Born in Mar 2009

How many of the March 2009 birth club ladies are TTC or pg?

XandersMa-Ma — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:59:46 GMT

I'm just curious!

March 09 ladies our babies have a forum now!

AirForceWife&MommyX4 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:18:17 GMT

i'm so glad to finally see we finally have a birth club instead of just a preggo club, after requesting for so long I had given up.

just curious who is still here with babies born in March.

I was on the march 09 pregnancy club because Emma was due the end of March but she ended up comming Feb 28th. She was born with a few problems with her heart that have all cleared up, and she was just a little twig for the first month or two but she has really chunked out now and went from the 5th percentile to the 100th. She is behind with her milestones by about 2 months cause she's a happy lazy baby but she's slowly catching on and just finally rolled over the other day at 5 1/2 months from back to front, still can't do front to back and still can't lift her head barely when she is on her tummy and still can't sit in her exersaucer very well because she doesn't have much back strength. I think she will be about 8 months by the time she sits and because she has still yet to ever put one ounce of weight on her legs I think she will be 15-18 months when she walks, but she's my last baby so it's okay if she takes her time :)

hope to hear there are others here from our birth clubs.

March 09 Roll Call for September

emit — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:42:08 GMT

Emit (Emilia) due March 26th, has hoping for .

Lillylolly due March 7th, my first baby .

Jojogirl due March 9th, has hoping for , having .

My4BoysNeedaSis due March 10th, has hoping for .

Erin due Feb. 28th, has and hoping for either /.

QueenRhea due March 7th has , hoping for a healthy baby .

AirforceMommyX4 (Joy) due March 27th C-section scheduled for 3/6, has hoping for a .

Thr3boyzmom due March 5th, has hoping for a healthy .

Sarahkittie due March 1st, has , hoping for , having a .

Jodiehall due March 12th, has and hoping for a .

AmyLynn0121143 (Amy) due March 12th, has , hoping for .

Twins5boysinall due March 14th, has , hoping for .

Spacescape due March 1st, first baby, hoping for .

Madlei due March 20th has , happy with either or.

SummerNicole due March 1st, has , hoping for and having !

Mom2Bryce due March 8th, has , hoping for .

Saeidlittleone due March 11th, has , hoping for .

Xxnataliexx due March 21st, has , hoping for .

Sparkle76 due March 9th, has , hoping for .

Boricua4life due March 3rd, has , hoping for .

Welcome to Born in Mar 2009!

MaureenBot — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:16:39 GMT

Congrats to all the new mamas! This Due Date Buddies forum has now become a Birth Club forum, can't wait to hear about all our new little ones!

My baby boy!

Seashells — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:57:03 GMT

I have not been on in awhile to update, I had my baby boy on March 16th. He weighed 8lbs. 5 oz. He is such a blessing and DH and my girls are in LOVE!!! I am still in awe with having him and to watch my girls with him. I hope everyone is doing well with their little bundles of joy!

How is everyone doing??

XandersMa-Ma — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:32:16 GMT

I am coping with the colic, I've learned it helps to bounce up and down, side to side while holding him. It's very tiring at 12 AM but it is somehow easier then it had been panicking and not knowing what to do.. I find after he gets 3 hours of crying he goes to sleep.. might tire himself out but this is also after giving colic tablets.

I love him so much though, I would not change a thing.

So how is everyone else doing?

It's a...

soontobe3 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:17:28 GMT

BOY!

Elliott Francis was born at home on March 18, 2009

I always knew deep down this baby was a boy, but it was such a wonderful and empowering birth experience (we had a homebirth and waterbirth), and he is such a calm and alert baby....I really feel like it was all meant to be.

I have some moments of sadness, mostly because I know this is our last child. Although I didn't really enjoy being pregnant for a 4th time, it is still hard to believe this part of my life is over, and a new chapter is beginning (maybe we can actually take that trip to Disney World in a few years!). I am now a mom of THREE boys, and my dd is completely in love with her new baby brother. She said to me the other day "Mommy, I don't want to have girl babies anymore when I grow up, I want to have BOY babies!" She's going to name them all Elliott- just like her new brother.

I posted a link to photos and my birth story in the birth announcement section.

Thanks so much for letting me take this wild ride along with you!

