Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / November 2004

Ok as you all know I was impatiently waiting for my midwife and the OB to
pick an induction day as of Monday 25 because tuesday was no good but we
were looking at wednsday and had decided that Jeff would take tuesday night
off work and the next morning Wed 27 we would induce but ...

Everyone here is so perfect! It seems you all wear your babies constantly,
co-sleep with them when you aren't wearing them, rock them for hours on end
while they scream, and manage all this even with a dozen other children
besides and a successful career. Those of you who don't have ...

Just a quick question. Caden is 6 months old and really isnt interested in
food... he has about 3-4 spoons of food every 3 days, the rest of the time
he just nurses.
I don't see any need to push him to eat, but alot of people are asking me

Now that I know donating our cord blood is not an option, I'm reconsidering
banking it privately.  I rejected the idea at first because it didn't seem
the cost was worth it in view of the small likelihood we'll need it.
(Neither of us have a history of blood disease, cancer, etc ...

I went in for my estimation of fetal size u/s today and at 37 weeks the
baby is (allegedly) 8lb 7oz. Hmmmm......that means she could weigh
almost 10lb by the time she is born! Boy is my OB going to have a heyday
with this when I see him tomorrow. : ( He's going to go on a vaginal

I dropped by Kroger again yesterday evening and my readings ranged from
155/89 (first one) to 142/82 (last one).  Bottom numbers were all in
the 80s (4 readings).
I am still very swollen, very tired.

Little one has descended some (not nearly fully engaged), but I am not
dilated at all at 38 weeks. Is this normal? Doc doesn't seem worried,
although he said he would expect to see more progress for most women at this
point.

I am going in for a u/s Monday for a fetal weight estimate. <giggles>
Yes, I know it's kind of silly but I like ultrasounds. I really wonder
what it will say, too. Maybe it will say I am having a 6.5 lb baby and
my reluctant doctor will be suddenly excited about a VBAC. Ha! I still

This morning I woke up and did a Preg test, at the beginning there were
definately 2 red lines but as the test went on the second red line has faded
and you can barely see it.  Has anyone had this result before? on the pack
it says your pregnant even if the second line is faint.  I ...

This morning my feet were so swollen (pitting edema) that I could barely
squeeze them into the size 11 shoes I have been wearing while pregnant (my real
shoes are 9.5!).  They went down some while napping but not much.  My eyes are
also very puffy today.

Andrea-
This has been driving me crazy for days.  What did your computer name used
to be?  I remember it was a literary character.......think back about 4yrs.
ago.

Has anyone done this?  Do you think it's ok to do?  The formula I use comes
out lumpy after I hand shake it.  It takes a month of Sundays for me to mash
the lumps out and thought that putting it in a blender would be alot
quicker.

haven't seen any posts from her yet today, what's her time zone? I'm sure I
usually see some when it's evening here, maybe she's in bed resting, or
maybe things are happening, good luck either way!

If he/she's a boy, I'll name him after my grandfather, Andrew William, so
that's an easy one.  If he/she's a girl, that's where it gets tricky.  I
want to name her after 2 people, my auntie, Susan, and my Al-Anon sponsor,
Sabine (pronounced sah-been).

Except that my BP is now consistently high (130-145/ 85-100) (and has been
since about Sat), things are looking good. At this point, the BP by itself
is not a reason to go back to the hospital-and is actually less of a concern
because it's not swinging (in fact, there really was ...