HR to climb back up. Her OB doc on rotation came in to talk with us again and this time wrote up orders to move us into the labor and delivery wing into one of the high-risk delivery rooms for long-term observation. Also started to administer Terbutaline to hold off contractions, cervix which had been checked a few times ranged from "thinned" to maybe 1cm. Thursday night and Friday were spent under the constant eyes of the awesome staff at Good Sam in Cincinnati (really awesome people!). During this time I'd been talking with my wife's mother, which progressed from "Hey guys do you need help with anything" to "We're driving down to take out your dog at night" to "We are coming in". Had a couple more HR drops and doctors went from a 24 hour interval on the steroids to administering the second dose after 12 hours. Started to get comfy in the delivery room when her OB doc (rotated since we first checked in, this is the doc she had her quick office visit with Thursday morning) explained more that it was most likely a placental abruption, and we weren't going home until the baby was delivered. Her parents finally arrive to see how everyone is doing, which by this time most of my thoughts are on the heart beat doppler and just listening for the correct BPM. End up hearing a similar pattern to what I heard before and quickly had my wife trigger the emergency button as the baby's HR again dropped like a rock. Another swarm of nurses and doctors, her parents freaking out as they are escorted out of the room, and we are finally told that the next time this happens to only safe option for wife and baby is a rapid C section. I think it was around this time the staff took her off monitors to sleep that night, under the un-said assumption that she was being scheduled for a C sec that next morning regardless of the outcome. Over the rest of Friday the hospital administered more Terbutaline. Sleeping on a terrible folding cot a few feet from my wife's bed I'm woken up around 2AM to my wife having more bleeding and worse contractions. Monitors back on. Around that time the nurses stepped it up to morphine for the pain. Around 4AM I'm woken up for the last time to what looked like daylight. It was the massive operating light on above my cot shining at my wife's waist as a resident doctor checked her cervix... 9cm dilated. Resident doc was as amazed as anyone and phoned her OB doc on call to start the main event. Wife's water was still intact during all of this, which was manually punctured when her OB arrived. Final measurement was like 10+1. Started a normal vaginal labor around 5AM or so, which was carefully balanced between pushing and side to side rotation since our baby's HR would dip on each contraction. Slightly before crowning, our son's HR took another dip into the low 50's and they used forceps for a quick extraction. At 6:02AM Saturday morning our first child (Kevin, Jr) was born, who immediately started crying. The on-site NICU staff promptly received him, got him fully crying, stabilized, shown momentarily to my wife, then into a little sealed carrier to be wheeled into the NICU. Had to leave my wife for a short while to follow our son and watch him get checked over with a full barrage of blood tests, and once he was resting I met my wife's parents who who drove back to the hospital to bring them back to my wife's recovery room. With the placenta out the OB confirmed it was a 10% abruption, although from the amount of blood pouring our during the delivery there was little doubt. Since it gets ejected after the baby, my wife was finally safe again and recovering the same as a normal vaginal delivery. And most importantly our son is healthy in the NICU right now, just learning to suck a nipple before he can get discharged. So this past week is a bit of a fog, although at least it shifted from emotional implosion with lack of sleep early last weekend to joy and lack of sleep. Suck that Kevin, Jr isn't at home yet, but still getting some quality time each day at the NICU.
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That is an amazing story, so glad to hear you are all doing well. Congratulations to all the new-baby-havers on the last couple pages!
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Holy crap! What a story! Glad everyone is doing okay & that baby is well enough for you to get some skin-to-skin time with him.
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Alright. So I am a military goon. And this pregancy has kicked up a few problems. My wifes due date is near the end of may and beginning of June. This is incidentally when I should be moving stations. Now. I can be selfish and request early transfer to whatever unit I will be reporting to. Or i can request an extension. I love the country but hate the unit. Shes leaning towards extension. However since she will be giving birth in a german hospital there will undoubtedly be a few luxuries that she will not have (ie sharing a room). Go with the happy wife or go with the selection of returning to America and getting A+ care?
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Soulex posted:
Erm... I'd rather give birth in a German Hospital. http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/apr/12/maternal-mortality-rates-millennium-development-goals I don't even know if your wife would be allowed to leave if she was going to leave really close to her due date. I think doctors look down on you flying once you hit about 8 months pregnant, or did you mean leave your wife there and come back early to the US by yourself?
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Soulex posted:Go with the happy wife or _______________? Edited because it wouldn't really matter what you filled in the blank with. I tend to think that if your wife's wishes can be easily accommodated and aren't causing outright harm to the baby they deserve a slight precedence. She's the one who has to carry and birth a human.
