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myfirstbun
	Age: 22 Country: US Province/region: North Carolina City: Fayetteville Partner: boyfriend Tim Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: Please select Occupation: currently unemployed
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This was my first pregnancy. Though unplanned, it is a great thing to happen to me and I am grateful for her. My baby's name is Nichole Elise. Her original due date was July 8th but she was born July 15th. We kept her gender a surprise for birth. My pregnancy had gone great and it was a good experience. Labor and delivery was a good experience as well. Though I planned to have her naturally, I needed to be induced so some meds were necessary and even though I planned on delivering without pain meds, I decided to have an epidural in the end which made the whole pushing experience something exciting and almost fun since I didn't have to worry about the pain. I am breast feeding and plan on continuing until she is ready to begin solids and will change to formula at that time. Feel free to send me a message about anything you'd like to talk about or if there are any questions you'd like to ask about my experiences.

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juliedue2008 - Sunday, 10 August
nope not at all.. dr said to put diaper rash stuff on him kinda thicker then normal.. and thta is what we do.. and we have had zero problems.. he never poops in the night so that helps out far.. but no problems.. at all..

juliedue2008 - Saturday, 9 August
I do not change him at all.. I put a size bigger diaper on him... well really is almost a size 3 he is almost out of a size 2.. but even a few weeks ago I would just leave him all night in the diaper... if he woke up for anyreason at first.. i would just flip him over pat his back and he would be out.. I tired with all my might not to pick him up.. it worked out great for me.. now he doesnt even wake up.. he was wakin gup around 3 just out of habit for a bottle I would go and pat him to sleep no talking and no picking..

juliedue2008 - Friday, 8 August
my son is 15 weeks and on the the every threes.. as well.. it is awesome keep it up.. it is so easy now that he is older. The sleep worked out perfect.. 12 hours he sleeps at night.. it started the he began to sleep through the midnight feeding i was like great... at first i woke him up and then the dr said stop that.. then the 3am was 4 then 5 and then six.. so he was skipping 12 and 3.. then one morning he skipped the 6am feeding.. woot woot.. look at my page and click in his picture i outline his when what week i cant remember now... but keep it up
it works..

Jodi - Thursday, 7 August
hi...the pediatrician told me if you clean the stump more than 2x a day it will take longer to fall off because it is too clean. i guess bacteria helps it fall off. hope this helps

babygal187 - Thursday, 7 August
My son's stump took about 3 weeks to fall off. I took him for his newborn checkup and the doctor told me it was because I wasn't cleaning with the alcohol close enough to the gooey looking stuff under neath there. I was just cleaning around the belly button. She said the alcohol helps dry the stump up. I did this and within a couple days the stump fell off.

singinghide - Monday, 4 August
Phew- I'm so thankful that I'm "normal", and not the only one experiencing this. It's weird because it just started happening a day or so ago, and I had my son a week and a half ago. Hmmm... weird?? But, yes.. I feel so much pressure and discomfort in those areas...

bo - Wednesday, 23 July
No...she does. It's just in her diaper.

collsbaby - Saturday, 19 July
I wanted to post this here in case you didnt' see it...It should be ok to do a sitzbath. I tore like crazy too, same situation as you, and the nurse gave me one in the hosp to take home. (It's AWESOME, and it helps you heal.) Prep H is fine too. Get the cooling pads though and just leave them there until you go to the bathroom next, it helps to soothe the area. Also, use your peri bottle after you go to the bathroom, with warm water. I put a little witch hazel in the water too (sitz bath) to help with healing. Get the spray 'Dermoplast' or something like it and spray the area. It can kinda burn, but it will help to heal. And you've gotta air that baby out! Hang out without anything on to air out the area as well as your breasts if you are breastfeeding. Healing after labor is fun, isn't it??

teresa262 - Saturday, 19 July
The best thing for the hemmoroids and the tearing is tucks pads. It has witch hazel that helps soothe both the tearing and the hemmoroids. My doc told me to fold one pad in half after I use the bathroom and clean up, then leave it there until the next time I use the bathroom. Congratulations to you, and best of luck.