Heather

my non preggy body!!!!

wannab — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:15:51 GMT

12 days after c section and I am loving havin my body back!!! I cant wait to get into the gym. I got on the scale 2 days ago and I am 20 pounds under what I started being prego. (remember I lost 20 pounds or so having hyperem. then gained that plus 4 pounds during pregnancy, so ended being prego 4 pounds over what I started at) here is the last pic taken of me in front of the house before c section pregnant... next is the after pic....

Who's left for March?

AirForceWife&MommyX4 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:28:04 GMT

just curious since nobody posts much anymore who is still preggo?

seems like we had a rush the 1st part of the month (or in my case a few hours before march LOL) but haven't heard from so many there were on our list with due dates.

No longer pregnant

emit — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:24:38 GMT

Carlyle arrived on Sunday night, 11 days ahead of schedule, at 10:35pm, weighing 8lb. 8oz. My water broke at 8:40pm and everything went quickly from there! Everyone is happy and healthy!

Congrats to all of those who have already had their babies and best wishes for all those who are still pregnant!

I'm in the hospital!!!

XandersMa-Ma — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:47:21 GMT

My water broke around 10:30 PM while I was on the treadmill at the gym.... came down to the hospital and they set up the antibiotics and pitocin at 1 AM so now I'm waiting but I had to come on here and tell you ladies that tonight's the night! I will post more tomorrow when he's here!

Andy is here! More Pics pg.2

twins6boysinall — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Our sweet Andy Thomas is here. He was born on Friday at 12:39 in the afternoon. It was the best labor and delivery I have had. I had them give me the epidural before things got started so I had no pain at all. The only complaint I had at all was our room was so cold. Even the nurses said our room was colder than the halls or the other rooms for some reason. But all in all things went really well.

They told me and my husband they were worried he might be to big to come down the birth canal. He wasn't dropping down like he should. But in the end he was fine. My husband said the doctor lubed his head to get him out. I thought that was funny. When he did come out he didn't cry. Scared me I thought something was wrong with him. The doctor made him cry for a second. But as soon as they handed him to me he stopped. He is such a quiet baby. I just love him to pieces.

He is my biggest baby yet. 8 pounds 2.4 oz.

Emma update and new pics!

AirForceWife&MommyX4 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:22:02 GMT

this is torture, I miss my computer time! LOL I feel like i'm either sleeping or tending to one of the kids lately and then sleeping again. so long in the hospital and I felt so awake that when I was able to sleep I couldn't get my body to go to sleep that now my body is catching up. Plus waking up at 10, 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 and then trying to deal with teenage attitude on spring break and a 2 1/2 year old jealous sibling is wearing me out.

thank you so much for all of your advice, unfortunatly it didn't seem to matter how many times I pumped my supply was dwindling by the day and yesterday Emma wouldn't latch on all day long. If she was a good sized baby I could have made her wait to re learn to latch when she got hungry enough she would re learn but I couldn't do that to her knowing that she needs every ounce so each time I eventually gave in and gave her a bottle. This morning is the 1st time that I didn't try to latch her on and took off my nursing bra in exchange for a tight sports bra to dry up what is left of my milk. I am sad but yet at the same time i'm just so glad to have her home and getting healthy that i'm okay with it.

Emma is doing great, she sleeps alot but when she is awake she is so peaceful just taking in the world around her, i'm so in love! She is up to 5 pounds 8.5 ounces so she's growing like a weed eating 2 ounces at each feeding every 2-3 hours so she's really packin in the food!

Here's a pic of me and Emma while we were waiting for our discharge paperwork, I never wear make up so this is rare! LOL

wannab Hope your C-Section goes well Today!

twins6boysinall — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:56:58 GMT

I hope everything goes well and you have a safe delivery. Can't wait to see pictures of your little guy!!

sorry i've been MIA

AirForceWife&MommyX4 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:02:32 GMT

hey ladies, I'm so sorry I haven't been online, it has been a really rough week. I've only got 15 minutes before a doc appointment so i'm just gonna give the quick version. Emma was supposed to be off her antibiotics last monday and get to go home after the doctors made their rounds that morning, my DH packed up my desk top computer he had hooked up in my room and all the stuff from the room and we were ready to go and so excited when the doc came in and said she didn't feel comfortable signing Emma out because she hadn't gained enough weight. Nobody told me that the night before when she had gained but only 2 grams that day, she was still under the 10% weight loss which was what we were told was the requirement to take her home. The doctor felt bad but said she didn't want us to have to be re-checked into the hospital in a few days even though I told her I would take that risk and if that is what was needed we would do that, her reasoning was that every scale is different at each pediatritians office and she wanted to keep track of her on the same scale. I offered to bring her back twice a day for a weight check but they refused.

