Category: Parent Talk
I just found out today that I'm pregnant. I'm due in September, and they estimated me to be about six weeks along. We are hoping for a girl, since we already have a boy, so wish us luck.
Awww, congrats and good luck!
Awesome news Brandy, congratulations, may you have a trouble free pregnancy and subsequent delivery.
Brandy,
Awww congratulations! This is great news. I hope the pregnancy goes very well for you. And here's hoping you get a little girl this time.
Hugs,
Pipi
Congratulations and best of luck.
Thank you all! It means a lot to me! You guys are awesome!
If you guys do have a girl, do you already have a name for it?
omg congratulations! *smiles*
that's great news. congrats and good luck with it all
hey grl I think you are the same lady from mytelespace. congradulations.
congratulations Brandy. I hope that your pregnancy goes well and that baby whether it be girl boy or one of each or what ever is healthy. :)
luck be with you and may it be a healthy happy baby and one who doesn't requi4re you have no sleep. but hey any baby is special.
Congratulations! May you have a wonderful pregnancy and delivery. Here's to a happy, healthy baby!
Aww brandy, congrats! I hope everything goes well, and you have a good pregnantcy!
Thank you all for the luck and congratulations. I will be keeping you posted on this topic as to how things are going, so stay tuned.
Congratulations, and good luck with the pregnancy! Better you than me... :-)
I have my first OB/GYN appointment on March 3rd, so I will tell you how it went.
Well, I went to the doctor Tuesday and via an ultrasound, I found out I'm actually nine weeks pregnant instead of ten. So, I'm actually due October 7. I didn't get to hear the heartbeat because I'm not as far along, but I did get a print-out of what the baby looks like inside me. It's a little less than an inch long. How cute! I've really started having morning sickness this week, which in my case happens more at night around dinner time and lasts all night. I was also told that I can try for a vaginal birth after a C-section (VBAC), which is very exciting to me. I don't want another C-section, not after what I went through.
Just thought I'd let you know how things are going, but I also wanted to leave this topic open for anyone who has questions or comments about pregnancy. I will tell you more info as I know it about what I find out about topics that are of particular interest to me on this topic.
aww, congrats. That is awesome awesome news.
I've always been fascinated with the development of a baby from an egg, all the way to full term. Good luck on the vaginal birth after Cessarian. i hope everything goes well. *smile*
Ok, well, I'm starting a blog about my life's happenings and I think there I will post the majority of my baby stuff. So, check out my new blog in my profile, if you're interested in that kinda thing.
awww brandy. only just noticed this bored. so my congratulations is a bit late. but congratulations anyway, that's awesome news.
Dan.
How's the pregnancy going?
Hey. Got about 8 or 9 weeks to go. Things are going good. I am tired more, and considering the fact that I'm chasing a toddler around, I guess I can't blame myself. I passed my GT and my iron tests, so I'm relieved. GT is Glucose Tolerance for those who don't know. It's to test for gestational diabetes. Baby is wiggling and kicking more than my son did; which scares me because my son walked at 8 months and was trying like mad to hold his head up and look around shortly after he was born. I know it probably means nothing, but still... I am nervous about my VBAC, but still glad I'm trying for it. I would never elect for a C-section, even if my first one went decently. I don't understand why any woman would want that. That's just me and my opinion, though.
I don't understand why any woman would want to elect to have a Cessarian either. Unless it is absolutely medically necessary to have one, that baby will make his or her debut when he or she is good and ready. No doctor should tell you otherwise, and if they do? Well ... uh ... find another one?
I had a friend who went in to hospital to have her son. She did not want pittosen, (phoenetically pronounced puh toe sin), but what did the nurse do anyway? Gave it to her. For those of you who might be sitting there wondering, it's a synthetic version of the hormone women's bodies naturally produce to stimulate the uterus to contract both during periods and during labor and delivery.
Grrrrrrr, another reason I hope to have a baby at home with a midwife there one day. Of course, I'm saying hope because I understand labor's not always going to go as planned. good luck on the Vback, and hope things go smoothly. *smile*
hey! i hope u have a good pregnancy and let us know what u having as soon as u find out!
Brandy,
I just found this board also.
My prayers are with you!
God bless yu, your family, and your newest addition soon to be here.
Take care and hope things go very good for you.
Lol. Funny how things change.
Well, I've had a lot of time to consider it and also I've looked in to my decision to try for a VBAC more thoroughly. Even though I was dead set on a VBAC, I've decided to have a C-section. I've talked to my doctor and I feel that in my particular situation, I could fail to progress again like I did with my son and endup with another emergeycy C-section if the baby's heart rate fluctuated. Also,Ilive about 45minutes fromthe hospital, and feelthat if anything such as auterinerupture were to occur, I'd rather be closerto the hospital, and sinceI'm not,theidea of it happening en route to the hospitalor while I'm still at home laboring scares the crap out of me. Also, I am going to get my tubes tied, and figured I'd just kill two birds with onestone and get my C-section and my tubal ligation done simultaniously, well almost. Lol. So, if I don't pop before then, our daughter will be here September 23, 2009 at approximately 12:30 in the afternoon.
great decision for you made with practical considerations in mind. congratulations. the 23rd is a great day on which to be born. my dad's house is settling on the same day. who ha!!! please have someone write for you to let us know how things went. i for one will be praying.
