Jump to content

  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):

    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):

  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Support Our Content
    eNewsletter
    Donate

Stef The Kicking Cutie

Lisa

By Lisa
in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff

Recommended Posts

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted
  • Author

Stef:

Just checking in. Looks like things are very near.

With my first, I had four days of "false labor." (labor, but not dialating, nor progressive). After the fourth day, the doctor told me to drink a glass of wine. Why the heck could he not have told me the first day!!! It sure helped and the labor stopped. (She, was two weeks early).

It sounds like that is what you are having. This helps your actual labor time. When I finally went into actual labor.... my water broke at 6:00am and she was delivered at 6:45am. Boy, it was quite an experience. I didn't even have time to breath. 100% natural.

Take to day and rest. You will be busy soon enough. Thinking of you. :)

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


  • Replies 223
  • Created
  • Last Reply
stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted

Well, it isn't always bubbly. Maybe like 1 out of 10 times and then it isn't really bubbly, just like a little bit. This is very strange. :blink: I will wait a little bit longer and see what happens.

After I posted here I laid back down. Same thing, when I woke up ten minutes ago I had cramps and needed to go to the restroom. Now I'm fine :o . I decided to just wait it out a few more hours and see what happens and then make a decision.

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
Posted

Sounds like things are progressing. I'm not any help because I never went through labor.

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted
Did you guys get that bad storm that came through? It was bad on the East shore!!!

Oh, I completely forgot. We saw some lightning on our way home from the Fair. It seemed to come from over Harrisburg area somewhere. I never noticed much of a storm here and I was up two times tonight. However when I looked out the window this morning I noticed water on my dh pick up truck. So it must have rained at least.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted
Oh, I completely forgot. We saw some lightning on our way home from the Fair. It seemed to come from over Harrisburg area somewhere. I never noticed much of a storm here and I was up two times tonight. However when I looked out the window this morning I noticed water on my dh pick up truck. So it must have rained at least.

Stef the lighting was bad! We were leaving the Route 22 Target and lighting struck real bad and all the lights went out.

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
Posted

The lightening here was HORRIBLE!!! We left the races when it started to rain and the lightening kept on for over an hour. We drove around for a little until the rain stopped. It was a miserable evening.

Oh, yeah, and our dryer went out on us yesterday. Ugh... Now I can't do laundry until we can get someone out to fix it. My hubby took the clothesline down and there's no where to hang a temporary clothesline either outside or inside. Does that sound like the baby's coming soon, or what??? Ha! With my luck, I was surprised the baby didn't come last night.

I thought of something yesterday. If the baby waits until September 4th to come, it will be exactly 6 months between her birthday and Tori's birthday. Tori's birthday is March 4th. How cool would that be?

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted
The lightening here was HORRIBLE!!! We left the races when it started to rain and the lightening kept on for over an hour. We drove around for a little until the rain stopped. It was a miserable evening.

Oh, yeah, and our dryer went out on us yesterday. Ugh... Now I can't do laundry until we can get someone out to fix it. My hubby took the clothesline down and there's no where to hang a temporary clothesline either outside or inside. Does that sound like the baby's coming soon, or what??? Ha! With my luck, I was surprised the baby didn't come last night.

I thought of something yesterday. If the baby waits until September 4th to come, it will be exactly 6 months between her birthday and Tori's birthday. Tori's birthday is March 4th. How cool would that be?

That would be cool!

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
Posted

That would be neat if they were six months apart for birthdays. :) Glad you guys got through the storm ok and hope you can get the dryer taken care of soon.

For our children we have the 22nd, 23rd and 21st.....wanted the 24th for the last one but that was Thanksgiving. Don't know too many doctors that would willing be in for c-sections on a holiday. :P They are different months though.

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
Posted

Stef and Angie,

I just wanted to wish you both the best of luck with your upcoming arrivals! You are both inspirations....you, and all mothers!

Anxiously awaiting the big day for you two!

