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sherrijh
	Age: 38 Country: Province/region: City: Partner: hubby Children: Yes, 4 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation: Tupperware Lady
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Well my name is Sherri & many think I am crazy to be having baby #4 at age 38, but I'm not crazy, I just wasn't ready to be done yet. My oldest son is 17 & graduates high school this year, my middle son is 13 in the 8th grade & my youngest son is 7 in the 2nd grade. Our still un-named #4 boy is due on Valentine's Day. I was sure (until my ultrasound) that God was gonna give me a girl this time since my due date is Valentine's Day & my husband was going to be in Iraq with his National Guard Troop. Wrong! God must have laughed at my logic, this is very much a boy & the good news is since my body has been "falling apart" my husband is getting to come home from Iraq very soon. I have been having really deep pelvic pains for a couple of months now & have 2 different maternity belts to wear to help with it & I am supposed to be on modified bed rest. Whatever, how is it possible to be on any kind of bed rest with 3 kids to take care of by yourself?! And as far as the pain goes, they say that all is fine with the baby, it's just my body is wore out from the other pregnancy's (round ligiment pain). The more I am up & around the more pain I am in, sometimes it's very difficult to walk or stand up after sitting for awhile....the things we go thru for our baby's. I think this baby is going to be a acrobat or something the way he moves around in my belly all the time!

I wish you all a wonderful, safe, fast, full-term delivery with a beautiful healthy baby!

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Laura Ward - Wednesday, 5 November
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Laura Ward - Monday, 6 October
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clairegeo - Tuesday, 19 Feb
cool! keep us informed! its like 'live internet'! lol! best of luck to u and yr family! x

mrsmookie514 - Monday, 18 Feb
thanks so much for your reply, i feel so much better after reading all the responses from the ladies. you're right, it's all in god's hands, and he wouldn't give us more than we can bare...i'm praying for all of us...good luck!

clairegeo - Thursday, 14 Feb
hi, mothers day in the uk falls on 2nd march this year but the strange thing is i think we all cellebrate fathers day on the second sunday in june!? I might cellebrate both mothers days too! i hav a cousin in the US and an aunt/uncle/cousins in canada- does that count enough to allow me both? I vote yes! haha! Its gonna be good 4 me as its my birthday 1st march too, but i hope my birthday present this year gets 'delivered' sooner than that! haha!

clairegeo - Wednesday, 13 Feb
lol! sorry i'll amend it to say in the uk. so the us cellebrates mothers day in may eh? ya learn sumic new everyday! haha! thats really funny then what i wrote! i would hate to be preggers til may! good luck 4 yr valentines baby! x

khylie - Monday, 4 Feb
Hey.
I understand everything you said and it all makes since.
I'm just going to try and talk to her again maybe after the baby is born though so she can see how im taking responsibility.
I know it may be hard for her but its also hard for me.
I wish she would put herself in my shoes.
Thank you for the advice I really appreciate it!

pal2k9s - Friday, 1 Feb
Hi Sherri,

Sounds like you've got a flipper like mine. :) Hang in there- no matter the position, the important thing is that your baby comes out healthy, as I'm sure he will.

It's interesting that your doc wants to induce you one day after my due date, and my doc has scheduled a C-section for me on your due date! Since you may be delivering a week before I do, I'm hoping that you'll share your birth story with me. You must be so excited!

Best of luck to you for a safe, speedy, and healthy delivery!

pal2k9s - Tuesday, 29 Jan
Yay Sherri!!!

I'm so happy for you that your little guy flipped! I hope he stays put. :) Congrats!

I just got back from another NST, and my little girl was presenting breech, but I'm not stressing about it. My AFI was 19.9, and my baby is still flipping all over the place simply because she has enough fluid and space to do so.

pal2k9s - Friday, 25 Jan
Your little guy still has time to turn still. Try not to stress about it too much. :)

As far as the external version... ugh. It was painful. I was offered a spinal block before the procedure, but turned it down. It took three days before my abdomen recovered from the pain (it felt like a drunken Australian had whomped on my belly with a cricket bat). And you have only about a 50% chance of it working, but that also has a lot to do with the skill of the doctors performing it (I don't think my doctors were skilled at all!). When it didn't work, I was left with an overwhelming sense of guilt for putting my little girl through the experience, even though she seemed to do just fine when it was over.

All the women in my family have a history of babies turning within a day or two of delivery. My doctor told me that she wanted to schedule a C-section for week 39 if the version didn't work. But given my family history, the fact that my baby is measuring petite (6lbs, 2oz at week 38), my fluids are good, and that I've been feeling my little one flip all over the place, my OB changed her mind. I'm not having any indications of early labor (and I haven't dropped yet). My doc feels that if my girl hasn't locked herself into a head down position by next Thursday, then she wants to schedule me for either a C-section or induction on week 41 (Valentine's Day). I'm glad that my OB is willing to wait for me to go beyond 40 weeks on my own until intervening.

I was told that the risk of cord prolapse due to membrane rupture exists with breech or transverse presentation. But cord prolapse could happen whether or not I scheduled an early delivery (in the event that I went into labor before the scheduled date). I feel very strongly about taking my girl 'out of the oven' before 40 weeks, so letting nature take its course is a chance I'm willing to take.

Good luck to you! Let me know what happens!

jessicag26 - Friday, 25 Jan
was the pain worse? did you have an epidural? I just dont want to go to fast and not be able to get some pain relief, I had my first with NOTHING and wow, I dont want to go through that again =0) Thanks for your help!

