Michelle answers:

I’ve found it ok, im 16, il be 17 on the 6th of January. I was 10 days overdue so they took me in to induce me with a gel. When they were putting the first gel in they told me i wasn’t dilated at all so i’d probably need 3 or 4 gels.
So i started getting minor contractions and they came round at 6 in the morning to check me and i was just 2-3cm dilated so i needed a second gel so i didn’t get the water birth i wanted :(.

By 7a.m my contractions were worse and i was put on Gas and Air which was lethal, better than drink 😉 lol and i was ringing my mummy and boyfriend every 2 mins to hurry up because i was in so much pain. At about 10 they got me on to a rocking chair to help bring the baby’s head down and after 15 mins of rocking on that i was in so much pain and couldn’t stop sucking the gas and air so at half 10 they examined me and i was 5 cms dilated.
They told me i’d be going down to the delivery room in about an hour because there was no room for me at the moment. While they were examining me my mummy and boyfriend arrived, the midwives were running a bath for me to ease the pain and mummy was talking to someone and 5 mins after id been examined i started screaming at my mummy that i needed to push so the midwife came round and examined me again and said i was 8cms dilated and i was going down to the delivery room now.
They didn’t have time to wait on one of the carrier people to come get me because they were in that much of a rush so the midwives had to push me down.
When i got down i was in so much pain and really needed to push but they wouldn’t let me because my bladder was full and that would harm the baby’s head, but i pushed anyway, good thing i did, it emptied my bladder cause i peed myself 3 times then lol.
Then they got me onto my feet to help bring the baby’s head on down and i was leaning on my boyfriend cause i kept passing out, then i’d to lean on the bed with my boyfriend behind me so i wouldn’t fall, i duno how but i managed to take my extensions out in the middle of a contraction :L
while i was on my feet i was pushing and the midwife told me they could see the head and i needed to get onto the bed but i argued with them that i wasn’t getting in the bed i was pushing the baby out on the floor, but they told me the baby would die then because it would hit its head of the floor so i got up on to the bed on my knees so i was pushing the baby out behind me and with 2 pushes and just Gas and Air the whole way through my beautiful daughter was born at 1:30 p.m on the 3rd of December 2009.
I needed stitches duno how many tho, i didn’t wanna know, but it was because she came out with her hand up by her head and slit me then that stretched. While i was waiting to get stitched a red light started flashing and we thought it was just for midwives to come for and emergency c-section, but when my mummy was going out firemen were coming pushing past, workmen had thought they burst a water pipe but it was a bath being run for me :L
then 5 days after i was at the toilet and went to look at my stitches and there was something hanging out of me so id to go to the hospital, it was a bit of membrane, there was still a good bit in my uterus, they put me on antibiotics to see if itl pass instead of giving me an operation so i’ve to see at my 6 week checkup what the doc says.
Shes actually been a really good baby, sleeping through the night and not crying that much unless shes looking attention Lil but the last week shes been really unsettled, still sleeping at night though so we think shes got a bit of colic.

Michelle answers:

It takes longer than 3 months to lose the weight.

Michelle answers:

Hey, im 35 weeks pregnant and just turned 20. I know you asked for teenage mums but i thought id try and help out a little anyways (since i only just missed the cut off and i guess 20 is still considered young)
Good luck with your assignment, here goes…

I went to the doctors because i had a lighter period which wasn’t normal and had experienced a bloody discharge. I had googled a couple of my symptoms and suspected i was pregnant.

I was in shock when i found out, excited but stunned! Even though i had suspected it i was taken aback to hear the doctor confirm my suspicions.

I told my partner straight away and told my parents- i didn’t tell other people until 12 weeks.

Nope, i went in by myself to have the blood test done, although my boyfriend knew i was going.

I had already left school 🙂

I do get strange, judge mental looks- it doesn’t help that i look younger than i am (if im wearing no makeup). People do pass judgment and tell me how young i am to have a baby, they are also not as willing to help me. (Eg i dropped some money at the supermarket and the lady just stood there looking at me knowing it wasn’t easy for me to bend down, people dont give up their seat on the train for me ect)

Im planning on going and studying externally or at night to further my education maybe next year or next semester.

I never considered abortion, im not against it but im in a stable relationship and have been with my boyfriend for two years. While it wasnt planned we both wanted it in the future. We are financially secure- own our cars, have a steady income )we are renting now but he had owned two houses previously) and i have support from my family. There was no reason for us to terminate the pregnancy.

I had two threatened miscarriages with the pregnancy and developed something which forced me on bed rest for a few weeks- scary but the baby is fine now.