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Hey Angie,

My younger son's birthday is also Sept 4th! What a great day for a birthday :D

The year he was born (1984) it was--you guessed it--Labor Day :lol:

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
Posted

Wow, I'll bet the hospital will be short staffed on labor day... I hope the maternity ward isn't. I'm hoping we go before then, but who knows. My due date isn't until Friday. Plus, if she waits until September to come it won't be so bad, at least she'll have a really pretty birthstone. My birthday is in August and I always hated my birthstone. September 4th wouldn't be such a bad day to have her. Plus, labor day weekend is always still warm out so we would definitely be able to do outdoor birthday parties for her. It stinks with Tori's birthday in March always having to do indoor parties.

Stef, I love that diaper bag!!! It's so cool!!! Is it about the size of the JJ Cole bags? I always thought one of those would be really nice to have, but never wanted to spend the money on it.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted

I know at our hospital we are pretty well staffed on the holidays. I am not too keen on the Peridot either, I am not a green person though....I am a blue/purple girl.

You should do an ice-skating party for Tori when she gets a little older, that seems fun.

little d Enthusiast
little d
Posted

Stef, the fluid that you were speaking of you said that it was yellow in color, it could just be a little meconium, it does not always have to be green it could also be yellow. I know you are past the time that I put for your delivery but it is still the 26th.

Angie, hi

our hostpital on holidays, depending of our census (paients present) we staff accordingly some (RN's, techs) may get to stay home and get called later if Labor and Delivery gets busy then we will eventually get busy. The few holidays that any part of the floor we have 2 sides, one side will get closed are maybe Thanksgiving and Christmas. And it also depends on if your nurse checks on you when she is suppose to, usually every 2hours or sooner.

Good Luck to both of ya'll I hope that ya'lls labors are short and sweet if possible

donna

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
Posted
I know at our hospital we are pretty well staffed on the holidays. I am not too keen on the Peridot either, I am not a green person though....I am a blue/purple girl.

You should do an ice-skating party for Tori when she gets a little older, that seems fun.

I am totally a blue/purple kind of girl!!! Purple is my favorite color, blue's my favorite clothing and accessory color. Funny, huh? I could definitely do without the peridot. You're an August birthday too, aren't you?

Yeah, I've thought about that. We have an ice skating rink in Lancaster. I've never ice skated, but I've always wanted to learn. I think that would be a really cool place for a party. I want to give her a skating party too one of these days. I think she'd like that. We have a tiny house and I'm not much for entertaining guests, so we've always had Tori's parties at other places like kiddie gymnasiums and the like. I can't wait until she's a little older so we can start doing more grown up parties like the skating parties. I have no idea what we're going to do for her this year. We've pretty much exhausted all the kiddie stuff around here. Plus, all of her cousins are older, some much older, and they all get invited to the parties. I was thinking about renting a room at the rec center for this year, but I'm not sure I want to take on planning a party with a tiny baby. I'm not a very good planner anyway.

Stef, anything new???

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted

Yep, dying to know...Stef any news!!!

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted

Hi there, everybody. No news here. Well, I did not go to the movies yesterday, cause about 45 minutes before I wanted to leave, hubby came home. And I found it kind of cruel to go, when he didn't want to go, so I stayed at home... lol. I give it another try today. The first evening show is at 5pm and I hope, this time, he won't be back until then. Otherwise I might have a short change in plans. I will fuss around the house the entire day and practice for the Capoeira Batizado on September 29th in Lancaster. The physical and the history part :lol: . We don't have to learn or know the history, but I thought, either all or nothing. I'm a perfectionist. Well, and physical I only study the basics for right now, no gymnastics, until little Lukas is here. And then he can watch mommy flipping in the living room :P . But if this moving part should get the contractions going and labor started, then so be it. Then I kill two birds with one stone. I will get my baby out and practice for the Batizado at the same time :blink: , plus I like to multitask. Then, when I'm exhausted of all the movement I either nap or learn history or work on the nursery and some arts and crafts. So this will be pretty much my day. I will let you know, if something changes :lol:

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted

I read somewhere, that a glas of wine together with a relaxing bath can get labor going or started. Does anybody know anything about this? I thought, you shouldn't take a bath, when labor isn't really established yet, cause then you relax more and then labor really does not set in??? Or maybe the combination bath together with the wine does the trick? I'm confused. :blink: Some sources also tell you, you shouldn't drink alcohol during pregnancy. Others tell you, a glas of wine at the end of your ninth month shouldn't do any harm, cause baby's mostly developed already. Do any of you know anything about this? If you heard about it or even tried this yourself, did it work? I'm sorry, I can't find the thread anymore, where it was mentioned. I'm also not sure, if it was on the preggo board or on the celiac board. Help me, please... :blink:

little d Enthusiast
little d
Posted

Stef

I don't know about the wine thing, I saw MammaGoose post something about the wine, I sure that she knows.