rookie - Saturday, 19 July
Congratulations! I know how happy you are to have your little one!

preciousangels2 - Saturday, 19 July
When I had my first I could barely sit or stand or walk or anything for the first week. It was horrible. It's because of tearing. Especially the sitting, because you usually tear from front to back so yeah... It should get better. They gave me Dermaplast spray at the hospital but you can buy it pretty much anywhere. That helped a TON and then there's the Tucks Pads. Those help a lot too. Anyway, hope you feel better soon and congrats!!!

moopster - Monday, 14 July
i'm hoping i'm getting back to you in time. i absolutely think the cervadil is a good option, especially if you are already dilated. i wasn't dilated or effaced, and it took me to 1 cm and 50% effacement--given that getting all of that started is the hardest and it woked for me, i'm sure it will get you to the point you need to be to labor. my doula was very supportive of the cervadil, and being as dilated as you already are, you'll have more options after the cervadil than i had. good luck! giving birth is an incredible experience and i am excited for you!

bo - Sunday, 13 July
I am getting induced on 15th as well and feel exactly the way you do. Good Luck!

DanaO- - Saturday, 12 July
Hi, I'm from week 26 and read you post. I was induced with my first two and they used cervadil,sp? for both. My understanding is Cervadil is a prostaglanden gel that is placed on the cervix and will help soften your cervix and possibly start labor. With my first, which was almost 11 years ago, I don't recall needing pictocin, and I had no epidural. With my second, labor went faster and I did use pictocin, but still no epidural but pain meds The cerivdal had no affects on either baby. My son had the most problems from the pain med staydal sp?, because I had him so fast. I had about 2 hours after they gave it to me and he came out really tired and it took them a few to get him to cry. Hope this helps. Oh a natural prostaglandin is semen. So if you want to try to prevent it, you might want to have lots of sex,

crystalwinds88 - Tuesday, 8 July
you will possibly have a small baby. I was 105 lb prepregnancy and I was 140 when I went in to deliver... so i gained 35 lb.... now im 122lb... losing weight quick. But it helps that Im breastfeeding. Its true that you lose the weight quicker (your uterus shrinks faster too) and I am walking all the time. When she was 4 days old, my family and I went to Nashville for a convention and it was constant walking... which is very good... I believe that if your sick or weak, the best medicine is being outside :)
If you have any questions, feel free to ask bc its coming from a first time mom who is experiencing new things everyday!

Caracaya - Wednesday, 2 July
I am glad you are okay after the accident. Sometimes I am thinking maybe us pregnant women shouldn't be allowed to drive. I accidentally ran a red light yesterday and generally found myself to be a lot more spacey and distractable. Let's hope we have those babies soon so we have have our shrunk pregnant brains back in their normal sizes

JennSever - Sunday, 29 June
i am on medicaid and it should cover everything including 6wk c/u and birth control method. i am getting a 10 yr IUD

hotpotaaaaato - Sunday, 29 June
with my daughter we got medi-cal (california's version) and I received the "this is not a bill" from the hospital... but everything was covered. Thank God cause it was like $15,000 with my complications! It will cover everything. good luck!

justinsmum - Wednesday, 25 June
hiya um i wldnt stress to much my 1st pregnancy i had no braxton hicks or n e thing and baby didnt noticable drop eather but bubs isnt far away its just frustruting the wait lol

mdbabyno1 - Saturday, 21 June
My mum said kidney stones were worse than labor.

bernadette - Monday, 16 June
if you have a good threshhold to pain you will cope not a problem. dont let your waters be broken until about 7 cm unless they go by thereself as pain will get a bit worse. take your midwifes advice and you will sale through it.

three-for-now - Sunday, 15 June
Of course, you can be dilated for weeks before you deliver. Usally once your water brakes that is when labor begins. Hope this helps