off the wagon
i caved this afternoon. i had a half-pint of chocolate milk: nirvana in a waxed paper carton. and i had a chocolate cookie with reese's pieces in it; actually, the cookie wasn't that good - it was so sweet it made my tongue curl. but the chocolate milk - oh! it was worth every gram of sugar. i will have to eat burlap with a side of raffia (undyed, of course) for dinner to make up for it, but i will be able to recall each slurp of chocolate milk with every chew.
i had to do something. i've been wanting a giant iced chai all day - for days and days, actually. and when we ran into the bodega for sandwiches between this morning's monitoring and going to work, i left a puddle of drool on the floor in front of the cooler with the bottled frappuccinos (the large size of which, incidentally, is equal in carbs to the largest of my three meals each day). i've been trying to deal with my sweet-drink cravings with home au laits (a third of a cup of coffee with splenda, filled up with unsweetened soymilk) and the occasional fresca, but it's not the same.
when milo is born, i have my order ready for the first one of justin's aunts who asks what she can bring me: fatty tuna sushi from kimo's, and an apple cinnamon roll and at least two iced chais from the west side market. i don't think that's asking too much, under the circumstances.
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when i dropped justin at home this morning, there was a big envelope sticking out of the mailbox, all the way from the land of oz. inside was a soft toy platypus and the cutest set of clothes in turquoise and chocolate brown, from the lovely and too-kind clare. justin was so disappointed to find that the knit pants in turquoise and chocolate horizontal stripes were size 000; i'm sure as i write he is hunting them down on the internet to see if they come in adult sizes. i'm overwhelmed by all the people pulling for milo, so excited by his imminent arrival. it's like the twelve days of christmas at our house, several times over.
with the addition of the red/blue/yellow/green platypus, he now has something in his room from every continent except antarctica. he will be quite the international baby. god, i hope he gets our love-of-travel gene. i will be oh-so-disappointed if i birth a home-body.
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justin ordered some books for me from the library on baby-related topics i requested, and he picked them up this afternoon, so tonight i plan to cozy up with them and - ugh - a nice cup of decaf tea (which almost makes me wonder why i should bother, but i digress) while justin goes with his buddy to the konono no. 1 show, for which he excitingly won tickets from one of the local college radio stations while we were en route to the hospital today.
while i'm focusing on all things milo, please enlighten me on your experiences with membrane stripping. i had it done with hans, but only after i had just learned he was dead, and probably because i was in shock i have no memory of how it felt; plus, it was just to get the ball rolling while i got admitted to the hospital and got the epidural put in and so forth until they could start administering the misoprostol, of which i had several doses. have you or someone you know had it done? how successful was it? how painful was it? did it have to be done more than once, and if so, how long did you go in between strippings? if it worked, how long was it between the stripping and labor or delivery? please help me manage my expectations, which i'm sure are presently unrealistic.
i had to do something. i've been wanting a giant iced chai all day - for days and days, actually. and when we ran into the bodega for sandwiches between this morning's monitoring and going to work, i left a puddle of drool on the floor in front of the cooler with the bottled frappuccinos (the large size of which, incidentally, is equal in carbs to the largest of my three meals each day). i've been trying to deal with my sweet-drink cravings with home au laits (a third of a cup of coffee with splenda, filled up with unsweetened soymilk) and the occasional fresca, but it's not the same.
when milo is born, i have my order ready for the first one of justin's aunts who asks what she can bring me: fatty tuna sushi from kimo's, and an apple cinnamon roll and at least two iced chais from the west side market. i don't think that's asking too much, under the circumstances.
*****
when i dropped justin at home this morning, there was a big envelope sticking out of the mailbox, all the way from the land of oz. inside was a soft toy platypus and the cutest set of clothes in turquoise and chocolate brown, from the lovely and too-kind clare. justin was so disappointed to find that the knit pants in turquoise and chocolate horizontal stripes were size 000; i'm sure as i write he is hunting them down on the internet to see if they come in adult sizes. i'm overwhelmed by all the people pulling for milo, so excited by his imminent arrival. it's like the twelve days of christmas at our house, several times over.
with the addition of the red/blue/yellow/green platypus, he now has something in his room from every continent except antarctica. he will be quite the international baby. god, i hope he gets our love-of-travel gene. i will be oh-so-disappointed if i birth a home-body.
