Babies due on THIRD QUARTER OF 2016 (JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER) - Thread 2

[120515]

so far, only close friends have touched my tummy and they always ask permission first. i won't be comfortable with strangers touching my tummy, sis emjey. i totally understand how you feel!

sis belle, i can only imagine how frustrating it must have been for you! in just my second trimester, i've already been told i probably won't reach my due date so now i'm really paranoid about reaching my due date. if i don't feel baby move every few hours, i feel anxious already and i've cried about it too because i'm scared of premature labor.

[macheoc]

I dont mind people talking about my belly as well. But yeah I do feel annoyed sometimes when strangers make comments as to when youre gonna give birth. At a store the other day, this lady gave me this look and said "una mo yan iha? Malapit ka na ambaba na. Wag ka na mag mall." In my head I wanted to tell her na it's still a bit early (35wks tom). Then at the grocery naman, our neighbor's kasambahay told me i should get massages because it's still too high and she believes im gonna go beyond my due date. Sometimes you just want to tell them to mind their own business but I just put into mind that maybe theyre just excited for my baby as well.

[macheoc]

Thanks sis emjey! Yeah doc told me not to worry kasi mukhang BH nga. Signs lang din talaga na malapit na.

Hi sis crzy, mukhang earlier than expected ka ah! Ako rin secretly wishing i wont reach 40th week, mga 37-38 sana hehe.

Excited na rin ako kay baby. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night thinking na my water bag broke yun pala panaginip lang and i just need my bathroom break 😂

[crzysxycl]

emjey - goodluck sa checkup sis! sana nga hindi ka na pauwiin para makita mo na si baby. excited for you.

belle - ganon ba yun sis? wala kasi ako alam masyado about stations, alam ko lang ito yung kung gaano na kababa yung ulo ni baby. minsan nabanggit ni OB na di na raw ako aabot ng 40 weeks, di ko alam kung may meaning yun, hindi ko lang pinansin hehe. goal daw namin ang normal birth kaya kahit di ako makalabas para maglakad kasi maulan, dito nalang ako sa house paikot ikot. how are you sis? kamusta si lo? hope all is well.

120515 - i have the same sentiments sis. true, nakakairita minsan kasi feeling close mga tao, akala mo ang daming alam, hindi naman sila doctor. even my inlaws ganyan, feeling experts pa. i remember one time nasa gasoline station kami and pumasok kami sa mini store nila to buy refreshments. aba ang bumungad sa akin, isang bading na staff sabay sabi "ay ang laki ng tyan mo girl, kelan ka manganganak?" I was only 7mos preggy then. I gave him a grin, lol! sabihin ko pa sana "Sino ka? Close tayo?" haha kaso it'll just be a waste of time kaya dedma nalang.

Re due date, yung OB ko sinusunod yung LMP. Ako naman dati yung based sa first utz hehe pero ngayon ginagaya ko na si OB.

[macheoc]

^ sakin naman baliktad. Si OB yung first utz ang finafollow. Tapos ako LMP. Though 2 days apart lang naman sila

[emjey03]

thanks sis crzysxycl. sadly pinauwi pa rin kami haha.  1cm station -3.  kaya eto mag mall muna kami ni hubs.  continue with eveprim pa rin plus sabi ni doc nipple stimulation daw para magcontract.

[crzysxycl]

macheoc - ah magkalapit lang sis. akin naman 3 days apart hehe. ngayon ko lang nabasa previous post mo sis, same tayo hehe gusto ko rin 37th-38th week lang. ang bigat bigat na kasi, tapos pag tumitigas tummy ko hirap ako huminga.

emjey - ay ganun sis hehe. tama sis, lakad lakad ka. baka sa next check up mo lalabas na si baby.

[emjey03]

after 3 hrs of walking sa mall, i've lost my mucus plug when we reached home.

[belle_v2g]

120515, you'll be fine sis. just eliminate those negative thoughts coz they won't do anything good for you and bub. i was expecting that my baby will come out at 38 weeks then it turned out to be 5 days overdue pa. haha! frustrated when i went pass my due date but it was all worth it after seeing the baby.

sis crzysxycl, just continue with walking (at home) hehe and another thing i did, aside from taking evening primrose oil, the exercise ball. 2 days akong nagpa bounce bounce until mag rupture membranes ko. 😅  we are doin great sis, thanks for askin. he is now 2 weeks old and growing really quick. just enjoying every moment and puyat nights with him. currently mix feeding kasi my bm supply is a bit slow. meron but not enough to fulfill baby's feeding reqts.

[crzysxycl]

^Thanks sa tips sis! Niresetahan din pala ako ng buscopan ni OB, pampalambot daw ng cervix. Take ko raw bago ako maglakad lakad para di ako masyadong mahirapan. Nice to know your lo is doing great. Nag supplements ka ba sis para maimprove bm mo? Ito isa sa worries ko rin kasi, sana I have enough para maka build ng stash man lang before i go back to work.