we debated about checking her out AMA, we wanted her home so bad, I had been stuck on level 3 of the hospital for so long, the only time I could leave to go to a different level was when my DH was there but he was at home 99% of the time with our other 3 kids due to nap times and older boys in school so I felt so trapped all the time. Finally we all agreed to have her weight checked again by dinner to see if she would gain 15 grams and they would let her go. So to get her to pack on weight the nurse let her breastfeed for 10 minutes each feeding and then supplimented with formula but they only let her feed at the 10:30 feed and the 1:30 feed, she was due to eat again at 4:30 but they insisted on weighing her at 4 so of course she wasn't gonna gain much in just 2 feedings...after switching her to formula what did it get us. SHE LOST 2 grams! when I saw that I just crumpled to the ground sobbing, seriously I was a wreck. They checked her into the NICU overnight and wouldn't even let me room in with her anymore, saying that babies grow in REM sleep and that I pick her up too much and pat her back while she's sleeping too much and the noise of the other kids were keeping her from growing. The 5 of us drove home and it just felt so wrong not to be taking her with us. I cried myself to sleep and woke up the next morning rushing back to see if she gained 15 grams but instead them taking her away from me and her siblings and force feeding her formula instead of being at my breast she LOST 11 more grams! I just wanted to scream. I demanded they let me room in with her again and they agreed, although that room my DH couldn't even get the internet hooked up so i've been without a computer since monday that's why I haven't been able to post or read anything about you all.

Finally last night she gained 46 grams, 3 times what they were looking for but they still wouldn't let her go! I asked the nurse to have the doctor call me and they were supposed to come by so my DH and kids waited until 9 p.m. but nobody ever came. It was like they kept changing the rules, telling us what she needed to gain and when she did that they would up the amount they wanted, I just wanted to scream. The next morning they weighed her again and she gained another 30 grams and after the doctors made their rounds they agreed to let her come home!!! I was sooooooooooo excited! we are on our way out to take her to her pediatrian, please pray for me that she is still up what she had gained otherwise they said they are gonna check her back in.

unfortunatly all those days of supplimenting with bottles have made her mouth not form right anymore on my breast. even when I do get her to attatch she is not latched right and only gets 10 minutes of gulping before she delatches so then I have to give her the bottle. I have a hospital grade pump the base is letting me use but the amount i'm getting is going lower and lower and only getting 1/4 an ounce from each breast. I know if they had let us go on monday I would have succeeded at breastfeeding her but now I feel my dream slipping away and don't know what to do. I tried a supplimental feeding device which is like a tube attatched to my breast feeding her while she breastfeeds but she does not like it at all...I know we did what had to be done but I feel like each day she is getting more used to the bottle and less interested in nursing...i'm still pumping every few hours but from Emma not finishing me each time and the pump only getting small amounts my breasts this morning were 1/2 the size...I had gone from a AA to almost a C, now the B cup bras are baggy so I know I don't have enough milk for her. I am taking comfort in the fact that this time my body didn't fail her like all my other children when I didn't make milk, this time I had milk. Even when she was breastfeeding the nurses would come in with a bottle and say it was a written "order" I even said "what are you going to do take away my birthday if I don't put that in her mouth?" it was a constant battle to where they would guilt me into it until I just felt defeated, and now I feel like they have stolen this special experience from me and her....But atleast she is home!!!!

love to you all, i'll get more time to read everyones posts this evening, can't wait to hear how everyone is doing and who else has had their babies!

OK so now I am kinda freaking out....

wannab — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:47:21 GMT

ok so c section scheduled for tues at 530 pm. I am so ok with surgery and would love to perform them etc. But today I watched a c section on you tube which I have watched thousands of these and others on tv etc. But now knowing it will be me i feel kinda freaked out. I also watched a spinal video and YIKES!! i hate needles!!! so yeah.... um..... i go for my pre-op tomorrow and then the big day tues..... kinda freaking out now.... does the spinal hurt??? I dont really care about the rest along as I am numb which I will be and trust the docs but the inital insertion of that spinal thing YIKES!!! also when do they put the catheter in??? I have never had one and would love it if they wait till I am numb??? hummmmm

nicholeraine- Did he come out yet?

wannab — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:23:13 GMT

I am so excited to see him and hear the story of his entrance!!!!