Thank you so much for your prayers. It also helps to know from someone whose been there like yourself, that I'm making a good decision. I know I've been pretty adamant about having a VBAC, but like I said a repeat C-section is what I feel is best for us even though the recovery is certainly going to be a tough one.
Hi, Brandy, I too just found this board. Major congratulations! I will be praying for you and your family as well, particularly on the 23rd. It looks like you're getting the baby girl you wanted. Any idea what you're going to name her? Write when you are able and let us know how it went.
Congrats Brandy, glad you are comfortable with your decision and your baby will be here soon. I look forward to hearing your birth story
Congrats! I love children. I have two adorables myself, but until today I didn't know these boards existed! That's so wonderfu! What names have you thought of?:
Yes, we do have a name. Hannah Amyah Katelyn Bryant. I will post this on my Names topic, too. Lol. Yep, she'll abe here the 23rd if I don't go in to labor before then.Hopefully not, 'cuz I got everything all planned. But you know how babies are. Everything's on their timing.
JAWS butchers her first middle name which is Amyah. It's pronounced Amiah.
what a gorgeous name!!!!!
That's a very pretty and unique name. I have to ask though, what made you decide to give her two middle names? Just curious.
Nathaniel has two middle names. I loved the name Nathaniel and yet I wanted part of his name to be after his daddy and the other name to be after his great-grandfather who passed away when I was pregnant with him. So, his name is Nathaniel Louis James. And actually, Hannah will be Hannah Amiah Katelyn. I switched the Y for an I on Amiah because my name ends with an I and plus it sounds better. I've always wanted kids with two middle names anyway. It's my way of being unique.
That sounds so precious! I can't wait until she comes. It will be exciting to hear about it.
Well, unless I'm mistaken, today's is Hannah's debute. I hope everything went well with the both of you. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Good luck. Meg
I love her name it's so unique and hope to hear about her birth soon.
congradulations! i'm guessing she should be here, as of yesterday. enjoy her. and I love that name.
Yup, she should be here any day if she is not here already. This is so exciting.
My prayers are with you all, Brandy. Update us when you are able to.
I am with everyone else. My prayers go out to you and the rest of your family.
The names you picked are wonderful names.
Take care and God bless you!
Hope everything went okay, and that you and your family are doing well. How's Nathaniel adjusting to having a new sister? *smile* Yes, please update us when you get back.
judging on her absense, i'm thinking that she has already had the baby. She is in my prayers also.
And I think she had an elective Cessarian, so she needs time to recover from the sirgery.
Hannah Amiah Katelyn Bryant was born at 1:25 PM on
wednesday September 23, 2009. She was 17 inches long and weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces. She's very sweet and sleeps for six hours in the night! Nathaniel saw her for the first time yesterday and kissed her on the nose and said "My baby." She's doing well and nursing is going really well.
Thanks for all the love and support.
awww brandy, congratulations! i'm very happy for you and your family.
That's awesome! Congratulations. Hope all continues to go well.
Congrats Brandy!
Yay! :) Seventeen inches ... That seems small, but I'm glad she's doing well. How's the incision healing?
what an adorable sounding little girl!!!!! give her a big hug and lots of sloppy kisses from me!!!!
Congratulations, Brandi! She's a small baby. Hope everything continues to go well for you and your family.
Congratulations!
congrads! only one inch longer than my chunky monkey. i bet she's tiney, and perfict.
Congratulations, Brandy. I hope you are healing well, and that the baby is doing well also.
More on Hannah's birth: Get ready, it's long.
Now that my little angel is sleeping blissfully in her bed and not in need of mommy for the moment, let me fill you in on the details.
