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

[120515]

sis cryz, that's so true! there are a lot of cute stuff for baby girls. it took a lot of will power not to get every single cute dress/tutu i saw and stick to practical clothes.

sis macheoc, i'm leaving this friday. she's selling basics - i wish i'd known earlier. i already have a lot of basics but i'll have to see how fast baby will grow because her basics are for 0-6 mos right now.

have safe and healthy pregnancies everyone!

[loidyloids]

Hello mga sis! Thanks sa inputs niyo. Sayang kasi talaga kung nag leave ka tapos hindi ka pa nanganak agad.

Update sakin, 1 cm ako last Saturday. Exactly 37 weeks based on lmp. Sabi sa clinic, hindi na kami mag base sa EDD ng utz. Once daw na sumakit na yung tiyan ko, or water bag breaks, or may bleeding, pwede na ako i-admit. Sa ngayon wala pa naman ako nararamdaman na kakaiba.

Sa tingin niyo sis, matagal pa kaya ako bago manganak? hehe

[macheoc]

loidyloids same boat tayp sis pero ahead ka sa akin, though dilated na rin. sabi ng ob ko depende daw talaga, iba iba bawat pregnancy. so expect ko na daw na pwedeng "today's the day". hehe hirap pala ng waiting game. pero continue mo pa rin lakad lakad


120515 oh sayang. just found out about it last week. though ive read it somewhere here in GT. I invested more on 3 mos and up clothes. yung ibang hand me downs ko from friends 0-3 mos and used only once lang daw

emjey wow emjey bilis mo buti ka pa. nag bloody show ka ba? akin kasi yung mucus lang kaya pinapa chill lang ako ni ob

[loidyloids]

macheoc: Ang hirap talaga, nakakainip pa. hehe pero now I've decided na hayaan na lang muna si baby kung gusto niya pa mag stay. Kinakausap ko na lang siya na wag lang sobrang matagal kasi excited na kami sa kanya:)

[cheniwin]

cant say I'm on the same boat, kasi ako naman waiting for thurs, sched CS ko friday, need to go to the hospital ng thurs para sa mga pre-op tests
hindi ko ulet naranasan un intayin si baby to naturally come out
though the oby gave me an option mag trial labor hubby gave me a thumbs down worried rin kasi sya bat ko pa daw papahirapan sarili ko hehe
pero at the back of my mind andun un dream ko mag labor and give birth ng normal
I even dream of it lately, nkakadepress na nakakalungkot
I was hoping pagpunta namin sa thurs dilated na ako and itry nila inormal hahahaha pero im only on my 37th week

[Jeannybaby]

Sis Sarahnghae, as much as I want my baby latch the thing is di niya ma suck nipple ko kaya umaayaw siya.

sis same tayo ng situation kaya ngayon nagppump na ako for breastmilk and mixed feeding narin with formula. ang nirecommend ng lactation consultant sakin is since medyo may nipple confusion na si baby, kelangn daw i-cupfeed si baby until she forgets the bottle and try to introduce the breast again (pero nagwawala talaga when i try!)

so pumping pa din para at least may makuha sya breastmilk. I'm taking Mega malunggay and fenugreek capsules.

Sis Belle_v2g i was also prescribed domperidone, did these help your supply?

Sis Which ngayon lang ako nakabackread ng maayos Re: sa question mo, yung cut na ginawa sakin is bikini cut kasi ganun din yung previous surgery ko. Sayo ba anung cut? Yes currently wearing binder, ang weird pa ng feeling pag tinatanggal ko! Ginamit ko yung old binder ko, pero lately bumili ako online ng Wink postpartum binder mas comfortable daw according sa reviews na nabasa ko. Pag nakuha ko na sabihan kita kung ok talaga hehe. Kamusta ang may buhay newborn?

hope everyone else is doing great with your pregnancies! ☺️

[ferrerorocher]

Hello mommies!  I had an ultrasound during the weekend.  Baby is now in cephalic position.
I am currently 36 weeks.  So far, normal naman ang mga measurements / biophysical score ni baby.
By this time, weekly na ang magiging check-up ko. Kinakabahan ako sa IE, masakit ba yun?
Anyway, para kay baby titiisin ko.
I have noticed I'm starting to have swollen feet. Ano ginawa nyo when you experienced this?