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Definitely go with the happy wife, and seriously, from everything I've seen and heard and read about how birth is treated in hospitals in the US, I'd concider giving birth in Germany a big plus.
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Alterian posted:
Not only doctors, most airlines doesn't allow you to fly in late pregnancy either. I know this because when I was pregnant with our first, we were invited to a wedding on the other side of the country when I was 8 months along so I couldn't go. I was so happy because I hate weddings ;p my poor husband went alone, hahaha.
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HisDivineShadow and dietcokefiend, congrats to you both! Pages with healthy, happy babies are the best. We went to the doc yesterday for the last ultrasound/first cervix check only to find out I'm 3cm dilated and 75% effaced. I know that really means nothing, and I could stay that way for weeks... But holy crap has it kicked my anxiety into overdrive. "I'm sure you've been feeling some contractions..." Er, no. I really haven't. So now I wonder about every little twinge. Is that a contraction? No, I just have to pee. Is that a contraction? No, I sat on my phone on accident. We go back in a week (hopefully not before) so I guess that'll be the true marker of how/if things are progressing. But, uh, I'll know when I have a contraction, right? Or has a lifetime of ovarian cysts and so-painful-I-puke menstrual cramps messed up my pain scale so much that I'm not feeling what's happening? Time to pack my bag and get the car seat base in the car! Oops. Here's to being prepared.
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Soulex posted:Alright. So I am a military goon. And this pregancy has kicked up a few problems. My wifes due date is near the end of may and beginning of June. This is incidentally when I should be moving stations. You can definitely get your A+ care in Europe. I'm an American, with a British husband, expecting a baby in France. Expecting in the next week, actually. Comparing my care to what other people I know have been getting, I'm thrilled. Some funny language issues, but the care itself has been stellar. She'll likely get a few more days in hospital to get things sorted out and if the German system is anything like the French one, it's a few extra bucks a day to go from a double room (free) to a private one.
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Tourette Meltdown posted:HisDivineShadow and dietcokefiend, congrats to you both! Pages with healthy, happy babies are the best. Ugh, this is me right now too. I've been 2 cm and 75% effaced for the last three weeks and also have been worried I won't know what a real contraction feels like. Especially since many of the ladies I know who have been pregnant have said that they had painful contractions for weeks before they went into actual labor, but I've only had Braxton-Hicks that I could tell were happening because my belly is literally hard to the touch. (I have a really high pain tolerance too, for what it's worth.) I think yesterday I had some contractions that hurt. They felt like really bad squeezing abdominal pains/gas and I also had dull pain in my middle back. The really annoying part is that mostly they aren't discrete enough for me to be able to time them for a longish period of time unless I am physically touching my belly to see if it's hard. Maybe I just suck at timing them?  Either way, you are getting close! It was really exciting when I heard things were gearing up down there because it means your body is preparing to give birth and you didn't even have to consciously do anything about it, which is pretty cool.
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Man, I'm (un?)lucky enough that my midwives don't even check for dilation unless they feel something's wrong. I'm so low-risk that they don't even worry about it. I'm due in 3 weeks and just last week was able to tell what a Braxton Hicks felt like! She's also dropped, so now I get to finish my last week of work next week and just sit around waiting for something to happen.
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New Weave Wendy posted:I think yesterday I had some contractions that hurt. They felt like really bad squeezing abdominal pains/gas and I also had dull pain in my middle back. Sometimes I have this sort of distant pelvic ache, but I've just been chalking that up to my jacked up hips. I know he's dropped and engaged and everything, so there's definitely pressure, but nothing I'd call painful. Chicken Biscuits, congrats! I'm still dragging myself to work every day, but I work AT the hospital, and I sit all day, so there's no real risk there. If my water breaks at my desk or something I can just hobble two blocks down the street to L&D.
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I was a bit worried about not recognising contractions when they happened, but seriously, don't worry. You hear about women going into labour without noticing it, but that's way outside the norm. My very first contractions (24 hours or so before the baby actually arrived) were like "wait, what was that? was that even anything?" at a rate of like one per hour, but the thing about true contractions is that they get progressively worse, they don't go away and then come back later. Once your labour starts, it's on, and after a while there will be no doubt in your mind about what's going on, because once they really get cracking they're not exactly pleasant little fuzzy tickles. Also call your hospital if you're even remotely concerned about anything what so ever. It's ALWAYS better to ask too many questions than too few. (I called because I wasn't sure if I was leaking amniotic fluid at night or if I was wetting the bed. Yeah.) (Turned out to be amniotic fluid! I recognized the smell during the birth    )
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