I have also heard that having sex will get things started too, there is a cemical in the sperm that will get things started but I think that if you are dialated any then I might work.

If you have not had you baby yet I guess that I don 't win <_<

donna

taweavmo3 Enthusiast
taweavmo3
Posted

Sex works.......not exactly thrilling when you are 9 months preggo, but totally worth it if it gets some contractions going!

Good luck, hope you are holding your baby boy soon!

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted
Is it about the size of the JJ Cole bags? I always thought one of those would be really nice to have, but never wanted to spend the money on it.

Hi there, I have no idea what JJ Cole bags are. Well, when I hang this bag I made over my shoulders, it looks like it's embracing me... lol. It's a little bit big, cause, well, ah, it's guys size :lol: .

And there's something else I wanted to let you guys know. I think, this is it. I'm trickling a little as we speak. The funny part is, if this is it, I was off with my prediction about when the entire thing starts by 15 minutes. Remember, when I wrote, that I think, Lukas starts to want out, after my first division starts on Tuesday 8:45am? And that it would be 2:45am in the US then? Well, I woke up tonight at 3:00am (it was even a few minutes before that, cause I staid in bed a little) and something was running out of me. So I thought, I had peed myself and went to the bathroom. But when I was sitting on the potty, just a little bit came out. So, I was like. Hm, I must have peed so much, that now nothing's coming anymore. By then I had stopped leaking.

Since I had run out of liners (so I thought at first) I put on a complete new panty and went bag to bed. I wasn't lying down for 5 seconds a little bit came out again, but not much. So I tried to squeeze and it stopped. And we learnt, when you can stop it by squeezing, it's not it. I didn't even have time to think about it and immediately drifted off to sleep again. By 5:20 (exactly 2 minutes

before this moon eclipse happened...lol) I woke up again and I had something coming out of me again. This time the second panty was completely wet at the bottom. Again that bubbly stuff. This time it's not smelling sweet and I am having contractions, that I am timing at the moment.

It looks like my water broke and it also doesn't smell like urine. More like sweet kind of..., but since things are progressing apparently I wanted to make sure and that's why I'm still sitting here typing. I think this is it though guys.

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted
This time it's not smelling sweet and I am having contractions, that I am timing at the moment.

Sorry, I wanted to write: This time it IS smelling sweet.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted

My fingers are crossed.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Oh how exciting! :D

Good luck, Stef--I'll be waiting to hear.

Cheri A Contributor
Cheri A
Posted

Good luck!! Wishing you a quick labor and delivery!!

barbara123 Apprentice
barbara123
Posted
Good luck!! Wishing you a quick labor and delivery!!

Best of luck hope your labor is speedy

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):


  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      131,948
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748
    Stephanie94
    Newest Member
    Stephanie94
    Joined
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):

  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      121.5k
    • Total Posts
      1m
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):


  • Who's Online (See full list)

    • There are no registered users currently online

  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • Jacki Espo
      Covid caused reoccurrence of DH without eating gluten

      By Jacki Espo · Posted

      This happened to me as well. What’s weirder is that within a couple hours of taking paxlovid it subsided. I thought maybe I got glutened but after reading your post not so sure. 
    • Mari
      New Celiac Mama in My 30s