Im booked into a birthing centre where the only drugs available to be administered are gas and pethidine- so no epidural. In for feting this i get an amazing room and they are much more personal.

I had morning sickness for about 5 weeks.

I havent had cravings but have gone off of a few things- chinese food, meat doesnt really appeal to me and i seem to want to eat all the things your not supposed to have when your pregnant (soft serve, deli meats, seafood ect)

Im not highly religious so that didnt concern me.

I have alot of support, ive lost a lot of friends mainly because i cant go out drinking ect which is disappointing but it makes you realise who your true friends are. My dad isnt around though.

The dad is very excited for the arrival of the baby and cant wait!

I was 19 and he was 27 when we found out.

I had depression before i got pregnant but have necver felt better, im so excited. Its daunting at the same time though. I take care of my body and have a new found respect for it.

My mum is thrilled to be a nana, she had me when she was 21 so she will be a young nana which i think is great.

We dont have any other kids, would like two more but we will be waiting until the first is atleast two before we start trying for the next. We have no immediate plans to get married- its a mutual decision. A baby is a huge commitment and we have other things we would rather do before spending thousands on a wedding. I dont want someone to marry me just because they feel its the right thing to do because im pregnant.

I dont think there is ever an ideal time to have kids- ypur always going to want something else (a better job, better car, to have travelled, more money in the bank ect) but you just have to make the most of it. Just because we are having a baby doesnt mean we have to stop doing everything we love, a baby is supposed to enrich your life not take away from it.

Michelle answers:

Well…I’m in 9th grade and my “friends” are like that too..there isn’t much you can do about it honestly! Maybe you’ll be lucky and within the next few years they’ll grow up, some people never grow up though. You have to just ignore them. If they really bug you then I can’t blame you at all for telling them to grow up. Sorry if this doesn’t help much. :$

Michelle answers:

Did your NFP chart confirm ovulation at the regular time of your cycle? If you had illness and infection, even though they haven’t affected you in the past, you may have ovulated later than usual or even not at all. Antibiotics can definitely delay ovulation as well as confuse your NFP charting. You may have thought your cervical mucus dried up due to being post-ovulation, but that may have been due to the medicine and there might not have been any ovulation at all. Do you chart your temperatures as well? That would be a helpful cross-check at this point. But, like I said, if you had already confirmed ovulation before starting the medicine, then there are a couple of other scenarios.

First may be that yes, you are pregnant but you are not testing positive at home. Are you using first morning urine to test? I have a friend who didn’t test positive at home for over 2 weeks. Your doctor can definitely do a blood test and check for sure.

You may also have suffered from a LUFS cycle, which is a lutenized unruptured follicle cycle. The follicle gets very large but at the time of ovulation the egg does not burst out. However, the follicle still starts triggering progesterone and usually continues to produce progesterone for longer than your usual luteal (post-ovulation) phase. 18-21 days is the normal time from the LUFS to your next cycle, which is right where you are. Are you having any pain from your lower pelvis? A cyst is also possible, but if you aren’t having pain or any bloating/swelling then that is probably not as likely.

So the bottom line is, there is probably no rush on this unless it’s making you nuts. I would wait another 3-5 days and if you still haven’t gotten your period, do one last home pregnancy test and if it’s negative, contact your doctor and see if you need to come in for a blood test. Every woman has an off cycle, even a cycle with no ovulation, from time to time, so it’s not necessarily anything big to worry about. In the meantime, try to do some stress relief if you can! Hope everything resolves itself soon.

Michelle answers:

I have miscarried too and you will probably not get pregnant OR have a period until you have a D&C. See, some of the placenta and other, sorry, dead cells are still in your uterous and need to be “cleaned” out. You really need to see your OB/GYN immediately. I don’t mean to scare you and you shouldn’t be, you just need to follow the next step so you can have many babies after. Hope this helps and good luck.

Michelle answers:

If I was you I would visit my doctor, for reassurance if nothing else.Your hormone levels can take a while to get back to normal so don’t worry too much.

Michelle answers:

How late is your period? If it was me, I’d wait til it was 4-5 days late, then test. Sorry to hear about your MC, I really hope that this is your lucky month. Baby dust x

Michelle answers:

Inductions are more likely to lead to C-sections in any case. This is why if you are trying for a VBAC they don’t like to induce you unless necessary. They want your body to do most of the work to avoid a C-section.

As far as uterine rupture goes, the risk is actually very low but it also depends on the type of incision you got. I myself got a ‘bikini cut’ and the risk is low with those. But it is something the doctors and nurses will be prepared for either way since there is some risk.

