It definitely sounds like it's that time. Idk if you're opting for it but an epidural really helped me with labor pain.
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It definitely sounds like it's that time. Idk if you're opting for it but an epidural really helped me with labor pain.
Definitely opting for an epidural. This past week has been so painful, I just want some kind of relief.
I'm scared of getting one, but I really don't think with as big as he is now, that id make it through without asking for one.
I'm a huge baby with needles but I knew I'd need one too since I'm tiny. I barely even felt the epidural when it got set up and the pain went away within fifteen minutes or so. You'll be fine. :)
Its so good to hear a positive epidural story.
It seems like everyone is trying to scare me into not getting an epidural by telling me their horrifying stories.
I hate it when people do that. Not every epidural has to be some horror story. It's definitely not as bad as people make it sound. You just sit on the edge of your bed, they sanitize your back, and then they put the epidural catheter in. It seriously made the worst pain in my life go away the entire time. Whenever someone says it "stopped working" they just mean they could feel the pressure of pushing out the kid and for some people it hurts.
Ever since the sun set he has NOT quit moving. That was well over an hour ago.
Everyone send prayers, vibes, and star fish wishes that we get a moon baby!
I made a stupid mistake.
I gave the money that I raised to help with our mom's funeral fund, the extra would be used to care for her dogs, to my brother (the one who is supposed to take care of Roxy) and I'm pretty sure that he spent it during one of his schizophrenic episodes. Now we're coming up to the time we need to pay the boarder and he's claiming no knowledge of having the money at all
Hugs to everyone!
And holy crap Shimmer!!!
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I'm scared to go anywhere because there is a giant glaring chance that I won't come back home. I'm terrified I'll be shot doing something as simple as walking to the store or driving somewhere. I'm so scared of going out that my fiance and I sat down to talk about if it was worth the possibility of me dying to go to Mermania. I really want to go, but this threat is too much for us to ignore.
This saddens me so much, I can't even begin to tell you! I want to reassure you that the odds are astronomical, but in this crazy world, there are no guarantees and that breaks my heart! :sad eyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Momo
I am completely devastated and heartbroken. Today was suppose to be the day I finally got my tail, but instead I sit in a puddle of tears.
Backstory: I had a lady from a reputable company contact me and offer to make me a silicone tail for just to cost of materials, as she wanted to help support my new business venture for disabled kids. So I scrambled getting the money, and even sold my wedding dress (Something I vowed I would never do), but I was determined to get this new venture off the ground! I sent her the money and eagerly awaited news. A few days later I recieved a sketch and loved it, sent in my measurements and again waited. This is where things started going a little sour. I was given multiple excuses why my tail wasn't ready, or why I wasn't getting any pics of it after being promised. Days turned into weeks and finally I was told my tail was ready and would be delivered to me in Jamaica, as the company was going to be there for a special week of shooting. I was beyond excited at the thought of swimming in the ocean with it!
So finally the week comes where I am suppose to get my tail, but the owner starts to give excuses of why it s taking so long, etc. I finally get a response on the day/time to meet up and I arrange my ride as I have to travel over 2 hours to where she is. So this morning, I try to contact her to let her know I am on my way, only to be told that she doesn't have my tail, and gives me some bullshit excuses about customs. Then she just refunds my money, doesn't apologize and just basically writes me off. So I have just spent the past hour or so in a puddle of tears. I am so upset and frustrated.
I was promised a tail, and now believe she never even made it to begin with and just lied to me the entire time. As a person with Autism, things like this hugely impact me. I put everything I had into getting this tail, and now because of all this, I have no tail, my wedding dress is gone forever, and I cannot start my business. I have had to cancel all my bookings back in Canada, and now have to figure out how I am going to afford to buy a new tail. Not to mention my trust in people has completely gone...I am beyond devastated.
I don't know how long it's been since you paid for it but maybe you could try disputing the charges.
The fact that you even have to worry about this makes me sick to my stomach. 😞
Took a bath to relax and maybe get actual labor started, actually have heard a LOT of good things about drinking Apple cider encouraging labor. Asked my doctor, and he said to try it.
My lower back has been throbbing, and my feet look like they belong to a hairless Bigfoot.
Besides back pain, today I don't feel very labor-y? I'm getting so frustrated. Due date is Saturday.