      By Mari · Posted

      Hi Tiffany. Thank you for writing your dituation and  circumstancesin such detail and so well writte, too. I particularly noticed what you wrote about brain for and feeling like your brain is swelling and I know from my own experiences that's how it feel and your brain really does swell and you get migraines.    Way back when I was in my 20s I read a book by 2 MD allergist and they described their patient who came in complaining that her brain, inside her cranium, was swelling  and it happened when she smelled a certain chemical she used in her home. She kept coming back and insisting her brain actually swelled in her head. The Drs couldn't explain this problem so they, with her permission, performed an operation where they made a small opening through her cranium, exposed her to the chemical then watched as she brain did swell into the opening. The DRs were amazed but then were able to advise her to avoid chemicals that made her brain swell. I remember that because I occasionally had brain fog then but it was not a serious problem. I also realized that I was becoming more sensitive to chemicals I used in my work in medical laboratories. By my mid forties the brain fog and chemicals forced me to leave my  profession and move to a rural area with little pollution. I did not have migraines. I was told a little later that I had a more porous blood brain barrier than other people. Chemicals in the air would go up into my sinused and leak through the blood brain barrier into my brain. We have 2 arteries  in our neck that carry blood with the nutrients and oxygen into the brain. To remove the fluids and used blood from the brain there are only capillaries and no large veins to carry it away so all those fluids ooze out much more slowly than they came in and since the small capillaries can't take care of extra fluid it results in swelling in the face, especially around the eyes. My blood flow into my brain is different from most other people as I have an arterial ischema, adefectiveartery on one side.   I have to go forward about 20 or more years when I learned that I had glaucoma, an eye problem that causes blindness and more years until I learned I had celiac disease.  The eye Dr described my glaucoma as a very slow loss of vision that I wouldn't  notice until had noticeable loss of sight.  I could have my eye pressure checked regularly or it would be best to have the cataracts removed from both eyes. I kept putting off the surgery then just overnight lost most of the vision in my left eye. I thought at the I had been exposed to some chemical and found out a little later the person who livedbehind me was using some chemicals to build kayaks in a shed behind my house. I did not realize the signifance  of this until I started having appointments with a Dr. in a new building. New buildings give me brain fog, loss of balance and other problems I know about this time I experienced visual disturbances very similar to those experienced by people with migraines. I looked further online and read that people with glaucoma can suffer rapid loss of sight if they have silent migraines (no headache). The remedy for migraines is to identify and avoid the triggers. I already know most of my triggers - aromatic chemicals, some cleaning materials, gasoline and exhaust and mold toxins. I am very careful about using cleaning agents using mostly borax and baking powder. Anything that has any fragrance or smell I avoid. There is one brand of dishwashing detergent that I can use and several brands of  scouring powder. I hope you find some of this helpful and useful. I have not seen any evidence that Celiac Disease is involved with migraines or glaucoma. Please come back if you have questions or if what I wrote doesn't make senseto you. We sometimes haveto learn by experience and finding out why we have some problems. Take care.       The report did not mention migraines. 
    • Mari
      My only proof

      By Mari · Posted

      Hi Jmartes71 That is so much like my story! You probably know where Laytonville is and that's where I was living just before my 60th birthday when the new Dr. suggested I could have Celiacs. I didn't go on a gluten challange diet before having the Celiac panel blood test drawn. The results came back as equivical as one antibody level was very high but another, tissue transaminasewas normal. Itdid show I was  allergic to cows milk and I think hot peppers. I immediately went gluten free but did not go in for an endoscopy. I found an online lab online that would do the test to show if I had a main celiac gene (enterolab.com). The report came back that I had inherited a main celiac gene, DQ8, from one parent and a D!6 from the other parent. That combination is knows to sym[tons of celiac worse than just inheriting one main celiac gene. With my version of celiac disease I was mostly constipated but after going gluten-free I would have diarrhea the few times I was glutened either by cross contamination or eating some food containing gluten. I have stayed gluten-free for almost 20 years now and knew within a few days that it was right for me although my recovery has been slow.   When I go to see a  medical provide and tell them I have celiacs they don't believe me. The same when I tell them that I carry a main celiac gene, the DQ8. It is only when I tell them that I get diarrhea after eating gluten that they realize that I might have celiac disease. Then they will order th Vitamin B12 and D3 that I need to monitor as my B12 levels can go down very fast if I'm not taking enough of it. Medical providers haven't been much help in my recovery. They are not well trained in this problem. I really hope this helps ypu. Take care.      
    • knitty kitty
      Does anyone here also have Afib

      By knitty kitty · Posted

      Fascinating.
    • DebJ14
      Does anyone here also have Afib

      By DebJ14 · Posted

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

NOTICE: This site places This site places cookies on your device (Cookie settings). on your device. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.