Christinababy2 - Friday, 25 Jan
Thanks for the advice. As soon as my bf gets home to watch our son I'll give it a try and let you know how it works.

pal2k9s - Thursday, 24 Jan
Hi Sherri,

My little one has been transverse at more than one ultrasound/NST since around 26 weeks. I've even had a version done, but it wasn't successful. But my baby has also recently been changing positions from breech to cephalic (vertex).

At the version, she was transverse and would not budge. A few days later I was able to persuade her to move her head down after using gentle circular belly massage and lots of time rolling my hips around on my exercise ball. :) She always has her head down low by the end of the day, but pops back into breech by morning (afternoon tends to be transverse!). I've been considering sleeping upright just to keep her in position.

If your little one can turn, he will, especially if your AFI is still good. Some are just more inclined to flip later than others. Good luck! *sending flipping energy your way*

elmera - Sunday, 20 Jan
hi tell me about it...im on baby number 6 and struggling lol... we already got 1 boy and 4 girls and this one a girl too

jjones0461 - Thursday, 17 Jan
Yes when I got married a friend I worked with gave me a bridal shower. I have not worked there in a year, and don't work now. I am still in touch with all of the girls that I worked with, but not as good friedns. I will invite all of them to the shower though. I think I am just going to ask my mom to give me a shower, I know she would be more then happy to and I would help her, so she won't have to do it by herself.

jjones0461 - Thursday, 17 Jan
Just saw your comment on my poll, they all have very nice homes, bigger then mine actually so I know that is not the problem, I think that they all are just lazy honestly! I may not even have a shower, I don't know yet. Thanks for the comment!

clairegeo - Monday, 14 Jan
I tried to contact a midwife which covers my area 2day to ask about the test and when i'm gonna have a birth plan but suprise- no 1 available. Nevermind, I'l prob not care come d-day! lol! We're not finding out the sex of baby, leaving it for a suprise! Must say, we are nervous, we really don't know what to do with a baby, seriously i held my hubby's mates baby and thought 'OMG these r so breakable' LOL! am sure it'll work out just fine tho. since we're both psychiatric nurses, we're prob gonna 'care plan' the poor child til it needs a life time of therapy anyway! haha! take care x

Jillian1124 - Monday, 14 Jan
Sherri, Yea that is one thing I know I'm gonna have to work on is letting him do stuff and not putting to much of my two sence in, cause then I know he'll be less confidant and less willing to do it next time. I'm just the kinda person who when it comes to my stuff, my house my baby whatever I just wanna do it my way, and it may not always be his way, so I'm really gonna have to work at taking a step back and just letting him be. And yea I'm almost possitive that well have to work through some jealousy stuff cause he is used to having me all to him self and doesn't like to wait or be put on hold for other stuff. As far as sex, or me making him dinner or whatever. I'm afraid that all the change at once is good be a bit much for him. I know it will all work out eventually but I'm just prepairing myself for a rough first few weeks. Exciting, but definatly alot of life adjustments from what it used to be.

clairegeo - Sunday, 13 Jan
hi, i read yr thread and agree. wats a beta strep test?

Jillian1124 - Saturday, 12 Jan
My husband and are both 20 and this is our first. Well he'll be 21 in May. But it's the same for us, he has never had much to do with babies. The most is holding one of our friends for a few minutes once or twice. He's never changed a diaper or bathed or changed or anything never had to deal with a crying jag or any of that. I'll be ok cause I've been around babies since I was 11 but I'm worried about how he is gonna take it. He is so used to our life being a certian way and having me all to himself. I'm just worried about him. Yea we are applying for housing this week, so hopefully I can bring him to a house when he gets back otherwise it will be a hotel for us too. I'm planning on going up about a week or two before he's scheduled to get back to get the house and start setting it up, but we'll see how that goes. That's so great that your husband is finally home. I know I'll cry too when mine gets back. Heck I cried when he got back from a month of pre-deployment training. I know my husband also feels guilty about not being able to be here. He always appologizes. Some times I can't help but be mad that he isn't and take it out on him, I try not to, because I know he couldn't help it, and that it wasn't his choice, but this is hard to do with out him. I just hope we both adjust smoothly to being back together and with a baby.

Jillian1124 - Tuesday, 8 Jan
Yea I'm really excited, actually we'll all be together the begining of May at the latest so not to far from now. And yea it is driving me nuts not to talk to him! Today was kinda hard though especially because I went to my first Lamaze class and saw all the other women and their husbands, and I was there with my mom. I almost started crying right there infront of all those people I didn't know. But you're right about the making us stronger part, I know I've grown up alot since my husband left. But what I would really like to know, was what was it like for you when he first got back and he met your son? I always find myself wondering what it's gonna be like, and I know it's different for everyone, but I would like to know how it was for ya'll if you don't mind sharing.

JessH - Tuesday, 8 Jan
I havent talked to my doc about it, its a new thing and a minor annoyance at best. I dont think it warrants a complaint quite yet lol I have to be miserable to say something lol her curling up in my ribs hurts more lol and thers nothing I can do about it :)

heididelposen - Tuesday, 8 Jan
Awww are you going to try for a girl still?

EmNewMom437 - Tuesday, 8 Jan
I am very happy too that i found this site. I find it amazing how much positive thing i hear and hardly any negative. Thank you so much for all your advice an if ihave any more questions ill be sure to ask!

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