[120515]

sis ferrerocher, my feet have also started to swell off and on...it gets really bad during weekdays when i'm at work because i'm unable to move much. i'm currently using compression stockings. i also make sure i get a good 30 minute walk or light aerobic workout every night. also try eating munggo and reduce your sodium intake as much as possible. i noticed that my feet have swollen really badly since i came to ph for work because we eat out for every meal and the food at the restos are just really salty. also, raise your feet every night when you get home - this was the most effective for me. i kept my feet raised last weekend and my feet returned to their normal size but now they're swollen again.

[thine18]

Hi po .ask ko lang pag nag take na nv primrose manganganak na po ba agad? Niresetahan na po kasi ako ng primrose pero hindi ko pa iniinum kasi napasok pa ko

[crzysxycl]

Good evening sisses! Sorry hindi pa ako nakapag backread.

Nanganak na ako nung July 18, Monday. Last post ko ata ang sabi ko lumabas na mucus plug ko ng Sunday. Around 5:30am ng Monday meron nanaman same discharge, hindi ko lang pinansin kasi antok pa ako. Tapos nagising nalang ako basa ang undies ko, pagtayo ko ayun dami pa lumabas na water. Nataranta na ako, diretso shower na ako tapos I called my mom na, pinamadali ko na rin hubby then punta na kami hospital. Nung point na to wala pang contractions, buti nalang din hindi traffic. Hindi kami nakakain ng breakfast, few pcs of cookies lang nakain ko on our way to the hospital. I wore adult diapers na para sure lang din, sakto kasi feeling ko umiihi pa rin ako sa byahe. Pagdating sa OB Complex, around 9:30am kinabitan lang ako ng fetal monitor. Nakakakaba lang na nakakainis kasi minsan nagbibeep yung monitor pag biglang tumataas hb ni baby, tapos yung mga tao dun relax lang. Medyo paranoid din kasi ako dahil siguro sa mga nababasa ko. Delikado kasi kung maubos amniotic fluid diba. Anyways, dalawang resident OBs nag IE sa akin at sooobrang sakit. Floating pa raw si baby at 3cm na ako. Did enema tapos pinaligo nila ako using antiseptic soap. Wala pa rin akong contractions na nararamdaman nito pero inadmit na nila ako. Mga past 2pm nung dumating OB ko, pinabigyan ako ng buscopan saka evening primrose oil. Few hours after naging 4cm na ako, dito na ako nakaramdam ng pain. Based sa monitor, pag 45 and up yung nakadisplay sa contraction monitor, ang sakit, lalo na nung nag 100. Susko, hindi ko alam paanong pwesto at breathing gagawin ko. I was sedated. Nagising ako mga 6pm, no progress pa rin. Ayun sinaksakan ako uli ng pampatulog pero sabi ng OB ko until 7pm lang ang deadline ko so CS na nya ako. Hindi ko na alam exact time na dinala ako sa DR. Pagdating sa DR naririnig ko sila pero wala ako sa ulirat tapos narinig ko nalang baby out at 7:01pm. Nung magkamalay ako, nasa recovery room na ako kasama si baby. Ang hirap, kasi kasama ko na agad sya eh wala pa ko sa sarili ko. May lumapit pa sa aking nurse, may pinakitang tatlong gamot na need daw ni baby. Ang sagot ko lang, "utos yan ng pedia?" (natawa ko, nakuha ko pa magtanong ng ganon kahit groggy) then kinuha nila si baby at narinig ko nalang na umiyak sya. Iilan lang kami sa recovery room, panay sabi ko na kung pwede ilipat na kami sa private room dahil hindi ko pa maigalaw ang legs ko at sabog pa ako, tapos kailangan ko asikasuhin baby ko, ang labo lang eh. Finally past 4:30am nalipat na kami sa room namin. Hindi ako halos nakagalaw nung araw na yon, bigat ng pakiramdam ko pero nung medyo nasa ulirat na uli ako, I was very happy to see my baby boy. Best feeling in the world! Nadischarge na kami kahapon, kaya puyatan blues naman.