Feeling down...

XandersMa-Ma — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:05:57 GMT

I feel really stupid after being sent home from the hospital last night. I shouldn't have even wasted my time, I knew it was going to happen anyways. Of course I'm still 3 cm dilated.. hasn't changed since Monday. And I've gone from 50% effaced to 75%.. but that doesn't mean anything. It could be another week or two before I reach 100%.. And my contractions are real, but they aren't regular enough.. they vary in intensity.. So basically my body is doing nothing. It's just upsetting that everyone I know who was having their first baby too, had their's before or on their due date. Even my newsletters are e-mailing me and telling me I should have my baby in my arms by now.. My ticker too. I don't know why everyone else got their's with no warning signs, no dilation or anything just a couple days before.. but my body can't even seem to figure out how to do it properly. With my luck I'm going to end up being induced in a couple weeks.

I go to the hospital Tomorrow night!

twins6boysinall — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:26:07 GMT

My stupid OB is having me go in the night before she induces to put that softening thing in so I will be "ready" to be induced Friday morning. So Little Andy should be here some time on Friday.

I am so glad to be done with this pregnancy. I feel like the house. Although I only gained 10 pounds in all. Before I try again I need to loose about 40 to 50 pounds so I can be more comfortable in the last month next time.

I know wow yes we are going to try for a girl again.

wannab?

XandersMa-Ma — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:52:18 GMT

Did the castor oil work for you, or are you still here too??

Okay.. Who's still pregnant?

XandersMa-Ma — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:00:47 GMT

Everyone I know who's pregnant and was due around the same time as me has had their babies! I'm feeling a little jealous!

Who's still with me here?

AIRFORCEWIFE&MOMMY....HOW ARE YOU?

emelia — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:11:01 GMT

if i'm not mistaken, you had your c-section on Monday? can't wait for your birth announcement and pictures. hope your doing well and that you not in to much pain!

have a blessed day!

Thinking about you Joy and wishing you luck!

Mrs. Weasley — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:39:07 GMT

Just wanted to wish you luck and let you know you and baby Emma are in my prayers for tommorrow!! I cannot wait to see her beautiful little pic! I hope all goes well for you sweetie!

super active baby...

wannab — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:17:09 GMT

so the past 3-4 days the nathaniel has been soooooo active!!! just wiggling all around etc. I dont know if it is causing more contractions or what but it hurts when he moves... the pressure in my booty is bad and also it feels like I have been punched in the tummy right in the top of it where his BIG butt is! lol anyone else feeling more movement lately?

Last OB appointment of my life! LOL

AirForceWife&MommyX4 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:06:43 GMT

after 7 babies, i'm finally done with OB appointments, well for pregnancy anyways! I signed the form to have my last tube tied so no more babies from me!

My OB really wanted me to let him do the c-section this afternoon, he was the one wanting to do the c-section this week all along, with my prior history of this being my 4th c-section and being cut like a T instead of the usual lower transverse c-section.

He kept turning to my DH with his back towards me like he thought he could convince him instead of me at the appointment today that the risk of rupture now outweighs the risk of the baby being premature since i'm 36 weeks now and that my uterus can rupture even without having contractions and then me and the baby would only have 15 minutes before I bleed out...just what every pregnant woman wants to hear huh? So now I have my DH wondering if we are making the right decision.

He checked for dialation and i'm completly closed and I haven't had any contractions or signs of labor or mucus plug or any uterine discomfort showing signs of rupturing so I talked him into waiting until Monday like planned. He kept saying if I changed my mind just come to the hospital, that is soooooo tempting with the charlie horses, back pain, rib pain, heartburn and the usual just wanting the pregnancy to be over but yet I really think the 5 extra days will help her lungs alot. With all my other pregnancies I was dialated a month early, a few times I walked around for a month dialated to 4 but this time i'm closed tight so I think this little woman would stay in even longer if I let her so I am trying not to let what the OB said worry me too much!

I really wish there was some way I could have a regular vaginal birth...I knew the moment they cut me vertically back in 2000 that my natural labor days were over, but it's still always in my head, longing for a regular birth like my 1st three pregnancies. It just feels so mechanical knowing when she will be born, how she will be born, just so un-natural when I know I could push her out if they gave me the chance, my biggest son was 9 1/2 pounds so I know I could do it, I just wish there was a way