Good luck Meg! If all the sex doesn't tire you out, try walking up and down stairs a lot.
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link
Hope he does well on the meds, and good luck with it all.
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 15 February 2007 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Doesn't look like I will get my Valentine's baby after all, as he/she shows no sign of turning up today. So from tomorrow I am officially overdue and up for following any advice on how to get things moving, unless they involve castor oil.
FIrstborns are usually late. :-) Good luck with the delivery!!!
― nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 15 February 2007 13:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 15 February 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 15 February 2007 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Sadly, as we live in a ground floor flat there's no easy access to stairs for walking up and down. As for teh sex, we'll see tonight ;)
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Thursday, 15 February 2007 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Thursday, 15 February 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Here are a couple of pics from the hospital, when Ben got hooked up to an EEG.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/390810874_a59d9374ee.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/390811113_ab483b81e0.jpg
― schwantz (schwantz), Thursday, 15 February 2007 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Meg, I never had any luck inducing with sex or anything else I tried. (Possibly because sex is so hilarious at that point, though). I do remember thinking, BRING ON THE PAIN I CAN TAKE IT. It is so uncomfortable at the end.
― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Thursday, 15 February 2007 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
But yes, poor wee Ben.
― luna (luna), Thursday, 15 February 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Thursday, 15 February 2007 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna), Thursday, 15 February 2007 23:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Thursday, 15 February 2007 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna), Friday, 16 February 2007 00:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 16 February 2007 00:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 16 February 2007 01:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Archel, you had SPD didn't you? I have pain in one side of my groin when I walk so I am wondering if that is the same thing. Is there anything you can do about it?
― Liz (liz), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Liz, when are you due again? I forget and it's on old ILE. I keep hoping to feel something (16 weeks and 2 days) but it's still early days yet I guess, and the placenta's at the front which could mask it until later :0(
― vicky (Vicky), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Liz, there's not a huge amount you can do about the SPD I don't think - I was told to keep my legs together as much as possible (!) ie bring both feet together on each step when you go up stairs, get out of bed by swinging both legs to the side etc. Also, sleep on your side with a pillow in between your knees. I had a lovely V shaped pillow which was a livesaver (and is still handy now for support when feeding).
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Thanks, Archel. It isn't a definite diagnosis but I'll talk to the midwife next week & try the pillow thing anyway.
― Liz (liz), Friday, 16 February 2007 12:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Friday, 16 February 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Monday, 19 February 2007 10:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― vicky (Vicky), Monday, 19 February 2007 12:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Maria :D (Maria :D), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Maria :D (Maria :D), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bellicose Veins (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 13:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Captain Purple Items (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Captain Purple Items (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link
The OBGYN was a professor, I don't think he put my mum at risk though.
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link
http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/index.html
― caek (caek), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bellicose Veins (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link
On a lighter note, here is my baby brother (25 years my junior). He's just about to crawl, by the looks of things.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/396562899_4042640fe5.jpg
― caek (caek), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― caek (caek), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 09:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 10:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 12:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 13:01 (seventeen years ago) link
How are YOU doing? Is she sleeping through the night yet? I think that is one of the most important things that make it much easier for the parents: a good night sleep. :-) Shit, at the end of the year I'll have to give this up. Oh dear! :-)
What I am thinking about is taking the baby to a daycare (?) a couple of days a week. Most of my friends keep saying I should keep the baby (like I did with Ophelia) but I know how hard that wat (running a shop while taking of the baby). I don't think I'll cope with two kids... I feel guilty saying it but I do have to stick with the plan. I feel a bit like a bad mommy though.
― nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 13:04 (seventeen years ago) link
She had her first vaccinations yesterday as well - barely blinked, the brave little tinker :)
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link