Eat spicy things. Thats a remedy we use to induce labor. Spicy and sour. And dancing or bouncing on a medicine ballQuote:
Originally Posted by Shimmer Mermaid
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Anything acidic might help...
And holy shit Momo. Hug. More hug. A kid at my high school got shot in the head a few weeks ago. So I greatly sympathise.
Also, minor personal bitch: a few weeks into college, have not managed to swim or sing at all. The former due to lack of beach/pool time. The later due to respecting my roommate.
I feel like my soul is dying.
I did join my school's Quidditch team. That helps.
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I hope everything goes smoothly for you, Shimmer!
I sat a science test last week and some dumb ass came into my Science teacher's class and stole the answers. My teacher found out who did it and they sent the stolen answers to other students. It was this boy who I think is an idiot but I'd never think he'd do something that stupid. All of us have to suffer because we get percentages taken off our tests. I still did pass though and my friend said to me that she was relying on this test because it had the largest percentage in our grade. There's always that idiot who has to ruin everything. My rant for the day.
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Thank you Jay!
At midnight I got up to some sharp pains, went to the bathroom, went back to bed.
Got up 4 other times throughout the night 28th pains. And then felt like I was going to puke so I drank a sprite.
The pains have just gotten worse since midnight.
Any minute my husband will be home and we will get ready and go to the hospital to see if I'm in labor, if it's false labor, what is going on, I'm expecting them wanting to induce me seeing as how my dd is Saturday.
At least, I hope they want to induce me. I'm sure Little Bean is tired of being cramped and I'm tired of being in pain and ready for him to be here already.
Idk how your hospital is but mine doesn't induce unless the mother is at least a week past due or something along those lines. With how long you've been going through false labor you might give birth Friday or Saturday. Just hang in a little longer and then you can ground your son for making you wait so long.
Here if you're close enough to your due date and your in so much pain or getting,sick from the pain they will induce you depending on the circumstances
So today was the first meeting at my church for the mom2mom group and I help out with the childcare. I get there today to see cop cars blocking both entrances to the parking lot, I got there 2 minuets after the lady in charge of the childcare, who was talking to one of the officers. We didn't find out much except that one of the men working on the church was attacked by a homeless person and they have the attacker in custody. I'm like now extremely freaked out, not only because I had a bad feeling this morning that made me dread going to church(this happens often, getting bad feelings before something bad happens) and I'm terrified for the children and their families and everyone at our church. Luckily no one was else was hurt. Usually the lady in charge gets there around 8:30am but came late today.
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make this public! their FB page and yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAutisticMermaid
I'm. Not. Even. Friggin. Dialated. At all! Wtf??!?
I'm surprised. What did the hospital say about inducing?
Threw the idea away. My back hurts so bad, and the sharp pains I've been getting were left unexplained.
Instead I got "maybe you have uterine irritation from an infection."
Yeah, no infection or anything icky, Little Bean checks out 110% healthy, but they made me feel like my body was broken and won't let my son come out.
One nurse said "any normal woman would be dilated by now"
Thanks.
I'm being a whiney goob, but it's really upsetting.
That was a super rude thing of that nurse to say. I'm sorry they wouldn't induce you. :(
you're not normal, you're extraordinary. :cool:
Shimmer, Have you tried drinking rasberry red leaf tea? You can get it at health food stores and its like an iced tea...A couple of my friends drank it and hours later they were in labour :)
I actually managed to find it at my local storeand bought some but haven't tried it yet.Quote:
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I heard that fresh apple cider can help too so I went and bought a HUGE jug of it. That's been mainly what I've been drinking because I'm so excited for autumn.
Ayyyeee lol thank you.Quote:
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I've hurt all night and I thankfully was able to get comfortable enough on the couch to fall asleep and stay asleep all morning.
Mermaid Shimmer, I heard types of foot massages also help get into labour. A colleague of mine has a massage saloon and he says that pregnant women aren't allowed those massages because of the chance to get into labour at the wrong time
I'm kind of in that stage of hopelessness of trying to find funding for the mermaid business. I've been really itching to get started on my professional mermaiding but honestly it's been a battle emotionally.
I really just want to get a tail so I can at least get some small gigs done before taking off into all the big stuff but the "mom"ager just gave me the talk of how businesses take about a year to make from start to finish and that birthday parties and small gigs don't really pay the bills and really I'm honestly thinking about just making my own tail and just doing my own thing. I'm sick of waiting, I either wanna just flop on my bed or just slam my fists on the wall.