[belle_v2g]

^yes sis. currently seeing a lactation consultant. tapos i'm taking fenugreek capsules and domperidone tablets 3x a day to help boost my bm supply.

[macheoc]

sis crzy same here. though medo bumaba na tyan, minsan hirap pa rin huminga pag matigas

sis emjey ayan na sis! good luck!

sis belle my cousin was on fenugreek too and her bm supply increased. hope it'll work for you as well


question mga sis, ive been feeling more pulse like movements in my belly lately. at first i thought it was my heartbeat pero hindi. then a friend told me hiccups daw or practice breathing. my question is, how often should i feel lo doing this in a day. nakakakaba kasi if there's something wrong na pala

[emjey03]

thanks sis macheoc

about hiccups, normal lang yan sis kahit ilang beses sa isang araw. average for me is 3x a day.

[macheoc]

^oh good to hear that sis emjey! Anyway how are you doing?

[crzysxycl]

belle - i see. dami ko nabasa positive feedback re fenugreek. take care sis!

macheoc - oo nga sis eh. di bale konting tiis nalang. nafeel ko rin yang hiccups sis. medyo nabawasan na ngayon, sabi lang ni OB increase ko water intake ko. dati nasa 3x a day ko rin sya mafeel.

[emjey03]

Sis macheoc, eto ayaw pa rin lumabas ni baby.  Trying to be patient

Ikaw, ilang weeks ka na ba?

[Which is Witch?]

Hi mommies, goodluck sa inyo! Grabe di ko akalain na mamimiss ko ang pagiging preggy. Aside from special treatment ni hubby, parang namimiss ko yung movement ni baby inside me. Lalo ko namimiss pagnababasa ko mga posts niyo.😊😊😊 may gumawa na ba ng fb group for us mga sis? 😊

[macheoc]

crzysxcl: ah baka kulang nga din ako sa water. Thurs / Fri pa kasi appt ko with ob di ko pa na bring up yung sa hiccups

emjey: 35 wks na sis. Eto makikita na naman si ob by the end of the week. Kabado ako kasi IE. Sana ok status ko

Which is witch: hi sis kami rin excited na magkwento hehe. Kamusta na kayo?

[120515]

sis emjey, praying for your safe delivery

sis cryz, praying that all your walking will finally pay off

sis macheoc, praying that everythinb goes well in your IE

sis which, praying that you and your baby continue to do great! nobody has started a facebook group for us yet.

sis belle, praying that your breastmilk supply improves.

i'm already in makati now. really thankful for the cool weather here - it's not so bad walking around.

good thing the hotel is really nice - i requested for a maternity pillow
when i checked in yeaterday and when i arrived tonight, they had a maternity pillow for me on the bed. i've been missing my special pillow at home and this will help me sleep well.

i'm looking forward to eating lots of mangoes while i'm here! hahaha!

also looking forward to checking out the baby stuff at rustan's and glorietta and maybe even landmark. will have to find time for them though.

one problem i have though is weight gain - again! i weighed myself in the hotel's bathroom scale and saw that i gained 4 kilos! huhuhu! my doctor won't be very happy.

i've been feeling very tired lately so i stopped my daily exercise routine and stuck to walking. i'll have to work harder on keeping my weight in check. I definitely don't want baby to be too big - there's already a 50% chance she'll inherit her papa's genes (big and tall). if she's too big, i may not be able to have my planned natural birth.

my colleague told me today that his sister was small but her baby was very big and the doctor pushed for a natural birth. it caused her pelvis to tear or something so she had to be in bed rest for 6 weeks post partum to recover.

have safe and healthy pregnancies everyone!

[aylatskie]

I owe GT a lot from wedding preps to pregnancy ideas. Missed a lot of stories now, can't back read right at the moment.
Here's my labor and birth story.
On July 2 around 3 am, I had a brownish discharge accompanied by menstrual cramps. I texted my OB at 7:30 am and instructed me to go to clinic to check my cervix. I was seen at 10:30am already and to my surprised  its 7cm dilated so I did not go home anymore and went directly to hospital for admission. The labor pain that time was still tolerable until I had contraction every minute (so painful I swear!). At 7:04 pm baby was out, I was given an anesthesia thru my IV line only during crowning (baby's head was visible) so I've felt every single pain but it was all worth it. Baby poop inside so she was put on antibiotics for 5 days. Every time they will give it it makes me cry because I know how painful it was not to add the burden of inserting an IV line to her every other day.
Thank God we're home now.
By the way I delivered thru NSD. Baby weighs 3.1kg. We had check up yesterday and she's 3.3 kg now. I'm doing mixed feeding.
How about you mommies who delivered? What's your story? And for those still waiting to pop just enjoy every single day.
Question sissies. How long does a formula milk lasts yung na timpla na? Thanks.