I was told by my OB to drink a glass–GLASS, not bottle–of wine to help induce labor. I can’t say it helped at all. I tried it with Daughter to no avail, so I asked the doc (who was a right old prick–he was a Jerk. I ended up with him because it was a 5 member practice and he was on call), to “do something” and he stripped my membranes. Do NOT get that done–it hurt more than the labor did! :eek:
I had my membranes stripped with my first; my water broken for my second, so when it came to #2 son, I still had no clue what early, as in all by itself, Mama Nature, felt like. The first two I insisted on the docs doing something (as in, “I’m not leaving here until I’m in labor.”) Thank god I did with #1 son–he was 10 lbs, 5 ozs, 22 inches long. Daughter was 8 lbs 110z, 21 inches; #2 son was 9lbs 12 oz, 21 1/2 inches. I did not have an epidural for any of them. The first two were Demerol/Stadol assisted (and then they took Stadol off the market due to some horrific side effect or something…eek); for #2 son I had a pupendal block. And thank god–he was reversed (head down, but facing the wrong way) and that hurt like hell. Easily the worst of my labors (so much for it getting easier with each kid).
Well, this was an interesting stroll down memory lane. Sorry if it’s TMI for all.
Riding my bike yesterday and today, I seem to have either reawakened an old injury or gotten a new one. My tailbone is absolutely killing me–I broke it during delivery of #1 son. So, notwithstanding your imminent delivery, LiLi, my labor is somewhat on my mind (that and #1 son’s Bday is tomorrow).
I forgot to add a game: Mille Bornes, which I am sure we never played correctly. Also, Yahtzee. Manx–I’m that kind of mom.
Can’t hurt, might help. Purl, it’s a really basic Kenmore, and it has never behaved. It was my mother’s, but she doesn’t actually like sewing, and I do (mostly, except for wedding dresses. Too much stress) so I got it. I think it’s about twenty years old. And cranky. And it just sewed binding onto quilted plastic perfectly happily, so I think it’s the zigzag stitch function that’s broken. Bloody thing. rigs, I’m scheduled to get my membranes stripped on Thursday. We shall see. And I was six pounds. That’s what I’m hoping for with the kidlet.
…curling up in a ball in the corner and whimpering…
I got rid of my old Kenmore sewing machine a few years ago and traded up slightly to a Singer Scholastic. It’s been well worth it. The old Kenmore was just at the end of its useful life; it did all the obnoxious things you’re describing, and hated sewing almost every fabric you can name. The new one does fine with just about everything, which is a fast improvement.
But if you can’t afford a new machine? Why don’t you ask on your local freecycle list? People are constantly offering machines on my list. Maybe you could get one that way.
I need to go do something with the dogs. It’s so warm out that if feels like spring, so this will not be a huddle-up-in-a-blankie-while-throwing-the-kong day, thank heaven.
Pshaw. One of my friends, upon learning she was pregnant, decided to cutout all junk food and over processed foods (white flour, white sugar, etc) and baby # 1 was 13 lbs 4 oz. So with baby #2 she ate all the junk food and white sugar she could stomach. Baby #2 still came out over 12 lbs.
#1 son (who is now 6 feet) was the Big One. No C-section, no epidural. He did break my tailbone, and I must say I am in a great deal of pain at present. I don’t recall my bike doing this last summer when I rode it. Gah. Am having trouble walking… It sucks to get old. LiLi–I have no words for you if you get your membranes stripped, except to say I’m sorry and good luck…
Off to buy those knitting needles I was going to buy last week and then forgot about.
Oh, and TDS is back tonight! I get a Jon Stewart fix! Yes!
QD was asking me how you go about not gaining a lot of weight while pregnant. Really, unless you drink lard or something, I don’t think there’s any way to predict how much you’re going to gain. Don’t look at me for advice- I have a french fry addiction. Me not gaining 100lbs has nothing to do with my diet.
Free food is good. Here’s hoping it’s good free food. I hope you’ve properly stored up on coffee so you don’t have to drink McD’s coffee again.
So that I can be first on page 2! mwahahahahhaha…
Am going to lay down and rest tailbone. Have taken 2 Ibuprofen as well. Also, bought new yarn and new needles at Joanne’s. As well as 4 nice UNscented candles 70% off. I don’t like scented candles. I like candles that cost $2.99 instead of 9.99.
Gack! not first on page two. Now I must find something else to say.
#1 son does NOT turn 16 tomorrow. I’m a moron–I even invited the inlaws over for tomorrow, then had to call them back and change it to Wednesday. See what childbirth does to people?
First on two–haven’t been first on a page in a long time. <small, painful dance of joy>
Ok, so I just skimmed to catch up. But I’d like to say Hi to all the MMP newbies!
