New comments on 'GBS Positive'

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:41:28 -0500

I'm watching the CASH CAB now..haha! Then I'll get dinner ready. Let me know when you get that Castor Oil. :-)

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:37:02 -0500

haha.. i'm the same way!

Meghan

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:36:09 -0500

LOL!! What's even funny is, I would sometimes cover my eyes when I know something is going to pop on the screen. I feel like a kid, but at the same time, I can't turn the channel and still want to know what's going to happen next.

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:32:10 -0500

Haha.. that would be a long drive! oh man.. I watch a ton of discovery.. travel... discovery health.. haha.. guess i'm a geek too! I was watching the ghost documentaries.. but now i've seen every episode.. haha.. lol i'm the same way! and we had the windows open the other night and it was insanely windy, and the attic door wasn't down tight, and so the wind sucked it up halfway open and i was crapping my pants.. haha

Meghan

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:28:51 -0500

Ooohh...I'm all the way in Maryland. All I do at home lately is watch the Discovery Channel...I'm a geek, I know. LOL!! Boring, huh? I am now hooked watching ghost documentaries every 2 pm everyday. LOL!! I'm home alone and I get all jumpy when I hear noises down the hallway of our apartment. HAHA!

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:25:28 -0500

oooh.. contractions from laughing? darn.. wish that worked for me.. i'd have had this kid a long time ago!! :)

i live near salt lake

Meghan

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:24:37 -0500

AHAHAHAHA!! Now, I'm having contractions from laughing!! Gosh, I wish you're just nearby. I'm bored to death here at home. Where do you live?

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:23:10 -0500

oh gotcha. hey.. at least it would be fun.. then i can pop the balloons to scare my cat.. hehe

Meghan

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:15 -0500

LOL!! I will actually use the Playtex Drop Ins because it's BPA-free and the nipples are very soft and shaped like a real mother's breast. I returned my Dr. Brown bottles because of the BPA scare. :-)

Blowing up balloons, huh? How does that work? haha! That sounds interesting!! haha!

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:16:40 -0500

Haha.. I just found something that said blowing up balloons increases abdominal pressure and can start labor.. want to come over and blow up balloons til we pass out? :)

Meghan

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:11:41 -0500

Thats definitely a good idea.. i'd suggest getting the new bottles that function like the breast so you don't end up with nipple confusion! I think they are made by dr brown. i have one.. need more than that really!

Oh i will be.. i've done hours of research on it.. and the conclusion I've come to is it will only work if baby is ready.. and if it doesn't work, I'll just be really uncomfortable.. but apparently it doesn't hurt the baby at all.. so we'll see

Meghan

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:09:58 -0500

hahaha! Yeah, that's why I froze the milk and let Bella drink that as soon as we get back from the hospital. I still get the yellowish discharge when I squeeze my nipple, so I know I still have that colostrum left for her to drink when we're still in the hospital.

Where are you going to get the castor oil? Gosh! Do be careful, ok? When you won't be able to write back, that means you're in the bathroom or already in the labor and delivery. hehe!

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:05:21 -0500

i'm really really considering going to get castor oil tonight... i'm so close its not funny.... i'm just tired of all the pressure.. want my little guy here.. want his daddy to be happy.. you know.. all that stuff I already said a million times! ;)

Meghan

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:04:44 -0500

oh yeah it definitely will. the thing i've read that worries me though, is that if you do it too much, you'll use up the colustrum and start making milk.. and the baby really needs the colustrum in the first few days after birth.. I dont' know if thats true or not.. but i don't want to risk it!!!

Meghan

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:02:29 -0500

I was scared that after that I would start leaking because I started pumping early, or even worse, I would lose my milk because I already started and didn't continue. But I've read that our body will release a hormone that will continue producing milk esp. when the baby is delivered. So, I felt reassured after that. LOL!

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:22 -0500

haha mine got a little sore... but not too bad.. i'm sure they'd have been worse if i'd kept going

Meghan

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:59:34 -0500

haha! I got scared too, but I still kept pumping. My nipples got so sore after. Oh my!!

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:58:31 -0500

It's funny.. its not even my in-laws! This is grandbaby number 13.... so they are like, whatever! It's the first for my family.. so I'm getting constant calls. esp when I'm sleeping!!!

Btw.. I used the pump today.. but I got scared when milk started coming out.. haha.. so I quit.. lol...

Meghan

New comment from lexie123

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:54:42 -0500

haha! Gosh! Don't you just hate answering those calls? I love my mother-in-law to death, but sometimes I get irritated. Sometimes I don't answer the phone anymore and just tell her later on that I was taking a nap, blah! blah! I know they don't mean anything bad, they're just as excited as we are. What's even worse, my hubby's cousin and aunt started to make a "bet" that I would give birth on a certain date...that doesn't make me feel better! LOL!

lexie123

New comment from Meghan

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:50:29 -0500

My whole family keeps calling me asking me "Are you in labor yet?" every day. It makes me want to turn off my phone!

I hear ya.. I keep trying to think that.. but I know he's ready! (Haha.. no I don't.. but I want him to be.. haha...) I just want dh to be able to spend time with him..... so badly...

Meghan

GBS Positive

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:10:45 -0500

Hello Dr. Q! :-)

I just had my 39-week prenatal appt. this morning and I asked for a membrane sweep. My doc said she couldn't because my GBS came back positive and she can't risk doing something that might accidentally break my amniotic sac. I was told that I will be treated with IV antibiotics when I go on labor. I'm currently 3 cm dilated and 75% effaced. My doc told me that I'm progressing and that she's hoping that I will go on labor anytime this week. If I still am pregnant until my appointment next week, I will be scheduled for an induction. I understand that as long as the baby is still within the amniotic sac, she will be safe from the Group B Strep...but my concern is--what if my water bag breaks before I get treated for it through IV, will my baby get infected? I am so scared that my water bag will break anytime before I go to the hospital.

Thank you again for your expert advice.

lexie123