*****
justin ordered some books for me from the library on baby-related topics i requested, and he picked them up this afternoon, so tonight i plan to cozy up with them and - ugh - a nice cup of decaf tea (which almost makes me wonder why i should bother, but i digress) while justin goes with his buddy to the konono no. 1 show, for which he excitingly won tickets from one of the local college radio stations while we were en route to the hospital today.
while i'm focusing on all things milo, please enlighten me on your experiences with membrane stripping. i had it done with hans, but only after i had just learned he was dead, and probably because i was in shock i have no memory of how it felt; plus, it was just to get the ball rolling while i got admitted to the hospital and got the epidural put in and so forth until they could start administering the misoprostol, of which i had several doses. have you or someone you know had it done? how successful was it? how painful was it? did it have to be done more than once, and if so, how long did you go in between strippings? if it worked, how long was it between the stripping and labor or delivery? please help me manage my expectations, which i'm sure are presently unrealistic.
posted by laura at 5:34 PM
11 Comments:
Hi Laura,
I'm so glad the parcel finally arrived. Isn't the shipping slow between our countries. The platypus came from the Melbourne Zoo, so all proceeds will go to the upkeep of the platypus enclosure there. cool ugh. and tell Justin the Bonds make adult and kids sizes. much like Gap I think? so I guess there is a big pair of Turquoise and brown pants out there for him. The chocolate milk sounds yummy. and on the topic of membrane striping, I had it done to me once (as I was going to be induced) and I thought it was horrendously painful but ok after it was all over. it's not long now... Hi Milo...
I know nothing about membrane stripping. But it makes me want to say ouch. It sounds...um...unpleasant.
So you caved one day. No worries. We all have our moments of weakness. You've done such a great job thus far - don't fret!
I was out looking for diaper bags and came across a cute store on the web. For some reason, I thought of you, but I didn't have your email addy so I'm posting it here (you can delete if you want). www.tuttibella.com
I think I'm going to buy those little red Pazito lace up boots for girls. Oh, and check out the Charlie Rocket page.
Awaiting Milo's arrival!
Well... at 42 weeks and 1 day pregnant my midwife tried to strip my membranes for the first time. My cervix was so posterior (at over 42 weeks pregnant!!!!!) that she couldn't complete the procedure. So… umm… I don’t know if it’s more painful than an exam. (I wasn’t really dilated at all at the exam, but went into labor about 24 hours later.)
Good luck!
ts - that's a great site! (justin - you would love the guitar tee on the charlie rocket page). i'm done with diaper bags, though - looking at them makes me insane, and i have the bag i want from the first time anyway - a robin's egg blue kenneth cole bag with black trim that's very fresh and groovy baby boy looking without looking like a diaper bag. justin has his classic eddie bauer plaid dad bag, too, so we're done. plus it kills me to look at $200+ bags for carrying around baby poo!
I had "stretch and sweeps" with both pregnancies and they were uncomfortable but not overly painful, kind of like an extra-rigorous pap smear. They did diddly to get me started, though. I also had my water broken after I was induced which was barely even uncomfortable, the huge crochet hook they looked terrifying.
I had my membranes stripped with my first - we were about 5 days away from my due date. It didn't hurt while he was doing it, but about 1/2 hour later I wept in the car. I couldn't find a comfortable position to sit and everything between my navel and my knees hurt like a mofo for a couple of hours. Labor started a couple of days later. That doctor didn't deliver the baby - thank the goddess!
Sue me, but I'm glad you got a little pleasure. Being strict all the time is no fun. I hope there were no ill-affects!
I had my membranes stripped with Chloe and it didn't hurt and it didn't do much either. I think i was 2 cm dialated at the time? I had contractions after and they were even regular for awhile but then they went away. So the next morning we went into the hospital for the crochet hook...i did go into labor right away after having the water broken though, no pitocin necessary. So maybe it helped after all?
You will have those iced chais in no time...
I have no idea about the membranes.
But I just wanted to say you're doing so well with the gd gd and being such a good mom already, and I'm really proud of you! And you deserved your chocolate milk!
God, I don't even want to think about membrane stripping. It sounds hideous. Is this something that you're definitely going to have done? Do most doctors do this?
Can I just add that now, of course, I am DYING for chocolate milk, which I can't have? I've made it 6 months dairy-free and not even thought about chocolate milk, and you have to go and post this. My mouth is watering!
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