What a loooong day. I’m exhausted and it’s only 4 o’clock! At least all of the physically demanding work is done now. I’ll probably be working and dawdling most of the rest of the evening. But at least it’s work that can be done while sitting on the couch.
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snowbunny**, as I was cruising the aisles at our local grocery store this morning I saw one of those shower cleaning thingies and thought of you. It was $24.99.
I know that I came in here to say something else, but I can’t remember what it was. Oh well, I’ll remember and come back again soon.
Amusingly, DH is having the same sort of problems with his machine, and it’s not even a year old and cost somewhere between two car payments and a mortgage payment. :eek:
Snapping threads, dripping oil, jamming, overheating, etc… Twice so far, he’s been able to boot it up and sew a yard and a half into something light like tissue lame, or a three-fold strip of whatever light cotton a typical “fat quarter” is cut out of, and the display puts up a big STOP and says the poor thing has overheated. Everyone at the store that’s looked at it was immensely puzzled at the oil - it’s lubed for life, so oiling is never done by the user or even as part of a “tuneup” so oil is leaking out of somewhere. On the assumption he simply got a dud, since the line is normally very well regarded, I believe the shop is going to let him trade up at full price paid to a new machine.
Also amusing is how everyone’s been playing Monopoly and taking critters to the vet lately.
On New Years Eve, we played Monopoly and DH clobbered everyone else. And yesterday, it was take the beast out for a shampoo, shots and a snort. She gets the usual 5-in-1, plus corona, bordatella and leptospirosis - we have raccoons and other known carriers of lepto freely running around the neighborhood, so it’s cheap insurance. She doesn’t even flinch for the shots, but she has a fit when the bordatella stuff gets squirted into her nose. Actually, other than food, the most expensive part of having her is the Revolution to keep fleas and ticks away. The stuff is like an anti-bug forcefield.
Laying off people sucks mmmmmms. Sorry you have to go through that.
We played Risk in 8th grade history. It was fun.
Hi Miss Purl! Have you tried doing crossword puzzles in Spanish? It’s not quite the same use of language, but it seems to be helping me some with German. (My German was getting way too rusty; even though everyone said it was just fine, it took a lot more effort this visit than it has other times.) So anyway, my New Year’s resolution is to actually use German every day (crossword puzzles, reading, YouTube, videopodcasts of the news). I haven’t looked at resources in Spanish (probably should do that too).
Thanks rosie and Sean! It’s neither game, rosie. The one we played has colored tracks between cities (there are maybe 6 colors?) and in some cases gray tracks. You can build across gray tracks if you have the right number of same-color cards to get you through a stretch. I guess I could ask Faraway Best Friend the name of the game, but that would be too easy.
I’ve been putting stuff together so that I can post some pix, etc. about my trip. Of course this means that I got sidetracked about a million times on the internet. There’s so much stuff to read! And so many pretty pictures!
Welcome, **Purl ** and manx (your story cracked me up)!
I like Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit and logic games and Sudoku. I HATE MONOPOLY! I hate strategy games because I can’t think strategically. I don’t much like card games because they require some strategy, too. But over and above all, I hate Monopoly. I had roomies in the Navy that loved it and I tried to be a good sport and play along, but I hated it.
The only time I actually had fun playing Monopoly was also in the Navy. I was in training and one of my instructors invited me and my then bf to join him and his wife for dinner and Monopoly. We sorta played teams - instructor and me against bf and wife. And we cheated - we all cheated, except for the wife - she was oblivious. It was hilarious, and I managed not to guffaw throughout. That was the only time I enjoyed that stupid game.
One NYE, a friend had a bunch of us over to play games and ring in the new year. One of the games was a silly rhyming game that got to be more fun the more we drank. Then she broke out the music trivia game. My husband and another friend declared up front that they refused to sing and they didn’t really want to play the game. Well, it got rolling - guess who sang more than anyone else?? It was a riot!
These days, I mostly play games on line - damned addicting Peggle!! **FCD ** won’t play trivia with me because my head is full of useless information, and he won’t play scrabble because he can’t spell. He likes a game called Lie, Cheat, and Steal, but I can’t lie convincingly.
I finally remembered to call around for a new doctor this afternoon. Finding someone taking new patients around here is almost impossible. Which now makes me worried that this one is accepting newbies… :dubious: But I’ll give her a try. I’m due for my annual poke-n-prod, plus I’ve had a funky little rash thing that doesn’t seem to want to clear up. Now, I just need to lose 50# by Feb 5 so she doesn’t yell at me. I hope I like her. I miss my last doc - a pox upon him for leaving the practice.
Rebo–shut up, it was an easy way to post lbs and oz–yes, I am that lazy. <smacks Rebo with wet mackerel).
Tailbone is still killing me. I need sympathy. And liquor. Or a handsome man to come massage my tailbone for me… Is Viggo Mortensen or Hugh Laurie available?