I told myself I'll stick through the "planning" stages of the business, but in my heart I don't wanna wait anymore.
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The planning stages are important, but I hardly have the patience for any of that either. I would maybe make your own tail and do some small individual gigs, and get a feel for how you want things to go. I think that's something maybe Raina or Pearlie could give some great insight on.
In other news; Starting day three of being past my due date-still no baby.
You can see my resources on making money for your business both in detail in my latest book and in my tutorials
www.makemeamermaid.com
So, this is driving me nuts. I know my boyfriend is going to see this, but I need to vent.
I have had my job since early February. I am technically still considered part-time, despite the fact that I work full-time hours. Because of my part-time status with the company, I can't benefit from the things that full-time employees get such as: health insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, discounts on travel, etc. I have expressed interest in becoming a full-time employee, but my manager keeps telling me that I need to "prove myself" with my sales numbers- which is hard to do when I am put in VERY difficult places with no customers present for days, or places where the customers are on very tight budgets and can't afford to purchase with me.
This issue became very apparent recently when I contracted a rather nasty UTI. For a little while, I figured that if I treat it myself with some OTC medication, I should be fine. I have had enough UTIs in the past, that a couple doses should do. Not the case this time. After a week (and a few boxes/bottles of medication), nothing worked. And the infection got worse. I developed lower back pains, I couldn't pee when I wanted to, I became incontinent- even while I was at work. So today, I caved and went to a CVS clinic. I still don't have insurance. The appointment itself cost $117. And then there was the issue of buying medication... I now have $14 in my account to last me until my next paycheck.
I'm not asking for help or pity, I just need to vent.
The interesting thing is, I looked up the price online for how much it would be for an appointment for a UTI, and it was around $80-$90. But no... they had to make me do a urinalysis as well. I understand why they did that, but it was dumb. I came in to the appointment, looked at the nurse practitioner, flat-out told her that I have a UTI, needed antibiotics, and told her all of the necessary information. After the urinalysis came back, she went through the results and explained to me that I had a UTI, and that I needed antibiotics. NO, REALLY?!
I might have given her a little bit of sass.
I can't blame you!! That would infuriate me!
I had a similar situation happen when we found out I was pregnant.
I had numerous positive tests, started to develop a small belly, etc. I went to the doctor for better morning sickness medicine than what you get otc.
"You can only get it if you are pregnant."
"I am pregnant."
They do a urine test- "it says positive"
"Yes, because I'm pregnant."
"Well we have to do a blood test."
They do a blood test- "you're pregnant, did you know that?"
My husband lost his composure a tad and pulled a very exaggerated "YA DON'T SAY?!?!? I WISH WE WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT!"
They charged us a pretty penny. 😑
I had the same problem with my last job, part time employee, full time hours, they refused to actually make me full time because they didn't want me to have the benefits.
I dont know if that's illegal or not, but if not it should be.
Wow, that super sucks! Healthcare is so ridiculously expensive, even with benefits sometimes. My fiancé had to take me to the ER last year because I fell down and cut my foot and it got infected. We figured I was covered since I was already signed up for benefits with my new job. All they did was give me a couple shots and a prescription, but later I received a bill in the mail for $1500 AFTER the insurance deductions! :eek: I really hope you feel better soon. I'm so sorry you have to go through that right now. :(
That really sucks :/ i wish there was better more affordable health care. Im dealing with shit right now cause i have a heart condition and then this last year started experiencing insomnia. Ended up going to the ER at one point and also had sleep apnea test. Jumped through all the hoops (such as getting referrals) so that insurance would cover it. I am double covered under my parents still until i graduate. Low and behold, bills come. Thousands of dollars in bills. On which the hospitals say i don't even have insurance. And because i am not an owner of either insurance account, i am a dependent, i cant call them and deal with it. i have to trust my parents to get this done around their busy schedules of working full time and raising my sister. Medical stuff is stressful.
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The USA is fu****. And now you guys are gonna vote Trump or Clinton in, both as evil as the other. When are the people of the USA gonna stand up and stop letting their government destroy them. Honestly, I feel if the USA votes for Trump, they deserve everything that they get.
I agree. I live in the U.S. but the choices for this election are crap, I hope something is done before the country is totally screwed.
Day 5 past EDD.
Doctors at 10:30.