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Kim Caught Her June Bug ... Welcome, Gwendolyn Eleanor!!!--WARNING: WOMEN'S THREAD
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/27/2008 2:22:17 PM
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PrincessDonna
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Jeanie! That sounds awful...and hilarious at the same time. LOL Well, hilarious now, looking back on it. I can totally relate to wanting to just cry. I sobbed the whole way home after I had Hannah...for no real good reason. I just had to. 
With Levi, I did have a going home outfit for a boy that I had brought just in case. But him being the 10+ pound beast that he was, it was too small. My mom went home and washed all my little boy baby clothes and brought me some to pick from. Then we realized that the holes in the snowsuit we had would not fit in the new infant carseat we had, so Brian had to go pick out a blue baby blanket to wrap around him in his seat. There are basically no stores in the town the hospital was in and this was after 6 at night, and I was determined to go home that night. He did a good job, and I'm sure felt much pressure while he found something that would work, so that his poor hormonal wife wouldn't cry the whole way home again.  Aaaahhh...memories...
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/27/2008 3:41:11 PM
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Funny thing for me is that I look practically exactly like dh's grandmother did at my age ... I resemble his family more than my own!!!
Kim, how goes the day for you?? Enjoying this cooler weather after yesterday's excruciating heat (well, excruciating for May)?
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/27/2008 4:01:57 PM
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Royal.Fortress
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Thanks for asking, Kara!! Yesterday was DISGUSTING!!! It was so humid and warm  So yes, today is much nicer!
I've done three loads of laundry, including the 'junk set' of sheets that we got at a garage sale for the birth, and some more baby clothes from said sale 
I had my home visit from my midwife and her student - it was fun! Now I should qualify the term 'student'. She's almost done her third year, which means that in a few months she will be attending births on her own as the secondary midwife (the one who comes when you start pushing), so she's not very 'studenty' ... and this is her second degree AND she has a little girl already!
My BP was 110/72, and they didn't check weight or urine (lol - my m/w forgot to restock her urine sticks!). Fundal height was 37, heartrate was in the 130s, and the student was shocked by how much lower June Bug is this week from last! They dropped off their big kit (tonnes of stuff in it!), toured the house, and we chatted about where I might labour, when I should call, who I should page first, when they'll come, etc. It's getting close!! 
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/27/2008 4:14:40 PM
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Royal.Fortress
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They've got ... let me see ... chux pads, a kidney basin, a peri bottle, stuff to start an IV including IV tubing, several IV solutions, stuff for bloodwork, labels, suture supplies and needles for injections, a box of baby meds (erythromycin and vitamin k), stuff for anaphylaxis (benadryl and epinephrine), oxytocin and ergonovine for PPH, gravol, gloves, umbilical cord clamps, and a sharps container. They bring more stuff to the actual birth, as well - like oxygen tanks, resuscitation kits, etc.
Oh - and my GBS swab came back negative!!!! YAY for no ABX during labour!!! WUHOO!
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/27/2008 7:47:53 PM
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Karaboo2
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I'm hoping I actually get to go forward with the homebirth this time ... with the first three, it was out because I had an OB instead of a midwife. With #4 it was out because I was far too anaemic ... but this time my iron is staying (relatively) where they like it ...
(Oh, and a note for anyone not from Ontario who reads this thread ... all those things in that birthing kit are standard ... and 'free' to us -- the gov't covers the cost ... which albeit, we paid for with our taxes, but it's SOOOO nice not to have out of pocket birthing costs!)
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/27/2008 11:53:15 PM
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Karaboo2
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Well, seeing as you are MY contact, I guess you'll be the first on here to know!! :) Mind you, with the way the weather was yesterday, and the fact that I've NEVER looked THIS pregnant prior to week 39, I'm hoping this babe decides that 37 weeks is a lot nicer sounding than 42!!!!!!!! (#3 was mid-August, and 2+ weeks post-date ... middle of a massive heat wave!)
So when are you going to prep your bed for the birth?? Most people I've talked to around here get it ready around week 39 ... put nicer sheets on, then put a waterproof PADDED mattress pad on top, and then the rattier sheets for birth ... then once baby is here, the old sheets and mattress pad get stripped off and clean luxurious comfort awaits underneath!! (They say 39ish weeks just so the older sheets are ready just in case your water actually breaks IN bed ... mine usually breaks right beside the bed, as I'm getting up for yet another bathroom trip!)
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/28/2008 5:11:08 PM
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Good idea! My water broke in bed 4 times! Only 2 were gushers though, the other 2 were just tricklers. I think I just made up a new word. 
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/28/2008 7:44:55 PM
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Karaboo2
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When do you normally have your babies, Kara?
In terms of closeness to due date, it has varied with each one ...
#1 I was induced a week late (they thought Ilene was a 10 pounder which is why I was induced rather than waiting ... she was just under 7lbs!)
#2 Jacob was born the day before he was due, but MAN OH MAN was I sick sick sick with the flu ... kept lapsing in and out of consciousness
#3 Joseph was oh so kind enough to come 16 days late ... came mid-August 2005 ... had ben due the last week of July ... middle of a hot summer with no a/c 
#4 Thomas came a week to the day early ... he was my only baby with a midwife.
As for actual labour, no contractions have started until my water has broken ... even with #1 -- they started the pitocin a full hour before they broke my water, and it was only at that point that contractions started ...
Now, with this one being due August 15, I'm REALLY hoping he comes a little earlier than that ... I dont' want to go through August uncomfortably pregnant ... I'm uncomfy enough now! (I'd like him to come the Civic weekend, as all four are going camping with grandparents -- so no fussing with calling sitters during labour)
Oh ... also ... all of my deliveries have been during the day!!! No night babies for me thus far!! (We have 3:46pm, 4:01pm, 11:28am, and 3:27pm) ... the earliest my water has broken at home was 5am ... (with #2 I was already at the hospital because of that flubug, and there it broke at 3am ... but even then it wasn't too bad)
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/28/2008 10:32:02 PM
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Karaboo2
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They were basing their guesstimate on Ilene's size simply on fundal measurements, etc ... NOT by ultrasound or anything like that .. she 'felt' big ... turns out it was 6 feet of cord (instead of the usual 2-3 feet) ... the RN's were joking about skipping with it, and I think someone (on staff) snapped a pic of the OB holding it up because she had never seen one like that before (and she has 6 of her own kids)!!
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RE: Royal.Fortress (Kim's) June Bug-Catching Thread - 5/29/2008 11:51:54 AM
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Karaboo2
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It was very loosely around her neck twice ... but no knots or anything else like that ... was really funky to see, that's for sure!
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