It was a scheduled C-section which in my opinion is a hell of a lot easier to go through versus my son's birth which was an emergency Cesarean. I knew almost exactly what to expect, but I was still terrified that I would have those God-awful muscle spasms that started happening after my son was born; they left me in so much pain, I cried almost the whole first night he was born and didn't feel like I could thoroughly enjoy him when he was first born. So, before Hannah's birth, a friend offered to pray with me that things would go well and that I wouldn't have the spasms. So, I went in and had the spinal done, which numbed me from the chest down. Then Louis came in and stood beside me while they performed the procedure. Nobody really warned us when they removed her from me, so all of a sudden in the middle of all this silence, the doctor says, "It's a girl," and little Hannah started crying. Then Hannah and Louis left and the doctor performed the tubal ligation and stapled me up which took between 30 and 40 minutes, maybe longer. During this time, I could feel the numbness start to wear off, and I noticed it wearing off in my right hand first. While it was wearing off in my arm, I noticed my arm jerk, similar to what my whole body did after my son's birth. I almost started crying, but held it together to ask the nurse, "Did you see that? My arm started spasming. That's what my whole body will do when this wears off." She said she noticed and told the anisthesiologist. He didn't say much, even though I expressed my concerns to him prior to the surgery. So, the spasming continued for awhile and I prayed silently to God that it would just go away. Then, afterI was stapled together, it went away. I asked the anisthesiologit if he'd done anything and he said no. I never had a spasm since that time. Then they wheeled me to my room, which was where I recovered and Hannah and her daddy were waiting for me. Louis and I got an hour to bond with her by ourselves, no visitors were allowed and she also got to nurse for the first time in that hour as well. At the other hospital with my son, I was rolled in to my room and tons of people were already there to grabup my son and hold him, and I was the last to hold him. Well, the first night, we never slept. We just held and snuggled with Hannah, and because I didn't have any spasms, the pain was pretty bearable and I actually bonded with our new baby girl. The next day, Thursday, my aunt and uncle came to see us, and in the evening after they left, I got this excruciating headache that lasted for three days. It only let up if I lay flaton my back and put a cold washcloth over my eyes. I'm told it's the equivalent of the worst hangover in your life, but mine lasted three days before they finally figured out that I was having a "spinal headache," which occurswhen the needle used in an epidural or spinal block punctures the sac of spinal fluid and this causes spinal fluid to slowly leak out, which also takes away the spinal fluid around the brain, so when I sat up or did anything besides lay flat, my brain would be moving around with nothing to cushion it. So, on Sunday, I got a caffein drip which meant I had to give Hannah a bottle of formula so she wouldn't be wired on caffein all night. That took the headache away, but the doctor told me that would only be temporary and that topermanently take them away,Icould either choose to suffer another week or more, or do what's called a blood patch. Basically, they insert a needle in to the spine, and using another needle, they draw blood from one part of your body and insert it in to this big needle in the spine which then forms a blood clot that seals the hole. Well, after that was done, I cou2dn't walk because the pressure on my muscles in that area would cause me to feel these electrical shocks down my legs andit was so severe I couldn't walk without being in pain. That scared the crap out of me because I thought it was permanent. Well, by ten o'clock that night, I was up walking again, and I even went from one end of the hall to the other. So, the next day, I went home.
Here are some words of wisdom when dealing with nurses and social workers in the hospital when you go to give birth:
Always be honest. When they ask you something like, "How do you change diapers?" Be as honest as possible, but keep it short and simple. My husband said it very well, "We do everything by feel and smell. We can tell if it's peeor poop, if she's got diarrhea or is constipated. We can tell if there's a rash or if the rash is getting worse or better. We can also tell if the diaper's on right or not." When we explained all this, they were impressed and some of them wanted to watch him change our daughter more out of curiosity than anything else. We did have a social worker come visit us in our hospital room and it was actually because I had mentioned having issues with postpartum depression after my son was born. Louis and I were at first nervous to have her there, but then it was actually nice because I got some of my most gut-wrenching fears taken away just by getting clear answers from her. So, I asked her, "What are some of your concerns that you would have when facing a blind couple having a baby?" She asked whetherwe had anyone nearby that could come and visually chck on anything if we were concerned about say a suspicious rash or jaundice. I said we had some friends that live nearby but also that our apartment complex had an on-site manager. She also asked if our house was child-proofed considering we had a toddler running around and I said yes that we had gatesup, one for the kitchen and one for our bedroom. I also told her wehad one up for his room to keep him in at night while we were asleep because he likes to get up and play. She asked if we had enough food in the house and because of my Cerebral palsy, whether or not we had In Home Suppor Services. She also gave ius info about WIC which we already knew about, but needed anyway in order to transfer our case. I told her about some of the horor stopies I had heard about blind parents getting their kids taken away, and she brought up a good point that really, we don't know the whole story, and it's not fair to assume anything unless you were personally involved. I had a very good experience at the hospital and generally found people to be curious and just interested in how we did things. The social worker did offer to have a nurse come in to chck the baby over and makesurethat she was okay and we told her we didn't need a nurse but that we had afew friends that could come and check on her. People did ask if we had support and we said yes, as we need it and that nobody lives with us and takes care of our babies. Some were hessitant to accept my answer, others were more or less at ease. If anyone has questions regarding all thes, let me know.
Brandy,
God bless yu and your family.
I am so happy for you.
Thank God you and the baby are doing fine.
great job on your birth!!!! you handled everything with intelligence, discression, and class. you hsould be very proud!!!!! as for the blood patch, you did the exact right thing. I've heard of this and that it works wonders.
Brandi,
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter! I'm glad that you are doing better and that they found out what was going on in time to take care of the patch. I'd also like to thank you for the tips on social workers. I'm hoping to become a mother in the next couple of years, and I soak up what I read on these boards.