Re: He's doing 'Lord of the Dance!' -

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I am 37 weeks and I have to say, since the time my little girl

started to move, its been non stop. Not particularily painful

though, just very strange. Its funny that you say your little guy is

doing the " lord of the dance " because my saying is that she is doing

the " macarena " non stop, lol. There is always a little hand or foot

going or the strangest rolling sensation in my belly that is

visible. My favorite is when she has the hiccups (like right now,

lol) I know I am going to miss this so much in a few days (I am

being induced later today due to preeclampsia!!!).

As for measurements, as long as they are not too far out they don't

worry too much (>4cm). As long as the ultrasounds have shown growth,

adequate fluid levels etc, my Dr's have been happy with me. I have

had an u/s every week for the past few - they do something called a

biophysical profile after 32 weeks which scores baby on the growth,

movement, fluid level etc. to make sure everything is okay.

With measurements, there has only been one week where I have

measured right on where I should be. Usually I have been two to

three weeks small and I didn't really look pg til about a month or

so ago anyway. Someone told me I am carrying deep in my pelvis

(first baby)..

Anyway, good luck with your delivery soon. May I ask why you are

having a csection? Just curious, especially since I may need one too.

Hope this message helps a bit.

Hugs,

EDC Nov 10. Being induced Oct 20!!!

>

> I'm still a little concerned about his weight (and the fact that

I'm

> smaller than most think I should be at 35 wks) and size, but this

> baby is tearing my abdomen and ribs to peices!

> He isn't kicking that often, but rolling, stretching and jabbing

the

> crap out of me to the point of pain and taking my breath away.

Just

> last night my husband tried to keep up with the movements and the

> baby lost him every time. At one point (I was breathing hard and

> complaining about SOMETHING being in my back just below my ribs)

he

> put his hand under my back and yelled " OMG! That's GOT to hurt! "

> Sometimes it looks like I have a softball in my side...

> He doesn't calm down at night either. It took me 20 minutes to

turn

> over at 2am...the pain and muscle cramping hurt so bad!

> It wasn't like this with my son.

>

> Is anyone else this far along with such adoment movement? Everyone

> keeps telling me that he should be big enough to not move so

> much...but this kid is on a mission!

>

> in Detroit

> csection 11/24 at 39.5 wks

[Guest guest]

First of all, congrats on your first baby and good luck with your

induction this week!

I've also been told that I'm carrying this one real low...in fact

just last week I had a very short u/s to verify WHAT IN THE WORLD was

poking at my cervix. It was clear as day...the baby has his legs

completely 'outward', he's facing the front, kind of sideways and

while his left leg is in my ribs, his right foot is STRAIGHT DOWN

into my vaginal area and we saw it in action. He's pushing up all

his weight with his right foot!

The doctor said it actually looked like his foot was caught.

I wound up having an emergency csection with my son. I'm severly

anemic and have low blood pressure (last wk it was 82/51) so I guess

the baby will get used to this as well.

They gel'd me at 42 wks...and started Petocin shortly after. During

the THIRD day of 12-hr Petocin (they THANKFULLY do not abuse mommies

like that anymore!) I was still at 2cm, 100% effaced but my blood

pressure went skyhigh (for me) at 135/90. This put my son in major

distress...his pressure was all over...175 all the way down to

38...that's when I was rushed down the hall, hair in the wind...and

he was out in 3 minutes.

They also later found out that my pelvic opening is very small and he

would have NEVER EVER fit through there. He actually had

a 'conehead' for a week where his head was stuck!