Mga mommies na nagpapaBF, help naman please. My boobs kasi super engorged, hindi nauubos ni baby yung milk. Paguwi kahapon halos di ko na sya napadede, tigas na kasi talaga ng nipples ko. Ano advise nyo para mawala to? Kanina pa ako nagcocold compress pero no effect. Naka formula tuloy si baby mula kahapon, feeling ko tuloy I failed kasi gusto ko talaga sya iBF.

[Jeannybaby]

sis crzysxycl, need mo bawasan milk mo through hand express, masakit nga yan pag nabuo and kelngan iwasan magka-mastitis. if you want you can call a lactation consultant she'll massage you para mawala engorgement and turuan ka din how to hand express, massage, etc; they do home service. May FB page Arugaan, and also join ka Breastfeeding Pinays sa FB it's a support group. you haven't failed don't worry! Nagsstart ka pa lang naman. Yung tinuro sa akin massage mo yung mga parang buo buo in a circular motion using three fingers nakalapat going towards your areola. You can also place hot towel on your chest para medyo mag melt yung nagsolidify na milk.

Congratulations with your baby boy!😆 Welcome to the happily puyatan club 😂

[aNgelofThEMorning]

congrats sis crzysxycl alam ko kasabayan kita eh, buti ka pa nakapanganak na

hi sis damonsgirl glad that the maternity belt helped you If I remember correctly I was on my 6th month when I started using it.

Dami na updates, nakakatuwa Hinde ako masyado makadalaw dito since I'm still working at 39weeks. Work from home ang setup, buti pwede ang ganun setup sa office ko kundi mauubos ang ML ko. Last Sunday I started having brown spotting na, then the following day may mucus discharge na. I think it's because of Buscopan and Primrose oil na nireseta ni OB pampalambot daw ng cervix. Lately sumasakit na hips ko. Hay sana by tom may improvement na ang 1cm ko, 2 weeks na kong 1cm even after all the walking everyday. Ang bigat bigat na ni baby, gusto na namin syang makita

[120515]

sis cryz, finally! you now have baby in your arms. so good to know that you had  a safe delivery and you've already been discharged. you also stayed for quite some time in the hospital, sis...almost a week

sis angel, you're almost there! praying for your safe delivery

we're 32 weeks and we just came from our doctor's appointment. i now have a lot of pregnancy aches and pains, which i mentioned to my doctor.

first, my hands feel numb and i find it painful when i try to hold a toothbrush or try to write. my doctor said it's extea fluid in my hands and there's nothinh much that can be done about it.

second, my feet are super swollen. my doctor said i can wear compression stockings that go up to the thighs to help manage it. i hate it because it's hard to walk.

third, i have been feeling a sharp pain in the right side of my tummy. my doctor isn't too concerned, she explained that baby may be kicking the same spot over and over. true enough, when we looked through ultrasound baby's legs and feet where located right where i feel the sharp pain. also, when she moves around, it's painful now. the main reason it's already painful is because my baby is big - at 32 weeks, she's 2.4 kg, where the average weight should be around 1.8 kg based on my what to expect and babycentre apps. the doctor was like "oooh, this is a chubby baby! look at her very round tummy! no wonder you already have the aches and pains and the tummy of a full-term mom!"

the doctor didn't want to alarm us and said that the baby is very healthy and my pregnancy is very healthy as well. i tested negative for diabetes and no complications and baby is already in a cephalic position (due to baby's size, she probably won't be able to turn around anymore). she just said to let baby grow and then we'll see at the next checkup if i'll be able to handle a natural birth.

[belle_v2g]

Congratulations sis crzysxycl!!' Baby out finally!

Aylatskie
I am in the same situation as you sis. I tried to latch baby until 4th day PP until we realised he's already losing a lot of weight because he's not getting any milk from me. Almost 400gms ang nawala sa kanya which is over the expected loss sa newborn so I was placed under a feeding plan that includes latching (max 10 min. per breast--this is to avoid exhaustion on the bub's part kasi nga wala pa syang nakukuha sakin) after latching, we give him formula, after that I had to pump for 10 min (both breasts). We save any pumped milk for next feed if meron.  I had to do this every 3 hours to increase my supply. i have appointments with the lactation consultant as well, they placed me on fenugreek capsules 3x a day and domperidone (initially 1 tab 3x day but after a week they increased it to 2 tabs 3x a day). Sis Jeannybaby, yes medyo may improvement sa domperiodone ang supply ko but still not enough to stop the formula.