I know how you feel, I really do. My son was an emergency section and the first few weeks were hell for me. I couldn’t do a lot as far as caring for him went and I hated that. We recently moved and my new doctor has given me the option of a VBAC and I’m going for it. My son will be around 2 1/2 when that time comes and I believe they like to have at least 2 years between babies if you’re going to try for a VBAC.

If this is something you wish to do with future children research it a bit. There are tons of support groups and blogs out there with women in our shoes.

Here are some sites you may be interested in: http://www.vbac.com/uterine.html
http://www.vbac.com/
http://community.babycenter.com/groups/a4095/vbac_support
http://www.ican-online.org/

Michelle answers:

Miscarriages that early are common. There’s no usually anything that you could do to prevent that. If you already know that you need vitamin D then you should be taking it. Take it whether you are trying to get pregnant or not. If you know you have this problem always keep an extra bottle of it around at all times so if you run out you can take the other one for a few days until you can pick up another one. As far as the food pyramid I hope you are following the current ones at http://www.mypyramid.gov/ and not the old ones. The original food pyramids are actually following the same diet guide lines they use to fatten up pigs.

Besides for the vitamin D, get an ovulation test kit to find out when you are actually fertile as well as if and when you are ovulating. Many things can effect your fertility, but first you should take take of these two things and then go from there. Chart your ovulation and cycles and if it turns out that you are only ovulating ever other month or few months then you can take that information to your doctor and go from there.

Good luck to you.

Michelle answers:

I didn’t even read all that…

It is doing the animal good, and it doesn’t hurt them. They’re sedated for a while during the surgery, and they’re given pain relievers later, which is why they’re droopy and act tired. It’s the owner’s choice. If you don’t like it, don’t do it. You’re not changing anything by posting this. By spaying a female dog, it prevents a lot of health issues, and it /saves/ the lives of future puppies. Puppies have no soul before they are born – they don’t exist. It is better for something to not exist than to suffer or experience life and then die shortly after. Most puppies born end up as either orphans or in shelters, where they are eventually put to sleep when not adopted – and mutts or bad breeding lines can result in early developmental problems and bad conformation, which later leads to severe pain for the dog and it will either die on its own or have to be put down. And by neutering male dogs, it obviously prevents puppies being born.

Guess what? My dog isn’t spayed! What about that!
My dog has excellent show and police dog lines. Her conformation is wonderful and she is built great. By breeding her, we end up with healthy puppies and we KNOW they are going to get good homes. Bad breeding can end up, as I said before, with very bad results. Most dogs out there should not be bred, for the welfare of the future puppies, and even the mom. And if someone doesn’t want to breed their dog, they have their own reasons. A lot of people don’t have the time to take care of them, clean up after them, and sell them. I see you have no idea how the real breeding business industry is – its close to a full-time job.

And for reference to others – here is a quote from one of her questions (freaking out about her dog being pregnant.) “thanks for the help! By the way, im only an 12 year old girl asking for my pregnant dog!! Hhe thanks again!!”
You’re just a kid. You don’t know everything.

Michelle answers:

Did you know there is a show I did not know I was pregnant. I found out I was pregnant when I was fours but I was TTC for three years, so I test after one day late. But my sister found out she was pregnant when she was 25 weeks. At first the doctor said she was having twins because she was alright showning but then they said it was because she was already 25 weeks along.

Tina

Michelle answers:

Easy trick: open your desired Bebopage in the firefox, when you are done you click in the firefox menu on tools than on options and choose for startup firefox with desired homepage: “this page”.

Michelle answers:

Well sometimes i encounter the same problem hehe… Think its a bug in firefox. But its nothin to worry abt. Hold alt+tab and if theres firefox select it from the small window u gettin. If u get the error again go to task Manger and then to processes. In that u’l find firefox.exe runnin. Click that and hit end process. That will quit firefox and u can run firefox frm da desktop shortcut again.

Michelle answers:

Mine alwayz goes
Page cannot be displayed it took to long to load
ALOT!
But its better than Explorer!

Michelle answers:

I really don’t know of any bad things, since it’s open source. The only complaints I have are that cut and paste could be done a little better; and it should allow shortcuts like Internet Explorer. I really don’t like bookmarks.

On the plus side of things, it allows Java and Javascript.

Microsoft tried to set the standard for both programming languages, but Sun Microsystems wouldn’t put up with any of that, so Microsoft purposely crippled all future versions of it’s browser – and as a result – Internet Explorer will no longer enable Java or JavaScript. Also, Dynamic HTML is disabled. That was supposed to be one of the next steps, in the evolution of the internet.

Microsoft and it’s monoploy have done more to cripple the internet, than all of the spammers, virus writers, adware / malware writers, software pirates, and hackers combined.