Aside from those, I'm doing everything you girls could think of to improve my supply that's why nasasaktan ako for those mommies na napapagalitan sa isang facebook page when they decide to give formula to their babies. We just don't want to starve our babies at case to case basis kasi yan. Ok din sakin mag mix feeding kaysa ma dehydrate ang baby ko.

By the way ladies, sis cococola from 2nd quarter would like to propose something. Baka magpost sya dito soon regarding the facebook page baka kasi gustong mag merge ng GT mommies with 2016 babies in one fb page. let us know.

[120515]

sis belle, I'm up for the merge

my friend who breastfeeds her baby said that drinking lots of fluids/water helped her supply. her baby was born at 31 weeks and never learned to latch so she bottle feeds her baby with expressed breastmilk.

I wish other women would stop judging those moms who are unable to breastfeed. motherhood is not a contest. my own Mom wasn't able to breastfeed any of us because of health issues - she had cysts in her breasts and she produced pus not milk.

[damonsgirl]

I agree. Hindi naman lahat ng moms swerte na madami agad breast milk at walang problema sa pag latch and all. #stopmomshaming

[crzysxycl]

macheoc - hello sis, hirap din pala pag nauna water bag. musta sis? re mucus plug, una lumabas sa akin ng sunday morning to, then kinabukasan meron uli tapos kasunod na water.

120515 - haha kaaliw nga sis. kahit ako minsan natutuwa sa clothes for baby girls. thank you sis. yes, 4 days din kami sa hospital. tinanong ako ng doc if i want to stay pa for another day kaso gusto ko na rin umuwi, sayang pa charges diba hehe. wow sis laki nga ng baby mo for her age, pero ok lang yan, ang importante healthy sya.

cheniwin - musta sis? sched cs ka pala. hope all is well.

jeannybaby - thanks sa inputs sis. hay natakot ako lagnatin at magkaron ng mastitis. nag try ako mag pump, ayun kinaya naman kaso 1oz lang naproduce ko for both breasts na yun. kahit paano nagkaron ako ng hope. will join breastfeeding pinays nga sa FB, thanks! sis, pure bm ba iniinom ng baby mo or mixed feeding ka? if mixed, gaano kadalas nakakainom si baby ng bm mo?

angelofthemorning - salamat sis. wow 39 weeks ka na, konti nalang yan sis.

belle - thanks sis! hay problem ko rin yang latching. nagwawala baby ko kasi di nya makuha nipples ko. kahit ayaw ko sana bigyan sya ng formula, ok na kami dun kesa magutom sya, kawawa naman. re merge, sali ako sis.

mga moms na nagpapaBF/mixed feeding, normal ba sa baby mag hiccups? wala lang, medyo bothered lang ako kasi nag start baby ko magkaron nito nung pinag formula namin sya.

[macheoc]

Hi mga sis!

37 weeks now pero still wishing to give birth na. -2 station si lo, 2cm, and 50% effaced. Hopefully this coming weekend manganak na ako cant wait na rin to hold my baby.

120515: agree with you sis. I want to BF din but of course I'd be ready if ever I cant BF. Other moms should never treat non bf moms as lesser beings. Yung isang friend ko talaga nyang na depress because of that. Wasnt her fault, ganun lang talaga body nya walang lumabas.

Belle: sounds like a good idea to me

Crzy: wow sis nagkatotoo wish mo nanganak ka na nga that week! Thanks for sharing your birth story. Glad you and your baby are back home.  Dont worry about the milk, wag ka lang ma pressure kasi not your fault naman yun. Enjoy the new chapter in your life sis!

[120515]

sis cryz, yup, the important thing is baby's healthy. when the doctor told us about baby's weight - i told my husband "this is on you! your genes!" wahahahahaha!

sis macheoc, i hope your friend is feeling better now. there's so much pressure on moms now and with social media and the internet - there are lynch mobs and critics everywhere, which is so sad!

[crzysxycl]

Macheoc - thanks so much sis! Lapit na yan lumabas si baby, true yung sabi nila na kausapin lagi si baby. Isa sa request namin sa kanya 18th sya lumabas at natupad din hehe. Ingat lagi sis!

120515 - wahaha, sinisi si hubby.